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Justice Vikram Nath

401 Supreme Court judgments with Justice Vikram Nath on the bench, 2021 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 28 2025 117 2024 104 2023 69 2022 55 2021 28
Most often on the same bench
Justice Sandeep Mehta 113Justice Prasanna Bhalachandra Varale 54Justice Sanjay Karol 38Justice D.Y. Chandrachud 37Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai 28Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah 28Justice Satish Chandra Sharma 23Justice Rajesh Bindal 21
Acts most often in these headnotes
Indian Penal Code, 1860 53Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 45Constitution of India 27Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 14Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 11Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 9Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 9Consumer Protection Act, 1986 5
Sk Nausad Rahaman & Ors. vs Union of India and Ors.
SC · 10 March 2022
[2022] 12 S.C.R. 591 : 2022 INSC 287
Central Excise and Customs Commissionerates Inspector (Central Excise, Preventive Officer and Examiner) Group ‘B’ Posts Recruitment Rules 2016 – r.5 – Central Excise and Land Customs Department Inspector (Group C posts)…
Loop Telecom and Trading Limited vs Union of India and Anr.
SC · 3 March 2022
[2022] 4 S.C.R. 329 : 2022 INSC 255
Telecommunication: Contract Act, 1872 – ss.65, 23, 56 – Unified Access Service Licenses (UASL) – 2G Spectrum – Illegal Allocation – Claim for Refund of Entry Fee – In the instant case, the appellant applied for grant of…
Amritlal vs Shantilal Soni & Ors.
SC · 28 February 2022
[2022] 1 S.C.R. 721 : 2022 INSC 243
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 468 – Bar to cognizance after lapse of period of limitation – Relevant date for computation of limitation period u/s. 468 – Held: Is the date of filing of the complaint or the date of…
Ajay Gupta vs Pramod Kumar Sharma
SC · 25 February 2022
[2022] 2 S.C.R. 196 : 2022 INSC 236
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016: s. 62 – Appellant was one of the resolution applicants in the corporate insolvency resolution process concerning the corporate debtor – Deliberation took place between the appellant,…
Vodafone Idea Cellular Ltd. vs Ajay Kumar Agarwal
SC · 16 February 2022
[2022] 2 S.C.R. 748 : 2022 INSC 189
Telegraph Act, 1885: s.7B – Whether s.7B of the Act of 1885 providing for statutory remedy of arbitration ousts the jurisdiction of the consumer forum in deciding the dispute between a telecom company and a consumer – He…
Prakash Corporates vs Dee Vee Projects Limited
SC · 14 February 2022
[2022] 8 S.C.R. 889 : 2022 INSC 180
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: O.V r.1, O.VIII r.1, O.VIII r.10 – Extension of time period for filing written statement in view of the orders passed and issued in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic – On 21.12.2020 plaintiff-r…
Sharafat Ali vs State of Uttar Pradesh and Another
SC · 10 February 2022
[2022] 1 S.C.R. 696 : 2022 INSC 173
Premature release – Relevant considerations – Held: Application for premature release has to be considered on the basis of the policy as it stood on the date when the petitioner was convicted of the offence – Applicant’s…
M/s Wizaman Impex Pvt. Ltd. vs Kedrion Biopharma Inc.
SC · 7 February 2022
[2022] 2 S.C.R. 120 : 2022 INSC 159
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 – s.9 – Corporate Insolvency Resolution – Respondent filed s.9 application against appellant-corporate debtor – National Company Law Tribunal (‘NCLT’) considered the documents referre…
M/s Consolidated Construction Consortium Limited vs M/s Hitro Energy Solutions Private Limited
SC · 4 February 2022
[2022] 2 S.C.R. 212 : 2022 INSC 150
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016: ss.5(20), 5(21), 8(1) – Operational creditor – Meaning of – Appellant was engaged by CMRL for a project – For the said project, appellant entered into a contract for supply of light…
Subhash vs State of Uttar Pradesh
SC · 1 February 2022
[2022] 2 S.C.R. 258 : 2022 INSC 127
Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 r/w s.149 and s.148 – Murder – Informant was sitting with his brother, the deceased, on a cot when the six accused persons allegedly arrived at the scene – Allegation that A-3 and three other acc…
Shiv Developers through Its Partner Sunilbhai Somabhai Ajmeri vs Aksharay Developers & Ors.
