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(1) ZOHARBEE AND ANOTHER Vs. IMAM KHAN (D) THR. LRS. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2025
Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Sections 54, 55 — Agreement to Sell vs. Sale Deed — An agreement to sell by itself does not create any interest or charge on the property. Ownership passes only upon execution of a conveyance (sale deed). An agreement to sell, even with possession, is not a conveyance and does not confer title or transfer interest, except for the limited right under Section 53-A for protection against the transferor.
India Law Library Docid # 2434010

(2) LEELAVATHI N. AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2025
Administrative Law — Alternate Remedy — High Court should not entertain writ petitions when an effective alternative remedy is available under law, like before a Tribunal.
India Law Library Docid # 2434011

(3) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL U.P. LUCKNOW AND OTHERS Vs. SUSHIL KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 156(3) — Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) — Power to direct CBI investigation — Such power must be exercised sparingly, cautiously, and only in exceptional situations to ensure credibility and confidence in investigations, or where the incident has national/international ramifications, or to do complete justice — Routine directions based on mere allegations or subjective lack of confidence in local
India Law Library Docid # 2434012

(4) KARAM SINGH Vs. AMARJIT SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-10-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(d) — Rejection of plaint — Suit barred by law — Court can only consider averments in the plaint to determine if the suit is barred by law, not the defense — The issue of limitation, especially when it is a mixed question of law and fact, cannot be a ground for rejecting the plaint at the threshold under Order VII Rule 11(d) CPC.
India Law Library Docid # 2434005

(5) MANORMA SINHA AND ANOTHER Vs. THE DIVISIONAL MANAGER, ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-10-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Compensation — Calculation — Inclusions in calculation of loss of dependency — Allowances and perks beneficial to the family should be included when calculating income, irrespective of taxability — Exclusion of allowances by High Court as per pay slip was an error — Tribunal's calculation of monthly income including allowances was correct.
India Law Library Docid # 2434006

(6) PRADYUMNA MUKUND KOKIL Vs. NASHIK MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-10-2025
Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 (MRTP Act), Section 127 — Lapsed reservation — Land initially reserved for public purposes but not acquired within stipulated period under MRTP Act — Reservation lapses, giving original owner right to seek development or re-acquisition.
India Law Library Docid # 2434007

(7) THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. SUBIT KUMAR DAS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-10-2025
Service Law — Recruitment Rules — Absorption of waitlisted candidate — A waitlisted candidate does not have a vested right to be appointed. The right to consideration arises only if a selected candidate does not join. The waitlist has a limited operational period and cannot extend indefinitely, especially after a fresh recruitment process has begun.
India Law Library Docid # 2434008

(8) M.C. MEHTA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-10-2025
Environmental Law — Pollution Control — Firecrackers — Right to Life vs. Right to Profession — Balancing Exercise — While commercial interests and festive spirit cannot override health and environmental concerns, total prohibition of firecrackers may be unreasonable if alternatives causing less pollution exist. Court must balance livelihood of industry workers with public health.
India Law Library Docid # 2434015

(9) VARUN KUMAR ALIAS SONU Vs. THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 363, 366, 376, 377 — Kidnapping, Abduction, Rape, Unnatural Offences — Appeal against High Court judgment convicting appellant after trial court acquittal — Dispute centered on evidence and credibility of victim — High Court’s re-appreciation of evidence and conviction upheld.
India Law Library Docid # 2433944

(10) ALAN MERVYN ARTHUR STEPHENSON Vs. J. XAVIER JAYARAJAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-10-2025
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(5) — Appointment of Arbitrator — Partnership deed with arbitration clause — Limitation period — Claim for recovery of amounts paid under partnership agreement — Purchase of land occurred on 04.05.2016 — Amounts paid prior to this date were alleged to have not
India Law Library Docid # 2433945

(11) STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Vs. JANVED SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 302, 304B, 498A, 201 — Homicidal Death — Dowry Harassment — Fabrication to Conceal Death — Medical evidence confirmed death by strangulation and post-mortem burn injuries, falsifying accused's claim of electrocution. Accused's false report and uncorroborated alibi for being away at the time of death established a chain of incriminating circumstances — Trial court
India Law Library Docid # 2433946

(12) KOMAL PRASAD SHAKYA Vs. RAJENDRA SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B — Cheating, Forgery, Using Forged Document, Criminal Conspiracy — Quashing of Criminal Proceedings — High Court quashed criminal complaint and proceedings — Supreme Court allowed appeals, set aside High Court order, and restored criminal complaint to file.
India Law Library Docid # 2433947

(13) SHIVKUMAR @ BALESHWAR YADAV Vs. THE STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 363, 366, 376, 506 — Kidnapping, abduction or compelling woman to marry, rape, criminal intimidation — Offences established by victim's testimony, father's corroboration, and medical evidence of forceful intercourse and presence of semen.
India Law Library Docid # 2433948

(14) M/S KHURANA BROTHERS Vs. ANAND BARDHAN PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-10-2025
Contempt of Court — Jurisdiction — Doctrine of Merger — The doctrine of merger applies to appellate or revisional orders and its application depends on the nature of the order and the scope of the appellate/revisional jurisdiction. It is not a rigid and universal rule.
India Law Library Docid # 2434013

(15) TAMILAGA VETTRI KAZHAGAM Vs. P.H. DINESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-10-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 32 & 226 — Power to direct CBI investigation — Extraordinary power to be exercised sparingly and cautiously in exceptional situations to provide credibility and confidence in investigation, or where incident has national/international ramifications, or for complete justice and enforcing fundamental rights.
India Law Library Docid # 2433901

(16) RAHUL AGARWAL Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-10-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section not specified, Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 349 — Voice Sample — Collection of voice sample for investigation — High Court set aside Magistrate's order allowing collection of voice sample, citing pendency of reference to a Larger Bench —
India Law Library Docid # 2433902

(17) THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS Vs. M/S SANTI CERAMICS PVT. LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-10-2025
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 5-A — Objections — Restoration of land — Supreme Court judgment in Kedar Nath Yadav v. State of West Bengal — Relief of restoration of acquired land was intended for vulnerable agricultural communities, not commercial entities — Respondent No. 1, a private limited company, engaged in manufacturing, could not claim parity with cultivators — Company had capacity to
India Law Library Docid # 2433903

(18) KACHARA VAHATUK SHARAMIK SANGH Vs. AJOY MEHTA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-10-2025
Municipal Corporation — Employees — Permanent status — Contempt petition for non-compliance with judgment directing to treat employees as permanent and extend benefits retrospectively — Supreme Court modified award to grant monetary relief from date of award and actual monetary benefit to serving employees from that
India Law Library Docid # 2433949

(19) S.K. JAIN Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-10-2025
Army Act, 1950 — Sections 63 and 69 — Possession of ammunition — Substitution of conviction — Tribunal can substitute conviction from a civil offence (Section 69) to an act prejudicial to good order and discipline (Section 63) if evidence supports the latter and the original court-martial could have lawfully found the accused guilty of the substituted offence.
India Law Library Docid # 2433771

(20) G. PRASAD RAGHAVAN Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF PUDUCHERRY[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) —Sections 420, 406, 294(b), 506(i) read with Section 34 — Cheating, Criminal Breach of Trust, Obscene acts and songs, Criminal Intimidation — Discharge — Appellant was a minor at the time of the primary transaction of sale agreement and payment of money — No allegations that the appellant made any representation or induced the informant — Subsequent purchase
India Law Library Docid # 2433904