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(1) THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS ETC. Vs. KALLURI NAGA NARASIMHA ABHIRAM AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-09-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 371D — Presidential Order dated 01.07.1974 under — Andhra Pradesh Educational Institutions (Regulations of Admissions) Order, 1974 — ‘Local Candidate’ definition — State legislation for preferential admission — Legislative competence — Article 246, Seventh Schedule, List III, Entry 25 — Ordinance/Rules need to trace legislative competence to
India Law Library Docid # 2432163

(2) M/S. TRIVENI ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIES LTD. Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-09-2025
National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 — Sections 14, 15, 19(1) — Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, Sections 21, 22, 24 — Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, Sections 7, 8 — Violation of Principles of Natural Justice — Non-Impleadment of Party — Adherence to Statutory Procedure — Adverse orders passed without impleading affected party and without affording opportunity of hearing are
India Law Library Docid # 2432175

(3) SUSHIL KUMAR TIWARI Vs. HARE RAM SAH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-09-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 223 — Joint trial of persons accused of different offences — High Court set aside conviction solely on the ground of violation of Section 223 Cr.P.C. without considering prejudice or failure of justice — Supreme Court held that mere non-compliance of Section 223 Cr.P.C. does not automatically vitiate the trial — Prejudice or failure of justice must be proven from
India Law Library Docid # 2432176

(4) RAMESH CHAND (D) THR. LRS. Vs. SURESH CHAND AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-09-2025
Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 54 — Sale — Transfer of immovable property — For a valid sale of immovable property exceeding Rs. 100 in value, a registered instrument (sale deed) is mandatory — An agreement for sale does not create any interest or charge on the property and does not confer title, it merely creates a right to obtain a registered sale deed — Possession delivered under an
India Law Library Docid # 2432177

(5) M/S. KKK HYDRO POWER LIMITED Vs. HIMACHAL PRADESH STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-08-2025
Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 86(1)(B) — Regulation of Electricity Purchase — Price Determination — Price Agreements for Purchase of Electricity necessarily require review and approval of State Commission — Not a matter of Private Negotiation.
India Law Library Docid # 2432055

(6) STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS Vs. EX. C. SATPAL SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-08-2025
Disciplinary Proceedings - Dismissal from Service — Unauthorized Absence — Departmental Inquiry — Show Cause Notice — Past Conduct — Rule 16. 2(1) Punjab Police Rules, 1934 — Respondent, a Constable, was dismissed from service for unauthorized absence — A departmental inquiry was conducted, and a chargesheet was issued — The respondent was given an opportunity to cross —
India Law Library Docid # 2432056

(7) SMT. BHAGWATI DEVI Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-08-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 498-A — Cruelty by husband or relatives of husband — Dowry demand — Conviction based solely on uncorroborated statements of interested witnesses with no independent or medical evidence to prove cruelty or dowry demand — Complaint did not mention dowry demand by appellant — Wife’s family witnesses gave contradictory statements and admitted no dowry demand at the
India Law Library Docid # 2432057

(8) CONST. AMAR SINGH Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-08-2025
Disciplinary Proceedings — Charges — Proof — Constable found 12 kms from camp when permitted to visit hospital — Detained by civilians due to unwarranted activities affecting reputation of Force — Charge of leaving camp without permission not proved, but being found at distant residential colony instead of hospital and subsequent detention sufficiently proved conduct unbecoming of member of Armed
India Law Library Docid # 2432058

(9) M/S. TARACHAND LOGISTIC SOLUTIONS LIMITED Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-08-2025
Andhra Pradesh Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1963 — Section 3 — Levy of tax — Requirement of motor vehicle being used or kept for use in a ‘public place’ — ‘Public place’ defined under Section 2(34) of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 as a road, street, way or other place to which public has a right of access — Visakhapatnam Steel Plant premises, being a restricted area with controlled access, not a public place
India Law Library Docid # 2432059

(10) VIJAY KRISHNASWAMI @ KRISHNASWAMI VIJAYAKUMAR Vs. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INCOME TAX (INVESTIGATION)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-08-2025
Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 276C(1) — Wilful attempt to evade tax — Prosecution for wilful attempt to evade tax requires proof of mens rea — Settlement Commission granted immunity from penalty after full disclosure, finding no suppression of facts or wilful evasion — Continuation of prosecution despite
India Law Library Docid # 2432050

