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2025 Supreme(SC) 1913

VIKRAM NATH, PRASANNA B. VARALE
Rohan Vijay Nahar – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) : Mr. R. Chandrachud, AOR Mr. Amey Nabar, Adv. Mr. Dhuli Venkata Krishna, Adv. Mr. Aryan Singh, Adv. Mr. Vineet Naik, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kunal Vajani, Adv. Mr. Sukand Kulkarni, Adv. Mr. Shubhang Tandon, Adv. Ms. Shraddha Chirania, Adv. Mr. Kunal Mimani, AOR Mr. Anish R. Shah, AOR Mr. Shivaji M. Jadhav, AOR Mr. V.a. Gangal, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vineet B. Naik, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shivaji M. Jadhav, Adv. Mr. Sukand Kulkarni, Adv. Mr. Brij Kishor Sah, Adv. Mr. Vignesh Singh, Adv. Ms. Apurva, Adv. Mr. Aditya S. Jadhav, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Gupta, Adv. Mr. Shreeyash Uday Lalit, Adv. Mr. Neelam Prasad, Adv. Mr. Archit Jain, Adv. Ms. Runjhun Garg, Adv. Dr. Rukma George, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Vats, Adv. Mr. Sumit Kumar Siddharth, Adv. Mr. Angad Pahal, Adv. Mr. Yudhvir Dalal, Adv. Mr. Lavam Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Kumar Arjun Toppo, Adv. Mr. Ishaan George, AOR Ms. Mohini Priya, AOR Ms. Sayesha Gambhir, Adv. Mr. Ajit Kumar Sinha, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ashwarya Sinha, AOR Mr. Aditya Malhotra, Adv. Mr. Sankalp Mahindru, Adv. Mr. Vinay Navare, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aniruddha Joshi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shashibhushan P. Adgaonkar, AOR Mrs. Pradnya S Adgaonkar, Adv. Mr. Anoop Raj, Adv. Ms. Shyel Trehan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Monisha Mane Bhangale, Adv. Ms. Malvika Kapila, AOR Mr. Pranav Sarthi, Adv. Ms. Tanwangi Shukla, Adv. Ms. Harbani Shinh, Adv. Ms. Apoorva Singh, Adv. Ms. Apoorva Jain, Adv. Mr. Ayush Raj, Adv. Ms. Prachi Dhingra, Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Vatsa, Adv. Mr. Udit Bajpai, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Dhaval Mehrotra, Adv. Mr. Anil Kaushik, Sr. Adv. Mr. Avishkar Singhvi, Adv. Mr. Rishi Kumar Singh Gautam, AOR Mr. Rahul Garg, Adv. Ms. Aditi Desai, Adv. Mr. Tamilarasan Varadarajan, Adv. Mrs. B. Sunita Rao, AOR Dr. Mrs. Vipin Gupta, AOR Mr. Krishna Kumar, Adv. Ms. Nandani Gupta, Adv. Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Mr. Satyajeet Kumar, AOR Mr. Mayank Kshirsagar, AOR Mr. Kamlesh Vasant Ghumre, Adv. Ms. Jaikriti S. Jadeja, AOR Ms. Juhi Bhargava, Adv. Mr. Pranaya Goyal, AOR Mr. C.u.singh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Banju, AOR Mr. Gopal Krishna, Adv. Mr. Rajat Sehgal, AOR Mr. Saket Mone, Adv. Mr. Aman Varma, AOR Mr. Vishesh Kalra, Adv. Ms. Anshula Grover, Adv. Ms. Smriti Churiwal, Adv. Mr. Jaivir Kant, Adv. Ms. Anoushka Deo, Adv. Ms. Sonia Sharma, Adv. Ms. Riya Wasade, Adv. Mr. Saurav Agrawal, Adv. Ms. Sonali Jaitley Bakhshi, Adv. Mr. Ravi Tyagi, AOR Mr. Mayank Mishra, Adv. Ms. Manmilan Sidhu, Adv. Mr. Ankit Tyagi, Adv. Ms. Bhumika