Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up: November 24, 2025 To November 30, 2025

JudgmentsAnyone Can Lodge Complaint Under Prevention Of Damage To Public Property Act : Supreme CourtCase Details: Lal Chandra Ram v. State of U.P. & Ors.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 1134The Supreme Court held that a complaint for offences punishable under the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984 (“1984 Act”) can be initiated by any person, as the Act imposes no...

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : December 1, 2025

Links to today's reports :Tamil Nadu SIR| Teachers Appointed As BLOs Shouldn't Face Coercive Action For Not Meeting Targets : TVK Party Tells Supreme CourtSupreme Court Asks Waqfs To Approach Tribunals To Extend Time To Upload Details On UMEED Portal'Can't Delay Maharashtra Local Body Elections Further' : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Delimitation ProcessProperty Transferred Prior...

'Statements Carbon Copies, Generic' : Supreme Court Sets Aside Sentence For Non-Compliance With S. 313 CrPC; Orders Re-Trial

The Supreme Court on Monday (December 1) set aside the life sentences of three individuals in a murder case and remanded the matter to the trial court for a fresh trial from the stage of recording statements under Section 313 Cr.P.C., noting that the accused had not been given a proper opportunity to respond to each allegation against them. “One of the non-negotiable requirements of a...

Selection Criteria Cannot Be Changed After Interview : Supreme Court

Reaffirming that selection criteria cannot be altered once the final stage of evaluation is complete, the Supreme Court dismissed the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board's appeal against the High Court's direction to create an additional post for candidates adversely affected by the post-interview change in criteria for the Forester recruitment. The Court held that modifying...

Bail Cannot Be Granted Solely On Parity Without Assessing Accused's Specific Role : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has set aside an Allahabad High Court order granting bail on the ground of parity, holding that the High Court failed to consider the specific role attributed to the accused in the alleged offence. “while utilizing parity as a ground for bail, the same must focus on the role of the accused and cannot be utilized solely because another accused person was granted bail...

Property Transferred Prior To Filing Of Suit Cannot Be Attached Under Order 38 Rule 5 CPC : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that a property transferred through a registered sale deed prior to the filing of a suit cannot be subjected to attachment before judgment under Order XXXVIII Rule 5 of the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC). “It is well settled that attachment before judgment cannot extend to properties which have already been alienated prior to the institution of the suit…the...

Complete Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest 2025 [Part-1]

AdalatRefund court fees - The petitioner sought a refund of court fees paid in the trial court, first appellate court, and second appellate court after the High Court decided the second appeal based on an amicable settlement between the parties. The High Court rejected the petitioner's prayer for a refund, holding that no grounds for refund were made out. The Supreme Court upheld the High...

Arbitration | No Review Or Appeal Lies Against Order Appointing Arbitrator : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a review or appeal from an order of appointment of an arbitrator is impermissible.“Once an arbitrator is appointed, the arbitral process must proceed unhindered. There is no statutory provision for review or appeal from an order under Section 11, which reflects a conscious legislative choice.”, the Court held, while setting aside the Patna High Court's...

Supreme Court Weekly Digest [November 1 - 10, 2025]

Arbitral Award – Execution - Allegation of Fraud/Collusion (Fraud on Corporation) – Held, the maxim "fraud unravels everything" is acknowledged, an execution petition cannot be kept in abeyance based on mere allegations of fraud or collusion by the judgment-debtor's own officials, especially after the arbitral award has attained finality up to the Supreme Court....

IBC | Terminated Contract Not Corporate Debtor's Asset; Moratorium Won't Revive Extinguished Contractual Rights : Supreme Court

The Court also observed that a defaulting developer cannot take shield of IBC moratorium to block redevelopment projects.

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : November 28, 2025

Links to reports published on Nov 28 :Supreme Court Dismisses Byju Raveendran's Appeal Against NCLAT Order Mandating CoC Nod For BCCI's Plea To Withdraw CIRPSupreme Court Criticises Kerala Governor's Delay In VC Appointments; Asks Him To Decide Soon On Justice Dhulia's Report'Unacceptable': Supreme Court Asks How Pinnelli Brothers Accessed Case Diary In TDP Workers' Murder Case;...

'Marriage Reduced To Commercial Transaction Due To Evil Of Dowry': Supreme Refuses Bail In Dowry Death Case

A firm and deterrent judicial response is imperative to send an unequivocal message that neither law nor society will countenance barbarities born out of the evil of dowry, the court said.