Can a court appoint an arbitrator under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act when the contractual appointment clause is rendered inoperative by statutory amendments, and is an application for appointment time-barred if the COVID-19 extension order is applied?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-012529-012530 – 2025 Diary Number 30170/2024 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH Precedent Value Binding Authority Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing Supreme Court precedents on court-appointment under Section 11 Type […]

Can a minor repudiate a voidable property transaction without filing a suit upon attaining majority?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-011342-011342 – 2013 Diary Number 25484/2013 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PANKAJ MITHAL Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PANKAJ MITHAL; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRASANNA B. VARALE Precedent Value Binding authority on methods of repudiating voidable transactions by minors Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing precedent […]

Can consumable materials used in a works contract be taxed under Section 3F(1)(b) of the Uttar Pradesh Trade Tax Act, 1948?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-000703-000703 – 2012 Diary Number 12616/2011 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA and HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN Precedent Value Binding authority Overrules / Affirms Affirms Supreme Court precedents (Gannon Dunkerley I & II; Builders Association; […]

Can an appellate court overturn an acquittal when the accused’s identity is not reliably established by ocular evidence or admissible recovery under Sections 25–27 of the Evidence Act?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-000476-000477 – 2013 Diary Number 5150/2013 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PANKAJ MITHAL Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PANKAJ MITHAL; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRASANNA B. VARALE Precedent Value Binding authority Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing precedent on appellate interference and Sections 25–27 Evidence Act; […]

Does a murder motivated by family prestige attract remission under Clause 3(b) rather than Category 4(d) of the 2010 remission guidelines?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-004335-004335 – 2025 Diary Number 4178/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN Bench HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN Concurring or Dissenting Judges CJI B. R. GAVAI (concurring) Precedent Value Binding authority on executive remission decisions Overrules […]

Should a Man-Made Waterbody for Drinking and Irrigation Qualify as a “Wetland” under the 2017 Rules and Attract Rule 4(2)(vi) Prohibitions?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-012521-012521 – 2025 Diary Number 551/2024 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARAVIND KUMAR Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARAVIND KUMAR, HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA Precedent Value Binding authority Overrules / Affirms Affirms High Court judgment and statutory interpretation Type of Law Environmental law; […]

Can State Tender Conditions Mandating Past-State-Specific Supply Experience Stand the Test of Articles 14 and 19(1)(g)?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-012487-012487 – 2025 Diary Number 45613/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE Precedent Value Binding Authority Overrules / Affirms Overrules Chhattisgarh High Court orders validating a State-specific past-performance requirement Affirms constitutional […]

Can a Writ Court Issue Fresh Directions Beyond the Scope of Petition and Render a Party Worse Off Without Notice?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-011902-011902 – 2025 Diary Number 39671/2023 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 Overrules / Affirms Overrules Kerala High Court’s directions to re-fix fee and order vigilance enquiry Affirms […]

Can a conviction based solely on circumstantial evidence stand when key accused were omitted from the FIR and no test identification parade was held?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-000715-000715 – 2018 Diary Number 4247/2018 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. SUNDRESH HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing precedent Type of Law Criminal law; Evidence Questions of […]

Can Rule 19(iv) of the Assam Secondary Education (Provincialisation) Service Rules, 2003 be applied to a selection process governed by the Assam Government Aided Junior College Management Rules, 2001?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-011777-011778 – 2025 Diary Number 51480/2023 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE S.V.N. BHATTI Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms Overrules Division Bench order dated 24.02.2012 in Writ Appeal No. 262/2011 Affirms Single […]

Can an e-auction under the RDDBFI Act be quashed for non-compliance with mandatory notice requirements and undisclosed lease encumbrances?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-011269-011269 – 2016 Diary Number 34816/2014 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR, HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE Precedent Value Binding precedent Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing statutory requirements for auction notices and rescinds lower orders Type […]

Does absence of intent to kill, where only the blunt side of weapons is used, preclude a murder conviction under Section 302 IPC and warrant conversion to Section 304 Part I?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-000596-000596 – 2014 Diary Number 31744/2013 Judge Name HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE Bench HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA Precedent Value Binding authority Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing precedents on mens rea for murder […]