Venkatesh vs State Represented By The Inspector Of ...

insc-2025-1383 Supreme Court of India 2 December 2025 • CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.5156 OF 2025; Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No.19524 of 2025 • 5 min read

1 cases cited (0 SG, 1 foreign) Cited by 1 case

Practice Areas

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Indian Penal Code, 1860 TNPPDL Act Tamil Nadu Property (Prevention of Damage and Loss) Act, 1992

Judges (2)

B.V. Nagarathna Delivered R. Mahadevan Coram

Parties (2)

State Respondent Venkatesh Appellant

Case Significance

Venkatesh vs State Represented By The Inspector Of ... is a Supreme Court of India decision dated December 2, 2025 (citation: insc-2025-1383). Criminal appeal involving challenge to executive action requiring excessive, unnecessary documentation requirements. The Supreme Court set aside the impugned memo as illegal, holding it imposed a superfluous and redundant requirement. The bench comprised Justices B.V. Nagarathna and R. Mahadevan. The judgment was delivered by Justice B.V. Nagarathna.

This case has been cited by 1 subsequent judgment. The judgment references 1 case citation.

Summary

Criminal appeal involving challenge to executive action requiring excessive, unnecessary documentation requirements. The Supreme Court set aside the impugned memo as illegal, holding it imposed a superfluous and redundant requirement.