(1) MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF GREATER MUMBAI AND OTHERS Vs. PANKAJ BABULAL KOTECHA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-05-2025 Environmental Law — Public Trust Doctrine — Sustainable Development — Balancing ecological preservation and development for public welfare — Recreational park developed on alleged historical water body — Whether park developed by MCGM on land allegedly incorporating a historical lake should be demolished and lake restored, or development preserved considering utility and time lapse — High Court’s reasoning in directing restoration based on public trust doctrine and retrospective sanction invalid India Law Library Docid # 2426199
(2) KAMLA NEHRU MEMORIAL TRUST AND ANOTHER Vs. U.P. STATE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-05-2025 Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation (UPSIDC) — Allotment of Industrial Land — Cancellation of Allotment — Legality of — Public Trust Doctrine — Principles of transparency and accountability — Respondent Corporation initially allotted a substantial tract of industrial land (125 acres) to Appellant Trust in a swift manner for floriculture purposes — Allotment conditioned on timely payments and execution of lease deed — Appellant Trust defaulted on payments and failed to submit d India Law Library Docid # 2426200
(3) CHETAN Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-05-2025 Criminal Law — Circumstantial Evidence — Principles — Admissibility and Evaluation — Five golden principles for cases based on circumstantial evidence reiterated: (1) circumstances establishing conclusion of guilt must be fully established; (2) facts established consistent only with hypothesis of guilt; (3) circumstances conclusive in nature; (4) exclude every possible hypothesis except guilt; (5) complete chain of evidence leaving no reasonable ground for innocence — Each circumstance must be i India Law Library Docid # 2426201
(4) CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Vs. SEKH JAMIR HOSSAIN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-05-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 439 — Bail — Cancellation of bail — Considerations for cancellation — Principles are distinct from those for granting bail — Bail should not ordinarily be cancelled unless procured by fraud/misrepresentation, allegations are grave impacting society, release creates fear/terror, or accused may abscond/tamper with evidence — Where allegations are severe, shaking conscience of the Court, and there is an imminent likelihood of accused adversely affecting fair India Law Library Docid # 2426157
(5) RAKHI SADHUKHAN Vs. RAJA SADHUKHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-05-2025 Special Marriage Act, 1954 — Section 27 — Dissolution of Marriage — Cruelty — Permanent Alimony — Quantum — Appeal against High Court decree of divorce and grant of permanent alimony — Supreme Court determining just and reasonable permanent alimony based on husband's income, wife's financial needs, and standard of living during marriage — Enhancement of awarded alimony from Rs. 20,000/- to Rs. 50,000/- per month with periodic increase India Law Library Docid # 2426158
(6) BATLANKI KESHAV (KESAVA) KUMAR ANURAG Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-05-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 376(2)(n) — Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 3(2)(v) — Rape — Sexual assault on pretext of false promise of marriage — Allegation of sexual exploitation under false promise of marriage and on ground of caste — Two FIRs filed by same complainant making different allegations about incidents and dates — Subsequent FIR lodged after delay and including incidents predating first FIR but not mentioned India Law Library Docid # 2426159
(7) BINDU KAPUREA Vs. SUBHASHISH PANDA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-05-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 129 — Supreme Court as Court of Record — Contempt powers — Supreme Court, as a court of record, possesses inherent, plenary, and constitutional powers to punish for contempt, distinct from and not subordinate to statutory law. India Law Library Docid # 2426090
(8) ARIF MD. YEASIN JWADDER Vs. STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-05-2025 Criminal Law — Police Encounters — Fake Encounters — Legality and Procedure — Extra-judicial killings — Fake encounters constitute extra-judicial killings and must undergo strict legal scrutiny — Cannot be treated as justified solely on police self-defence claim — Use of excessive or unlawful force by public servants cannot be condoned or legitimised on any pretext — Derogation from due process erodes India Law Library Docid # 2426091
(9) CHANDIGARH ADMINISTRATION Vs. REGISTRAR GENERAL, HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA, CHANDIGARH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-05-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Mandamus — Public Interest Litigation — Scope of Judicial Review in Environmental Matters — High Court directing construction of a verandah and laying of green paver blocks for parking in a World Heritage Site area — Challenged by Chandigarh Administration citing threat to heritage status and environmental impact — Court to strike a just balance between environment and development, resorting to mitigating measures where India Law Library Docid # 2426092
(10) N.S. GNANESHWARAN ETC. Vs. THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-05-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — Commercial dispute — Settlement — Offences under Penal Code, 1860 (Sections 120B, 420, 468, 471) and Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d)) — Loan fraud allegations — Appellants accused in case arising from commercial transaction — Bank initiated recovery proceedings and criminal prosecution — One Time Settlement (OTS) reached between main borrowers India Law Library Docid # 2426093
