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Supreme Court judgments on Constitution of India

326 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2026. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

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Legislative Council U.P. Lucknow & Ors. vs Sushil Kumar & Ors.
SC · 16 October 2025
[2025] 10 S.C.R. 631 : 2025 INSC 1241
(1) Whether the Division Bench of the High Court while entertaining Special Appeal Defective No.485/2023 against the order of Single Judge along with Writ-A No.140/2022 was justified to direct the office to register a se…
S. Rajaseekaran vs Union of India and Ors.
SC · 7 October 2025
[2025] 10 S.C.R. 311 : 2025 INSC 1189
Matter pertains to issuance of directions relating to road safety, safety of pedestrians while walking on footpaths, wearing of helmets, wrong lane driving and unsafe overtaking, use of dazzling LED white lights to help…
Dharmrao Sharanappa Shabadi and Others vs Syeda Arifa Parveen
SC · 7 October 2025
[2025] 11 S.C.R. 1 : 2025 INSC 1187
Whether the impugned judgments suffer from perversity and misreading of evidence, warranting re-appreciation of evidence under Article 136 of the Constitution of India; whether the High Court is correct in reversing the…
Vinishma Technologies Pvt. Ltd. vs State of Chhattisgarh & Anr.
SC · 6 October 2025
[2025] 10 S.C.R. 301 : 2025 INSC 1182
Issue arose whether the impugned tender condition meets the test of reasonableness and fairness and or whether the same constitutes an arbitrary criteria which excludes the other eligible bidders from participation there…
M/s U.P. Asbestos Limited vs State of Rajasthan & Others
SC · 24 September 2025
[2025] 9 S.C.R. 1419 : 2025 INSC 1154
Issue arose as regards the validity of the Notification No. S.O.377, dated 09.03.2007, issued by the Government of Rajasthan in exercise of its powers conferred by s.8(3) of the Rajasthan Value Added Tax Act, 2003 granti…
Satheesh V.K. vs The Federal Bank Ltd.
SC · 23 September 2025
[2025] 9 S.C.R. 1255 : 2025 INSC 1140
Issue arose as regards the maintainability of the second SLP challenging the same order where the first SLP was withdrawn without leave to re-approach.
The State of Haryana vs Jai Singh and Others
SC · 16 September 2025
[2025] 9 S.C.R. 1016 : 2025 INSC 1122
The issue pertains to assail the correctness of the Judgment and Order passed by the Full Bench of High Court wherein the writ petition preferred by the proprietors/landowners, (Respondents herein), challenging the amend…
M.S. Patter vs State of NCT of Delhi and Others
SC · 12 September 2025
[2025] 9 S.C.R. 895 : 2025 INSC 1115
Reforms in Beggars’ Homes.
Anna Waman Bhalerao vs State of Maharashtra
SC · 12 September 2025
[2025] 9 S.C.R. 982 : 2025 INSC 1114
Whether the High Court was justified in rejecting the anticipatory bail applications of the appellants; issue of inordinate delay by Courts in deciding the bail and anticipatory bail applications.
The State of Telangana & Ors. Etc. vs Kalluri Naga Narasimha Abhiram & Ors. Etc.
SC · 1 September 2025
[2025] 9 S.C.R. 362 : 2025 INSC 1058
Whether the wisdom of the legislature in defining a ‘local candidate’ entitled to apply under the ‘Competent Authority Seats/Quota’, by a subordinate legislation, in consonance with a Presidential Order issued u/Art.371D…
In Re: Mepung Tadar Bage, Member, Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission vs -
SC · 28 August 2025
[2025] 8 S.C.R. 2227 : 2025 INSC 1047
Leakage of question paper of Assistant Engineer (Civil) Mains Examination conducted by the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC), on 26th and 27th August, 2022, led to the present reference by the Hon’ble P…
Vasanta Sampat Dupare vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 25 August 2025
[2025] 8 S.C.R. 2136 : 2025 INSC 1043
Writ petition filed u/Art.32 challenging the continuing validity of the sentence of death against the petitioner, having been affirmed on appeal, declined in review, and followed by the rejection of mercy petitions and s…
Dasari Anil Kumar & Another vs The Child Welfare Project Director & Others
SC · 12 August 2025
[2025] 8 S.C.R. 777 : 2025 INSC 972
Whether the custody of the minor children in question ought to be handed over to the appellants-adoptive parents.
Arshnoor Kaur & Anr. vs The Union of India & Ors.
SC · 11 August 2025
[2025] 8 S.C.R. 1241 : 2025 INSC 954
(i) Whether after allowing induction of women in a particular corp or branch under section 12 of the Army Act, 1950, can the Respondents by way of a policy and/or administrative instruction restrict the number of women c…
Padi Kaushik Reddy Etc. vs The State of Telangana and Others Etc.
SC · 31 July 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 1879 : 2025 INSC 912
The matters herein present a challenge to the judgment of the Division Bench of the High Court whereby the judgment dated 09.09.2024 passed by a Single Judge of the High Court in a batch of Writ Petitions was set aside.…
Madduri Gangaraju @ Babu Rao vs Madduri Sunanda & Others
SC · 30 July 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 2073 : 2025 INSC 991
