2026 INSC 49015 May 2026
ROHIT CHATURVEDI v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND & OTHERS
The Supreme Court quashed the Union's cryptic, non-speaking rejection of a life convict's premature release and, holding that the heinousness of the offence cannot by itself defeat…
Criminal / BNSConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 37216 Apr 2026
S. VALLIAMMAI & OTHERS v. S. RAMANATHAN & ANOTHER
The Supreme Court held that a bar under Order II Rule 2 CPC, against splitting claims, cannot be a ground for rejecting a plaint under Order VII Rule 11(d), because such a bar must be…
Civil Procedure / CPCCommercial / IBC
2026 INSC 34710 Apr 2026
RAM CHANDRA CHOUDHARY & ORS v. ROOP NAGAR DUGDH UTPADAK SAHAKARI SAMITI LIMITED AND OTHERS
The Supreme Court held that District Milk Producers' Co-operative Unions are not "State" under Article 12 and their internal election disputes, carrying an efficacious statutory remedy, are…
Civil — GeneralConstitutional Law
2025 INSC 149924 Dec 2025
SANDEEP SINGH THAKUR v. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH & ANOTHER
The Supreme Court invoked Article 142 of the Constitution to quash the appellant's conviction under Section 376(2)(n) IPC after he and the prosecutrix married during the pendency of the…
Criminal / BNSConstitutional Law
2025 INSC 136728 Nov 2025
YOGENDRA PAL SINGH v. RAGHVENDRA SINGH ALIAS PRINCE AND ANOTHER
The Supreme Court cancelled bail granted to a husband accused of dowry death, holding that an aggrieved complainant may seek cancellation under Section 439(2) CrPC, that a bail order passed…
Criminal / BNSFamily / Matrimonial
2025 INSC 136428 Nov 2025
L.K. PRABHU @ L. KRISHNA PRABHU (DIED) THROUGH LRs v. K.T. MATHEW @ THAMPAN THOMAS & ORS
The Supreme Court held that attachment before judgment under Order XXXVIII Rule 5 CPC cannot reach property already transferred before the suit, and that whether such a prior transfer is…
Civil Procedure / CPCProperty / Land
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.4502 OF 202514 Oct 2025
Shivkumar @ Baleshwar Yadav v. State of Chhattisgarh
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellant under the POCSO Act, the Indian Penal Code and the SC/ST Act for kidnapping and raping a minor Scheduled Caste victim, holding that…
Criminal / BNS
2025 INSC 115324 Sept 2025
ANUKUL SINGH v. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANR
The Supreme Court quashed an FIR and charge sheet under Sections 420, 467 and 468 IPC, holding that the loan-and-cheque allegations disclosed a purely civil dispute given criminal colour,…
Criminal / BNS
2025 INSC 108909 Sept 2025
GEETA v. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA
The Supreme Court acquitted the appellant of abetment of suicide under Section 306 IPC, holding that a prolonged neighbourhood dispute involving verbal abuse and physical altercations,…
Criminal / BNS
2025 INSC 102422 Aug 2025
KHEM SINGH (D) THROUGH LRs v. STATE OF UTTARANCHAL (NOW STATE OF UTTARAKHAND) & ANOTHER ETC
The Supreme Court held that a victim's legal heir, who had preferred an appeal against acquittal under the proviso to s.372 CrPC, could himself be substituted by his own legal heir on his…
Criminal / BNSConstitutional LawCivil Procedure / CPC
2025 INSC 97213 Aug 2025
DASARI ANIL KUMAR & ANOTHER v. THE CHILD WELFARE PROJECT DIRECTOR & OTHERS
Guided by the best-interest and family-responsibility principles of the JJ Act, the Court invoked Article 142 to restore custody of children to their adoptive parents, with quarterly…
Family / MatrimonialConstitutional LawCriminal / BNS
2025 INSC 91631 Jul 2025
MANCHU MOHAN BABU v. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH & ANOTHER
The Supreme Court quashed criminal proceedings against Manchu Mohan Babu and his son arising from a 2019 rally and dharna, holding that the allegations in the FIR and charge-sheet, even…
Criminal / BNSConstitutional Law