Judges
Supreme Court of India

Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra

Supreme Court of India · 2023–2026
135 judgments in the LexStreak library · 98 with headnotes
Supreme Court of India — official profile
2026 INSC 88719 Aug 2026
PRAMOD KUMAR SHUKLA v. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS
FIR-quashing appeal under Section 482 Cr.PC: Supreme Court held that rejection of an earlier application under Section 156(3) Cr.PC does not operate as res judicata to bar a subsequent FIR…
Criminal / BNSCivil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 85313 Aug 2026
NAZIM SHAIKH HASAN v. NASIR MUSHTAQ SHAIKH
The Supreme Court held that mere execution of an agreement to sell by a landlord to a sitting tenant, coupled with part payment, does not by itself end the tenancy — surrender under Section…
Property / Land
2026 INSC 85213 Aug 2026
BALKU ORAM v. STATE OF ODISHA
The Supreme Court affirmed a conviction for murder under Sections 302 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 based on the sole eyewitness testimony of the deceased's daughter, holding that a…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 80906 Aug 2026
SUSHIL SHARMA v. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS
The Supreme Court upheld the compulsory retirement of a CISF Inspector under Rule 56(j) of the Fundamental Rules, holding that the "washed-off theory" does not apply when assessing fitness…
Service / Labour
2026 INSC 80806 Aug 2026
COMMISSIONER OF SERVICE TAX, CHENNAI v. M/S DIEBOLD SYSTEMS (P) LTD
The Supreme Court held that turnkey contracts for the supply, installation and commissioning of ATMs were indivisible composite contracts which, before the "works contract service" entry…
TaxationConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 79304 Aug 2026
The New India Assurance Co. Ltd v. T. Ramu's Legal Representatives
Disposing of a batch matter on uninsured vehicles and a connected MACT appeal, the Supreme Court directed technology-enabled enforcement of the Section 146 MVA mandatory third-party…
Motor Accidents
2026 INSC 77631 Jul 2026
V.N.A.S. CHANDRAN v. S. VENILA AND OTHERS
The Supreme Court held that specific performance under Section 20 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963 is a discretionary, equitable remedy that a plaintiff forfeits by inconsistent conduct —…
Civil Procedure / CPCProperty / Land
2026 INSC 65523 Jun 2026
M. PARAMESH V. VRL LOGISTICS LTD. AND ANOTHER
Motor Accidents
2026 INSC 65323 Jun 2026
THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED V. KALU RAM AND OTHERS
Motor Accidents
2026 INSC 65223 Jun 2026
SARAFAT ALI (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS V. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CONSOLIDATION HARIDWAR AND OTHERS
Criminal / BNSProperty / Land
2026 INSC 65123 Jun 2026
Mohammed Khaleel (D) through LRs & Ors v. Jayamma
Specific performance refused: the plaintiff failed to prove continuous readiness and willingness — funds were shown only through fixed deposits created years after the suit — and approached…
Property / Land
2026 INSC 56527 May 2026
Mohammad Hanif Jainum Khalifa v. State of Karnataka
The Supreme Court acquitted a bus driver convicted of causing death by rash and negligent driving, holding that a driver who starts the bus on the conductor's signal — the conductor being…
Criminal / BNSMotor Accidents
2026 INSC 54826 May 2026
Saurabh Agrawal v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.
The Supreme Court cancelled anticipatory bail granted in a property-fraud case, holding that the High Court had relied on peripheral circumstances — a co-owner being abroad, the agreement…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 54726 May 2026
M/s Mansi Finance (Chennai) Ltd v. M. Lalitha & Ors
The Supreme Court held that vicarious liability under s.141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act requires specific averments that each accused was in-charge of and responsible for the entity's…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 53525 May 2026
Gour Acharjee v. State of Tripura & Ors.
The Supreme Court upheld a husband's conviction for the murder and dowry-related cruelty of his wife, holding that the medical evidence established a homicidal death staged as suicide and…
Criminal / BNSFamily / Matrimonial
2026 INSC 48613 May 2026
TALARI NARESH v. THE STATE OF TELANGANA
The Supreme Court acquits a murder convict, holding that a postmortem report is not substantive evidence without the medical expert's corroboration, that the evidence of an interested…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 46811 May 2026
GUNJAN @ GIRIJA KUMARI AND OTHERS v. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) AND ANOTHER
The Supreme Court quashed charges under Sections 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) of the SC/ST Act and Section 506/34 IPC arising from a family dispute, holding that the SC/ST offence requires the…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 42728 Apr 2026
SADACHARI SINGH TOMAR v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS
The Supreme Court dismissed a former ICAR officer's challenge to the premature curtailment of his tenure as Assistant Director General, holding that Article 311 does not protect employees…
Service / LabourConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 40622 Apr 2026
UNION OF INDIA v. SIR SOBHA SINGH AND SONS PVT. LTD
The Supreme Court held that a perpetual lease emanating from a Government grant is governed by the Government Grants Act, whose Section 3 gives the grant overriding effect according to its…
Property / Land
2026 INSC 40522 Apr 2026
UNCHGAON VILLAGE PANCHAYAT v. KOLHAPUR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND ANOTHER
The Supreme Court dismissed a Village Panchayat's appeals, holding that the determination and extension of municipal limits under Section 3 of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act is…
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 39521 Apr 2026
BABU SINGH v. CONSOLIDATION OFFICER
The Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to the expunging of the appellant's name over land in Hardoi, holding that pasture and khalihan land barred from bhumidhari rights by Section 132 of…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 35310 Apr 2026
KAMAL PRASAD DUBEY v. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS
The Supreme Court set aside a Division Bench order and restored the Single Judge's view, holding that the power to relax the educational qualification for promotion in a cooperative society…
Service / LabourConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 33609 Apr 2026
ROMA AHUJA v. THE STATE AND ANOTHER
The Supreme Court, applying the Constitution Bench ruling in Sarah Mathew, held that for computing limitation under Section 468 Cr.PC the relevant date is the filing of the complaint or…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 33308 Apr 2026
K.G. SESHADRI v. THE TRUSTEES OF STATE BANK OF INDIA AND ANOTHER
The Supreme Court dismissed a State Bank of India clerk's claim to pension, holding that pensionable service under the SBI Pension Fund Rules runs from the date of confirmation (leaving him…
Service / Labour
2026 INSC 33208 Apr 2026
HEM RAJ v. THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
In an NDPS commercial-quantity charas case, the Supreme Court held that Sections 25 and 29 create independent offences carrying separate punishment (the Section 20 penalty being imported by…
Criminal / BNS
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