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Supreme Court of India
Justice Prasanna B. Varale
Supreme Court of India · 2024–2026
101 judgments in the LexStreak library · 78 with headnotes
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20
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15
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8
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Civil — General
6
Taxation
6
Company Law
3
Motor Accidents
2
Arbitration
1
Commercial / IBC
1
2026 INSC 770
30 Jul 2026
VISHNU KUMAR GUPTA v. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ANR
The Supreme Court held that no appeal lies under Section 374 CrPC (Section 415 BNSS) against a conviction recorded for the first time by a Sessions Court in appeal, reversing a Trial…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 693
13 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…
Taxation
Constitutional Law
2026 INSC 692
13 Jul 2026
'S' (Child in Conflict with Law) v. State of Haryana
The Supreme Court held that after a child in conflict with law is committed to the Children's Court under Section 18(3), the Court must pass a mandatory reasoned order under Section 19(1)…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 687
13 Jul 2026
Debojit Pankika Charaideo Sonari v. State of Assam
The Supreme Court upheld a conviction under Sections 302 and 201 IPC resting on circumstantial evidence and the doctrine of corpus delicti, holding that recovery of the body is not…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 685
13 Jul 2026
State of Maharashtra v. Monika Kiran Suryawanshi & Ors
The Supreme Court dismissed the State's appeals and upheld the acquittal of three accused in a wholly circumstantial murder case, holding that the chain of circumstances was broken: the…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 570
27 May 2026
Small Scale Entrepreneurs Association v. State of Maharashtra
The Supreme Court held that the TTC MIDC industrial area falls within Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation's limits and that only the Corporation — not MIDC, whose Section 17 levy is a fee and…
Taxation
Constitutional Law
2026 INSC 540
25 May 2026
Bai Avabai Hormusji Tata Trust v. Shernaz Faroukh Lawyer & Ors.
The Supreme Court upheld a High Court's exercise of its inherent and plenary powers, as a Court of record under Article 215, to direct a court-monitored criminal investigation in a…
Criminal / BNS
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 537
25 May 2026
Supriya Kumari M.C. v. State of Kerala & Ors.
The Supreme Court quashed a criminal prosecution under s.304-A IPC against an anaesthetist, holding that criminal medical negligence requires gross negligence and mens rea (the Jacob Mathew…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 536
25 May 2026
Commissioner of Customs, Kandla v. Reliance Industries Ltd.
The Supreme Court held that imported n-Hexane is classifiable as a separately chemically defined organic compound under Chapter 29 of the Customs Tariff, not as a petroleum 'Motor Spirit'…
Taxation
2026 INSC 361
13 Apr 2026
VPS HEALTHCARE PRIVATE LIMITED AND ANOTHER v. PRABHAT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA AND ANOTHER
The Supreme Court set aside a Delhi High Court order that had deferred enforcement of a SIAC consent award until an underlying arbitral liability was confirmed by the highest court of…
Arbitration
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 340
09 Apr 2026
MAURICE W. INNIS v. LILY KAZROONI @ LILY ARIF SHAIKH
The Supreme Court reaffirmed that an Executing Court under Section 47 CPC cannot go behind or vary a decree — save where the decree is a nullity for want of inherent jurisdiction — and set…
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 339
09 Apr 2026
RUSSI FISHERIES P. LTD. & ANR v. BHAVNA SETH & ORS
The Supreme Court dismissed the defendants' appeal and upheld a decree of specific performance, holding that findings of fact by the First Appellate Court cannot be reappreciated in a…
Civil Procedure / CPC
Property / Land
2026 INSC 214
10 Mar 2026
MUDDAM RAJU YADAV v. B. RAJA SHANKER (D) THROUGH LRS. & ORS
The Supreme Court dismissed a plaintiff's appeal for specific performance, holding that the sale agreement was a sham document executed only as security for a loan and that the plaintiff,…
Property / Land
2026 INSC 43
08 Jan 2026
Ultratech Cement Ltd. v. The State of Gujarat & Ors.
Motor Accidents
2026 INSC 8
05 Jan 2026
NAK Engineering Company Pvt. Ltd. v. Tarun Keshrichand Shah & Ors.
Civil Procedure / CPC
Company Law
2025 INSC 1296
08 Nov 2025
ROHAN VIJAY NAHAR & ORS v. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ORS
The Supreme Court set aside a Bombay High Court judgment and quashed forest mutation entries over 96 appeals, holding that land vests as 'private forest' under the Maharashtra Private…
Civil — General
Constitutional Law
2025 INSC 1195
07 Oct 2025
K. S. SHIVAPPA v. SMT. K. NEELAMMA
The Supreme Court held that a sale of a Hindu minor's immovable property by the natural guardian without the court's permission is voidable under Section 8(3) of the Hindu Minority and…
Family / Matrimonial
2025 INSC 1193
07 Oct 2025
Rajendra Singh & Ors. v. State of Uttarakhand
Restoring an acquittal in a murder case, the Supreme Court held that a High Court cannot reverse an acquittal absent perversity, that chance witnesses of doubtful presence are unreliable,…
Criminal / BNS
2025 INSC 1124
17 Sept 2025
THAMMINENI BHASKAR v. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH
The Supreme Court acquitted the appellant of murder, kidnapping and evidence-destruction charges, holding that the prosecution's case rested entirely on circumstantial evidence and the…
Criminal / BNS
2025 INSC 1095
10 Sept 2025
VINOD KUMAR PANDEY & ANR v. SEESH RAM SAINI & ORS
Two CBI officers challenged a High Court direction to register FIR for abuse of official position and falsification of seizure records; the Supreme Court upheld the FIR direction while…
Criminal / BNS
Constitutional Law
2025 INSC 1040
26 Aug 2025
SRI R RAGHU v. SRI G M KRISHNA & ANR
The Supreme Court upheld a Karnataka High Court order confirming a 2003 court-auction sale of agricultural land in execution of a State Financial Corporation Act recovery decree, holding…
Civil Procedure / CPC
Property / Land
2025 INSC 967
12 Aug 2025
A. KARUNANITHI v. THE STATE REPRESENTED BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE
In a ₹500 trap case, the Supreme Court confirms the Village Administrative Officer's conviction but reduces his sentence to the statutory minimum, and acquits the Village Assistant who…
Criminal / BNS
2025 INSC 853
15 Jul 2025
NEETHU B. @ NEETHU BABY MATHEW v. RAJESH KUMAR
Exercising its review jurisdiction under Article 137, the Supreme Court restored permanent custody of a minor child to his mother after expert reports showed that the earlier custody change…
Family / Matrimonial
Constitutional Law
Civil Procedure / CPC
2025 INSC 818
14 Jul 2025
KATHYAYINI v. SIDHARTH P.S. REDDY & ORS
The pendency of a civil suit is no bar to criminal prosecution where a prima facie case exists; the Supreme Court set aside the High Court's quashing of proceedings arising from a forged…
Criminal / BNS
Property / Land
2025 INSC 695
15 May 2025
In Re: Alarming Rise in the Number of Reported Child Rape Incidents
Closing suo motu proceedings on the alarming rise in reported child rape cases, the Supreme Court reiterated its directions for centrally-funded exclusive POCSO courts in districts with…
Criminal / BNS
Constitutional Law
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