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Justice Sanjay Karol

201 Supreme Court judgments with Justice Sanjay Karol 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 33 2025 73 2024 37 2023 58
Most often on the same bench
Justice Vikram Nath 38Justice Sandeep Mehta 28Justice Abhay S. Oka 24Justice C.T. Ravikumar 23Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai 23Justice N Kotiswar Singh 20Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra 18Justice M.R. Shah 8
Acts most often in these headnotes
Indian Penal Code, 1860 39Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 24Constitution of India 14Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 8Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 7Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 7Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 5Indian Evidence Act, 1872 4
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.
Shatrughn Yadav vs The Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.
SC · 11 August 2026
[2026] 8 S.C.R. 550 : 2026 INSC 829
Whether the action of the respondents in terminating the employment of the appellant on the ground of furnishing false information as regards his criminal antecedents, in the given facts and circumstances, was permissibl…
Harpreet Sawhney vs Puneet Sharma
SC · 10 August 2026
[2026] 8 S.C.R. 472 : 2026 INSC 822
The appellant-wife filed a civil appeal before the Supreme Court under Article 136 of the Constitution of India challenging the final judgment and clarification order passed by the Delhi High Court in a matrimonial appea…
National Insurance Co. Ltd. vs Smt. Thungala Dhana Laxmi & Ors.
SC · 4 August 2026
[2026] 8 S.C.R. 284 : 2026 INSC 793
Issue arose as regards the lack of compliance of s.146 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 which requires all vehicles to have a valid insurance policy covering third-parties; whether there should be a uniform motor-vehicle…
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…
Dr. Ramesh vs State of Maharashtra & Anr.
SC · 11 June 2026
[2026] 7 S.C.R. 75 : 2026 INSC 635
Matter pertains to implementation of Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994.
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…
Sahil Abdulsattar Mansuri & Ors. vs Safimahamad Fafirbhai Mansuri & Ors.
SC · 4 June 2026
[2026] 7 S.C.R. 67 : 2026 INSC 626
Matter pertains to inordinate delay of nearly two decades in the investigation of the criminal complaint.
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.
Sonal Talpada vs Veerbhan Singh
SC · 2 June 2026
[2026] 7 S.C.R. 49 : 2026 INSC 620
Whether the Respondent-husband was subjected to ‘cruelty’ within the meaning of law and; whether the marital bond between the parties has ruptured to such an extent that the marriage has broken down irretrievably, render…
Darubai & Anr. vs Kamalabai & Ors.
SC · 1 June 2026
[2026] 7 S.C.R. 1 : 2026 INSC 613
Whether the defendant could avail the ground of legal necessity as ‘karta’ of the family, and whether the parties to the lis, would succeed to the suit properties as tenants in common or joint tenants, since their rights…
Bhikhani Devi and Etc. vs Union of India and Others
SC · 1 June 2026
[2026] 7 S.C.R. 142 : 2026 INSC 612
Whether temporary status casual labourer, in the absence of a formal order of regularisation, would be entitled to pensionary benefits on superannuation or not.
Rambalak vs State of U.P.
SC · 19 May 2026
[2026] 6 S.C.R. 446 : 2026 INSC 511
Issue arose whether under the power of s.483 of BNSS 2023, the Court could have issued directions to the trial court to issue summons u/ss.62 and 69 Cr.P.C. and also take coercive measures as against those persons who de…
Sujal Vishwas Attavar & Anr. vs The State of Maharashtra & Ors.
SC · 4 May 2026
[2026] 5 S.C.R. 273 : 2026 INSC 442
Whether u/Art.226 of the Constitution of India a direction could be given to State Authorities to register an FIR without the applicant first having taken recourse to the alternative remedies provided in law.
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.
Jai Prakash Saini vs Managing Director, U.P. Cooperative Federation Ltd. & Ors.
SC · 1 April 2026
[2026] 4 S.C.R. 286 : 2026 INSC 305
In the instant case, the department had not produced any witness in the enquiry even though the charges levelled upon the appellant were denied by him. Whether the enquiry stood vitiated.
Mohammad Kaleem vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
SC · 17 March 2026
[2026] 3 S.C.R. 586 : 2026 INSC 251
Issue arose as regards the propriety of the exercise of power by the Trial Court u/s.319 Cr.PC and the justifiability of the imprimatur granted thereto by the Court below.
Ravi Khokhar & Ors. vs Union of India & Ors.
SC · 12 March 2026
[2026] 4 S.C.R. 112 : 2026 INSC 233
Whether the Air Force Group Insurance Society (AFGIS) could be treated as “State” or “other authority” within the meaning of Art.12 of the Constitution of India.
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…
Dorairaj vs Doraisamy (Dead) Through Lrs & Ors.
SC · 5 February 2026
[2026] 2 S.C.R. 545 : 2026 INSC 126
Whether the High Court exercised its power with restraint and precision by granting limited relief to the Appellant (D2) and whether it was justified in affirming the judgment and decree of the First Appellate Court enti…

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