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(121) STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS Vs. PURNA CHANDRA BIRUA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Delay and Laches — Writ Petition dismissed by High Court solely on grounds of delay and laches — Supreme Court found delay of one and a half years not to be "gross" — Held that the matter required consideration on merits, and the High Court
India Law Library Docid # 2434895

(122) GAURAV KOHLI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE of HARYANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT of INDIA] 28-10-2025
Administrative Law — Natural Justice — Audi Alteram Partem — High Court’s directions affecting parties’ civil suits — Such directions issued without joining affected parties and affording them an opportunity to be heard are unsustainable.
India Law Library Docid # 2434896

(123) HEENA THAPA Vs. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 173, 193 — Charge Sheet — Common Charge Sheet in multiple FIRs — Accused individually charge-sheeted in one FIR despite multiple FIRs being lodged — Court found no irregularity where an accused was only framed/charge-sheeted in respect of a second FIR, not a first FIR where they were not involved — Discretionary
India Law Library Docid # 2434897

(124) MOTILAL PATLE Vs. THE STATE OF CHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376(2)(f), 294, 506 Part-II, 323 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 6 — Conviction and sentence for rape of minor daughter, using abusive language, criminal intimidation, and causing hurt — Appeal against High Court's upholding of conviction and sentence — Appellant claimed false implication due to opposition to daughter's relationship, sought leniency based on being sole family provider and time
India Law Library Docid # 2434899

(125) CHAIRMAN, RAM MANOHAR LOHIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND OTHERS Vs. SUMAN SINGH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Interpretation of Government Orders — Beneficial Provisions — When a Government Order is beneficial in nature, it must be interpreted liberally to extend the intended benefits to the recipient. If two interpretations are possible, the one that further benefits the recipient should be preferred.
India Law Library Docid # 2434901

(126) NEETA SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 173(2) — Charge-sheet filed — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 504, 506, 406, 409 & 420 — Bail in anticipation of arrest — High Court rejected prayer for bail — Supreme Court grants leave and allows appeal setting aside High Court's order — Appellants to be released on bail on terms fixed by trial court — Court clarifies
India Law Library Docid # 2434918

(127) ASIF Vs. STATE OF U.P[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Suspension of Sentence — Special Leave Petition (Crl.) — Petitioner sought suspension of jail sentence arguing his case was not different from a co-accused whose sentence was already suspended — Court found the petitioner's situation to be similar to the co-accused — Accordingly, substantive jail sentence of the petitioner was suspended
India Law Library Docid # 2434921

(128) VAIBHAV DIGAMBER NIKAM AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 109, 309(4), 115(2), 352, 351(2), 351(3) and 3(5) — Arms Act, 1959, Sections 3, 4 and 25 — Bail — Allegations of attempting to disconnect water connection, assault, and fleeing scene — Appellants cooperated with investigation — Complicity in offence to be decided at trial — Appellants entitled to bail subject to conditions imposed by
India Law Library Docid # 2434923

(129) M/S HINDUSTAN PREFAB LIMITED Vs. NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY ODISHA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6) — Appointment of Arbitrator — Scope of power — When an arbitration agreement exists, the role of the Chief Justice or their designate under Section 11(6) is limited to examining, prima facie, the existence of such an agreement — Issues regarding sustainability of a claim or whether a cause of action has arisen are matters best
India Law Library Docid # 2434927

(130) T. SAIRAM AND OTHERS Vs. GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Administrative Law — Government Orders (GOs) — Setting aside of GO — Employees appointed under a GO were discharged, but a subsequent GO (G.O.Rt.No.1207) allowed them to continue in service as fresh appointees, based on compassionate and equitable considerations. The High Court set aside this subsequent GO. The Supreme Court, considering the affidavit of the State
India Law Library Docid # 2434934

