Supreme Court of India
18,257 judgments
Tara Singh v. State thr. Home Secretary, Uttarakhand
The Supreme Court upheld the murder conviction based on a complete chain of circumstantial evidence and validated investigation by a Patwari despite the accused not being named in the FIR.
Common Cause v. Union of India
The Supreme Court referred the issue of the right to die with dignity, living wills, and euthanasia to a Constitution Bench for authoritative guidelines, recognizing the right to die with dignity under Article 21 but leaving euthanasia regulation to the legislature.
Birbal v. Haryana State
The Supreme Court allowed the appellant to purchase government land in unauthorized possession by paying the assessed sale price in installments, directing decree in his favor upon compliance.
Nesar Ahmed v. State of Jharkhand
The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of Jharkhand's recruitment rules prescribing limited age relaxation for trained teachers and dismissed petitions seeking total age relaxation and parity with Bihar teachers post-bifurcation.
Nand Kumar v. State of Bihar
The Supreme Court held that daily wage employees without regular appointments are not entitled to absorption or regularisation under the Bihar Agriculture Produce Market (Repeal) Act, 2006, affirming that regularisation must follow proper recruitment procedures and cannot be claimed merely by long service or pay parity.
Shyamal Saha & Anr. v. State of West Bengal
The Supreme Court held that the High Court erred in overturning the Trial Court's acquittal in a circumstantial evidence case without sufficient grounds, restoring the acquittal of the appellants.
M.D., Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. v. N. Ismail
The Supreme Court upheld the State's right to resume lands for the Chennai Metro Rail Project subject to compensation for buildings, reversing the High Court's exclusion of the lands from the project area.
Secretary to Government, School Education Department, Chennai v. Thiru R. Govindaswamy & Ors.
The Supreme Court held that part-time employees not appointed through regular recruitment against sanctioned posts have no legal right to regularisation, allowing the appeal against the High Court's direction to regularise such employees.
Syed Gulzar Hussain & Others v. Dewan Syed Ale Rasul Ali Khan & Others
The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's equitable scheme regulating the collection and sharing of offerings at the Ajmer Durgah, emphasizing transparency and statutory authority pending final adjudication.
Pasupuleti Siva Ramakrishna Rao v. State of Andhra Pradesh
The Supreme Court restored the trial court's conviction holding that strangulation with a telephone wire causing injury constitutes attempt to murder under Section 307 IPC and that trespass into a union office with intent to assault attracts Section 452 IPC.
Anil @ Anthony Arikswamy Joseph v. State of Maharashtra
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction for brutal sexual assault and murder of a minor boy, commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment with additional term, emphasizing reliable DNA evidence and the rarest of rare doctrine.
P. L. Tatwal v. State of Madhya Pradesh
The Supreme Court held that sanction for prosecution under the Prevention of Corruption Act must be granted by the authority competent to remove the public servant, and remitted the matter for inquiry into the validity of the sanction granted by the Standing Committee.
Amarendra Kumar Mohapatra & Ors. v. State of Orissa & Ors.
The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of the Orissa Validation Act regularising ad hoc Stipendiary Engineers as Assistant Engineers while directing equitable consideration for similarly situated degree holder Junior Engineers, clarifying the scope of legislative regularisation under Articles 14 and 16.
Rajasthan v. M/s. Binani Cements Ltd. & Anr.
The Supreme Court held that the specific provision limiting sales tax exemption for new cement units prevails over general provisions for Prestigious Units, restricting the respondent's exemption to 25% under the Scheme.
Shabnam Hashmi v. Union of India & Ors.
The Supreme Court held that adoption under the Juvenile Justice Act is an optional secular process and the right to adopt is not a fundamental right under Article 21, emphasizing respect for personal laws and judicial restraint.
Polamrasetti Manikyam v. Teegala Venkata Ramayya
The Supreme Court held that under Section 37 of the Andhra Pradesh Court Fees Act, court fee for cancellation of a sale deed must be paid on the sale consideration mentioned in the deed, not on the market value of the property.
Maya Devi v. Lalta Prasad
The Supreme Court held that a bona fide registered General Power of Attorney executed before the Suraj Lamp judgment confers ownership rights and protected the appellant's property from execution of a collusive ex parte decree.
Pooja Bhatia v. Vishnu Narain Shivpuri
The Supreme Court set aside bail granted to an accused in an acid attack case due to his post-bail intimidation and misuse of liberty, emphasizing strict grounds for bail cancellation.
V. Sriharan @ Murugan v. Union of India
The Supreme Court commuted death sentences to life imprisonment due to inordinate delay of over 11 years in disposal of mercy petitions, holding such delay violates Article 21 of the Constitution.
Rameshchandra Ambalal Joshi v. The State of Gujarat and Anr.
The Supreme Court held that a cheque presented on the last day of the six-month period from its date of drawing is within limitation under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, dismissing the appeal against prosecution for cheque dishonour.