Can compensation for loss of income in motor accident claims be fixed on realistic employment prospects instead of prescribed minimum wages?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-008136-008136 – 2024 Diary Number 4439/2018 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA Overrules / Affirms Affirms Constitution Bench decision in National Insurance Company Limited vs. Pranay Sethi (2017) 16 […]

Can a Second Special Leave Petition Be Maintained After Unconditional Withdrawal of the First Petition Without Leave to Refile?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-011752-011753 – 2025 Diary Number 58296/2024 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA and HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH Concurring or Dissenting Judges Both Judges concur; no dissenting opinion Precedent Value Binding authority on maintainability of […]

Can a Second Special Leave Petition Be Maintained After an Unconditional Withdrawal of the First?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No. 11752–11753 / 2025 Diary Number 58296 / 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 on all courts Overrules / Affirms Affirms Upadhyay & Co. v. State […]

When do allegations under Sections 406 and 420 IPC lack prima facie validity for continuation of criminal proceedings under Section 482 CrPC?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-004281-004281 – 2025 Diary Number 51744/2023 Judge Name HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA Bench HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE R. MAHADEVAN Precedent Value Binding on all subordinate courts Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing precedents Type of Law Criminal law; inherent […]

Can a Bar Council Refer an Advocate to Disciplinary Proceedings without Recording Prima Facie Reasons under Section 35 of the Advocates Act?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-012232-012232 – 2025 Diary Number 50891/2023 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MEHTA HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms Affirms Nandlal Khodidas Barot v. Bar Council of […]

Does Section 35 of the Advocates Act Mandate a Prima Facie Rationale and Jural Relationship Before Referring Misconduct Complaints to a Disciplinary Committee?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-012232-012232 – 2025 Diary Number 50891/2023 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MEHTA HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA Concurring or Dissenting Judges All three judges concurred Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms […]

Can a High Court Invoke Review Jurisdiction to Re-compute Cut-off Marks and Order a Fresh Examination in Judicial Recruitment?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-012185-012185 – 2025 Diary Number 41870/2024 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ATUL S. CHANDURKAR Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ATUL S. CHANDURKAR Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms Sets aside High Court order dated 13.06.2024 (overrules exercise of […]

Does the exclusion of export cargo handling from “cargo handling service” preclude its levy under sub-clause (zzm) of Section 65(105)?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-017405 – 2017 Diary Number 29624/2017 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 Type of Law Indirect Taxation / Service Tax Questions of […]

Does Rajasthan’s VAT Exemption for In-State Fly Ash–Based Asbestos Products Violate Article 304(a) and Impede Inter-State Trade?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-003577-003577 – 2008 Diary Number 27706/2007 Judge Name HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA Bench Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice K.V. Viswanathan Concurring or Dissenting Judges Justice K.V. Viswanathan (concurring) Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms Overrules Rajasthan High Court in Hyderabad Industries Affirms […]

Does a VAT exemption notification grant hostile discrimination under Article 304(a) when it excludes inter-state manufacturers without stated legislative reasons?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No. 003577-003577 – 2008 Diary Number 27706/2007 Judge Name HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA Concurring or Dissenting Judges Hon’ble Mr. Justice K.V. VISWANATHAN (concurring) Precedent Value Binding authority Type of Law Constitutional law (trade & commerce), Tax law (VAT exemptions) Questions of Law […]

Can Failure to Vacate Government Accommodation Justify Withholding Pension and Retiral Dues?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-012181-012181 – 2025 Diary Number 26631/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL and HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIPUL M. PANCHOLI Concurring or Dissenting Judges Concurring: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIPUL M. PANCHOLI Precedent Value Binding Authority Overrules / […]

Can Extra-judicial Confessions to Police Officers and Unspecified Section 27 Disclosures Sustain a Murder Conviction without a Complete Chain of Circumstantial Evidence?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-000425-000425 – 2014 Diary Number 26585/2013 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN Bench HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms Affirms precedents on inadmissibility of police confessions (Evidence Act Ss. 25/26) and […]