(1) KOMAL KRISHAN ARORA AND OTHERS Vs. SANDEEP KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-09-2025 Family Law — Child Custody — Habeas Corpus — Best Interest of the Child — Court must prioritize the welfare and best interests of the child over legal rights of parents or parties. The court's inherent jurisdiction in child custody cases is exercised as parens patriae. India Law Library Docid # 2432708
(2) THE STATE OF HARYANA Vs. JAI SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-09-2025 Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961, as amended by Haryana Act No. 9 of 1992 — Section 2(g)(6) — Validity — Land reserved for common purposes under East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948, vesting with Gram Panchayat — Held valid — Amendment did not suffer from constitutional infirmity — Land reserved for common purposes cannot be re-partitioned amongst proprietors. India Law Library Docid # 2432709
(3) DASTAGIRSAB Vs. SHARANAPPA @ SHIVASHARANAPPA POLICE PATIL (D) BY LRS. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-09-2025 Hindu Law — Joint Family Property — Alienation by Karta — Legal Necessity — Karta enjoys wide discretion in determining and fulfilling legal necessity — Existence of legal necessity depends on facts of each case — Marriage expenses of daughter, payment of government revenue, maintenance of coparceners, and performance of necessary ceremonies are examples of legal necessity. India Law Library Docid # 2432710
(4) ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER STATE BANK OF INDIA AND ANOTHER Vs. TANYA ENERGY ENTERPRISES THROUGH ITS MANAGING PARTNER SHRI ALLURI LAKSHMI NARASIMHA VARMA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-09-2025 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) and Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, 1993 (RDB Act) — One Time Settlement (OTS) Scheme 2020 — Rejection of borrower's OTS application — High Court's interference — Supreme Court's review — Clause 4(i) of OTS 2020 requiring upfront payment of 5% of OTS amount for India Law Library Docid # 2432704
(5) KAILAS S/O BAJIRAO PAWAR Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-09-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 8(c) read with 20(b)(ii)(C) — Prohibition — Evidence — Video recording — Admissibility of electronic evidence under Section 65B of Evidence Act — High Court erred in directing re-trial on the ground that video recording was not converted into legally admissible evidence due to not being played during witness deposition and lack of India Law Library Docid # 2432705
(6) PARAMJEET SINGH Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 420 — Cheating — Dishonest intention — For an offence of cheating, fraudulent or dishonest intention at the time of making a promise or representation must be shown, not merely a failure to keep a promise subsequently — Mere allegations of failure to provide a product with specific specifications or failure to replace faulty machines do not satisfy the test of dishonest India Law Library Docid # 2432706
(7) MS. XXXX Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 — Section 3 and 5 and Rule 3A(a)(i) of MTP Rules, 2003 — Termination of pregnancy beyond 24 weeks — Allowed only if Medical Board diagnoses substantial foetal abnormalities or termination is necessary to save life of pregnant woman or her grave mental/physical health injury — Medical Board opined that termination of 30-week pregnancy would adversely affect mother and fetus, India Law Library Docid # 2432692
(8) DAL SINGH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 430(2) — Suspension of Sentence — Bail pending appeal — Applicant convicted for life imprisonment — Submitted that approximately 10 years of sentence has been undergone and no likelihood of early hearing of appeal — Relied on Supreme Court directions in Sonadhar v. State of Chhattisgarh and Saudan Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh — Held that High Courts should India Law Library Docid # 2432693
(9) JAMEELA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 – Sections 195-A and 506-B – Conviction under Section 195-A IPC set aside as the said Section was inserted after the commission of the offense – High Court erred in applying the provision retrospectively. India Law Library Docid # 2432711
(10) ANNA WAMAN BHALERAO Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 420, 463, 465, 467, 468, 471, 474 read with Section 34 — Offences relating to cheating and forgery — Anticipatory bail — Rejection challenged — Appellants, public servants at the time, accused of certifying mutation entries based on forged documents — High Court rejected anticipatory bail — Supreme Court affirmed the High Court's decision. India Law Library Docid # 2432639
