(1) SADIQ B. HANCHINMANI Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 156(3) — Magistrate's power to direct investigation — A Magistrate can direct investigation under Section 156(3) after applying their mind and finding sufficient material to suggest a cognizable offence, without necessarily taking cognizance of the offence — Such a direction is a preliminary step to allow the police to exercise their power of investigation — The High Court's quashing of such a direction based India Law Library Docid # 2434879
(2) U.P. STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION THROUGH ITS CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER Vs. KASHMIRI LAL BATRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 88 — Inter-State Reciprocal Transport Agreement — Chapter VI overrides Chapter V — Schemes under Chapter VI (approved schemes and notified routes) prevail over agreements under Section 88. India Law Library Docid # 2434880
(3) MMTC LIMITED Vs. ANGLO AMERICAN METALLURGICAL COAL PVT. LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 47 — Objections in execution proceedings — Limited scope — Objections under Section 47 CPC are maintainable against an arbitral award, but only on very narrow grounds, such as jurisdictional infirmity or voidness, not errors of fact or law. India Law Library Docid # 2434844
(4) M/S. LANCOR HOLDINGS LIMITED Vs. PREM KUMAR MENON AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Setting aside of arbitral award — Delay in pronouncement — While undue and unexplained delay in pronouncing an arbitral award is not a ground, in itself, to set it aside, it can lead to the award being vitiated if the delay adversely affects the final decision and reflects on the findings, making it conflict with public policy or be patently illegal. India Law Library Docid # 2434705
(5) IN RE: SUMMONING ADVOCATES WHO GIVE LEGAL OPINION OR REPRESENT PARTIES DURING INVESTIGATION OF CASES AND RELATED ISSUES.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 — Section 179 — Summoning of Advocate by Investigating Agency — Advocate representing accused cannot be summoned directly to elicit case details as it violates advocate-client privilege and constitutional rights of the accused, unless specific exceptions under Section 132 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) apply. India Law Library Docid # 2434706
(6) UMA KANT AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 — Section 23 — Minimum qualifications for teachers — Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) — Amendment extending deadline for unqualified teachers to acquire minimum qualifications — Termination of teachers appointed before amendment for not possessing TET at the time of appointment — Held: Termination erroneous as India Law Library Docid # 2434707
(7) M.C. MEHTA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Public Interest Litigation (PIL) — Environmental Protection — Monitoring Committee — Powers and Scope — A PIL was filed concerning environmental issues in Delhi, leading to the appointment of a Monitoring Committee. The Supreme Court clarified that the committee was appointed to prevent misuse of residential premises for commercial purposes and not to interfere with residential premises used as such. India Law Library Docid # 2434708
(8) KIMBERLEY CLUB PVT. LTD. Vs. KRISHI UTPADAN MANDI PARISHAD AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Tender Conditions — Interpretation — Ambiguity — The terms of a tender must be clear and unambiguous — If a tendering authority intends for a specific document to be issued by a particular authority, it must be clearly stated in the tender conditions — Failure to do so may lead to rejection of the bid being deemed arbitrary and dehors the tender terms. India Law Library Docid # 2434709
(9) MANJULATA SAHU Vs. PRASANT KUMAR SAHU[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 9 and 13 — Transfer of proceedings — Two divorce proceedings were pending before different Family Courts, one filed by the wife under Section 9 and another filed by the husband under Section 13 — Wife sought transfer of husband's case to the court where her case was pending — Court allowed the transfer to ensure both cases are heard India Law Library Docid # 2434886
(10) BINO JOSEPH Vs. NEENA CHERIAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Powers of Supreme Court — Dissolution of marriage and quashing of cases — Parties reached a settlement, including mutual divorce and withdrawal of pending cases, and approached the Supreme Court for its decree under Article 142. The Court, finding the settlement to be voluntary and in the best interests of the parties and their children, allowed the prayers for divorce and quashing of cases, reiterating the importance of adherence to the settlement ter India Law Library Docid # 2434904
(11) SONIYA DEVI Vs. PANKAJ KUMAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 46, Rule 1 and Order II, Rule 2 — Transfer of Proceedings — Grounds for transfer — Inconvenience to petitioner — Held, considerable inconvenience caused by distance (1500 kms) to litigant from her place of residence justifies transfer in the interest of justice. India Law Library Docid # 2434905
(12) MAYARANI PAIN Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 85, 108, 3(5) — Anticipatory Bail — Petitioner apprehending arrest in connection with FIR for offences under these sections — Petitioner is mother-in-law of complainant — Interim protection granted subject to cooperation with investigation — Granted anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds and sureties, subject to India Law Library Docid # 2434915
(13) ANSARULLA AJIMULLA KHAN @ LALA Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 8(c) and 21 — Bail — Appellant arrested in connection with offences under the Act — High Court's order granting bail challenged — Supreme Court considered totality of circumstances and period of incarceration (over 1 year 8 months) — Supreme Court inclined to grant bail on terms to be fixed by the Trial Court. India Law Library Docid # 2434924
(14) THE DIRECTOR, BHARATHIDASAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND ANOTHER Vs. DR. C.N.S. RAMNATH BABU AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Employment Law — Reinstatement — Employee termination — Where an order of termination is quashed, but the issues raised against the employee are serious, reinstatement might not be the appropriate remedy. Instead, full monetary reimbursement is a suitable alternative to compensate for any loss suffered, preventing irreparable harm. India Law Library Docid # 2434926
(15) THE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. SMT. PHUL BHANU BIBI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Recovery from officers — High Court directing recovery of awarded compensation from erring officers of Insurance Company — Supreme Court set aside this direction — Reason: Officers were not made parties nor heard, violating principles of natural justice — Compensation amount itself maintained. India Law Library Docid # 2434932
(16) DIPIKA AGARWAL (NEE KHAITAN) Vs. RISHI AGARWAL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Transfer Petition — Transfer of Matrimonial Suit — Supreme Court satisfied that transfer is appropriate based on allegations in petition without delving into merits — Divorce petition pending in West Bengal transferred to Family Court in New Delhi — Transfer shall not hinder mediation proceedings — Transferee court to continue proceedings India Law Library Docid # 2434933
(17) ORION CONMERX PVT. LTD. Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2025 Insurance Law — Fire Insurance — Accidental Fire — Cause of fire is immaterial if the insured is not the instigator and there is no fraud. The objective of fire insurance is to indemnify the insured against loss by fire. India Law Library Docid # 2434698
(18) PAWAN KUMAR Vs. SURBHI KHATANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 1 — Transfer Petition — Divorce proceedings — Mediation successful — Parties arrived at a settlement agreement for dissolution of marriage and withdrawal of all pending cases against each other — Settlement includes lump sum payment to wife and terms regarding custody and visitation of minor child — Supreme Court India Law Library Docid # 2434887
(19) KIRAN DEEP KAUR @ KIRAN BALA Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2025 Civil Procedure — Compensation — Vicarious Liability — State's responsibility — While the State may not be vicariously liable in a strict legal sense for actions of its employees that cause death, the court can award compensation in the interest of justice, especially in cases involving official weapons and delayed response to victim's pleas. India Law Library Docid # 2434888
(20) PADMAVATHY Vs. THAMARAVARDHINI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2025 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Applicability of amendments — Suit for partition — Conflict between earlier judgments of Supreme Court on the effect of amendments — Supreme Court decided the issue in Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma & Ors. — High Court's judgment passed before Vineeta Sharma was available — Supreme Court set aside High Court's judgment and India Law Library Docid # 2434889