Complete Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest 2025 [Part-3]

JudiciaryConstitution of India, Article 142 - Writ petition seeking guidelines for judicial recusal - Held, recusal is a matter of judicial discretion and Article 142 cannot be invoked to frame such guidelines. Chandraprabha v. Union of India, 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 648Constitution of India - Referring to any court as a "Lower Court" or its records as "Lower Court Record" (LCR) is contrary to...

Stamp Duty Relief For Co-operative Societies Cannot Be Conditioned On Extra Verification Not Mandated By Law : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday (December 5) struck down a Jharkhand Government Memo that required cooperative societies to obtain an Assistant Registrar's recommendation before claiming stamp duty exemption under Section 9A of the Indian Stamp (Bihar Amendment) Act for registering property transfers to their members. “The requirement of recommendation by the Assistant Registrar, Cooperative Society as a pre-condition for registering an instrument transferring premises of a cooperative society in...

Candidate Can't Be Disqualified Merely For Not Having Degree Title If Core Subject Was Studied : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that when a candidate has studied the requisite principal subject as part of their curriculum, their candidature cannot be rejected solely on the ground that their degree is in a different specialisation. A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Vipul M. Pancholi reinstated the appointment of an M. Com (Commerce) graduate as a Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant, a post requiring a postgraduate degree in Statistics, whose services were terminated solely because he did not...

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : December 5, 2025

Supreme Court news reports of today.

Supreme Court Refers 'Bharat Drilling' Judgment' To Larger Bench For Clarity Whether Prohibited Claims Bind Arbitral Tribunals

The Supreme Court on Friday referred its 2009 judgment in Bharat Drilling and Foundation Treatment Private Limited versus State of Jharkhand (2009) 16 SCC 705. to a larger bench, observing that the ruling has been repeatedly and incorrectly relied upon to dilute prohibitory clauses in government contracts. A bench of Justice P S Narasimha and Justice A S Chandurkar said the earlier decision...

Supreme Court Doubts Verdict Which Held Mere Inconvenience Of Parties As No Ground To Transfer Criminal Case

The Supreme Court has cast doubt on its recent judgment in Shri Sendhur Agro & Oil Industries vs. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd which held that "mere convenience or inconvenience of the parties may not by itself be sufficient enough to pray for transfer" of a criminal case from one state to another as per Section 406 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant(as he...

NEET-UG : Supreme Court Grants Relief To TN Students Who Lost MBBS Seats After Missing Fee Payment Deadline

The Supreme Court today (December 5) granted relief to three NEET-UG candidates from Tamil Nadu who had lost their MBBS seats after failing to complete the fee payment within the stipulated time owing to technical glitches.A bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice AS Chandurkar permitted the students to make the payment by Wednesday (December 10), thereby restoring their chance to...

S. 32(1) Evidence Act | Imminent Death Not A Precondition For Treating Statement As Dying Declaration : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday (December 4), while restoring the summons to the deceased's in-laws in the shooting case, held that the mere fact that death was not imminent at the time of recording the statement does not render a dying declaration irrelevant. The bench comprising Justices Sanjay Karol and N Kotiswar Singh heard the case where the appellant lodged an FIR after his deceased...

'Appalling' : Supreme Court Expresses Shock At 2-Year Custody Of UAPA Accused Without Chargesheet; Grants Bail

"How can you keep someone in custody for 2 years without chargesheet?", remarked Justice Sandeep Mehta.

While Deciding S.319 CrPC Application, Court Not Required To Test Credibility Of Evidence : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday (December 4) set aside the Allahabad High Court's refusal to summon the deceased's in-laws as additional accused, stressing that courts cannot conduct a mini-trial or assess witness credibility while deciding an application under Section 319 CrPC. “At the stage of deciding the application under Section 319 CrPC, the Court is not required to test the credibility...

High Court Should Not Grant Pre-Arrest Bail While Refusing To Quash FIR; Accused Must First Apply For Such Bail To Sessions Court: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently reiterated that High Courts cannot grant pre-arrest bail to the accused while refusing to quash the FIR registered against them. It also observed that at the first instance, the relief of pre-arrest bail must be sought by the accused from the Sessions Court."It cannot be denied that provisions of pre-arrest bail are applicable in the State of Uttar Pradesh. Hence,...

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : December 4, 2025

Links to today's reportsParent's Work-From-Home Status Alone Cannot Determine Child Custody : Supreme CourtUsing AI In Judiciary Is Not About Creating Robotic Judges; Justice ManmohanS. 354C IPC | Taking Photos Or Videos Of Woman When She's Not Engaged In Private Acts Won't Amount To Voyeurism : Supreme Court'Govt Already Addressing Misuse Of AI-Generated Content' : Supreme Court Disposes Of...