Supreme Court Monthly Digest | August 2025

Index: Supreme Court Judgments Ready Reckoner (For Judiciary & UPSC Prep)| August 2025

Criminal Law & Procedure

1. Juvenility Claims Need Statutory Proof, Not Oral School Records – Suresh v. State of U.P.

2. Cognizance = Duty to Summon All Prima Facie Offenders – Kallu Nat v. State of U.P.

3. Rape Conviction Can Rest on Survivor’s Sole Credible Testimony – Deepak Kumar Sahu v. State of Chhattisgarh

4. Incest = Institutional Betrayal; Life Term Upheld – Bhanei Prasad v. State of H.P.

5. Conviction Can’t Rest on Conjecture; Mother Acquitted in Child Death – Shail Kumari v. State of Chhattisgarh

6. HC Must Liberally Suspend Sentence in Fixed-Term Convictions – Aasif v. State of U.P.

7. Murder Conviction Crumbles After 26 Years: Flawed Weapon Recovery + Family Rift – Shyam Kali Dubey v. State of M.P.

8. HC & Sessions Court Have Concurrent Anticipatory Bail Powers – Manjeet Singh v. State of U.P.

9. Confessional FIR Can’t Be Sole Basis of Conviction – Narayan Yadav v. State of Chhattisgarh

10. Accused’s Explanation Under Sec.313 Can Tilt Corruption Case Outcome – Mini v. CBI

11. Extra-Judicial Confession Alone Insufficient for Conviction – Shanti Devi v. State of Haryana

12. DNA Without Chain of Custody = ‘Trash Paper’; 2012 Rape-Murder Acquittal – Putai v. State of U.P.

13. 8-Year Illegal Detention in Jail: SC Slams MP Govt – Sohan Singh v. State of M.P.

14. 43 Adjournments in Bail = Liberty Violation – Ramnath Mishra v. CBI

15. HC Wrongly Freed Groom’s Family in Dowry Case; SC Restores Prosecution – Krishnakant Kwivedy v. State of Chhattisgarh

16. Murder Bail Can’t Be Granted to Help Accused Gather Evidence – Irfan v. State of U.P.

17. No Child Abuse in Single School Bag Hit – Santosh Sahadev Khajnekar v. State of Goa

18. Prolonged Cohabitation = Presumption of Marriage – Chowdamma v. Venkatappa

Family & Matrimonial

19. Post-Divorce FIRs Can Be Quashed in ‘Appropriate Cases’ – Navneesh Aggarwal v. State of Haryana

20. Marriage Dissolved After 15 Years Separation; ₹1.25 Cr Alimony Fixed – A Renjithkumar v. E Kavitha

21. Divorce Decree Upheld; Alimony Raised to ₹50 Lakh – M.V. Leelavathi v. Dr. C.R. Swamy

22. ‘Mother Can’t Kill Infant’; Filicide Conviction Overturned – Neelam Kumari v. State of H.P.

Service Law & Equality

23. 50% Cap on Women in Army JAG = Unconstitutional – Arshnoor Kaur v. Union of India

24. Mass Appointments: Courts Must Use Severability, Not Blanket Cancellation – Pawan Kumar Tiwary v. JSEB

25. UP Daily Wagers Regularised; Budget No Excuse – Dharam Singh v. State of U.P.

Motor Vehicles & Compensation

26. Larger Bench to Decide If Owners Get Sec.163A ‘No-Fault’ Compensation – Wakia Afrin v. National Insurance

27. NRI Accident Death: Future Prospects Rule Applied, Compensation Enhanced – Kulwinder Kaur v. Prashant Sharma

28. Victim in Vegetative State: Compensation Restored & Enhanced to ₹82.8 Lakh – Kavin v. P. Sreemani Devi

Constitutional & Regulatory

29. Pre-Independence Docs Trump ‘Affinity Test’ in ST Status Cases – Yogesh Madhav Makalwad v. State of Maharashtra

30. Dropped PILs Don’t Bar Fresh Litigation; Res Judicata Inapplicable – Satish Chandra Maharana v. UOI

31. SIT Headed by Justice Chelameswar to Probe Vantara Allegations – C.R. Jaya Sukin v. UOI

32. Proprietorship = Not Juristic Person; Can Be Sued, Can’t Sue – Dogiparthi Venkata Satish v. Pilla Durga Prasad

33. SC Orders BCI Probe into ‘Ghost Lawyer’ Appearances – Bipin Bihari Sinha v. Harish Jaiswal

34. Expert Appellate Body Needed for Major Port Tariffs – Paradip Port Authority v. Paradeep Phosphates

Arbitration & Company Law

35. NCLAT Cannot Waive Mandatory Filing of Certified Order Copy – Ashdan Properties v. DSK Global

36. Arbitration Limitation Clock Starts Post-Sec.33 Disposal – Geojit Financial Services v. Sandeep Gurav

37. Bombay HC Erred by Reviving Appeal After 5,250-Day Delay – Sethia Infra v. Mafatlal Kothari

38. Visible Interpolation in Docs Doesn’t Always Require Expert Opinion – Syed Basheer Ahmed v. Tinni Labs

Tax & Commercial

39. Parallel GST Proceedings by Multiple Authorities Barred – Armour Security v. CGST Delhi East

40. Provisional Attachment Under GST Can’t Be Used as Recovery Tool – Kesari Nandan Mobile v. State Tax Dept.

Environmental & Miscellaneous

41. NGT’s ₹50 Cr Fine Quashed; Penalty Must Link to Actual Pollution – C.L. Gupta Exports v. Adil Ansari