Family Law Roundup June 2025
Legal RoundUpTopic-wise Roundup

Stay informed about the latest rulings from the Supreme Court and various High Courts in June 2025, covering key aspects of family law, including divorce on grounds of cruelty, maintenance rights, child custody, and the interpretation of personal laws.

M3M Group
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The property proposed for substitution comprises unsold commercial units within the project titled “M3M Broadway,” located in Village Fazilpur Jharsa, Gurugram, Haryana.

SREI Equipment
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court has stepped in to examine whether SREI Equipment Finance Ltd, is bound by circulars issued by the Reserve Bank of India. The case arises amid a challenge to the company’s proposed debt assignment under the Swiss Challenge Method, with the Court granting an interim stay and setting the next hearing for August 5, 2025.

Anticipatory bail to Jagan Moorthy
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Jagan Moorthy’s application for anticipatory bail was rejected by the Madras High Court on 27-06-2025, on the ground that there was prima facie material indicating his involvement in the alleged offence.

Justice J.K. Maheshwari
Know thy Judge

In August 2021, Justice J.K. Maheshwari was elevated to the Supreme Court and priorly served as Chief Justice of two High Courts- Andhra Pradesh and Sikkim.

Investigating Agencies authority to summon Lawyers
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The development comes in the wake of a recent controversy over the Enforcement Directorate’s summons to Senior Advocates Arvind Datar and Pratap Venugopal, which has raised serious concerns within the legal fraternity about the sanctity of client-counsel confidentiality and the independence of the legal profession.

Recording Every Advocate's Presence
Op EdsOP. ED.

by Vanshaj Azad*

Constitution as an evolving document
Events/WebinarsNews

“The Constitution is a living document. We can’t bind the future generations to stick up to the Constitution that we are adopting today, and the future generations should have an opportunity to amend the Constitution, so as to adapt to the societal economic changes that the future generations would come across.”

gang-chart approval Supreme Court
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“We are at pains to observe that authorities, entrusted with the solemn duty of safeguarding life and liberty treat it with such casual indifference, truly a case of the fox guarding the henhouse.”

1% duty drawback CBEC circular
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Being explanatory in nature, the Circular in question cannot be construed as an adoption of a fresh fiscal regime for rebate of customs duty, intended to affect vested rights or impose new burdens upon the Department. It was passed to resolve the ambiguity qua the meaning & threshold of the previous Notifications.

2025 SCC Vol. 5 Part 2
Cases ReportedSCC Weekly

2025 SCC Vol. 5 Part 2: Explore the latest Supreme Court Cases on the Employees’ Compensation Act, IBC and the Transfer of Property Act.

SC’s working hours
Legislation UpdatesNotifications

The modified schedule will take effect from 14-07-2025.

Justice Pankaj Mithal
Know thy Judge

Sitting Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Justice Pankaj Mithal began his career in law in the 1980s and subsequently went on to become Chief Justice of High Courts of J&K and Ladakh and Rajasthan.

2019 Howrah Court assault
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The 2019 Howrah District Court assault case revolved around a violent confrontation on 24-04-2019, between lawyers and police personnel at the Howrah District Court complex in West Bengal.

mandatory 3-year legal practice
Hot Off The PressNews

It was submitted that the mandatory three-year practice rule should be implemented only from 2027 onwards to avoid unjust exclusion of recent graduates (2023—2025) who prepared under the previous eligibility criteria.

2025 SCC Vol. 5 Part 1
Cases ReportedSCC Weekly

2025 SCC Vol. 5 Part 1: Explore the latest Supreme Court Cases on the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, National Investigation Agency Act, 2008, and more

Kommineni Srinivasa Rao bail
Hot Off The PressNews

“Considering that the accused did not make any defamatory statement himself, and in recognition of his role as a journalist hosting a live TV show, the Court emphasised the importance of protecting journalistic freedom to safeguard the right to free speech”

MSP fraud
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The expression “hearing the submissions of the accused” cannot mean opportunity to file material to be granted to the accused and thereby changing the settled law. At the stage of framing of charge hearing the submissions of the accused has to be confined to the material produced by the police.”

Uttarakhand anti-conversion law bail
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The State cannot have any objection to the accused and his wife residing together inasmuch as they have been married as per the wishes to their respective parents and families.”

Simultaneous levy of entertainment and service tax
Experts CornerTarun Jain (Tax Practitioner)

by Tarun Jain*