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Justice N Kotiswar Singh

71 Supreme Court judgments with Justice N Kotiswar Singh on the bench, 2024 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 20 2025 37 2024 14
Most often on the same bench
Justice B.V. Nagarathna 21Justice Sanjay Karol 20Justice Surya Kant 19Justice M.M. Sundresh 3Justice K.V. Viswanathan 3Justice Abhay S. Oka 2Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai 2Justice N. V. Anjaria 1
Acts most often in these headnotes
Indian Penal Code, 1860 15Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 10Constitution of India 9Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 4Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 3Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 3West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955 2Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 2
Sameem Begum and Others vs K. Venkat Swamy and Another
SC · 14 August 2026
[2026] 9 S.C.R. 112 : 2026 INSC 864
Issue arose as regards the compensation to be paid under “parental consortium”; and the assessment of the monthly income of the deceased.
Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited vs Rekha & Ors.
SC · 12 August 2026
[2026] 8 S.C.R. 489 : 2026 INSC 847
Maintainability of writ petition in cases of electrocution; the yardstick to be used in determining compensation in such cases.
British Motor Car Company (1939) Ltd. vs M/s Hindustan Commercial Bank Ltd. Since Has Been Merged Into Punjab National Bank & Anr.
SC · 9 July 2026
[2026] 7 S.C.R. 581 : 2026 INSC 671
Whether the amalgamation of Hindustan Commercial BankRespondent No.1 with Punjab National Bank-Respondent No.2, effected pursuant to the scheme framed under the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, attracts s.14(1)(b) of the De…
Neeraj Gupta vs Pardeep Kumar Bansal & Ors.
SC · 1 July 2026
[2026] 7 S.C.R. 481 : 2026 INSC 660
Whether a Magistrate must record evidence when the offence is strictly triable by the Court of Sessions as in this case, where the allegations were inter alia u/s.302 of IPC.
Rashmirekha Tripathy and Anr. vs The Branch Manager (Legal Claims), Sriram General Insurance Company Limited and Ors.
SC · 1 July 2026
[2026] 7 S.C.R. 494 : 2026 INSC 661
Issue arose that for assessing the annual income of a deceased person or claimant under the Motor Vehicles Act, the ITRs for the previous year appropriate or average of the past two/three years to be taken into considera…
Krishna Kumar Ojha & Ors. vs Jitendra Chaudhary & Ors.
SC · 1 July 2026
[2026] 7 S.C.R. 504 : 2026 INSC 662
Whether the compromise as accepted by the Civil Court on 22.02.1994 was in accordance with Or.XXIII r.3 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 or not.
Chandrikaben Kishor Dafda vs State of Gujarat & Anr.
SC · 1 July 2026
[2026] 7 S.C.R. 518 : 2026 INSC 665
Challenge by the appellant to the correctness of the refusal of the High Court to quash the criminal case and the issuance of process by the Magistrate, in connection with the complaint filed against her alleging that in…
Shaurya Sunil Kumar Singh vs Central Bureau of Investigation
SC · 1 July 2026
[2026] 7 S.C.R. 538 : 2026 INSC 666
Whether the filing of charge-sheet without additional copies as required by s.193(8) of the BNSS would entitle the appellant for the benefit of default bail.
Parveen Kumar @ Parveen Chauhan vs State of Haryana & Ors.
SC · 1 July 2026
[2026] 7 S.C.R. 554 : 2026 INSC 667
Whether the appellant’s application for grant of remission to the State of Haryana will be governed by the ‘Policy Regarding Release of Life Convicts 2002’ dated 12.04.2002 or the subsequent Policy dated 13.08.2008 terme…
The Commissioner, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike vs K.K. Umesh Kumar & Ors.
SC · 11 June 2026
[2026] 7 S.C.R. 101 : 2026 INSC 637
Issue arose whether the appellant can be held liable under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 for the injuries sustained by respondent no.1 that were caused due to the falling of a roadside tree on the vehicle by which the res…
Makardhwaj Ram vs Jagdish Rai (Dead) Th. Lrs. & Anr.
SC · 11 June 2026
[2026] 7 S.C.R. 240 : 2026 INSC 636
Whether the earlier proceedings provided opportunity enough for the plaintiff by being substantially similar, to raise the point of his ownership of the suit properties by virtue of the 1960 sale deed when the main groun…
Surekha Domaji Bele vs Executive Engineer, Testing Division, MSEDCL
SC · 11 June 2026
[2026] 7 S.C.R. 255 : 2026 INSC 639
Issue arose whether the dismissal order was passed by the competent authority; whether a fresh show-cause notice for punishment was required after the de novo proceedings before the labour court; whether the plea relatin…
State of Punjab vs Balraj Singh @ Billa
SC · 2 June 2026
[2026] 7 S.C.R. 39 : 2026 INSC 618
Issue arose whether the order granting bail of the High Court is in consonance with the settled principles of law concerning s.37 of the NDPS Act.
Malkit Singh and Anr. vs State of U.T. Chandigarh and Ors.
SC · 9 April 2026
[2026] 4 S.C.R. 550 : 2026 INSC 341
The appellant herein sought removal of encroachments on public paths, roads and public property made by fruit vendors, rehri vendors, hawkers, squatters and other vendors which are creating nuisance, traffic hazards, hin…
The West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Co. Ltd & Ors. vs Dipendu Biswas & Ors.
