2026 INSC 69313 Jul 2026
Asia Sugar & Chemical Co., Davangere v. State of Karnataka & Ors
The Supreme Court held that imported sugar was exempt under the Karnataka Sales Tax Act before the 2001 amendment, that the retrospective amendment confining the exemption to sugar…
TaxationConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 105 Jan 2026Landmark
Adani Power Ltd. & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.
The Supreme Court held that customs duty could not be levied on electrical energy cleared from a Special Economic Zone into the Domestic Tariff Area, because Section 25 of the Customs Act,…
TaxationConstitutional Law
2025 INSC 144616 Dec 2025
NORTH EASTERN DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION LTD. (NEDFI) v. M/S L. DOULO BUILDERS AND SUPPLIERS CO. PVT. LTD
The Supreme Court held that the North Eastern Development Finance Corporation could not invoke the SARFAESI Act against a Nagaland borrower whose loan of 2001 predated the Act's…
Commercial / IBCConstitutional Law
2025 INSC 133720 Nov 2025
RIKHAB CHAND JAIN v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS
The Supreme Court held that an alternative statutory remedy does not oust Article 226 jurisdiction but bears on the discretion to entertain a writ; where the statutory forum is the High…
Constitutional LawTaxation
2025 INSC 120108 Oct 2025
RAJNI AND ANOTHER v. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER
The Supreme Court held that under the no-fault regime of Section 124-A of the Railways Act, 1989, a dependant's compensation claim is not defeated by non-recovery of the ticket; once an…
Motor Accidents
2025 INSC 105901 Sept 2025
RAMESH CHAND (D) THR. LRS v. SURESH CHAND AND ANR
The Supreme Court held that an agreement to sell, general power of attorney, affidavit and receipt of consideration do not confer valid title to immovable property absent a registered sale…
Property / Land
2025 INSC 105129 Aug 2025
SMT. BHAGWATI DEVI v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND
The Supreme Court set aside the conviction of a mother-in-law under Section 498-A IPC, holding that the evidence of dowry harassment was inconsistent and insufficient, and that courts below…
Criminal / BNS
2025 INSC 104728 Aug 2025
In Re: Mepung Tadar Bage, Member, Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission
On a Presidential reference under Article 317(1) of the Constitution regarding the alleged misbehaviour of a Member of the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission connected with leakage…
Constitutional LawCriminal / BNS
2025 INSC 103223 Aug 2025
M/S SHAH NANJI NAGSI EXPORTS PVT. LTD v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS
The Supreme Court held that an inadvertent clerical error in shipping bills, corrected by customs authorities under Section 149 of the Customs Act, cannot defeat an exporter's substantive…
Taxation
2025 INSC 100020 Aug 2025
PAWAN KUMAR TIWARY AND OTHERS v. JHARKHAND STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD (NOW JHARKHAND URJA VIKAS NIGAM LIMITED) AND OTHERS
The Supreme Court held that the appellants' appointments to Class III posts, made within sanctioned strength and after due selection, were irregular at best and not illegal, and quashed the…
Service / LabourConstitutional Law