Indian Court Judgments — 2025

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Sithara N.S. & Ors. Etc. vs Sai Ram General Insurance Company Limited

Issue arose whether the High Court erred in law in holding that the appellants failed to prove the involvement of the alleged offending vehi…

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

12 December 2025 · Dismissed · Sanjay Karol, Prashant Kumar Mishra

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

The Director of Town Panchayat & Ors. vs M. Jayabal & Anr. Etc.

Issue arose whether the compassionate appointment of a family member on account of death of an employee in service, is as a matter of right;…

12 December 2025 · Allowed · Rajesh Bindal, Manmohan

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Jothi @ Nagajothi vs The State, Rep. by the Inspector of Police

This is an appeal challenging the judgment dated 27.06.2024 passed by the High Court, whereby the conviction and sentence imposed upon the a…

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances… CrPC

11 December 2025 · Dismissed · Sanjay Karol

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Mohan Lal Fatehpuria vs M/s Bharat Textiles & Ors.

Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order passed by the High Court declining substitution of a sole arbitrator, however, extending…

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

10 December 2025 · Allowed · Sanjay Kumar

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Vineeta Srinandan vs High Court of Judicature at Bombay on Its Own Motion

Whether the challenge preferred by the appellant-contemnor to the judgment of the High Court is sustainable in law; whether the High Court w…

Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023

10 December 2025 · Allowed · Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Dr. Sohail Malik vs Union of India & Anr.

Issue arose whether the Internal Complaints Committee-ICC constituted in one department of the Central Government has the jurisdiction to en…

Constitution IPC Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace…

10 December 2025 · Dismissed · J.K. Maheshwari

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Surender Kumar vs State of Himachal Pradesh

Whether in the facts and circumstances of the case, the appellant could be convicted for an offence lesser than one punishable u/s.302, Pena…

IPC CrPC

9 December 2025 · Dismissed · Manoj Misra, Ujjal Bhuyan

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. vs BCL Secure Premises Pvt. Ltd.

Issue arose whether the High Court, was justified in referring the parties to arbitration by allowing the petition u/s.11(4) of the Arbitrat…

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016

9 December 2025 · Allowed · J.B. Pardiwala, K.V. Viswanathan

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Ashok Kumar Dabas (Dead Through Legal Heirs) vs Delhi Transport Corporation

The High Court has upheld the orders passed by the Tribunal by which the claim of the predecessors-in-interest of the appellant, for release…

Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972

9 December 2025 · Partly allowed · Rajesh Bindal, Manmohan

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Suvej Singh vs Ram Naresh and Ors.

Whether the High Court misinterpreted the import of s.30, Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, 2006 and erred in remanding the matter back for consid…

Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, 2006

9 December 2025 · Allowed · Rajesh Bindal, Manmohan

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Akola Municipal Corporation and Anr. vs Zishan Hussain Azhar Hussain and Anr.

Issue arose whether the High Court was justified in entertaining the Public Interest Litigation filed by the respondent, assailing the resol…

Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, 1949

8 December 2025 · Allowed · Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Govind Mandavi vs State of Chattisgarh

Whether the trial Court as well as the High Court committed grave errors in facts as well as in law while appreciating the evidence availabl…

IPC CrPC Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes…

8 December 2025 · Allowed · Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Adarsh Sahkari Grih Nirman Swawlambi Society Ltd. vs The State of Jharkhand & Ors.

Issue arose whether the impugned Memo issued by the Principal Secretary, Department of Registration liable to be set aside on the ground of…

Stamp (Bihar Amendment) Act, 1988 Stamp Act, 1899 Jharkhand Self-Supporting Cooperative… Constitution

5 December 2025 · Allowed · Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

The State of Jharkhand vs The Indian Builders Jamshedpur

Bharat Drilling & Foundation Treatment Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Jharkhand and Ors. (2009) 16 SCC 705, if requires to be referred to a larger be…

5 December 2025 · Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Neeraj Kumar @ Neeraj Yadav vs State of U.P. & Ors.

Issue arose whether the courts below, in the attending facts and circumstances, justified in dismissing the application for summoning additi…

CrPC IPC Evidence Act

4 December 2025 · Allowed · Sanjay Karol, N Kotiswar Singh

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

The State of Karnataka & Anr. vs Taghar Vasudeva Ambrish & Anr.

Issue arose whether services provided by the respondent no.1 in the form of leasing of residential premises as hostel to students and workin…

Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 Kerala Building Tax Act, 1975 Karnataka Shops and Commercial… Finance Act, 1994

4 December 2025 · Dismissed · J.B. Pardiwala, K.V. Viswanathan

Constitutional SC Reportable ✓ HN

Mission Accessibility vs Union of India & Ors.

In the instant petition, the petitioner sought for the modification of the timeline for scribe registration in the Civil Services Examinatio…

Constitution Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act…

3 December 2025 · Disposed · Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Abhishek Gupta vs Dinesh Kumar & Ors.

Whether in the facts and circumstances of the case, the Division Bench of the High Court erred in dismissing the Special Appeal filed by the…

Allahabad High Court Rules, 1952 Constitution CPC

3 December 2025 · Disposed · Dipankar Datta, Augustine George Masih