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Justice Sandeep Mehta

209 Supreme Court judgments with Justice Sandeep Mehta 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 30 2025 112 2024 66 2023 1
Most often on the same bench
Justice Vikram Nath 113Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai 41Justice Sanjay Karol 28Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha 20Justice J.B. Pardiwala 7Justice Hima Kohli 5Justice Rajesh Bindal 4Justice Aravind Kumar 3
Acts most often in these headnotes
Indian Penal Code, 1860 45Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 21Constitution of India 20Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 9Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 6Indian Evidence Act, 1872 6Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 5Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 4
Abdul Rajik vs State of M.P.
SC · 16 September 2026
[2026] 10 S.C.R. 180 : 2026 INSC 1001
Whether the prosecution failed to prove that the substance recovered from the accused-appellants was charas and consequently, their conviction, as recorded by the trial Court and affirmed by the High Court is unsustainab…
Dhanraj vs State of Rajasthan
SC · 7 September 2026
[2026] 9 S.C.R. 523 : 2026 INSC 958
Accused-appellant was convicted u/ss.376, 376(2)(i)(j), 363, 323 of IPC. Whether the High Court fell in grave error in convicting and affirming the conviction of the accused-appellant.
Sakshi Sharma vs Aman Sinha
SC · 3 September 2026
[2026] 9 S.C.R. 542 : 2026 INSC 960
Whether, having regard to a Settlement Agreement voluntarily and amicably arrived at between the parties through mediation, this Court should exercise its jurisdiction u/Art.142 of Constitution to dissolve marriage by mu…
Rishi Malhotra & Anr. vs Union of India
SC · 18 August 2026
[2026] 9 S.C.R. 226 : 2026 INSC 873
Challenge to the constitutional validity of s.354(5) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding to s.393(5) of the Bhartiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023) insofar as it prescribes hanging as the sole method…
Sukhendu Bhattacharjee and Others vs The State of Assam and Others
SC · 21 May 2026
[2026] 6 S.C.R. 539 : 2026 INSC 523
Whether the appellants can be denied the benefit of regularization solely on the ground that they were not appointed against sanctioned posts and that the decision in Umadevi case prohibits such regularization.
Sri vs State Rep. by The Inspector of Police, Q Branch, Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu
SC · 20 May 2026
[2026] 6 S.C.R. 458 : 2026 INSC 516
Whether the appellant was implicated in the present case on the basis of mistaken identity.
Soumya Ranjan Panda & Ors. vs Subhalaxmi Dash & Ors.
SC · 14 May 2026
[2026] 6 S.C.R. 241 : 2026 INSC 488
Issue arose whether the students transferred to private medical colleges liable to pay fees at Government rates or at the rates applicable to private medical colleges; how the differential liability, if any, is to be app…
Padam Mehta and Another vs State of Rajasthan and Others
SC · 12 May 2026
[2026] 5 S.C.R. 597 : 2026 INSC 476
Matter arose as regards inclusion of Rajasthani language as medium of instructions for education and public employment.
Rajasthan Public Service Commission vs Lavanshu Sankhla & Ors.
SC · 4 May 2026
[2026] 5 S.C.R. 290 : 2026 INSC 444
Whether the relevant date for acquiring the minimum essential qualification is the date of submission of the application pursuant to the advertisement, or any time prior to the commencement of the interview process.
Anosh Ekka vs State Through Central Bureau of Investigation
SC · 13 April 2026
[2026] 4 S.C.R. 593 : 2026 INSC 357
Matter arose as regards the order passed by the High Court rejecting the appellant’s application for suspension of sentence and grant of bail during pendency of the appeal, when many of the allegations in the instant cas…
Mamta Devi vs Sanjay Kumar
SC · 10 April 2026
[2026] 4 S.C.R. 503 : 2026 INSC 346
Challenge by the appellant-wife to the decree of divorce granted to the respondent-husband on the ground of cruelty and desertion.
Shuvendu Saha vs The State of West Bengal and Anr.
SC · 9 April 2026
[2026] 5 S.C.R. 221 : 2026 INSC 367
The High Court, in a revision filed at the instance of the respondent no.2-complainant, set aside the order granting bail to the accusedappellant herein in a case involving offences triable by the Court of Magistrate aft…
M/s Chopra Hotels Private Limited vs Harbinder Singh Sekhon & Ors.
SC · 8 April 2026
[2026] 4 S.C.R. 444 : 2026 INSC 335
Whether the High Court was justified in holding that the Appellant had no lis before it and was not entitled to be heard in the proceedings in CWP No. 38742 of 2025, and, if not, what consequential directions ought to fo…
Sajal Bose vs The State of West Bengal and Ors.
SC · 6 April 2026
[2026] 4 S.C.R. 398 : 2026 INSC 322
Issue arose whether the High Court was justified in quashing the proceedings against the two co-accused and declining the similar relief to the remaining accused.
Save Mon Region Federation & Anr. vs The State of Arunachal Pradesh & Ors.
