“Complementary Validation” – Supreme Court Upholds Oral Family Settlement Ratified by a Registered Will Metpalli Lasum Bai (since dead) & Ors. v. Metpalli Muthaiah (D) by LRs, 2025 INSC 879 1....
Mandatory Victim Hearing & Heightened Scrutiny in Bail Matters under the SC/ST Act – A Commentary on X v. State of Bihar (2025 INSC 877) 1. Introduction The Supreme Court’s decision in X v. State of...
Specific Averments Required for Vicarious Liability of Non-Executive Directors under the Drugs & Cosmetics Act Commentary on Shailyamanyu Singh v. State of Maharashtra (2025 INSC 995) Introduction...
Sentencing Beyond the Statutory Minimum under the NDPS Act: Supreme Court Clarifies Judicial Discretion in Narayan Das v. State of Chhattisgarh (2025) 1. Introduction On 17 July 2025, the Supreme...
Doctrine of Total Abatement in Joint & Indivisible Decrees: Commentary on Suresh Chandra (Deceased) through LRs & Ors. v. Parasram & Ors. (2025 INSC 873) 1. Introduction On 18 July 2025, the Supreme...
“Permissive” Arbitration Clauses Are Not Arbitration Agreements: Detailed Commentary on BGM and M-RPL-JMCT (JV) v. Eastern Coalfields Limited (2025 INSC 874) 1. Introduction On 18 July 2025, the...
Supreme Court Strengthens Safeguards Against Criminalisation of Purely Civil Disputes – A Detailed Commentary on Mala Choudhary v. The State of Telangana (2025 INSC 870) 1. Introduction The Supreme...
Transparency in Bail: Supreme Court’s Directive on Mandatory Disclosure of Criminal Antecedents Commentary on Kaushal Singh v. State of Rajasthan (2025 INSC 871) 1. Introduction The decision in...
“Double-Presumption” Fortified: Supreme Court Tightens Proof Requirements in Corruption-Trap Cases Commentary on M. Sambasiva Rao v. State of Andhra Pradesh, 2025 INSC 868 1. Introduction M....
Sunita v. United India Insurance Co. Ltd. (2025): Supreme Court Affirms “Pay-and-Recover” Duty Even under Liability-Only Motor Policies 1. Introduction On 17 July 2025, the Supreme Court of India in...
“Holistic Suspicion” Test for Wills: Supreme Court Holds that Total Omission of Spouse and Reasons for Disinheritance, Coupled with Contextual Factors, Vitiates a Registered Will 1. Introduction The...
“Conciliation Unshackled, Arbitration Constrained” – The Supreme Court Crafts a Dual-Limitation Regime under Section 18 of the MSMED Act 1. Introduction The Supreme Court’s decision in M/s Sonali...
Justice, Equity & Gender Equality: The Supreme Court’s Recognition of Equal Inheritance Rights for Tribal Women A Comprehensive Commentary on Ram Charan & Ors. v. Sukhram & Ors., 2025 INSC 865 1....
Shiv Baran v. State of U.P. (2025 INSC 860): Supreme Court Re-affirms the “Stronger-than-Prima-Facie / No-Mini-Trial” Standard under Section 319 CrPC 1. Introduction The decision in Shiv Baran v....
Beyond the 13-Percent Ceiling: Supreme Court on the True Reach of Note 3, Regulation 55, and Judicial Self-Restraint in Electricity Tariff Matters 1. Introduction In The State of Himachal Pradesh v....
“Meaningful Scrutiny of Mitigation Reports Before Confirming a Death Sentence” Commentary on BYLURU THIPPAIAH @ NAYAKARA THIPPAIAH v. State of Karnataka (2025 INSC 862) 1. Introduction The Supreme...
Reaffirming the Two-Step “Rarest of Rare” Test & Mandatory Mitigation Inquiry – Commentary on Jai Prakash v. State of Uttarakhand (2025 INSC 861) I. Introduction In Jai Prakash v. State of...
“Temporary-Status Is Enough” – Supreme Court Unlocks Family Pension for Substitutes in Railway Service Introduction In Mala Devi v. Union of India & Ors., 2025 INSC 855, the Supreme Court of India...
Safeguarding Against Wrongful Capital Convictions: The Supreme Court’s Clarion Call in Baljinder Kumar @ Kala v. State of Punjab (2025) Introduction The decision of the Supreme Court of India in...
“ND” Equals Deemed Service: The New Rule on Registered Post Endorsements Commentary on Supreme Court Judgment in Krishna Swaroop Agarwal (Dead) through LRs v. Arvind Kumar, 2025 INSC 859 1....