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One -Time Settlement With Bank No Ground To Quash Loan Fraud Case; Society At Large Is Impacted: Supreme Court
Holding that economic offences undermine public interest far beyond the immediate financial loss to a bank, the Supreme Court has restored criminal proceedings against M/s Sarvodaya Highways Ltd. and its directors in a loan fraud case involving approximately ₹52.5 crore. The Court ruled that a one-time settlement (OTS) with the bank cannot justify quashing a prosecution where forged...
Supreme Court Closes Twitter India's Plea Against Multiple FIRs For Allegedly Promoting Tweet On Khalistan
The Supreme Court on Monday (December 8) disposed of a petition by the India arm of the microblogging site X (formerly Twitter), that sought clubbing of multiple FIRs lodged against it in several states for allegedly promoting a tweet on “Khalistan”.A bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma closed the plea in view of passage of time and absence of representation...
Catholic Bishops Conference Of India Approaches Supreme Court Challenging Rajasthan Anti-Conversion Law
The Supreme Court yesterday(December 8) issued notice on a writ petition filed by the Catholic Bishops Conference of India challenging the constitutionality of the provisions of the Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act, 2025. The Court tagged the matter with other similar writ petitions.It should be noted that notices have been issued in writ petitions M Huzaifa and Anr...
LiveLawBiz: Business Law Daily Round-Up: December 08, 2025
TAX Revenue Cannot Adjudicate Decade-Old SCNs On NPV Sales Tax Retention: Bombay High Court KeralaHigh Court Upholds Over ₹15 Lakh Motor Vehicle Tax Demand OnPuducherry-Registered Car Found Used In Kerala Customs| Bills Of Entry Cannot Be Reassessed After Clearance Merely To Claim Refund Based On Later SC Judgment: CESTAT Mumbai Sales Tax Discharged Through NPV Under State Incentive Scheme...
Supreme Court Moots Guidelines To Curb Insensitive Observations By Courts In Sexual-Offence Cases; Stays Allahabad HC Judgment
The Supreme Court today stayed the Allahabad High Court decision which held that grabbing the breasts of a minor girl, breaking the string of her pajama and trying to drag her beneath a culvert would not come under the offence of attempt to rape.The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing the matter. The bench observed the need for laying down guidelines for Courts...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : December 8, 2025
Links to reports published today :CJI Surya Kant Inaugurates Skill Development & Polytechnic Courses For Haryana Jail InmatesIndigo Crisis | 'Govt Of India Has Taken Cognisance, Timely Action Seems To Have Been Taken' : Supreme Court Refuses Urgent ListingSupreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Election Of Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah Over 'Election Freebies'Extraordinary Artistry'...
Article 226 | Writ Jurisdiction Can't Be Exercised To Question Economic Or Fiscal Reforms : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (December 8) upheld the authority of civic bodies to revise property tax rates, holding that such revisions cannot be challenged unless the procedure adopted is arbitrary or in clear violation of the governing statutory provisions. “The matters of tax revision fell squarely within the domain of the appellant-Corporation, and the High Court ought not to...
Testimony Cannot Be Rejected Solely Because Witness Is Declared Hostile, Consistent Portions Can Be Relied Upon : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (December 8) held that the testimony of a witness cannot be outrightly rejected solely by declaring a witness a hostile witness. The Court said that a portion of the testimony which is consistent with the case of the prosecution or defence may be accepted. A bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Augustine George Masih heard the case where the appellants...
Supreme Court Directs UP Police Officer Accused Of Anti-Muslim Remarks To Give Voice Sample; Quashes Case Against Man Who Flagged Audio
The Supreme Court today(December 8) quashed a criminal case against a man in Uttar Pradesh on finding that it was falsely lodged against him after he was proposing to initiate legal action over an audio clip in which the then Superintendent of Police, Bijnor, was allegedly heard making objectionable comments against Muslims.The bench comprising Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice K...
'Shocking Casualness', Supreme Court Slams UP Police As Officers, Counsel Clueless About Accused's Criminal Record
The Supreme Court came down heavily on the Uttar Pradesh Police for their casual handling of proceedings after it emerged that even the sub-inspector accompanying the accused had no knowledge of his criminal antecedents in a matter arising from a 1982 appeal against an Allahabad High Court judgment.The Bench also expressed surprise that the State's counsel appeared equally uninformed. When...
Supreme Court Stays Kerala HC Order Summoning Byju's Resolution Professional In Contempt Case Over Sale Of Subsidiaries
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Kerala High Court's orders which had directed issuance of show-cause notices and directed Byju's Resolution Professional Shailendra Ajmera, GLAS Trust representative Sunil Thomas, and Ernst and Young Chairman Rajiv Memani to personally appear before the High Court in contempt proceedings over the sale of Byju's foreign subsidiaries Epic! Creations Inc....