(11) MAMMAN KHAN Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 218, 219, 220, 223 — Joinder of charges and trials — Joint trial is the norm when offences arise from the same transaction — Segregation of trial solely on the ground of an accused being a sitting MLA is legally unsustainable — Such segregation, when ordered suo motu without notice or application and without assessing prejudice or delay, violates principles of India Law Library Docid # 2432640
(12) CONFEDERATION OF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS ASSOCIATION OF INDIA (CREDAI) Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 — Section 3(1) and 3(2)(v) — EIA Notification, 2006, Schedule, Items 8(a) and 8(b) — General Conditions (GC) — Applicability — Column 5 of Schedule — Literal interpretation — Scheme of Notification — Omissions in Column 5 for Items 8(a) and 8(b) indicated deliberate legislative intent for exclusion of GC — NGT misconstrued EIA Notification and India Law Library Docid # 2432641
(13) ITC LIMITED Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Legal Metrology Act, 2009 — Section 15 — Power of inspection, seizure, etc. — Mandatory compliance with Cr.P.C. provisions for search and seizure — Section 15(4) requires searches and seizures to be carried out in accordance with Cr.P.C. provisions — Sections 93 and 100 Cr.P.C. mandate need for search warrant and presence of independent witnesses, respectively — Failure to comply renders search India Law Library Docid # 2432642
(14) MANSI BRAR FERNANDES Vs. SHUBHA SHARMA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 7 — Initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) — Homebuyers as Financial Creditors — Distinction between genuine homebuyers and speculative investors — Key factors for identification include nature of contract, buyback clauses, assured returns, stage of project, and intention to possess or profit — Assured returns and buyback options in India Law Library Docid # 2432643
(15) RAJUL MANOJ SHAH ALIAS RAJESHWARI RASIKLAL SHETH Vs. KIRANBHAI SHAKRABHAI PATEL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 8 Rule 6A — Counter-claim — A counter-claim must be directed against the plaintiff and cannot be exclusively against a co-defendant. The purpose of a counter-claim is to avoid multiplicity of proceedings by having the main suit and the counter-claim adjudicated together. India Law Library Docid # 2432644
(16) PRAKASH ASPHALTINGS AND TOLL HIGHWAYS (INDIA) LIMITED Vs. MANDEEPA ENTERPRISES AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Tender Process — Rectification of Financial Bid — A bidder's request to rectify their financial bid by treating a per-day rate as a total contract period rate is not permissible after the financial bids have been opened, as it violates the sanctity of the tender process and specific clauses prohibiting changes to the Bill of Quantities (BOQ) template. India Law Library Docid # 2432645
(17) MANIKLAL SAHU Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 300, 302, 307 — Murder and Attempt to Murder — Causation of Death — Delay in Death — High Court altering conviction from Sec 302 to Sec 307 on the grounds that the victim died after 9 months due to complications arising from treatment, specifically pneumonia and septicemia, and not directly from the injuries sustained during the assault — Supreme Court held that India Law Library Docid # 2432646
(18) SHANTI DEVI (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS. GORAN Vs. JAGAN DEVI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Limitation Act, 1963 — Articles 59 & 65 — Applicability to void transactions — Suit for possession based on title — Sale deed alleged to be fraudulent and void ab initio — Article 65 (12 years from adverse possession) applies to void documents, not Article 59 (3 years for cancellation of instrument) — Plaintiff not party to sale deed not obligated to seek cancellation, can treat as non-existent or seek declaration of India Law Library Docid # 2432647
(19) SHIVAMMA (DEAD) BY LRS Vs. KARNATAKA HOUSING BOARD AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Interpretation of “within such period” — Sufficient cause must be shown for the entire period from accrual of cause of action till filing of appeal/application, not just the period of delay or from the last day of limitation India Law Library Docid # 2432648
(20) COAL INDIA LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. M/S RAHUL INDUSTRIES AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Acts, 1972 & 1973 — Welfare State — Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) — Duty to subserve common good — PSUs are not profit-making concerns but an extended arm of a welfare State. India Law Library Docid # 2432649