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Justice J.B. Pardiwala

421 Supreme Court judgments with Justice J.B. Pardiwala on the bench, 2022 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 28 2025 150 2024 117 2023 90 2022 36
Most often on the same bench
Justice R Mahadevan 148Justice D.Y. Chandrachud 131Justice Manoj Misra 125Justice K.V. Viswanathan 27Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha 23Justice Surya Kant 13Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai 12Justice Sandeep Mehta 7
Acts most often in these headnotes
Constitution of India 41Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 37Indian Penal Code, 1860 35Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 32Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 27Limitation Act, 1963 12Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 12Specific Relief Act, 1963 11
Gulshan Kumar vs Institute of Banking Personnel Selection & Ors.
SC · 3 February 2025
[2025] 2 S.C.R. 313 : 2025 INSC 142
Matter pertains to extending the benefits for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities-PwBD candidates to all persons with disabilities-PwD candidates in writing their examinations.
Vellore District Environment Monitoring Committee Rep. by its Secretary Mr. R. Rajebdran vs The District Collector, Vellore District & Others
SC · 30 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 1265 : 2025 INSC 131
Matter pertains to pollution caused by tanneries by discharging untreated or partially treated effluents into the River Palar and surrounding areas; and as regards the correctness of the order passed by the High Court di…
Ashok Saxena vs The State of Uttarakhand Etc.
SC · 30 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 1454 : 2025 INSC 148
Whether the High Court committed any error in holding the appellant guilty of the offence of murder.
Lalita vs Vishwanath & Ors.
SC · 30 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 1643 : 2025 INSC 173
Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court acquitting the respondents for the offence punishable u/ss.306, 498A, and 34 IPC; and incase the first informant dies before stepping into the witn…
Mahabir & Ors. vs State of Haryana
SC · 29 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 1105 : 2025 INSC 120
Whether the High Court committed any error in passing the impugned judgment and order of conviction in exercise of its revisional jurisdiction u/s.401 r/w. s.397 of the CrPC; Whether Proviso to s.372 of CrPC creates a ri…
M.S. Sanjay vs Indian Bank & Ors.
SC · 29 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 1588 : 2025 INSC 177
An auction was conducted on 31.07.2007 and sale certificate was issued on 30.11.2007. The respondent no.4-guarantor questioned the validity of auction proceedings. In 2019, the High Court declared the auction to be illeg…
H. Anjanappa & Ors. vs A. Prabhakar & Ors.
SC · 29 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 1755 : 2025 INSC 121
Whether a transferee pendente lite has a right to be impleaded in the suit by seeking leave to appeal and in case he is not impleaded, whether he is bound by the decree passed in the said suit.
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.
Balbir Singh & Anr. Etc. vs Baldev Singh (D) Through His LRs. & Ors. Etc.
SC · 17 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 781 : 2025 INSC 81
The two questions of law fall for consideration in the instant appeal; First, the effect of merger of the trial court’s decree with that of the decree passed by High Court in second appeals; Secondly, whether the defenda…
Sunkari Tirumala Rao & Ors. vs Penki Aruna Kumari
SC · 17 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 902 : 2025 INSC 92
Whether a suit for recovery of money filed by partners of an unregistered partnership firm against a partner of the same firm is maintainable.
Bhudev Mallick Alias Bhudeb Mallick & Anr. vs Ranajit Ghoshal & Ors.
SC · 17 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 1598 : 2025 INSC 175
A suit for confirmation of possession or in the alternative recovery of possession and injunction was filed by the predecessor in interest of the Respondents against the predecessor in interest of the Appellants. The sui…
The State of Jharkhand & Others vs Vikash Tiwary @ Bikash Tiwary @ Bikash Nath
SC · 17 January 2025
[2025] 2 S.C.R. 63 : 2025 INSC 79
Whether the High Court was correct in quashing the order/memo dated 17.05.2023 issued by the Inspector General of Prisons, Ranchi, Jharkhand, making intra-State transfer of the respondent herein from Lok Nayak Jai Prakas…
U. Sudheera & Others vs C. Yashoda & Others
SC · 17 January 2025
[2025] 2 S.C.R. 92 : 2025 INSC 80
Whether the High Court can pass any ad interim order for a limited period, before framing substantial question(s) of law, while dealing with a second appeal filed under Order XLI r/w Section 100 CPC.
