2025 INSC

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Criminal Trial

Govind Mandavi v. State of Chhattisgarh; 2025 INSC 1399 - FIR - Omission Of Accused Name

Read Judgment In LawLens Criminal Trial - In this case, SC held that the omission of the names of the accused in the FIR is fatal as it goes to the very root of the matter and it completely impeaches the credibility of the prosecution’s case. (Para 44-45) Govind

Criminal

Ashraf v. State of Karnataka; 2025 INSC 1394- S.304A IPC

Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 304A - Partly allowing appeal, Supreme Court converted punishment to one of imprisonment till the rising of the Court with a total fine of Rs.1,31,000. Case Info Case Details * Case name: Ashraf v. State of Karnataka * Neutral citation: 2025 INSC 1394

Code Of Criminal Procedure 1973: Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023

Salil Mahajan v. Avinash Kumar 2025 INSC 1396- CrPC - Anticipatory Bail

Read Judgment In LawLens Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - Section 438 - The possibility of the accused to influence prosecution witnesses, threatening the family members of the deceased, fleeing from justice or creating other impediments in the fair investigation, ought not to be overlooked (Para 8) [Context: Supreme Court

Criminal Trial

Dadu @ Ankush v. State of Madhya Pradesh 2025 INSC 1395 - Hostile Witness Evidence

Read Judgment In LawLens Criminal Trial - Hostile Witness - The evidence of a hostile witness would not be totally rejected if spoken in favour of either the prosecution or the accused. It would rather have to be subjected to closer scrutiny and that portion of the evidence which is

Motor Accident Compensation

Rani @ Raj Kumari & Ors v. Kamlakat Gupta 2025 INSC 1393 -Motor Accident Compensation - Multiplier - Stone Crusher Employee

Read Judgment In LawLens Motor Accident Compensation - When the deceased was in the age group of 30 to 35 years,, it would be proper to apply multiplier of 16.(Para 5.3) it is normal to expect that a person employed in this stone crusher unit would earn Rs.

Motor Accident Compensation

R. Logeshkumar v. P. Balasubramaniam 2025 INSC 1392 - Motor Accident Compensation

Read Judgment In LawLens Motor Accident Compensation - There is no restriction on the Tribunal in awarding compensation exceeding the claimed amount under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and the function of the Tribunal is to award just compensation which is reasonable based on the evidence produced on record -

important NI Act

Golla Naraesh Kumar Yadav etc. v. Kotak Mahindra Bank 2025 INSC 1387 - CrPC - Transfer Of NI Act Cases

Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - Section 406; Negotiable Instruments Act 1881 - Section 142 - Supreme Court doubts the correctness of the Judgment in Shri Sendhur Agro & Oil Industries vs. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd which held that mere convenience or inconvenience of the parties may not by itself

Miscellaneous

Bolla Malathi vs B. Suguna, 2025 INSC 1391 - Nomination - General Provident Fund (Central Service) Rules

Read Judgment In LawLens General Provident Fund (Central Service) Rules, 1960 - Rules do not provide for auto cancellation but it is also that they provide for the eventuality where the nomination duly filled by the subscriber do not subsist. Upon acquiring family the nomination will become invalid. That being

Matrimonial

Sonia Virk vs Rohit Vats; 2025 INSC 1390 - Irretrievable Breakdown Of Marriage - Permanent Alimony - Judicial Officer Husband

Read Judgment In LawLens Matrimonial - Supreme Court upheld Divorce Decree after it found the marriage irretrievably broken and observed: We see no purpose in perpetuating a legal bond that has long ceased to have any substance. Continuing the marital tie would serve neither the spouses nor their child; rather,

Administrative Law

Adarsh Sahkari Grih Nirman Swawlambi Society Ltd vs State of Jharkhand; 2025 INSC 1389 - Administrative Law

