Indian Evidence Act

Manoj @ Munna v. State of Chhattisgarh; 2025 INSC 1466 - S.106 Evidence Act - Last Seen Theory

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Indian Evidence Act

Shaik Shabuddin v. State of Telangana; 2025 INSC 1449 - S.27 Evidence Act -SC-ST Act

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Will

K. S. Dinachandran v. Shyla Joseph 2025 INSC 1451 -Will - Evidence

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Will

A. Kamala Bai (D) vs B. Kanna Rao (D) - Will - Attesting Witness

Indian Succession Act - Section 63 ; Indian Evidence Act - Section 78 - Will - To prove the execution of will, one of the attesting witnesses is to be examined mandatorily - Even if it is not necessary for a attesting witness to know the contents of the will, the

Indian Evidence Act

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

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Indian Evidence Act

Raj Kumar @ Bheema v. State of NCT of Delhi; 2025 INSC 1322 -Ss. 144,145 Evidence Act

Indian Evidence Act 1872 - Section 144,145 [Section 147,148 BSA] -Wherever questions are required to be put as to the matters in writing/previous statements in writing, the attention of the witness must be drawn to the document/statement itself- None of the parties should be put to

Indian Evidence Act

Govind v. State of Haryana; 2025 INSC 1318 - S.27 Evidence Act

Indian Evidence Act 1872 - Section 27 - Section 27 is an exception to the preceding Sections 25 and 26. The language further indicates that when any fact is deposed to as discovered in consequence of information received from a person who is in custody of the Police in connection

Constitutional Law

Surendra Koli v. State of Uttar Pradesh 2025 INSC 1308 - Curative Jurisdiction - S.27 Evidence Act

Indian Evidence Act 1872 - Section 27 - Once the disclosure is not contemporaneously proved, once prior knowledge is established, and once contradictions infect the record, Section 27 of the Evidence Act ceases to operate. When the evidence showed that the police and members of the public already knew that

Indian Evidence Act

R. Rajendran v. Kamar Nisha 2025 INSC 1304 - S.112 Evidence Act - Presumption - Child Legitimacy

Indian Evidence Act 1872 - Section 112 : Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam -Section 116 - The husband is deemed to be the father of the child born to his wife- This presumption endures unless it is affirmatively established, by strong and unambiguous evidence, that the parties to the marriage had no access

Specific Relief Act

Hussain Bin Awaz v. Mittapally Venkataramulu - Declaration & Injunction - Ss.45,73 Evidence Act

Specific Relief Act 1963 - In a suit for declaration and injunction, it is for the plaintiff to prove his case. Indian Evidence Act 1872 - Section 45 read with Section 73 of the Act, can only be invoked for an admitted document for the purpose of comparison of signatures

Hindu Law

P. Anjanappa (D) vs A.P. Nanjundappa 2025 INSC 1286 - Hindu Law - Registration - Unregistered Partition Deed

Hindu Law - Under Hindu law, severance of joint status can be brought about by an unequivocal declaration reduced to writing or otherwise, and a writing evidencing such disruption is admissible to prove the fact of disruption, the arrangement, and the character of subsequent possession. (Para 8.4) The reality

Indian Evidence Act

Commissioner, Nagpur Municipal Corporation vs Lalita 2025 INSC 1280 - S.108 Evidence Act - Civil Death

Indian Evidence Act 1872 - Section 108 [Section 111 BSA] - In matters of civil death, the question of the date or time of the death must be determined on the basis of direct or circumstantial evidence, and not on mere assumption or presumption. The burden to prove the date

Indian Evidence Act

Rajendra Singh vs State of Uttaranchal 2025 INSC 1193 - S.25-27 Evidence Act - Recovery of Weapon

Indian Evidence Act 1872- Section 25-27 - The statement of the accused that the weapons recovered were the weapons of crime cannot be read against them- Only that part of the statement which leads the police to the recovery of the weapons is admissible, and not the part which alleges

Indian Evidence Act

In Re: Summoning Advocates Who Give Legal Opinion Or Represent Parties During Investigation Of Cases And Related Issues 2025 INSC 1275

❓When an individual has the association with a case only as a lawyer advising the party, could the Investigating Agency/Prosecuting Agency/Police directly summon the lawyer for questioning? Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam - Section 132-134 ; Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 - Section 528- The investigating agency/prosecuting agency/the police

