Constitution of India · Part V: The Union · Chapter IV: The Union Judiciary

Article 129: Supreme Court to be a court of record

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Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the official text of the Constitution of India. As amended up to the Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023. Text as on 10 September 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.

Supreme Court judgments citing the article 129

• The State of Jharkhand v. The Indian Builders Jamshedpur
  2025 INSC 13085 December 2025Directions issued

  Bharat Drilling & Foundation Treatment Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Jharkhand and Ors. (2009) 16 SCC 705, if requires to be referred to a larger bench for reconsideration and authoritative decision in order to obviate…

• Vishu Vardhan @ Vishnu Pradhan v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
  2025 INSC 88423 July 2025Disposed of

  Issue arose whether the impugned order having merged with this Court’s order in Reddy Veerana’s case, as claimed by R, renders the present appeal which lays a collateral challenge to an order of this Court itself not…

• Bindu Kapurea v. Subhashish Panda & Ors.
  2025 INSC 78428 May 2025

  Whether unauthorised tree felling and construction in the Delhi Ridge Forest without requisite permissions as directed by the Supreme Court in its orders in M.C. Mehta v. Union of India constitute wilful disobedience.…

• Shanmugam @ Lakshminarayanan v. High Court of Madras
  2025 INSC 6191 May 2025Dismissed

  Whether the charge of criminal contempt is proved against the appellants-contemnors beyond all reasonable doubt; whether the conviction of the appellants by the High Court for criminal contempt of Court and the sentence…

• M/s Chithra Woods Manors Welfare Association v. Shaji Augustine
  2025 INSC 56724 April 2025Disposed of

  Whether the Respondent-alleged contemnor is guilty of civil contempt for non-compliance of the directions issued by this Court vide Order dated 07.11.2022.

• M/s JSW Steel Limited v. Pratishtha Thakur Haritwal & Ors.
  2025 INSC 40127 March 2025Disposed of

  Whether the case of the present Petitioner is specifically covered by the judgment of this Court in the case of Ghanshyam Mishra and Sons Private Limited v. Edelweiss Asset Reconstruction Company Limited and Others…

• Celir LLP v. Mr. Sumati Prasad Bafna & Ors.
  2024 INSC 97813 December 2024Directions issued

  The present petitions sought to initiate contempt proceedings against the respondents/alleged contemnors for wilful disobedience of the final judgment and order dated 21.09.2023 passed by this Court in Civil Appeal Nos.…

• M/s Sitaram Enterprises v. Prithviraj Vardichand Jain
  2024 INSC 6859 September 2024Contempt Petitions disposed of.

  Eviction decree was passed against the respondent-tenant (contemnor). Supreme Court dismissed the SLP filed by him vide order dtd. 06.06.2023 and he was granted nine months time expiring on 06.03.2024 to vacate the suit…

• in The Matter of: Indian Medical Asso. and another v. Union of India and others
  2024 INSC 60513 August 2024Disposed of

  In violation of the undertaking dtd. 21.11.2023 given to this Court, the proposed contemnors held a press conference on 22.11.2023 making casual public statements regarding the efficacy of particular medicines…

• Tusharbhai Rajnikantbhai Shah v. Kamal Dayani & Ors.
  2024 INSC 5887 August 2024

  Accused-petitioner was granted absolute interim protection of anticipatory bail by Supreme Court, until modified or altered upon final disposal of the present SLP which was pending consideration before this Court.…

• S. Tirupathi Rao v. M. Lingamaiah & Ors.
  2024 INSC 54422 July 2024Appeal(s) allowed

  1. Whether the High Court has, in the impugned judgment, exercised the jurisdiction of review in accordance with the parameters set out in Order XLVII Rule 1 of the Civil Procedure? 2. Whether the High Court has, in the…

• M/S Brahmaputra Concrete Pipe Industries Etc. Etc v. The Assam State Electricity Board and Others
  2024 INSC 14526 February 2024Disposed of

  Whether registry has the power to dismiss a curative petition solely on the ground that no averment has been made to the effect that the review petition was dismissed by circulation.

