Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025 - Lok Adalat

Adalat Code of Civil Procedure, 1908; Order XXI Rules 97, 99, and 101 — Powers of Executing Court regarding Lok Adalat Awards — Held, while these provisions enable an Executing Court to address incidental questions during execution (such as the extent of enforceability against a person in possession), they do not authorize the court to examine the validity of the award itself...

Tripura Student's Tragic Death: Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Recognition Of 'Racial Slur' As Hate Crime & Guidelines To Tackle Discrimination

Following the tragic death of a 24-year old student subjected to a racial attack in Dehradun over his north-eastern appearance, a public interest litigation has been initiated before the Supreme Court to address racial discrimination and violence against Indian citizens from north-eastern states and other frontier regions of India.The plea, filed by Advocate-on-Record Anoop Prakash Awasthi,...

Sorry State Of Sanitation In Uttar Pradesh's Courts For Women

Beneath the solemn domes and echoing corridors of Uttar Pradesh's district courts and tribunals, where the fundamental rights of citizens are passionately defended, lies a silent, shameful contradiction. While legal minds debate the finer points of Article 21 of the Constitution—the Right to Life and Personal Liberty—a stark violation of those very right festers within the court premises, i.e. the deplorable state of public toilets.For the women who serve and seek justice here—lawyers,...

Supreme Court Introduces SOP Mandating Timelines For Oral Arguments To Streamline Hearings

Aiming at improving court management and speedy disposal of cases, the Supreme Court has issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) prescribing strict timelines for the submission and conduct of oral arguments in all post-notice and regular hearing matters.Mandatory Timelines for Oral Arguments Needs To Be Stated In Advance Under the new SOP, Senior Advocates, arguing counsel,...

LiveLawBiz: Business Law Daily Round-Up: December 29, 2025

TAX APVAT | Value Added Tax Not Leviable On Offshore Sales Beyond Territorial Waters: Andhra Pradesh High CourtIncome Tax Act | Delhi High Court Sets Aside Reassessment Against MakeMyTrip Over ₹50 Crore Receipt, Cites Vague S.148A NoticesBombay High Court Upholds 18% Interest Levy On Delayed VAT Payment, Says Interest Levied Automatically Once Payment Is DelayedPunjab & Haryana High...

Tenant Cannot Dictate Landlord Should Choose Another Property To Start Business: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that a tenant cannot dictate to a landlord which accommodation should be treated as suitable for the landlord's bona fide requirement, nor can the tenant insist that the landlord start a business from some other premises suggested by the tenant.Allowing an appeal filed by the landlord, the Court set aside a Bombay High Court order which had overturned...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025 - Advocates & Bar Councils

Advocate A right of an Advocate to appear for a party and to practice in the courts is coupled with the duty to remain present in the court at the time of hearing, and to participate and conduct the proceedings diligently, sincerely, honestly and to the best of his ability. Rights and duties are two sides of the same coin, and they are inherently connected with each other....

'You're Forgetting It Was Judiciary That Convicted Him': CJI Surya Kant On Allegations Against HC Judges Over Bail To Kuldeep Singh Sengar

"Don't try to browbeat the system. We have some of the finest judges, but there can be inadvertent errors", said the CJI.

'Constable Is Public Servant, But Not MP/MLA?' Supreme Court Questions Kuldeep Sengar's Plea Against Aggravated Charge In Unnao Rape Case

In CBI's plea challenging grant of bail to Unnao rape accused-Kuldeep Sengar, the Supreme Court today expressed concern about accepting an argument that a constable or a patwari is a 'public servant' for the purposes of the POCSO Act but not an elected Member of Legislative Assembly.For context, Sengar, who was an MLA at the time of Unnao rape incident, contests a charge of aggravated...

Supreme Court Keeps In Abeyance Its Aravalli Hills Judgment, To Set Up Fresh Expert Committee

In a suo motu case initiated over concerns surrounding revised definition of Aravalli Hills, the Supreme Court on Monday (December 29) has kept in abeyance its earlier directions concerning the change in definition of Aravalli Hills, after expressing concern that the expert committee report and the Court's observations were being misconstrued.A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant,...

BREAKING | Supreme Court Stays Delhi HC Order Granting Bail To Kuldeep Sengar In Unnao Rape Case

The Supreme Court today stayed the Delhi High Court order suspending sentence awarded to former Uttar Pradesh MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar and granted him bail during the pendency of his appeal against conviction in the Unnao rape case.A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice AG Masih passed the order, while issuing notice on pleas challenging the Delhi...

SHANTI And The Paradox Of Peace In Nuclear Law [Part-II]

[This article is the concluding part of a two-piece examination of the SHANTI Act. Part I analysed the law through the lens of liability, justice delivery, institutional trust and the legacy of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010. Part II turns to the material realities that shape nuclear policy regardless of ownership—capital costs, timelines, international safeguards, fuel geopolitics and climate imperatives—to assess the limits within which legislative choices...