SC · 7 April 2026
[2026] 4 S.C.R. 600 : 2026 INSC 330
Matter pertains to the manner of filling of a vacancy reserved for Person with Disability with Low Vision (PWD-LV) in the Unreserved category UR (PWD-LV), where the recruitment notification stipulated that in case of non…
Shankar vs State of Rajasthan
SC · 2 April 2026
[2026] 4 S.C.R. 298 : 2026 INSC 315
Whether in the facts and circumstances of the case, the concurrent conviction of the appellant-accused for killing his wife by setting her on fire, ought to be upheld.
Dr. Anand Rai vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr.
SC · 10 February 2026
[2026] 3 S.C.R. 45 : 2026 INSC 141
Issue arose as regards the correctness of the judgment of High Court wherein it dismissed the accused’s appeal against the order of the Special Judge whereby his prayer for discharge u/s.227 CrPC was allowed in part aris…
M/s. Nav Nirman Builders & Developers Pvt. Ltd. Through its Managing Director, Naveen Singh vs The Union of India Through Deputy Director, Directorate of Enforc
SC · 6 February 2026
[2026] 2 S.C.R. 406 : 2026 INSC 130
In the instant case, this Court is concerned with the decision-making process adopted by the Special Court. Instead of deferring the application filed u/s.8(7) of the Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), and…
State of West Bengal & Ors. vs Jai Hind Pvt. Ltd.
SC · 6 February 2026
[2026] 2 S.C.R. 497 : 2026 INSC 132
Issue arose whether the Revenue Officer could have reviewed the earlier order of the Revenue Officer; whether the respondentcompany had fulfilled the conditions to be entitled to retain the lands u/s.6(1)(j) of the WBEA…
The State of Uttar Pradesh vs Anurudh & Anr
SC · 9 January 2026
[2026] 1 S.C.R. 770 : 2026 INSC 47
Whether u/s.439, CrPC the High Court could have issued directions, mandating age determination test to be conducted in all cases involving the POCSO Act. This larger question involves twin considerations, one on the aspe…
Neeraj Kumar @ Neeraj Yadav vs State of U.P. & Ors.
SC · 4 December 2025
[2025] 12 S.C.R. 295 : 2025 INSC 1386
Issue arose whether the courts below, in the attending facts and circumstances, justified in dismissing the application for summoning additional accused.
Tuhin Kumar Biswas @ Bumba vs The State of West Bengal
SC · 2 December 2025
[2025] 12 S.C.R. 258 : 2025 INSC 1373
The Revision Petition filed by the Appellant-accused against the order dismissing the discharge application filed by the Appellant in FIR No.50/2020 dated 19.03.2020 lodged with police station Bidhannagar North, was dism…
Rousanara Begum vs S.K. Salahuddin @ SK Salauddin & Anr.
SC · 2 December 2025
[2025] 12 S.C.R. 273 : 2025 INSC 1375
Issue arose whether goods given to a daughter at the time of her marriage by her father, or to the bridegroom, can be by application of law, returned to the daughter-appellant given that their marriage had ended in divor…
Divyangnakumari Harisinh Parmar (Dead) and Others vs Union of India and Others
SC · 24 September 2025
[2025] 9 S.C.R. 1303 : 2025 INSC 1145
The following issues arise for determination in the instant appeals: (i) What is the true nature of the rights in the land granted to the Appellants; (ii) Whether the High Court was justified in interfering with and reve…
Tarabai Nagar Co-Op. Hog. Society (Proposed) vs The State of Maharashtra and Others
SC · 22 August 2025
[2025] 8 S.C.R. 1193 : 2025 INSC 1015
Whether the owner of the land in a Slum Rehabilitation Area (SR Area) has any preferential right to redevelop it under Chapter I-A of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971; wheth…
Ajmera Shyam vs Smt. Kova Laxmi & Ors.
SC · 14 August 2025
[2025] 8 S.C.R. 1789 : 2025 INSC 992
Issue arose whether the non-mentioning of the income shown in the income tax return for four financial years in the Form 26 Affidavit and its portrayal as “Nil” by the respondent no.1-returned candidate would amount to n…
K. Purushottam Reddy vs Union of India and Ors.
SC · 25 July 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 1579 : 2025 INSC 894
(a) Whether the exclusion of the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana (or any other State), from the scope of delimitation under the Impugned Notifications and limiting it only to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashm…
Satender Kumar Antil vs Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr.
SC · 16 July 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 1858 : 2025 INSC 909
Issue arose as to whether the usage of electronic communication can also be extended to the procedure governing the service of a notice, contemplated u/s.35 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
Kamla Nehru Memorial Trust & Anr. vs U.P. State Industrial Development Corporation Limited & Ors.
SC · 30 May 2025
[2025] 5 S.C.R. 673 : 2025 INSC 791
The central issue concerns the legality of the cancellation of allotment by Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation (UPSIDC). Whether UPSIDC is responsible for frustrating the performance of the allotment…
Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Ors. vs Pankaj Babulal Kotecha & Ors.
SC · 30 May 2025
[2025] 5 S.C.R. 787 : 2025 INSC 792
Whether a recreational park developed on an alleged historical water body ought to be demolished and the water body restored or alternatively, whether the development warrants preservation given its current utility and t…

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