The Court’s reasoning promotes a modern, humane, and proportionate approach to sentencing.
Punjab & Haryana High Court · 23 Nov 2025
The decision aligns with Supreme Court precedents emphasizing that inherent powers to quash FIRs must be used sparingly and not to override the public interest.
Punjab & Haryana High Court · 21 Nov 2025
The Court reinforced the principle that mental cruelty includes repeated verbal abuse, threats, withdrawal from cohabitation, and desertion, and is sufficient to ground divorce.
Delhi High Court · 21 Nov 2025
The ruling reinforces that marriages solemnised under the Special Marriage Act are governed exclusively by the Act, and personal religious laws cannot override statutory provisions.
Jharkhand High Court · 21 Nov 2025
The Delhi High Court emphasized that child custody is not a dispute about parental rights but a determination centered entirely on the welfare of the child.
High Court of Delhi · 21 Nov 2025
The Supreme Court reaffirmed the principle that Article 226 is a discretionary remedy, meant to protect parties only where statutory remedies are inadequate, inefficient, or unavailable.
Supreme Court of India · 20 Nov 2025
The Court held that trial courts are not functus officio after permitting further investigation under Section 173(8) CrPC.
Supreme Court of India · 20 Nov 2025
The Court reinforced the principle that mere recovery of a weapon, even if supported by FSL evidence, cannot alone sustain a murder conviction.
Supreme Court of India · 18 Nov 2025
The Court emphasized that Section 90 IPC does not apply where a fully mature, educated, married woman voluntarily engages in sexual relations.
Punjab & Haryana High Court · 18 Nov 2025
The judgment underscores the right to fair trial and fair confrontation courts must ensure identification processes are protected and free from contamination.
Supreme Court of India · 18 Nov 2025
It reinforces the principle that habeas corpus petitions cannot be used to bypass the regular process of bail applications in criminal cases.
Supreme Court of India · 17 Nov 2025
The judgment reinforces the principle that not every failed relationship or broken promise to marry amounts to rape.
Kerala High Court · 17 Nov 2025
The Court reaffirmed that execution proceedings cannot enforce decrees passed in favor of deceased parties without proper substitution, emphasizing legal nullity over mere voidable decrees.
Supreme Court of India · 14 Nov 2025
An order rejecting the plaint amounts to a decree and therefore falls within the main provision of Section 13(1A).
Supreme Court of India · 14 Nov 2025
The Court’s earlier preference that direct High Court filing must be exceptional aligns with principles of judicial efficiency and respect for the designated hierarchy of courts.
Supreme Court of India · 14 Nov 2025