(131) V. KRISHNAMMA AND OTHERS Vs. GARIMA BAIS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (D.V. Act) — Section 12(1) — Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Cr.P.C.) — Section 528 (analogous to Section 482) — Quashing of proceedings — Maintainability of petition under Section 528 (Section 482 Cr.P.C.) challenging proceedings under Section 12(1) of D.V. Act — Held to be maintainable as settled by Supreme Court in Shaurabh Kumar Tripathi vs. Vidhi Rawal.
India Law Library Docid # 2435039

(132) DENASH Vs. THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-10-2025
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 60(3), 63 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 451, 457 — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Seizure, Storage, Sampling and Disposal) Rules, 2022 — Rules 17, 20, 21, 22, 23 — Interim custody of seized vehicle — Confiscation — Drug Disposal Committee — Special Court — Interpretation of Rules vis-a-vis Parent Act — The Rules of 2022, being subordinate legislation, cannot supersede the parent Act i.e. NDPS Act. Th
India Law Library Docid # 2434480

(133) V.M. SAUDAGAR (DEAD) THROUGH LEGAL HEIRS Vs. THE DIVISIONAL COMMERCIAL MANAGER, CENTRAL RAILWAY AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-10-2025
Service Law — Dismissal from service — Challenge to — Appellant, a Traveling Ticket Examiner, dismissed for demanding illegal gratification, possessing excess cash, failure to recover fare difference, and forging duty card pass — Departmental enquiry held, but primary complainant not examined, and other complainants' statements not supporting charges — Enquiry Officer found all charges proved —
India Law Library Docid # 2434481

(134) NOVENCO BUILDING AND INDUSTRY A/S Vs. XERO ENERGY ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-10-2025
Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 12A — Pre-Institution Mediation — Expression ‘contemplates any urgent interim relief’ — Interpretation in context of intellectual property rights infringement — Delay in filing suit does not negate urgency in cases of continuing infringement — Urgency must be assessed based on ongoing injury and public interest in preventing deception — High Court erred in
India Law Library Docid # 2434482

(135) KAVERI PARASHAR Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-10-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Settlement between parties — Court has power to quash FIR and proceedings where parties have amicably settled their disputes, especially in matrimonial matters, even if offenses are non-compoundable.
India Law Library Docid # 2434890

(136) THE COMMISSIONER, CORPORATION OF CITY OF BANGALORE Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-10-2025
Civil Procedure, 1908 — Order 41, Rule 31 — Appeal — High Court allowing appeal in part and holding plaintiff not in lawful possession of suit property — Finding that plaintiff, a statutory body, had trespassed into private land and made illegal constructions — Held, condemnation of plaintiff's action warranted — Open for defendants to take appropriate steps to seek possession of land from plaintiff.
India Law Library Docid # 2434898

(137) YADWINDER SINGH @SUNNY Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-10-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Abuse of process — Supreme Court quashed FIR for abetment of suicide and proceedings thereon — Held that mere refusal to marry, even if true, does not constitute instigation under Section 107 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and does not lead to a situation where the deceased was left with no other option but to commit suicide.
India Law Library Docid # 2434900

(138) SHESHKUMAR SAHU Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-10-2025
Essential Commodities Act, 1955 — Sections 3/7; Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 3(5) and 316(5) — Anticipatory Bail — High Court rejected bail application — Appellant joined investigation as per Supreme Court order — Police report yet to be filed — Considering the nature of allegations and appellant's cooperation, Supreme Court granted bail in anticipation of arrest.
India Law Library Docid # 2434906

(139) MUTHUCHAMY Vs. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-10-2025
Registration Act, 1908 (as applicable in Tamil Nadu), Section 22A(1)(ii) — Refusal of registration of deeds conveying temple land — Guidelines issued by Division Bench of High Court — Registering authority must serve notice to parties and objector/religious institution, hold enquiry, hear parties, and then pass an order to register or refuse — Aggrieved party can file
India Law Library Docid # 2434910

(140) SURAJPAL SINGH JADON Vs. PRASHANT SIKARWAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302 and 304 — Conviction for offences — Bail granted by High Court — Order lacking reasons — Ground to set aside impugned order — Appeal allowed on the short ground that the order granting bail did not disclose any reason whatsoever.
India Law Library Docid # 2434913