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Hind Samachar Ltd. vs National Insurance Company Ltd. 2025 INSC 1204 - Motor Accident Compensation- Driving Licence Verification

Motor Accident Compensation - High Court issued “pay and recover” directions in favour of the insurer and against the insured owner of the truck- Allowing appeal by owner, SC held: The owner of a vehicle employing a driver can only look at the licence produced by the person seeking employment

Code Of Criminal Procedure

State Of Rajasthan vs Parmeshwar Ramlal Joshi 2025 INSC 1205 - Criminal Court - Review Jurisdiction

Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - Section 362,482 - [Section 403,528 BNSS] - A criminal Court has no power to recall or review its own judgment. The only permissible action is to correct or rectify clerical errors by virtue of Section 403 BNSS [Section 362 CrPC] The court

Criminal Trial

Dashwanth vs The State Of Tamil Nadu 2025 INSC 1203 - Death Sentence Acquittal - Constitutional Rights Of Accused To Defend Himself

Criminal Trial - The constitutional right afforded to an accused charged with an offence to defend himself is not illusory or imaginary. For the trial to be fair and reasonable, an effective opportunity to defend must be provided to the accused and representation by a counsel of choice is an

Miscellaneous

S. Rajaseekaran v. Union of India, 2025 INSC 1189 - Road Safety- Helmet Rule

Road Safety - Safe and encroachment free footpaths are very vital for movement of pedestrians. Therefore, NHAI, State Governments and Municipal authorities have a duty to ensure that footpaths are built in a proper manner and pedestrians are provided safe opportunities to cross the streets. Directions issued - State Governments,

Environmental Law

Swacch Association, Nagpur v. State of Maharashtra 2025 INSC 1199 - Public Trust Doctrine - Man Made Objects

Environmental Law - Public Trust Doctrine - The public trust doctrine would extend in respect of even man-made or artificially created natural objects, waterbodies, lakes, wetlands, etc. which are drawn and created from the nature or natural resources.- The public trust doctrine need not be limited to the natural

Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act

K. S. Shivappa v. K. Neelamma 2025 INSC 1195 - S.8 Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act

Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 - Section 8 - A transaction in relation to the property of a minor executed in contravention of the express provisions of Section 8 of the Act is voidable at the option of the minor or any person claiming under him and such an

Indian Penal Code

Zainul vs State of Bihar 2025 INSC 1192 - S. 149 IPC - Unlawful Assembly - FIR

Indian Penal Code 1860 (IPC) - Section 149 - Where there are general allegations against a large number of persons, the court must remain very careful before convicting all of them on vague or general evidence. Therefore, the courts ought to look for some cogent and credible material that lends

Code Of Civil Procedure

Lifestyle Equities C.V. vs Amazon Technologies Inc. - Order XLI Rule 5 CPC - Money Decree- Grant Of Stay

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) - Order XLI Rule 5 - The benefit of stay of execution of a money decree may be granted by the Appellate Court unconditionally, if it: i. is egregiously perverse; ii. is riddled with patent illegalities; iii. is facially untenable; and/or iv. such

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

Constitutional Law

State of Arunachal Pradesh v. Mihin Laling 2025 INSC 1186 - Right To Property - Jhum Land Regulation

Constitution of India - Article 14 and Article 300A - The right to property, though no longer fundamental, is nonetheless a constitutional right which cannot be divested save by authority of law, and such deprivation must meet tests of fairness and nonarbitrariness. (Para 19) Balipara/Tirap/Sadiya Frontier Tract Jhum

Indian Evidence Act

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

Constitutional Law

Vinishma Technologies Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Chhattisgarh 2025 INSC 1182 - Art 14,19,21 Constitution - Doctrine of Level Playing Field - Tender

Constitutional Law

P. Radhakrishnan vs Cochin Devaswom Board 2025 INSC 1183 - Writ Jurisdiction - Travelling Beyond Scope

Code Of Criminal Procedure

Jagdeo Prasad vs. State of Bihar - CrPC/BNSS - Anticipatory Bail - Concurrent Jurisdiction

NDPS Act

Vaddi Ratnam vs State Of Andhra Pradesh 2025 INSC 1180 - Principle Of Parity - NDPS - Acquittal

Netsity Systems Pvt. Ltd. v. State Govt. of NCT of Delhi 2025 INSC 1181 - CrPC - Bail - Precedent

Motor Accident Compensation

Dhannalal Alias Dhanraj (D) . vs Nasir Khan 2025 INSC 1177 - LRs Right To Claim Compensation

Code Of Criminal Procedure

State of Uttarakhand v. Anil 2025 INSC 1170 - CrPC - Criminal Appeal

Indian Penal Code

Sanjay D. Jain vs State of Maharashtra 2025 INSC 1168 - S.498A IPC - S.482 CrPC - Cruelty

Arbitration Law

SEPCO Electric Power Construction Corporation v. GMR Kamalanga Energy Ltd. 2025 INSC 1171 - Natural Justice - S.34 Arbitration Act

Code Of Criminal Procedure

Jagdish Bhimshi Gangar v. Economic Offences Wing - CrPC/BNSS - Scope Of Discharge

Code Of Criminal Procedure

Jagdish Godara v. State of Rajasthan - S.482 CrPC - Recall/Review

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code

Kalyani Transco vs Bhushan Power and Steel Limited 2025 INSC 1164 -S.62 IBC- Resolution Plan

Code Of Civil Procedure

Singamasetty Bhagavath Guptha v. Allam Karibasappa (D) 2025 INSC 1159 - CPC - First Appeal - Provincial Insolvency Act

Negotiable Instruments Act