100 Important Supreme Court Judgments Of 2025 - Part 1 [1-25]

As part of its annual tradition, LiveLaw presents its curated list of the 100 most significant Supreme Court judgments of the year, a feature keenly awaited by our readers each year.The judgments have been selected on the basis of the following broad criteria:(i) their importance to the general public;(ii) their role in settling or clarifying contested questions of law; and(iii) their...

'Govt Cannot Act Contrary To Its Own Policy' : Supreme Court Quashes Naming Of Rajasthan Villages After Individuals

The Supreme Court has held that the State Government of Rajasthan acted in violation of its own binding policy by naming newly created revenue villages after private individuals, and restored a Single Judge order quashing such notifications.A Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice Alok Aradhe allowed an appeal filed by residents of village Sohda in Barmer district, setting aside a Division Bench judgment of the Rajasthan High Court which had upheld the creation of the revenue villages...

LiveLawBiz: Business Law Daily Round-Up: December 22, 2025

TAX Service Tax | Pairing & Testing Smart-Cards For Set-Top-Boxes Qualifies As Job Work: Bombay High Court Allows CreditCustoms Act | Penalty Cannot Be Sustained Solely On S. 108 Statements Without Compliance Of S. 138B: Kerala High CourtLevy Of Service Tax On 'Access To Amusement Facilities' Unconstitutional: Kerala High CourtNon-Filing Of ITR By Creditor Not Proof For Lack...

Mutation Of Revenue Records Can Be Carried Out Based On Will : Supreme Court

Mutation does not confer title and is done only for fisal purposes, the Court stated.

Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Prime Minister Offering 'Chadar' At Ajmer Sharif Dargah

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court against the extension of State-sponsored ceremonial honor and symbolic recognition to Islamic scholar and mystic Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti and/or the Ajmer Dargah by the Union and its instrumentalities. It also seeks stay on the offering of a chadar by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Ajmer Sharif dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti. The matter was mentioned today before a bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, but it refused to...

'Manifestly Perverse': Supreme Court Sets Aside HC Order Granting Bail To Accused Who Allegedly Murdered Witness While On Bail

The Supreme Court set aside the Madras High Court's order grant bail to the accused in a murder case, noting that the order granting bail was vitiated by perversity, arbitrariness and non-application of mind.A bench comprising Justices B.V. Nagarathna and R. Mahadevan was hearing an appeal against an order of the Madurai Bench of the High Court, which had granted bail to the accused in an attempt to murder case without considering that they were also accused of murdering a key eyewitness while...

Criminal Revision Filed By Informant Doesn't Abate On His Death; Other Victims Can Continue It : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that a criminal revision petition does not automatically abate upon the death of the revisionist, particularly when the revision is not filed by an accused but by an informant or victim. The Court clarified that in such cases, the revisional court has the discretion to continue examining the legality and propriety of the impugned order and may permit a victim to assist the court in furtherance of justice.A Bench comprising Justices Sanjay Karol and Manoj Misra set...

'Clever Move': Supreme Court Deprecates 'Package' Litigation Combining Bail Plea With Challenge To Constitutionality

The Court remarked that this was as a tactic adopted to bypass High Courts and the Trial Courts.

Supreme Court Slams Uttarakhand Authorities For Being Silent Spectators To Forest Land Grabbing; Says Thousands Of Acres Lost

"Shocking that authorities are sitting as silent spectators when forest land is being systematically grabbed infront of their eyes", noted the Court.

Supreme Court Stays Conviction Of NCP Leader Manikrao Kokate In 1995 Cheating Case, Restrains His Disqualification As MLA

"False declaration does not mean forgery. There's a fundamental error in the conviction", said Justice Bagchi.

S. 482 CrPC | HC Should Not Grant 'No Arrest' Protection & Set Investigation Deadlines While Refusing To Quash FIR : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court set aside the Allahabad High Court's order which while declining to quash an FIR, simultaneously imposed a fixed timeline for completion of investigation and protection from arrest to the accused until cognizance is taken.A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N. Kotiswar Singh referred to the decision of Neeharika Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Maharashtra, (2021) 19...

Supreme Court Weekly Digest December 1 - 10, 2025

Administrative Law – Illegality and Irrelevant Considerations – Executive instructions mandating unnecessary requirements for statutory benefits are illegal – The Supreme Court set aside a Government Memorandum requiring an additional recommendation from the Assistant Registrar for stamp duty exemptions for Cooperative Societies - Held, executive actions that impose...