Indian Court Judgments — 2025

Criminal SC Reportable ✓ HN

Union of India Thr. I.O. Narcotics Control Bureau vs Man Singh Verma

Issue arose whether the contours of s.439 CrPC permit the grant of compensation by the High Court to the appellant for alleged wrongful conf…

CrPC Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances…

28 February 2025 · Partly allowed · Sanjay Karol, Manmohan

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Sachin Yallappa Usulkar & Ors. vs Vijayata & Ors.

Whether the impugned judgment and order passed by the Courts below warrant any interference in so far as the award of compensation is concer…

28 February 2025 · Partly allowed · B.V. Nagarathna, Satish Chandra Sharma

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Pradip N. Sharma vs State of Gujarat & Anr.

The High Court dismissed the criminal miscellaneous application of appellant praying for quashing of the FIR registered u/ss.409, 219 and 11…

IPC

28 February 2025 · Vikram Nath, Prasanna Bhalachandra Varale

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Abdul Wahid & Anr. vs State of Rajasthan

Whether it is for the prosecution to connect the accused to the alleged crime by producing credible and legally admissible evidence to punis…

CrPC Evidence Act IPC

28 February 2025 · Allowed · Pankaj Mithal, Ujjal Bhuyan

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Radhika Agarwal vs Union of India and Others

Challenge to the constitutional validity and the right of the authorized officers to arrest under the Customs Act, 1962 and the Central Good…

Customs Act, 1962 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 CrPC Finance Act, 2012

27 February 2025 · Sanjiv Khanna, M.M. Sundresh, Bela M. Trivedi

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Sachin Jaiswal vs M/s Hotel Alka Raje & Other

Whether the High Court was justified in holding that the Hotel constructed by the late father of the appellant on the property which he had…

Partnership Act, 1932

27 February 2025 · Dismissed · Sudhanshu Dhulia, Ahsanuddin Amanullah

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Kanishk Sinha & Another vs The State of West Bengal & Another

Whether the High Court was justified in holding that the direction issued in Priyanka Srivastava v. State of Uttar Pradesh [2015] 4 SCR 108…

CrPC IPC

27 February 2025 · Dismissed · Sudhanshu Dhulia, Ahsanuddin Amanullah

Civil SC Reportable ✓ HN

Pappammal (Died) Through LR R. Krsna Murtii vs Jothi & Anr.

Issue arose as regards the order passed by the courts below allowing the application filed by the daughter of the deceased to implead hersel…

CPC

27 February 2025 · Dismissed · Sudhanshu Dhulia, Prashant Kumar Mishra

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Manoj Rameshlal Chhabriya vs Mahesh Prakash Ahuja & Anr.

What are the parameters that a High Court should keep in mind while granting or refusing a leave to appeal filed under Section 378(3) of the…

CrPC

27 February 2025 · Disposed · J.B. Pardiwala, R Mahadevan

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M/s A.P. Electrical Equipment Corporation vs The Tahsildar & Ors. Etc.

Whether in the instant case, single Judge of the High Court was right in holding that the appellant herein is entitled to get the benefit of…

Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act… Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal… U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms…

27 February 2025 · Allowed · J.B. Pardiwala, R Mahadevan

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Mansoor Ali Farida Irshad Ali & Others vs The Tahsildar-I, Special Cell & Others

Whether the said plot is a MHADA layout; Whether the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) is legally competent to redevelop a ‘censused slum’…

Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement… Maharashtra Housing and Area Development… Slum Act and Development Control…

27 February 2025 · Dismissed · Sudhanshu Dhulia, K. Vinod Chandran

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The State of Chattisgarh vs Ashok Bhoi Etc.

Whether the High Court was justified in allowing the criminal appeal preferred by accused-respondent and dismissing acquittal appeal preferr…

IPC CrPC

27 February 2025 · Dismissed · Bela M. Trivedi, Prasanna Bhalachandra Varale

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Raju @ Nirpendra Singh vs The State of Madhya Pradesh

Prosecutrix, a minor village girl, was allegedly kidnapped on the pretext of securing her a job, and then gang raped by accused-appellants o…

IPC

27 February 2025 · Dismissed · Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol

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M.S. Ananthamurthy & Anr. vs J. Manjula

Whether an agent by virtue of being a holder of the General Power of Attorney (‘GPA’) along with Agreement to Sell had any right, title or i…

Contract Act Registration Act, 1908

27 February 2025 · Dismissed · J.B. Pardiwala, R Mahadevan

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Gauri Mahto @ Gauri Kumar vs The State of Bihar

Whether in the facts of the case, prima-facie offence u/s.364-A, IPC against appellant is made out or not.

IPC

27 February 2025 · Allowed · J.K. Maheshwari, Aravind Kumar

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Hiralal Babulal Soni vs The State of Maharashtra & Ors.

Issue arose as regards the sustainability of the conviction of the accused u/s.120B and 411 IPC, when the seized gold bars are not the same…

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 IPC Evidence Act

25 February 2025 · Disposed · Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Prashant Kumar Mishra, K.V. Viswan

Constitutional SC Reportable ✓ HN

Lifecare Innovations Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. vs Union of India & Ors.

Issue arose whether the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006, coupled with the Public Procurement Policy for Micro and…

Constitution Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises… Interest on Delayed Payments to Small Scale…

25 February 2025 · Disposed · Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, Sandeep Mehta

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Suneeti Toteja vs State of U.P. & Another

Whether, in light of the facts and circumstances of this case and the position of law apropos to the sanction for prosecution, the High Cour…

Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace… IPC CrPC

25 February 2025 · Allowed · B.V. Nagarathna, Satish Chandra Sharma