Whether the criminal proceedings filed against the appellants in-laws by respondent No.1-wife subsequent to the dissolution of the marriage between her and her husband and also when both the parties had agreed for an ami…
Sukhdev Yadav @ Pehalwan vs State of (NCT of Delhi) & Others
SC · 29 July 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 2012 : 2025 INSC 969
Whether, an accused/convict who has completed his “life imprisonment for a fixed term” such as twenty years of actual sentence without remission, as in the instant case, is entitled to be released from prison on completi…
Sukdeb Saha vs The State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors.
SC · 25 July 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 1543 : 2025 INSC 893
Issue of growing crisis of student suicides in educational institutions; need for a preventive, remedial, and supportive framework for mental health protection and prevention of suicides by students; whether in the facts…
K. Purushottam Reddy vs Union of India and Ors.
SC · 25 July 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 1579 : 2025 INSC 894
(a) Whether the exclusion of the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana (or any other State), from the scope of delimitation under the Impugned Notifications and limiting it only to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashm…
Vishnu Vardhan @ Vishnu Pradhan vs The State Of Uttar Pradesh
SC · 23 July 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 1371 : 2025 INSC 884
The Supreme Court examined a civil appeal and writ petition involving allegations of fraud perpetrated by one of the respondents, Reddy Veeranna, on courts to secure benefits behind the appellant's back. The proceedings…
Khursheed Ahmad Chohan vs Union of Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ors. Etc.
SC · 21 July 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 1295 : 2025 INSC 876
Issue arose as to whether the facts and circumstances disclosed in the complaint, supported by compelling medical evidence of grievous injuries, including complete genital mutilation, mandatorily required registration of…
L. Muruganantham vs State of Tamil Nadu & Others
SC · 15 July 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 935 : 2025 INSC 844
(A) Whether the order of the High Court enhancing compensation to Rs.5,00,000/- for the alleged violations committed against the appellant, while dismissing the complaint against respondent no.3, and partly allowing the…
Vibhor Garg vs Neha
SC · 14 July 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 611 : 2025 INSC 829
Issue arose whether the conversation between spouses secretly recorded by one of them could be permitted to be made admissible in evidence; whether in light of the Evidence Act and the Family Courts Act, 1984, a conversa…
Shailesh Kumar Singh Alias Shailesh R. Singh vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
SC · 14 July 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 2161 : 2025 INSC 869
Whether the High Court erred in passing the impugned order, in the writ petition filed by the appellant for quashing of the FIR lodged by the Respondent No.4-complainant for offences punishable u/ss.60(b), 316(2) and 318…
Mandeep Singh & Ors. vs State of Punjab and Ors.
SC · 14 July 2025
[2025] 8 S.C.R. 34 : 2025 INSC 834
The matter pertains to legality of recruitment/selection of Assistant Professors and Librarians in Government Degree colleges of Punjab. The Division Bench of the High Court has reversed the findings of the Single Judge…
Amlesh Kumar vs The State of Bihar
SC · 9 June 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 394 : 2025 INSC 810
Whether in the attending facts and circumstances, the High Court could have accepted a submission of the Sub-Divisional Police Officer, to conduct narco-analysis test of all the accused persons (including the appellant)…
Bindu Kapurea vs Subhashish Panda & Ors.
SC · 28 May 2025
[2025] 5 S.C.R. 2764 : 2025 INSC 784
Whether unauthorised tree felling and construction in the Delhi Ridge Forest without requisite permissions as directed by the Supreme Court in its orders in M.C. Mehta v. Union of India constitute wilful disobedience. Wh…
K. Umadevi vs Government of Tamil Nadu & Ors.
SC · 23 May 2025
[2025] 5 S.C.R. 2704 : 2025 INSC 781
The Division Bench of the High Court held that appellant was not entitled to the benefit of maternity leave.
Kasireddy Upender Reddy vs State of Andhra Pradesh and Ors.
SC · 23 May 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 105 : 2025 INSC 768
Whether the arrest of the appellant’s son was per se illegal for want of supply of appropriate and meaningful grounds of arrest, as alleged.
State of Kerala & Another vs Asianet Satellite Communications Ltd. & Others
SC · 22 May 2025
[2025] 5 S.C.R. 2215 : 2025 INSC 757
The questions for consideration were: 1) Whether appellantsassessees, engaged in broadcasting of signals etc. through television channels to subscribers of those channels, were liable to pay entertainment tax under provi…

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