Bhatnagar, Adv. Mr. Jaiyesh Bakhshi, Adv. Mr. Atharva Koppal, Adv. Ms. Sudiksha Saini, Adv. Ms. Prachi Dubey, Adv. Mr. Harsh Khabar, Adv. Mr. Gyanendra Singh, Adv. Mr. Vinay Navare, Sr. Adv. Mr. Yashodhan Chandurkar, Adv. Ms. M. Jain, Adv. Ms. Abha R. Sharma, AOR Mr. Siddharth Bhatnagar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Prasenjit Keswani, Sr. Adv. Mr. Satyajit Saha, Adv. Mr. Upmanyu Tewari, Adv. Mr. Satyajit A Desai, Adv. Mr. Amit K Pathak, Adv. Mr. Abhinav K. Mutyalwar, Adv. Mr. Sachin Singh, Adv. Mr. Pratik Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Puneet Sharma, Adv. Mr. Parth Johri, Adv. Mr. Sanchit Agrahari, Adv. Ms. Anagha S. Desai, AOR Ms. Madhavi Divan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Santosh Krishnan, AOR Mr. Ashwin Joseph, Adv. Mr. Saket Mone, Adv. Ms. Madhavi Divan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Guru Krishna Kumar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vishesh Kalra, Adv. Mr. Ooril Panchal, Adv. Mr. Neel Kamal Mishra, Adv. Mr. Kush Chaturvedi, AOR Ms. Prerna Priyadarshini, Adv. Mr. Syed Faraz Alam, Adv. Mr. Atharva Gaur, Adv. Mr. Aayushman Aggarwal, Adv. Ms. Ayesha Choudhary, Adv. Mr. C.u.singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Kunal Cheema, AOR Ms. Kirti Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rushabh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. R. P. Gupta, AOR Mr. Amol Chitale, Adv. Ms. Shweta Singh Parihar, Adv. Mr. Shartak Sharma, Adv. Mrs. Pragya Baghel, AOR Mr. Ravindra Keshavrao Adsure, AOR Mr. Raj Singh Rana, AOR Mr. Atul Y Chitale, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sidharth Das, Adv. Ms. Tatini Basu, AOR M/S. Ap & J Chambers, AOR Mr. Atul Chitale, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sanjay R Hegde, Sr. Adv. Mr. Joseph Pookkatt, Adv. Mr. Nilesh Sharma, Adv. Ms. Awantika Manohar, Adv. Mr. Dhawesh Pahuja, Adv. Mr. Dahwesh Pahuja, Adv. Ms. Parul Dhurvey, Adv. Mr. Bhuvan Thakker, Adv. Mr. Preetam Shah, Adv. Mr. K. Krishna Kumar, AOR Ms. Charu Sangwan, AOR Mr. Shubham S Dayma, Adv. Ms. Harshita Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Gaganjyot Singh, Adv. Mr. Anmol Kheta, Adv. Ms. Tanya Srivastava, AOR Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shardul Singh, Adv. Ms. Prerna Gandhi, Adv. Mr. C. George Thomas, AOR Mr. R. Chandrachud, AOR Mr. Amey Nabar, Adv. Mr. Dhuli Venkata Krishna, Adv. Mr. Aryan Singh, Adv. Mr. Kunal Mimani, AOR Mr. Anish R. Shah, AOR Mr. Shivaji M. Jadhav, AOR Mr. Ishaan George, AOR Mr. Vedchetan Patil, Adv. Mr. Sindhu Kotian, Adv. Dr. Rukma George, Adv. Mr. Archit Jain, Adv. Mr. Ashhab Khan, Adv. Mr. Aman Ahluwalia, Adv. Ms. Mohini Priya, AOR Mr. Ashwarya Sinha, AOR Mr. Shashibhushan P. Adgaonkar, AOR Ms. Malvika Kapila, AOR Mr. Rishi Kumar Singh Gautam, AOR Mrs. B. Sunita Rao, AOR Dr. Mrs. Vipin Gupta, AOR Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Mr. Satyajeet Kumar, AOR Mr. Mayank Kshirsagar, AOR Ms. Jaikriti S. Jadeja, AOR Mr. Pranaya Goyal, AOR Ms. Rajkumari Banju, AOR Mr. Rajat Sehgal, AOR