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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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Ramesh Baghel vs State of Chhattisgarh & Others
SC · 27 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 961 : 2025 INSC 109
A plea of a Christian man to accord his father a decent burial in his own native village.
S Shobha vs Muthoot Finance Ltd.
SC · 24 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 1147 : 2025 INSC 117
Whether the respondent-Muthoot Finance Ltd. is a “State” within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution and therefore amenable to writ jurisdiction of the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution.
M/s Tamil Nadu Cements Corporation Limited vs Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council and Another
SC · 22 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 880 : 2025 INSC 91
Whether a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution would be maintainable against an order passed by the Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council (MSEFC) in exercise of power under Section 18 of the Mic…
Directorate of Enforcement vs Subhash Sharma
SC · 21 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 1409 : 2025 INSC 141
Whether the High Court was justified in holding that the respondent's arrest was illegal and thus, granting him bail for an offence under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
Biswajit Das vs Central Bureau of Investigation
SC · 16 January 2025
[2025] 2 S.C.R. 110 : 2025 INSC 85
Conviction for offences under section 468 r/w section 120(B), section 271 and section 465 r/w 120(B) and section 420 r/w section 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (“IPC”) as well as section 13(1)(d) read with section…
Rajeeb Kalita vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 15 January 2025
[2025] 2 S.C.R. 27 : 2025 INSC 75
Writ petition filed seeking issuance of Writ directing the States and Union Territories to ensure basic toilet facilities in Courts/Tribunals in the country for all including, persons with disabilities and transgender pe…
Serosoft Solutions Pvt. Ltd. vs Dexter Capital Advisors Pvt. Ltd.
SC · 3 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 151 : 2025 INSC 26
Whether the High Court has correctly exercised its supervisory jurisdiction under Article 227 in granting the respondent/claimant one more opportunity to cross-examine appellant/respondent’s witness, despite the Arbitral…
Kim Wansoo vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
SC · 2 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 1 : 2025 INSC 8
Issue arose as regards invocation of extraordinary power u/Art. 226 of the Constitution to quash criminal proceedings.
Bernard Francis Joseph Vaz and Others vs Government of Karnataka and Others
SC · 2 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 190 : 2025 INSC 3
The Lands of appellants herein were acquired and they were deprived of their property without paying any compensation for twenty-two years. For payment of compensation, the appellants pleaded to shift the date for consid…
NOIDA Toll Bridge Company Ltd. vs Federation of NOIDA Residents Welfare Association and Others
SC · 20 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 1997 : 2024 INSC 1027
The issue concerned a challenge to collection and levying of toll, as legitimised by provisions enumerated in Agreement dated 12.11.1997 (Concession Agreement), executed between Appellant-NOIDA Toll Bridge Company Limite…
Tirith Kumar & Ors. vs Daduram & Ors.
SC · 19 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 665 : 2024 INSC 1005
Whether the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 could be applied to the parties to the instant lis.
Rinku Baheti vs Sandesh Sharda
SC · 19 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 1355 : 2024 INSC 1014
Issue arose whether the petitioner-wife is entitled to the transfer of the divorce petition; and whether this Court, upon the application filed by the respondent-husband, can exercise its powers u/Art. 142(1) of the Cons…
P. Manikandan vs Central Bureau of Investigation and Ors.
SC · 19 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 1553 : 2024 INSC 1007
Whether the High Court was justified in directing re-investigation and retrial of the same offence on the same set of facts, after acquitting the accused by giving him the benefit of doubt; Whether, in the attending fact…
Athar Parwez vs Union of India
SC · 17 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 1093 : 2024 INSC 995
Appellant alleged to be an active member of the Popular Front of India (PFI) involved in planning to cause disturbance during the proposed visit of Prime Minister of India to Patna in 2022. Chargesheet filed against the…
Union of India & Ors. vs Rohit Nandan
SC · 13 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 617 : 2024 INSC 984
Issue arose as regards entitlement of respondent-employee’s claim to the benefit of Scheduled Caste category, when the respondent appointed on the basis of his ‘Tanti’ Caste Certificate, the ‘Tanti’ caste was deleted fro…
Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and Others vs Vivek V. Gawde Etc. Etc.
SC · 13 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 843 : 2024 INSC 985
By way of the impugned order, whether the High Court exceeded its jurisdiction in framing points for determination by the Inquiry Officer acting in a quasi-judicial capacity under the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 18…
Celir LLP vs Mr. Sumati Prasad Bafna & Ors.
