The Court held that minor injuries or medical signs of sexual activity alone are insufficient to prove the absence of consent.
Bombay High Court · 15 Oct 2025
The Court reaffirmed that criminal law should not be used as a tool of harassment or retaliation in matrimonial disputes.
Delhi High Court · 15 Oct 2025
The Court correctly applied the doctrine of prospective overruling stemming from Independent Thought (2017), ensuring no retrospective criminalization of conduct.
High Court of Allahabad · 15 Oct 2025
The Court reaffirmed that circumstantial evidence must form a complete chain linking the accused to the offence, leaving no reasonable doubt.
Rajasthan High Court · 14 Oct 2025
The Court reaffirmed that in cases based solely on circumstantial evidence, the chain of evidence must be complete and must point only to the guilt of the accused.
Supreme Court of India · 8 Oct 2025
The Court reaffirmed the well-settled principle: criminal courts have no power to review or recall their judicial decisions, except for clerical/accidental corrections under Section 403 BNSS.
Supreme Court of India · 8 Oct 2025
The judgment protects the rights of the accused from wrongful conviction based on partially inadmissible evidence.
Supreme Court of India · 8 Oct 2025
The Court criticized omnibus allegations, where no specific overt act or consistent evidence was available against the appellants.
Supreme Court of India · 8 Oct 2025
The Court emphasized that mental imbalance, lack of premeditation, and absence of multiple injuries are crucial factors in reclassifying the offence.
Rajasthan High Court · 8 Oct 2025
The judgment highlights the critical role of possession and mutation as indispensable elements in validating an oral gift (hiba) under Mohammedan law.
Supreme Court of India · 8 Oct 2025
The Court clarified the law on stay of execution of decrees, dispelling the misconception that deposit/security is always mandatory.
Supreme Court of India · 7 Oct 2025
The Court took a holistic view of pedestrian and non-motorised road user safety, previously under-emphasised in urban planning.
Supreme Court of India · 7 Oct 2025
The judgment preserves the integrity of the trial process by preventing higher courts from acting as fact-finding tribunals during quashing petitions.
Supreme Court of India · 14 Oct 2025
The Court reaffirmed the principle that sales by guardians without court approval are voidable, not void ab initio.
Supreme Court of India · 8 Oct 2025
The lack of immediate complaint, non-disclosure to the husband, and no medical evidence weakened the prosecution case.
Punjab & Haryana High Court · 8 Oct 2025
The Court differentiated between deceptive sexual conduct and a genuine relationship that later does not culminate in marriage.
Delhi High Court · 4 Oct 2025