Indian Evidence Act

Jemaben v. State of Gujarat 2025 INSC 1268 - Dying Declaration Before Doctor

Indian Evidence Act 1872- Section 32 - While dismissing criminal appeal, SC observed: The dying declaration given by the deceased before the Doctor is supported by other evidence led by the prosecution - merely because there are minor discrepancies in the version given by the prosecution witness with regard to

Criminal Trial

Om Pal vsState of U.P. (now Uttarakhand) 2025 INSC 1262 - Injured Eyewitness Testimony - FIR Delay - Non-Recovery Of Weapons

Evidence -Ocular evidence is the best evidence unless there are reasons to doubt it (Para 33)- An injured eyewitness enjoys a presumption of truth - The testimony of an injured eyewitness is accorded a special status in law. As being a stamped witness, his presence cannot be doubted. The

Indian Evidence Act

Maddirala Venkateswarlu v. Gonuguntla Ramesh Naidu - Evidence - Unregistered Document

Evidence - A document, though initially inadmissible for want of proper stamping, can be admitted into evidence once the deficiency of stamp duty and penalty, if any, are duly paid- While an unregistered document affecting immovable property cannot be received as evidence of the transaction itself, but it can be

Indian Evidence Act

Shivkumar @ Baleshwar Yadav v. State of Chhattisgarh 2025 INSC 1231- Evidence - Hostile Witness Declaration - SC-ST Act

Indian Evidence Act, 1872 - Section 154: Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA), 2023 - Section 157 - Before a witness can be declared hostile and the party examining the witnesses is allowed to cross-examine, there must be some material to show that the witnesses are not speaking the truth or has

Criminal Trial

State of Madhya Pradesh v. Janved Singh 2025 INSC 1229 - False Explanation By Accused - Murder

Criminal Trial - Murder Case - Circumstantial Evidence - When an accused offers a false explanation regarding the cause of death which takes place within the confines of his house, such falsity becomes an additional link in the chain of circumstances pointing to the guilt of the accused- A conviction

Criminal Trial

Nilesh Baburao Gitte v. State of Maharashtra 2025 INSC 1191 - Criminal Trial - S.106 Evidence Act

Criminal Trial - A document produced by the prosecution as part of the chargesheet pursuant to the investigation though not exhibited can be relied upon by the defence. (Para 35) Circumstantial Evidence - Five golden principles to be kept in mind while appreciating a case based on circumstantial evidence- Referred

Muslim Law

Dharmrao Sharanappa Shabadi vs Syeda Arifa Parveen - 2025 INSC 1187 Muslim Law- Oral Gift -Ss. 50,60, 73 Evidence Act

Muslim Law -Oral Gift - Hiba- To constitute a valid conveyance through an oral gift, the three contemporaneous conditions of declaration by donor, acceptance by donee, possession by donee and to continue to establish possession through contemporaneous evidence to show that Hiba is acted upon. The Hiba is not used

Indian Evidence Act

Nazim vs State of Uttarakhand 2025 INSC 1184 - Criminal Trial - FIR - Failure To Name Accused In FIR

Indian Evidence Act 1872 - Section 11 - When important facts are omitted in the FIR, such omissions are relevant under Section 11 of the Indian Evidence Act , in judging the veracity of the prosecution case. (Para 29) [Context: In this case, SC held that the failure to name two

Indian Evidence Act

Tarun Sharma vs State of Haryana 2025 INSC 1139 - Evidence - Dying Declaration - Hostile Witness - Amicus Curiae Appointment

Indian Evidence Act 1872- Section 32 - Recording of time in a dying declaration is essential so as to correlate the statement with the medical condition of the injured at that point.- This omission is a serious laps - Without it, the Court cannot fairly assess whether the injured

Indian Evidence Act

Nagamma @ Nagarathna v. State of Karnataka 2025 INSC 1135 - Ss.25-27 Evidence Act - Motive

Indian Evidence Act 1872 - Section 27- A joint or simultaneous disclosure would per se be not inadmissible under Section 27 -But it is very difficult to place reliance on such an utterance in chorus; There would be practical difficulty in placing reliance on such evidence, It is for the

Indian Evidence Act

Kailas Bajirao Pawar v. State of Maharashtra 2025 INSC 1117 - S. 65B Evidence Act - S.52A NDPS Act - S.293 CrPC

headlines * Supreme Court Limits Re-Trial Orders to "Exceptional Cases" to Prevent Miscarriage of Justice * Electronic Evidence Admissibility: Section 65B(4) Certificate Sufficient; Detailed Witness Deposition Not Always Required * Chemical Examiner's Report Admissible Under Section 293 CrPC; Examination Not Mandatory in Every NDPS Case * Non-Production of Seized