Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025: Commercial Courts Act, 2015

Arbitrability of Trademark Disputes – Dispute between two factions of a Coimbatore-based family over the "Sri Angannan Biriyani Hotel" trademark. The petitioner filed a civil suit seeking a permanent injunction and ₹20 lakhs in damages for alleged trademark infringement. The respondent invoked an arbitration clause in the Trademark Assignment Deed, leading to referral to arbitration...

Madras High Court Annual Digest 2025: Part II [Citations 251 - 501]

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 251 to 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 501 NOMINAL INDEX P. Ganga Parameshwaran vs. The Government of Tamil Nadu & Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 251 Palai Rafi @ Mohamed Rafi v. The State, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 252 T Prabhakar v. Mr. Dheeraj Kumar and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 253 Vanaraj and Others v. The State, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 254 Muniraj v The State...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025: Contempt of Court

Allegations against Court Order - Applicants alleged that the Court recorded a statement/consent in its order dated 17th May 2024, which was not made by their counsel, amounting to an imputation against the Court. The Court deprecated such reckless allegations, emphasizing trust in counsel's statements and warning that such claims may necessitate affidavits to verify counsel's...

Karnataka High Court Annual Digest 2025: Part 2 [Citations 226 - 448]

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 226 To 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 448Caretaker Of Property Obliged To Handover Possession To Owners On Demand, Cannot Seek Injunction Against Them: Karnataka High CourtCase Title: Sriramulu AND U Ravi Rao & OthersCase No: MISCELLANEOUS FIRST APPEAL NO. 3281 OF 2025Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 226The Karnataka High Court has said that a caretaker of the...

Delhi High Court Annual Digest 2025: Part III [Citations 901 - 1350]

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 901 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1350Civil Courts Not Prohibited From Granting Anti-Arbitration Injunction In Foreign-Seated Arbitration If Proceedings Are Vexatious: Delhi HCCase Title: ENGINEERING PROJECTS (INDIA) LIMITED Versus MSA GLOBAL LLC (OMAN)Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 901The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav has held that Civil...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025: Contract Act, 1872

Contractual Terms v. Statutory Mandates - Contractual terms, such as an arbitration clause, cannot override statutory mandates - If a statute designates a specific forum for adjudication, parties cannot, by mutual agreement, confer jurisdiction on an alternate forum - therefore, a clause providing for private arbitration is void ab initio in the context of a works contract governed by...

RERA Cases Annual Digest- Part 2

HIGH COURTSALLAHABAD HIGH COURT RERA Tribunal Has Appellate & Revision Powers; Interest Payable Only After Pre-Deposit U/S 43(5): Allahabad High CourtCase Title: Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority, Greater Noida, Gautambudh Nagar through its Authorized Representative v. Raj Kumar Goyal Case No: RERA Appeal No.124 of 2023While entertaining a set of appeals regarding the...

Rajasthan High Court Annual Digest 2025: PART I [Citations 1 - 200]

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 1 To 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 200Rajasthan HC Cancels Air Force Personnel's Anticipatory Bail Due To Misrepresentation, Hiding True Facts Like Grievous Injury Caused to VictimTitle: Ramesh Kumar v State of Rajasthan & Anr.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 1The Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court cancelled the anticipatory bail of an Air Force personnel on the...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025 - Quashing Of FIR

Section 138 N.I. Act – Dishonour of cheque – Liability of Director – Resignation before issuance of cheque – Quashing of complaint – Held, where the appellant had resigned from the post of Director prior to the issuance of post-dated cheques by the company, and the cheques were signed by another competent person, the appellant could not be held liable under Section 138 of...

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) And Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Annual Round Up 2025

SUPREME COURTSupreme Court Grants Interim Anticipatory Bail To MP Cartoonist After His Apology For Objectionable Post On Prime MinisterCase Title – Hemant Malviya v. State of Madhya PradeshThe Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 15) granted interim protection to Indore based cartoonist Hemant Malviya, who has been booked over a cartoon shared on Facebook that allegedly contains derogatory...

All India Direct Tax Digest 2025

SUPREME COURTMotor Accident Claims - Tax Returns Can Be Accepted To Determine Income Only If They Are Appropriately Produced : Supreme CourtCase name: New India Assurance Co. Ltd. V. Sonigra Juhi Uttamchand.Case no.: SLP (C) No. 30491 of 2018The Supreme Court, recently (on January 02), while deciding a motor accident compensation claim case, observed that monthly income could be fixed...

All India Indirect Tax Digest 2025

SUPREME COURTSupreme Court Sets Aside Excise Duty Demand On Oil Marketing Companies For Inter-Supply Of Petroleum ProductsCase Title: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. versus Commissioner of Central Excise Nashik Commissionerate (and connected matters)Case no.: CIVIL APPEAL NO. 5642 OF 2009In a significant relief for Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs), the Supreme Court ruled (Jan. 20) that...