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Supreme Court Weekly Digest: November 21 - 30, 2025
Supreme Court Weekly Digest November 21 - 30, 2025 Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act, 1997 (Tamil Nadu) - Sections 7(2), 7(4) and 12 - Land Acquisition - Concluded Contract - Payment of Interest – Held, a concluded contract voluntarily entered into between the Government and the landowner/person interested for the determination of compensation under Section 7(2)...
Important MCQs Based On Latest Supreme Court Judgments For Law Examinations
Q 1. A's suit for specific performance of an agreement to sell land is dismissed by the Trial Court. A files a first appeal and simultaneously applies before the Appellate Court seeking an interim order of status quo to prevent B from creating third-party rights over the property during the pendency of the appeal. The Appellate Court refuses, holding that no interim relief can be granted once...
Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up: December 01, 2025 To December 07, 2025
JudgmentsProperty Transferred Prior To Filing Of Suit Cannot Be Attached Under Order 38 Rule 5 CPC: Supreme CourtCase Details: L.K. Prabhu @ L. Krishna Prabhu (Died) Through Lrs v. K.T. Mathew @ Thampan Thomas & Ors.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 1154The Supreme Court held that a property transferred through a registered sale deed prior to the filing of a suit cannot be subjected to...
Exception 4 To S. 300 IPC Won't Apply When Murder Happened In One-Sided Attack With No Mutual Exchange Of Blows : Supreme Cour
The Supreme Court observed that when an accused resorts to physical violence without any quarrel or reciprocal aggression from the deceased, the exception of culpable homicide not amounting to murder cannot be invoked to seek a reduced sentence. In the present case, the appellant had delivered a knife blow to an unarmed victim and sought the benefit of lesser punishment under Exceptions 2 and...
Supreme Court Monthly Round-Up: November 2025
Reports/JudgmentsArbitration | Objections To Arbitral Award Execution Maintainable Only If Decree Is Void Or Without Jurisdiction: Supreme CourtCause Title: MMTC Limited v. Anglo American Metallurgical Coal Pvt. LimitedCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 1060The Supreme Court (November 3) ruled against the stalling of the enforcement of an arbitral award at the execution stage, reiterating that...
CCS Pension Rules | Employee Who Resigned Not Entitled To Pension; Resignation Forfeits Past Service : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (December 9) ruled that resignation from the service forfeits the past services as per the Central Civil Service Pension Rules, making the employee ineligible to claim pensionary benefits.“the only inescapable conclusion is that on resignation by the employee, his past service stood forfeited. Hence, he will not be entitled to any pension.”, observed a bench...
Criminal Complaint Cannot Be Sustained For Issues Finally Adjudicated In Foreign Country : Supreme Court
Recently, the Supreme Court observed that a private criminal complaint is not sustained in the eyes of the law when, on the same issue, both the civil and criminal proceedings have been initiated in a foreign country, and the same has attained finality. Holding that the proceeding is an abuse of the process of law, it accordingly quashed it.A bench comprising Justice MM Sundresh and...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : December 12, 2025
Links to today's reports :I'm A Tough Person, Wrong To Think Anyone Can Browbeat Court By Social Media Commentary : CJI Surya KantDoctors Rose As Unwavering Heroes During Covid-19 Crisis; Their Sacrifice Indelible : Supreme CourtSupreme Court Stays Kerala High Court's Declaration That Munambam Land Isn't Waqf; Orders Status Quo'Something Wrong With Madras High Court': Supreme Court After...
Persons Who Accepted Compassionate Appointment To A Post Can't Later Claim They Should've Been Given Higher Post : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday (December 12) held that a person who has accepted a compassionate appointment cannot subsequently seek elevation by claiming that they ought to have been appointed to a higher post at the initial stage.The Court emphasised that compassionate appointments are an exception to the normal recruitment process and are meant to provide immediate relief to the family of...
Doctors Rose As Unwavering Heroes During Covid-19 Crisis; Their Sacrifice Indelible : Supreme Court
In the judgment holding that the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package: Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting COVID-19 covers doctors who were not formally requisitioned by the government, the Supreme Court reflected on the scale of the COVID-19 crisis and the role played by doctors and health workers.A bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice R Mahadevan said the pandemic's...