Does an employee’s resignation forfeit pension entitlement under CCS Pension Rules, 1972, 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; affirms existing precedent Overrules / Affirms Affirms BSES Yamuna Power Ltd. v. Ghanshyam Chand Sharma (2020) Type of […]

Does the omission of an accused’s identity in the FIR and reliance on belated identification statements fatally undermine a conviction under Sections 302/34 IPC and the SC/ST Act?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-005315-005315 – 2025 Diary Number 36721/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH and HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MEHTA Concurring or Dissenting Judges None Precedent Value Binding authority Overrules / Affirms Affirms Ram Kumar Pandey v. State […]

Can convictions under IPC Sections 323, 354 and SC/ST Act Section 3(1)(xi) stand on contradictory testimony and no independent witnesses?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-005301-005301 – 2025 Diary Number 28111/2024 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 Overrules / Affirms Affirms State of U.P. v. Ramesh Prasad Misra (1996 10 SCC 360) […]

Can a High Court’s anticipatory bail order be set aside for non-consideration of custodial interrogation requirements under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-005313-005313 – 2025 Diary Number 23638/2025 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 Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing precedents on bail jurisdiction; sets aside High Court order Type […]

Does an Arbitral Tribunal’s Power to Terminate Proceedings Under Sections 25, 30 and 38 Stem Exclusively from Section 32 of the Arbitration Act, and What Remedies Exist Against Such a Termination?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-014630-014630 – 2025 Diary Number 17124/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE Precedent Value Binding on subordinate courts Overrules / Affirms Affirms validity of Fourth Schedule Clarifies Afcons Partially sets aside […]

Can High Courts Quash Municipal Tax Revisions in PILs by Reassessing Economic Policy Decisions?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-012488-012489 – 2024 Diary Number 14461/2020 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MEHTA Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms Affirms Type of Law Municipal Law Administrative Law Judicial Review of Economic Policy […]

Can an Arbitral Tribunal Override a Contractual Compound Interest Provision Under Section 31(7)(a) of the Arbitration Act, 1996?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-014565-014566 – 2025 Diary Number 56596/2024 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 Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing precedents under Section 31(7)(a) Type of Law Arbitration law / […]

Can a Postgraduate Degree in Commerce With Principal Statistics Subjects Qualify as a “Postgraduate Degree in Statistics” for Recruitment?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-014588-014588 – 2025 Diary Number 34731/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA and HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIPUL M. PANCHOLI Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms Affirms purposive interpretation of academic qualifications Type of Law […]

Can High Courts Exercise Inherent Jurisdiction under Section 482 CrPC to Quash Criminal Proceedings in Commercial Disputes Where Prima Facie Material Discloses Offences under IPC?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-005252-005252 – 2025 Diary Number 31507/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIPUL M. PANCHOLI Precedent Value Affirmation of existing Supreme Court precedents Overrules / Affirms Affirms Type of Law Procedural […]

Does GST Entry 13 Exemption Cover Leasing of Hostels for Long-Term Student and Professional Accommodation?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-007846-007846 – 2023 Diary Number 29980/2022 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 on the interpretation of GST exemption notifications Overrules / Affirms Affirms the High Court judgment […]

Can Section 319 CrPC Be Invoked on Untested Section 161 CrPC Statements and Dying Declarations to Summon Additional Accused?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-005229-005229 – 2025 Diary Number 21716/2025 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 Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing precedent on Section 319 CrPC and dying declarations Type of […]

Can a High Court Dismiss a Contempt Petition by Deeming a Clear Mandamus Order Ambiguous?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-010346-010346 – 2024 Diary Number 8206/2022 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ATUL S. CHANDURKAR Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ATUL S. CHANDURKAR Ratio Decidendi The Supreme Court held that the common order dated 17 January 2003 issued in […]