Indian judgments
Indian judgments kept in a jurisdiction-specific collection with Indian statutes and provisions identified separately from Pakistani law.
10 records
Supreme Court of India · October 1, 2026
Criminal Appeal No. 166 of 2019
Could a DNA blood match, last-seen testimony and recoveries justify reversing a murder acquittal despite gaps in the circumstantial chain?
Supreme Court of India · September 25, 2026
Criminal Appeal No. 4618 of 2026 (arising out of SLP (Crl) No. 17158 of 2026)
When may an accused seeking documents seized but not relied upon by the CBI obtain particular records under Section 91, and how should a court deal with voluminous or unavailable material?
Supreme Court of India · September 25, 2026
Criminal Appeal No. 203 of 2015
Whether a conviction under Section 376 IPC could be sustained by selectively accepting the prosecutrix's materially contradictory testimony after the same intertwined account had been disbelieved for the unchallenged acquittal under Section 366 IPC.
Supreme Court of India · September 23, 2026
Criminal appeal arising from Special Leave Petition (Criminal) No. 9810 of 2026
Whether the High Court's reliance on social order and the victim family's morals could sustain refusal of regular bail despite more than a year of custody and a trial still requiring time.
Supreme Court of India · August 24, 2026
Criminal appeals arising from SLP (Criminal) Nos. 1137, 1751, 1138, 1139 and 4550 of 2025
Whether Section 197 CrPC sanction is needed before an FIR and Section 156(3) investigation into allegations against police officers, and whether the complainant's prior approaches substantially satisfied the safeguards for seeking that direction.
Supreme Court of India · July 21, 2026
Criminal Appeal No. 3299 of 2026 arising out of SLP (Criminal) No. 5633 of 2026
Whether murder under Section 302 IPC is a heinous offence under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015; whether an appellate court must obtain fresh expert assistance under Section 101(2); and what material must inform the Board’s Section 15 preliminary assessment.
Supreme Court of India · July 21, 2026
Criminal Appeal Nos. 1827–1829 of 2019 and connected appeals
Whether the trial resulting in Dr. Abdul Hameed’s conviction and death sentence was consistent with the constitutional guarantee of a fair trial and the requirements of due process.
Supreme Court of India · July 2, 2026
Civil Appeal No. 11950 of 2025
Whether NCLT and NCLAT orders that relied on nonexistent, wrongly cited, or falsely attributed precedents could remain legally valid, and what duties apply when AI-assisted legal research is used.
Supreme Court of India · May 19, 2026
Criminal Appeal arising out of SLP (Criminal) No. 12055 of 2025
Whether a PMLA complaint filed before 1 July 2024, but taken cognizance of after BNSS commenced, required an opportunity of hearing for the accused under the first proviso to Section 223(1) BNSS.
Supreme Court of India · January 28, 2013
Criminal Appeal Nos. 1278–1279 of 2010
Whether the established double murder satisfied the rarest of rare standard for death, after considering mitigation, the offender's potential for reform and the alternative of life imprisonment.