• Court on Its Own Motion v. Virendra Singh Advocate
  DHC DLHC010300942022 2401099 January 2024
• Re: to Consider Suo Motu Contempt of Court v. Proceedings Against the Tis Hazari Court Lawyers
  DHC DLHC010515052006 23072828 July 2023
• Dr. H.B. Mishra v. State & Ors
  DHC DLHC010515152006 23072828 July 2023
• In Re: Perry Kansagra v. In Re: Perry Kansagra
  2022 INSC 11613 November 2022Directions issued
• M/S. Daiichi Sankyo Company Limited v. Oscar Investments Limited & Ors.
  2022 INSC 99422 September 2022Directions issued
• Mehmood Pracha v. Central Administrative Tribunal
  2022 INSC 81310 August 2022Appeal(s) allowed
• State Bank of India and Ors v. Dr. Vijay Mallya
  2022 INSC 70011 July 2022Disposed of
• Hsbc Pi Holdings (Mauritius) Limited v. Pradeep Shantipershad Jain & Ors
  2022 INSC 68511 July 2022Directions issued
• M/S. Soorajmull Nagarmull v. Sri Brijesh Mehrotra & Ors.
  2021 INSC 88914 December 2021Dismissed
• Suraz India Trust v. Union of India Miscellaneous Application No.1630 of 2020 in Writ Petition (C) No.880 of 2016
  2021 INSC 57529 September 2021Directions issued
• Brajesh Singh v. Sunil Arora & Ors.
  2021 INSC 38810 August 2021Disposed of
• Dr. Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil v. The Chief Minister & Ors.
  2021 INSC 2845 May 2021Disposed of
• In Re: Prashant Bhushan and Anr. v. In Re:
  2020 INSC 48931 August 2020Disposed of
• Re : Vijay Kurle & Ors. v. Re:
  2020 INSC 37327 April 2020Directions issued
• Rambabu Singh Thakur v. Sunil Arora & Ors.
  2020 INSC 17713 February 2020Disposed of
• National Lawyers Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
  2019 INSC 35312 March 2019Dismissed
• R. Muthukrishnan v. The Registrar General of the High Court of Judicature at Madras
  2019 INSC 9928 January 2019Appeal(s) allowed
• Swapnil Tripathi v. Supreme Court of India
  2018 INSC 88626 September 2018Appeal(s) allowed
• The State of Jharkhand & Ors. v. Mis Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd.
  2017 INSC 97714 December 2017Disposed of
• Kamini Jaiswal v. Union of India & Anr.
  2017 INSC 111214 November 2017Dismissed
• State Bank of India and Ors. v. Kingfisher Airlines Ltd. and Ors.
  2017 INSC 4629 May 2017Hearing Adjourned
• In Re, Hon'Ble Shri Justice C. S. Karnan v. .
  2017 INSC 4559 May 2017Disposed of
• Suraz India Trust v. Union of India
  2017 INSC 4261 May 2017Disposed of
• Vitusah Oberoi and Ors. v. Court of Its Own Motion
  2017 INSC 42 January 2017Appeal(s) allowed
• Mahipal Singh Rana, Advocate v. State of Uttar Pradesh
  2016 INSC 4925 July 2016Disposed of
• Maheshwar Peri & Others v. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Through Registrar General
  2016 INSC 48030 June 2016Appeal(s) allowed
• Supreme Court Advocates-On-Record Association and Another v. Union of India
  2015 INSC 28516 October 2015
• C. Chakkaravarty and Ors. v. Tmt. M. Satyavathy, Ias and Ors.
  2015 INSC 79516 October 2015Disposed of
• Sanjiv Rajendra Bhatt v. Union of India & Ors.
  2015 INSC 76713 October 2015Dismissed
• Vikram Singh@ Vicky &Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.
  2015 INSC 59121 August 2015Dismissed
• Yakub Abdul Razak Memon v. State of Maharashtra, Thr. the Secretary, Home Department and Others
  2015 INSC 53429 July 2015Dismissed
• Madras Bar Association v. Union of India and Another
  2014 INSC 68525 September 2014Disposed of
• Dr. Subramanian Swamy v. Arun Shourie
  2014 INSC 50623 July 2014Dismissed
• Rajeev Dhawan v. Gulshan Kumar Mahajan & Ors.
  2014 INSC 50723 July 2014Disposed of
• Kishor K. Mehta v. Rekha H. Sheth & Ors.
  2014 INSC 97621 May 2014Disposed of
• Bihar State Govt. Sec. Scl. Teachers Assn. v. Ashok Kumar Sinha & Ors.
  2014 INSC 3727 May 2014Disposed of
• Subrata Roy Sahara v. Union of India and Others
  2014 INSC 3676 May 2014Dismissed
• Ram Niranjan Roy v. State of Bihar and Ors.
  2014 INSC 23031 March 2014Disposed of
• Dineshan K.K. v. R.K. Singh & Anr.
  2014 INSC 18111 March 2014Petition disposed of.
• Rajeshwar Singh v. Subrata Roy Sahara & Ors.
  2013 INSC 8129 December 2013Disposed of
• Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Medical College & Others v. Union of India & Another
  2013 INSC 63618 September 2013Dismissed
• Manoj H. Mishra v. Union of India & Ors.
  2013 INSC 2279 April 2013Dismissed
• National Fertilizers Ltd. v. Tuncay Alankus & Anr.
  2013 INSC 2032 April 2013Dismissed
