Indian Court Judgments — 2025

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Vibhor Garg vs Neha

Issue arose whether the conversation between spouses secretly recorded by one of them could be permitted to be made admissible in evidence;…

Constitution Evidence Act Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Family Courts Act, 1984

14 July 2025 · Allowed · B.V. Nagarathna, Satish Chandra Sharma

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Estate Officer, Haryana Urban Development Authority and Ors. vs Nirmala Devi

The matter pertains to allotment of residential plots/commercial sites to the Oustees-respondents pursuant acquisition of their land for the…

Land Acquisition Act, 1894 Haryana Development (Disposal of Land and… Specific Relief Act, 1963

14 July 2025 · J.B. Pardiwala, R Mahadevan

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Smt. Arifa & Ors. vs Abhiman Apartment Cooperative Housing Society Ltd. & Ors.

Issue arose whether the liberty granted to file a fresh suit by the High Court would enable the party to revive a cause of action and save l…

CPC Limitation Act, 1963

14 July 2025 · Dismissed · K. Vinod Chandran

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Indian Oil Corporation Limited & Ors. vs M/s Shree Niwas Ramgopal & Ors.

Whether the Division Bench of the High Court rightly upheld the mandamus issued by the Single Judge directing the IOCL to maintain the suppl…

Partnership Act, 1932

14 July 2025 · Dismissed · Pankaj Mithal, Ahsanuddin Amanullah

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M/s United Spirits Ltd. vs The State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors.

Did the appellants-manufacturers cause to effect the entry of goods into the local area as required u/s.3(1)(a) r/w ss.2(1)(aa), 2(1)(b) and…

Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 Madhya Pradesh Sthaniya Kshetra Me Mal Ke… Madhya Pradesh VAT Act, 2002 M.P. Entry Tax Act, 1976

14 July 2025 · Dismissed · J.B. Pardiwala, K.V. Viswanathan

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Mandeep Singh & Ors. vs State of Punjab and Ors.

The matter pertains to legality of recruitment/selection of Assistant Professors and Librarians in Government Degree colleges of Punjab. The…

Constitution Government of India Act, 1919 Public Service Commission (Function) Rules… Government of India Act, 1935

14 July 2025 · Allowed · Sudhanshu Dhulia, K. Vinod Chandran

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M/s Stemcyte India Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd. vs Commissioner of Central Excise and Service Tax, Ahmedabad - III

Whether the services of enrolment, collection, processing, and storage of umbilical cord blood stem cells, provided by the appellant fell wi…

Finance Act, 1994 Service Tax Rules, 1994 Drugs and Cosmetics Act Drugs and Cosmetics (3rd Amendment) Rules…

14 July 2025 · Allowed · J.B. Pardiwala, R Mahadevan

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Binod Pathak & Ors. vs Shankar Choudhary & Ors.

Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court that as some of the defendants before the first appellate court had…

CPC CPC CrPC

14 July 2025 · Partly allowed · J.B. Pardiwala, R Mahadevan

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State by Deputy Superintendent of Police vs B.T. Ramesh & Anr.

Issue arose whether the High Court was justified in quashing the criminal proceedings, on the grounds of the chargesheet having been filed m…

CrPC Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Karnataka Civil Services Rules, 1958 Constitution

14 July 2025 · Partly allowed · Dipankar Datta, Manmohan

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Torrent Power Limited vs U.P. Electricity Regulatory Commission & Ors.

The appellant, Torrent Power Limited, was appointed as a Distribution Franchisee by Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (DVVNL) under…

Electricity Act, 2003 §2(27) Electricity Act, 2003 §14 Electricity Act, 2003 §17 Electricity Act, 2003 §111

14 July 2025 · J.B. Pardiwala, J.

Civil Bombay HC ✓ HN

Pramod Vishwanath Saraf vs The State Of Maharashtra Through ...

The petitioners, claiming to be tenants of a dilapidated and dangerous building known as 'Kalyan Bhawan' (Building No. 352-358) situated at…

Maharashtra Housing and Area Development… §79-A Maharashtra Housing and Area Development… §82 Maharashtra Housing and Area Development… §88 Maharashtra Housing and Area Development… §92

9 July 2025 · G. S. Kulkarni, Arif S. Doctor

Civil Karnataka HC ✓ HN

Rajesh Subramanian vs The State Of Karnataka

These writ petitions were filed by residents of Commune-1 Apartment, Marsur, Bengaluru, challenging actions or omissions of the State of Kar…

Constitution §226

30 June 2025 · Disposed · Suraj Govindaraj J

Civil Karnataka HC ✓ HN

Akhilesh Anand vs State Of Karnataka

The petitioners, being flat owners and residents of Commune-1 Apartment, Marsur, Bengaluru, filed writ petitions before the High Court of Ka…

Constitution §226

30 June 2025 · Disposed · Suraj Govindaraj J

Civil Calcutta HC Reportable ✓ HN

T.E. Thomson & Company Limited vs Swarnalata Chopra Nee Kapur & Anr

The Calcutta High Court (Commercial Appellate Division) was called upon to decide a reference made by a Single Judge on account of divergenc…

Commercial Courts Act, 2015 §2(1)(c) Commercial Courts Act, 2015 §2(1)(c)(vii) TP Act §105 TP Act §106

18 June 2025 · Disposed · Soumen Sen J, Smita Das De J

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Union of India vs M/s Kamakhya Transport Pvt. Ltd. Etc. Etc.

Whether the Courts below had rightly held that the Railway authorities could not have raised the demand notice after the delivery of goods.

Railways Act, 1989 Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987

5 June 2025 · Allowed · Sanjay Karol, Prashant Kumar Mishra

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Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) Through Its Estate Officer (H) vs Anupam Garg Etc.

Matter pertains to correctness of the order passed by the National Commission imposing liability on the Development Authority to pay for int…

4 June 2025 · Allowed · Sanjay Karol, Prasanna Bhalachandra Varale

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Harinagar Sugar Mills Ltd. (Biscuit Division) & Anr. vs State of Maharashtra & Ors.

(i) Whether letter dated 25.09.2019 sent by the Deputy Secretary of State Government can be construed to be an order - Connectedly, whether…

Constitution Industrial Dispute (Maharashtra) Rules, 1957 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

4 June 2025 · Allowed · Sanjay Karol, Prashant Kumar Mishra

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Machhindranath S/O Kundlik Tarade Deceased through Lrs. vs Ramchandra Gangadhar Dhamne & Ors.

Whether the conveyance of the suit land by the original plaintiff dated 02.11.1971 in favour of defendant no.1 could have been done and, the…

Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 Prevention of Fragmentation and…

2 June 2025 · Dismissed · Sudhanshu Dhulia, Ahsanuddin Amanullah