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(421) M/S AQUAGRI PROCESSING PVT. LTD. Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 17-12-2025
Fertilizer (Inorganic, Organic or Mixed) Control Order, 1985 (FCO, 1985) — Bio-stimulants — Provisional Registration (Form G-3) and Authorization (Form A-2) — Requirement of disclosure — Failure by manufacturer (Petitioner) to make complete and transparent disclosure of all processing units in statutory Forms (G-1 and A-2) for obtaining provisional registration and authorization for sale, constitutes a regulatory
India Law Library Docid # 2437778

(422) M/S SRI LAKSHMI BALAJI ENTERPRISES AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S ANGEETHIS RESTAURANT AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-12-2025
Stamp Act, 1899 — Section 2(5) (a) to (c) — Stamp Duty — Nature of Document — Admissibility in Evidence — Whether a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) constitutes a 'Bond' requiring higher stamp duty — The nature of a document is determined by its contents, not merely its nomenclature — A document qualifies as a 'Bond' under Section 2(5) if it is an instrument by which a person puts himself under
India Law Library Docid # 2437832

(423) COMMISSIONERS FOR HIS MAJESTY'S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS Vs. HOTEL LA TOUR LTD[UNITED KINGDOM SUPREME COURT] 17-12-2025
Value Added Tax (VAT) — Input Tax Deduction — Right to Deduct — General Principle — VAT is intended to be a tax borne by the ultimate consumer; a trader generally deducts input VAT paid on goods/services used in business from output VAT collected from customers—Right to deduction applies even if no specific output transaction is linked, provided costs are part of general overheads and are used for the taxable person's economic activity as a whole
India Law Library Docid # 2437978

(424) IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR NORTHERN IRELAND FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW[UNITED KINGDOM SUPREME COURT] 17-12-2025
Public Interest Immunity (PII) — Judicial Review of Coroner's Decision to Disclose Gists – Standard of Review — Whether appellate court must apply ordinary public law standards (such as Wednesbury irrationality) or conduct its own assessment (reconsideration) of the public interest balance — PII assessment involves application of a substantive law of evidence, not the exercise of discretion — Appellate or reviewing court must determine whether the first instance decision
India Law Library Docid # 2437979

(425) MOHAN LAL Vs. STATE OF H.P.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-12-2025
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7 and 13(2) — Conviction — Essential ingredients — To establish an offence under Section 7, proof of demand and voluntary acceptance of illegal gratification by the public servant are sine qua non — Mere recovery of tainted money, without proof of demand, is insufficient to secure
India Law Library Docid # 2437998

(426) THE TAHSILDAR, SIVAGANGAI AND OTHERS Vs. P.GANESAN[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 17-12-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 20 Rule 4, 5, 6 — Judgment in suit — Requirements of a judgment — A judgment must contain a concise statement of the case, points for determination, decision thereon, and reasons for such decision — Ex parte decree passed in summary manner, merely noting plaintiff's examination (PW-1) and marking of documents (Ex.A1 to Ex.A7), without framing issues, discussing the case, or providing reasons, is a 'cryptic unreasoned judgment' and is ex facie illegal,
India Law Library Docid # 2438117

(427) THE DHARMAPURI DISTRICT CO-OPERATIVE MILK PRODUCERS UNION LTD. Vs. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 17-12-2025
Income Tax Act, 1961 — Capital or Revenue Receipt — Grant-in-aid/Subsidy — Purpose Test — Determining the nature of an incentive subsidy (whether capital or revenue) relies primarily on the 'purpose test', meaning the character of the receipt is judged by the object for which the subsidy is given, irrespective of the time of payment, source, form, or payment mechanism.
India Law Library Docid # 2438118

(428) BARAJU MANIA @ BEHERA Vs. STATE OF ODISHA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 17-12-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302 and 376 — Murder and Rape — Circumstantial Evidence — Appeal against conviction — Court must carefully scrutinize circumstantial evidence to ensure it forms a complete chain, excluding all reasonable doubt of innocence.
India Law Library Docid # 2438200

(429) PANU SWAIN AND ORS. Vs. STATE OF ODISHA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 17-12-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302/34, 304-B/34, 498-A/34 and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act — Appeal against conviction and sentence for offences related to dowry death, cruelty, and murder — Death of married woman within short period of marriage in matrimonial home under abnormal circumstances — Presence of suspected bloodstains and broken bangles in bedroom, coupled with hasty cremation without
India Law Library Docid # 2438201

(430) M/S. DRN INFRASTRUCTURE PVT. LTD. Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 17-12-2025
Contract Law — Bank Guarantees — Fake Bank Guarantees — Liability of innocent party — Petitioner engaged third parties to arrange bank guarantees — these were later found to be fabricated. Petitioner filed a complaint and charge sheet was filed against the fraudsters. Held, the petitioner was also a victim and did not actively participate in creating the fake guarantee. Therefore, liquidated damages and debarment from future tenders were not applicable.
India Law Library Docid # 2438242

