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Individual Firms May Claim Proportionate Joint Venture Experience for Future Work Contracts When Bidding Independently: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India on Thursday, December 18, 2025, clarified that experience gained as a partner in a Joint Venture (JV) can be claimed proportionately by an individual entity bidding separately in future tenders. The Bench of Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan set aside the Chhattisgarh High Court’s…
Contradictions in Sole Eyewitness Testimony Prove Fatal to Prosecution; Four Accused Acquitted in Murder Case: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India on Thursday, December 18, 2025, acquitted four persons convicted of murder, holding that discrepancies in the testimony of the sole interested eyewitness made the evidence unreliable. The Bench of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi emphasized that a conviction cannot…
Unlike FIR, ED Can Update ECIR as Investigation Progresses: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday held that addendums to an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) are legally permissible. A Division Bench of Justice Chandra Dhari Singh and Justice Lakshmi Kant Shukla made this observation while hearing a petition filed by businessman…
After UP Police Fail, Court Asks Union of India Whether Central Agencies Can Trace ‘Fugitive’ Linked to 1984 Appeal: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday, December 18, 2025, expressed concern over the Uttar Pradesh Police’s inability to apprehend a fugitive in a decades-old criminal case. A Bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Sanjiv Kumar directed the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to explore whether Central Agencies could…
Man Acquitted in Daughter’s Murder Case Amid Marital Discord and Evidentiary Gaps: Karnataka High Court
The case involves the tragic death of a young woman named Ramya in December 2014 in Solakoppanahalli, Bengaluru. The appellant, Arun Kumar M, was accused of murdering Ramya along with other individuals. The initial complaint was filed as a kidnapping case by PW2, Mithra, mother of the victim. The case later escalated…
“Write Legibly or Get Orders Typed”; District Judges Again Directed to Sensitize Judicial Officers: Allahabad High Court ‘
The Allahabad High Court examined a bail application filed by Babbu alias Haider in connection with a 2018 attempt to murder case under Section 307 Indian Penal Code. The bail request was considered by Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal while reviewing the procedural conduct of the trial court along with the merits of…
Sexual Harassment FIRs Rendered Futile After Settlement; Trial Declared Meaningless: Gauhati High Court
The Gauhati High Court delivered an important judgment explaining the scope of Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 while deciding two connected criminal petitions involving allegations of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation between two college faculty members. The Court clarified when criminal…
Young Lawyers at Initial Stage of Practice in District Courts Struggle to Earn Adequate Income: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court recently dealt with a criminal revision petition highlighting the financial struggles faced by young lawyers at the beginning of their professional careers. The case arose from an order passed by the Family Court, Pilibhit, directing a practising junior advocate to pay monthly maintenance to…
Life Sentence Modified in Telangana Rape-Murder Case; SC/ST Act Conviction Set Aside for Want of Proof: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dealt with a criminal appeal arising out of a brutal rape and murder case that took place in Telangana in the year 2019. The incident occurred on 24 November 2019, when the victim, a woman earning her livelihood by selling utensils, was dropped by her husband near Yellapatar village in the…
Arbitration Route Upheld in APGENCO Dispute; Individual Consortium Member Can Trigger Process, Deeper Issues Left to Arbitral Tribunal: Supreme Court
A long-standing dispute related to the Rayalaseema Thermal Power Plant in Andhra Pradesh reached a crucial stage on Tuesday when the Supreme Court refused to block arbitration proceedings initiated by a single member of the consortium. The project involved an EPC contract awarded by Andhra Pradesh Power Generation…