SC · 31 January 2022
[2022] 8 S.C.R. 135 : 2022 INSC 119
Partnership Act, 1932 – s.69(2) – Bar under – When not attracted – Held: To attract the bar of s.69(2), the contract in question must be the one entered into by firm with the third-party defendant and must also be the on…
M/s Agmatel India Pvt. Ltd. vs M/s Resoursys Telecom & Ors.
SC · 31 January 2022
[2022] 18 S.C.R. 861 : 2022 INSC 126
Tender – Scope of judicial review – Notice inviting tenders (NIT) issued by Navodaya Vidyalaya samite (NVS) on Govt. Portal (GeM) for supply of tablets for school children with specific ‘past performance’ criterion that…
Rajendra Bhagat vs State of Jharkhand & Anr.
SC · 3 January 2022
[2022] 1 S.C.R. 473 : 2022 INSC 6
Penal Code, 1860: s. 498A – Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty – Conviction of the appellanthusband u/s 498A and imposition of simple imprisonment for three years – Few years later, appel…
Ravinder Kumar Dhariwal & Anr. vs The Union of India & Ors.
SC · 17 December 2021
[2021] 13 S.C.R. 823 : 2021 INSC 916
Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 – s. 20 – Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act 1951 – s. 47 – Non-discrimination in Government employments – Discip…
Diamond Exports & Anr. vs United India Insurance Company Limited & Ors.
SC · 14 December 2021
[2021] 9 S.C.R. 993 : 2021 INSC 883
Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – s.13(2) – Limitation period under – Vide order dtd.25.02.20, National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) condoned the delay of 100 days in filing respondent’s written statement…
Gulab vs State of Uttar Pradesh
SC · 9 December 2021
[2021] 9 S.C.R. 678 : 2021 INSC 852
GULAB v. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH (Criminal Appeal No. 81 of 2021) DECEMBER 09, 2021 [DR. DHANANJAYA Y CHANDRACHUD, A. S. BOPANNA AND VIKRAM NATH, JJ.] Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302, 34 – Exhortation to co-accused who fired fa…
M/s Acme Cleantech Solutions Private Limited vs M/s United India Insurance Company Limited & Anr.
SC · 9 December 2021
[2021] 12 S.C.R. 578 : 2021 INSC 856
M/S ACME CLEANTECH SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED v. M/S UNITED INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED & ANR (Civil Appeal Nos. 4476-4477 of 2021) DECEMBER 09, 2021 [DR. DHANANJAYA Y CHANDRACHUD, SURYA KANT AND VIKRAM NATH, JJ.] Ple…
Ajay Kumar Shukla and Others vs Arvind Rai and Others
SC · 8 December 2021
[2021] 12 S.C.R. 1178 : 2021 INSC 840
Service Law: Seniority list – Appellants working as Junior Engineers belonging to Mechanical and Civil Streams whereas respondents from agricultural stream – Plea of the appellants that in the seniority list, the departm…
Akshay N Patel vs Reserve Bank of India & Anr.
