Supreme Court Case Commentaries

Comparable Sales over Ready Reckoner and Equitable Mesne Profits on Purchase Price: Supreme Court clarifies Sections 26 and 28 of the RFCTLARR Act in Pradyumna Mukund Kokil v. Nashik Municipal Corporation (2025)

Date: Oct 16, 2025

Comparable Sales over Ready Reckoner and Equitable Mesne Profits on Purchase Price: Supreme Court clarifies Sections 26 and 28 of the RFCTLARR Act Case Comment on Pradyumna Mukund Kokil v. Nashik...

Hostile-Witness Declaration Must Be Exceptional; Mere Knowledge of Victim’s Caste Suffices Under Section 3(2)(v) SC/ST Act: Commentary on Shivkumar @ Baleshwar Yadav v. State of Chhattisgarh

Date: Oct 15, 2025

Hostile-Witness Declaration Must Be Exceptional; Mere Knowledge of Victim’s Caste Suffices Under Section 3(2)(v) SC/ST Act A detailed commentary on Shivkumar @ Baleshwar Yadav v. State of...

False Electrocution Narrative as an Additional Incriminating Link: Supreme Court Reaffirms Section 106 Burden and Appellate Interference with Acquittals in Domestic Homicide

Date: Oct 15, 2025

False Electrocution Narrative as an Additional Incriminating Link: Supreme Court Reaffirms Section 106 Burden and Appellate Interference with Acquittals in Domestic Homicide Introduction In State of...

Automatic Application of State Government Gratuity Ceilings to Assam Financial Corporation Employees through Regulation 107

Date: Oct 15, 2025

Automatic Application of State Government Gratuity Ceilings to Assam Financial Corporation Employees through Regulation 107 Case: THE ASSAM FINANCIAL CORPORATION LIMITED & ORS. v. BHABENDRA NATH...

Neutral-Auditor Compliance Model and Statutory Gratuity Interest in Contempt: Supreme Court’s Structured Enforcement Framework in Kachara Vahatuk Sharamik Sangh v. Ajoy Mehta

Date: Oct 14, 2025

Neutral-Auditor Compliance Model and Statutory Gratuity Interest in Contempt: Supreme Court’s Structured Enforcement Framework in Kachara Vahatuk Sharamik Sangh v. Ajoy Mehta Introduction In a...

Confidence-Restoring Interim CBI Transfer and the PIL-Routing Rule for SOP Petitions: Supreme Court’s Framework in the Karur Stampede Case

Date: Oct 13, 2025

Confidence-Restoring Interim CBI Transfer and the PIL-Routing Rule for SOP Petitions: Supreme Court’s Framework in the Karur Stampede Case Introduction This commentary analyzes the Supreme Court of...

Targeted Restoration After Quashed Land Acquisition: Supreme Court Limits Singur Relief to Vulnerable Cultivators, Bars Corporate Piggyback Claims

Date: Oct 13, 2025

Targeted Restoration After Quashed Land Acquisition: Supreme Court Limits Singur Relief to Vulnerable Cultivators, Bars Corporate Piggyback Claims Case: The State of West Bengal & Others v. M/s Santi...

Freezing of Embryos Marks Commencement of Surrogacy; Age Caps under the Surrogacy Act, 2021 Cannot Apply Retrospectively

Date: Oct 12, 2025

Freezing of Embryos Marks Commencement of Surrogacy; Age Caps under the Surrogacy Act, 2021 Cannot Apply Retrospectively Case: ARUN MUTHUVEL v. Union of India (with connected matters: WP(C) 331/2024;...

Article 233 Recast: In‑service Judicial Officers Now Eligible for Direct Recruitment as District Judges — Dheeraj Mor Overruled; Seven‑Year Combined Experience and Age 35 Minimum Mandated

Date: Oct 12, 2025

Article 233 Recast: In‑service Judicial Officers Now Eligible for Direct Recruitment as District Judges — Dheeraj Mor Overruled; Seven‑Year Combined Experience and Age 35 Minimum Mandated...

Rule 21 confined to merit-list preparation: Vocational-subject marks count toward eligibility; termination on a new ground without fresh notice violates natural justice

Date: Oct 12, 2025

Rule 21 confined to merit-list preparation: Vocational-subject marks count toward eligibility; termination on a new ground without fresh notice violates natural justice Case: Ravi Oraon v. State of...

