Judges
Supreme Court of India

Justice Vipul M. Pancholi

Supreme Court of India · 2025–2026
49 judgments in the LexStreak library · 47 with headnotes
Supreme Court of India — official profile
2026 INSC 109307 Oct 2026
ABHISHEK v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN & ORS
The Supreme Court held that the High Court erred in quashing the charge under Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code on the ground that the injuries were on non-vital parts, and restored the…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 108906 Oct 2026
SANTOSH B. NAIK v. STATE OF GOA & ORS
The Supreme Court held that a candidate holding a NIOS Secondary School Certificate does not satisfy a recruitment qualification of having passed the 10th standard under the 10+2 system of…
Service / Labour
2026 INSC 105724 Sept 2026
KINETIC GREEN ENERGY AND POWER SOLUTIONS LIMITED v. SAERA ELECTRIC AUTO LIMITED
The Supreme Court, at the joint request of the parties, appointed a sole Arbitrator, left interim relief to be sought from the Arbitral Tribunal under Section 17 of the Arbitration and…
Arbitration
2026 INSC 104824 Sept 2026
NAVAL KISHORE & ANR v. STATE OF PUNJAB
The Supreme Court held that a special category sentence of life imprisonment without remission can be imposed only by the High Courts and the Supreme Court, not by a Sessions Court, and…
Criminal / BNS
2026 INSC 104724 Sept 2026
UNION OF INDIA & ORS v. RAMDHANI PRASAD
The Supreme Court held that Article 311(1) protects an employee from removal only by an authority subordinate in rank to the one which actually appointed him, and that Section 6 of the…
Service / LabourConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 98110 Sept 2026
INDIAN KAYAKING AND CANOEING ASSOCIATION v. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K AND ORS
The Supreme Court held that Article 14 governs the exercise of administrative discretion as much as a statutory decision, so a government employee's request for release for a national…
Service / LabourConstitutional Law
2026 INSC 97909 Sept 2026
V. SUMITRA REDDY & ANR v. K. RANGANADHA REDDY & ORS
In a dispute over an outgoing partner's share on dissolution of a partnership at will, the Supreme Court holds that the immovable assets must be valued as on the date of actual assessment…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
2026 INSC 94903 Sept 2026
SHIRISH PANDHARINATH PATIL v. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ORS
The Supreme Court declined to interfere with the invalidation of the appellant's ‘Tokre Koli’ Scheduled Tribe certificate, but exercised its power under Article 142 to protect the service…
Service / LabourConstitutional Law
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…
Criminal / BNSCivil Procedure / CPCConstitutional Law
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…
Constitutional LawWrit / Public 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…
Property / LandCivil 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,…
Property / LandCivil 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…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
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…
Criminal / BNSMotor Accidents
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…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
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…
Property / Land
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
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