Law Of Precedent - CaseCiter

Adani Power Ltd. vs Union of India 2026 INSC 1 - Precedent - Delegated Legislation - Tax Levy

Law of Precedent - The discipline of precedent is not a matter of personal predilection; it is an institutional necessity - Legal Maxim - Stare decisis et non quieta movere - to stand by what is decided and not to disturb what is settled, is a working rule which secures

Law Of Precedent

Uppaluri Eswaramma v. State of Andhra Pradesh 2025 INSC 1488 - Doctrine Of Merger - Fraud Vitiates Everything

Law of Precedents - There is no merger of the judgment of the High Court, if the SLP has been rejected without any observation on merits, in which event, the parties before the High Court could exercise their right to seek review. (Para 9) Fraud - ‘fraud vitiates everything’; even

Code Of Criminal Procedure 1973: Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023

State of U.P. v. Mohd Arshad Khan 2025 INSC 1480 - S.482 CrPC - Quashing Petitions - Time Bound Investigation

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Judiciary

Ranjeet Baburao Nimbalkar v. State of Maharashtra - 2025 INSC 1460 - States Reorganisation Act - Judiciary - Judicial Review - Administrative Matters

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Law Of Precedent

Sanjay Kumar Upadhyay vs State of Jharkhand; 2025 INSC 1445 - Precedent - Bihar Reorganization Act -Service Law - Pay Scale Parity

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Constitutional Law

Kangra Central Cooperative Bank Limited v. Kangra Central Cooperative Bank Pensioners Welfare Association (Regd.), 2025 INSC 1416 - Review - SLP Dismissal

Read Judgment In LawLens Practice and Procedure - A party does not require any liberty to move in review before the High Court after dismissal simpliciter of an SLP by a non-speaking Order of this Court- However, if the High Court refuses to exercise review jurisdiction, it would not be

Contempt Of Court

Vineeta Srinandan vs High Court Of Judicature At Bombay ; 2025 INSC 1408 - Contempt of Courts - Ratio Decidendi

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Tenancy Laws

P.U. Sidhique v. Zakariya 2025 INSC 1340 - Kerala Rent Control Act

💡Whether the Section 12 procedure has to be repeated before the Rent Control Appellate Authority while hearing an Appeal challenging an eviction order passed under Section 12(3) of the Act, 1965 by the Rent Control Court? Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1965 - Sections 11(2)(b)

Law Of Precedent

Rohan Vijay Nahar vs State of Maharashtra 2025 INSC 1296 - Precedent - Precedent - Judicial Discipline - Forest

Constitution of India - Article 141,144 -Articles 141 and 144 of the Constitution make obedience a constitutional duty and not a matter of personal preference (Para 4) -The High Courts in India possess a wide jurisdiction, but the Supreme Court of India remains the final interpreter of law- The

Law Of Precedent

Sushil Singh vs State of Uttar Pradesh - Precedent - SC Orders

Precedent- While setting aside an HC order, SC observed: Once an order has been passed by this Court, the same demands respect, regard and reverence. Case Info Case: Sushil Singh vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr; Judgment date: October 28, 2025 Key Details * Case name: Sushil Singh vs State

Constitutional Law

Vasantalata Kom Vimalanand Mirjankar v. Deepa Mavinkurve - Art.136, 141 Constitution - Second SLP After Dismissal Of First

Constitution of India - Article 141 - Precedent - Just because the issue has been referred to a larger Bench does not mean that the Court in the interregnum will not abide by the binding law in terms of Article 141 of the Constitution. (Para 10) Constitution of India -

Code Of Civil Procedure

Odisha State Financial Corporation vs Vigyan Chemical Industries 2025 INSC 928 - Ss.47,80 CPC - Doctrine of Sub Silentio

Code of Civil Procedure 1908 - Section 47 -At the stage of execution proceedings, objections regarding the maintainability of the suit as well as the jurisdiction of the trial Court can be raised for consideration, and the executing court is well within its powers to deal with such objections in

Indian Contract Act

Vijaya Bank vs Prashant B Narnaware 2025 INSC 691 - Employment Contract - Restrictive Covenant

Employment Contracts - Restrictive covenant prescribing a minimum term cannot be said to be unconscionable, unfair or unreasonable and thereby in contravention of public policy. [Context: SC held that the restrictive covenant in clause 11(k) of the appointment letter issued by Vijaya Bank does not amount to restraint of

Election

A. Raja vs. D. Kumar 2025 INSC 629 -RP Act - Election Petition - Caste Certificates

Kerala (Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Regulation of Issue of Community Certificates Act, 1996 - Section 10 - Caste/Community Certificate cannot be assailed in an Election Petition. Exception to the above proposition can only be by way of legislative carve-out in the State concerned, which will be determinative -

Constitutional Law

State Of Jharkhand vs Rukma Kesh Mishra 2025 INSC 412 - Art.311,226 Constitution - Disciplinary Proceedings - Precedents - Stare Decisis

Constitution of India - Article 311(1) - If one looks at Article 311(1), the sole safeguard that it provides to any member, inter alia, of a civil service of a State or the holder of a civil post under the State is that he shall not be dismissed

Constitutional Law

A.P. Electrical Equipment Corporation vs Tahsildar 2025 INSC 274 - Writ Jurisdiction - Disputed Question Of Facts - Precedent

Constitution of India - Article 226 - Normally, the disputed questions of fact are not investigated or adjudicated by a writ court while exercising powers under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. But the mere existence of the disputed question of fact, by itself, does not take away the

Motor Accident Compensation

New India Assurance Co. Ltd. vs Sonigra Juhi Uttamchand 2025 INSC 15 - Motor Accident Compensation

Motor Accident Compensation -Monthly income could be fixed taking into account the tax returns only if the details of payment of tax are appropriately brought into evidence so as to enable the Tribunal/Court to calculate the income in accordance with law.(Para 8) In the case of self-employed persons

Law Of Precedent

Hyder Vs State Of Kerala - Subsequent Change Of Law

Precedent - Subsequent change of law of law by itself cannot be a ground for finding fault with the acquittal judgment [Referred to Delhi Development Authority v. Tejpal ] Hyder Vs State Of Kerala - Subsequent Change Of LawHyder Vs State Of Kerala - Subsequent Change Of Law.pdf87 KBdownload-circle