2025 INSC 802 Jan 2025
Kim Wansoo v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
The Supreme Court quashed an FIR registered under Sections 406, 420, 323, 504, 506 and 120-B IPC against a foreign national who was project manager of a sub-contractor, holding that the FIR…
Criminal / BNSConstitutional Law
2024 INSC 101119 Dec 2024
Ashok Verma v. The State of Chhattisgarh
The Supreme Court dismissed a special leave appeal against the concurrent conviction of the appellant-husband for the homicidal death of his wife, holding that his plea of alibi failed…
Criminal / BNSFamily / Matrimonial
2024 INSC 100819 Dec 2024
RAJEEV KUMAR UPADHYAY v. SRIKANT UPADHYAY & ORS
Disposing of a petition against a High Court stay of proceedings in a case where a woman was accused of witchcraft, disrobed and assaulted, the Supreme Court disapproved the mechanical,…
Criminal / BNSConstitutional Law
2024 INSC 100719 Dec 2024
P. MANIKANDAN v. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
The Supreme Court held that an appellate court exercising power under Section 386(b) of the Cr.P.C., 1973 may direct a retrial but not a reinvestigation of the same offence, and that a High…
Criminal / BNSConstitutional Law
2024 INSC 100619 Dec 2024
MANSOOR SAHEB (DEAD) & ORS v. SALIMA (D) BY LRS. & ORS
The Supreme Court held that under Mohammedan law an owner cannot partition his property among his heirs in his lifetime, since their rights arise only on his death, and that a valid hiba…
Property / Land
2024 INSC 100519 Dec 2024
TIRITH KUMAR & ORS v. DADURAM & ORS
The Supreme Court held that the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 cannot apply to members of a notified Scheduled Tribe absent a Central Government notification under Section 2(2), and that a…
Property / LandConstitutional Law
2024 INSC 100419 Dec 2024
SANJEEVKUMAR HARAKCHAND KANKARIYA v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS
The Supreme Court held that refund of court fees falls under Entry 3 of List II, so the refund scheme of the Maharashtra Court Fees Act, 1959 stands, and that the Court Fees Act, 1870…
Civil Procedure / CPCConstitutional Law
2024 INSC 86814 Nov 2024
RAMACHANDRA REDDY (DEAD) THR. LRS. & ORS v. RAMULU AMMAL (DEAD) THR. LRS
The Supreme Court held that a 1963 deed executed by family members in recognition of care and charitable work was a settlement deed supported by consideration, which need not be monetary,…
Property / LandCivil Procedure / CPC
2024 INSC 84607 Nov 2024
Ramji Lal Bairwa & Anr. v. State of Rajasthan & Ors.
The Supreme Court holds that a third party has locus under Article 136 to challenge an order quashing an FIR on a compromise, and that heinous and serious offences under the POCSO Act, such…
Criminal / BNSConstitutional Law