JUSTICE AGAINST DOUBLE JEOPARDY: THE SUPREME COURT DRAWS A LINE ON ABUSE OF CRIMINAL PROCESS

INTRODUCTIONIn Ranimol & Ors. v. State of Kerala & Anr., Criminal Appeal No. 4931 of 2025 (arising out of SLP (Crl.) 2285/2022), decided on 18 November 2025, the Supreme Court of India—Bench comprising Justice M.M. Sundresh and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma—reaffirmed a vital principle of criminal jurisprudence: the criminal process cannot be manipulated to repeatedly

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SUPREME COURT HOLDS WITNESSES TURNING HOSTILE IN DEPARTMENTAL PROCEEDINGS IS NOT A GROUND TO SEEK DISCHARGE IN CRIMINAL TRIAL

IntroductionIn a significant Judgment delivered on November 10, 2025, a Division Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta disposed of the case of T. Manjunath v. The State of Karnataka and Anr. (SLP(Crl.) Nos. 11160-11161 of 2024). The Appeals challenged a Karnataka High Court order dated July 26, 2024,

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SUPREME COURT HOLDS ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS MUST BE JUSTIFIED ON REASONS STATED THERE; CANNOT ADD FRESH GROUNDS LATER

IntroductionThe Supreme Court of India, in its Judgment titled State of Himachal Pradesh & Anr. v. M/s OASYS Cybernetics Pvt. Ltd. (SLP (C) No. 6531/2025), addressed a critical issue in public procurement law. The case was decided by a Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, and Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh. The Decision

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Don’t Look to the United States: They See ‘Smell’ Differently!

Adding to the discussion on India’s first smell mark registration, Shama Mahajan explains how the reliance placed by the Indian Trademark Registry on foreign precedents, especially the United States, is misconstrued. Shama is an LL.M Candidate at the National University of Singapore, pursuing her masters in Intellectual Property and Technology Law. Don’t Look to the

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AZB & Partners Advised Gentari On Project Contracts For 153MW Wind Power Project In Tamil Nadu

AZB & Partners advised Gentari on project contracts for 153MW wind power project in Tamil Nadu The leading law firm in India, AZB & Partners advised Gentari (formerly Amplus) on drafting, negotiating, and successfully executing a suite of project contracts, on a split-structure basis, for its 153MW wind power project spread across Karur, Tirupur, and

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