Judges
Supreme Court of India

Justice S.V.N. Bhatti

Supreme Court of India · 2023–2026
59 judgments in the LexStreak library · 45 with headnotes
Supreme Court of India — official profile
2026 INSC 91322 Aug 2026
Neelam Sharma and Others v. Amita Passan and Others
The Supreme Court held that a non-executant co-owner who pleads joint possession and sues for a declaration that a transfer of the suit house is null and void is not liable, at the…
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 89820 Aug 2026
PARBATSINH DOLATSANG DODIYA AND OTHERS v. RAMESHBHAI HARJIBHAI MAKWANA AND OTHERS
In two connected Civil Appeals concerning execution of a specific-performance decree and a protected-tenant claim under Section 32G of the Gujarat Tenancy Act, the Supreme Court set aside…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 88919 Aug 2026
REENA v. THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, KARNATAKA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION AND OTHERS
Motor accident compensation appeal: Supreme Court restored the Tribunal's finding that the accident was caused by the bus driver's rash and negligent driving (rejecting the High Court's 50%…
Motor AccidentsCivil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 85713 Aug 2026
SHIVAPPA v. SHANTAVVA AND OTHERS
The Supreme Court held that a first appellate court should not remand a suit to the trial court as a matter of ordinary course; since the pleadings, issues and evidence already enabled the…
Civil Procedure / CPCProperty / Land
2026 INSC 84812 Aug 2026
R.K. YADAV & ANR v. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS
In a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution by two re-employed Presiding Officers of Central Government Industrial Tribunals-cum-Labour Courts seeking implementation of 6th Pay…
Service / LabourConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 81507 Aug 2026
LACHCHAPPA AND OTHERS v. SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER UKP, BAGALKOT AND OTHERS
The Supreme Court invoked Article 142 to extend the same enhanced compensation rate already approved for land under the identical acquisition notification to a separate set of claimants,…
Constitutional LawProperty / Land
2026 INSC 81606 Aug 2026
CHOWDAPPA v. HANUMANTHARAYAPPA AND OTHERS
The Supreme Court held that an Appellate Court cannot dismiss an appeal without deciding a pending application for additional evidence under Order XLI Rule 27 CPC, and set aside a High…
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 80505 Aug 2026
COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE, HYDERABAD-IV v. M/S XEROX INDIA LTD. & ORS
The Supreme Court held that the Assessee's warehouse activity of unpacking, plugging and pinning together imported CKD/SKD photocopier modules per customer specification — “kitting” — did…
Taxation
2026 INSC 79504 Aug 2026
K. BHARATHAMMA v. BANDARU SAKKU BAI AND OTHERS
Setting aside a High Court order that had permitted plaintiffs to recall a witness and reopen closed evidence at the final-arguments stage of a decades-old title suit, the Supreme Court…
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 77130 Jul 2026
THE DIRECTOR OF INCOME TAX, (INTERNATIONAL TAXATION) v. M/S STAR CRUISES (INDIA) P. LTD
The Supreme Court held that a non-resident cruise operator's round-trip voyage, including incidental onboard hospitality and entertainment, remains 'carriage of passengers' under Section…
Taxation
2026 INSC 75328 Jul 2026
STATE OF U.P. & ORS v. ZAFAR ALI & ORS
The Supreme Court held that a country liquor licensee who fulfils the Annual Minimum Guaranteed Quota cannot be penalised for a shortfall in a single month without accounting for the credit…
Civil — General
2026 INSC 64819 Jun 2026
Rajat Kumar and Others v. S D Adarsh Jain Kanya Maha Vidyalaya Sadhaura and Others
The Supreme Court set aside a High Court judgment that reversed decrees in the plaintiffs' favour and directed the Executing Court to assess and pay compensation that was never prayed for.…
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 57127 May 2026
TIKKA SHATRUJIT SINGH & ORS v. SUKJIT SINGH & ANR
The Supreme Court held that after an erstwhile ruler signs a covenant of merger, the rule of male lineal primogeniture is preserved only for succession to the Gaddi and the ruler’s personal…
Property / LandFamily / MatrimonialCivil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 50218 May 2026
JENNIFER MESSIAS v. LEONARD G LOBO
The Supreme Court held that whether a partition decree is preliminary or final turns on the decree itself, and that where the decree already fixes entitlement, possession, mesne profits and…
Property / Land
2026 INSC 47812 May 2026
CANARA BANK v. PREM LATHA UPPAL (DEAD) THROUGH LRS
The Supreme Court holds that 'may' in Regulation 10 (common proceedings) of the Canara Bank 1976 Discipline Regulations is directory, not mandatory, and confers no right on a delinquent…
Service / Labour
2026 INSC 45106 May 2026
Habban Shah v. Sheruddin
The Supreme Court held that a decree for specific performance conditioned on deposit of the balance sale consideration within a stipulated period becomes inexecutable and the underlying…
Civil Procedure / CPCProperty / Land
2026 INSC 36113 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…
ArbitrationCivil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 24917 Mar 2026
SUBRAMANI v. STATE OF KARNATAKA
The Supreme Court dismissed a husband's appeal and affirmed his conviction under Sections 302 and 498A IPC for burning his wife to death, holding that her dying declaration was reliable…
Criminal / BNSFamily / Matrimonial
2026 INSC 8727 Jan 2026
M/s Premium Transmission Private Limited v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.
Service / Labour
2026 INSC 5413 Jan 2026
Kanchana Rai v. Geeta Sharma
Family / Matrimonial
2025 INSC 145218 Dec 2025
Telangana State Level Police Recruitment Board v. Penjarla Vijay Kumar & Ors.
The Supreme Court held that after the 2019 amendment to the Motor Vehicles Act a driving licence does not continue beyond its expiry and a post-expiry renewal takes effect only from the…
Motor Accidents
2025 INSC 118707 Oct 2025
Dharmrao Sharanappa Shabadi & Ors. v. Syeda Arifa Parveen
The Supreme Court dismissed a suit for declaration of title based on an oral gift (Hiba), holding that a first appellate court cannot enlarge a decree without a cross-appeal, that opinion…
Family / Matrimonial
2025 INSC 118127 Sept 2025
M/s Netsity Systems Pvt. Ltd. v. State (NCT of Delhi) & Anr.
Setting aside bail granted to accused in a multi-crore cheating case, the Supreme Court held that an appeal against the grant of bail is distinct from cancellation, that in economic…
Criminal / BNS
2025 INSC 108008 Sept 2025
MALLEESWARI v. K. SUGUNA AND ANOTHER
The Supreme Court held that a High Court exceeds the limited scope of review jurisdiction under Section 114 and Order 47 Rule 1 CPC when, instead of confining itself to an error apparent on…
Constitutional LawCivil Procedure / CPCFamily / Matrimonial
2025 INSC 107103 Sept 2025
C.P. FRANCIS v. C.P. JOSEPH AND OTHERS
The Supreme Court set aside a High Court second-appeal judgment that had invalidated a registered joint will under Section 67 of the Indian Succession Act on an additional question framed…
Constitutional LawCivil Procedure / CPC
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