(1) THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS Vs. MOHAMMAD AFZAL MOHAMMAD SHARIF[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Secularism — Institutional Secularism — Communal Riots — Investigation Team Composition — Direction to form SIT with officers from different religious communities is to ensure transparency and fairness in investigation of communal riots, not to prejudge communal bias. India Law Library Docid # 2434964
(2) RAVI PRAKASH SRIVASTAVA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 136 — Special Leave Petition (Civil) — High Court order disposing of writ petition without substantive relief — Petitioners granted liberty to approach Housing Commissioner for society affairs and file civil suit for loan repayment — Supreme Court reviewing High Court's disposition. India Law Library Docid # 2434969
(3) M/S SHANTI CONSTRUCTION PVT. LTD. Vs. THE STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Odisha Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2016 — Rule 27(4)(iv) — Interpretation of ‘previous Financial Year’ — Tender for extraction of sand — Bidder required to submit IT return of previous financial year — Company had not filed IT return for 2021-2022 as statutory period had not expired — Court held that ‘previous Financial India Law Library Docid # 2434970
(4) INDIAN RAILWAYS CATERING AND TOURISM CORP. LTD. Vs. M/S. BRANDAVAN FOOD PRODUCTS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 34 and 37 — Scope of interference with arbitral award — Court should not reappreciate evidence or interfere on grounds of erroneous application of law — Interference is permissible only when award is perverse or manifestly arbitrary, or in conflict with public policy of India, or India Law Library Docid # 2434971
(5) SAMIULLAH Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Registration Act, 1908 — Section 69 — Rule-making power — Bihar Registration Rules, 2008 — Rule 19(xvii) and (xviii) — Power to refuse registration based on proof of mutation (Jamabandi/Holding Allotment) — Held, such rules are ultra vires the rulemaking power under Section 69 and other provisions of the Act. India Law Library Docid # 2434972
(6) P. ANJANAPPA (D) BY LRs Vs. A.P. NANJUNDAPPA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Partition Suit — Release Deeds — Validity of Release Deeds — Release deed executed for consideration operates immediately to divest a coparcenary interest, not dependent on further implementation — Silence in a later document does not negate a concluded, registered relinquishment. Oral partition, even if unregistered, is admissible for collateral purposes of proving severance of joint status, explaining possession, recording arrangements, and evidencing subsequent India Law Library Docid # 2434961
(7) POONAM Vs. DULE SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1961 — Section 22(1)(d) — Declaring election void — Improper acceptance of nomination — Non-disclosure of criminal conviction in affidavit — Conviction under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, with one-year imprisonment sentence, not disclosed in affidavit filed under Rule 24-A of M.P. Nagar Palika Nirvachan India Law Library Docid # 2434962
(8) VIKRAM BHALCHANDRA GHONGADE Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 22, Rule 6 — Effect of death of party between conclusion of hearing and pronouncement of judgment — Judgment pronounced after death is valid — However, if a party to an appeal dies before the appeal is heard, the appeal cannot be decided in their absence without bringing their legal heirs on record India Law Library Docid # 2434963
(9) M/S ALCHEMIST HOSPITALS LTD. Vs. M/S ICT HEALTH TECHNOLOGY SERVICES INDIA PVT. LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6) — Application for appointment of arbitrator — Clause 8.28 of the Agreement — Three-tier process stipulated: negotiation, mediation, and then "arbitration" by Chairman — High Court held Clause 8.28 not a valid arbitration agreement — Supreme Court affirmed, finding no intention to refer disputes to a binding arbitration India Law Library Docid # 2434957
(10) MUSKAN Vs. ISHAAN KHAN (SATANIYA) AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR/Criminal Proceedings — High Court's power to quash proceedings should be exercised sparingly, cautiously, and only in exceptional cases where it is necessary to prevent abuse of process of court or secure ends of justice — High Court should not conduct a "mini-trial" or enquire into the reliability or genuineness of allegations at the FIR stage — If prima India Law Library Docid # 2434958
(11) MIHIR RAJESH SHAH Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 22(1) — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 47 — Grounds of arrest — Communication in writing — Mandatory requirement — Constitutional mandate that every arrested person must be informed of the grounds of arrest as soon as possible — This right is a fundamental right under Article 21 and 22(1) of the Constitution and is applicable to all offences, including those under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 India Law Library Docid # 2434959
(12) STATE OF CHHATTISGARH Vs. AMIT AISHWARYA JOGI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378(1) and 378(2) — Appeal against acquittal — State Government's and Central Government's powers — Section 378(2) specifies cases investigated by CBI or other central agencies, where Central Government can direct an appeal against acquittal — This creates a mutually exclusive division, excluding State Government's power under Section 378(1) in such cases. India Law Library Docid # 2434960
(13) PREETHA KRISHNAN AND OTHERS Vs. THE UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal — Compensation — Calculation of compensation — Split multiplier — Generally not to be applied — Retirement from service is not an exceptional circumstance justifying split multiplier — Age of deceased is the criterion for multiplier and does not allow India Law Library Docid # 2434973
(14) AJMERA RAMULU Vs. B CHANDRAKALA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 04-11-2025 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 19 — Appeal against judgment of Family Court — Preliminary issue — Maintainability of petition under Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Dispute as to whether marriage solemnized as per Hindu rites or customary tribal rites — Court's duty to determine applicability of Hindu Marriage Act based on evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2434877
(15) JASCENT NAKALUNGI Vs. NARCOTIC CONTROL BUREAU[DELHI HIGH COURT] 04-11-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Sections 8/21/23/29 — Bail Application — Recovery of commercial quantity of contraband (Heroin and Cocaine) — Applicant is alleged to have actively participated in illicit drug trafficking and criminal conspiracy — Voluntary statement under Section 67 of NDPS Act implicates the applicant — Applicant is a foreign national, posing India Law Library Docid # 2434878
(16) SADIQ B. HANCHINMANI Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 156(3) — Magistrate's power to direct investigation — A Magistrate can direct investigation under Section 156(3) after applying their mind and finding sufficient material to suggest a cognizable offence, without necessarily taking cognizance of the offence — Such a direction is a preliminary step to allow the police to exercise their power of investigation — The High Court's quashing of such a direction based India Law Library Docid # 2434879
(17) U.P. STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION THROUGH ITS CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER Vs. KASHMIRI LAL BATRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 88 — Inter-State Reciprocal Transport Agreement — Chapter VI overrides Chapter V — Schemes under Chapter VI (approved schemes and notified routes) prevail over agreements under Section 88. India Law Library Docid # 2434880
(18) ICICI LOMBARD GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD Vs. AYITI NAVANEETHA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166(3) — Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal and High Courts — Prohibition on dismissing claim petitions on grounds of limitation during pendency of connected Supreme Court matters. (Para 5) India Law Library Docid # 2434974
(19) MMTC LIMITED Vs. ANGLO AMERICAN METALLURGICAL COAL PVT. LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 47 — Objections in execution proceedings — Limited scope — Objections under Section 47 CPC are maintainable against an arbitral award, but only on very narrow grounds, such as jurisdictional infirmity or voidness, not errors of fact or law. India Law Library Docid # 2434844
(20) M/S. LANCOR HOLDINGS LIMITED Vs. PREM KUMAR MENON AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Setting aside of arbitral award — Delay in pronouncement — While undue and unexplained delay in pronouncing an arbitral award is not a ground, in itself, to set it aside, it can lead to the award being vitiated if the delay adversely affects the final decision and reflects on the findings, making it conflict with public policy or be patently illegal. India Law Library Docid # 2434705