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(61) THE COMMISSIONER, NAGPUR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND OTHERS Vs. LALITA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025
Civil Death — Presumption of Death — General Rule — A person is presumed dead only after seven years from the date they went missing, unless there is specific evidence to the contrary. The decree of civil death declares a person presumed dead after seven years of disappearance but does not fix a precise date of death.
India Law Library Docid # 2434882

(62) COMMON CAUSE Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025
Mines and Minerals — Recovery of dues — The court expressed serious displeasure with the State of Odisha's recovery process of dues from defaulting lessees, noting a lack of essential data in their status report and granting them time to file a better report with concrete steps.
India Law Library Docid # 2434885

(63) AMAN KUMAR Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025
Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Offences under Sections 309(5), 109(1), 103 and 3(5) — Charge framing delays — Petition for regular bail — Petitioner accused of several offences and in custody since August 10, 2024 — Chargesheet filed September 30, 2024 — Charge not yet framed — Petitioner claims innocence and false implication — Delay in charge framing hindering progress of trial.
India Law Library Docid # 2434902

(64) RAJ KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376, 384, 506 — Rape, Extortion, Criminal Intimidation — FIR registered based on prosecutrix's complaint alleging acquaintance through Facebook, false representation, intoxication, rape, recording of obscene photos/videos, and subsequent demands for money under threat — Prosecution case gist.
India Law Library Docid # 2434903

(65) VIRENDRA Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 147, 148, 504, 302/149, 307/149, 323/149 — Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1932 — Section 7 — Conviction for offences — Appeal to High Court — Application for suspension of sentence rejected — Supreme Court granted leave to appeal and suspended sentence of appellant — Reasons for suspension include parity with co-accused enlarged on bail, appellant’s custody period exceeding 11 years, and the appeal likely to take considerable
India Law Library Docid # 2434907

(66) RAMNATH KORI AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302/149, 148, 147 — Conviction and sentence to life imprisonment — Appeal pending before High Court — Application for suspension of sentence rejected — Present appeal filed challenging rejection — Supreme Court grants leave to appeal.
India Law Library Docid # 2434909

(67) STATE OF H.P. AND OTHERS Vs. KANTA SHARMA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025
Service Law — Recruitment — Special Educators — State informed that 245 posts of Special Educators have been created and will be filled — Proposal for service conditions and status of School under consideration by Cabinet for decision. (Para 2)
India Law Library Docid # 2434911

(68) RAVINDRA BHASKAR JAYWANT Vs. SANDEEP ASHOK BANSUDE AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Interference by High Court — High Court should not interfere with a bail order granted by a Magistrate merely because the order lacked detailed reasoning, especially when the alleged offences are triable by the Magistrate.
India Law Library Docid # 2434912

(69) SOHANSINH JANAKSINGH @ MOHABBATSINGH YADAV Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Grant of Bail — appellant is father-in-law of deceased, alleged to have conspired to kill deceased for insurance policy benefit — Deceased died in road accident allegations of strangulation and pushing under vehicle did not find support from post-mortem report, injuries ante-mortem relatable to accident — Appellant's son, not
India Law Library Docid # 2434914

(70) JYOTIKA BHALLA Vs. AMAN MISHRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025
Civil Procedure — Transfer Petition — Settlement Agreement — Parties resolved disputes through mediation, leading to a Settlement Agreement signed by them, their counsel, and the mediator — Supreme Court upheld the agreement and dissolved the marriage in exercise of jurisdiction under Article 142 of the Constitution.
India Law Library Docid # 2434917

(71) MD. MOFIZUDDIN Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Suspension of Sentence — Appeal against High Court order rejecting suspension of sentence — Co-accused with similar case granted suspension of sentence — Appellant has undergone significant incarceration and has a weak prosecution case with no likelihood of early hearing of appeal — Supreme Court grants suspension of sentence pending appeal.
India Law Library Docid # 2434922

