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Justice Surya Kant

267 Supreme Court judgments with Justice Surya Kant on the bench, 2019 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 2 2025 33 2024 35 2023 22 2022 60 2021 39 2020 33 2019 43
Most often on the same bench
Justice N.V. Ramana 51Justice D.Y. Chandrachud 45Justice R.F. Nariman 30Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai 28Justice S.A. Bobde 24Justice Ujjal Bhuyan 20Justice N Kotiswar Singh 19Justice Aniruddha Bose 18
Acts most often in these headnotes
Indian Penal Code, 1860 35Constitution of India 22Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 18Land Acquisition Act, 1894 13Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 7Limitation Act, 1963 6Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 5Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 4
K.P. Khemka & Anr. vs Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited & Ors.
SC · 8 May 2024
[2024] 6 S.C.R. 234 : 2024 INSC 396
By the impugned judgment, the High Court dismissed the writ petitions and rejected the contention of the appellants herein that if a debt is time-barred under the Limitation Act, 1963, the same cannot be recovered by res…
Amanatullah Khan vs The Commissioner of Police, Delhi & Ors. Criminal Appeal No. 2349 of 2024
SC · 7 May 2024
[2024] 5 S.C.R. 927 : 2024 INSC 383
Whether the names of the Appellant’s minor children and his wife against whom there is no adverse material should be included in the History Sheet of the Appellant.
New India Assurance Company Ltd. Through its Manager vs M/s Tata Steel Ltd.
SC · 30 April 2024
[2024] 5 S.C.R. 285 : 2024 INSC 356
A claim for 35.08 crores was filed by the insured after the ‘20 Hi Cold Rolling Mill’ was totally destroyed due to fire. Since running of the company was important, the Insured got a new 6 Hi Cold Rolling Mill installed…
Prashant Singh & Ors. Etc. vs Meena & Ors. Etc.
SC · 25 April 2024
[2024] 5 S.C.R. 492 : 2024 INSC 380
Whether the consolidation officer can grant ownership to any person in respect of a land/property inherited before commencement proceedings under U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. vs Delhi Airport Metro Express Pvt. Ltd. Curative Petition (C) Nos.108-109 of 2022 In Review Petition (C) Nos.1158-1159 of 202
SC · 10 April 2024
[2024] 4 S.C.R. 473 : 2024 INSC 292
(i) Whether the curative petition is maintainable; and (ii) Whether this Court (two-judge Bench) was justified in restoring the arbitral award which had been set aside by the Division Bench of the High Court on the groun…
State of Kerala vs Union of India
SC · 1 April 2024
[2024] 4 S.C.R. 13 : 2024 INSC 253
What is the true import and interpretation of the expression “if and in so far as the dispute involves any question (whether of law or fact) on which the existence or extent of a legal right depends” contained in Article…
The Executive Engineer, KNNL vs Subhashchandra & Ors.
SC · 12 March 2024
[2024] 3 S.C.R. 661 : 2024 INSC 208
Huge chunk of land measuring 13000 acres was acquired by the State of Karnataka for the appellant-Corporation for different projects. High Court while passing the impugned orders enhancing the compensation for the acquir…
U.P. Avas Evam Vikas Parishad vs Chandra Shekhar And Ors.
SC · 5 March 2024
[2024] 3 S.C.R. 585 : 2024 INSC 210
High Court, if justified in quashing the acquisition in respect of the Khasra on the ground that the tenure holders were not accorded opportunity to submit objections against the proposed acquisition in accordance with s…
State of Punjab vs Gurpreet Singh & Ors.
SC · 6 February 2024
[2024] 2 S.C.R. 1039 : 2024 INSC 154
High Court, if justified in acquitting the main accused and the coaccused of the charges u/s. 302/34 IPC.
Mariam Fasihuddin & Anr. vs State by Adugodi Police Station & Anr.