• Sahara India Real Estate Corp. Ltd. & Ors. v. Securities & Exchange Board of India & Anr.
  2012 INSC 38811 September 2012Disposed of
• Priya Gupta v. State of Chhatishgarh & Ors
  2012 INSC 2138 May 2012Disposed of
• Supreme Court Bar Association & Ors v. B.D. Kaushik
  2012 INSC 2037 May 2012Disposed of
• Maninderjit Singh Bitta v. Union of India & Ors.
  2012 INSC 787 February 2012Disposed of
• M/S. L.K. Trust v. Edc Ltd. & Ors.
  2011 INSC 37410 May 2011Dismissed
• Dr. Ashish Ranjan v. Dr. Anupama Tandon and Anr.
  2010 INSC 83630 November 2010Disposed of
• Hari Singh Nagra & Ors. v. Kapil Sibal & Ors.
  2010 INSC 40615 July 2010Disposed of
• Amicus Curie v. Prashant Bhushan & Anr.
  2010 INSC 40314 July 2010Hearing Adjourned
• Leila David v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.
  2009 INSC 119021 October 2009Disposed of
• All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam v. L.K. Tripathi and Others
  2009 INSC 4511 April 2009Dismissed
• C. Elumalai & Ors. v. A.G.L. Irudayaraj & Anr.
  2009 INSC 37820 March 2009Allowed
• Leila David v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.
  2009 INSC 37320 March 2009Matter referred to larger bench
• Anil Kumar Shahi and Ors. v. Prof. Ram Sevak Yadav and Ors.
  2008 INSC 86024 July 2008Dismissed
• Patel Rajnikant Dhulabhai & Anr. v. Patel Chandrakant Dhulabhai & Ors
  2008 INSC 84721 July 2008Disposed of
• Bihar Finance Service H.C. Coop. Society Ltd. v. Gautam Goswami & Ors
  2008 INSC 3115 March 2008Disposed of
• Maruti Udyog Limited v. Mahinder C. Mehta and Ors.
  2007 INSC 103210 October 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• Ram Preeti Yadav v. Mahendra Pratap Yadav and Ors.
  2007 INSC 88130 August 2007Disposed of
• Haridas Das v. Smt. Usha Rani Banik & Ors.
  2007 INSC 75716 July 2007Disposed of
• Zahira Habibullah Sheikh and Anr . v. State of Gujarat and Ors.
  2006 INSC 1438 March 2006Dismissed
• Delhi Development Authority v. Skipper Construction and Anr.
  2005 INSC 1887 April 2005Directions issued
• Bal Thackrey v. Harish Pimpalkhute and Anr.
  2004 INSC 68029 November 2004Appeal(s) allowed
• Bar Council of India v. High Court of Kerala
  2004 INSC 31127 April 2004Dismissed
• David Jude v. Hannah Grace Jude and Ors.
  2003 INSC 34830 July 2003Disposed of
• M.C. Mehta v. Union of India and Ors. in the Matter of M/S Ashok Chabra & Co. by Its Sole Proprietor Ashok Chabra
  2003 INSC 2082 April 2003Disposed of
• Rupa Ashok Hurra v. Ashok Hurra and Anr.
  2002 INSC 18910 April 2002Heard
• In Re: Arundhati Roy - Contemnor v. -
  2002 INSC 1236 March 2002Disposed of
• Pallav Sheth v. Custodian and Ors.
  2001 INSC 35310 August 2001Dismissed
• In Re: Bineet Kumar Singh v. -
  2001 INSC 2503 May 2001Disposed of
• T. Sudhakar Prasad Etc. v. Govt. of A.P. and Ors.
  2000 INSC 59513 December 2000Disposed of
• Murray and Co. v. Ashok Kr. Newatia and Anr.
  2000 INSC 24325 April 2000Disposed of
• M.S. Ahlawat v. State of Haryana and Anr.
  1999 INSC 49327 October 1999Appeal(s) allowed
• Delhi Electric Supply Undertaking v. Basanti Devi and Anr.
  1999 INSC 44428 September 1999Disposed of
• Workmen of M/S. Birla Textiles v. K.K. Birla and Ors.
  1999 INSC 13024 March 1999Disposed of
• Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Through President v. V.K. Agarwal and Anr.
  1998 INSC 43117 November 1998Allowed
• Supreme Court Bar Association v. Union of India
  1998 INSC 18317 April 1998Allowed
• The Commissioner, Agra and Ors. v. Rohtas Singh and Ors.
  1997 INSC 7999 December 1997Appeal(s) allowed
• Ashok Kumar Gupta and Anr. v. State of U.P. and Ors.
  1997 INSC 30821 March 1997Dismissed
• In Re: Ajay Kumar Pandey...Contemner v. .
  1996 INSC 12835 November 1996Disposed of
• Dr. D.C. Saxena v. Honble the Chief Justice of India
  1996 INSC 75319 July 1996Disposed of
• The Secretary, Hailakandi Bar Association v. State of Assam and Anr.
  1996 INSC 6589 May 1996Disposed of
• Delhi Development Authority v. Skipper Construction Company (P) Ltd.
  1996 INSC 6196 May 1996
• Vineet Kumar Mathur v. Union of India and Ors.
  1996 INSC 11823 January 1996Disposed of
• Afzal and Anr. v. State of Haryana and Ors.
  1996 INSC 8417 January 1996Disposed of
• In Re: Sanjiv Datta and Ors v. In Re: Sanjiv Datta and Ors
  1995 INSC 27719 April 1995Disposed of
• In Re: Vinay Chandra Mishra (The Alleged Contemner) v. In Re : Vinay Chandra Mishra (The Alleged Contemner)
  1995 INSC 17910 March 1995Disposed of