Can Minor Procedural Lapses in NDPS Sampling under Section 52-A Automatically Vitiate Prosecution?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-000259-000259 – 2025 Diary Number 52102/2024 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL Concurring or Dissenting Judges HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIPUL M. PANCHOLI (concurring) Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms Affirms Type of Law Criminal law (NDPS Act) Questions of Law Whether non-compliance […]

Does the Public Premises Act, 1971 Override State Rent Control Legislations Regardless of Tenancy Date?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-002636-002637 – 2023 Diary Number 32155/2008 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA Bench Three-Judge Bench Precedent Value Binding Authority Overrules / Affirms Overrules Suhas H. Pophale (2014); affirms Ashoka Marketing Ltd. (1990) Type of Law Property Law; Statutory Interpretation (PP Act 1971 […]

Does the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971 override State Rent Control legislation for eviction of unauthorised occupants from premises under government or public entities?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-002636-002637 – 2023 Diary Number 32155/2008 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MEHTA; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA Precedent Value Binding – reaffirms Ashoka Marketing Ltd. (1990) and overrules Suhas H. Pophale […]

Does Section 436-A CrPC Bar Default Bail for Death-Penalty Offences and Can Prolonged Incarceration Under Article 21 Justify Bail in Grave Cases?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-005400-005401 – 2025 Diary Number 27175/2023 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 clarification of Sec. 436-A and Article 21 bail principles Overrules / Affirms Affirms that Sec. […]

Does Section 436-A CrPC Apply to Death-Penalty Offences and How Should Courts Balance Prolonged Undertrial Detention Under Reverse-Burden Statutes?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-005400-005401 – 2025 Diary Number 27175/2023 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 clarification on scope of Section 436-A CrPC Reinforces Article 21 bail balancing jurisprudence Issues administrative […]

Can Pandemic-Era Regulatory Notices Qualify as “Requisition” for PMGKY Insurance Cover?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number SLP(C) No.-016860 – 2021 Diary Number 15615/2021 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 Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing interpretation of “requisition” under emergency regulations Type of […]

Does a notice under the Maharashtra COVID-19 Regulations constitute “requisitioning of services” entitling private practitioners to insurance under the PM Garib Kalyan Yojana?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number SLP(C) No.-016860 – 2021 Diary Number 15615/2021 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 Overrules / Affirms Affirms and clarifies scope of “requisitioning” under the Epidemic Diseases […]

Can a Revenue Map, Finally Settled Under the Uttar Pradesh Land Revenue Act, Be Reopened for Correction Under Section 30 of the UP Revenue Code After Seventeen Years?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-014661-014661 – 2025 Diary Number 52717/2023 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANMOHAN Precedent Value Binding on all courts and revenue authorities Overrules / Affirms Overrules the High Court’s remand order; affirms finality […]

Can a Non-Signatory Be Prima Facie Bound by an Arbitration Agreement at the Section 11 Stage?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-014647-014647 – 2025 Diary Number 39210/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN Concurring or Dissenting Judges Both judges concurring Precedent Value Binding clarification Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing Supreme Court precedents […]

Can an FIR under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act be quashed as an abuse of process when its allegations conflict with contemporaneous civil pleadings and statutory ingredients are lacking?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-005335-005335 – 2025 Diary Number 19695/2025 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 on all courts in India Overrules / Affirms Affirms inherent powers under Section 482 […]

Does resignation under Rule 26 of the CCS Pension Rules, 1972, automatically forfeit pensionary benefits while preserving gratuity and leave encashment rights?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-014660-014660 – 2025 Diary Number 7615/2023 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANMOHAN Precedent Value Binding authority Overrules / Affirms Affirms that resignation leads to forfeiture of pensionary benefits under Rule 26 CCS […]

Can an FIR under Sections 3(1)(g) and 3(1)(s) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act be quashed where the First Information Statement is contradicted by contemporaneous civil pleadings and essential ingredients of the offences are absent?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-005335-005335 – 2025 Diary Number 19695/2025 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 Overrules High Court’s refusal to quash FIR Type of Law […]