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...

LiveLawBiz: Business Law Daily Round-Up: December 31, 2025

TAX Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Accused Caught In ₹5,000 Land Tax Bribery Trap By VigilanceCustoms | I-STAT Blood Gas Cartridges Are Accessories Of Analyser And Not Diagnostic Reagents; No Differential Duty Payable: CESTAT MumbaiNo Interest On Excise Duty Payable In Revenue-Neutral Situation Even Though Duty Demand Attained Finality: Calcutta High CourtCustoms | Barcode Scanners...

Arbitration Annual Digest 2025- Part 2

Gauhati High Court Mere Existence Of Arbitration Clause In Agreement Does Not Oust Jurisdiction Of Civil Court To Entertain Suit: Gauhati High Court Case Title: M/S J.M.B. Construction And 2 Ors. Versus Dr. Somesh Dhar And 3 Ors. Case No:Arb.A./8/2024 The Gauhati High Court bench of Justice Malasri Nandi has held that merely because there is an arbitration clause providing...

Supreme Court Round-Up 2025: Free Speech

In 2025, the Supreme Court handled significant cases dealing with free speech. From poetry and political dissent to Wikipedia entries, online comedy, social media commentary and cinema, the Court was repeatedly required to navigate the fraught boundary between liberty and regulation. When poetry was criminalised - Imran Pratapgarhi caseOne of the clearest affirmations of free speech came...

Supreme Court Yearly Digest 2025 On Bail & Arrest

Amicus Curiae Suggestions - Policy strategy for bail and speedy disposal of criminal appeals - Model Action Plan for Baseline Report of NCMS (National Case Management System) - which has been approved by Chief Justice of India and forwarded to all High Courts for adoption - Vacancies in High Courts directly impact and corelate with the pendency of criminal appeals - Video Conferencing...

Delhi High Court Annual Digest 2025: Part I [Citations 1 - 450]

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 450Delhi High Court Directs Medical Treatment For HIV Positive Trans Woman Without Insisting On ID ProofTitle: ABC v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORSCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1The Delhi High Court has directed Lok Nayak Hospital to provide medical treatment for a trans woman who tested HIV positive, without demanding from her...

LiveLawBiz: Business Law Daily Round-Up: December 30, 2025

TAX Taxpayers To Be Barred From Filing GSTR-3B Return For Excess GST ITC Claims: GSTN Issues AdvisoryService Tax | Co-Op Society Paying Rent Arrears To Local Municipality For Gas Transportation Pipeline Not Liable Under Reverse Charge : CESTAT AhmedabadProfit From Securitisation/Sell-Down Of Loan Receivables Not Taxable As Service: CESTAT ChennaiExcise | Cutting/Slitting HR-CR Coils...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up: December 15, 2025 To December 21, 2025

JudgmentsS. 389 CrPC | Gravity Of Offence And Role Of Accused Must Guide Suspension Of Sentence: Supreme CourtCase Details: Rajesh Upadhayay v. State of Bihar & Anr.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 1127The Supreme Court set aside the Patna High Court's order suspending sentence of a murder convict, holding that the relief was wrongly granted in ignorance of the gravity of the offence and...

Intellectual Property Rights Annual Digest 2025 - Part 2

Patents Act, 1970 Supreme Court Reports Supreme Court Transfers Eureka Forbes' Patent Infringement Suit Against Atomberg's “Intellon” Water Purifier To Bombay High Court Case Title: Atomberg Technologies Private Ltd. v. Eureka Forbes Ltd Case No.: 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 1030 Supreme Court decided whether the Suit for Infringement (Delhi Suit) should be transferred to...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025 - Lok Adalat

Adalat Code of Civil Procedure, 1908; Order XXI Rules 97, 99, and 101 — Powers of Executing Court regarding Lok Adalat Awards — Held, while these provisions enable an Executing Court to address incidental questions during execution (such as the extent of enforceability against a person in possession), they do not authorize the court to examine the validity of the award itself...

LiveLawBiz: Business Law Daily Round-Up: December 29, 2025

TAX APVAT | Value Added Tax Not Leviable On Offshore Sales Beyond Territorial Waters: Andhra Pradesh High CourtIncome Tax Act | Delhi High Court Sets Aside Reassessment Against MakeMyTrip Over ₹50 Crore Receipt, Cites Vague S.148A NoticesBombay High Court Upholds 18% Interest Levy On Delayed VAT Payment, Says Interest Levied Automatically Once Payment Is DelayedPunjab & Haryana High...