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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
Sanjay Colaro vs State of Karnataka
SC · 21 April 2025
[2025] 4 S.C.R. 2558 : 2025 INSC 686
Matter pertains to the extension of benefit under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 to the appellant for causing a road accident, resulting in the death of the pedestrian.
Shahed Kamal & Ors. vs M/s A. Surti Developers Pvt. Ltd. & Anr.
SC · 17 April 2025
[2025] 4 S.C.R. 1275 : 2025 INSC 502
Whether the complaint filed by the respondent makes out a case for offences punishable under Section 500 read with Section 34, IPC against the appellants.
Securities and Exchange Board of India vs Ram Kishori Gupta & Anr.
SC · 7 April 2025
[2025] 4 S.C.R. 2789 : 2025 INSC 454
Whether SEBI can pass multiple final orders on the same cause of action; applicability of principles of res judicata/constructive res judicata; whether the Appellate Tribunal was justified in setting aside the 2018 disgo…
Ram Kishan (Since Deceased) Through His Lrs Etc. vs State of Haryana & Ors.
SC · 3 April 2025
[2025] 4 S.C.R. 2563 : 2025 INSC 441
Whether the Appellants, landowners of Village Dharuhera, Haryana, whose lands were acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, by a notification dated 12.12.2008 are entitled to compensation at a higher rate—on par wi…
Kashmiri Lal Sharma vs Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd. & Anr.
SC · 3 April 2025
[2025] 5 S.C.R. 446 : 2025 INSC 472
Whether the benefit of extension of retirement age for the physically disabled category could be confined to persons with visual impairment as provided in the OM dated 29.03.2013 or it should be available to persons suff…
Kishore Chhabra vs The State of Haryana & Ors.
SC · 1 April 2025
[2025] 4 S.C.R. 327 : 2025 INSC 419
Appellant sought release of his land from acquisition.
Disortho S.A.S. vs Meril Life Sciences Private Limited
SC · 18 March 2025
[2025] 3 S.C.R. 1555 : 2025 INSC 352
Law governing the arbitration agreement in the present case.
The State of Goa & Anr. vs Namita Tripathi
SC · 3 March 2025
[2025] 3 S.C.R. 341 : 2025 INSC 306
The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) had issued process to the respondent pursuant to the complaint filed by the appellants alleging violation by the respondent of the provisions of the Factories Act, 1948 and ther…
Hiralal Babulal Soni vs The State of Maharashtra & Ors.
SC · 25 February 2025
[2025] 2 S.C.R. 708 : 2025 INSC 266
Issue arose as regards the sustainability of the conviction of the accused u/s.120B and 411 IPC, when the seized gold bars are not the same gold bars linked to the fraudulent transactions.
Anmol vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 21 February 2025
[2025] 2 S.C.R. 1142 : 2025 INSC 256
Appellant appeared in the NEET-UG 2024 Examination and secured a rank of 2462 in the Persons with Disability (PwD) category. The designated Disability Certification Centre found him ineligible to pursue medical course on…
M/s ABCI Infrastructures Pvt. Ltd. vs Union of India and Others
SC · 14 February 2025
[2025] 3 S.C.R. 128 : 2025 INSC 215
Whether BRO-Border Road Organisation was justified in accepting the bid of Rs.1,569/-, and on the failure of the appellant-L1 bidder to execute the agreement asking for forfeiture vide encashment of bank guarantee of Rs.…
Naushey Ali & Ors. vs State of U.P. & Anr.
SC · 11 February 2025
[2025] 3 S.C.R. 289 : 2025 INSC 182
Whether the present case is a fit case where proceedings could be quashed, particularly when Section 307, IPC inter alia was invoked and there was a settlement between the parties.
Ayyub & Ors. vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.
SC · 7 February 2025
[2025] 2 S.C.R. 452 : 2025 INSC 168
Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order of High Court declining to quash the proceedings against the appellants u/s.306, Penal Code, 1860.
Chandrabhan Sudam Sanap vs The State of Maharashtra
SC · 28 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 1041 : 2025 INSC 116
Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court upholding the conviction of the appellant for rape and murder of the deceased and imposition of death sentence.