Vijay @ Vijayakumar vs State Represented by Inspector of Police
SC · 16 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 869 : 2025 INSC 90
Whether the appellant's act of causing the death of the deceased fell within the scope of "grave and sudden provocation" under Exception 1 to Section 300 of the Penal Code (IPC), thereby reducing the offence from murder…
Om Prakash Ambadkar vs The State of Maharashtra & Ors.
SC · 16 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 1469 : 2025 INSC 139
Magistrate passed an order under Section 156(3), Code of the Criminal Procedure, 1973 directing registration of FIR against the appellant-accused for the offences punishable under Sections 323, 294, 500, 504 & 506, Penal…
Rakesh Kumar Raghuvanshi vs The State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 16 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 2008 : 2025 INSC 96
Whether the High Court erred in upholding the judgment of the trial court, thereby upholding the appellant guilty of conscious possession of poppy husk.
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…
Cuddalore Powergen Corporation Ltd vs M/s Chemplast Cuddalore Vinyls Limited and Anr.
SC · 15 January 2025
[2025] 2 S.C.R. 123 : 2025 INSC 73
Whether the principles enumerated u/Ord. II r. 2 CPC would bar the institution of a second suit and warrant rejection of the plaint filed by the respondent no. 1-buyer.
Ram Pyarey vs The State of Uttar Pradesh
SC · 9 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 484 : 2025 INSC 71
Correctness of the order of conviction against the brother-in-law for the offences punishable u/ss.306, 498-A IPC and s.4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, in the absence of any cogent evidence.
Sadashiv Dhondiram Patil vs The State of Maharashtra
SC · 9 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 592 : 2025 INSC 93
Issue arose whether Village Police Patil is a Police Officer in terms of s. 25 of the Evidence Act; and whether the High Court erred in holding the appellant guilty of the offence of murder.
Central Bank of India & Anr. vs Smt. Prabha Jain & Ors.
SC · 9 January 2025
[2025] 2 S.C.R. 263 : 2025 INSC 95
Whether the jurisdiction of civil court to try a suit is completely barred by s.34 of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002.
Vijay Prabhu vs S.T. Lajapathie & Ors.
SC · 8 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 718 : 2025 INSC 52
Whether the High Court was justified in finding that the original plaintiff was not entitled to discretionary relief of specific performance under Section 12 of the Specific Relief Act; whether the relinquishment of clai…
H. Guruswamy & Ors. vs A. Krishnaiah Since Deceased By LRs.
SC · 8 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 764 : 2025 INSC 53
Order dated 05.08.2014 passed by the trial court rejecting application filed under Order 9 Rule 13 CPC came to be set aside by the High Court, which was challenged in the present appeal; The appellants submitted that the…
Bharat Aambale vs The State of Chhattisgarh
SC · 6 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 1524 : 2025 INSC 78
Appellant had been convicted by the Courts below under Section 20(b)(ii)(c) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. The issue was whether the conviction could be said to have been vitiated because of non…
Omi @ Omkar Rathore & Anr. vs The State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr.
SC · 3 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 266 : 2025 INSC 27
Issue arose as regards summoning a person as accused for facing the trial, when the said person was named in the FIR but not chargesheeted.
Chief Revenue Controlling Officer Cum Inspector General of Registration, & Ors. vs P. Babu
SC · 3 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 576 : 2025 INSC 44
Matter referred by Joint Sub-Registrar to the Special Deputy Collector (Stamps) for determining the correct market value of the property. When both the authorities viz., the Registering Authority and the Collector are ve…
Principal Commissioner of Income Tax-4 & Anr. vs M/s Jupiter Capital Pvt. Ltd.
SC · 2 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 431 : 2025 INSC 38
Whether reduction in share capital is covered under “sale, exchange or relinquishment of the asset” used in Section 2(47) of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
Sanjay Dutt & Ors. vs The State of Haryana & Anr.
SC · 2 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 446 : 2025 INSC 34
According to the Range Forest Officer, the appellants (director and office bearers of the company) had illegally uprooted trees with JCB, destroyed them, and violated the section 4 of the Punjab Land Preservation Act, 19…
Parswanath Saha vs Bandhana Modak (Das) and Anr.
SC · 20 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 1186 : 2024 INSC 1022
Whether the High Court committed any error in passing the impugned judgment setting aside the decree of specific performance passed by the Trial Court in favour of the plaintiff-appellant.
Mukesh vs The State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr.
SC · 20 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 1210 : 2024 INSC 1026
Whether the High Court was right in holding that the compromise decree in favor of the appellant needed registration and stamp duty was also required to be paid for mutation of the subject land.

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