(431) ARUN AND OTHERS Vs. SAU. MEENA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 16-12-2025
Hindu Law — Joint Family Property — Ancestral Property vs. Separate Property — Property received by a Hindu male (vendor) from his father, who had received it in a partition post-Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (HSA) — Partition between father and his sons (vendor and brother) resulted in the property becoming the separate property of the father — Upon the father's demise post-HSA, the vendor inherited the property under Section 8 of the HSA (Succession/Inheritance) rather than by survivorship — Such
India Law Library Docid # 2437003

(432) MAKIBAR RAHMAN @ MUKIBUR RAHMAN Vs. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 16-12-2025
Criminal Law — Appeal against conviction — Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 419 (Cheating by impersonation) and 420 (Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (P.C. Act) — Sections 13(2) read with 13(1)(d) (Criminal misconduct by public servant) — Conviction solely based on Handwriting Expert's opinion (PW19) — Requisite corroboration — Whether conviction can be sustained without substantial or direct
India Law Library Docid # 2437239

(433) NORTH EASTERN DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION LTD. (NEDFI) Vs. M/S L. DOULO BUILDERS AND SUPPLIERS CO. PVT. LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-12-2025
Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act, 2002) — Applicability in Nagaland — Constitutional Mandate — Article 371A of the Constitution of India — Special provision with respect to the State of Nagaland — Article 371A(1)(a)(iv) stipulates that no Act of Parliament concerning ownership and transfer of land and its resources shall apply to Nagaland unless the Legislative Assembly resolves so — SARFAESI
India Law Library Docid # 2436961

(434) SANJAY KUMAR UPADHYAY Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-12-2025
Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 — Section 34(4) — Transfer of proceedings and effect of orders — Section 34(4) provides that any order made by the High Court at Patna before the appointed day in certain proceedings, shall for all purposes have effect not only as an order of the High Court at Patna but also as an order made by the High Court of Jharkhand — This deeming provision ensures continuity of judicial
India Law Library Docid # 2436962

(435) CEMENT CORPORATION OF INDIA Vs. ICICI LOMBARD GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-12-2025
Insurance Law — Fire Insurance Policy — Scope of Coverage — Proximate Cause — Repudiation of Claim — Loss occasioned by fire following an attempted theft/burglary — Policy covered 'Fire' as a specified peril with limited exclusions which did not include theft/burglary preceding the fire — Insurer denied claim arguing that the proximate cause was theft/burglary, which was excluded under the Riots Strike and Malicious Damages (RSMD) clause — Held: Once the loss is caused
India Law Library Docid # 2436963

(436) JAYANTIBHAI CHATURBHAI PATEL Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-12-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376(2)(d) — Rape — Appreciation of Evidence — Conviction solely based on First Information Report (FIR) or previous statements of hostile witnesses — Admissibility and reliability — Victim (PW-1) and her husband (PW-2) turned hostile and did not support the prosecution case during trial — Court should be slow to act on the testimony of hostile witness and normally
India Law Library Docid # 2436964

(437) RAJ PAL SINGH Vs. RAJVEER AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-12-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 read with Section 34 — Murder — Appeal against acquittal — Powers of Appellate Court — Reversal of acquittal — Principles — The guilt of the accused must be established beyond reasonable doubt (must or should, not may be) — Once an accused is acquitted, the presumption of innocence is reinforced — Interference by the appellate court must be minimal and guided by "substantial and compelling reasons" — Reversal should not occur merely because
India Law Library Docid # 2436965

(438) R. ASHOKA Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-12-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent powers of High Court to quash FIR — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Allegations against former Minister (Chairman of Regularisation Committee) regarding illegal land allotments to non-eligible persons — Principles for quashing FIR reiterated, including where institution and continuance of proceedings amount to abuse of process of court or securing ends of justice, or where proceedings are manifestly
India Law Library Docid # 2436966

(439) TAMIL NADU GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION LTD. Vs. M/s PENNA ELECTRICITY LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-12-2025
Electricity Law — Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) — Commercial Operation Date (COD) — Firm Power vs. Infirm Power — Payment of Fixed Charges — Applicability of Regulations — Dispute regarding whether power supplied by generating company (respondent) to distribution licensee (appellant) during the relevant period (29.10.2005 to 30.06.2006) should be treated as "firm power" entitling the respondent to fixed charges, or "infirm power" entitling only variable charges —
India Law Library Docid # 2436967

(440) SUJATA Vs. NISHANT[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 16-12-2025
Maintenance — Claim under different statutes — Wife can claim maintenance under multiple enactments (e.g., Section 125 Cr.P.C., Domestic Violence Act, Hindu Marriage Act) — No legal bar to filing applications under various statutes, but a husband should not be directed to pay maintenance independently under each proceeding — Court must account for maintenance already awarded in previous proceedings and provide
India Law Library Docid # 2437124

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