Is a suit for mandatory injunction maintainable simpliciter when an equally efficacious remedy of possession exists under Section 41(h) of the Specific Relief Act?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-006075-006075 – 2016 Diary Number 32381/2012 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARAVIND KUMAR Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARAVIND KUMAR HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRASANNA B. VARALE Precedent Value Binding on all subordinate courts and High Courts in property/injunction disputes Overrules / Affirms Affirms High […]

Can a Magistrate-Recorded Dying Declaration with Minor Discrepancies Alone Sustain a Murder Conviction under Section 302 IPC?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-000430-000430 – 2018 Diary Number 7284/2015 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH and HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE R. MAHADEVAN Precedent Value Binding precedent on dying declarations and appellate interference Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing precedents on dying […]

Can the AAR reject an advance ruling application as prima facie tax-avoidance under Section 245R(2) despite a TRC?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-000262-000262 – 2026 Diary Number 1251/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE R. MAHADEVAN Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE R. MAHADEVAN Concurring or Dissenting Judges Concurring: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA Precedent Value Supreme Court binds AAR and tax authorities […]

Does a Tax Residency Certificate Alone Secure DTAA Benefits Post-Amendments, or Can India’s Anti-Avoidance Rules Override Treaty Relief?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-000262-000262 – 2026 Diary Number 1251/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE R. MAHADEVAN Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA & HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE R. MAHADEVAN Concurring or Dissenting Judges HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA (Concurring) Precedent Value Binding authority Overrules / Affirms Affirms […]

Is a Daughter-in-Law, Who Becomes a Widow After Her Father-in-Law’s Death, a “Dependant” Entitled to Maintenance Under the Hindu Adoptions & Maintenance Act, 1956?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-000245-000246 – 2026 Diary Number 55630/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PANKAJ MITHAL Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PANKAJ MITHAL HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE S.V.N. BHATTI Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms Affirms literal interpretation of Section 21(vii) and rejects narrower readings Type of Law […]

Can any daughter-in-law, irrespective of when she became a widow, claim maintenance under Section 22 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-000245-000246 – 2026 Diary Number 55630/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PANKAJ MITHAL Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PANKAJ MITHAL HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE S.V.N. BHATTI Precedent Value Binding authority Overrules / Affirms Affirms Type of Law Family law – Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, […]

Is mandatory prior executive approval constitutionally permissible before police investigate official decisions under the Prevention of Corruption Act?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number W.P.(C) No.-001373 – 2018 Diary Number 40618/2018 Judge Name HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA AND HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN Bench Division Bench Concurring or Dissenting Judges Two opinions: one justice striking down S 17A; the other saving it via Lokpal/Lokayukta reading-in Precedent Value […]

Does the Constitution Permit Mandatory Prior Executive Approval for Preliminary Corruption Inquiries Under the Prevention of Corruption Act?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number W.P.(C) No.-001373 – 2018 Diary Number 40618/2018 Judge Name HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA Concurring or Dissenting Judges Majority: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN Dissent: HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA Precedent Value Binding authority on prior‐approval regime and Article 14 limits Overrules / Affirms […]

Does a Public Sector Undertaking under the RPwD Act, 2016 owe a duty to provide reasonable accommodation and modify recruitment criteria to include candidates with multiple disabilities?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-000120-000120 – 2026 Diary Number 38094/2024 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 precedents on reasonable accommodation under the RPwD Act; overrules Division Bench […]

Should enforceable rules be prescribed under Section 38 of the RTE Act to operationalise Section 12(1)(c) and ensure transparent admission of 25% weaker-section children in neighbourhood schools?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number SLP(C) No.-010105-010105 – 2017 Diary Number 8696/2017 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA Bench Two-Judge Bench (Justices Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Atul S. Chandurkar) Precedent Value Binding precedent Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing constitutional and statutory mandate under the RTE Act Type […]

Does Section 52 of the Transfer of Property Act bar pendente lite transferees from resisting execution of a specific‐performance decree?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number SLP(C) No.-027660 – 2025 Diary Number 44153/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN Precedent Value Binding Authority Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing precedent on lis pendens Type of Law Civil procedure; property law; execution of specific performance decrees Questions of Law Whether a […]

Does a sale deed executed pendente lite by a court commissioner bind subsequent purchasers for resisting possession under a decree for specific performance?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number SLP(C) No.-027660 – 2025 Diary Number 44153/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN & HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA Concurring or Dissenting Judges HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA (concurring) Precedent Value Authoritative interpretation of lis pendens and […]