Read Judgment In LawLens Jharkhand Self-Supporting Cooperative Societies Act, 1996 - Section 5 - Once a cooperative society is registered and a certificate is issued, Section 5(7) of the Act declares it to be a conclusive proof of its existence and continuation as a body corporate - Supreme Court

Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996

State of Jharkhand v. The Indian Builders Jamshedpur; 2025 INSC 1388 - Bharat Drilling - Referred To Larger Bench - Excepted Or Prohibitory Clauses

Read Judgment In LawLens Arbitration and Conciliation Act - Bharat Drilling & Foundation Treatment Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Jharkhand is not an authority for the proposition that an excepted clause or a prohibited claim in a contract applies only to the employer and not to the Arbitral Tribunal -

Public Appointments

Laxmikant Sharma vs State Of Madhya Pradesh 2025 INSC 1385 - Public Employment - Equivalence - Qualification

Read Judgment In LawLens Constitution of India - Article 14, 226 -Public Employment - The question whether a particular qualification is “equivalent” to the one prescribed is primarily for the employer or the expert body to decide and that the Court, in exercise of judicial review, does not ordinarily sit

Code Of Criminal Procedure 1973: Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023

Rocky v. State of Telangana 2025 INSC 1384 - BNSS/CrPC - Quashing - Civil Nature

Read Judgment In LawLens Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - Section 482 : Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023- Section 528 - Although courts must guard against giving criminal colour to civil disputes, the existence of civil remedies does not preclude criminal prosecution where the allegations disclose the essential ingredients of an

Criminal

Deepankar Tikedar v. State of Chhattisgarh; 2025 INSC 1381 - IPC - POCSO

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Criminal

Venkatesh vs State 2025 INSC 1383 - IPC- TNPPDL Act- Conviction Upheld- Sentence Reduced

Read Judgment In LawLens Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 326; TNPPDL Act -Section 3- The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of accused and another under Section 326 IPC and Section 3(1) of the but reduced their five-year sentence to the period already undergone, noting they had served about

Contempt Of Court

Bhaskar Govind Gavate (D) v. State of Maharashtra 2025 INSC 1379 - Contempt of Court

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Indian Evidence Act 1872 : Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023

Neeraj Kumar @ Neeraj Yadav v. State of U.P. 2025 INSC 1386 - Evidence Act - Dying Declaration - S.319 CrPC

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Code Of Criminal Procedure 1973: Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023

Suresh Sahu vs State of Bihar (now Jharkhand) 2025 INSC 1382.S.313 CrPC - Non-Examination Of Material Witness

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GST

State of Karnataka & Anr. v. Taghar Vasudeva Ambrish 2025 INSC 1381- IGST - Exemption - Purposive Interpretation

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Important Arbitration 2025

BPL Limited v. Morgan Securities and Credits Pvt. Ltd.; 2025 INSC 1380 - Arbitration Act - Interest - Party Autonomy - Commercial Contract

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PMLA

Mahesh Joshi v. Directorate of Enforcement; 2025 INSC 1377 - PMLA - Bail - Delay In Trial

Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) - Section 45 - Bail - Where a trial cannot be reasonably concluded and incarceration becomes prolonged,  constitutional courts must intervene to safeguard the right to personal liberty under Article 21- Section 45(1)(ii) of the PMLA cannot be interpreted to justify indefinite

Code Of Criminal Procedure 1973: Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023

Bal Kumar Patel @ Raj Kumar vs State of U.P.; 2025 INSC 1378 -CrPC/BNSS - Withdrawal From Prosecution -Cases Against MPs & MLAs

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Important 2025

Mission Accessibility v. Union of India 2025 INSC 1376 - Disability Rights - Directions Issued To UPSC

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Matrimonial

Rousanara Begum vs S.K. Salahuddin, 2025 INSC 1375- Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act

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Central Excise Act

Commissioner of Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax, Rajkot vs Narsibhai Karamsibhai Gajera 2025 INSC 1374 - Central Excise Act - Manufacture

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