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Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025: Commercial Courts Act, 2015
Arbitrability of Trademark Disputes – Dispute between two factions of a Coimbatore-based family over the "Sri Angannan Biriyani Hotel" trademark. The petitioner filed a civil suit seeking a permanent injunction and ₹20 lakhs in damages for alleged trademark infringement. The respondent invoked an arbitration clause in the Trademark Assignment Deed, leading to referral to arbitration...
Validly Concluded Auction Cannot Be Cancelled Merely To Seek Higher Bids Later: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently held that once a person is declared the highest bidder in an auction for a plot, it crystalises the future rights and obligations between the parties. The bidding authority then has a duty to issue the allotment letter, and expectation of a higher bid in a subsequent auction can't be a reason to cancel an auction held in accordance with law, as it would amount to cancelling the auction based on irrelevant considerations and therefore, arbitrary, whimsical and...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : January 7, 2026
Links to today's reports :We Have Constitutional Duty To Ensure Electoral Rolls Don't Have Foreigners; SIR Isn't NRC : ECI To Supreme Court'Rules Of Game Can't Be Changed Midway' : Supreme Court Sets Aside Midway Criteria Change In BPSC Asst. Engineer RecruitmentExoneration In Disciplinary Proceedings Doesn't Bar Criminal Prosecution On Same Charge In All Situations : Supreme CourtJudge Can't...
Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025: Contempt of Court
Allegations against Court Order - Applicants alleged that the Court recorded a statement/consent in its order dated 17th May 2024, which was not made by their counsel, amounting to an imputation against the Court. The Court deprecated such reckless allegations, emphasizing trust in counsel's statements and warning that such claims may necessitate affidavits to verify counsel's...
Power To Condone Delay Lies Only With Courts, Not Tribunals Unless Statute Expressly Permits: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 7) reiterated that the Company Law Board or Tribunal cannot condone delays in filing appeals unless the law expressly grants them such power, clarifying that the authority to condone delay lies with courts and not with quasi-judicial bodies unless specifically provided under their governing framework. “The provisions of the (Limitation) Act, 1963…would only apply to suits, applications or appeals, as the case may be, which are made under any law to...
State Must Abandon Colonial Mindset : Supreme Court Criticises Governments Retracting Assurances To Industries
The Supreme Court strongly criticised the States for moving back on its promises to investors, holding that industrial incentive policies must be interpreted liberally and purposively, and that the State cannot evade its commitments through technicalities or retrospective amendments, as such conduct erodes investor confidence and defeats the very purpose of industrial policies. “Where the Government has offered an incentive of exemption to a new industry, and where an industry has been...
Judge Can't Be Presumed To Be Biased Merely Because Litigant's Relative Is Police Constable Or Court Staff: Supreme Court
In a significant ruling on transfer petitions grounded on allegations of bias, the Supreme Court on January 6 set aside an order of the Telangana High Court transferring a criminal case from Sangareddy to Hyderabad, holding that such allegations cannot be sustained merely on the basis of the official positions held by relatives of a litigant.A bench comprising Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah...
Exoneration In Disciplinary Proceedings Doesn't Bar Criminal Prosecution On Same Charge In All Situations : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that exoneration of a public servant in departmental disciplinary proceedings does not automatically warrant quashing of a criminal prosecution, particularly in corruption cases arising from trap proceedings, reiterating that the two processes operate independently and on different standards of proof.A Bench comprising Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice K...
'Rules Of Game Can't Be Changed Midway' : Supreme Court Sets Aside Midway Criteria Change In BPSC Asst. Engineer Recruitment
Reaffirming that the “rules of the game cannot be changed midway”, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 6) set aside the Patna High Court's decision which had upheld the State Government's mid-process amendment of recruitment rules, a move that adversely affected candidates who had qualified under the written examination. A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi allowed the...
Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025: Contract Act, 1872
Contractual Terms v. Statutory Mandates - Contractual terms, such as an arbitration clause, cannot override statutory mandates - If a statute designates a specific forum for adjudication, parties cannot, by mutual agreement, confer jurisdiction on an alternate forum - therefore, a clause providing for private arbitration is void ab initio in the context of a works contract governed by...