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Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025 : Company, Competition & IBC Laws
Administrative Action - Judicial Review of - Statutory Authorities - Interplay with IBC Moratorium - Held that the constitutional jurisdiction of the High Court under Article 226 is not curtailed by Section 14 of the IBC - The High Court is competent to entertain a writ petition and direct statutory authorities to process a redevelopment proposal in favour of a new developer, even...
Vendor Is Necessary Party In Specific Performance Suits Even If He Has Transferred Property To Third Party: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court reaffirmed the settled legal position that the vendor is a necessary party in a suit for specific performance of an agreement to sell immovable property, even if he has transferred his interest in the property to a third party. “The law is thus settled that the vendor is a necessary party in a suit for specific performance of an agreement for sale, notwithstanding that vendor has transferred his interest in the subject matter of the agreement to a third party.”, observed a...
Supreme Court To Hear Plea Challenging Lifelong Immunity Given To Chief Election Commissioner & Election Commissioners
The Supreme Court today issued notice in a PIL challenging the immunity granted to the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioner under the CEC Act 2023. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a PIL by Lok Prahari challenging S.16 of The Chief Election Commissioner And Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service And Term of Office) Act, 2023. Notably, S.16 states: Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the...
Supreme Court To Hear Plea Seeking Exclusion Of Creamy Layer From SC/ST Reservations
The Supreme Court has agreed to consider the issue of whether reservations for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes should be implemented excluding the creamy layer. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a writ petition seeking exclusion of the creamy layer from SC/ST reservations in the country. The bench agreed to consider the matter and issued notice in the petition to the Union Government. The plea was tagged with another pending petition titled...
Justice SC Sharma Recuses From International Arbitration & Mediation Centre's Plea Challenging Cancellation Of Free Land Allotment
Justice Satish Chandra Sharma of the Supreme Court recently recused from hearing a plea filed by the International Arbitration and Mediation Centre (IAMC) against a Telangana High Court judgment that quashed the free allotment of government land in Hyderabad to the IAMC.A bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma directed that the special leave petition may be listed before a Bench of which Justice Sharma is not a member."The special leave petitions may be listed before a...
Supreme Court Appoints New Judge For Trial Of Coal Blocks Allocation Scam Cases
The Supreme Court today appointed judicial officer Ms Sunena Sharma to take over charge as the presiding Special Court Judge in the ongoing trials pertaining to the Coal block scam.The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing an application by the Delhi High Court seeking directions to relieve the presiding judge, Mr Sanjay Bansal, who has conducted the trial for over four and half years. The Court proceeded to observe :"The application has been moved, inter...
Sonam Wangchuk's Detention : Detaining Authority Didn't Apply Mind, Copy-Pasted SSP's Recommendation, Sibal Tells Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today(January 12) continued to hear arguments of petitioner Dr. Gitanjali Angmo, who has challenged the detention of the Ladakh social activist and her husband Sonam Wangchuk's under the National Security Act, 1980(NSA), as illegal. Wangchuk has been detained after the Ladakh protests for statehood turned violent since September 2025.A bench comprising Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice PB Varale has been hearing the matter. Today, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal(for Angmo)...