SC · 6 April 2026
[2026] 5 S.C.R. 1 : 2026 INSC 320
The principal issue that arises for consideration is whether the allegations and the prima facie material relating to the award and execution of public works contracts, including the asserted pattern of repeated departur…
J. Sri Nisha vs The Special Director, Adjudicating Authority, Directorate of Enforcement and Anr.
SC · 1 April 2026
[2026] 4 S.C.R. 313 : 2026 INSC 309
The writ petitions instituted by the appellants assailing the show cause notice (SCN) issued by the Adjudicating Authority under Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, came to be dismissed. Whether the impugned order pas…
R. Halle vs Reliance General Insurance Company Limited
SC · 18 March 2026
[2026] 4 S.C.R. 202 : 2026 INSC 260
The principal issue which falls for consideration is with regard to the assessment of extent of disability for the purpose of computing loss of earning capacity, and more particularly, the soundness of the High Court’s d…
Vishvjeet and Others vs State of Uttar Pradesh and Another
SC · 17 March 2026
[2026] 4 S.C.R. 184 : 2026 INSC 254
Matter pertained to acts of hooliganism by the Barabanki Bar Members by attacking advocate representing petitioners in toll plaza case.
Pooranmal vs The State of Rajasthan & Anr.
SC · 10 March 2026
[2026] 3 S.C.R. 314 : 2026 INSC 217
Whether the conviction of the appellant-P based solely on circumstantial evidence as convicted by the trial court and upheld by the High Court could be sustained in law. Whether the incriminating evidence are proved by c…
Rachana Gangu & Anr. vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 10 March 2026
[2026] 3 S.C.R. 393 : 2026 INSC 218
Whether the absence of a uniform policy governing compensation in cases of death or injury following administration of COVID-19 vaccination results in violation of right to life protected under the Constitution; if yes,…
Anurag Krishna Sinha vs State of Bihar & Anr.
SC · 10 March 2026
[2026] 3 S.C.R. 465 : 2026 INSC 219
i) Whether the Smt. Radhika Sinha Institute and Sachchidanand Sinha Library (Requisition & Management) Act, 2015 is manifestly arbitrary and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India; ii) Whether the impugned…
Ramadebi Rautray vs State of Odisha & Ors.
SC · 10 March 2026
[2026] 4 S.C.R. 140 : 2026 INSC 243
Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order passed by the High Court upholding the declaration that the election of the respondent to the post of Chairman Delang Panchayat Samiti was invalid, however, setting asi…
Gobind Singh and Ors. vs Union of India and Ors.
SC · 9 March 2026
[2026] 3 S.C.R. 277 : 2026 INSC 211
Whether the High Court’s omission to expressly adjudicate the application filed u/Or.XLI, r.27 of CPC while deciding the first appeal has resulted in any manifest injustice or miscarriage of justice so as to warrant inte…
Dr. Sushil Kumar Purbey & Anr. vs The State of Bihar and Ors.
SC · 9 March 2026
[2026] 3 S.C.R. 293 : 2026 INSC 212
Issue arose whether the High Court erred in granting the relief of quashing solely to sister-in-law, on the ground that the allegations against her were general in nature, while declining the same relief to the appellant…
Abhishek Sharma vs The State of Jammu and Kashmir & Ors.
SC · 9 March 2026
[2026] 3 S.C.R. 335 : 2026 INSC 220
Whether the respondent-State was justified in law in classifying the present appellants, who were engaged on an academic arrangement basis under the impugned SRO No. 384 titled “Jammu and Kashmir Medical and Dental Educa…
Harbinder Singh Sekhon & Ors. vs The State of Punjab & Ors.
SC · 13 February 2026
[2026] 3 S.C.R. 179 : 2026 INSC 159
Issue arose for consideration whether change of land use-CLU dated 13.12.2021 could have been granted for the proposed unit when the land use under the Master Plan for Sangrur treated the site as falling in rural agricul…
Shashin Patel and Anr. vs Uday Dalal and Ors.
SC · 5 February 2026
[2026] 2 S.C.R. 381 : 2026 INSC 125
Whether the belated prayer of the appellants in Civil Appeal No. 795 of 2026, being the successors-in-interest of ‘NP’, to gain membership in the Society by making payment at a highly belated stage, could have been accep…
Sandeep Singh Bora vs Narendra Singh Deopa & Ors.
SC · 2 February 2026
[2026] 2 S.C.R. 257 : 2026 INSC 105
The instant appeal is directed against the interim order dated 18.07.2025 passed by the High Court wherein it directed the Returning Officer to allot a symbol to respondent no.1 (the writ petitioner) and permit him to pa…
Muslimveetil Chalakkal Ahammed Haji vs Sakeena Beevi
SC · 7 January 2026
[2026] 1 S.C.R. 395 : 2026 INSC 35
Whether the issue of limitation was erroneously decided by the trial Court as well as the High Court, leading to an unjustified rejection of the suit for specific performance of agreement to sell filed by the appellant;…
Dharmendra Sharma vs M. Arunmozhi & Anr.
SC · 5 January 2026
[2026] 1 S.C.R. 24 : 2026 INSC 10
Matter pertains to contempt petitions by the appellant-petitioner, alleging, inter alia, that respondent no. 1 willfully failed to comply with the directions issued by this Court in the case of Dharmendra Sharma v. Agra…

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