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...

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 SCC 401, to observe that granting "no arrest" or "no coercive steps" orders while dismissing a quashing...

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...

Hardcore Criminals Exploiting Jurisdictional Loopholes In NCR States : Supreme Court Flags Issue

Jurisdictional Loopholes In Delhi-NCR Help Organised Criminals Exploit Inter-State Boundaries: Supreme CourtRaising serious concerns over jurisdictional gaps in the Delhi-NCR that allow organised criminals to game the criminal justice system, the Supreme Court of India on Friday flagged the urgent need for an effective legal mechanism to address inter-State complications that frequently...

S. 311 CrPC Power To Be Invoked Sparingly Only When Evidence Is Indispensable To Find Truth : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court set aside the Gujarat High Court's order allowing the prosecution to recall an 11-year-old girl under Section 311 CrPC, holding that the provision must be invoked sparingly and only where the evidence is indispensable for discovering the truth.Noting that the application was moved after the examination of 21 witnesses and at the fag end of the trial, without any explanation...

Supreme Court Monthly Digest- November 2025

Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act, 1997 (Tamil Nadu) - Sections 7(2), 7(4) and 12 - Land Acquisition - Concluded Contract - Payment of Interest – Held, a concluded contract voluntarily entered into between the Government and the landowner/person interested for the determination of compensation under Section 7(2) or Section 7(4) of the 1997 Act is a complete package...