Does an accused in a Section 138 NI Act case need independent evidence of the complainant’s financial incapacity to rebut the statutory presumption of debt?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-001755-001755 – 2010 Diary Number 31112/2009 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANMOHAN Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANMOHAN Precedent Value Binding authority on cheque‐bounce prosecutions and revisional scope Overrules / Affirms Overrules P.C. Hari v. Shine Varghese (Kerala HC); […]

Can an Appellate Court Reverse a Judgment of Acquittal Without Patent Perversity or Misreading of Evidence?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-001954-001956 of 2013 Diary Number 28380/2012 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MEHTA Precedent Value Binding on all subordinate courts Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing precedent on appellate interference with acquittal Type […]

Can FIRs Registered in Multiple States for the Same Financial Offence Be Clubbed into One Investigation?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number W.P.(Crl.) No.-000397-000397 – 2025 Diary Number 26673/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE Bench HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN Precedent Value Binding on all subordinate courts; authoritative on inter-state clubbing of FIRs Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing precedents on […]

Does the right to claim motor-accident compensation survive to legal representatives upon the claimant’s death post-amendment to Section 167(5) of the Motor Vehicles Act?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-002159-002159 – 2024 Diary Number 26411/2022 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA Precedent Value Binding authority Overrules / Affirms Affirms survival of claims under Section 167(5) MVA Act; diverges […]

Can High Court Apply Workmen’s Compensation Act Income Parameters to Modify a Motor Vehicles Act Tribunal’s Compensation Award?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-012567-012567 – 2024 Diary Number 24645/2021 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA Precedent Value Binding Authority Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing precedent in National Insurance Co. Ltd. vs. Mastan & […]

Is a Single Show-Cause Notice Based on the DG Report Sufficient to Impose Penalties and Behavioural Remedies Under Sections 27 and 48 of the Competition Act?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-009726-009726 – 2016 Diary Number 24408/2016 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 on notice requirements for penalty hearings under the Competition Act Overrules / Affirms Affirms Competition […]

Can criminal proceedings under Sections 498-A, 377 and 506 IPC be quashed for want of prima facie case where FIR allegations are vague and general?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-004292-004292 – 2025 Diary Number 22954/2024 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ATUL S. CHANDURKAR Bench HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ATUL S. CHANDURKAR Concurring or Dissenting Judges None Precedent Value Binding Authority Overrules / Affirms […]

Can an FIR Be Quashed at the Preliminary Stage When No Material Links the Accused to an Offence under the Prevention of Corruption Act?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number SLP(Crl) No.-005248-005248 – 2016 Diary Number 22528/2016 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 High Court’s order and existing Supreme Court […]

Does Section 37 of the Provincial Insolvency Act protect a receiver’s transfer deed lacking final judicial sanction and based on fabricated documents?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-012048-012049 – 2018 Diary Number 22498/2011 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 Authority Overrules / Affirms Overrules Karnataka High Court’s 2011 decision Affirms District Court’s […]

Can a Procurer Recover Both Compensation and Fixed‐Charge Reimbursement for Wrongful Diversion Under a Power Purchase Agreement?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-006581-006582 – 2025 Diary Number 21070/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE Concurring or Dissenting Judges HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE (concurring) Precedent Value Binding authority on PPA interpretation and compensation/reimbursement […]

Can an FIR Registered at a Non-Jurisdictional Station and Uncorroborated Chance-Witness Testimony Sustain a Hit-and-Run Claim under the Motor Vehicles Act?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-005172-005172 – 2025 Diary Number 20466/2022 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA Precedent Value Affirmative – upholds existing law Overrules / Affirms Affirms High Court judgment reversing tribunal award […]

Can profits (EBITDA) earned during CIRP be clawed back without express RfRP provision? Reaffirming that a resolution plan approved under Section 31 binds all claims and profits generated during CIRP unless the RfRP or plan expressly provides otherwise—binding authority on NCLT/NCLAT and subordinate courts.

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-001808 – 2020 Diary Number 7358/2020 Judge Name HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE Bench HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN Precedent Value Binding authority on interpretation of Sections 30–31 IBC and role of RfRP […]