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Supreme Court Expresses Dismay At HC Suspending Murder Sentence On Condition To Plant Tree Saplings
The Supreme Court today(October 27) expressed dismay at an order passed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court which suspended the sentences of two murder convicts on the condition to plant 10 saplings each as a matter of social cause.A bench comprising Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice NV Anjaria set aside the April 29 order passed by Justice Anand Pathak and Justice Hirdesh of the High Court in...
Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest 2025: TAX
Constitution of India – Article 14, Entry 97, List I (Union List), Entry 62, List II (State List) – Kerala Tax on Luxuries Act, 2006 – Constitutional Validity – Cable TV Services – Legislative Competence – Aspect Theory – Held, cable TV services qualify as a “luxury” under Entry 62, List II, enabling State taxation. No conflict exists between State's luxury tax...
Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up: October 13, 2025 To October 19, 2025
Reports/JudgmentsPlea Of Lack Of State's Consent For CBI's Investigation Should Be Taken Soon After FIR Registration : Supreme CourtCause Title: Central Bureau of Investigation v. M/S Narayan Niryat India Pvt. Ltd & Ors.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 1001The Supreme Court held that objections regarding the CBI's lack of state consent under Section 6 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment...
Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest 2025: IBC & Company Law
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 Sections 14, 238 - Moratorium under Section 14 of IBC does not bar property attachments under the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 1999 (MPID Act). The MPID Act, enacted under the State List, enables recovery for victims of financial fraud through asset attachment, and such vesting with the...
UP Anti-Conversion Law Puts Onerous Conditions, Mandate To Publish Details Of Converted Person May Need Scrutiny : Supreme Court
While quashing FIRs against the Vice Chancellor and other officials of the Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Science (SHUATS), Prayagraj, over alleged forced mass religious conversions of people to Christianity, the Supreme Court raised concerns over some provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021.The Court noted that the...
UAPA | Mandate To Furnish Grounds Of Arrest Not Fulfilled By Remand Court's Explanation: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has quashed the arrest and remand of three individuals booked for the offences of unlawful activities and conspiracy under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), and the offences of criminal conspiracy, promotion of communal harmony, etc. under the Indian Penal Code, holding that the mandatory requirement of furnishing written grounds of arrest was not complied...
Hindu Succession Act Doesn't Apply To Scheduled Tribes: Supreme Court Reiterates
The Supreme Court has reiterated that the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (HSA) does not apply to members of Scheduled Tribes.A Bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra set aside a direction issued by the Himachal Pradesh High Court, which had held that daughters in tribal areas of the State would inherit property in accordance with the Hindu Succession Act and not...
Supreme Court Monthly Digest September 2025
Citation 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 859 - 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 969 Advocates Act, 1961 - Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa filed a disciplinary complaint against an advocate alleging professional misconduct under Section 35 of the Advocates Act, 1961, for obtaining a consent decree without the knowledge of a party and suppressing material facts from the Court – Held, at the stage of...
Tests To Determine Employer-Employee Relationship In Cases Under Industrial Disputes Act, Factories Act Etc : Supreme Court Explains
In a significant judgment clarifying the principles governing the determination of employer–employee relationships, the Supreme Court discussed the tests to be applied while adjudicating disputes under legislations such as the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and the Factories Act, 1948.A Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Sandeep Mehta discussed the tests to determine...
'Genuine Cultivators Should Not Be Made To Suffer' : Supreme Court Declares Plantation Vested With Kerala Govt As Not Private Forest
“Genuine cultivators should not be made to fight a prolonged battle to vindicate rights that are apparent from the public records,” the Supreme Court observed while declaring that 37.5 acres of land in South Wayanad, cultivated with coffee and cardamom, is private plantation land and not a vested forest under the Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1971.A Bench of...