(981) VIKAS KAMALAKAR WALAWALKAR Vs. THE DEPUTY SALT COMMISSIONER AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 5 — Powers of appellate court to grant stay — Discretionary power — Equitable in nature — Not a statutory right to obtain stay merely by filing an appeal — Applicant must do equity to seek equitable order — Court will help those who do justice — Doctrine of in pari delicto applicable. India Law Library Docid # 2433620
(982) ANURADHA ANUJ SHARMA Vs. ANUJ SHARMA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Family Law — Divorce — Mutual Consent — Parties approached Supreme Court for divorce by mutual consent under Article 142 of the Constitution and Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, after extensive negotiations. India Law Library Docid # 2433621
(983) STATE BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. RAMADHAR SAO[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Disciplinary Proceedings — Judicial Review Scope — Courts exercising powers of judicial review over disciplinary inquiries are limited to correcting errors of law or procedural errors leading to manifest injustice or violation of natural justice, not to re-adjudicate on merits. India Law Library Docid # 2428932
(984) DEVENDRA KUMAR Vs. THE STATE (NCT OF DELHI) AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 156(3) and 190 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 186 — Jurisdiction of Magistrate to direct FIR registration under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. for offence under Section 186 IPC without a complaint from the public servant concerned. Held, Magistrate cannot straightaway direct investigation under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. for offence under Section 186 IPC when India Law Library Docid # 2428933
(985) UNION OF INDIA Vs. SALEEM KHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967 — Sections 18, 18-A, 18-B, 19, 20, 38 & 39 — Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 120-B — Arms Act, Section 25(1B)(a) — Bail — Grant of bail to one accused and refusal to another — Supreme Court upheld the High Court’s decision in granting bail to one accused (Saleem Khan) finding insufficient prima facie evidence of involvement in a banned organisation and long India Law Library Docid # 2428934
(986) NEELAM KUMARI Vs. THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction based on extra-judicial confession and circumstantial evidence — Held, extra-judicial confessions are weak evidence and require corroboration by independent evidence — Circumstantial evidence must form a complete chain, consistent only with the hypothesis of guilt and excluding all other reasonable hypotheses — In this case, significant gaps in evidence, India Law Library Docid # 2428978
(987) VIKRAM BAKSHI AND OTHERS Vs. R.P. KHOSLA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 362 — Court not to alter judgment — Prohibition on altering or reviewing a judgment or final order except to correct clerical or arithmetical errors — Section 362 applies to criminal proceedings initiated under Section 340 CrPC. (Paras 27, 28, 34) India Law Library Docid # 2428981
(988) M/S R A SANTANA MARKETING SERVICES PVT. LTD. Vs. JMK TECHNOLOGY PVT. LTD AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Suspension of sentence — Condition for deposit of compensation — High Court erred in law by exempting the respondent from depositing 20% of the awarded compensation as a condition for suspending the sentence, without assigning any valid reason, despite the respondent having failed to comply with the condition required for India Law Library Docid # 2433616
(989) ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR GENERAL ADJUDICATION Vs. SURESH KUMAR AND CO. IMPEX PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Customs Act, 1962 — Section 138C(4) — Where the Supreme Court had set aside the Tribunal's judgment and order and restored the appeals for rehearing on grounds other than Section 138C(4) of the Act, 1962, the Tribunal must rehear the entire appeals on their own merits without being influenced by any of the Supreme Court's observations, which were confined only to the issue of Section 138C(4) of the Act. India Law Library Docid # 2433617
(990) VIKRAM BAKSHI AND OTHERS Vs. R.P. KHOSLA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 362 — Court not to alter judgment — Prohibition against alteration or review of judgment/order after signing, except for clerical/arithmetical errors or as provided by other laws — This prohibition is complete for criminal courts — Criminal proceedings under Section 340 CrPC are substantive criminal proceedings, not administrative or procedural review — High India Law Library Docid # 2434803
(991) M/S. SHAH NANJI NAGSI EXPORTS PVT. LTD. Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) — Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) — Shipping Bills — Declaration of intent to claim reward — Inadvertent clerical error in marking "No" instead of "Yes" in electronic filing of shipping bills — Customs Act, 1962 — Section 149 — Correction of shipping bills under Section 149 by Customs authority — Policy Relaxation Committee (PRC) rejection of MEIS claim due to system not permitting manual intervention and requiring original "Yes" entry — Principles of India Law Library Docid # 2433629
(992) NILIMA DAS GUPTA (DECEASED) THROUGH ITS LRS. Vs. ON THE DEATH OF ABDUR ROUF HIS LEGAL HEIRS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 120 — Parties to civil suit as competent witnesses — High Court’s interpretation that a son cannot depose on behalf of his mother due to Section 120 was incorrect — Section 120 allows parties and their spouses to be competent witnesses — A son is generally competent to testify unless he lacks the intelligence to understand questions or give rational answers (Section 118) — While a India Law Library Docid # 2433630
(993) KAJAL PANDEY Vs. ANKIT MISHRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 18 Rule 3A — Settlement between parties — Parties present in court and confirmed settlement agreement terms — Cases filed against each other prayed to be quashed as per settlement — Court verified settlement with parties and quashed all pending cases. India Law Library Docid # 2433631
(994) ASWATHI SURESH PONOLY Vs. MUKESH KUTTANWITH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Transfer of Proceedings — Section 25 — Power of Supreme Court to transfer cases — Respondent served with notice but failed to appear, declared ex parte — Transfer petitions allowed based on petitioner's contentions, averments, and in the interest of justice. India Law Library Docid # 2433632
(995) ASIT BARAN MONDAL AND ANOTHER Vs. DR. RITA SINHA MBBS MS (OBST. GYNAE) AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Supreme Court Rules — Correction of Court Records — Inadvertent errors in uploading court orders to the website can be rectified by substituting the incorrect version with the duly approved and authenticated order. India Law Library Docid # 2433633
(996) PARUL SAPRA Vs. NEERAJ SAPRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 25 — Transfer of cases — Divorce petition — Petitioner sought transfer of a divorce case from Haryana to Delhi — Respondents, despite being served, did not appear, indicating no objection — Court found grounds for transfer and allowed the petition, directing transfer of the case and its records. India Law Library Docid # 2433634
(997) MAHANT BHAWANI NANDAN GIRI Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Supreme Court's Intervention — Criminal investigation details deemed irrelevant to the present lis concerning management of Math affairs. India Law Library Docid # 2433635
(998) GEOJIT FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD. Vs. SANDEEP GURAV[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34(3) and Section 33 — Limitation for setting aside arbitral award — Period of limitation for challenging an award begins from the date an application filed under Section 33 is disposed of, regardless of whether the application was allowed or dismissed. India Law Library Docid # 2433636
(999) NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR PROTECTION OF CHILD RIGHTS (NCPCR) Vs. GULAAM DEEN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ of Mandamus — Protection of life and liberty — High Court directing protection to individuals — Appeal by National Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and Women (NCW) against such order — Held, NCPCR and NCW have no locus standi to challenge an order granting protection to individuals. India Law Library Docid # 2433637
(1000) RANA GOPE Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Appeal against rejection of bail — Appellant not named in FIR — No allegations in victim's statement of introducing her to prostitution or trafficking — Statements of witnesses yet to be completed, but victim's statement already recorded at trial — Appellant made out a case for bail. (Paras 4, 5, 6, 7, India Law Library Docid # 2433638