Category - Latest Judgments

Latest Judgments of Supreme Court

Asha Ranjan v. State of Bihar

Constitution of India — Arts. 32 and 21 — Undertrial prisoner — Illegal activities being committed from inside jail — Transfer sought from Siwan jail to Tihar jail — Held, reply by the State and Respondent 3 be filed within four...

Sabu Mathew George v. Union of India & Ors.

Drugs, Cosmetics, Medical Practice & Practitioners and Public Health — Abortion Norms and Infanticide Prohibition — Female Foeticide/Infanticide — Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex...

Union of India & Ors. v. Devjee Mishra

This appeal challenges the judgment of the Division Bench of the High Court of Judicature at Patna dated 23rd June, 2009, in LPA No. 995 of 2008.

Bharwad Navghanbhaj Jakshibhai & Ors. v. State of Gujarat

Criminal Law — Criminal trial — Sentence — Reduction of substantive sentence and enhancement of fine/compensation — When warranted — In the present case, all the accused forming an unlawful assembly attacked complainant and...

Re – Inhuman Conditions in 1382 Prisons (II)

By our order dated 5th February, 20161 we had drawn attention to over-crowding in prisons and had given directions which would assist in reducing the prison population and generally improve the living conditions of prisoners.