K. Samba Moorthy vs Sanjiv Chadha & Ors.
SC · 27 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 998 : 2025 INSC 110
Whether respondents should have granted the benefit of promotion from MMG/Scale-II to MMG/Scale-III with effect from 28.07.2001 with all monetary benefits to the appellant.
Marippan & Anr. vs State Represented by the Inspector of Police & Anr.
SC · 24 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 1674 : 2025 INSC 163
Whether the High Court was justified in rejecting the petition seeking quashing of the chargesheet in the criminal case qua the appellants-parents.
M. Venkateswaran vs The State rep. by the Inspector of Police
SC · 24 January 2025
[2025] 2 S.C.R. 231 : 2025 INSC 106
Matter pertains to the modification of sentence imposed for offence u/s.498A IPC and s.4 of the DP Act and payment of compensation to the wife-de facto complainant.
Mahendra Awase vs The State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 17 January 2025
[2025] 2 S.C.R. 80 : 2025 INSC 76
Whether the High Court was justified in declining the prayer of the appellant to discharge him from the offences under Section 306, Penal Code, 1860.
Goverdhan & Anr. vs State of Chhattisgarh
SC · 9 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 657 : 2025 INSC 47
The two accused-appellants and their father-the third accused, were convicted by the trial court u/s.302 r/w s.34 IPC for assaulting a person with deadly weapons causing his death. High Court upheld the conviction of the…
Abdul Nassar vs State of Kerala & Anr.
SC · 7 January 2025
[2025] 2 S.C.R. 1 : 2025 INSC 35
Whether the prosecution has proved by leading clinching and convincing circumstantial evidence that the accused had committed forcible and violent sexual assault on the child victim and, thereafter, strangled and killed…
M/s Naresh Potteries vs M/s Aarti Industries and Another
SC · 2 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 40 : 2025 INSC 1
Issue arose as regards whether the complaint filed by the appellant u/s. 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 is in accordance with the requirement u/s.142 of the NI Act.
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…
Municipal Corporation of Delhi vs Gagan Narang & Ors. Etc.
SC · 2 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 239 : 2025 INSC 2
Whether the application under Section 63 of the Electricity Act, 2003 could have been made by the Appellant-MCD, a “local authority” within the meaning of Section 2(41) of the Act.
Prakash and Others vs The State of Maharashtra and Another
SC · 20 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 1160 : 2024 INSC 1020
Issue arose whether the courts below were justified in accepting the prosecution case that the act of suicide by the victim was a direct result of the words uttered by the appellants at the mahalokadalat when there was a…
Digambar and Another vs The State of Maharashtra and Another
SC · 20 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 1533 : 2024 INSC 1019
Whether the High Court should have exercised its inherent powers u/s.482 of the Cr.P.C. to quash the criminal proceedings u/ss.498-A, 312, 313 and 34 of the Penal Code, 1860.
Geeta Dubey & Ors. vs United India Insurance Co. Ltd. & Ors.
SC · 18 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 652 : 2024 INSC 998
Issue arose as regards the correctness of the cryptic order passed by the High Court setting aside the award passed by the MACT holding that the claimants have not adduced any evidence to prove the aspect of the accident…
Siddhant @ Sidharth Balu Taktode vs The State of Maharashtra and Another
SC · 18 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 837 : 2024 INSC 1017
In six years, out of 102 dates, on most of the dates the appellantaccused was not produced before the Court either physically or virtually. Prolonged incarceration. Bail rejected by High Court.
Sambhubhai Raisangbhai Padhiyar vs State of Gujarat
SC · 17 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 1072 : 2024 INSC 987
Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order of conviction and death sentence to the appellant for offences punishable u/ss.302, 364 and 377 IPC and ss. 4 and 6 of the POCSO, for committing murder and brutal sexua…
George vs The State of Tamil Nadu and Others
SC · 13 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 769 : 2024 INSC 974
Whether the Division Bench of the High Court erred in convicting the appellant-original accused no.1, when on the basis of the very same evidence of PW-1, a benefit of doubt was granted to accused Nos.2 and 3.
Bharti Arora vs The State of Haryana
SC · 13 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 1044 : 2024 INSC 976
Whether the Special Judge could have conducted the proceedings against the present appellant for the offence punishable u/s.58 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985; whether the Special Judge was ju…

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