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 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
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’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
The Supreme Court strongly reaffirmed the legal principle that execution of decrees requires strict proof, especially in cases involving historical compromise decrees concerning religious practices.
Supreme Court of India · 14 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 Supreme Court allowed Koli’s curative petition and set aside all previous convictions and sentences related to the last remaining case.
Supreme Court of India · 14 Nov 2025
The ruling clarifies that service tax cannot be imposed on straightforward land sales, even if the seller arranges title transfer or documentation.
Supreme Court of India · 14 Nov 2025
The Court reaffirmed the primacy of Section 112 in protecting the legitimacy of children born during marriage, preventing casual or unsubstantiated claims from illegitimizing a child.
Supreme Court of India · 14 Nov 2025
The Court reasoned that allowing counterclaims among co-defendants would distort the procedural framework of civil litigation and create complications not envisaged by the CPC.
Supreme Court of India · 13 Nov 2025
The ruling clarifies the narrow scope of Order XVIII Rule 3 CPC and emphasizes judicial restraint in allowing parties to reserve evidence inappropriately.
High Court of Andhra Pradesh · 12 Nov 2025
The Supreme Court reaffirmed its consistent stance that innocent third-party victims in motor accident cases cannot be made to suffer because of policy breaches by vehicle owners.
Supreme Court of India · 12 Nov 2025
The Court reaffirmed the limited evidentiary scope of Sections 45 and 73, emphasizing that expert opinion is supplementary, not substantive, evidence.
Supreme Court of India · 9 Nov 2025
The Court emphasized that the bar under Section 104(2) is “complete and absolute”, and no second appeal or remedy is available against such orders.
Allahabad High Court · 9 Nov 2025
