Can SARFAESI Enforcement Be Invoked Without a Security Interest and Prior to State Notification in Nagaland?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-006492-006492 – 2024 Diary Number 9829/2020 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 on applicability of SARFAESI Act in Nagaland under Article 371A and necessity of a […]

Can an Appellate Court Disturb a High Court’s Acquittal When the Prosecution’s Case Is Riddled with Material Discrepancies?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-000809-000809 – 2014 Diary Number 5406/2013 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARAVIND KUMAR HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms Affirms Type of Law Criminal Law / Criminal Procedure Questions of Law Scope […]

Can an insurer repudiate a fire insurance claim by invoking an exclusion for theft when the damage is caused by fire?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-002052-002052 – 2016 Diary Number 5494/2016 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJAY BISHNOI Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE J.K. MAHESHWARI HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJAY BISHNOI Precedent Value Binding authority for fire insurance claims Overrules / Affirms Overrules the NCDRC’s impugned judgment; affirms Supreme Court […]

Can rape convictions under Section 376 IPC be sustained solely on FIR and forensic reports when key eyewitnesses turn hostile?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-000890-000891 – 2017 Diary Number 2803/2017 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIPUL M. PANCHOLI Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIPUL M. PANCHOLI Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing precedent on the treatment of hostile witnesses and the limits of reliance on FIR […]

When Can an Appellate Court Disturb an Acquittal Order? Reaffirming the Scope of Re-Appreciation in Criminal Appeals

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-000809-000809 – 2014 Diary Number 5406/2013 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARAVIND KUMAR HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA Concurring or Dissenting Judges HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN Precedent Value Binding authority for all criminal appeals Overrules […]

Can a Rape Conviction Under Section 376(2)(d) IPC Be Sustained Solely on FIR and Semen-Stain Evidence When the Victim and Ocular Witnesses Turn Hostile?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-000890-000891 – 2017 Diary Number 2803/2017 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIPUL M. PANCHOLI Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIPUL M. PANCHOLI Precedent Value Binding on all subordinate courts Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing precedent on handling hostile witnesses […]

Can a High Court’s perverse evaluation of witness credibility justify acquittal in dowry‐death cases under Section 304-B IPC?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-000132-000133 – 2017 Diary Number 41190/2013 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE NONGMEIKAPAM KOTISWAR SINGH Precedent Value Binding authority on criminal courts Overrules / Affirms Affirms Supreme Court precedents on statutory presumption; overrules […]

Does selective disbelief of consistent dowry‐harassment evidence justify overturning Section 304-B IPC convictions and the Section 113B presumption?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-000132-000133 – 2017 Diary Number 41190/2013 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE NONGMEIKAPAM KOTISWAR SINGH Concurring Judges HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE NONGMEIKAPAM KOTISWAR SINGH Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms Affirms Trial Court conviction; […]

Can a claimant’s monthly income be pegged at ₹95,000 for loss‐of‐dependency compensation based solely on EMI outgoings without income‐tax returns?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-014758-014758 – 2025 Diary Number 36095/2025 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 Overrules / Affirms Affirms Pranay Sethi; distinguishes Gurpreet Kaur Type of Law Motor accident […]

Should compensation for loss of dependency in motor‐accident claims be computed solely on EMI payments without primary income evidence?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-014758-014758 – 2025 Diary Number 36095/2025 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 National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Pranay Sethi (2017) 16 […]

Can exclusive head-office expenditure incurred abroad for Indian branches escape the Section 44C ceiling?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-008291-008291 – 2015 Diary Number 31487/2015 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 Overrules / Affirms Overrules the Bombay High Court’s decision in Commissioner of Income Tax […]

Can a conviction based solely on circumstantial evidence survive when the FIR omits vital details and the investigation is riddled with lapses?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-002973-002973 – 2023 Diary Number 30968/2023 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 established Sharad Birdhichand Sharda principles on circumstantial evidence Highlights fatal effect […]