Can BOCW and Cess Acts Be “Subsequent Legislation” When No Welfare Board Existed at Bid-Date?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-004513-004513 – 2025 Diary Number 17730/2013 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN Precedent Value Binding on all courts interpreting arbitration awards and contract-law principles Overrules / Affirms Affirms Dewan Chand […]

Can the Supreme Court Exercise Its Article 142 Jurisdiction to Dissolve a Marriage for Irretrievable Breakdown and Quash Related Litigation?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number T.P.(Crl.) No.-000338 – 2025 Diary Number 18841/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJAY BISHNOI Precedent Value Binding authority Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing precedent (Shilpa Sailesh) Type of Law Constitutional jurisdiction (Art 142), […]

When Do the BOCW Act and Cess Act Qualify as “Subsequent Legislation” Under NHAI Contracts?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-004513-004513 – 2025 Diary Number 17730/2013 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR and HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN Precedent Value Binding on subordinate courts and arbitration tribunals; clarifies interplay between contract clauses and welfare‐legislation operability […]

Does Section 59(2) of the Factories Act, 1948 Mandate Inclusion of Compensatory Allowances in the Ordinary Rate of Wages, and Can Central Ministries Exclude Them by Executive Memoranda?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-005185-005192 – 2016 Diary Number 9613/2012 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJAY BISHNOI Overrules / Affirms Affirms Madras High Court judgment dated 30.11.2011; Overrules Kerala High Court decision in V.E. Jossie & […]

Does “ordinary rate of wages” under Section 59(2) of the Factories Act, 1948 include compensatory allowances for calculating overtime wages?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-005185-005192 – 2016 Diary Number 9613/2012 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJAY BISHNOI Overrules / Affirms Affirms High Court order dated 30.11.2011; overrules the Kerala High Court judgment in V.E. Jossie & […]

Can AICTE Career Advancement Scheme Regulations Be Applied to Initial Appointments of Professors Under State Recruitment Rules?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-000344-000344 – 2026 Diary Number 54046/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE Precedent Value Binding authority Overrules / Affirms Affirms that AICTE CAS Regulations do not apply to initial recruitment; […]

Can AICTE’s Career Advancement Scheme Regulations Apply to Direct Recruitment of Professors under State Government Rules?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-000344-000344 – 2026 Diary Number 54046/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE Precedent Value Clarifies non-applicability of AICTE CAS Regulations to initial recruitment; binding authority Overrules / Affirms Overrules High […]

Does the first proviso to Section 3(2) of the Judges (Inquiry) Act bar constitution of a Committee where notices are given in both Houses on the same day but admitted in only one?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number W.P.(C) No.-001233-001233 – 2025 Diary Number 71319/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA and HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA Precedent Value Binding authority Overrules / Affirms Clarifies and affirms statutory interpretation of the first proviso to […]

Does the First Proviso to Section 3(2) of the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968 Trigger a Joint Committee Only When Both Houses Admit the Motion?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number W.P.(C) No.-001233-001233 – 2025 Diary Number 71319/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA Concurring Judges HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA Precedent Value Binding authority for statutory interpretation of the Judges […]

Can Speaker-Booking Fees Be Taxed as “Event Management Service” Under the Finance Act?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-023525-023526 – 2017 Diary Number 34384/2017 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 Precedent Overrules / Affirms Affirms strict interpretation of taxing statutes Distinguishes classification under Event Management Service […]

Does procuring speakers through booking agents amount to “Event Management Service” under Section 65(105)(zu) of the Finance Act?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-023525-023526 – 2017 Diary Number 34384/2017 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 service-tax classification Overrules / Affirms Affirms strict interpretation of taxing provisions; distinguishes but does […]

Can a State validly mandate Diploma in Pharmacy as the sole essential qualification for Pharmacist recruitment despite the Pharmacy Practice Regulations recognising B.Pharm and M.Pharm?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-000295-000295 – 2026 Diary Number 21166/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. SUNDRESH Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA Precedent Value Binding Authority Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing precedent on State discretion in recruitment Type of Law […]