SC · 6 December 2021
[2021] 13 S.C.R. 231 : 2021 INSC 828
Constitution of India – Art. 14, 19(1)(g) and 21 – Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 – ss. 10(4), 11(1) – Merchanting Trade Transactions Guildelines, 2020 – Clause 2(iii) – Proportionality of clause 2(iii) – The appe…
Pradeep S. Wodeyar vs The State of Karnataka
SC · 29 November 2021
[2021] 11 S.C.R. 985 : 2021 INSC 798
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss. 193, 209 and 465 – Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 – Karnataka Forest Rules, 1969 – Special Court’s power to take cognizance – Allegations of purchasing and…
Citizens for Green Doon vs Union of India and Others
SC · 16 November 2021
[2021] 11 S.C.R. 968 : 2021 INSC 740
National Green Tribunal Act 2010: s.14, s.16 – Appellant had earlier moved a petition under Art.32 of the Constitution to challenge the Stage-I Forest Clearances (FC) – This Court had by its order reserved the liberty of…
A.T. Mydeen and Another vs The Assistant Commissioner, Customs Department
SC · 29 October 2021
[2021] 10 S.C.R. 91 : 2021 INSC 697
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Allegation of clandestine export – Two separate trials – Acquittal by two separate judgments – Appellate court considering evidence of only one case and convicting the accused – Propriet…
Dr. Sushil Kumar Tripathi vs Jagadguru Ram Bhadracharya Handicapped University & Anr.
SC · 29 October 2021
[2021] 10 S.C.R. 416 : 2021 INSC 692
Service Law – Illegal Termination – UGC under its Tenth Plan issued grants to respondent-University including the grant for one lecturer in the Dept. of Political Science – Appellant appointed to the post of Assistant Pr…
Sarabjeet Singh Mokha vs The District Magistrate, Jabalpur & Ors.
SC · 29 October 2021
[2021] 11 S.C.R. 468 : 2021 INSC 702
Constitution of India: Art.22(5) – Preventive detention – Protection to undertrials and detainees – Held: Art.22(5) mandates that (i) the authority making the order shall “as soon as may be” communicate the grounds on wh…
Jalkal Vibhag Nagar Nigam & Ors. vs Pradeshiya Industrial and Investment Corporation & Anr.
SC · 22 October 2021
[2021] 12 S.C.R. 210 : 2021 INSC 659
Uttar Pradesh Water Supply and Sewerage Act 1975 – ss.52(1)(a), 55(b)(1), 56 – Constitutional validity of – Challenge to – Held: Rejected – Levy u/s.52 falls squarely under the ambit of Entry 49, List II as it is in the…
V Nagarajan vs Sks Ispat and Power Ltd.& Ors.
SC · 22 October 2021
[2021] 14 S.C.R. 736 : 2021 INSC 663
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 – ss.61(1), 238, 238A – Limitation Act, 1963 – ss.12(2), 29(2) – Companies Act 2013 – s.420(3) – National Company Law Tribunal Rules, 2016 – r.50 – National Company Law Appellate Trib…
Jaswant Singh vs State of Punjab & Anr.
SC · 20 October 2021
[2021] 6 S.C.R. 1100 : 2021 INSC 650
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.482 – High Court declined to exercise its powers u/s.482 CrPC to quash criminal proceedings arising out of FIR u/ss.406 and 420 of IPC – Propriety – Held: The power u/s.482 CrPC is to…
Naser Bin Abu Bakr Yafai vs The State of Maharashtra & Anr.
SC · 20 October 2021
[2021] 10 S.C.R. 353 : 2021 INSC 649
National Investigation Agency Act, 2008: s.6 – Investigation by NIA – If the Central government is of the opinion that the offence is a scheduled offence and it is a fit case to be investigated by the NIA, it shall direc…
M/s Gimpex Private Limited vs Manoj Goel
SC · 8 October 2021
[2021] 11 S.C.R. 432 : 2021 INSC 637
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 – ss. 138, 139 – Parallel prosecutions arising from a single transaction u/s.138 – Impermissibility of – Dishonour of cheques – First set of complaints filed – Compromise – First complain…
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Anr. vs Thommandru Hannah Vijayalakshmi @ T. H. Vijayalakshmi and Anr.
SC · 8 October 2021
[2021] 13 S.C.R. 364 : 2021 INSC 643
Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 – s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(e) – Penal Code, 1860 – s.109 – Central Bureau of Investigation (Crime) Manual 2005 – Constitution of India – Article 226 – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.482…

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