(11) SURESH BARAIK Vs. STATE OF ASSAM[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 27-05-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302 — Murder — Proof — Essential ingredients are a homicidal death and the accused causing the fatal injury — Death of deceased Suraj Das established and proved to be homicidal based on medical evidence (post mortem report and PW/9 testimony) — Ocular evidence from eye witnesses (PW/1 and PW/2) identifying appellant as assailant, fully corroborated by medical evidence (PW/9), seizure of weapon (PW/5, MAT Ext 1), and investigating India Law Library Docid # 2426125
(12) STATE OF NAGALAND AND OTHERS Vs. SHRI VINOKA CHISHI AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 27-05-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 115; Article 227 of the Constitution of India — Revision Petition — Maintainability — Pecuniary Jurisdiction — Appellate Court — Objection to pecuniary jurisdiction of appellate court taken for the first time in revision petition — Waiver — Section 21(2) CPC requires objection to pecuniary jurisdiction to be taken at the earliest opportunity in the court of first instance and resulting failure of justice — Parties having appeared, contested, and obtained a fa India Law Library Docid # 2426126
(13) IEEE MUMBAI SECTION WELFARE ASSOCIATION Vs. GLOBAL IEEE INSTITUTE FOR ENGINEERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-05-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of Plaint — Appeal challenging — Temporary Injunction — Grant of temporary injunction by High Court in an appeal against the rejection of plaint is impermissible — Once a plaint is rejected, it ceases to subsist — A subsisting plaint is necessary to seek and obtain a temporary injunction — Setting aside of temporary injunction India Law Library Docid # 2426156
(14) AMOL BHAGWAN NEHUL Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-05-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Inherent power of High Court to quash criminal proceedings — Abuse of process of court — Quashing is warranted when allegations, even if taken at face value, do not constitute any offence, are absurd and inherently improbable, or proceedings are manifestly mala fide and instituted with ulterior mot India Law Library Docid # 2426041
(15) SANTOSH KUMAR DUBEY AND OTHERS Vs. SRI SUDHIR TRIPATHI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-05-2025 Contempt of Court — Order of Supreme Court directing absorption and arrears of salary subject to continuous working declaration — Non-compliance alleged — Contempt petition filed by petitioners claiming absorption from date of appointment and arrears — University absorbed petitioners from 2008, not from date of appointment — State and University raise non-compliance with continuous working condition, citing lack of records and irregular attendance — Enquiries conducted by State supporting lack o India Law Library Docid # 2426155
(16) VINOD BIHARI LAL Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Gangsters & Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 (U.P.) — Section 2(b) — Definition of “Gang” — Essential ingredients — Group of persons engaging in anti-social activities using violence, threat, intimidation, coercion, or otherwise, with the object of disturbing public order or gaining undue advantage (temporal, pecuniary, material, or other) — Not constituted by mere association or commission of listed offences without the India Law Library Docid # 2426009
(17) KASIREDDY UPENDER REDDY Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Habeas Corpus — Illegal Detention — Article 22(1) of the Constitution of India — Right to be informed of grounds of arrest — Mandatory requirement, not mere formality — Communication must be meaningful, imparting sufficient knowledge of basic facts in understandable language — Failure to inform grounds violates Articles 21 and 22(1), vitiating the arrest India Law Library Docid # 2426010
(18) JAIPUR VIDYUT VITRAN NIGAM LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. ADANI POWER RAJASTHAN LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 86 — Regulatory Commission — Powers and Functions — Invocation of jurisdiction by a power generator seeking relief under the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for a ‘change in law’ event through a petition before the State Electricity Regulatory Commission India Law Library Docid # 2426011
(19) PETER AUGUSTINE Vs. K.V. XAVIER AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 41 Rule 23 — Remand — When permissible — Suit for declaration of title, fixation of boundary, and injunction — Dispute regarding identification of property due to differing survey numbers in historical deeds — High Court remarking similarity in boundaries and area described in deeds, yet remitting back for fresh denovo disposal on ground of improper identification by Court Commissioner — Error in second remand — Appeal could be decided based on interpretation o India Law Library Docid # 2426012
(20) OLD JALUKAI VILLAGE COUNCIL Vs. KAKIHO VILLAGE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Nagaland Village and Area Councils Act, 1978 — Section 3 — Recognition of villages — Criteria for recognition — Emphasis on land ownership and adherence to customary practices — Explained through O.M. dated 22.03.1996 and 01.10.2005 — Customary requirement of ‘No Objection Certificate’ from parent village recognised in O.M. — Public notice inviting objections is cardinal for transparent process and to prevent future conflict — State’s duty to consider objections India Law Library Docid # 2426013