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Justice B.V. Nagarathna

391 Supreme Court judgments with Justice B.V. Nagarathna on the bench, 2021 to 2026, from the bench each Supreme Court Report prints. Being on the bench does not mean writing the opinion; each judgment page names the bench.

By year
2026 7 2025 57 2024 28 2023 68 2022 167 2021 64
Most often on the same bench
Justice M.R. Shah 188Justice Satish Chandra Sharma 35Justice D.Y. Chandrachud 33Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai 29Justice N Kotiswar Singh 21Justice Ujjal Bhuyan 20Justice K.M. Joseph 15Justice L. Nageswara Rao 15
Acts most often in these headnotes
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 44Indian Penal Code, 1860 34Constitution of India 25Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 18Income Tax Act, 1961 15Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 9Land Acquisition Act, 1894 8Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 5
Vipin Kumar vs Jaydeep & Others
SC · 21 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 1659 : 2025 INSC 169
Whether there has been a miscarriage of justice as the second appeal was allowed ex parte without hearing the appellant and without framing any substantial questions of law.
Dharmendra Kumar Singh & Ors. vs The Hon’ble High Court of Jharkhand & Ors.
SC · 15 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 490 : 2025 INSC 72
Issue arose as regards the promotion of the Civil Judges (Senior Division) to Jharkhand Superior Judicial Service.
Indian Evangelical Lutheran Church Trust Association vs Sri Bala & Co.
SC · 8 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 542 : 2025 INSC 42
Whether the plaint in the subsequent suit for specific performance filed by the plaintiff, i.e., O.S. No. 49/2007, is liable to be rejected in terms of Order VII Rule 11(d) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 on the gro…
B.N. John vs State of U.P. & Anr.
SC · 2 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 12 : 2025 INSC 4
Appellant herein has sought quashing of criminal proceedings arising under sections 353 and 186 of IPC.
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…
Ankush Vipan Kapoor vs National Investigation Agency
SC · 16 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 1743 : 2024 INSC 986
Whether the NIA can investigate only the same accused who is present in the NIA investigation qua Scheduled Offences and for non-scheduled offence by virtue of Section 8 of the National Investigation Agency, 2008; In oth…
Amar Sardar vs The State of West Bengal
SC · 12 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 1267 : 2024 INSC 1040
Whether the High Court was justified in affirming the judgment of conviction and sentence passed by the Fast Track Court.
Dara Lakshmi Narayana & Others vs State of Telangana & Another
SC · 10 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 559 : 2024 INSC 953
In the facts and circumstances of the case and after examining the FIR, whether the High Court was correct in refusing to quash the ongoing criminal proceedings against the appellants under Section 498A of the IPC and Se…
Mahesh Damu Khare vs The State of Maharashtra & Anr.
SC · 26 November 2024
[2024] 11 S.C.R. 886 : 2024 INSC 897
The High Court dismissed the petition filed u/s.482 of CrPC for quashing FIR registered u/ss.376, 420, 504 and 506 IPC holding, inter alia, that the offence under Section 376 of IPC is an offence against the society whic…
Gurmeet Kaur vs Devender Gupta & Another
SC · 26 November 2024
[2024] 11 S.C.R. 1602 : 2024 INSC 967
Issue arose whether the appellant while discharging her duty as a public servant on the relevant date, there was any excess in the discharge of the said duty which did not require the first respondent to take a prior san…
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…
Prashant vs State of NCT of Delhi
SC · 20 November 2024
[2024] 11 S.C.R. 825 : 2024 INSC 879
Whether FIR u/ss.376(2)(n) and s.506 IPC lodged against the appellant should be quashed; whether allegations in the FIR are correct; whether relationship between the parties was consensual in nature.
M/s Bharti Airtel Ltd. vs The Commissioner of Central Excise, Pune
SC · 20 November 2024
[2024] 11 S.C.R. 1525 : 2024 INSC 880
Whether the mobile service providers who pay excise duties on various items for setting up their business more particularly for erection of mobile towers and peripherals like pre-fabricated buildings etc. can take the be…
Property Owners Association & Ors. vs State of Maharashtra & Ors.
SC · 5 November 2024
[2024] 11 S.C.R. 1 : 2024 INSC 835
(1) Whether Article 31C (as upheld in Kesavananda Bharati case) survives in the Constitution after amendment to the provision by the forty-second amendment was struck down by the Supreme Court in Minerva Mills case; and…
State of Madhya Pradesh vs Ramji Lal Sharma & Another
SC · 23 September 2024
[2024] 10 S.C.R. 411 : 2024 INSC 747
