Indian Court Judgments — 2025

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Devendra Kumar vs The State (NCT of Delhi) & Anr.

High Court affirmed the order passed by the CMM directing registration of the FIR against the petitioner for offences punishable u/ss.186 an…

IPC CrPC Customs Act, 1962

20 August 2025 · Disposed · J.B. Pardiwala, R Mahadevan

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Vikram Bakshi and Others vs R.P. Khosla and Another

Whether a review or recall of an order passed in a criminal proceeding initiated under section 340 of CrPC is permissible or not.

CrPC CPC

20 August 2025 · Allowed · Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Augustine George Masih

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Neelam Kumari vs The State of Himachal Pradesh

Whether the conviction and sentence of the appellant u/s.302, IPC for the murder of her infant son ought to be set aside.

IPC CrPC

20 August 2025 · Allowed · Augustine George Masih, Prashant Kumar Mishra

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Union of India vs Saleem Khan

Whether the High Court was justified in granting bail to accused no.11 and rejecting the same of accused no.20.

CrPC IPC Arms Act, 1959 Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967

20 August 2025 · Dismissed · Vikram Nath, K.V. Viswanathan

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Additional Director General Adjudication, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence vs Suresh Kumar and Co. Impex Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.

Whether the CESTAT erred in passing the impugned order setting aside the penalty imposed upon the respondents-assessees.

Customs Act, 1962 Evidence Act Information Technology Act

20 August 2025 · J.B. Pardiwala, K.V. Viswanathan

Criminal Patna HC ✓ HN

Kesari Kumar Mehta @ Keshri Kumar Mehta vs The State Of Bihar

The appellant preferred a criminal appeal under Section 372 of the Code of Criminal Procedure challenging the judgment of acquittal dated 19…

CrPC §372 CrPC §164 CrPC §313 IPC §363

20 August 2025 · Sudhir Singh, Rajesh Kumar Verma

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Nilima Das Gupta (Deceased) Through Its Lrs. vs On The Death of Abdur Rouf His Legal Heirs & Ors.

Issue arose as regards to whether D.W.5-son could have entered the witness box and deposed on behalf of his mother-defendant No.1.

CPC Evidence Act Evidence Act Evidence Act

19 August 2025 · Disposed · J.B. Pardiwala, K.V. Viswanathan

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Dharam Singh & Ors. vs State of U.P. & Anr.

Whether the High Court erred in failing to adjudicate the appellants’ principal challenge to the State’s refusals to sanction posts and trea…

U.P. Higher Education Services Commission… Constitution

19 August 2025 · Allowed · Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Sd. Shabuddin vs The State of Telangana

Whether the judgment passed by the High Court places a reverse burden of proof upon the appellant and is thus, legally unsustainable; whethe…

IPC Evidence Act

19 August 2025 · Allowed · Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd. (Now Known as Kalpataru Projects International Ltd.) vs Vinod and Ors. Etc.

Issue arose as regards the landowners seeking further enhancement of compensation on account of damages suffered by erection of transmission…

Telegraph Act, 1885 Electricity Act, 2003 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency…

19 August 2025 · Disposed · M.M. Sundresh, Rajesh Bindal

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Mahesh Chand (Dead) Through LR(s) vs Brijesh Kumar & Ors.

Whether the High Court was correct in directing the return of plaint to the appellant for presentation before the Court of competent jurisdi…

Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land… CPC

19 August 2025 · Allowed · Rajesh Bindal, Manmohan

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Nabha Power Limited vs Punjab State Power Corporation Limited and Others

Issue arose whether deemed export benefits under Para 8.3 of Foreign Trade Policy 2009-2014-FTP were legitimately available to the appellant…

Electricity Act, 2003 Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation)… Customs Act, 1962 Central Excise Act, 1944

19 August 2025 · Dismissed · Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Augustine George Masih

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Pawan Kumar Tiwary and Others vs Jharkhand State Electricity Board (Now Jharkhand Urja Vikas Nigam Limited) and Others

Whether the findings of the Division Bench with respect to illegality in the appointment of appellants warrant interference; if the appointm…

Constitution

19 August 2025 · Allowed · J.K. Maheshwari, Aravind Kumar

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Geojit Financial Services Ltd. vs Sandeep Gurav

Whether the High Court was justified in dismissing the appeal filed by the appellant on the ground that the appellant had not filed the arbi…

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

19 August 2025 · Allowed · J.B. Pardiwala, K.V. Viswanathan

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

K. Prabhakar Hegde vs Bank of Baroda

(i) Whether denial of the report of preliminary inquiry prepared by the officer entrusted by Vijaya Bank (which merged with the respondent i…

Vijaya Bank Officer Employees’ (Discipline… All India Services (Discipline & Appeal)… All India Services (Discipline and Appeal)… CrPC

19 August 2025 · Disposed · Dipankar Datta, Prashant Kumar Mishra

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

M/s Shah Nanji Nagsi Exports Pvt. Ltd. vs Union of India and Ors.

Issue arose whether an inadvertent error in the shipping bills, which was permitted to be corrected u/s.149 of the Customs Act, 1962 can def…

Customs Act, 1962

19 August 2025 · Allowed · Aravind Kumar

Constitutional Bombay HC ✓ HN

Eagle Security And Personnel Services ... vs Union Of India,Through The ...

The petitioner, a sole proprietor registered under the CGST Act and engaged in providing security services, challenged the constitutional va…

Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 §16(1) Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 §17(2) Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 §17(3) Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 §49(2)

18 August 2025 · M. S. Sonak, Jitendra Jain

Criminal HP HC Reportable ✓ HN

Balwant Singh vs State of H.P.

The appellant, Balwant Singh, was convicted by the learned Special Judge, Hamirpur, H.P. under Section 20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotr…

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances… §20 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances… §42 CrPC §313

18 August 2025 · Justice Rakesh Kainthla