Ehsaan vs State (NCT of Delhi): Supreme Court Reduces Gang-Rape Convict's Life Sentence to 20 Years
Criminal Appeal No. ___ of 2026 (Arising out of SLP(Crl.) No.3407 of 2026)
The Supreme Court, having already refused to disturb a gang-rape conviction under Section 376-D IPC, examined only whether the trial court's sentence of imprisonment for the remainder of natural life…
No Sale, Just Service: Supreme Court Holds Oil PSUs Liable for Service Tax on CNG Retailing Commission from Mahanagar Gas
Civil Appeal Nos. 2471-2473 of 2015
BPCL and HPCL believed they were simply buying and reselling CNG at their fuel outlets, just like any other fuel. The Supreme Court holds that because Mahanagar Gas Ltd retained ownership, pricing…
Oriental Insurance vs Durg Roadways: Insurer Must Pay Motor Accident Claim for Bus That Crashed in Nepal
Civil Appeal No. ___ of 2026 (@ SLP(C) No.20645 of 2025)
A bus on a religious tour from Durg to Nepal crashed into a hill, killing the driver and two passengers. The Supreme Court held the insurer, not the owner, must pay the claimants' compensation —…
Supreme Court Draws the Line Between 'Abusive' Words and Legal 'Obscenity': Mani @ Subramaniyam vs State of Tamil Nadu
Criminal Appeal No. of 2026 (Arising out of SLP(Crl.) No.4516 of 2025)
A 70-year-old man convicted of assaulting his neighbour with a billhook during a land dispute gets his obscenity and criminal-intimidation charges struck down by the Supreme Court, but his…
Lata vs Union of India — Absence of Recovered Ticket Cannot Defeat a Railway Accident Death Claim Where Claimant's Affidavit Establishes Bona Fide Travel
Civil Appeal (arising out of SLP(C) No. 30726 of 2025)
The Supreme Court set aside concurrent findings of the Railway Claims Tribunal and Madhya Pradesh High Court denying compensation to a widow whose husband fell to his death from a running train,…
Absconding Doesn't Erase Evidence: Supreme Court Allows a Deceased Victim's Earlier Deposition to Be Used Against a Later-Arrested Accused
Criminal Appeal Nos. 1164-1166 of 2023
In a gang-rape prosecution where the victim died before two long-absconding accused were finally arrested, the Supreme Court holds that her deposition from the earlier, split trial of the other…
Tata Steel vs Varsha & Anr. — Operational Creditors' Uncrystallised Sub-Judice Claims Stand Extinguished on Resolution Plan Approval
Civil Appeal Nos. 9052-9053 of 2026 (@ Diary No. 36520 of 2019)
The Supreme Court held that once a resolution plan is approved under the IBC, only operational creditors' claims that were crystallised and quantified as on the date of approval are payable pro-rata;…
Geeta @ Reeta Mishra vs Ajay Kumar Mishra — Divorce Affirmed, Father Directed to Pay Daughter's Marriage Expenses
C.A. Nos.…/2025 (@SLP(C) Nos.15168-15173/2024)
The Supreme Court affirmed a decree of divorce granted on grounds of cruelty, while directing the husband to pay ₹10,00,000 towards his daughter's marriage expenses, holding that parental financial…