Advocates Act, 1961 — S. 24(1)(f) — Enrolment Fees: Charging of enrolment fees in excess of statutory stipulation under Advocates Act, 1961, not permissible. SBCs cannot charge enrolment fees beyond express mandate of S. 24(1)(f), [Gaurav Kumar v. Union of India, (2025) 1 SCC 641]
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Or. 39 R. 2(1) r/w S. 151 — Pre-trial ad interim injunction in defamatory suit by media platform/journalist against publication of a journalistic article: Test and relevant considerations for grant of pre-trial ad interim injunction in defamatory suit by media platform/journalist against publication of a journalistic article, recapitulated, [Bloomberg Television Production Services India (P) Ltd. v. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., (2025) 1 SCC 741]
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — S. 438 r/w Ss. 156 and 173 — Interim anticipatory bail — Grant of, with direction to co-operate with the investigation: Non-cooperation by the accused is one matter and the accused refusing to confess to the crime is another. Further held, there would be no obligation upon the accused that on being interrogated, he must confess to the crime and only thereafter, would the IO be satisfied that the accused cooperated with the investigation. Moreover, any confession made by the accused before a police officer, held, inadmissible in evidence and cannot even form a part of the record or the chargesheet, [Tusharbhai Rajnikantbhai Shah v. Kamal Dayani, (2025) 1 SCC 753]
Land Acquisition and Requisition — Acquisition for Company/Private party: Liability to pay compensation rests on transferor Company for whose benefit land was acquired, [Ultra-Tech Cement Ltd. v. Mast Ram, (2025) 1 SCC 798]
Mines and Minerals — Royalty — Mechanism for computation of royalty i.e. by inclusion of royalty, and contributions towards DMF and NMET paid previously: Validity of Explns. to R. 38 of MDR 2016 and R. 45(8)(a) of MCDR, 2017, providing mechanism for computation of royalty, affirmed. Explanations to R. 38 of the MCR, 2016 and R. 45(8)(a) of the MCDR, 2017 held, valid, being classificatory and not in derogation of main provisions, [Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Ltd. v. Union of India, (2025) 1 SCC 695]
Service Law — Recruitment Process — Eligibility criteria/conditions — Necessity of possessing statutory/advertisement qualification: Law re-clarified on scope of judicial interference in case of possession of higher qualification than stipulated for post, [Anoop M. v. Gireeshkumar T.M., (2025) 1 SCC 729]
Service Tax — Taxable Services — Banking and other financial services — Credit card services: Payment of service tax by acquiring bank (which acquires credit card slips from Merchant Establishment at whose premises it places its device “point of sale” or “PoS” machine) on the entire merchant discount rate (MDR), including that on share of issuing bank (which issues credit card) i.e. without the imposition of such obligation on issuing bank, not permissible, [CCE (GST) v. Citibank N.A., (2025) 1 SCC 750]
