Can a broadly worded arbitration clause empower an arbitral tribunal to decide all contract disputes even without a Section 21 notice?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-000039-000039 – 2026 Diary Number 11333/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN Precedent Value Binding authority Overrules / Affirms Sets aside High Court’s limitation of arbitration to a single dispute; reaffirms […]

Are Awards by Arbitrators Unilaterally Appointed by Ineligible Persons Void Ab Initio?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-000037-000038 – 2026 Diary Number 25327/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN Precedent Value Binding authority Overrules / Affirms Affirms TRF Ltd. v. Energo Engg. Projects Ltd. (2017) 8 SCC 377 […]

Can a Purported Successor Company Be Impleaded as a Necessary and Proper Party in a Service-Charge Recovery Suit?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-000046-000047 – 2026 Diary Number 9053/2022 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PANKAJ MITHAL Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PANKAJ MITHAL; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE S.V.N. BHATTI Precedent Value Binding authority on necessary and proper party tests under Order I Rule 10 CPC Overrules / Affirms […]

Does a Government Circular Prohibiting Naming Revenue Villages After Individuals Bind the State and Invalidate Notifications Contravening It?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-015093-015093 – 2025 Diary Number 50629/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms Affirms Single Judge order dated 11.07.2025 Overrules Division Bench order dated 05.08.2025 in […]

Can Vague Matrimonial Disputes Constitute “Cruelty” Under Section 498A IPC and Dowry Prohibition Act to Defeat a Quashing Petition Under Section 482 CrPC?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number – 0 Diary Number 47072/2023 Judge Name HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA Bench HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA and R. MAHADEVAN Overrules / Affirms Overrules the High Court’s refusal to quash its own proceedings Type of Law Criminal law Questions of Law Whether vague, […]

Can mutation of land records under Section 110 of the MPLRC be based on a registered will?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-015077-015077 – 2025 Diary Number 41857/2024 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms Overrules the Madhya Pradesh High Court decision in Ranjit v. Nandita Singh (2021 […]

Does a decree for specific performance become inexecutable for minor delays in deposit of the balance sale consideration, or can courts overlook hyper-technical defaults when readiness and willingness are evident?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-015069-015069 – 2025 Diary Number 35407/2022 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE NONGMEIKAPAM KOTISWAR SINGH Precedent Value Binding authority Overrules / Affirms Affirms and clarifies existing precedents; overrules the High Court’s hyper-technical interpretation […]

Can High Courts Impose Time-Bound Investigations and Grant Interim Protection from Arrest When Declining to Quash an FIR?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-005610-005610 – 2025 Diary Number 56410/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE NONGMEIKAPAM KOTISWAR SINGH Precedent Value Binding authority on High Courts in exercise of writ jurisdiction under Article 226 and inherent powers […]

Are Executive Policy Circulars Binding on the State in Naming Revenue Villages under Section 16 of the Rajasthan Land Revenue Act?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-015093-015093 – 2025 Diary Number 50629/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE Precedent Value Binding on subordinate courts; authoritative on executive policy binding nature Overrules / Affirms Affirms Single Judge order […]

Can vague matrimonial discord and financial control alone constitute “cruelty” under Section 498A IPC and Sections 3 & 4 DP Act, barring quashing under Section 482 CrPC?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number – 0 Diary Number 47072/2023 Judge Name HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA Concurring or Dissenting Judges R. Mahadevan J. (concurring) Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing precedent Type of Law Criminal law – criminal procedure & matrimonial offences Questions of Law Whether […]

Can a High Court, in Criminal Appeals, Lawfully Reverse an Acquittal on Strong Ocular and Circumstantial Evidence Despite Minor Contradictions?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-002030 of 2022 Diary Number 32136/2021 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH Type of Law Criminal Law—Appeal under Section 374(2) CrPC; Offences under Sections 302 read with 34, 148, 341 […]

Does the MP Land Revenue Code Permit Mutation of Land Records on the Basis of a Testamentary Will?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-015077-015077 – 2025 Diary Number 41857/2024 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN Precedent Value Binding on all courts Overrules / Affirms Overrules MP High Court decision in Ranjit v. Nandita Singh […]