SC · 22 January 2024
[2024] 1 S.C.R. 623 : 2024 INSC 49
The crux of respondent No. 2’s allegations is that the appellants purportedly forged his signature on the passport application submitted to obtain the minor child’s passport. Whether the actions of the appellants prima f…
Afjal Ansari vs State of Up
SC · 14 December 2023
[2023] 16 S.C.R. 969 : 2023 INSC 1071
What are the parameters to be considered for the suspension of conviction u/s. 389(1) CrPC; whether the appellant has made out a prima facie case for the suspension of conviction u/s. 389(1) CrPC; and whether conviction…
In Re: Article 370 of the Constitution vs .
SC · 11 December 2023
[2023] 16 S.C.R. 1 : 2023 INSC 1058
Article 370 of the Constitution of India incorporated special arrangements for the governance of the State of Jammu and Kashmir. The President issued Constitutional Orders 272 and 273 during the subsistence of a Proclama…
Case Details Mohar Singh (Dead) through Lrs. & Ors. vs State of Uttar Pradesh Collector & Ors.
SC · 7 November 2023
[2023] 14 S.C.R. 842 : 2023 INSC 1019
Appellants if entitled to seek parity with their co-villagers in the grant of compensation for their acquired land despite the inordinate delay in filing first appeals.
Markash Jajara vs The State of Assam & Anr.
SC · 3 November 2023
[2023] 14 S.C.R. 834 : 2023 INSC 1015
The appellant was held guilty of having committed the murder of his son-in-law. Whether the offence attributed to the appellant falls within the ambit of Exception I of Section 300 IPC which defines “murder”.
Munilakshmi vs Narendra Babu & Anr.
SC · 20 October 2023
[2023] 14 S.C.R. 1058 : 2023 INSC 943
Bail granted to Respondent No.1 accused of offences u/ss.109, 120B, 201, 302, 450, 454 r/w s.34, IPC, if to be cancelled, in view of events subsequent to the grant of bail.
Case Details M/s. Kewal Court Pvt. Ltd. and Anr. vs The State of West Bengal and Ors.
SC · 9 October 2023
[2023] 13 S.C.R. 724 : 2023 INSC 884
The issue pertains to the true construction, meaning and import of the expression ‘vacant land’ contained in Section 2(q) of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 especially with reference to sub-clause (i) t…
Case Details Loonkaran Gandhi (D) Thr. Lr. vs State of Maharashtra and Ors.
SC · 6 September 2023
[2023] 12 S.C.R. 159 : 2023 INSC 818
Whether the impugned judgment of the High Court negating the plea of land owner seeking ‘lapse’ of the acquisition proceedings in terms of s. 11-A of the Land Acquisition Act is liable to be interfered with; whether deci…
Ameena Begum vs The State of Telangana & Ors.
SC · 4 September 2023
[2023] 11 S.C.R. 958 : 2023 INSC 788
An order of detention dated 24.03.2023 was passed by the Commissioner of Police against appellant’s husband. Whether the alleged acts of commission for which the Detenu has been kept under detention are prejudicial to ‘p…
Yadaiah and Anr. vs State of Telangana and Others
SC · 1 August 2023
[2023] 12 S.C.R. 601 : 2023 INSC 664
In the instant appeal, the resumption order concerning the assignment of non-occupied land in the 1960s to landless scheduled caste/scheduled tribe persons for the purpose of cultivation which was upheld by the Division…
Pratibha Manchanda & Anr. vs State of Haryana & Anr.
