Judges
Supreme Court of India

Justice Vipul M. Pancholi

Supreme Court of India · 2025–2026
37 judgments in the LexStreak library · 37 with headnotes
Supreme Court of India — official profile
2026 INSC 84212 Aug 2026
DINESH KUMAR v. THE STATE OF HARYANA
In a criminal appeal against a conviction under Sections 302/34 and 392/34 IPC resting entirely on circumstantial evidence, the Supreme Court held that the last-seen circumstance, the…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 84112 Aug 2026
RASPELLI BHAGYA KISHAIYA & ORS v. GENERAL MANAGER, WESTERN COALFIELDS LIMITED & ORS
In an appeal against a High Court judgment affirming the rejection of a claim for compassionate appointment on the ground that the dependent had crossed the prescribed upper age limit of 35…
Service / Labour
2026 INSC 77831 Jul 2026
HIMANSHU CHORDIA v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN & ANR
The Supreme Court held that an allegation of adultery under Section 125(4) CrPC raised to defeat a maintenance claim may be decided as a preliminary issue at the interim stage if…
Family / MatrimonialCriminal / BNS
2026 INSC 76129 Jul 2026
Vanashakti v. Union of India
A three-Judge Bench, re-hearing the matter after the Review order recalled Vanashakti-I, holds that prior environmental clearance under the 2006 EIA Notification is mandatory, upholds the…
Constitutional LawCivil Procedure / CPCCriminal / BNS
2026 INSC 71917 Jul 2026
Mani @ Subramaniyam v. State rep. by the Deputy Superintendent of Police
The Supreme Court held that 'obscene' under Section 294(b) IPC is not synonymous with 'vulgar' or 'abusive': to be obscene, words must be lascivious, appeal to prurient interest and tend to…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 71817 Jul 2026
The State of West Bengal v. Kader Khan
The Supreme Court held that Section 299 CrPC is an exception to Section 33 of the Evidence Act and permits a deposition recorded in the absence of an absconding accused to be used against…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 71616 Jul 2026Landmark
Pranesh M.K v. A.V. Gayathri & Ors
A three-Judge Bench held that nominated members of a municipality — barred by Article 243-R of the Constitution from voting even in municipal meetings — cannot vote in Karnataka Legislative…
Constitutional LawCivil — General
2026 INSC 71216 Jul 2026
Basamma & Anr v. Goparappa and Ors
The Supreme Court held that a High Court exercising certiorari jurisdiction under Article 226 acts in a supervisory and not an appellate capacity, and cannot reweigh evidence or set aside…
Civil — GeneralConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 71116 Jul 2026
M/S Bajaj Trading Company v. Union of India
The Supreme Court dismissed a claim for shortage in a consignment of salt bags carried at owner's risk rate, holding that the non-obstante clause in Section 97 of the Railways Act, 1989…
Civil — General
2026 INSC 70915 Jul 2026
Lakshmi v. Gopi & Ors
The Supreme Court set aside a two-paragraph High Court judgment that had reversed a trial court's decree in a Will dispute, holding that a First Appellate Court under Section 96 and Order…
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 70815 Jul 2026
Sanjay Sharma @ Sanjay Bhardwaj v. Krishnadhan Khaware and Ors
The Supreme Court held that the Indian Succession Act prescribes no period of limitation for an application for probate, so the residuary Article 137 of the Limitation Act, 1963 applies,…
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 70514 Jul 2026
Venkatesha & Anr v. K.M. Venkatamuniyappa (D) through LRs & Ors
The Supreme Court held that no court can grant relief on a case not pleaded, and that the first appellate court and the High Court had erred in decreeing a title suit on a conjectural…
Civil Procedure / CPCProperty / Land
2026 INSC 69613 Jul 2026
Manju Singh v. Avinash Singh & Ors
The Supreme Court reversed the dismissal of motor accident claims, holding that on the preponderance of probabilities the accident was caused by the tanker's negligence, that photographs…
Motor AccidentsCriminal / BNS
2026 INSC 60330 May 2026
Pushpa & Ors. v. Dayawati & Ors.
The Supreme Court held that a statement in a written statement acknowledging receipt of money under a family settlement was not a clear and unequivocal admission of liability, so the High…
Civil Procedure / CPCProperty / Land
2026 INSC 60229 May 2026
Dhiraj Dutta v. Anirban Sen & Ors.
The Supreme Court held that an application to revoke a probate is governed by Article 137 of the Limitation Act, which runs from the applicant's date of knowledge; the respondents, fixed…
Civil — General
2026 INSC 58027 May 2026
SANJAY DAVE v. ANDHRA BANK LTD. & ORS
The Supreme Court dismissed an insolvency applicant's appeals, holding that a CoC-approved resolution plan is binding and irrevocable, that "subject to" stipulations in the Letter of Intent…
Commercial / IBC
2026 INSC 53223 May 2026
Bhikhubhai Govindbhai Patel & Anr. v. The State of Gujarat & Anr.
The Supreme Court quashed under Section 482 CrPC an FIR alleging forgery, cheating, extortion and conspiracy, holding that a long-standing civil property dispute had been given a criminal…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 52922 May 2026
Mallika v. R. Nallathambi & Ors.
The Supreme Court dismissed a second-appeal challenge to the reversal of a decree that had declared sale deeds executed under General Powers of Attorney void, holding that the plaintiff,…
Civil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 49815 May 2026
NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED v. DOLLY SATISH GANDHI & ANR.
The Supreme Court held that a motor-accident claimant's own Mediclaim or medical insurance payout is not deductible from the compensation awarded by the Tribunal, because statutory…
Motor Accidents
2026 INSC 49515 May 2026
B. YERRAJI & ORS. v. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH & ORS.
The Supreme Court held that suppression of facts bars a writ litigant only if the fact is material to the merits, and that despite the appellants' non-disclosure the State, as a model…
Service / LabourConstitutional Law
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 40922 Apr 2026
SIB NATH CHATTERJEE v. TULSIDAS CHATTERJEE & ORS
The Supreme Court dismissed a pre-emption appeal under Section 8(1) of the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955, holding that a raiyat possessing adjoining land must exercise the right within…
Property / Land
2026 INSC 39320 Apr 2026
V.K. JOHN v. S. MUKANCHAND BOTHRA AND HUF (DIED) REPRESENTED BY LRS. & ORS
The Supreme Court held that a legal representative aggrieved by an arbitral award must proceed under Section 34, not Article 227 or Section 115 CPC, because the Arbitration Act is a…
Arbitration
2026 INSC 38317 Apr 2026
M.C. Mehta v. Union of India & Ors.
In a companion order to its Taj Trapezium Zone judgment, the Supreme Court formally disposed of the decades-old M.C. Mehta writ petition on air pollution in the National Capital Region and…
Constitutional Law
2026 INSC 38217 Apr 2026
M.C. Mehta v. Union of India & Ors.
In one of the oldest pending environmental PILs, the Supreme Court restructured the omnibus M.C. Mehta Delhi writ petition — filed in 1985 and swollen with hundreds of interlocutory…
Constitutional Law
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