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Supreme Court Monthly Round-up: January 2025
Nominal IndexCitationsM/S Naresh Potteries v. M/S Aarti Industries and Anr., SLP(Crl) No. 8659-2023 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 1Bernard Francis Joseph Vaz and Ors v. Government of Karnataka and Ors 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 2Urmila Dixit v. Sunil Sharan Dixit and others 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 3BN John v. State of UP & Anr., SLP (Crl.) No. 2184 of 2024 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 4Municipal Corporation of Delhi v....
Supreme Court Directs Making Chandigarh UT A Party In Ex-Punjab CM Assassination Case Convict's Plea For Transfer From Tihar Jail
The Supreme Court yesterday(February 4) said that the Union Territory of Chandigarh must be made a party in the petition filed by Jagtar Singh Hawara, convicted in the 1995 assassination of former Chief Minister of Punjab Beant Singh and 16 others, for transfer from Tihar jail to any jail in Punjab. The Court noted the necessity of the Chandigarh Administration because Hawara was tried and...
'Only Issue Is Whether PUCL Guidelines Were Complied' : Supreme Court In Plea Alleging 'Fake' Encounters In Assam
While hearing a case raising the issue of 'fake' encounters in Assam, the Supreme Court yesterday indicated that the only issue to be considered is whether the guidelines laid down by it in PUCL v. State of Maharashtra (pertaining to investigation of police encounters) were complied with or not."We are not going to form any opinion on merits. We can't...Only limited issue is compliance of...
SCAORA Submits Suggestions To Supreme Court On Guidelines For AORs, Reforms Of Senior Designation Process
The Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association (SCAORA) has filed suggestions before the Supreme Court regarding the code of conduct for the Advocates-on-Record and senior designation process.The Court took up these issues in a case arising out of false statements and the suppression of material facts made by a Senior Advocate in multiple remission pleas.As per the suggestions, the SCAORA...
Justice Hrishikesh Roy's Landmark Judgments : A Law Clerk's Account
Justice Hrishikesh Roy demitted office on 1.2.2025 after serving for over 5 years as a judge of the Supreme Court of India. Justice Roy's wit, ever-smiling demeanour and encouragement for juniors is well-known but much remains to be said about the judgments and the individual- on and off the bench. Considering my experience of working for a year at the office of Justice Muralidhar, I received a call for interview for the position of law clerk at Justice Roy's office in December,2022. The...
Registry Has No Authority To Delete A Case From Cause List Unless Specifically Ordered By Concerned Bench Or Chief Justice: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (February 4) held that the Registry has no authority to delete a case from the cause list once it has been listed, unless there is a specific order from the concerned bench or the Chief Justice of India.“The fact that service of notice of making alternate arrangements was not served is no ground to delete a case which is notified on the cause list. Once the case...
Supreme Court Relieves Datla Sreenivasa Varma As In-charge Of SIT Formed To Probe Manipur Extra-Judicial Killings
The Supreme Court today (February 4) allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)'s plea to release Datla Sreenivasa Varma from the position as the head of the SIT formed to probe into Manipur's extra-judicial killings. The bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and KV Viswanathan was hearing the issue of alleged extra-judicial killings in Manipur by armed forces. The...
Strong Measures Needed To Infuse Purity & Independence In Sports Bodies : Supreme Court In Kabbadi Federation Dispute
While hearing a matter relating to the Kabbadi Federation , the Supreme Court on Tuesday said that some strong measures are required to be taken to "infuse purity, fairness, autonomy and independence" in the election of Sports Federations in India and to "oust such persons who have monopolized the sports federation for their vested interest.”The bench took note of the offensive contents of...
Supreme Court Rejects Karnataka Govt's Argument That Sexual Act On Dead Body Amounts To 'Rape' Offence
The Supreme Court today (February 4) observed that since the Penal Laws do not recognise Necrophilia as an offence, it cannot interfere with the part acquittal order of the High Court in a case where the accused had sex with the body of the deceased after murdering her. The bench of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah was hearing a plea challenging the order of the...
'Why TN Governor Unable To Decide On Bills & Referring Them To President? We Want To Know' : Supreme Court Hears Tamil Nadu Govt's Pleas
The Supreme Court today(February 4) heard the two writ petitions filed by the Tamil Nadu Government against the Governor, Dr. RN Ravi, for withholding assent for the bills(some of which relate to removing the Governor from the post of Vice-Chancellor of the various universities) passed by the Legislative Assembly between 2020 and 2023. They were submitted for the Governor's assent between...
Most States Have Amended Rules To Include Mother's Name In Child's Documents : Supreme Court Disposes Of 2014 PIL
The Supreme Court today disposed of the public interest litigation filed in 2014 seeking identification of children by the names of their mothers in all official documents and affidavits.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh passed the order, taking into account the fact that the petitioner has since passed away and majority of the states/Union Territories have undertaken...
Can Special NIA Court Designated As MP/MLA Court Hear Cases Against Other Accused ? Delhi High Court Seeks Clarification From Supreme Court
The Delhi High Court has approached the Supreme Court seeking clarification in the 2017 directions by the Supreme Court for setting up Special Courts for the trials of Members of Parliament/Members of the Legislative Assembly (MPs/MLAs).The application filed through the Registrar General of Delhi High Court seeks clarification on "Whether the Special Court constituted under the...