SC · 7 July 2023
[2023] 10 S.C.R. 411 : 2023 INSC 612
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s. 438 – Anticipatory bail – Rejection of – Appellants’ case that they had possession over the subject land and they never sold the subject land to anyone nor have they ever executed an…
Davinder Singh vs State of Punjab
SC · 22 June 2023
[2023] 10 S.C.R. 986 : 2023 INSC 585
S.C.R.REPORTS 986 : 2023 INSC 585 SUPREME COURT DAVINDER SINGH v. STATE OF PUNJAB (Criminal Appeal No. 12 of 2015) JUNE 22, 2023 [SURYA KANT AND M. M. SUNDRESH, JJ.] Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 376, 452 and 506 – Acquittal un…
State of Uttarakhand and Anr. vs Ravi Kumar (Deceased) through Lrs and Others
SC · 18 May 2023
[2023] 10 S.C.R. 936 : 2023 INSC 550
10 S.C.R.REPORTS 936 : 2023 INSC 550 SUPREME STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANR. v. RAVI KUMAR (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS (Civil Appeal No. 4983 of 2009) MAY 18, 2023 [SURYA KANT AND J. K. MAHESHWARI, JJ.] Tenancy laws:…
Kamukayi & Ors. vs Union of India and Ors.
SC · 16 May 2023
[2023] 6 S.C.R. 399 : 2023 INSC 541
Railways Act, 1989 – ss. 123(c) and 124 – Railway Passengers (Manner of Investigation of Untoward Incidents) Rules, 2003 – r. 7 – Claim for compensation – Victim-deceased fell down from the running train between platform…
State through Central Bureau of Investigation vs Hemendhra Reddy & Another. etc.
SC · 28 April 2023
[2023] 7 S.C.R. 134 : 2023 INSC 460
STATE THROUGH CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION v. HEMENDHRA REDDY & ANOTHER. ETC. (Criminal Appeal Nos. 1300-1302 of 2023) APRIL 28, 2023 [SURYA KANT AND J.B. PARDIWALA, JJ.] Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss. 169, 17…
Bishambhar Prasad vs M/s. Arfat Petrochemicals Pvt. Ltd. and Ors.
SC · 20 April 2023
[2023] 7 S.C.R. 230 : 2023 INSC 406
BISHAMBHAR PRASAD v. M/s. ARFAT PETROCHEMICALS PVT. LTD. AND ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 2963 of 2023 Etc.) APRIL 20, 2023 [SURYA KANT AND VIKRAM NATH, JJ.] Industrial Development – Industrial land – Appeals from judgment pas…
Ansar Ahmad vs State of Uttar Pradesh and Anr.
SC · 18 April 2023
[2023] 4 S.C.R. 577 : 2023 INSC 725
Bail – Bail applications filed by two respondents herein in a case crime u/ss.147, 148, 149, 307, 302, 120-B and 34 IPC and ss. 3 & 4 of Explosive Substances Act before the High Court was granted – It was alleged that ap…
Central Bureau of Investigation vs Santosh Karnani & Anr.
SC · 17 April 2023
[2023] 3 S.C.R. 476 : 2023 INSC 380
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 – ss. 7, 13(1), 13(2) – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s. 41A, 438 – Constitution of India – Art. 21 – Tax Department initiated search and seizure action against the complainant’s c…
Siju Kurian vs State of Karnataka
SC · 17 April 2023
[2023] 4 S.C.R. 397 : 2023 INSC 378
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302, 201, 404 and 419 – Circumstantial Evidence – Reliance upon – Prosecution case that the accusedlabourer in the farmhouse of the victim, murdered the victim by hitting him with iron rod and then…
Maharashtra Rajya Padvidhar Prathamik Shikshak Va Kendra Pramukh Sabha vs Pune Municipal Corporation and Ors.
SC · 17 March 2023
[2023] 2 S.C.R. 981 : 2023 INSC 258
Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act, 1949 – s.493 r/w Cl. 5 of Appendix (IV) – Services rendered by primary teachers (Respondent nos.5 to 79) while in the service of the Zilla Parishad (ZP), if to be counted towards th…
Afjal Ali Sha @ Abjal Shaukat Sha vs State of West Bengal & Ors.
SC · 17 March 2023
[2023] 2 S.C.R. 1090 : 2023 INSC 257
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss. 321, 406 – Constitution of India – Art. 139A – Supreme Court Rules, 2013 – Or. 39 – Petitioner-brother of deceased sought transfer of the criminal trial pending in West Bengal to As…

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