(541) SOMU SAVITHRAMMA Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Supreme Court Rules, 1966 — Order 47 Rule 1 — Review of judgment — Application for review of a previous order dismissing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) — Court perused materials and found no grounds for review — Review petition dismissed. India Law Library Docid # 2434454
(542) CITIZENS WHISTLE BLOWER FORUM Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Directorate of Enforcement (ED) — Investigation — Clarification of stand — ED required to clarify its position regarding observations by CBI about money laundering aspects and steps taken in relation to CBI's request for FIR registration. India Law Library Docid # 2434455
(543) RAJ CHETANI Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Interim Bail — Granted in FIR/Crime No. 153/2025 registered at Police Station Torwa, District Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, in connection with arrest — Subject to executing personal bonds and sureties — Petitioner directed to cooperate with investigation and report to Investigating Officer as directed. India Law Library Docid # 2434462
(544) RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. SMT. REKHA LALCHAND PATEL AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim for compensation — Appeal by Insurance Company challenging award of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Court finds that the Tribunal's findings on rash and negligent driving are well-reasoned and based on evidence like DAR, charge-sheet, spot panchnama, and are supported by the India Law Library Docid # 2434512
(545) SHIVAPUTRA M HONNALLI Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 08-10-2025 Karnataka Universities of Agricultural Sciences Act, 2009 — Section 31(9) — Appointment of Comptroller — Procedure — Requirements — Panel of qualified persons to be prepared by Vice-Chancellor, approved by Board of Management — Vice-Chancellor to appoint from approved panel — Chancellor to appoint if Board rejects panel — Petitioner not qualified for panel, no panel prepared or approved — India Law Library Docid # 2434557
(546) IREDDY RAVINDER REDDY AND OTHER Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHER[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 145 — Proceedings initiated to prevent breach of peace when civil suit is pending — Pendency of a civil suit involving the property does not automatically bar criminal proceedings under Section 145 Cr.P.C., especially when the civil court has not definitively adjudicated possession or issued orders that prevent the Executive Magistrate from taking action India Law Library Docid # 2434615
(547) MUKESH KUMAR SAHGAL Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 5 r/w 6, Section 21(2) — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 354-A, 376(2), 323, 504 — Information Technology Act, 2000 – Section 67A — Criminal Appeal — Conviction upheld for sexual assault and failure to report — Conviction set aside for obscenity and intentional insult — Appellant Mukesh Kumar Sahgal convicted under Sections 354 India Law Library Docid # 2434682
(548) SUNIL KUMAR GOYAL Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 Notaries Act, 1952 — Section 5(2) and Rules, 1956, Rule 8B — Renewal of Certificate of Practice — Rejection of renewal application solely on the ground of having practiced for more than ten years — Held to be unsustainable in law — The Act and Rules do not prescribe any upper age limit or restriction on number of renewals — Renewal can only be refused on grounds specified in Section 10 of the India Law Library Docid # 2434683
(549) KARNAIL SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 U.P. Zamindari Abolition & Land Reforms Act, 1950, Section 132 — Bhumidhari rights — Water body land — Prohibition against accrual of bhumidhari rights in pasture lands or lands covered by water — This prohibition applies to riverbed/water body land. India Law Library Docid # 2434684
(550) M. KALAVATHY Vs. C.MADHUBALA[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 08-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — First Appeal — Suit for Specific Performance — Dismissal of suit by trial court challenged — Plaintiff alleged defendant agreed to sell property due to defendant's mother's loan default — Plaintiff claimed full sale price paid — Defendant denied knowledge of loan, alleged sale agreement forged — Trial court dismissed suit citing lack of proof for loan, India Law Library Docid # 2434834
