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(1) M SAMBASIVA RAO Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-07-2025
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7, 13(1)(d), 13(2) read with Section 120B of Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Demand and acceptance of bribe — Essential to prove demand and acceptance by public servant — Mere acceptance of illegal gratification without demand is not an offence — Prosecution must prove foundational facts through oral or documentary evidence — Presumption under
India Law Library Docid # 2427890

(2) SUNITA AND OTHERS Vs. UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-07-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 10(2)(d) & 2(21) — Driving Licence for Light Motor Vehicle (LMV) — Validity for driving commercial vehicle with Gross Vehicle Weight not exceeding 7500 kg — Driver possessing LMV license can drive transport vehicle up to 7500 kg without additional endorsement — Constitutional Bench decision in Bajaj Alliance General Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Rambha Devi affirmed Mukund Dewangan v. Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd.
India Law Library Docid # 2427891

(3) GURDIAL SINGH (DEAD) THROUGH LR Vs. JAGIR KAUR (DEAD) AND ANOTHER ETC[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-07-2025
Succession Act, 1925, Sections 63, 68 — Indian Evidence Act, 1872, Section 68 — Proof of Will — Propounder has to prove due execution and dispel suspicious circumstances — Suspicious circumstances include shaky signature, feeble mind, unfair disposition, propounder benefiting significantly — Absence of reasoned disinheritance of natural heir, especially wife, qualifies as a suspicious circumstance
India Law Library Docid # 2427893

(4) M/S SONALI POWER EQUIPMENTS PVT. LTD. Vs. CHAIRMAN, MAHARASHTRA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, MUMBAI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-07-2025
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (MSMED Act) — Section 18(2) — Conciliation proceedings — Applicability of Limitation Act — The Limitation Act does not apply to conciliation proceedings under Section 18(2) of the MSMED Act, as conciliation is a non-adjudicatory process based on negotiation and settlement, not a judicial or coercive process.
India Law Library Docid # 2427894

(5) RAM CHARAN AND OTHERS Vs. SUKHRAM AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-07-2025
Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Section 2(2) — Exclusion of Scheduled Tribes — The Act does not apply to members of Scheduled Tribes unless the Central Government directs otherwise by notification.
India Law Library Docid # 2427892

(6) MALA DEVI Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2025
Pension Law — Family Pension — Eligibility of ‘Substitutes’ in Railways — deceased husband of the appellant was appointed as a ‘Substitute Waterman’ and died in harness after serving for 9 years, 8 months, and 26 days — Railways denied family pension on the grounds that his service was not regularized and did not meet the 10-year qualifying period for family pension — Appellant contended that as per Indian
India Law Library Docid # 2427876

(7) KRISHNA SWAROOP AGARWAL (DEAD) THR. LR. Vs. ARVIND KUMAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2025
Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 106 — Notice terminating tenancy — Service by registered post — Return with endorsement “ND” (Not Delivered) — General Clauses Act, 1897 — Section 27 — Deemed service — High Court set aside ejectment decree solely on ground of “ND” endorsement, misinterpreting deemed service provisions — Supreme Court held High Court erred in not considering Section
India Law Library Docid # 2427877

(8) SHIV BARAN Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 319 — Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence — Application for summoning additional accused — High Court quashed summons issued against them — Whether High Court was justified — Held, no. — Evidence of eyewitnesses, though prima facie, suggested complicity of the applicant, assigning specific role and indicating presence at scene
India Law Library Docid # 2427878

(9) BYLURU THIPPAIAH @ BYALURU THIPPAIAH @ NAYAKARA THIPPAIAH Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction — Concurrent findings of guilt by Trial Court and High Court — Supreme Court will not re-assess evidence unless there is violation of natural justice, misreading of evidence, or error of law — Appeals challenging conviction dismissed.
India Law Library Docid # 2427879

(10) BIRKA SHIVA Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 363, 342, 376 — Kidnapping, Wrongful Confinement, Rape — Prosecution failed to prove the age of the victim (minor) beyond reasonable doubt when the only evidence was a school certificate not corroborated by oral testimony of parents or the person who made the entry.
India Law Library Docid # 2427880

