Judges
Supreme Court of India

Justice Atul S. Chandurkar

Supreme Court of India · 2025–2026
80 judgments in the LexStreak library · 77 with headnotes
Supreme Court of India — official profile
2026 INSC 109908 Oct 2026
RAMKRUSHNA PRAHLLAD v. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
The Supreme Court allowed an appeal against a conviction under Section 409 of the Penal Code recorded on reversal of an acquittal, holding that entrustment and dishonest intention were not…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 108405 Oct 2026
AJIT KUMAR v. STATE OF JHARKHAND
The Supreme Court set aside a conviction under Sections 7 and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, holding that demand and acceptance of illegal gratification were not proved,…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 107301 Oct 2026
SANTOSH GURUNG v. STATE OF SIKKIM
The Supreme Court acquitted a man convicted of rape and murder of a child on circumstantial evidence, holding that the last seen circumstance, the Section 27 recovery, the DNA and FSL…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 105625 Sept 2026
SUKHABHAI NANJIBHAI MAKWANA AND ANOTHER v. UNION OF INDIA
The Supreme Court held that the absence of a ticket does not negate a claim that the deceased was a bona fide passenger once the claimant's statement on oath discharges the initial burden,…
Civil — General
2026 INSC 105425 Sept 2026
PARAMJIT SINGH BEDI v. STATE OF PUNJAB
The Supreme Court held that the testimony of the prosecutrix cannot be disbelieved on a charge under Section 366 IPC yet accepted to convict under Section 376 IPC, that her denial of…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 103222 Sept 2026
ANTONETTO J D’SOUZA v. ALDILA BRAGANZA AND OTHERS
The Supreme Court set aside a High Court order discharging the accused in a forgery prosecution, holding that issue estoppel barred re-agitating a ground already rejected earlier, that…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 102221 Sept 2026
JASKARAN JEET SINGH DEOL v. STATE OF PUNJAB
The Supreme Court held that a breach of Article 22(1) or 22(2) at arrest vitiates the arrest, and that an accused released for it can be re-arrested only on the Magistrate's permission,…
Criminal / BNSConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 99616 Sept 2026
K RASHIK v. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY
The Supreme Court held that Section 166(2) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 does not confer territorial jurisdiction where the defendant merely carries on business, that an insurer impleaded…
Motor AccidentsCivil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 94803 Sept 2026
SANJAY KUMAR v. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
The Supreme Court held that the High Court erred in reversing the Sessions Court's acquittal of the appellant under Sections 498-A and 306 IPC without finding the trial court's view…
Criminal / BNSFamily / Matrimonial
2026 INSC 92731 Aug 2026
SHRI PRAKASH NARAIN SHARMA v. M/S. BURMAH SHELL CO-OPERATIVE
The Supreme Court declined to interfere with a Delhi High Court judgment that had set aside, in exercise of certiorari jurisdiction, concurrent orders of an Arbitrator and the Delhi…
Constitutional LawWrit / Public Law
2026 INSC 91222 Aug 2026
G. Sathyanarayana Bothra and Others v. M.D. Lokeswari and Another
The Supreme Court set aside a Madras High Court direction to the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority to demolish unauthorised construction, holding it inconsistent with the High…
Service / LabourCivil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 89320 Aug 2026
K. SUMAN CHANDRA v. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS
The Supreme Court dismissed a retired NIRD professor's Special Leave Petition seeking coverage under the GPF Scheme instead of the CPF Scheme, holding him bound by its earlier ruling in…
Service / Labour
2026 INSC 89019 Aug 2026
RAFIKMIYA AHMEDMIYA MALEK v. STATE OF GUJARAT
The Supreme Court set aside the conviction of two public servants — a Talati-cum-Mantri and a Peon — for offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, acquitting them of demanding…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 83812 Aug 2026
BASSANNA SINCE DECEASED BY LRS AND OTHERS v. BHIMANNA AND OTHERS
In civil appeals concerning the maintainability of a composite appeal, the Supreme Court held that where the same plaintiff's two suits were consolidated and tried together by common…
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 83011 Aug 2026
RAM SINGH v. THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
The Supreme Court set aside a High Court judgment convicting the appellant under Section 376 IPC after it reversed his acquittal, holding that the entire medical and forensic evidence —…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 82010 Aug 2026
THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH HOME DEPARTMENT v. Ponthati Siva Rami Reddy and Others
The Supreme Court declined to restore a conviction under Section 302 IPC given material inconsistencies in the prosecution evidence, upheld the High Court's alteration to Section 304 Part…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 75829 Jul 2026
NAKHAT SINGH v. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS
The Supreme Court holds that Air Force Order No.33/2017’s requirement of prior permission before an Airman applies for a civil post is mandatory, not directory, and that no member of the…
Service / LabourConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 72421 Jul 2026
PRABHAKAR YESHWANT MASRAM AND ANOTHER v. SOU TULA NAMDEORAO JAIPURKAR
The Supreme Court quashed a direction under Section 340 CrPC to prosecute a litigant and his counsel for offences under Sections 193, 199 and 200 IPC, holding that a prima facie finding of…
Criminal / BNSCivil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 64819 Jun 2026
Rajat Kumar and Others v. S D Adarsh Jain Kanya Maha Vidyalaya Sadhaura and Others
The Supreme Court set aside a High Court judgment that reversed decrees in the plaintiffs' favour and directed the Executing Court to assess and pay compensation that was never prayed for.…
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 64719 Jun 2026
MANIYAR ILIYAZ @ SHAIK RIYAZ & ANR v. P. AYYAPPAN & ORS
In a case arising from the death of a five-year-old boy struck by a tanker while walking to school, the Supreme Court declared the right to walk on a demarcated footpath a fundamental right…
Motor AccidentsConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 64515 Jun 2026
S. SENTHIL KUMARAN BOSE v. THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU
In batched appeals arising from prolonged litigation over recruitment of 113 Motor Vehicle Inspector-Grade II posts by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission, the Supreme Court held that…
Service / Labour
2026 INSC 64415 Jun 2026
SPECIAL POLICE ESTABLISHMENT v. KAMTA PRASAD MISHRA AND OTHERS
The Supreme Court held that the Madhya Pradesh Special Police Establishment, whose jurisdiction is confined to investigating corruption offences and offences under sections 409, 420 and…
Criminal / BNSConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 64315 Jun 2026
MEENAKSHI NATARAJAN v. ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA & ANR
Dismissing an Article 32 petition against the rejection of a candidate's nomination for a Rajya Sabha seat, the Supreme Court held that Article 329(b) leaves election petition as the only…
Constitutional LawWrit / Public Law
2026 INSC 59229 May 2026
ARJUN DASS v. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ORS
The Supreme Court set aside the removal of the Mathadhipati of Sri Swamy Hathiramji Mutt, Tirupathi, holding that the enquiry preceding his removal breached natural justice through improper…
Service / LabourConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 59129 May 2026
Ashok & Ors. v. Padam Chand & Ors.
The Supreme Court held that an arbitral award made during a pending suit without an order of reference under Section 21 of the Arbitration Act, 1940 is ineffective as a bar to that suit,…
ArbitrationCivil Procedure / CPC
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