Supreme Court of India

Judgments by year

Every reported judgment, with its neutral citation and the benches that have cited it since. Within a year the most-cited come first.

Most cited in the corpus

• 1973 Shivaji Sahebrao Bobade & Anr v. State of Maharashtra cited by 159
• 1973 E. P. Royappa v. State of Tamil Nadu & Anr. cited by 139
• 1984 Sharad Birdhi Chand Sarda v. State of Maharashtra cited by 133
• 1982 D.S. Nakara & Others v. Union of India cited by 127
• 1979 Ramana Dayaram Shetty v. The International Airport Authority of India and Ors. cited by 124
• 1973 His Holiness Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalavaru v. State of Kerala cited by 118
• 1990 State of Haryana and Ors v. Ch. Bhajan Lal and Ors. cited by 115
• 1958 Shri Ram Krishna Dalmia v. Shri Justice S. R. Tendolkar & Others cited by 108
• 1978 Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India cited by 97
• 2020 Indore Development Authority v. Manoharlal & Ors. Etc. cited by 92
• 1964 Masalti v. State of U. P cited by 86
• 1969 A. K. Kraipak & Ors. Etc. v. Union Of. India & Ors. cited by 79
• 2014 Pune Municipal Corporation & Anr. v. Harakchand Misirimal Solanki & Ors. cited by 74
• 1970 Rustom Cavasjee Cooper v. Union of India cited by 72
• 1983 Earabhadrappa Alias Krishnappa v. State of Karnataka cited by 70
• 1997 Vishaka and Ors. v. State of Rajasthan and Ors. cited by 70
• 1967 S.G. Jaisinghani v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 69
• 2002 Bhavnagar University v. Palitana Sugar Mill Pvt, Ltd. and Ors. cited by 69
• 1994 S.R. Bommai v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 68
• 1957 Vadivelu Thevar v. The State of Madras cited by 67
• 1955 Willie (william) Slaney v. The State of Madhya Pradesh. cited by 64
• 2009 Smt. Sarla Verma & Ors. v. Delhi Transport Corporation & Anr. cited by 64
• 1986 State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. v. Nandlal Jaiswal & Ors. cited by 63
• 1976 State of Andhra Pradesh v. Rayavarapu Punnayya & Another cited by 62
• 2002 T.M.A. Pal Foundation and Ors. v. State of Karnataka and Ors. cited by 61
• 1983 Machhl Singh and Others v. State of Punjab cited by 60
• 1994 Tata Cellular v. Union of India cited by 60
• 1977 Mohinder Singh Gill & Anr. v. The Chief Election Commissioner, New Delhi & Ors. cited by 59
• 1991 Kihoto Hollohan v. Zachillhu and Others cited by 59
• 2006 Secretary, State of Karnataka and Ors. v. Umadevi and Ors. cited by 59
• 1958 M. P. V. Sundararamier & Co. v. The State of Andhra Pradesh & Another cited by 58
• 2019 Swiss Ribbons Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. cited by 56
• 2000 Kunhayammed and Ors v. State of Kerala and Anr. cited by 55
• 2008 Swamy Shraddananda @ Murali Manohar Mishra v. State of Karnataka cited by 55
• 1957 Garikapatti Veeraya v. N. Subbiah Choudhury cited by 54
• 1994 Kartar Singh v. State of Punjab cited by 54
• 2009 Santosh Kumar Satishbhushan Bariyar v. State of Maharashtra cited by 54
• 1991 K. Veeraswami v. Union of India and Others cited by 53
• 2002 Ram Govind Upadhyay v. Sudarshan Singh and Ors. cited by 53
• 2008 National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. M/s. Boghara Polyfab Pvt. Ltd. cited by 53

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