(72) APRAJITA SINGH Vs. PRASHANT SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 33 — Settlement Agreement — Parties reaching amicable settlement before mediation centre — Settlement agreement recorded and signed by parties, lawyers, and mediator — Terms of settlement include dissolution of marriage, quashing of FIR, withdrawal of pending matters, payment of alimony and maintenance, return of specific articles, deletion of photos/videos, and mutual non-interference in future lives — Court takes notice of initial payment and outlines s
India Law Library Docid # 2434931

(73) M/S RK PRODUCTS THROUGH ITS PROPRIETOR SMT. KUSUM MAHAJAN Vs. THE CHAIRMAN HIMACHAL PRADESH MICRO SMALL FACILITATION COUNCIL SHIMLA AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 29-10-2025
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 — Section 18(1) and 18(2) — Reference to Facilitation Council — Rejection on ground of limitation — The Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council cannot reject a reference filed under Section 18(1) of the Act on the ground of limitation, as conciliation
India Law Library Docid # 2434940

(74) EPC CONSTRUCTIONS INDIA LIMITED THROUGH ITS LIQUIDATOR - ABHIJIT GUHATHAKURTA Vs. M/S MATIX FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 7 — Initiate Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process — Financial Creditor — Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares (CRPS) — Held to be investment, not debt — CRPS holders are not creditors — Cannot initiate CIRP under Section 7 of IBC.
India Law Library Docid # 2434580

(75) STATE ELECTION COMMISSION Vs. SHAKTI SINGH BARTHWAL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Supreme Court Rules of Practice — Conduct of Counsel — Duty to Court — Counsel must respect the Court's indication to refrain from further submissions once the Court has indicated its mind — Continued insistence after the Court expresses its inclination serves no purpose and affects the decorum of proceedings — A balance must be struck between the advocate's duty to the client and the Court — Orderly
India Law Library Docid # 2434581

(76) STATE OF KERALA Vs. SUNI @ SUNIL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 195A — Threatening any person to give false evidence — Offence committed in relation to a court proceeding — Cognizable offence — Police can register FIR and investigate — Section 195(1)(b)(i) CrPC requiring complaint by Court does not apply.
India Law Library Docid # 2434582

(77) P. SOMARAJU Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) — Appeal against High Court judgment reversing acquittal — Supreme Court to reconsider evidence when Trial Court's finding is perverse or unreasonable — High Court should not disturb acquittal if two reasonable conclusions are possible — Interference only when Trial Court’s view is perverse, based on misreading or
India Law Library Docid # 2434584

(78) OM PAL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P (NOW STATE OF UTTARAKHAND)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 149, 307 — Appeals against conviction and sentence for murder and attempt to murder by High Court — Supreme Court's power of interference under Article 136 is wide but to be exercised sparingly in concurrent findings of fact, unless there is manifest illegality, grave miscarriage of justice, perversity or misreading of evidence.
India Law Library Docid # 2434585

(79) SMT. ROSHNI DEVI Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 28-10-2025
Telangana Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Dacoits, Drug-Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Land Grabbers, Spurious Seed Offenders, Insecticides Offenders, Fertilizer Offenders, Food Adulteration Offenders, Fake Document Offenders, Scheduled Commodities Offenders, Forest Offenders, Gaming Offenders, Sexual Offenders, Explosive Substances Offenders, Arms
India Law Library Docid # 2434623

(80) M/S. MAKEMYTRIP (INDIA) PVT. LTD. Vs. SARWAN KUMAR SHARMA AND ANOTHER[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 28-10-2025
Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Deficiency in service — Flight reschedulement — Duty to inform — Travel agent's role — Complainants booked flights with a travel agent (petitioner) for GoAir. Flight was rescheduled earlier. Complainants arrived at the airport based on the original booking time and missed the flight, incurring costs for new tickets. They filed a complaint alleging deficiency in service. The petitioner travel agent argued
India Law Library Docid # 2434656