The Court’s reasoning promotes judicial discipline and guards against summary dismissals of suits at the preliminary stage.
Supreme Court of India · 17 Oct 2025
The Court delineated the limited circumstances under which writ jurisdiction should be exercised to prevent misuse and duplication of judicial processes.
Supreme Court of India · 17 Oct 2025
The Court reaffirmed the supremacy of fixed Qur'anic shares in Muslim inheritance law, emphasizing the rigidity and certainty it brings to succession matters.
Supreme Court of India · 17 Oct 2025
The JJ Act, 2000 applies retrospectively to all persons who were below 18 years at the time of the offence, even if convicted prior to its commencement.
Supreme Court of India · 15 Oct 2025
It highlights the importance of corroborating medical evidence (bone age test) when documentary evidence is doubtful.
Delhi High Court · 15 Oct 2025
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 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 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 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 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 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 judgment protects the rights of the accused from wrongful conviction based on partially inadmissible evidence.
Supreme Court of India · 8 Oct 2025
The Court affirmed that Magistrates have the authority to direct the collection of voice samples from any person, including witnesses, for investigative purposes.
Supreme Court of India · 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 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 criticized omnibus allegations, where no specific overt act or consistent evidence was available against the appellants.
Supreme Court of India · 8 Oct 2025