Matter pertains to the application filed by applicant seeking his release from further jail sentence, on the ground of his juvenility on the date of the offence and has already undergone a sentence of more than four year…
Kukreja Construction Company & Others vs State of Maharashtra & Others
SC · 13 September 2024
[2024] 9 S.C.R. 830 : 2024 INSC 692
Whether the High Court was right in declining to grant relief to the writ petitioners-appellants herein on the ground of delay and laches; whether the appeals filed by the respondent-Mumbai Municipal Corporation would ca…
S. Vijikumari vs Mowneshwarachari C
SC · 10 September 2024
[2024] 10 S.C.R. 45 : 2024 INSC 732
Respondent sought refund of the entire maintenance amount which was paid to the appellant (wife of respondent).
Ravi Agrawal vs Union of India & Another
SC · 20 August 2024
[2024] 8 S.C.R. 788 : 2024 INSC 648
Matter pertains to the issue that if the amendment to s.80DD of the Income Tax Act, 1961 can be given retrospective effect.
K. Arumugam vs Union of India & Others Etc.
SC · 8 August 2024
[2024] 8 S.C.R. 830 : 2024 INSC 630
Appellant-assessees purchased Kerala State Lotteries from the District Lottery Offices and other States’ lotteries in bulk from registered promoters at a discounted rate. The appellant subsequently sold them to retailers…
Sri Dattatraya vs Sharanappa
SC · 7 August 2024
[2024] 8 S.C.R. 121 : 2024 INSC 586
Whether the High Court had rightly affirmed the acquittal of the respondent in a complaint case moved for the offence punishable u/s. 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 by its judgment dated 03.03.2023.
Gene Campaign & Anr. vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 23 July 2024
[2024] 7 S.C.R. 1847 : 2024 INSC 545
Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), a body under the Department of Environment, Forest and Wildlife, in its 147th meeting held on 18.10.2022, recommended environmental release of transgenic mustard hybrid, Dh…
Mohd Abdul Samad vs The State Of Telangana
SC · 10 July 2024
[2024] 7 S.C.R. 1236 : 2024 INSC 506
The appellant, a Muslim husband, challenged the order of the High Court of Telangana which modified the Family Court's order granting interim maintenance of INR 20,000 per month to his divorced wife under Section 125 of…
The Excise Commissioner Karnataka & Anr. vs Mysore Sales International Ltd. & Ors.
SC · 8 July 2024
[2024] 7 S.C.R. 287 : 2024 INSC 484
Whether provisions of Section 206C of the Income Tax Act is applicable in respect of the appellant and whether the liquor vendors (contractors) who bought the vending rights from the appellant on auction, can be termed a…
Shaji Poulose vs Institute of Chartered Accountants of India & Others
SC · 17 May 2024
[2024] 6 S.C.R. 777 : 2024 INSC 451
Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, if competent to impose, by way of Guidelines, a numerical restriction on the maximum number of tax audits that could be accepted by a Chartered Accountant, u/s.…
Dolly Rani vs Manish Kumar Chanchal
SC · 19 April 2024
[2024] 5 S.C.R. 510 : 2024 INSC 355
When the marriage ceremony had not been performed in accordance with section 7 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, whether registration of such a marriage under section 8 of the 1955 Act would confer any legitimacy to it.
Mahakali Sujatha vs The Branch Manager, Future Generali India Life Insurance Company Limited & Another
SC · 10 April 2024
[2024] 4 S.C.R. 724 : 2024 INSC 296
The present civil appeal has been filed by the complainant, who is the daughter of the insured-deceased, who is also the nominee under the subject life insurance policies of her late father. The controversy in the presen…
M/s. Bisco Limited vs Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise
SC · 20 March 2024
[2024] 3 S.C.R. 890 : 2024 INSC 231
The appellant had imported second hand steel mill machinery and parts covered by three transit bonds totalling 595 cases. The officials of the Preventive Branch of the Commissionerate searched the industrial premises of…
Vinayak Purshottam Dube (Deceased), Through Lrs vs Jayashree Padamkar Bhat & Others
SC · 1 March 2024
[2024] 3 S.C.R. 127 : 2024 INSC 159
Appellants, legal representatives of the original opposite party-a sole proprietor (since deceased) who had entered into a Development Agreement with the respondents-complainants, if liable to discharge the obligations w…
Lucknow Nagar Nigam & Others vs Kohli Brothers Colour Lab. Pvt. Ltd. & Others
SC · 22 February 2024
[2024] 2 S.C.R. 847 : 2024 INSC 135
1) Whether statutory vesting of property termed as enemy property under the provisions of the Enemy Property Act, 1968 amounts to expropriation which leads to change of its status inasmuch as its ownership is transferred…
Chandigarh Housing Board vs Tarsem Lal
SC · 7 February 2024
[2024] 2 S.C.R. 371 : 2024 INSC 119
Whether a notification issued by the appellant-Chandigarh Housing Board calling for applications from both Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes confer any benefit on the respondent (who belonged to the Schedule Tribes co…

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