(11) JAI PRAKASH Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 302, 376, 377; Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Sections 5, 6 — Conviction for murder, rape, unnatural offences, and sexual offences against a child — Evidence relied upon includes last seen theory, recovery of body from appellant’s hut, and DNA evidence linking appellant to victim — Trial court and High Court concurrently held appellant
India Law Library Docid # 2427881

(12) THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ANOTHER Vs. JSW HYDRO ENERGY LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2025
Electricity Act, 2003 — CERC Regulations, 2019 — Interpretation — Note 3 of Regulation 55 setting a 13% cap on free power for home state (FEHS) is for tariff calculation purposes and does not prohibit a generating company from supplying more than 13% free power as per its contractual obligations.
India Law Library Docid # 2427882

(13) BALJINDER KUMAR @ KALA Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 302, 308, 325 — Murder and causing grievous hurt — Evidence — Eyewitness testimony — Contradictions — Supreme Court found major contradictions in the testimonies of key prosecution witnesses (PW1 and PW2) regarding material particulars of the incident, rendering their accounts unreliable.
India Law Library Docid # 2427883

(14) PRADEEP BHARDWAJ Vs. PRIYA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-07-2025
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(a) — Cruelty — Divorce — Allegations of cruelty by husband against wife for property grabbing, physical abuse, and extra-marital affair — Family Court and High Court found allegations unsubstantiated — Conviction of husband in criminal case for cruelty also resulted in acquittal
India Law Library Docid # 2427850

(15) G. KALAWATHI BAI (DIED), PER LRS. Vs. G. SHASHIKALA (DIED), PER LRS., AND OTHERS ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-07-2025
Registration Act, 1908 — Sections 32, 33, 34 and 35 — Power of Attorney Holder presenting document for registration — A power of attorney holder who signs on behalf of a principal does not become the ‘executant’ under Section 32(a) but remains an agent under Section 32(c), requiring compliance with Sections 33, 34, and 35 and related rules.
India Law Library Docid # 2427851

(16) KRISHAN GOPAL Vs. GURMEET KAUR (DEAD), THROUGH LRS., AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-07-2025
Contract Law — Specific Performance — Agreement to Sell — Readiness and Willingness of Purchaser — Purchaser need not produce money or have a concluded finance scheme to prove readiness and willingness; it is inferred from conduct.
India Law Library Docid # 2427852

(17) PNB HOUSING FINANCE LIMITED Vs. SH. MANOJ SAHA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-07-2025
Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI) — Section 17(4A) and Section 18 — Tenancy rights — Amendments to SARFAESI Act in 2016 allowing tenants to approach DRT — Right of appeal against DRT orders — High Courts should generally refrain from
India Law Library Docid # 2427853

(18) VIJAY KUMAR Vs. CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-07-2025
Central Bank of India (Employees’) Pension Regulations, 1995 — Regulation 33 — Compulsory retirement pension — Interpretation of clauses (1) and (2) — Held, both clauses must be read conjointly. Reduction of pension requires prior consultation with the Board of Directors.
India Law Library Docid # 2427854

(19) G. MOHANDAS Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-07-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Dismissal of petition by High Court — Appeal against dismissal — Appellant sought quashing of FIR alleging criminal conspiracy with Municipal Corporation officials for illegal construction. Appellant claimed the original building collapsed due to heavy rain and the new construction was for rebuilding, and that regularization of the structure erased
India Law Library Docid # 2427855

(20) NEETHU B. @ NEETHU BABY MATHEW Vs. RAJESH KUMAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-07-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 137 — Review of Judgments — Scope of review is limited and requires substantial and compelling reasons such as discovery of new and important evidence, a mistake apparent on the face of the record, or any other sufficient reason — Review is not maintainable for repetition of old arguments, minor mistakes, or as a disguised appeal.
India Law Library Docid # 2427856