July 26, 2025 In Advovacy, Blog

SUPREME COURT REITERATES: SECOND QUASHING PETITION IS NOT MAINTAINABLE ON GROUNDS ALREADY AVAILABLE DURING THE FIRST PETITION

In a significant reaffirmation of legal principles governing criminal procedural law, the Supreme Court on July 23, 2025, in the case titled M.C. Ravikumar v. D.S. Velmurugan & Ors. (SLP (Criminal) No. 12715 of 2022),…

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July 26, 2025 In Advovacy, Blog

SUPREME COURT CLARIFIES: ENTIRE APPEAL WILL ABATE IF LEGAL HEIRS OF DECEASED PARTY IN A JOINT DECREE ARE NOT SUBSTITUTED IN TIME

INTRODUCTION In a significant pronouncement on July 18, 2025, the Supreme Court of India, in the case of Suresh Chandra (Dead) through LRs Vs Parasram (SLP (C) Nos.15900-15902/2022) (Justices Manoj Mishra and P.N Narsimha) reiterated…

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July 26, 2025 In Advovacy, Blog

FRAUD VITIATES DOCTRINE OF MERGER: SUPREME COURT ALLOWS APPEAL AGAINST TAINTED HIGH COURT ORDER

In a significant ruling on July 23, 2025, in the case of Vishnu Vardhan@ Vishnu Pradhan Vs State of Uttar Pradesh (Civil Appeal No. 7777 of 2023)(Justice Dipankar Dutta, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal…

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July 19, 2025 In Advovacy, Blog

SC OBSERVES PENSION CANNOT BE CURTAILED ARBITRARILY, MUST FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE

INTRODUCTION: The Hon’ble Supreme Court, on 15.07.2025, delivered a thoughtful and empathetic Judgment. The Bench comprising of Justice P.S Narasimha and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, in the case of Vijay Kumar v. Central Bank of India…

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July 19, 2025 In Advovacy, Blog

SUPREME COURT CLARIFIES: A COMPANY AS A LEGAL ENTITY CAN FILE AN APPEAL AS A VICTIM UNDER SECTION 372

BRIEF FACTS In its recent decision in Asian Paints Ltd. v. Ram Babu & Anr. (SLP (Criminal) No. 9888 of 2024, decided on 14 July 2025), the Supreme Court of India, comprising Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah…

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July 19, 2025 In Advovacy, Blog

EXCLUSION OF NATURAL HEIRS FROM A WILL: SUPREME COURT REITERATES NEED FOR CLOSER SCRUTINY IN WILL THAT DENIES NATURAL HEIRS RIGHTS

BRIEF FACTS The Supreme Court, in the case of Gurdial Singh (Dead Through LR) Vs Jagir Kaur (Dear through LR) (Civil Appeal No. 3509-3510 of 2010) (Decided on 17.07.2025) (Decided by Justice Sanjay Karol and…

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July 19, 2025 In Advovacy, Blog

SUPREME COURT HOLDS THAT PROOF OF TENANCY BEFORE MORTGAGE MUST BE ESTABLISHED TO CLAIM PROTECTION AGAINST EVICTION UNDER SARFAESI ACT

On July 15, 2025, in an important Judgment that clarifies the legal standing of tenants under the SARFAESI Act, 2002, the Supreme Court ruled that tenants who fail to establish their tenancy prior to the…

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July 5, 2025 In Advovacy, Blog

SUPREME COURT CLARIFIES SCOPE OF U.P. GANGSTERS ACT: SINGLE INCIDENT OF COMMUNAL VIOLENCE NOT SUFFICIENT TO INVOKE DRACONIAN STATUTE

INTRODUCTION In a significant Judgment aimed at curbing the overreach of preventive detention laws, the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Lal Mohd. & Anr. v. State of U.P. & Ors. [SLP (Criminal) No. 6607 of 2023,…

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June 14, 2025 In Advovacy, Blog

PRESUMPTION CANNOT REPLACE PROOF: SUPREME COURT ON THE LIMITS OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL TRIALS

The Hon’ble Supreme Court, in the case of Vaibhav v. State of Maharashtra (Criminal Appeal No. 1463 of 2012, decided on 04.06.2025), acquitted a student previously convicted of murdering his friend, holding that the prosecution…

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