Does the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act require proof that the accused knew the victim’s caste status to sustain a conviction?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-005534-005534 – 2025 Diary Number 12564/2024 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN Precedent Value Binding on all courts Overrules / Affirms Affirms requirement of knowledge under SC/ST Act Overrules specific […]

Can a Permanent Injunction Be Granted Without Clear Property Identification and a Valid Rectification Deed?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-014824-014824 – 2025 Diary Number 4709/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. VINOD CHANDRAN Precedent Value Binding authority on property injunction suits Overrules / Affirms Affirms trial court; reverses High Court first-appeal […]

Can an FIR Be Quashed Under Section 482 CrPC for Lack of Sanction, Mala Fides and Prior Lokayukta Exonerations?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-005521-005521 – 2025 Diary Number 38519/2018 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 Type of Law Criminal Procedure and Constitutional Law Questions […]

Is Power Supplied Before Combined‐Cycle COD by an Open‐Cycle Gas Turbine “Firm Power” Under Electricity Regulations Despite a PPA Definition to the Contrary?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-005700-005700 – 2014 Diary Number 32833/2013 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN Precedent Value Binding authority Overrules / Affirms Affirms TNERC and APTEL decisions Reaffirms necessity to align PPAs with regulations […]

Can an FIR under the Prevention of Corruption Act be quashed for lack of statutory sanction and malafide prosecution despite prior administrative closure?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-005521-005521 – 2025 Diary Number 38519/2018 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL and HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE NONGMEIKAPAM KOTISWAR SINGH Precedent Value Binding authority (reaffirms established quashing jurisprudence) Overrules / Affirms Affirms Bhajanlal, Devendrappa, quashing principles under […]

Can Section 34(4) of the Bihar Reorganisation Act Render Patna High Court’s Anomaly-Removal Orders Binding on the Jharkhand High Court for Post-Reorganisation Employees?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-014046-014046 – 2024 Diary Number 20738/2022 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE J.K. MAHESHWARI Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE J.K. MAHESHWARI; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJAY BISHNOI Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms Affirms Type of Law Constitutional & Service Law Questions of Law Whether Section […]

Can a PPA-Defined Single Commercial Operation Date Override Unit-Wise COD Prescriptions Under CERC and TNERC Regulations?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-005700-005700 – 2014 Diary Number 32833/2013 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN Precedent Value Affirms requirement of PPA approval and regulatory alignment Overrules / Affirms Affirms APTEL and TNERC decisions Type […]

Can the SARFAESI Act Be Invoked for Pre-Enactment Loans Without a Security Interest and Before Article 371A Notification in Nagaland?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-006492-006492 – 2024 Diary Number 9829/2020 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA and HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH Precedent Value Binding authority Overrules / Affirms Affirms the Gauhati High Court order Type of Law Banking/recovery […]

Can an insurer repudiate a fire insurance claim by invoking a theft exclusion when the loss is caused by fire?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-002052-002052 – 2016 Diary Number 5494/2016 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJAY BISHNOI Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE J.K. MAHESHWARI; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJAY BISHNOI Precedent Value Binding authority Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing precedent Type of Law Insurance law Questions of Law Whether […]

Can SARFAESI Enforcement Be Invoked Without a Security Interest and Prior to State Notification in Nagaland?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-006492-006492 – 2024 Diary Number 9829/2020 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 authority on applicability of SARFAESI Act in Nagaland under Article 371A and necessity of a […]

Can an Appellate Court Disturb a High Court’s Acquittal When the Prosecution’s Case Is Riddled with Material Discrepancies?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-000809-000809 – 2014 Diary Number 5406/2013 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARAVIND KUMAR HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms Affirms Type of Law Criminal Law / Criminal Procedure Questions of Law Scope […]

Can an insurer repudiate a fire insurance claim by invoking an exclusion for theft when the damage is caused by fire?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-002052-002052 – 2016 Diary Number 5494/2016 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJAY BISHNOI Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE J.K. MAHESHWARI HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJAY BISHNOI Precedent Value Binding authority for fire insurance claims Overrules / Affirms Overrules the NCDRC’s impugned judgment; affirms Supreme Court […]