SC · 13 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 1618 : 2024 INSC 978
The present petitions sought to initiate contempt proceedings against the respondents/alleged contemnors for wilful disobedience of the final judgment and order dated 21.09.2023 passed by this Court in Civil Appeal Nos.…
C. Selvarani vs The Special Secretary-Cum-District Collector and Others
SC · 26 November 2024
[2024] 11 S.C.R. 1504 : 2024 INSC 900
Whether the appellant is entitled to the Scheduled Caste community certificate, indicating that she belongs to Valluvan caste, which is recognized as one of the Scheduled Castes in the S.C. Order, 1964.
Dr Balram Singh and Others vs Union of India and Another
SC · 25 November 2024
[2024] 11 S.C.R. 947 : 2024 INSC 893
Writ Petitions seek to challenge the insertion of the words ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ in the Preamble to the Constitution of India by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act in 1976.
Naeem Bano Alias Gaindo vs Mohammad Rahees & Anr.
SC · 22 November 2024
[2024] 11 S.C.R. 1492 : 2024 INSC 1000
Inconsistency between the U.P. State amendment and the subsequent Parliamentary amendment to Section 106, Transfer of Property Act, 1882. Whether in view of the Parliament amending a provision subsequent to a State legis…
M.R. Ajayan vs State of Kerala & Ors.
SC · 20 November 2024
[2024] 11 S.C.R. 1448 : 2024 INSC 881
Issue arose whether the appellant has the locus standi to prefer this SLP against the impugned order; whether the High Court rightly held the proceedings in question to be hit by the bar u/s. 195(1)(b) Cr.P.C.; and wheth…
M/s Siddamsetty Infra Projects Pvt. Ltd. vs Katta Sujatha Reddy & Ors.
SC · 8 November 2024
[2024] 11 S.C.R. 667 : 2024 INSC 861
Issue arose, whether the judgment of this Court suffers from an error apparent on the face of the record which warrants the exercise of the review jurisdiction; whether the suit instituted by the petitioner was barred by…
Aligarh Muslim University vs Naresh Agarwal & Ors.
SC · 8 November 2024
[2024] 11 S.C.R. 1647 : 2024 INSC 856
The issues were: 1) ingredients, indicia or criteria for an educational institution to be considered a minority educational institution under Article 30 of the Constitution; 2) whether Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is…
Ramji Lal Bairwa & Anr. vs State of Rajasthan & Ors.
SC · 7 November 2024
[2024] 11 S.C.R. 641 : 2024 INSC 846
Issue arose as regards whether a third party to a criminal proceeding got locus standi to challenge the order quashing the FIR lodged against the teacher by the father of the minor victim under the Penal Code, POCSO Act…
State Bank of India & Ors. vs The Consortium of Mr. Murari Lal Jalan and Mr. Florian Fritsch & Anr.
SC · 7 November 2024
[2024] 11 S.C.R. 2039 : 2024 INSC 852
Whether the Performance Bank Guarantee (PBG) could have been adjusted against the first tranche payment which was to be made under the Resolution Plan, within 180 days from the Effective Date, in contravention of the ord…
Justice Shailendra Singh & Ors. vs Union of India & Ors. Writ Petition (Civil) No. 232 of 2023 05 November 2024 [Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud,* CJI, J.B. Pardiw
SC · 5 November 2024
[2024] 11 S.C.R. 1042 : 2024 INSC 862
(1) Whether Judges of the High Court appointed from the District Judiciary can be denied subscription to the General Provident Fund (GPF) on the basis of their previous service under the New Pension Scheme (NPS); and (2)…
Suhas Chakma vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 23 October 2024
[2024] 10 S.C.R. 1769 : 2024 INSC 813
Access to free and timely legal aid for prison inmates.
State of U.P. & Ors. vs M/s Lalta Prasad Vaish and sons
SC · 23 October 2024
[2024] 10 S.C.R. 1931 : 2024 INSC 812
The issues which arise for adjudication in this reference pertain to the scope of the power of the State Legislatures under Entry 8 and the meaning of the phrase “intoxicating liquor”. The question is whether “intoxicati…
Union of India vs Pranav Srinivasan
SC · 18 October 2024
[2024] 10 S.C.R. 736 : 2024 INSC 792
The issue involved in the instant cases concerns the grant of Indian citizenship to the respondent.
Sukanya Shantha vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 3 October 2024
[2024] 10 S.C.R. 493 : 2024 INSC 753
Matter pertains to caste-based discrimination in the prisons in the country.

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