Is High Court Leave under Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay Mandatory for Withdrawing Prosecution against a Sitting or Former MP/MLA?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-005196-005196 – 2025 Diary Number 20628/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRASANNA B. VARALE Concurring or Dissenting Judges None Precedent Value Binding authority Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing precedent under Ashwini Kumar […]

Does the Supreme Court Mandate Flexible Scribe Provisions and Screen-Reader Facilities in UPSC Civil Services Examinations to Realize Substantive Equality under Articles 14, 16 and 21?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number W.P.(C) No.-000206-000206 – 2025 Diary Number 8097/2025 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 Authority Overrules / Affirms Affirms and gives effect to equality, non-discrimination, and accessibility obligations under […]

Does Withdrawal of Prosecution Against MPs/MLAs Require High Court Leave Under Section 482 CrPC and BNSS?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-005196-005196 – 2025 Diary Number 20628/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRASANNA B. VARALE Precedent Value Clarifies and reaffirms the mandatory requirement for High Court leave under Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay; binding on […]

Can a Muslim woman reclaim all gifts and dower given at the time of marriage under Section 3(d) of the 1986 Act after divorce?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-005164-005165 – 2025 Diary Number 60854/2024 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 Overrules / Affirms Overrules the judgment of the High Court of Calcutta Affirms the […]

Can an FIR charging wrongful restraint, voyeurism and intimidation proceed when the complainant lacks tenancy rights and a subsisting civil injunction?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-005146-005146 – 2025 Diary Number 7199/2024 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANMOHAN Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANMOHAN Precedent Value Binding on subordinate courts Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing discharge jurisprudence; sets aside impugned order Type of Law Criminal […]

Does the integration of power-aided processes across distinct textile units preclude exemption under Entry No.106 of Notification No.5/98-CE?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-003405-003407 – 2012 Diary Number 5839/2012 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 authority Affirms Established tests in Standard Fireworks Industries and Collector of Central Excise, […]

Can a Slum Rehabilitation Authority compel acquisition under Section 14 of the Slum Act despite the landowner’s preferential right?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-014512-014512 – 2025 Diary Number 5163/2025 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 Affirms existing precedent (Tarabai Nagar Co-op. Society v. State of Maharashtra; Saldanha […]

Can a Divorced Muslim Wife Recover Marital Gifts Recorded in Favour of the Husband Under Section 3(d) of the 1986 Act?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-005164-005165 – 2025 Diary Number 60854/2024 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 Overrules / Affirms Affirms Section 3(d) of the 1986 Act and Daniel Latifi Overrules […]

Can criminal proceedings under IPC Sections 341, 354C and 506 proceed when a civil injunction negates any prima facie offence?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-005146-005146 – 2025 Diary Number 7199/2024 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANMOHAN Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANMOHAN Concurring or Dissenting Judges HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE NONGMEIKAPAM KOTISWAR SINGH (concurring) Precedent Value Binding authority on discharge applications under Section 227 […]

Does a continuous manufacturing chain across separate job-work units using power at any stage negate exemption under Entry 106 of Notification No. 5/98-CE?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No. 3405-3407 of 2012 Diary Number 5839/2012 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 on all subordinate courts Overrules / Affirms Affirms Type of Law Central […]

Is the State’s power to acquire slum land under Section 14 of the Slum Act subject to the landowner’s preferential right to redevelop?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-014512-014512 – 2025 Diary Number 5163/2025 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 Affirms High Court order Type of Law Slum rehabilitation; land‐acquisition law Questions […]

Does superficial compliance with Section 313 CrPC vitiate a conviction?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-005137-005138 – 2025 Diary Number 1537/2025 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 Type of Law Criminal Procedure (Section 313 CrPC) Questions of Law […]