Does a Government Circular Prohibiting Naming Revenue Villages After Individuals Bind the State and Invalidate Notifications Contravening It?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-015093-015093 – 2025 Diary Number 50629/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms Affirms Single Judge order dated 11.07.2025 Overrules Division Bench order dated 05.08.2025 in […]

Can Vague Matrimonial Disputes Constitute “Cruelty” Under Section 498A IPC and Dowry Prohibition Act to Defeat a Quashing Petition Under Section 482 CrPC?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number – 0 Diary Number 47072/2023 Judge Name HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA Bench HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA and R. MAHADEVAN Overrules / Affirms Overrules the High Court’s refusal to quash its own proceedings Type of Law Criminal law Questions of Law Whether vague, […]

Can mutation of land records under Section 110 of the MPLRC be based on a registered will?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-015077-015077 – 2025 Diary Number 41857/2024 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms Overrules the Madhya Pradesh High Court decision in Ranjit v. Nandita Singh (2021 […]

Does a decree for specific performance become inexecutable for minor delays in deposit of the balance sale consideration, or can courts overlook hyper-technical defaults when readiness and willingness are evident?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-015069-015069 – 2025 Diary Number 35407/2022 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE NONGMEIKAPAM KOTISWAR SINGH Precedent Value Binding authority Overrules / Affirms Affirms and clarifies existing precedents; overrules the High Court’s hyper-technical interpretation […]

Can High Courts Impose Time-Bound Investigations and Grant Interim Protection from Arrest When Declining to Quash an FIR?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-005610-005610 – 2025 Diary Number 56410/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE NONGMEIKAPAM KOTISWAR SINGH Precedent Value Binding authority on High Courts in exercise of writ jurisdiction under Article 226 and inherent powers […]

Are Executive Policy Circulars Binding on the State in Naming Revenue Villages under Section 16 of the Rajasthan Land Revenue Act?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-015093-015093 – 2025 Diary Number 50629/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE Precedent Value Binding on subordinate courts; authoritative on executive policy binding nature Overrules / Affirms Affirms Single Judge order […]

Can vague matrimonial discord and financial control alone constitute “cruelty” under Section 498A IPC and Sections 3 & 4 DP Act, barring quashing under Section 482 CrPC?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number – 0 Diary Number 47072/2023 Judge Name HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA Concurring or Dissenting Judges R. Mahadevan J. (concurring) Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing precedent Type of Law Criminal law – criminal procedure & matrimonial offences Questions of Law Whether […]

Can a High Court, in Criminal Appeals, Lawfully Reverse an Acquittal on Strong Ocular and Circumstantial Evidence Despite Minor Contradictions?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-002030 of 2022 Diary Number 32136/2021 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH Type of Law Criminal Law—Appeal under Section 374(2) CrPC; Offences under Sections 302 read with 34, 148, 341 […]

Does the MP Land Revenue Code Permit Mutation of Land Records on the Basis of a Testamentary Will?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-015077-015077 – 2025 Diary Number 41857/2024 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN Precedent Value Binding on all courts Overrules / Affirms Overrules MP High Court decision in Ranjit v. Nandita Singh […]

Can a specific performance decree be executed after the time fixed by the decree when the balance consideration is paid late but readiness and willingness to perform exist under Section 28 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-015069-015069 – 2025 Diary Number 35407/2022 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE NONGMEIKAPAM KOTISWAR SINGH Precedent Value Clarifies scope for extending decree timelines under Section 28; reaffirms doctrine of merger principles Overrules / […]

Does Section 6(2)(f) of the Passports Act Constitute an Absolute Bar to Passport Renewal When Criminal Courts Have Granted Conditional Permission under GSR 570(E)?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number C.A. No.-015096-015096 – 2025 Diary Number 34940/2025 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms Overrules the Division Bench judgment dated 04.04.2025 in APOT No. 215 of 2024 […]

Can High Courts Quash Section 138 NI Act Complaints by Assessing Debt Discharge Despite Section 139 Presumption?

  Summary Category Data Court Supreme Court of India Case Number Crl.A. No.-005588-005588 – 2025 Diary Number 32336/2019 Judge Name HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA Bench HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA; HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN Precedent Value Binding Overrules / Affirms Affirms existing precedent Type of Law Criminal (Negotiable Instruments Act) Questions of Law […]