Category - Latest Judgments

Latest Judgments of Supreme Court

Balram Yadav v. Fulmaniya Yadav

Family and Personal Laws — Family Court — Jurisdiction of — Declaration as to the validity of both marriage and matrimonial status of a person is within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Family Court — It cannot be said that a...

Ashok Kumar Giri v. Govt. of India and Ors.

Human and Civil Rights — Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunity, Protection of Rights and Full Protection) Act, 1995 — 3% reservation for differently abled persons — Computation — Basis — Held, 3% reservation for...

Harijan Bhala Teja v. State of Gujarat

A. Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 302 and 201 — Murder — Conviction — Appreciation of evidence — Allegation that deceased was murdered on 20-2-1985 between 08 hours to 12 hours by the appellant/husband, by strangulating her — Appellant...

S.E.B.I. v. Sahara India Real Estate Corpn. Ltd. & Ors.

A. Constitution of India — Art. 132 — Appeal — Order was passed by Apex Court directing Sahara Group of Companies not to part with any of properties until further orders — Clarification sought to the effect that the order does...

State Bank of India and Ors. v. Kingfisher Airlines Ltd. and Ors.

By order dated 7th April, 2016, the respondent No. 3 was directed to file an affidavit on two aspects; 1) disclose the details of his properties - movable, immovable, tangible, intangible, shareholding, etc. both in India and...

State Through CBI/ACB, Hyderabad A.P. v. Dharmana Prased Rao

Criminal Law — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — S. 362 — Scope — Court when debarred from altering or reviewing judgement — Held, S. 326 debars the Court from altering or reviewing the judgement only in those cases when it has...

Philomina. K.A. v. District Collector, Alappuzha and Anr.

Government Grants, Largesse, Public Property and Premises — Freedom Fighters — Pension — Kerala Freedom Fighters’ Pension Rules, 1971 — R. 10 — Request for grant of pension rejected — Daughter though unmarried had a son aged 25 —...

Pawan Kumar Pathak v. Mohan Prasad

Evidence — Admissibility — Inconsistent with pleadings — What is — In the present case, in order to prove that the appellant was the adopted son, the appellant summoned the record of the sub-registrar to bring on record adoption...