Indian Court Judgments — 2025

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Hussain Ahmed Choudhury & Ors. vs Habibur Rahman (Dead) Through LRs & Ors.

Whether the High Court was right in taking the view that the suit of the plaintiff for declaration of his title based on a valid Gift Deed s…

Specific Relief Act, 1963

23 April 2025 · Allowed · J.B. Pardiwala, R Mahadevan

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

State of Sikkim and Others vs Dr. Mool Raj Kotwal

Whether an employee of the State who had availed the benefit of leave encashment maximum of 300 days once on attaining the age of superannua…

Sikkim Government Service Rules, 1974 Sikkim Government Services (Leave) Rules…

23 April 2025 · Allowed · J.K. Maheshwari, Rajesh Bindal

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Rajeev Gupta & Ors. vs Prashant Garg & Ors.

Issue arose whether the suit was barred by limitation; whether the sale deeds were void documents; whether the Will stood admitted in the pr…

Evidence Act Limitation Act, 1963 TP Act CPC

23 April 2025 · Allowed · Dipankar Datta, Prashant Kumar Mishra

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

State of Uttar Pradesh through Principal Secretary, Department of Panchayati Raj, Lucknow vs Ram Prakash Singh

Whether, in pursuance of a purported enquiry where there was none to present the case of the department, no witness was examined in support…

U.P. Government Servants (Discipline and… Evidence Act Government of India Act, 1935 Constitution

23 April 2025 · Dismissed · Dipankar Datta, Prashant Kumar Mishra

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Angadi Chandranna vs Shankar & Ors.

The main dispute in the lis is, whether the suit property was ancestral or self-acquired property of defendant no.1.

CPC

22 April 2025 · Allowed · J.B. Pardiwala, R Mahadevan

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Md. Firoz Ahmad Khalid vs The State of Manipur & Ors.

Whether a Muslim Member of the Bar Council of the State or the Union territory (Bar Council), duly elected as a Member of the Waqf Board (Bo…

Wakf Act, 1995 Constitution

22 April 2025 · Allowed · M.M. Sundresh, Rajesh Bindal

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Nidhi Bhargava & Ors. vs National Insurance Company Ltd. & Ors.

Whether the High Court was justified in reducing the compensation payable to the appellants from Rs.31,41,000/- to Rs.16,97,370/maintaining…

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

22 April 2025 · Disposed · Sudhanshu Dhulia, Ahsanuddin Amanullah

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Central Bureau of Investigation vs Ramesh Chander Diwan

Whether the High Court was right in holding that sanction under Section 197, Cr.PC not having been obtained, the respondent should be discha…

CrPC IPC Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

22 April 2025 · Dismissed · Dipankar Datta, Manmohan

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Kanchhu vs Prakash Chand & Ors.

Matter pertains to sustainability of the order passed by the High Court allowing writ petition u/Art.227 of the Constitution and allowing mu…

Constitution CPC Specific Relief Act, 1963 Limitation Act, 1963

22 April 2025 · Allowed · Dipankar Datta, Manmohan

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Ramanuj Kumar vs Priyanka

Whether on facts, the marriage between the parties has irretrievably broken down and ought to be dissolved on that ground in exercise of jur…

Constitution Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 IPC

22 April 2025 · Allowed · Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol, Sandeep Mehta

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Aejaz Ahmad Sheikh vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.

Issue arose as regards the correctness of the order passed by the High Court by which the accused was acquitted of the offence punishable u/…

CrPC Evidence Act IPC

22 April 2025 · Dismissed · Abhay S. Oka, Pankaj Mithal, Ahsanuddin Amanullah

Constitutional SC Reportable ✓ HN

In Re: Compensation Amounts Deposited with Motor Accident Claims Tribunals and Labour Courts vs Na

Issue arose in this suo motu writ petition with respect to the large amounts of unclaimed compensation lying deposited with MACTs and Labour…

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923

22 April 2025 · Abhay S. Oka, Ujjal Bhuyan

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Barla Ram Reddy vs The State of Telangana

Issue arose whether the High Court was justified to rely on auction sale of the Golden Mile project for assessing just and fair market value…

Land Acquisition Act, 1894

22 April 2025 · Disposed · Surya Kant, Ujjal Bhuyan

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Chellammal and Another vs State Represented by the Inspector of Police

Whether the appellants could be granted the benefit of probation either u/s.360(1) of CrPC or u/s.4 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958;…

CrPC CrPC IPC Probation of Offenders Act, 1958

22 April 2025 · Disposed · Dipankar Datta, Manmohan

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

S.C. Narang vs State (NCT of Delhi) & Anr.

Issue arose whether the Chairman of Managing Committee which runs the school can be punished for offence of cruelty to the child u/s.75 of t…

Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of… Protection of Children from Sexual Offences… IPC

22 April 2025 · Allowed · Abhay S. Oka, Ujjal Bhuyan

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Amruddin Ansari (Dead) Through Lrs. & Ors. vs Afajal Ali & Ors.

i) Whether after the dismissal of the petition for restoration of suit u/Or. IX R.4 of the CPC a fresh suit is maintainable; ii) Whether aft…

CPC

22 April 2025 · Dismissed · J.B. Pardiwala, R Mahadevan

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

M/s J N Real Estate vs Shailendra Pradhan & Ors.

Whether the High Court was justified in setting aside the order passed by the Trial Court impleading the appellant as one of the defendants…

CPC Constitution

22 April 2025 · Allowed · J.B. Pardiwala, R Mahadevan

Criminal P&H HC ✓ HN

Baljit Alias Grari vs State Of Punjab

The petitioner, arrested on 17.10.2023 in connection with FIR No. 0122/2023 registered under Section 22 of the NDPS Act, 1985 at Police Stat…

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances… §22 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances… §37 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances… §37(1)(b)(ii) Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances… §19

22 April 2025 · Allowed · Anoop Chitkara