Punjab & Haryana High Court Annual Digest 2025: Part 1 [Citations 01 - 250]

24X7 Helpline, Decide Representation In 3 Days: Punjab & Haryana HC Issues Guidelines To State, Police For Runaway Couples Seeking ProtectionTitle: XXX v. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERSCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 01The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a slew of guidelines to be followed by the State and Police when it is approached by an individual or a run away couple, alleging...

Delhi High Court Family Law Digest 2025

Co-Accused Can Apply Separately For Compounding Of Offences Committed By Company Or HUF Under Income Tax Act: Delhi High CourtCase title: Sumit Bharana v. UoICitation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 4The Delhi High Court has held that co-accused are entitled to apply separately for compounding of offences committed by a Company or a Hindu Undivided Family under the Income Tax Act, 1961.A division bench...

Supreme Court Yearly Digest 2025 On Evidence Act & BSA

Evidence Law Circumstantial Evidence - Last Seen Theory - Absence of Test Identification Parade (TIP) - Value of Scientific Evidence – Principles - The Supreme Court reiterated the 'five golden principles' for sustaining a conviction on circumstantial evidence - the circumstances must be fully established, consistent only with the hypothesis of guilt, of a conclusive nature,...

Chhattisgarh High Court Annual Digest 2025

2025 LiveLaw (Chh) 1 — 2025 LiveLaw (Chh) 115Victim Can't Be Compelled To Give Birth To Child Of Her Rapist: Chhattisgarh HC Allows Termination Of 24+ Weeks Old Foetus Of MinorCase Title: ABC (Minor) Through Natural Guardian XYZ v. State of Chhattisgarh & Ors.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Chh) 1The Chhattisgarh High Court on Thursday allowed the prayer of a minor rape victim for abortion of...

RERA Cases Annual Digest 2025- Part 1

Haryana Real Estate Regulatory AuthorityHaryana RERA Directs Ansal Builders To Hand Over Possession And Pay Interest For DelayCase Title: Sanjeev Ganguly & Anr Versus M/s Ansal Townships Infrastructure Private LimitedCase Number: Complaint No: 7354 of 2022Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority (Authority) bench, comprising Ashok Sangwan (Member) has directed M/s Ansal...

Supreme Court Annual Round Up 2025: Civil Procedure Code, 1908

1. Order XLI Rule 27 CPC | Appellate Courts Must First Examine Pleadings Before Allowing Additional Evidence : Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court held that appellate courts cannot permit additional evidence under Order XLI Rule 27 of the CPC unless such evidence is supported by proper pleadings. It emphasized that before allowing additional evidence at the appellate stage, courts must first...

Himachal Pradesh High Court Annual Digest 2025

Award Passed On Consent Cannot Be Held To Be Patently Illegal Or Contrary To Public Policy: Himachal Pradesh HC Case Title: The Executive Engineer, I & PH Division, Bilaspur Versus Ramesh Khaneja Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 1 The Himachal Pradesh High Court bench of Justices Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Satyen Vaidya held that the award being primarily based on consent cannot...

Jharkhand High Court Annual Digest 2025

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Jha) 1 to 2025 LiveLaw (Jha) 98Jharkhand High Court Quashes Prevention Detention Based On Station Diary Entries, Questions State For Not Lodging FIR If Crime Was Made OutCase Title: Ganesh Singh @ Nishant Singh v. The State of JharkhandLL Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Jha) 1The Jharkhand High Court quashed a preventive detention order issued under Jharkhand Control of Crimes...

Intellectual Property Rights Annual Digest 2025- Part 3

Patents Act, 1970 International Reports US Court Orders EscapeX, Lawyers To Pay Google USD 2.5 Lakh As Cost For Frivolous Patent Suit Case Title: EscapeX IP LLC v. Google LLC The U.S. Federal Circuit upheld orders directing EscapeX to pay Google over USD 2.5 lakh in attorney fees, finding that EscapeX filed a frivolous patent suit and then prolonged the case with an...

Split Verdicts Given By Supreme Court In 2025

Reports/JudgmentsTahir Hussain's Interim Bail : Supreme Court Delivers Split Verdict, Referred To Larger BenchCase Title: Mohd Tahir Hussain v. State of NCT of DelhiCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 106A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court on January 21, 2025 pronounced a split verdict on the petition filed by Delhi riots case accused Tahir Hussain seeking interim bail to campaign for the...

Supreme Court Yearly Digest 2025 On Murder Trial

Appellant-accused was sentenced to death for murder and rape of the victim under section 302, 376 and 397 of the IPC - Faulty Investigation - i. identity of accused could not be sufficiently protected leading to its disclosure before the TIP; ii. 9-day delay in TIP is unexplained; iii. Lack of coordination between investigating agencies and not arraying person having direct link...

Calcutta High Court Annual Digest 2025

Prior Option To Work As Para Teacher Shouldn't Act As Deterrent, Calcutta HC Permits To Work As Samprasarak For Better Service BenefitsCase: Mahabuba Rahaman & Ors. -vs- State of West Bengal & Anr.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 1A single judge bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising of Saugata Bhattacharyya, J. held that prior exercised option to work as a para teacher should not act...