The Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act defines land grabbing broadly, requiring both unauthorized possession and intent to illegally occupy, and Special Court findings based on evidence and failed prior litigation are upheld.
2025 INSC 708 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH V.S.R. MOHAN RAO Vs. K.S.R. MURTHY AND OTHERS ( Before : Sudhanshu Dhulia and K. Vinod Chandran, JJ. ) Civil Appeal…
High Court exercising Section 482 CrPC power must not conduct mini-trials or prematurely decide a party’s role when investigation is incomplete, and funds linked to alleged fraud should not be released if it may frustrate investigation.
2025 INSC 676 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH NDA SECURITIES LTD Vs. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) AND ANOTHER ( Before : Sudhanshu Dhulia and K. Vinod Chandran, JJ. )…
Bail denied in serious transnational narcotics smuggling case under UAPA/NDPS Act given prima facie complicity, statutory bar, witness safety concerns, and flight risk, despite no direct contraband recovery.
2025 INSC 662 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH HARPREET SINGH TALWAR @ KABIR TALWAR Vs. THE STATE OF GUJARAT TH. NATIONAL INVESTIGATING AGENCY ( Before : Surya Kant and…
An unregistered agreement of sale is admissible as evidence of the contract in a specific performance suit, under the proviso to Section 49, Registration Act.
2025 INSC 652 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH MURUGANANDAM Vs. MUNIYANDI (DIED) THROUGH LRS. ( Before : Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi, JJ. ) Civil Appeal No. 6543…
Prosecution for obstructing public servant (S.186 IPC) requires mens rea and compliance with S.195 Cr.PC; absence renders proceedings an abuse of process.
2025 INSC 653 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH UMASHANKAR YADAV AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH, THROUGH CHIEF SECRETARY AND ANOTHER ( Before : Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and…
Freedom of Speech and Expression — Open Justice — Subjudice Principle — Contempt of Court – Such a direction, being a form of prior restraint, must satisfy twin tests of necessity and proportionality, applicable only in cases of real and substantial risk of prejudice to fairness of trial or proper administration of justice — Courts must be open to public observations, debates, and constructive criticism, even on subjudice matters, as open justice instills faith and checks judicial caprice
2025 INSC 656 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC. Vs. ANI MEDIA PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS ( Before : Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan, JJ. )…
Hostile witnesses — Effect — When a large number of witnesses, including eyewitnesses, turn hostile, prosecution case often collapses for want of evidence — While reasons for hostility can be varied (coercion, fear, monetary consideration, etc.), it cannot automatically lead to conviction based on prior S. 161 statements or IO’s testimony about such statements, as these are not substantive evidence — Court’s consternation at collapse of a serious case due to witness hostility cannot be a reason to convict on insufficient or inadmissible evidence, amounting to a moral conviction anathema to criminal jurisprudence.
2025 INSC 657 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH RENUKA PRASAD Vs. THE STATE REPRESENTED BY ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE ( Before : Sudhanshu Dhulia and K. Vinod Chandran, JJ.…
Sales Tax — Kerala General Sales Tax Act, 1963 (Kerala Act) — Section 5A — Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax Act, 1959 (Tamil Nadu Act) — Section 7A — Purchase Tax — Liability of assessee purchasing goods from dealers exempt from sales tax — Where goods are purchased from dealers who are exempt from payment of sales tax by virtue of notifications or exemptions under the Kerala Act or Tamil Nadu Act, such a purchase is considered a purchase of “goods, the sale or purchase of which is liable to tax” within the meaning of Section 5A of the Kerala Act or Section 7A of the Tamil Nadu Act
2025 INSC 661 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH C.T. KOCHOUSEPH Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER ETC. ( Before : Sanjiv Khanna, CJI., Sanjay Kumar and R. Mahadevan, JJ.…
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7, 13(1)(d) r/w S. 13(2) a— Illegal gratification — Demand and Acceptance — Proof beyond reasonable doubt — Where prosecution case regarding demand and acceptance of bribe by public servant (Revenue Inspector) suffered from material contradictions and inconsistencies in evidence of complainant (PW1) and other prosecution witnesses (PW7) Minor discrepancies may not be fatal, but serious contradictions going to root of matter, rendering evidence untrustworthy, are grounds for acquittal.
2025 INSC 655 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH PARITALA SUDHAKAR Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA ( Before : Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ahsanuddin Amanullah, JJ. ) Criminal Appeal No…..of 2025 [@…
Under Rule 17, CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972, prior contractual service counts towards pension upon subsequent regularisation, subject to the employee opting to refund/forgo specified monetary benefits.
2025 INSC 594 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH S.D. JAYAPRAKASH AND OTHERS Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS ( Before : Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi, JJ.…