Judges
Supreme Court of India

Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra

Supreme Court of India · 2023–2026
168 judgments in the LexStreak library · 159 with headnotes
Supreme Court of India — official profile
2026 INSC 109207 Oct 2026
V. PON. PANEERSELVAM v. S. REGUPATHY AND OTHERS
The Supreme Court held that Section 81(1) of the Representation of the People Act requires an election petition to be presented by the petitioner, that non-compliance attracts dismissal…
Civil — General
2026 INSC 109107 Oct 2026
APPA v. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
The Supreme Court held that a conviction under Section 394 of the Indian Penal Code could not be sustained for want of proof of robbery, altered it under Section 222 of the Code of Criminal…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 109007 Oct 2026
M/S. MEPCO INDUSTRIES LTD v. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, MADURAI
The Supreme Court held that an electricity subsidy quantified on the actual power charges and payable after commencement of production is a revenue receipt on the purpose test, and…
Taxation
2026 INSC 110405 Oct 2026
IRFAN AHMAD HAKAK v. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR
The Supreme Court held that ambiguity or vagueness in the prescribed qualification in an Advertisement must be construed to the benefit of the candidate and that the clarifying exercise…
Service / Labour
2026 INSC 102121 Sept 2026
THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ANR v. MOMIN MOIUDDIN GULAM HASAN @ MOIN MISTRI
The Supreme Court set aside a Bombay High Court judgment that had granted default bail to UAPA accused. It held that sanction for prosecution operates only at the cognizance stage and that…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 100817 Sept 2026
DEEPAK IN JC v. STATE GOVT. OF NCT DELHI
The Supreme Court acquitted a man convicted under Section 6 of the POCSO Act, holding that the statutory presumptions in Sections 29 and 30 are rebuttable, that the prosecution must still…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 100717 Sept 2026
THE BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED v. G.N. MANI RAVINDER AND OTHERS ETC
The Supreme Court held that writ petitioners promoted only on an officiating basis to 'Rajbhasha Adhikari' had no vested right to promotion under rules superseded by the 2005 Recruitment…
Service / Labour
2026 INSC 99516 Sept 2026
STATE OF TELANGANA & ORS v. M.A. GARDEN FUNCTION HALL & ORS
The Supreme Court held that lessees claiming possession through a trust could not maintain a fresh writ petition for protection of possession once the trust's own special leave petition,…
Property / Land
2026 INSC 98410 Sept 2026
PYNCHEMALANGAKI BAREH v. STATE OF MEGHALAYA
Holding that a Baptismal Certificate is not a document prescribed by Section 94 of the JJ Act and so did not prove the victim's minority, the Supreme Court set aside the conviction under…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 98310 Sept 2026
BHAG SINGH (D) THR. MAHANT KASHMIR SINGH v. BASANT KAUR (D) THR. LRS. AND OTHERS
The Supreme Court dismissed a second appeal, holding that revenue entries are evidence of possession and not proof of title, that the burden of establishing a religious dedication lies on…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 96508 Sept 2026
PUNJAB SCHOOL EDUCATION BOARD v. SATNAM SINGH AND OTHERS
The Supreme Court held that pre-regularization service rendered by employees on a contract, ad hoc or daily-wage basis must be counted as qualifying service for pension, since pension is a…
Service / LabourCivil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 94202 Sept 2026
MAHAVIR @ AVNISH v. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH
A High Court may recall its own judgment of conviction under Section 482 CrPC where a juvenile was denied a statutory benefit; Section 362 is no bar to a recall sought as a procedural…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 94002 Sept 2026
M/S ABC EXPRESS v. STATE OF GUJARAT
Section 98(2) of the Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949 is not an absolute embargo on releasing a seized vehicle: where the vehicle is produced before the jurisdictional court, that court must…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 93902 Sept 2026
BIJENDRA v. REKHA
Where spouses have lived apart since 2005 and the wife refused without reasonable cause to return to the matrimonial home, her assertion that she was ready to discharge her marital…
Family / Matrimonial
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…
Taxation
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 —…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
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
Property / 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
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