Supreme Court of India
18,256 judgments
State of Uttaranchal and another v. Sri Shiv Charan Singh Bhandari and others
The Supreme Court held that claims for retrospective promotion benefits must be made within a reasonable time and dismissed the respondents' stale claim based on delay and laches despite a junior employee's earlier ad hoc promotion.
SUNDER v. STATE OF U.P.
The Supreme Court set aside the High Court's order for proceeding without amicus curiae representation and remanded the criminal appeal for fresh hearing ensuring effective representation.
Dr. Subramanian Swamy v. Raju
The Supreme Court held that third parties have no right to participate in criminal prosecutions but allowed a public interest petition challenging the Juvenile Justice Act's provisions relating to trial of juveniles accused of heinous offences.
M/s Young Achievers v. IMS Learning Resources Pvt. Ltd.
The Supreme Court held that an arbitration clause in an earlier contract does not survive when the contract is superseded by a subsequent agreement without an arbitration clause, dismissing the appellant's plea for arbitration.
Basawaraj & Anr. v. The Spl. Land Acquisition Officer
The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's refusal to condone a five-year delay in filing appeals under the Land Acquisition Act, emphasizing strict adherence to limitation laws and rejecting conditional condonation of delay.
Mohamed Israfil v. Raufunessa Bibi
The Supreme Court censured an Advocate-on-Record for misconduct in lending signatures without appearing in Court, underscoring the duty of AORs to personally conduct cases and maintain professional ethics.
Gopal Krishan Mittal v. M/S. Bombay Motors
The Supreme Court allowed the landlord's appeal, granting tenants five years to vacate premises occupied for five decades, restoring lower authority orders and setting conditions on rent and subletting.
Raja @ Sasikumar v. State through Inspector of Police
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of appellants for murder under Section 302 IPC, holding that minor contradictions in eyewitness evidence do not vitiate a credible prosecution case corroborated by earliest complaint and contemporaneous documents.
Land Acquisition Collector, Mohali v. Surinder Kaur
The Supreme Court held that compensation awards under the Land Acquisition Act cannot be challenged in execution proceedings and must be appealed within the statutory period, dismissing the appellants' claim regarding land measurement.
GM, Sri Siddeshwara Co-operative Bank Ltd. v. Sri Ikbal
The Supreme Court held that procedural non-compliance under Rule 9 of the SARFAESI Rules can be waived by written consent and that statutory remedies under the SARFAESI Act must be exhausted before invoking writ jurisdiction, setting aside the High Court’s quashing of the sale certificate.
Popat Bahiru Govardhane v. Special Land Acquisition Officer
The Supreme Court held that the limitation period under Section 28A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, starts from the date of the court's award, not from the date of knowledge, and dismissed the appeal challenging rejection on limitation grounds.
Vinay Kumar v. Gurdeep Singh & Ors.
The Supreme Court allowed the appellant's second amendment application to correct the agreement date in a suit for specific performance, holding it was not barred by res judicata and must be decided at trial.
Fiona Shrikhande v. State of Maharashtra and Another
The Supreme Court held that at the complaint stage, a Magistrate may take cognizance under Section 504 IPC if a prima facie case of intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace is made out, even without verbatim reproduction of insulting words.
Manjeet Singh Khera v. State of Maharashtra
The Supreme Court held that the prosecution is not obliged to produce a preliminary complaint or disclose the informant's identity if it is not part of the police report or relied upon in trial, dismissing the accused's plea for such disclosure.
State of Uttar Pradesh v. Ashok Kumar Srivastava
The Supreme Court held that seniority must be fixed from the date of substantive promotion order as per service rules and retrospective seniority from the date of vacancy is not permissible absent express rule provision.
Sunita Jugalkishore Gilda v. Ramanlal Udhoji Tanna
The Supreme Court held that a mortgagor cannot induct a tenant in mortgaged property during pendency of mortgage litigation to the prejudice of the mortgagee under Section 52 of the Transfer of Property Act, and set aside lower courts' rulings allowing such tenancy.
U.P. State Road Transport Corporation v. C.P. Goswami
The Supreme Court upheld the illegal termination finding and reinstatement order but modified the award of full back wages to a lump sum compensation, balancing employee rights and employer interests.
Prof. K.V. Rajendran v. Superintendent of Police, CBCID South Zone, Chennai & Ors.
The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal seeking transfer of investigation to the CBI, holding that such transfer is an extraordinary power to be exercised only in rare cases where the State investigation is tainted or biased, which was not shown here.
Indraj Singh v. State of Haryana
The Supreme Court held that a heavy one-third deduction from market value for land compensation in a developed area is unjustified and reduced it to 10%, enhancing the compensation payable under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.
S. Govidaraju v. State of Karnataka
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction for dowry death and cruelty, affirming that appellate courts may reverse acquittals if trial court findings are perverse and the accused fails to explain incriminating circumstances.