Judges
Supreme Court of India
Justice J.K. Maheshwari
Supreme Court of India · 2014–2026
100 judgments in the LexStreak library · 76 with headnotes
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Service / Labour
34
Constitutional Law
24
Criminal / BNS
19
Property / Land
13
Civil Procedure / CPC
7
Arbitration
4
Family / Matrimonial
4
Motor Accidents
4
Civil — General
2
Taxation
2
Company Law
1
2026 INSC 645
15 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 644
15 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…
Constitutional Law
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 591
29 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,…
Civil Procedure / CPC
Arbitration
2026 INSC 589
29 May 2026
GENERAL MANAGER, BANK OF BARODA AND OTHERS v. ASHOK KUMAR SINGH AND OTHERS
The Supreme Court held that a bank's discretion to terminate a probationer under Regulation 16(3)(a) of the Vijaya Bank (Officers') Regulations, 1982 is not absolute and unqualified, and…
Service / Labour
2026 INSC 642
27 May 2026
Reena Kumari & Ors. v. Praveer Kumar & Ors.
The Supreme Court set aside the Allahabad High Court's dismissal of contempt petitions, holding that directions requiring long-serving Auxiliary Nurses and Midwives to be preferred for…
Service / Labour
Constitutional Law
2026 INSC 566
27 May 2026
M/S TARINI PRASAD MOHANTY v. M/S SUNFLAG IRON AND STEEL
The Supreme Court dismissed a mine owner's appeal, holding that an arbitral tribunal's order under Section 16 rejecting a stamping objection cannot be interfered with by writ under Articles…
Arbitration
Constitutional Law
2026 INSC 553
26 May 2026
Dr. Indira Saranath v. Union of India & Anr.
The Supreme Court held that the Railways are governed by their own promotion rules and not bound by DoPT memoranda, but that non-communication of an officer's ACR entries and destruction of…
Service / Labour
Constitutional Law
2026 INSC 517
20 May 2026
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation & Ors. v. Vijay Nagar Apartments & Ors.
The Supreme Court held that a landowner who surrenders reserved land and develops the amenity is entitled to additional amenity TDR under Section 126(1)(b) of the MRTP Act as fair…
Constitutional Law
Property / Land
2026 INSC 508
19 May 2026
Dr. Manoj Kumar Rawat v. State of U.P. & Ors.
The Supreme Court held that a waitlisted candidate already recommended for appointment as Principal at one college cannot obtain a fresh recommendation or change of posting under Section…
Service / Labour
2026 INSC 491
15 May 2026
STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH & ORS. v. RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED & ORS.
The Supreme Court held that the taxation of an inter-State sale falls within the field reserved to the Union, so a State cannot tax such a transaction as an intra-State sale nor invoke the…
Constitutional Law
Taxation
2026 INSC 483
12 May 2026
Fakir Mamad Suleman Sameja and Ors. v. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zones Ltd. and Ors.
The Supreme Court held that an order becomes final only upon signing, so a draft dictated to the Court-master may be corrected and enhanced beforehand provided no material change is made;…
Civil — General
Constitutional Law
2026 INSC 470
11 May 2026
YATIN NARENDRA OZA v. SUO MOTU, HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER
The Supreme Court declined to interfere on merits with a senior advocate's conviction for criminal contempt but, invoking Article 142, suspended and kept the conviction and sentence in…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 615
07 May 2026
JAYESH KANNA v. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER LAW AND ORDER (WEST) ETC
The Supreme Court set aside a conviction under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, holding that a husband's failure to communicate with his wife for thirteen days, unsupported by…
Criminal / BNS
Family / Matrimonial
2026 INSC 455
06 May 2026
Neetu Solvents v. Vineet Nagar & Ors.
The Supreme Court sets aside NGT orders directing closure of formaldehyde manufacturing units for want of prior Environmental Clearance, holding that units with valid Consent to…
Constitutional Law
2026 INSC 437
01 May 2026
PAWAN KHERA v. STATE OF ASSAM
Supreme Court grants anticipatory bail to a national political party spokesperson accused of BNS offences over press-conference allegations against a Chief Minister's wife, holding the…
Criminal / BNS
Constitutional Law
2026 INSC 436
30 Apr 2026
RELIANCE EMINENT TRADING AND COMMERCIAL PRIVATE LIMITED v. DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
The Supreme Court held that the Delhi Development Authority must refund the entire consideration paid by the appellant for a plot whose underlying land acquisition had lapsed, ruling that…
Civil Procedure / CPC
Property / Land
2026 INSC 388
25 Apr 2026
IN RE: PHALODI ACCIDENT v. NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY
Taking suo motu cognizance of fatal highway accidents, the Supreme Court held that Article 21 imposes a positive duty on the State to ensure safe passage and, noting that National Highways…
Constitutional Law
Property / Land
2026 INSC 416
24 Apr 2026
VINAY RAGHUNATH DESHMUKH v. NATWARLAL SHAMJI GADA
The Supreme Court held that a High Court exercising supervisory jurisdiction under Article 227 cannot examine the merits of a proposed amendment to a plaint, and that a landlord's bonafide…
Constitutional Law
Civil Procedure / CPC
Property / Land
2026 INSC 391
20 Apr 2026
HIMAKSHI v. RAHUL VERMA & ORS
The Supreme Court dismissed both appeals arising from a Computer Hardware Engineer selection, holding that the essential five-year experience requirement is a threshold that a preferential…
Service / Labour
2026 INSC 376
16 Apr 2026
MARIA MARTINS v. NOEL ZUZARTE AND OTHERS
The Supreme Court set aside a Bombay High Court order that had dismissed a landlord's Article 227 petition merely for not traversing the tenant's affidavit, holding that bona fide need is…
Property / Land
2026 INSC 355
10 Apr 2026
Milind Ashruba Dhanve & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra
The Supreme Court held that the benefit of Section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 is available to an offender sentenced only to pay a fine, since fine is a punishment enumerated…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 342
09 Apr 2026
MAHARASHTRA STATE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LIMITED (MSEDCL) & ORS v. R Z MALPANI
The Supreme Court set aside a Bombay High Court order appointing a sole arbitrator, holding that no arbitration agreement existed between MSEDCL and the contractor. Although a Section 11…
Arbitration
2026 INSC 337
09 Apr 2026
THE STATE OF UTTARAKHAND v. SARITA SINGH AND ORS
The Supreme Court set aside a High Court direction granting extraordinary pension to the widow of a Medical Officer shot dead while on duty, holding that no award can be made under the…
Service / Labour
Constitutional Law
2026 INSC 328
07 Apr 2026
UCO BANK & ORS v. SK SHRIVASTAVA
In a bank employee's voluntary-retirement dispute, the Supreme Court held that under the proviso to Regulation 29(2) of the UCO Bank Pension Regulations a voluntary-retirement notice takes…
Service / Labour
2026 INSC 327
07 Apr 2026
RENUKA v. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
The Supreme Court held that a Section 138 complaint cannot be dismissed at the pre-trial stage of issuance of process on the ground that the cheque was not for a legally enforceable debt:…
Criminal / BNS
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