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Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up: December 01, 2025 To December 07, 2025
JudgmentsProperty Transferred Prior To Filing Of Suit Cannot Be Attached Under Order 38 Rule 5 CPC: Supreme CourtCase Details: L.K. Prabhu @ L. Krishna Prabhu (Died) Through Lrs v. K.T. Mathew @ Thampan Thomas & Ors.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 1154The Supreme Court held that a property transferred through a registered sale deed prior to the filing of a suit cannot be subjected to...
LiveLawBiz: Business Law Daily Round-Up: December 13, 2025
TAX GST | Non-Mentioning Vehicle Number In Part-B Of E-Way Bill Is Curable Defect: Karnataka High CourtGST Abolished Ad Tax, Doesn't Bar Municipal Licence Fees on Hoardings: Bombay High CourtDelhi High Court Flags Validity Of Reports In IGST Refund Denial On Export Of Mouth Fresheners/Pan Masala; Directs Expeditious ExaminationDelhi HC To Hear IndiGo's Plea For ₹900+ Crore IGST &...
Judgments Must Be Simple Enough for Citizens to Understand: CJI Surya Kant Warns Against 'Excessive Legal Jargon':
Inaugurating the West Zone Regional Conference on Saturday, the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Surya Kant urged the judiciary to consciously prune "excessive legal jargon" that creates a distance between justice and its stakeholders, asserting that judgments must be written in clear and accessible language.Delivering the keynote address, the CJI warned that justice, if "unreadable...
Exception 4 To S. 300 IPC Won't Apply When Murder Happened In One-Sided Attack With No Mutual Exchange Of Blows : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that when an accused resorts to physical violence without any quarrel or reciprocal aggression from the deceased, the exception of culpable homicide not amounting to murder cannot be invoked to seek a reduced sentence. In the present case, the appellant had delivered a knife blow to an unarmed victim and sought the benefit of lesser punishment under Exceptions 2 and...
Supreme Court Seeks Details Of Central & State Government Initiatives To Address Farmers' Distress Nationwide
The Supreme Court has directed the Additional Solicitor General to file a comprehensive report detailing the initiatives undertaken by the Union Government, State Governments, and other stakeholders to address the multiple factors that contribute to the persistent distress faced by farmers across the country.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya was hearing...
Supreme Court Monthly Round-Up: November 2025
Reports/JudgmentsArbitration | Objections To Arbitral Award Execution Maintainable Only If Decree Is Void Or Without Jurisdiction: Supreme CourtCause Title: MMTC Limited v. Anglo American Metallurgical Coal Pvt. LimitedCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 1060The Supreme Court (November 3) ruled against the stalling of the enforcement of an arbitral award at the execution stage, reiterating that...
CCS Pension Rules | Employee Who Resigned Not Entitled To Pension; Resignation Forfeits Past Service : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (December 9) ruled that resignation from the service forfeits the past services as per the Central Civil Service Pension Rules, making the employee ineligible to claim pensionary benefits.“the only inescapable conclusion is that on resignation by the employee, his past service stood forfeited. Hence, he will not be entitled to any pension.”, observed a bench...
LiveLawBiz: Business Law Daily Round-Up: December 12, 2025
TAXCustoms | Goods Cannot Be Confiscated Solely On Local Market Survey/Opinion Without Proof Of Smuggling: CESTAT AllahabadCENVAT Credit Rules | Storage Of Finished Goods Outside Factory Due To Space Constraints Covered Under Rule 2(l); Credit Cannot Be Denied: CESTATIncome Tax Disputes Before HCs Doubled In Value Over Past Four Financial Years: Govt Tells Rajya SabhaCustoms Act | Mens...
Criminal Complaint Cannot Be Sustained For Issues Finally Adjudicated In Foreign Country : Supreme Court
Recently, the Supreme Court observed that a private criminal complaint is not sustained in the eyes of the law when, on the same issue, both the civil and criminal proceedings have been initiated in a foreign country, and the same has attained finality. Holding that the proceeding is an abuse of the process of law, it accordingly quashed it.A bench comprising Justice MM Sundresh and...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Samajwadi Party Leader Arvind Kumar Singh's Plea Against SIR In Uttar Pradesh
The Supreme Court recently issued notice on the petition filed by Samajwadi Party leader Arvind Kumar Singh challenging special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh. Besides seeking quashing of the Election Commission's notification, Singh prays for a 3-month extension of the timelines prescribed for Enumeration, Updation of Control Table and Draft Roll and Final Publication...
Supreme Court Reserves Judgment In Wadhawan Brothers' Plea For Bail In DHFL Scam Case; Questions CBI Over National Housing Bank's Role
The Supreme Court recently reserved orders on the bail pleas of Kapil Wadhawan, ex-Chairman and Managing Director of Dewan Housing Finance Limited (DHFL), and his brother Dheeraj Wadhawan, ex-Director of DHFL, in the Rs.34000 crores bank fraud case registered by CBI on complaint of Union Bank of India.To recap, in the aforesaid 'scam', 17 banks were allegedly defrauded out of more than Rs...