Can a belated Section 311 CrPC application to examine a minor child witness be permitted without contemporaneous evidence or reliability safeguards?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-005620-005621 – 2025 Diary Number 3634/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA Overrules / Affirms Affirms Type of Law Criminal Procedure Questions of Law Whether the High Court was justified in […]

Can differential treatment in regularization of ad-hoc High Court staff appointed under the same statutory rules violate Article 14, justifying final directions under Article 142?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-000428-000428 – 2022 Diary Number 427/2016 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 authority Affirms Equality principle under Article 14; power of Supreme Court under Article 142 in service […]

Does arbitrary denial of regularization to ad-hoc appointees under the Chief Justices residuary powers breach Article 14?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-000428-000428 – 2022 Diary Number 427/2016 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 the parties; persuasive authority on administrative discrimination issues Overrules / Affirms Sets aside High Court […]

Can Revisional Proceedings Under Sections 397/401 CrPC Survive the Death of the Revisionist?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-005589-005590 – 2025 Diary Number 416/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN Type of Law Criminal Procedure Questions of Law Whether a criminal revision under Sections 397 and 401 CrPC abates […]

Can a Criminal Revision Survive the Death of the Informant and Permit Victim Substitution Under Inherent Powers?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-005589-005590 – 2025 Diary Number 416/2025 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 Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing precedents Type of Law Criminal Procedure Questions of Law Does […]

Does Section 51(3) of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 independently empower a High Court Chief Justice to establish enduring additional sittings without converting them into permanent Benches under Section 51(2)?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number W.P.(C) No.-000914-000914 – 2025 Diary Number 53500/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARAVIND KUMAR Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARAVIND KUMAR HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA Precedent Value Upholds existing precedent on Section 51(3) as an independent and continuing power Overrules / Affirms Affirms State […]

Can the Supreme Court Invoke Article 142 to Dissolve Marriage by Mutual Consent in a Desertion Suit?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-014904-014904 – 2025 Diary Number 47059/2024 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MEHTA Precedent Value Binding Authority Type of Law Matrimonial Law (Hindu Marriage Act 1955; Article 142 Constitution of India) Questions […]

Does Section 51(3) of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 Vest an Independent and Continuing Power in a High Court Chief Justice to Appoint Additional Places of Sitting?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number W.P.(C) No.-000914-000914 – 2025 Diary Number 53500/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARAVIND KUMAR Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARAVIND KUMAR HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA Concurring or Dissenting Judges None (unanimous) Precedent Value Binding authority on the scope and exercise of Section 51(3) powers […]

Can a Sessions Court Exclude Statutory Remission and Set-Off when Imposing Life Imprisonment?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-005587-005587 – 2025 Diary Number 43590/2024 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN Precedent Value Binding authority Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing precedents Type of Law Criminal law Questions of […]

Is the Section 148 appellate deposit condition limited to the juristic “drawer,” or can it apply to a director convicted under Section 138 when the company is non-prosecutable?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number SLP(Crl) No.-012327 – 2025 Diary Number 41015/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARAVIND KUMAR Precedent Value Reference to Larger Bench due to conflict between Coordinate Bench decisions; interim persuasive authority Overrules / Affirms Conflicting with Shri Gurudatta Sugars (2024) and Bijay Agarwal (2024) interpretations; […]

Can a Sessions Court Impose Life Imprisonment Without Remission and Deny Statutory Set-off Under Section 428 CrPC?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-005587-005587 – 2025 Diary Number 43590/2024 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN Precedent Value Affirms existing law Overrules / Affirms Affirms Type of Law Criminal sentencing (CrPC & IPC) […]

Can Section 148’s Appellate Deposit Be Imposed on a Director Vicariously Liable When the Company Is Non-prosecutable?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number SLP(Crl) No.-012327 – 2025 Diary Number 41015/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARAVIND KUMAR Bench ARAVIND KUMAR & N.V. ANJARIA, JJ. Precedent Value Conflict identified; referred for Larger Bench Overrules / Affirms Conflict with Gurudatta Sugars and Bijay Agarwal identified, but not overruled pending […]