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Supreme Court March 2025 Roundup
Legal RoundUpSupreme Court Roundups

As March comes to a close, it’s time to reflect on the significant judgments, orders, and developments from the Supreme Court. This roundup provides an overview of the top stories, important cases, and key updates that made headlines this month. It also highlights some never-before-reported judgments, notable cases from SCC Weekly, a “Know Thy Judge” feature, as well as appointments and transfers by the Supreme Court.

High Court Weekly Roundup
High Court Round UpLegal RoundUp

A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.

2025 SCC Vol. 1 Part 5
Cases ReportedSCC Weekly

Advocates Act, 1961 — S. 24(1)(f) — Enrolment Fees: Charging of enrolment fees in excess of statutory stipulation under Advocates Act, 1961

High Court Weekly Roundup
High Court Round UpLegal RoundUp

A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.

High Court Weekly Roundup
High Court Round UpLegal RoundUp

A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.

High Court Weekly Roundup
High Court Round UpLegal RoundUp

A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.

Promotion to Tracer post
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The appellant’s case was that the similarly placed employees were promoted as Tracer from the post of Peon. Hence, looking at the discrimination, her case deserved to be considered.

Bombay High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The object of compassionate appointment is to relieve the hardship due to the death of a bread winner in the family and the appointment is provided to redeem the family in distress. At the same time, it is to be borne in mind that compassionate appointment cannot be construed as opening an alternative mode of recruitment to public employment.”

High Court Weekly Roundup
High Court Round UpLegal RoundUp

A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.

Bombay High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“We find that the Bank is no way going to be impacted, if the petitioner who has rendered 13 years of service with an unbleached record in Mumbai was brought back to the post of Clerk held by her in past.”

High Court Weekly Roundup
High Court Round UpLegal RoundUp

A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.

Delhi High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

‘Being careful while giving reasons to candidates for which they have not been appointed would help in avoiding such litigation which entails cost for candidates who may not be able to afford it.’

Permanent commission to woman Army officer
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court reiterated that where a citizen aggrieved by an action of the government department has approached the court and obtained a declaration of law in his/her favour, others similarly situated ought to be extended the benefit without the need for them to go to court.

LFP
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court said that Government should have been sympathetic to the widow of a deceased soldier who died in harness instead of dragging her to the Court.

outsourced employee experience marks
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The true thrust of every selection process ought to be to find out and select suitable candidates, having experience in the related work and fulfilling other criteria, from among eligible candidates and to go ahead with appointing the more meritorious of those found suitable”.

2024 SCC Vol. 9 Part 2
Cases ReportedSCC Weekly

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — S. 20 — Civil suit — Maintainability — Issue of territorial jurisdiction — Adjudication of, as preliminary issue

furnish accurate information to Court in writing
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The Court should also pass orders only based on the written instructions, to enable it to fix the liability on the correct officials, responsible for any such wrongful representations/ instructions”.

appointment Catering supervisor
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The respondent had filed original application before Central Administrative Tribunal challenging selection of Catering Supervisor based only on marks obtained in the interview and excluding marks of written test.

Delhi High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Looking at the punishments awarded to the co-delinquents for same incidents/transactions and acts of connivance and testing the impugned action on the anvil of Article 14 as well as keeping in mind the long and unblemished spell of service of the respondent, save and except, the Single Judge was inclined to convert the punishment from ‘dismissal’ to one of ‘compulsory retirement’.

CASES REPORTED IN HCC
Cases ReportedHigh Court Cases

An update on new addition of case laws to SCC’s High Court Cases (‘HCC’) volumes.