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365
Last 30 days
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Latest decision
19 Oct 2026
Years (2025–2026)
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1,262 judgments

  1. [2025] 8 S.C.R. 919Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302/34 and 201/34Supreme Court AllowedShanti Devi v. State of Haryana
  2. [2025] 8 S.C.R. 682Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.389Supreme Court Disposed ofAasif @ Pasha v. The State of U.P. & Ors.
  3. [2025] 8 S.C.R. 1875Electricity Law – Electricity Act, 2003 – Electricity Rules, 2005Supreme Court Directions issuedBSES Rajdhani Power Ltd. & Anr v. Union of India and Ors
  4. [2025] 8 S.C.R. 1003(i) Whether the paver blocks should be permitted to be laid on the Dasturi Naka to Shivaji Maharaj Statue, which is the…Supreme Court Directions issuedIn Re: T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India and Others
  5. [2025] 9 S.C.R. 1Doctrines/Principles – Doctrine of Sub silentio – When earlier judgment only adjudicated upon issue of limitationSupreme Court AllowedOdisha State Financial Corporation v. Vigyan Chemical Industries and Others
  6. [2025] 8 S.C.R. 987Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 – s.52ASupreme Court AllowedNadeem Ahamed v. The State of West Bengal
  7. [2025] 8 S.C.R. 760The present petition challenges the notification dated 29.01.2025 (impugned notification) bearing number S.O. 523(E) issued by Construction Projects – Environmental clearance –…Supreme Court Partly allowedVanashakti v. Union of India
  8. [2025] 8 S.C.R. 611Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – Chapter XIV – s.193Supreme Court DismissedKallu Nat Alias Mayank Kumar Nagar v. State of U.P. and Anr.
  9. [2025] 8 S.C.R. 599Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 – took her children to a pond/lake and drowned themSupreme Court AllowedShail Kumari v. State of Chhattisgarh
  10. [2025] 8 S.C.R. 1551The Managing Director Bihar State Food and Civil Supply Corporation Limited & Anr. v. Sanjay KumarSupreme Court Dismissed
  11. [2025] 9 S.C.R. 91from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 – ss.6, 29 – Penal Code, 1860Supreme Court DismissedBhanei Prasad @ Raju v. State of Himachal Pradesh
  12. [2025] 8 S.C.R. 568Evidence Act, 1872 ss.302, 304 Part I – Confessional FIR, not admissible in evidenceSupreme Court AllowedNarayan Yadav v. State of Chhattisgarh
  13. [2025] 8 S.C.R. 411Code of Civil – Requirements to be fulfilled for instituting a suit u/s.92Supreme Court DismissedOperation Asha v. Shelly Batra & Ors.
  14. [2025] 8 S.C.R. 395Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 450, 376(2) – Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012Supreme Court DismissedDeepak Kumar Sahu v. State of Chhattisgarh
  15. [2025] 8 S.C.R. 362Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 – s.33A – Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981Supreme Court AllowedDelhi Pollution Control Committee v. Lodhi Property Co. Ltd. Etc.
  16. [2025] 8 S.C.R. 345Whether the four respondent companies were entitled to approach the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) for determination of the tariff for procurement…Supreme Court DismissedGujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited v. Green Infra Corporate Wind Private Limited and Others Etc.
  17. [2025] 8 S.C.R. 320i) Whether the retirement of the appellant on medical grounds due to colour blindness, without offering alternative employment, is legally sustainable in…Supreme Court AllowedCh. Joseph v. The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation & Other
  18. [2025] 8 S.C.R. 305Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection – Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules, 2007 – r.12Supreme Court AllowedSuresh v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. R1: State of Uttar Pradesh R2: Devi Singh
  19. [2025] 7 S.C.R. 2108Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – Proviso to s.372Supreme Court AllowedKhem Singh (D) Through LRs v. State of Uttaranchal (Now State of Uttarakhand) & Another Etc.
  20. [2025] 7 S.C.R. 2096Whether the High Court erred in granting anticipatory bail to the respondent.Supreme Court AllowedThe State of Andhra Pradesh v. N. Sanjay

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