(101) SULTHAN SAID IBRAHIM Vs. PRAKASAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 1 Rule 10(2) — Striking out or adding parties — Power of Court — Scope — Court vested with broad power to delete or add parties at any stage, suo motu or on application, for effective and complete adjudication — Power exercisable by court on application or suo motu — Not an unfettered right for a party to seek deletion after due process. (Paras 43, 44, 45, 54) India Law Library Docid # 2426006
(102) CHANDRA BHAN SINGH Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 — Sections 9B, 14, 15 & 15A — Applicability to minor minerals — DMF contribution — Scope of State Government’s power — Section 14 clearly states that Sections 5 to 13 do not apply to minor minerals — Therefore, Section 9B in its entirety, including the percentage limitation based on royalty, does not apply for determining the amount payable to DMF for minor minerals — Section 15(4)(c) and 15A specifically empower the State Government to p India Law Library Docid # 2426007
(103) THE RESERVE BANK OF INDIA Vs. M.T. MANI AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Service Law — Pension Scheme — Option to Switch — Reserve Bank of India — Contributory Provident Fund (CPF) to Pension Scheme — Several options provided over time (1990, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2020) — Each circular/scheme distinct with varying eligibility, interest rates for refund, and benefit commencement dates — Later schemes incorporating financial considerations and government approvals — Respondent failed to opt on earlier occasions but availed 2020 India Law Library Docid # 2426008
(104) MAYA P.C. AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Kerala State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1958 — Rule 9(a)(i) — Temporary appointments in public interest — Persons with benchmark disabilities exceeding 40% engaged under this rule subsequently regularised against supernumerary posts by Government Order (G.O.) dated 18th May 2013 — G.O. contemplated “regular appointment” and appointment orders in one case specified probation — Subsequent G.O. dated 3rd February 2016 declared those reappointed ineligible for probation declaration, inclusion in India Law Library Docid # 2426022
(105) RAJNI Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Practice and Procedure — Supreme Court — Clerical Errors in Judgment — Correction of — Typographical error in paragraph numbers and crime case details — Instead of ‘Miscellaneous Case No.9/2020 in respect of Crime Case No.11/2020’, judgment erroneously typed India Law Library Docid # 2426023
(106) UNIVERSAL SOMPO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. HAIDAR ALI AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 23-05-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal against MACT Award — Assessment of Income — Claim by skilled worker (mason) for Rs. 12,000/- per month — Absence of documentary evidence — Effect of uncontroverted oral evidence and claim petition statements on monthly income — Rebuttal of income claim in cross-examination only by suggestion — Minimum wage notifications as yardstick but not absolute in absence of documentary evidence — Permissibility India Law Library Docid # 2426132
(107) L JAYAGEETHA Vs. THE MANAGER, INDIAN BANK[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 23-05-2025 Consumer Protection Act, 2019 — Section 2(11) — Deficiency in service — Banking Services — Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) — Obligation of Bank to follow RBI Master Circular regarding Form 15G/15H — A bank’s failure to adhere to RBI guidelines (Master Circular dated 01.07.2014, Clause 5.8.10) regarding non-deduction of TDS when Form 15G is submitted by a depositor, without pointing out any specific deficiency in the form at the time of submission or in response to initial objections, constitutes a India Law Library Docid # 2427315
(108) INDIAN RAILWAY CATERING AND TOURISM CORPORATION LTD. (IRCTC) Vs. DR. PRADEEP KUMAR AND OTHER[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 23-05-2025 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 21(b) — Revision — Scope of — Concurrent findings of fact — Revisional jurisdiction of National Commission is extremely limited — It can be exercised only when State Commission exercised jurisdiction not vested in it, failed to exercise vested jurisdiction, or acted illegally/with material irregularity — Interference only if findings are against law, pleadings, or India Law Library Docid # 2427316
(109) CHADURANGA KANTHARAJ URS Vs. S.V. RANGANATH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-05-2025 Contempt of Court — Civil Contempt — Wilful disobedience of court orders — Implementation of land acquisition compensation through DRCs/TDRs — Order explicitly directing issuance of DRCs/TDRs based on specific valuation — Contemnors initially proposed issuance based on different valuation, rejected by court — Undeterred and despite being held guilty of wilful non-compliance and penalized with costs, contemnors further delay implementation through maneuvers including filing applications raising f India Law Library Docid # 2425951
(110) HDFC BANK LIMITED Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-05-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Offence by company. India Law Library Docid # 2425952
