Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, started his legal career from the District Courts and then High Courts of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, was later appointed as Supreme Court Judge on 18 May 2023.
The latest set of directives issued by the Supreme Court in pursuance of its December 2025 directions intends to address the systemic delay and ineffective implementation attending prosecutions under Sections 304-B, Section 498-A, Penal Code, 1860 and the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.
The Court held that the mere existence of environmental degradation is insufficient. A causal connection between the conduct of the alleged polluter and the environmental damage must be established.
The present proceeding initially concerned with a narrow question as to whether the vehicle stated to have caused a motor accident was in fact the vehicle involved in the accident, however, subsequently revealed a much wider concern regarding fraudulent motor accident claims in a recurring and organised pattern.
“…the mere fact that one proceeding was instituted earlier cannot, by itself, be determinative of the Court before which the connected proceedings ought to continue. The subsequent course of proceedings is also relevant while considering the appropriate forum for transfer.”
Valued at approximately ₹3,030 crore (US$320 million), the sale was undertaken to facilitate compliance with the minimum public shareholding requirements prescribed under the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules, 1957 and SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.
Central Asia Dispute Resolution Association’s International Arbitration Summer School 2026 examined third-party funding and costs management, with Jurriaan Braat and Dmytro Shemelin discussing case assessment, litigation costs, enforcement, confidentiality, security for costs and the relationship between funders, claimants and counsel.