Doctrine of Anti-Parochial Classification in Service Benefits: Supreme Court affirms nation-wide portability of teaching experience for retirement benefits 1. Introduction The Supreme Court’s...
Elevating Notional Income for Student Victims & Refined Liability Apportionment Comprehensive Commentary on S. Mohammed Hakkim v. National Insurance Co. Ltd. (2025 INSC 905) 1. Introduction The...
“Commuting-Accident Doctrine” Under the Employees’ Compensation Act: Supreme Court Integrates Section 51E Logic Into EC Act Introduction The decision in Daivshala & Ors. v. Oriental Insurance Co....
“Doctrine of the Highest Bona-Fide Exemplar” Reaffirmed Comprehensive Commentary on Manohar & Others v. State of Maharashtra & Others (2025 INSC 900, Supreme Court of India, 28 July 2025) 1....
Administrative Exoneration as a Shield: Supreme Court Clarifies When Criminal Proceedings May Be Quashed at the Threshold 1. Introduction In Chirag Sen and Anr. etc. v. State of Karnataka (2025 INSC...
Bail after Supreme Court cancellation requires demonstrable “new circumstances”; generic Article 21, parity and jail-overcrowding grounds are insufficient—AJWAR v. WASEEM (2025 INSC 968) Introduction...
“Procedure as Handmaiden, not Mistress” – Post-Cognizance Amendment of Criminal Complaints Validated by the Supreme Court Introduction The Supreme Court in Bansal Milk Chilling Centre v. Rana Milk...
“Procedural Irregularity, Not Nullity” – The Bhatnagar Doctrine on Direct Recourse to Section 156(3) CrPC Introduction In Anurag Bhatnagar v. State (NCT of Delhi), 2025 INSC 895, the Supreme Court of...
Article 170(3) Trumps Reorganisation Statutes: The Supreme Court’s Delimitation Embargo Clarified 1. Introduction In K. Purushottam Reddy v. Union of India (2025 INSC 894) the Supreme Court of India...
Authority to Initiate Major Penalty Proceedings: Supreme Court Affirms Competence of Minor-Penalty Disciplinary Authority Union of India & Ors. v. R. Shankarappa, 2025 INSC 898 Introduction The...
Pleading-Based Limitation of Liability: Manjusha v. United India Assurance Co. Ltd. (2025) and the New Rule on Insurer Defences 1. Introduction Background: The case arises from a tragic...
The “Saha Guidelines” – Supreme Court’s New Framework on Student-Suicide Prevention & CBI Transfer of Sensitive Investigations 1. Introduction Sukdeb Saha v. State of Andhra Pradesh (2025 INSC 893)...
“The Rimjhim Ispat Doctrine” – Parallel Criminal Prosecution Survives Procedural Set-Aside of Departmental Adjudication under the Central Excise Act 1. Introduction M/s. Rimjhim Ispat Ltd. v. Union...
“Adjudication Cannot Be Short-Circuited” – Supreme Court Mandates Final Orders under Section 129(3) CGST Act Even After Voluntary Payment (M/S ASP Traders v. State of U.P., 2025) 1. Introduction The...
Supreme Court Re-affirms the “Public Property Doctrine” – Chronic Defaulters Cannot Seek Equitable Relief in Government Auctions Introduction In Tamil Nadu Housing Board v. S. Ganesan (2025 INSC 889)...
Strategic-Oversight Permanent Establishments: The Hyatt International Doctrine 1. Introduction In Hyatt International Southwest Asia Ltd. v. Additional Director of Income Tax (2025 INSC 891) the...
“One Shot at Quash” – Supreme Court Bars Successive Section 482 Petitions on Pre-Existing Grounds 1. Introduction In M.C. Ravikumar v. D.S. Velmurugan & Ors. (2025 INSC 888) the Supreme Court of...
“Fraud Unravels Everything” 2.0 – Supreme Court Re-emphasises Fraud as an Over-Riding Exception to the Doctrine of Merger (Commentary on Vishnu Vardhan @ Vishnu Pradhan v. State of Uttar Pradesh,...
“The Physical-Improbability Test” – Supreme Court’s New Benchmark for Assessing Related Eyewitness Testimony Commentary on Esakkimuthu v. State represented by the Inspector of Police, 2025 INSC 880...
Commentary on Khursheed Ahmad Chohan v. Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir (2025 INSC 876) 1. Introduction The Supreme Court’s decision in Khursheed Ahmad Chohan v. UT of J&K marks a watershed in...