(111) PINKY MEENA Vs. THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-05-2025 Rajasthan Judicial Service Rules, 2010 — Rules 44, 45, 46 & 14 — Appointment — Probation — Discharge from service — Grounds for discharge — Appellant selected as Civil Judge, serving as probationer — Show cause notice issued regarding simultaneous pursuit of degrees while teaching, pursuing LL.M. while teaching, non-disclosure of teacher employment in RJS application, and joining RJS after resignation on medical grounds — Inquiry held — Discharge order issued based on inquiry report — High Court India Law Library Docid # 2425953
(112) M/S SURAJ IMPEX (INDIA) PVT. LTD Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-05-2025 Customs Duty Drawbacks — All Industry Rate (AIR) — Export of Soyabean Meal — Entitlement of merchant exporters to customs component of AIR duty drawback — Customs Circular No. 35/2010-Cus. dated 17.09.2010 — Applicability and scope — Effect of simultaneous availing of Central Excise duty rebate under Rules 18 or 19(2) of Central Excise Rules, 2002 — Previous Notifications (81/2006, 68/2007, 103/2008, 84/2010) — Interpretation of provisions regarding drawback eligibility when CENVAT facility or e India Law Library Docid # 2425954
(113) STATE REPRESENTED BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE, CBI, ACB, VISAKHAPATNAM Vs. ELURI SRINIVASA CHAKRAVARTHI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-05-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 239 — Discharge of accused in warrant cases triable by Magistrate — Scope of examination by Magistrate — Consideration of material — Magistrate to consider only police report and documents sent with it under Section 173 — Accused has no right to file material or documents at the stage of framing of charge — Roving and fishing inquiry impermissible — Mini-trial at the stage of framing of charge defeats the object of the Code — Defence of accused India Law Library Docid # 2425955
(114) STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER Vs. ASIANET SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-05-2025 Constitutional Law — Distribution of legislative powers — Seventh Schedule — Interpretation of entries — Taxing entries vs. regulatory entries — Distinction between power to legislate on subject and power to tax on subject — Power to tax not incidental or ancillary power implied within regulatory entry — Taxation entries (List I Entries 82-97, List II Entries 45-63) are exclusive; no India Law Library Docid # 2426045
(115) KUTU TELIPATHAR Vs. STATE OF ASSAM[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 22-05-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 383 — Criminal appeal from jail — Appeal against conviction and sentence under Section 302 IPC for uxoricide — Conviction based on finding of guilt — Sentence of rigorous imprisonment for life and fine imposed. India Law Library Docid # 2426131
(116) GENERAL MANAGER NORTHERN RAILWAY AND OTHER Vs. JUSTICE DILIP RAOSAHEB DESHMUKH AND OTHERS[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 22-05-2025 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 11(2) — Territorial Jurisdiction — Cause of Action — A consumer complaint can be filed where the cause of action, wholly or in part, arises. In a case where a train ticket was booked in New Delhi and the reservation change was executed by the Northern Railway Headquarters, also located in New Delhi, the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum in New Delhi has proper jurisdiction to hear the complaint. India Law Library Docid # 2427314
(117) LT. COL NK GHAI (RETD.) Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 Armed Forces Tribunal — Scope of Review — Promotion — Challenge to non-empanelment for promotion to Colonel rank in Territorial Army — Tribunal found no error in the decision of not placing the appellant in an acceptable grade for promotion India Law Library Docid # 2425928
(118) DILEEP KUMAR PANDEY Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 Constitution of India — Article 12 — “State” or “Authority” — Air Force Schools — Whether Air Force School, Bamrauli is a “State” or “Authority” within the meaning of Article 12, thus amenable to writ jurisdiction under Article 226 — Schools established by IAF for children of personnel — Managed initially as Regimental Schools — Indian Air Force Educational and Cultural Society (IAFE&CS) registered under Societies Registration Act, 1860 to manage schools — School applied for affiliation with CBS India Law Library Docid # 2425929
(119) GYAN PRAKASH Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 32 — Writ Petition — National Highways — Safety and Management — Issues raised regarding highway safety based on accident data — Implementation of Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002 and Highway Administration Rules, 2004 — Lack of machinery for survey, removal of unauthorized occupation, and grievance redressal system — Directions issued for scheme for regular inspection, grievance mechanism, and prompt action — Non-satisfactory action India Law Library Docid # 2425925
(120) GANESHKUMAR RAJESHWARRAO SELUKAR AND OTHERS Vs. MAHENDRA BHASKAR LIMAYE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 ‘Consumer’ — Scope and Definition — Begins before birth and extends beyond death — Inseparable from mother in womb forming joint consumers — Continues through organ donation, funeral rites, and rituals — Essence best captured in Mahatma Gandhi’s words emphasizing consumer’s importance and independence – Elevated consumerism through truth and dharma, integrated into freedom struggle via non-cooperation and civil disobedience – Dandi March and Salt Satyagraha examples of integration of politics, e India Law Library Docid # 2425926