Are writ petitions under Article 226 maintainable in recruitment disputes when an efficacious remedy exists before the State Administrative Tribunal?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-012750-012754 – 2025 Diary Number 50191/2023 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE J.K. MAHESHWARI Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE J.K. MAHESHWARI; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJAY BISHNOI Precedent Value Binding on High Courts and subordinate courts Overrules / Affirms Affirms L. Chandra Kumar; holds T.K. Rangarajan […]

Does the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 and its Rules impose enforceable duties on both State and private establishments to prevent discrimination and provide grievance redressal, and can courts award compensation under Article 32 for non-compliance?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number W.P.(C) No.-001405 – 2023 Diary Number 47647/2023 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 on fundamental‐rights duties of non-state actors under the Transgender Persons Act and on grant of […]

Can High Courts Direct a CBI Inquiry as a Matter of Routine in Recruitment Disputes?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-011842-011842 – 2025 Diary Number 39617/2023 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE J.K. MAHESHWARI Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE J.K. MAHESHWARI & HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJAY BISHNOI Type of Law Constitutional Law (Article 226, DSPE Act, List II entries) Questions of Law Under what circumstances […]

Can a later-filed patent infringement suit be transferred to the forum of an earlier-filed groundless-threats action when issues substantially overlap?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number T.P.(C) No.-001983 – 2025 Diary Number 39585/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ATUL S. CHANDURKAR Precedent Value Binding on all courts Overrules / Affirms Affirms Type of Law Civil Procedure; Patent […]

Can Convictions Be Upheld When FIR Allegations on Genesis and Place Contradict Eyewitness Testimony and Site‐Inspection Record?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-000116-000116 – 2012 Diary Number 39492/2010 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH and HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MEHTA Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing precedents on witness-evaluation and benefit of doubt Type of Law […]

Can the Supreme Court Interfere with a High Court’s Discretionary Reduction of Sentence under Section 304 Part II IPC in Absence of Sudden Provocation?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-004590-004590 – 2025 Diary Number 39233/2024 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH Concurring or Dissenting Judges Both judges concurred; no dissent Precedent Value Affirms existing precedent on discretionary sentencing under […]

Can Mere Acquaintance Satisfy the Knowledge Requirement Under Section 3(2)(v) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-004502-004502 – 2025 Diary Number 35976/2024 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN Overrules / Affirms Affirms High Court and Trial Court convictions and sentences Type of Law Criminal Law Questions of […]

Can a plaint be rejected under Order 7 Rule 11(d) CPC on limitation when a possession suit based on title falls within the 12-year period despite earlier summary mutation proceedings?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-012703-012704 – 2025 Diary Number 32133/2022 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN Precedent Value Binding Affirms Existing Supreme Court precedents on plaint rejection, limitation, inherent powers Type of Law Civil Procedure; […]

Can monthly allowances and actual tax liability be factored into the loss-of-dependency calculation under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-012702-012702 – 2025 Diary Number 31977/2022 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN Precedent Value Binding authority for computation of compensation in Motor Accident Claims Overrules / Affirms Affirms and clarifies existing […]

Can inherent powers under Section 482 CrPC be used to quash criminal proceedings where prima facie offences of cheating and forgery under IPC Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 read with 120B are made out?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-001222-001222 – 2018 Diary Number 31213/2016 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 Affirms existing precedent on narrow exercise of Section 482 CrPC Type of […]

Does intermittent foreign correspondence and absence of a permanent establishment preclude a non-resident company from carrying on business in India for Income Tax deductions under Sections 37(1) and 32(2)?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-004395-004397 – 2010 Diary Number 27446/2009 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JOYMALYA BAGCHI Concurring or Dissenting Judges HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA (concurring) Precedent Value Binding on all courts Overrules / Affirms […]

Does a bona fide coffee and cardamom plantation existing before the appointed day escape vesting under Sections 3(2) and 3(3) of the Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1971?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-006813-006814 – 2013 Diary Number 21639/2012 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARAVIND KUMAR Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARAVIND KUMAR and HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA Concurring or Dissenting Judges None (unanimous) Precedent Value Binding authority Overrules / Affirms Overrules concurrent orders of High […]