Indian Court Judgments — 2025

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

S. Vishnu Ganga & Ors. vs M/s Oriental Insurance Company Limited Rep. by Its Divisional Manager & Ors.

Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court reducing the amount of compensation granted under the Motor Vehicle…

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

29 January 2025 · Disposed · Sudhanshu Dhulia, Ahsanuddin Amanullah

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Krishnadatt Awasthy vs State of M.P. & Ors.

Whether the selection is vitiated for violation of the first limb of natural justice i.e. rule against bias; whether it is a case of violati…

Panchayat Raj Act Avam Gram Swaraj… Madhya Pradesh Panchayat (Appeal and…

29 January 2025 · Allowed · Hrishikesh Roy, Sudhanshu Dhulia, Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bha

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Dr. Tanvi Behl vs Shrey Goel & Ors.

Whether providing domicile/residence-based reservation in admission to Postgraduate (PG) Medical Courses within the State Quota is constitut…

Constitution

29 January 2025 · Disposed · Hrishikesh Roy, Sudhanshu Dhulia, Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bha

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Narcotic Control Bureau vs Lakhwinder Singh

Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court granting relief of suspension of sentence and bail to the responden…

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances… Constitution

29 January 2025 · Dismissed · Abhay S. Oka, Ujjal Bhuyan

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M.S. Sanjay vs Indian Bank & Ors.

An auction was conducted on 31.07.2007 and sale certificate was issued on 30.11.2007. The respondent no.4-guarantor questioned the validity…

Securitisation and Reconstruction of… Constitution

29 January 2025 · Allowed · J.B. Pardiwala, R Mahadevan

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Shankar Lal Sharma vs Rajesh Koolwal & Ors.

The role of advocates in taking up the responsibility of rendering assistance to both the court as well as the litigant, particularly those…

Constitution

29 January 2025 · Disposed · B.V. Nagarathna, Satish Chandra Sharma

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Ajay Malik vs State of Uttarakhand & Anr.

(1) Whether the High Court acted well within the contours of its powers under Section 482 of the CrPC in rejecting Ajay Malik’s quashing pet…

IPC CrPC Payment of Wages Act, 1936 Equal Remuneration Act, 1976

29 January 2025 · Allowed · Surya Kant, Ujjal Bhuyan

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H. Anjanappa & Ors. vs A. Prabhakar & Ors.

Whether a transferee pendente lite has a right to be impleaded in the suit by seeking leave to appeal and in case he is not impleaded, wheth…

CPC TP Act

29 January 2025 · Allowed · J.B. Pardiwala, R Mahadevan

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Independent Sugar Corporation Ltd. vs Girish Sriram Juneja & Ors.

Whether the approval of a proposed combination by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) must mandatorily precede the approval of the Res…

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 Competition Act, 2002 Competition Commission of India (Procedure… CIRP Regulations, 2016

29 January 2025 · Disposed · Hrishikesh Roy, Sudhanshu Dhulia, Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bha

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Ivan Rathinam vs Milan Joseph

Whether the presumption of legitimacy, if not displaced, determines paternity in law; whether the Civil Court had the jurisdiction to entert…

Evidence Act Constitution Family Courts Act, 1984 CPC

28 January 2025 · Allowed · Surya Kant, Ujjal Bhuyan

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Chandrabhan Sudam Sanap vs The State of Maharashtra

Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court upholding the conviction of the appellant for rape and murder of th…

IPC Evidence Act CrPC

28 January 2025 · Allowed · Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Prashant Kumar Mishra, K.V. Viswan

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Gambhir Singh vs The State of Uttar Pradesh

Matter pertains to the sustainability of the order passed by the High Court upholding the order of conviction and death sentence awarded to…

IPC Evidence Act CrPC

28 January 2025 · Allowed · Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol, Sandeep Mehta

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Constable 907 Surendra Singh & Anr. vs State of Uttarakhand

Matter pertains to the correctness of the judgment of the High Court setting aside the acquittal by trial court and convicting the appellant…

IPC Arms Act, 1959 CrPC

28 January 2025 · Allowed · Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Augustine George Masih

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Ramesh Baghel vs State of Chhattisgarh & Others

A plea of a Christian man to accord his father a decent burial in his own native village.

Constitution Chhattisgarh Panchayat Raj Adhiniyam, 1993 Chhattisgarh Gram Panchayat (Regulating…

27 January 2025 · Disposed · B.V. Nagarathna, Satish Chandra Sharma

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K. Samba Moorthy vs Sanjiv Chadha & Ors.

Whether respondents should have granted the benefit of promotion from MMG/Scale-II to MMG/Scale-III with effect from 28.07.2001 with all mon…

27 January 2025 · Partly allowed · Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, K.V. Viswanathan

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Somdatt Builders-NCC-NEC(JV) vs National Highways Authority of India & Ors.

Issue arose as regards correctness of the judgment of the Division Bench setting aside the arbitral award u/s.37 of the Arbitration and Conc…

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

27 January 2025 · Allowed · Abhay S. Oka, Ujjal Bhuyan

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Harshit Harish Jain & Anr. vs The State of Maharashtra & Ors.

Whether the amended six-month limitation, introduced by the 24.04.2015 amendment to Section 48(1) of the Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958 governs…

Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958

24 January 2025 · Allowed · Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol, Sandeep Mehta

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S Shobha vs Muthoot Finance Ltd.

Whether the respondent-Muthoot Finance Ltd. is a “State” within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution and therefore amenable to writ…

Constitution

24 January 2025 · Dismissed · J.B. Pardiwala, R Mahadevan