Does an Appellate Authority under Section 18 of the Kerala Rent Control Act need to repeat the Section 12(1) deposit procedure when challenging an eviction order under Section 12(3)?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-013901-013902 – 2025 Diary Number 32735/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANMOHAN Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANMOHAN Concurring or Dissenting Judges Concurring: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms Overrules the Kerala High Court’s […]

Does the Governor Have Independent Discretion Under Article 200 to Assent, Withhold or Reserve a Bill, Free from Ministerial Advice?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number SPL.REF. No.-000001 – 2025 Diary Number 39157/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE Bench Constitution Bench (HON’BLE CJI, B.R. Gavai, Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, Atul S. Chandurkar) Concurring or Dissenting Judges None Precedent Value Binding on all Indian courts Overrules / […]

Can a State Governor Exercise Discretion Under Article 200 Absent Judicial Timelines and Independent of Ministerial Advice?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number SPL. REF. No.-000001 – 2025 Diary Number 39157/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE Precedent Value Binding authority Overrules / Affirms Overrules aspects of State of Tamil Nadu v. Governor (2025) on timelines and justiciability; affirms Rameshwar Prasad (2006) on Governor’s immunity Type of […]

Can a Criminal Prosecution Against a Public Servant Be Quashed for an Unspeaking Sanction Order and Inordinate Delay in Investigation?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-004970-004970 – 2025 Diary Number 30929/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIPUL M. PANCHOLI Precedent Value Binding for criminal courts on sanction orders and supervision of delayed investigations Overrules / Affirms Quashes […]

Can a Division Bench Entertain Letters Patent Appeals Against Execution Orders Passed Under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-001026-001027 – 2019 Diary Number 14666/2018 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms Overrules orders of the Division Bench, High Court of Bombay dated 06.03.2018 Type […]

Does the Supreme Court’s adoption of an expert committee’s operational definition of the Aravali Hills and Ranges and its sustainable mining framework constitute binding environmental standards?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number W.P.(C) No.-000202-000202 – 1995 Diary Number 2997/1995 Judge Name HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE Bench HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms Affirms Type of Law Environmental Law / Mining Regulation Questions of Law Should a uniform […]

Can non-speaking sanction orders and inordinate investigative delays invalidate prosecution of public servants?

  Summary Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-004970-004970 – 2025 Diary Number 30929/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIPUL M. PANCHOLI Precedent Value Binding authority on all criminal courts Overrules / Affirms Overrules the non-speaking sanction order dated 27.04.2022 Affirms the […]

Can a Secured Creditor under SARFAESI Act Override the Statutory First Charge of Provident Fund Dues?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-013884-013884 – 2025 Diary Number 29907/2011 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN Bench HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRASANNA B. VARALE; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN Precedent Value Binding authority on the interplay between statutory first charges and […]

Can Letters Patent Appeals Lie Against Single-Judge Orders in Arbitral Award Execution Proceedings Under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act and CPC?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-001026-001027 – 2019 Diary Number 14666/2018 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE Precedent Value Binding Authority Overrules / Affirms Overrules Bombay High Court’s admission and stay of Letters Patent Appeals; affirms […]

Can the Supreme Court Mandate a Uniform Operational Definition of Aravali Hills and Ranges and Require a Geo-referenced Management Plan for Sustainable Mining to Safeguard the Aravali Ecosystem?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number W.P.(C) No.-000202-000202 – 1995 Diary Number 2997/1995 Judge Name HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE Bench HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH Type of Law Environmental and Mineral Regulation Questions of Law Whether a uniform operational definition of “Aravali Hills and Ranges” is […]

Should seniority in Higher Judicial Services be governed by a uniform annual roster without quotas based on recruitment source?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number W.P.(C) No.-001022-001022 – 1989 Diary Number 60181/1989 Judge Name HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE Precedent Value Binding authority Affirms / Overrules Affirms Fourth, Fifth and Sixth AIJA precedents; rejects creation of separate quotas Type of Law Constitutional and service jurisprudence Questions of Law What should […]

Should seniority in the Higher Judicial Service be determined solely by a uniform annual 4-point roster?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number W.P.(C) No.-001022-001022 – 1989 Diary Number 60181/1989 Judge Name HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE Bench Constitution Bench of five judges Precedent Value Binding authority Overrules / Affirms Affirms AIJA precedents Modifies the roster system (replaces 40-point roster with 4-point annual roster) Type of Law Service […]