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(121) CH. JOSEPH Vs. THE TELANGANA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION AND OTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-08-2025
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 12(3) — Memorandum of Settlement — Binding nature — Clause 14 of 1979 settlement providing alternate employment for colour blind drivers held valid and enforceable despite subsequent 1986 settlement and policy circulars — 1986 settlement did not expressly supersede 1979 settlement and was general in nature, while 1979 settlement was specific to colour blindness and
India Law Library Docid # 2428306

(122) SURESH Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-08-2025
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 — Section 7A and Rule 12 of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules, 2007 — Determination of Age — Procedure — Hierarchy of evidence for determining age: matriculation or equivalent certificates, followed by date of birth certificate from the first school attended, then birth certificate from a local authority, and lastly, medical
India Law Library Docid # 2428307

(123) PADI KAUSHIK REDDY ETC. Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-07-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Tenth Schedule, Para 6(1) — Disqualification of Members — Speaker's authority to decide — Judicial review of Speaker's decision — Scope of — Decision of Speaker is amenable to judicial review on grounds of jurisdictional errors, mala fides, non-compliance with natural justice, and
India Law Library Docid # 2428202

(124) S.N. VIJAYALAKSHMI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-07-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 420 — Cheating — Ingredients not made out — Agreement to Sell for property was executed, but possession was not handed over as stipulated in the ATS — No fraudulent or dishonest inducement found — Criminal proceedings quashed
India Law Library Docid # 2428203

(125) URMILA DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. BALRAM AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-07-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 — Cheating, Forgery, Using Forged Document — Abuse of process of law — Civil dispute disguised as criminal offence — Complaint filed after significant delay following dismissal of objections and failure to pursue civil remedies — Allegations of fabrication of will and circumvention of sale deed not prima facie made out — Continuation of proceedings would be an abuse of process and not serve ends
India Law Library Docid # 2428204

(126) MANCHU MOHAN BABU Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-07-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 290, 341, 171F read with Section 34; Police Act, 1861 — Section 34 — Public nuisance, wrongful restraint, undue influence at election, acts done in furtherance of common intention, punishment for certain offences on roads — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Allegations of rally and dharna causing obstruction to traffic and public inconvenience — Court's duty to quash proceedings if allegations do not constitute an offence
India Law Library Docid # 2428205

(127) KHEM SINGH (D) THROUGH LRs Vs. STATE OF UTTARANCHAL (NOW STATE OF UTTARAKHAND) & ANOTHER ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-07-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 372 — proviso; Section 2(wa) — Victim's right to appeal — Victim includes legal heir — Legal heir of a victim has the right to prosecute an appeal filed by the victim, even if the original appellant dies during the pendency of the appeal.
India Law Library Docid # 2428987

(128) BASHEERA KHANUM Vs. THE CITY MUNICIPAL COUNCIL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-07-2025
Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 114 Illustration (g) — Adverse inference — Municipal Council failed to produce original auction records despite court direction — Trial Court rightly drew adverse inference against the Council.
India Law Library Docid # 2432116

(129) SUBHA PRASAD NANDI MAJUMDAR Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL SERVICE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-07-2025
Interpretation of Statute and Notifications — ‘Any’ University does not mean only within the State — The phrase “in any State-aided University or College” in a notification extending retirement age was interpreted to include experience from universities or colleges outside the State of West Bengal. The court found that
India Law Library Docid # 2428131

(130) UMRI POOPH PRATAPPUR (UPP) TOLLWAYS PVT. LTD. Vs. M.P. ROAD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-07-2025
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 vs. Madhya Pradesh Madhyastham Adhikaran Adhiniyam, 1983 — Works Contract — Concession Agreement for development of State Highway falls under ‘works contract’ as defined in MP Act, 1983 — MP Act, 1983 has overriding effect on Arbitration and Conciliation Act,
India Law Library Docid # 2428132

(131) THE CHANCELLOR, APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-07-2025
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technological University Act, 2015 — Section 13(7) — Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology Act, 2021 — Section 11(10) — Interpretation of — Temporary appointment of Vice-Chancellor — Limited to six months in aggregate — Notification appointing temporarily until further orders held unsustainable in law — Contradicts the statutory time limit.
India Law Library Docid # 2428309

(132) SUKHDEV YADAV @ PEHALWAN Vs. STATE OF (NCT OF DELHI) & OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 read with Section 34 — Life imprisonment defined — Sentence modified to life imprisonment for 20 years of actual imprisonment without remission — Prisoner completed 20 years of actual incarceration — Entitlement to release upon completion of sentence irrespective of
India Law Library Docid # 2428619

(133) SANTHOSH KARUNAKARAN Vs. OMBUDSMAN CUM ETHICS OFFICER, KERALA CRICKET ASSOCIATION AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025
Kerala Cricket Association Byelaws, Section 15(4)(s) — Impleadment of parties — Non-impleadment of District Cricket Associations in an application to frame model bye-laws for cricket associations — