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Justice K.V. Viswanathan

168 Supreme Court judgments with Justice K.V. Viswanathan on the bench, 2023 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 17 2025 66 2024 71 2023 14
Most often on the same bench
Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai 56Justice J.B. Pardiwala 27Justice J.K. Maheshwari 20Justice Surya Kant 17Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra 13Justice B.V. Nagarathna 11Justice Vikram Nath 9Justice Sanjay Kumar 6
Acts most often in these headnotes
Indian Penal Code, 1860 30Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 20Constitution of India 17Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 11Land Acquisition Act, 1894 8Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 5Indian Evidence Act, 1872 4Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 3
Securities and Exchange Board of India vs Vedanta Limited & Ors.
SC · 9 September 2026
[2026] 9 S.C.R. 574 : 2026 INSC 978
Issue arose whether the release of the escrow amount pursuant to the exceptions listed u/Regn 15B(8) of the Buyback Regulations precludes or otherwise bars independent allegation, inquiry or finding of fraud under PFUTP…
Keshvendra Singh vs Shankar Singh and Anr.
SC · 17 August 2026
[2026] 9 S.C.R. 209 : 2026 INSC 866
Whether the High Court was justified in directing that Session Trial No.934 of 2023, then pending in the Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge/Special Judge, was to be kept in abeyance and in further directing…
Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Ltd. and Anr. vs Union of India & Anr.
SC · 13 July 2026
[2026] 8 S.C.R. 104 : 2026 INSC 679
Issue arose whether the explanations appended to r.38 of the 2016 Rules and r.45(8)(a) of the 2017 Rules ultra vires Arts.14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution as well as s.9 of the MMDR Act to the extent that the levy pro…
Gour Acharjee vs The State of Tripura & Ors.
SC · 25 May 2026
[2026] 6 S.C.R. 604 : 2026 INSC 535
Whether, in a case of death occurring within the absolute privacy of a matrimonial home, the prosecution has established beyond reasonable doubt that the victim’s death was a homicidal hanging staged by the appellant-hus…
Jennifer Messias vs Leonard G Lobo
SC · 18 May 2026
[2026] 6 S.C.R. 410 : 2026 INSC 502
Whether the Decree in question is a simple Preliminary Decree, or whether the Trial Court, made it both a Preliminary and a Final Decree; whether the same could be put to Execution; whether the High Court erred in interd…
Zubair. P vs State of Kerala & Ors.
SC · 13 February 2026
[2026] 3 S.C.R. 125 : 2026 INSC 151
Issue arose for consideration whether r.6(2)(24)(iii) of Chapter XXXII of the Kerala Education Rules mandates that the State Eligibility Test-SET qualification must be in the concerned subject only for appointment as Hig…
K. Rajaiah vs The High Court for the State of Telangana
SC · 11 February 2026
[2026] 3 S.C.R. 68 : 2026 INSC 142
Issue arose whether the appellant made out a case for interference with the order passed in the disciplinary proceedings, as upheld by the High Court.
Sumit vs State of U.P. & Anr.
SC · 9 February 2026
[2026] 3 S.C.R. 87 : 2026 INSC 145
Whether the High Court was well within its reasons to grant the anticipatory bail by restricting it upto the stage of filing of the chargesheet; What will be the position, when an accused has been released on bail, pendi…
M/s Eminent Colonizers Private Limited vs Rajasthan Housing Board and Ors.
SC · 4 February 2026
[2026] 3 S.C.R. 1 : 2026 INSC 116
Issue arose for consideration whether dispute with regard to the existence and validity of Clause 23 of the Contract Agreement clause could have been raised before the arbitrator; that the appointment of the arbitrator w…
Ankhim Holdings Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. vs Zaveri Construction Pvt. Ltd.
SC · 4 February 2026
[2026] 3 S.C.R. 28 : 2026 INSC 137
Whether the High Court was justified in saying that the proceedings held by the Arbitral Tribunal on the seven relevant dates, i.e., from 17.03.2022 to 25.08.2022 were liable to be declared as nullity on the premise that…
HT Media Limited vs Principal Commissioner Delhi South Goods and Service Tax
SC · 16 January 2026
[2026] 1 S.C.R. 904 : 2026 INSC 66
Whether the fee paid by the appellant to the personalities/speakers, through their booking agents, is liable to Service Tax under the reverse charge mechanism, more particularly under the taxable category of “Event Manag…
Sujata Bora vs Coal India Limited & Ors.
SC · 13 January 2026
[2026] 1 S.C.R. 590 : 2026 INSC 53
Whether the appellant was wrongly denied employment, despite having qualified for the interview, and declared unfit on the ground that she had multiple disability but had applied as a visually handicapped candidate (sinc…
Md Imran @ D.C. Guddu vs The State of Jharkhand
SC · 7 January 2026
[2026] 2 S.C.R. 139 : 2026 INSC 36
Issue arose whether the accused added during trial u/s.319 CrPC, entitled to bail.
Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited vs Santosh Cordeiro and Another
SC · 5 January 2026
[2026] 1 S.C.R. 1 : 2026 INSC 5
Whether the High Court has rightly allowed the application filed by the respondent u/s.11, Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996.
Bhadra International (India) Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. vs Airports Authority of India
SC · 5 January 2026
[2026] 1 S.C.R. 30 : 2026 INSC 6
i) Whether the sole arbitrator could be said to have become “ineligible to be appointed as an arbitrator” by virtue of sub-section (5) of s.12 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996; ii) whether the parties could…
Nirbhay Singh Suliya vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr.
SC · 5 January 2026
[2026] 1 S.C.R. 91 : 2026 INSC 7
Whether on facts, based on the four judicial orders of grant of bail per se and without anything more, the authorities were justified in removing the appellant-Judicial Officer from service.
M/s Bhagheeratha Engineering Ltd. vs State of Kerala
SC · 5 January 2026
[2026] 1 S.C.R. 303 : 2026 INSC 4
Whether the High Court by the impugned order was justified in holding that the Arbitral Tribunal was appointed at the request of the State to adjudicate dispute No.1 only; was the non-issuance of a notice u/s.21, Arbitra…
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. vs BCL Secure Premises Pvt. Ltd.
SC · 9 December 2025
[2025] 12 S.C.R. 455 : 2025 INSC 1401
Issue arose whether the High Court, was justified in referring the parties to arbitration by allowing the petition u/s.11(4) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.
The State of Karnataka & Anr. vs Taghar Vasudeva Ambrish & Anr.
SC · 4 December 2025
[2025] 12 S.C.R. 366 : 2025 INSC 1380
Issue arose whether services provided by the respondent no.1 in the form of leasing of residential premises as hostel to students and working professionals falls within the ambit of Entry 13 of the Notification No. 9/201…
Jyoti Builders vs Chief Executive Officer & Ors.
SC · 2 December 2025
[2025] 12 S.C.R. 317 : 2025 INSC 1372
Whether a mandamus should be issued to the State Government to acquire the subject property in accordance with s.14(1) of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971 keeping in mind th…
South Delhi Municipal Corporation Through its Commissioner vs Bharat Bhushan Jain (Dead) Thr. Lrs.
SC · 6 November 2025
[2025] 12 S.C.R. 248 : 2025 INSC 1324
Issue arose whether the High Court was justified in dismissing the appeal filed by the appellant-South Delhi Municipal Corporation through its Commissioner, thereby affirming the order passed by the District Judge granti…
MMTC Limited vs Anglo American Metallurgical Coal Pvt. Limited
SC · 3 November 2025
[2025] 11 S.C.R. 327 : 2025 INSC 1279
Issue arose whether the High Court was justified in not entertaining the objections filed by the appellant u/s.47 CPC and in dismissing the same; and whether at least prima facie the case of breach of fiduciary duty has…
Vijaya Kumari S & Another vs Union of India
SC · 9 October 2025
[2025] 11 S.C.R. 136 : 2025 INSC 1209
Issue arose whether the age-restrictions u/s.4(iii)(c)(I) of Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 should be applied to intending couples, all of whom had commenced the surrogacy process, to the extent of having their embryos…
Ravi Oraon vs The State of Jharkhand & Ors.
SC · 9 October 2025
[2025] 11 S.C.R. 226 : 2025 INSC 1212
Despite fresh appointment of the appellants, the basic question that survives is whether the termination of services of the appellants, on the ground that their graduation certificates were not valid and they had not sec…
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…
M/s Aristo Printers Pvt. Ltd. vs Commissioner of Trade Tax, Lucknow, U.P.
SC · 7 October 2025
[2025] 10 S.C.R. 405 : 2025 INSC 1188
Issue arose whether tax can be levied u/s.3F of the Uttar Pradesh Trade Tax Act, 1948, on the ink and processing material used by the appellant in undertaking the printing work of lottery tickets.
Lifestyle Equities C.V. & Anr. vs Amazon Technologies INC.
SC · 7 October 2025
[2025] 10 S.C.R. 463 : 2025 INSC 1190
Whether the Division Bench of the High Court committed any error in passing the impugned judgment and order by which the application filed by the respondent herein (judgment debtor-original defendant) under Order XLI Rul…
Nilesh Baburao Gitte vs State of Maharashtra
SC · 7 October 2025
[2025] 11 S.C.R. 37 : 2025 INSC 1191
Appellant was convicted for matricide-killing of one’s own mother. By the present appeal, the appellant calls in question the correctness of the judgment of the High Court.
P. Radhakrishnan & Anr. vs Cochin Devaswom Board & Ors.
SC · 6 October 2025
[2025] 10 S.C.R. 286 : 2025 INSC 1183
Whether in the facts and circumstances of the case, the impugned directions issued by the High Court were beyond the scope of the writ petition and ought to be set aside.
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…

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