Real judgements, distilled
Court judgements broken down into the case type, how the decision played out, and the lesson worth remembering, with the full judgement available as a PDF.
Civil Appeal · 2026 INSC 1066
Courts will not infer a concluded oral contract for the sale of immovable property just because the other side's witnesses seemed evasive: the party seeking specific performance must independently and affirmatively prove every essential term was genuinely agreed.
Criminal Appeal · 2026 INSC 1065
Even in serious, high-value corruption cases, prolonged pre-trial detention cannot be used as a substitute for punishment when the trial is unlikely to conclude soon and the evidence is already secured: bail remains the touchstone principle under Article 21's personal liberty protection.
Criminal Appeal · 2026 INSC 1067
Preventive detention cannot be used as a backdoor way to keep someone in custody once the ordinary criminal process, including bail, has already run its course on the same facts; the detaining authority must show a genuine, independent risk of future harm, not just recycle the criminal case file.
Civil Appeal · 2026 INSC 1068
In land acquisition disputes, courts will readily restore a uniform, fair market rate across similarly-situated parcels, but ancillary compensation heads (like moveable equipment such as tubewells) still require the claimant to prove their case with admissible evidence, not private reports whose authors were never examined in court.
First Appeal from Order · 2026:DHC:8447
If you are injured while genuinely trying to board or exit a train, you are very likely covered under railway "untoward incident" compensation law, even if you technically hadn't fully boarded yet: courts read this protection broadly in favour of passengers, and contemporaneous official records (station logs, police diary entries) carry more weight than a statement taken from you much later.
Writ Petition (Criminal) · 2026:DHC:8404
Courts will not entertain vague, unsubstantiated allegations of judicial bias, and a request to combine cases becomes moot once the other related proceedings have already concluded: genuine grievances about trial delay or procedure must be backed by specific, demonstrable facts, not just repeated litigation.
Bail Application · 2026:DHC:8403
Anticipatory bail can be granted even in matrimonial cases involving serious sexual-offence allegations where there is unexplained delay in reporting, no evidence substantiating the need for custodial interrogation, and the investigating agency's own conduct (e.g., undocumented "verbal" notices) fails to justify arrest, though this is assessed only for bail purposes, not as a finding on guilt.
Regular First Appeal · 2026:DHC:8407
In family property disputes, signing a Relinquishment Deed acknowledging receipt of consideration, and then waiting years without challenging it or pursuing your claimed share, will make it very difficult to later prove you were never actually paid; courts expect contemporaneous action (a legal notice, a suit) and corroborating evidence, not delayed assertions alone.
Regular First Appeal · 2026:DHC:8401
A tenant who claims to have paid a large sum toward an informal "mortgage" or side arrangement must be able to prove it with solid evidence (receipts, corroborating witnesses): bare assertions, especially when contradicted by one's own family members under cross-examination, will not defeat a landlord's claim for rent and possession.
6201 more judgements for members
You're seeing the newest cases. Log in — it's free — to keep scrolling, search by name or judge, and filter by court or legal area.
Log in to see moreLegal Case Shots is built to help you quickly identify and understand relevant precedent. For citation in pleadings or filings, always verify against the full judgment PDF and current citation format (e.g., 2026 INSC ___).
The holding is what the court legally decided. The lesson learnt translates that into a practical takeaway: what a lawyer should factor into case strategy or client advice as a result of this precedent.
Both. Each case shows a distilled summary (case type, key holding, and lesson learnt) and links to the full judgment as a PDF for when you need the complete text for research or citation.
Yes. Use Advanced Filters to narrow results by decision date and by practice area, including Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Service & Administrative Law, Family Law, Civil Property & Inheritance, and Labour & Industrial Law.
Yes. You can filter judgments by the judge or bench that decided the case, which is useful for tracking how a particular judge has reasoned on similar issues across multiple rulings.
Legal Case Shots is a searchable database of Supreme Court of India judgments, each broken down into the case type, the court's key holding, and a practical lesson learnt, with the full judgment available as a PDF for citation or deeper reading.
Huhtamaki PPL Ltd., a packaging supplier, filed an insolvency petition against Manpasand Beverages Ltd. (the Corporate Debtor) for an unpaid dues of about Rs. 1.31 crore. The Tribunal admitted the petition on 1 March 2021, but within days the two sides settled and the full settlement amount (about Rs. 95.72 lakh) was paid before the Committee of Creditors (CoC) was even formed. When the suspended director (appellant) sought to withdraw the insolvency proceedings under Section 12A of the IBC, the Tribunal (NCLT) refused, citing alleged violation of the moratorium and claims filed by other creditors in the interim, and held that Regulation 30A of the IBBI Regulations was not binding on it.
The Supreme Court held that the NCLT was wrong to treat Regulation 30A, which specifically allows withdrawal applications before the CoC is even constituted, as not binding, since IBBI regulations carry statutory force. Relying on its own earlier decisions (Swiss Ribbons, Kamal K. Singh, Ashok G. Rajani), the Court held that once a genuine settlement is reached before the CoC is formed, the NCLT should not let it be stalled merely because other creditors filed claims afterward or because of unproven allegations about how the settlement money was sourced: any wrongful transfer of funds could separately be pursued under Section 66 of the IBC in appropriate proceedings. The Court also rejected the "alternative remedy" objection given the long delay already caused. It set aside the NCLT's order, allowed the withdrawal application and the Regulation 30A application, and permitted the original insolvency petition to be withdrawn, while clarifying that other creditors remain free to pursue their own independent claims through proper channels.
When a company and a creditor genuinely settle a dispute before the Committee of Creditors is formed in an insolvency case, the law favours letting that settlement go through and closing the case rather than keeping the company under insolvency proceedings on account of later-arriving third-party claims or technical objections.