(11) THE STATE OF TRIPURA AND ANOTHER Vs. SAMUDRA DEBBARMA AND OTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-08-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 309 — Tripura Civil Service Rules, 1967 and Tripura Police Service Rules — Recruitment Rules framed under Article 309 have statutory force — Executive instructions (New Recruitment Policy) cannot override statutory rules unless rules are amended — Cancellation of a recruitment process at an advanced stage (after main examination) based on an executive policy
India Law Library Docid # 2432051

(12) IN RE: MEPUNG TADAR BAGE, MEMBER, ARUNACHAL PRADESH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-08-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 317 — Removal of Member of Public Service Commission — Refers to President's power to remove Chairman or Member on grounds of misbehaviour, after Supreme Court inquiry and report — Misbehaviour not defined in Constitution, requires broad interpretation based on precedent and context, going beyond mere misconduct to include acts eroding public faith in the
India Law Library Docid # 2432052

(13) THE STATE OF TRIPURA AND OTHERS Vs. ARUNABHA SAHA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-08-2025
Boilers Act, 1923 — Sections 2(c), 28, 28A, 29 — Chief Inspector, Deputy Chief Inspector and Inspector (Qualification and Experience) Rules, 2012; Recruitment Rules, 2013 — Recruitment for Inspector of Boilers — Cancellation of ongoing recruitment process due to new recruitment policy framing weightage for interview — Held, new policy, being an executive instruction, cannot override statutory rules
India Law Library Docid # 2432053

(14) PARTHA DAS AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF TRIPURA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-08-2025
Tripura State Rifles Act, 1983 and Tripura State Rifles (Recruitment) Rules, 1984 — Recruitment of Enrolled Followers — Cancellation of ongoing recruitment process midway due to a new policy decision — Held, executive instructions cannot override statutory rules or the Act — Cancellation of recruitment process under executive instructions without amending the Act and Rules is arbitrary and illegal — New
India Law Library Docid # 2432054

(15) DOGIPARTHI VENKATA SATISH AND ANOTHER Vs. PILLA DURGA PRASAD AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-08-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of plaint — Cause of action— Amendment of plaint — Substitution of proprietor for proprietorship concern — Held, a proprietorship concern is not a juristic person but a trade name for an individual business. The proprietor is the real party in interest. Substituting the proprietor for the proprietorship concern does not negate the cause of action,
India Law Library Docid # 2429056

(16) M/S EDELWEISS ASSET RECONSTRUCTION LIMITED Vs. REGIONAL PF COMMISSIONER II AND RECOVERY OFFICER, RO BENGALURU (KORAMANGALA) AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-08-2025
Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 — Section 11(2) — Priority of payment of dues — Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has a first charge on the assets of an establishment for its dues.
India Law Library Docid # 2429057

(17) PUTAI Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-08-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 302, 376(2)(g), 201 – Conviction and sentence for rape and murder – Appeal against – Circumstantial evidence – Prosecution failed to establish complete chain of incriminating circumstances beyond reasonable doubt – Testimony of prosecution witnesses contained contradictions and improbabilities – Suspicious conduct of accused attributed as improvement – Reliance on DNA reports
India Law Library Docid # 2429058

(18) SANTOSH SAHADEV KHAJNEKAR Vs. THE STATE OF GOA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-08-2025
Goa Children’s Act, 2003 — Section 8(2) and Section 2(m) — Child Abuse — Conviction unsustainable — Accused allegedly casually hit injured child with own son’s school bag — No evidence of deliberate maltreatment, cruelty, exploitation or ill-treatment intended to cause harm — Act exceeded mere incidental quarrel — Medical examination could not rule out possibility of injury from fall — High Court
India Law Library Docid # 2429059

(19) GPE (INDIA) LTD AND OTHERS Vs. TWARIT CONSULTANCY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-08-2025
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 47 and 49 — Enforcement of Foreign Award — High Court found no grounds to refuse recognition of the award and held it enforceable, subject to RBI approval — Supreme Court agreed with this conclusion and directed execution proceedings to proceed
India Law Library Docid # 2432124

(20) CHAMUNDESHWARI ELECTRICITY SUPPLY COMPANY LTD. (CESC) Vs. SAISUDHIR ENERGY (CHITRADURGA) PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-08-2025
Contract Law — Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) — Obligations of Developer and Distribution Licensee — Timelines and Conditions Precedent — Performance Bank Guarantee (PBG) — Force Majeure — Interpretation of Contractual Clauses.
India Law Library Docid # 2429050