2026 INSC 42428 Apr 2026
AMAN SINGH & ANR v. STATE OF BIHAR
The Supreme Court, staying the execution of two death-sentenced appellants, issued systemic directions requiring reports on aggravating and mitigating circumstances to be called for at the…
Criminal / BNSConstitutional Law
2025 INSC 144516 Dec 2025
SANJAY KUMAR UPADHYAY v. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND ORS
The Supreme Court held that a Patna High Court judgment on pay-scale parity, rendered before the creation of Jharkhand, is binding on the Jharkhand High Court by virtue of Section 34(4) of…
Service / LabourConstitutional Law
2025 INSC 141510 Dec 2025
DR. SOHAIL MALIK v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR
The Supreme Court held that the word "where the respondent is an employee" in Section 11 of the POSH Act is conditional, not locational, so the Internal Complaints Committee at the…
Service / Labour
2025 INSC 134522 Nov 2025
ATUL J DOSHI & ORS v. PRAMUKH PROPERTIES AND DEVELOPERS PVT. LTD
The Supreme Court held that in a licensor's eviction suit the court must, under Order XV-A CPC (Bombay Amendment), direct the licensee to deposit arrears and regular licence fee at the…
Civil Procedure / CPCProperty / Land
2025 INSC 131814 Nov 2025
GOVIND v. STATE OF HARYANA
The Supreme Court acquitted a man convicted of murder under Section 302 IPC, holding that once the sole eyewitness turned hostile, a pistol recovered from a place accessible to family…
Criminal / BNS
2025 INSC 124118 Oct 2025
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL U.P. LUCKNOW & ORS v. SUSHIL KUMAR & ORS
The Supreme Court held that a High Court's power under Article 226 to direct a CBI investigation is extraordinary and must be exercised sparingly and only where the record prima facie…
Constitutional LawCriminal / BNS
2025 INSC 112317 Sept 2025
KOMAL KRISHAN ARORA & ORS v. SANDEEP KUMAR & ORS
The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal against a Punjab and Haryana High Court order granting the father interim custody of his minor son in habeas corpus proceedings, holding that the…
Family / MatrimonialConstitutional Law
2025 INSC 108809 Sept 2025
THE GENERAL MANAGER (P) CANARA BANK v. GANGANARASIMHAIAH
The Supreme Court set aside orders of a Labour Tribunal and the Karnataka High Court that had reinstated a bank employee compulsorily retired for fraud, coercion and tampering of records,…
Service / Labour