(551) SELVAN Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 457, 380 read with 34 — House-trespass and theft — Conviction based solely on recovery evidence from confession — Held unsustainable — Case law cited: Manoj Kumar Soni v State of MP [2023 SCC OnLine SC 984], Varkey C.V. v State of Kerala [2024 KHC 7096], Abdul Jabbar v State of Kerala [2025 KHC OnLine 901] — Recovery under Section 27 of Evidence Act cannot be the sole basis for conviction as it is not substantive evidence and India Law Library Docid # 2434871
(552) DHARMRAO SHARANAPPA SHABADI AND OTHERS Vs. SYEDA ARIFA PARVEEN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2025 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 50 — Opinion as to relationship, when relevant — Opinion expressed by conduct of person with special knowledge on relationship is relevant — Essentials are court's opinion, expression through conduct, and person having special knowledge — Conduct alone is not proof but an intermediate step to infer opinion — Opinion must be proved by direct evidence — Court needs to weigh India Law Library Docid # 2433556
(553) RANGE FOREST OFFICER Vs. M/S RAJAMAHAL SILKS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 451 & 457 — Release of Seized Property — Ownership/Entitlement — High Court set aside trial court order rejecting release application without considering trial court's finding on ownership and reasons thereof — Such an order without adverting to and discussing trial court's India Law Library Docid # 2433661
(554) SWACCH ASSOCIATION, NAGPUR Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2025 Wetlands (Conservation & Management) Rules, 2017 — Rule 2(1)(g) — Definition of 'wetland' — Excludes human-made water bodies/tanks constructed for drinking water, aquaculture, salt production, recreation, and irrigation purposes — Futala Tank, a man-made lake constructed for irrigation and drinking water needs, does not fall within the statutory definition of a wetland. India Law Library Docid # 2433545
(555) S. SANTHANA LAKSHMI AND OTHERS Vs. D. RAJAMMAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Jurisdiction — Suit for injunction simpliciter — Whether maintainable without a prayer for declaration of title when title is disputed — Where a party asserts title based on a Will but the defendant claims co-ownership and occupancy rights, and possession is admitted to be with the defendant, a suit for injunction simpliciter without a prayer for declaration of title may India Law Library Docid # 2433546
(556) ANILKUMAR @ LAPETU RAMSHAKAL SHARMA Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2025 Prisoner's Rights — Premature Release — Remission Guidelines — Appellant, a life convict, sought premature release after 20 years. The government ordered release after 24 years based on Category 4(d) of the 2010 guidelines (joint murder with premeditation). Appellant argued he should be released after 22 years under Category India Law Library Docid # 2433547
(557) OFFSHORE INFRASTRUCTURES LIMITED Vs. M/S BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 11(6), 12(5) and Seventh Schedule — Appointment of Arbitrator — Clause in contract making MD or his nominee as arbitrator — Clause became bad in law due to amendments in 1996 Act making such persons ineligible — Court has power to appoint independent arbitrator despite ineligibility of nominated arbitrator, for ensuring neutrality and impartiality — India Law Library Docid # 2433548
(558) RAJENDRA SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARANCHAL ETC[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction by High Court reversing Trial Court acquittal — Appeal to Supreme Court — Supreme Court scrutinized ocular evidence and evidence of recovery of weapons — Supreme Court found ocular evidence unreliable due to contradictions and chance witnesses, and recovery of weapons insufficient to establish guilt as blood matching was not done India Law Library Docid # 2433549
(559) K. S. SHIVAPPA Vs. SMT. K. NEELAMMA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2025 Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 — Section 8(2) and 8(3) — Transfer of minor's immovable property by natural guardian without court permission — Voidable at instance of minor or person claiming under him — Repudiation can be by suit or by unequivocal conduct within prescribed time upon attaining majority — Transferring property themselves after attaining majority is sufficient repudiation. India Law Library Docid # 2433550
(560) JSW STEEL LIMITED ETC. Vs. DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT ETC[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2025 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 — Section 3 & 2(1)(u) — Proceeds of crime — Whether unpaid consideration for iron ore can be treated as proceeds of crime — Court should permit statutory process to conclude rather than interfere prematurely, especially when appellate remedy is pending. India Law Library Docid # 2433551