AFT’s Substitution Power Clarified: Unauthorized Ammunition Possession May Be Punished under Section 63 (Army Act) When a Section 69 Civil Offence Fails

Date: Oct 12, 2025

AFT’s Substitution Power Clarified: Unauthorized Ammunition Possession May Be Punished under Section 63 (Army Act) When a Section 69 Civil Offence Fails Case: S.K. Jain v. Union of India, 2025 INSC...

Trust Need Not Be Arraigned Under Section 138 NI Act; Trustee–Signatory Can Be Prosecuted: Supreme Court in Sankar Padam Thapa v. Vijaykumar D. Agarwal (2025 INSC 1210)

Date: Oct 12, 2025

Trust Need Not Be Arraigned Under Section 138 NI Act; Trustee–Signatory Can Be Prosecuted Case: SANKAR PADAM THAPA v. VIJAYKUMAR DINESHCHANDRA AGARWAL | Citation: 2025 INSC 1210 | Court: Supreme...

Section 19 Empowers Commissioner to Fasten Joint and Several Liability on Insurer Under the Employees’ Compensation Act Where Risk Is Covered

Date: Oct 10, 2025

Section 19 Empowers Commissioner to Fasten Joint and Several Liability on Insurer Under the Employees’ Compensation Act Where Risk Is Covered 1. Introduction Alok Kumar Ghosh v. The New India...

Executability of a Specific-Plot Allotment Decree Despite Alleged Merger and Subsequent Construction; Court-May Order Removal of Non-Integral Encroachment

Date: Oct 10, 2025

Executability of a Specific-Plot Allotment Decree Despite Alleged Merger and Subsequent Construction; Court-May Order Removal of Non-Integral Encroachment Case: Prakash Namdeorao Dhage v. Ganpati s/o...

Illegality as to Essential Object Bars Specific Performance: Courts Cannot Rewrite Building-Law-Violative Construction Contracts via Section 12 SRA

Date: Oct 10, 2025

Illegality as to Essential Object Bars Specific Performance: Courts Cannot Rewrite Building-Law-Violative Construction Contracts via Section 12 SRA 1. Introduction Case: CANARA BANK v. K.L. RAJGARHIA...

Presumption of Electricity Theft under Section 39 (1910 Act) requires proof of “artificial means”; inference from consumption mismatch is insufficient — Mahaveer v. State of Maharashtra (2025 INSC 1206)

Date: Oct 9, 2025

Presumption of Electricity Theft under Section 39 (1910 Act) requires proof of “artificial means”; inference from consumption mismatch is insufficient Mahaveer v. State of Maharashtra, 2025 INSC 1206...

Security Bonds under Article 57 Require a Distinct Surety; Self‑Mortgages by the Principal Debtor Are Mortgage‑Deeds under Article 40 (M/s Godwin Construction Pvt. Ltd. v. Commissioner, Meerut Division, 2025 INSC 1207)

Date: Oct 9, 2025

Security Bonds under Article 57 Require a Distinct Surety; Self‑Mortgages by the Principal Debtor Are Mortgage‑Deeds under Article 40 Citation: 2025 INSC 1207 Case Title: M/S Godwin Construction Pvt....

Order XV-A (Bombay Amendment): Mandatory Interim Deposit of Contractual Licence Fee; Liquidated Damages Not Awardable Interim Without Evidence

Date: Oct 9, 2025

Order XV-A (Bombay Amendment): Mandatory Interim Deposit of Contractual Licence Fee; Liquidated Damages Not Awardable Interim Without Evidence 1. Introduction Case: ATUL J DOSHI v. PRAMUKH PROPERTIES...

COVID-19 Limitation Exclusion Applies to Written Statements in Commercial Suits; Non-filing of Written Statement Does Not Extinguish Right to Cross-Examination — Commentary on M/s Anvita Auto Tech Works Pvt. Ltd. v. M/s Aroush Motors & Anr., 2025 INSC 1202

Date: Oct 8, 2025

COVID-19 Limitation Exclusion Applies to Written Statements in Commercial Suits; Non-filing of Written Statement Does Not Extinguish Right to Cross-Examination Commentary on M/s Anvita Auto Tech...

Official Ticket Verification as Prima Facie Proof of Bona Fide Travel under Section 124-A: Supreme Court’s Burden-Shifting Clarification in Rajni v. Union of India

Date: Oct 8, 2025

Official Ticket Verification as Prima Facie Proof of Bona Fide Travel under Section 124-A: Supreme Court’s Burden-Shifting Clarification in Rajni v. Union of India Introduction The Supreme Court of...