Mr. Aman Varma, AOR Mr. Ravi Tyagi, AOR Ms. Abha R. Sharma, AOR Ms. Anagha S. Desai, AOR Mr. Santosh Krishnan, AOR Mr. Kush Chaturvedi, AOR Mr. Kunal Cheema, AOR Mr. R. P. Gupta, AOR Mrs. Pragya Baghel, AOR Mr. Ravindra Keshavrao Adsure, AOR Mr. Raj Singh Rana, AOR Ms. Tatini Basu, AOR M/S. Ap & J Chambers, AOR Mr. K. Krishna Kumar, AOR Ms. Charu Sangwan, AOR Ms. Tanya Srivastava, AOR Mr. C. George Thomas, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Balbir Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. K. Parameshwwar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Naman Tandon, Adv. Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Karan Sachdev, Adv. Ms. Shivali Shah, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Mr. Adarsh Dubey, Adv. Ms. Adarsh Dubey, Adv. Ms. Chitransha Singh Sikarwar, Adv. Mr. Ravindra Sadanand Chingale, AOR Mr. Navneet R., AOR Mr. Aniket Tater, Adv. Ms. Alankrita Sinha, Adv. Mr. Shreeyash Uday Lalit, Adv. Ms. Runjhun Garg, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Vats, Adv. Mr. Angad Pahal, Adv. Mr. Lavam Tyagi, Adv. Mr. Ishaan George, AOR Mr. Vedchetan Patil, Adv. Mr. Sindhu Kotian, Adv. Dr. Rukma George, Adv. Mr. Archit Jain, Adv. Mr. Ashhab Khan, Adv. Mr. Aman Ahluwalia, Adv. Mr. T. V. S. Raghavendra Sreyas, AOR Mr. Satyajit A. Desai, Adv. Mr. Satyajit A. Desai, Adv. Mr. Amit K Pathak, Adv. Mr. Amit K. Pathak, Adv. Mr. Abhinav K. Mutyalwar, Adv. Mr. Sachin Singh, Adv. Mr. Pratik Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Puneet Sharma, Adv. Mr. Parth Johri, Adv. Mr. Sanchit Agrahari, Adv. Ms. Anagha S. Desai, AOR Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Ravindra Sadanand Chingale, AOR Mr. Navneet R., AOR Mr. Ishaan George, AOR Mr. T. V. S. Raghavendra Sreyas, AOR Ms. Anagha S. Desai, AOR

JUDGMENT :

VIKRAM NATH, J.

1. The judiciary draws its strength from discipline and not dominion. The Constitution of India creates courts of record that are independent in their spheres and yet binds them together through a coherent hierarchy. The High Courts in India possess a wide jurisdiction, but the Supreme Court of India remains the final interpreter of law. Article 141 of the Constitution of India1 [Hereinafter referred to as “the Constitution”] declares that the law laid down by this Court binds every court in the country. Further, Article 144 of the Constitution obliges all authorities, civil and judicial, to act in aid of this Court. These are not ceremonial recitals. They are the structural guarantees that convert dispersed adjudication into a single system that speaks with one voice and commands public confidence.

2. Appellate jurisdiction exists to correct errors and to settle the law so that like cases receive like outcomes. When a superior court reverses, modifies, or remands, the court below must give full and faithful effect to that disposition. The authority to decide on appeal carries the authority to require compliance, for without obedience, the hierarchy would be

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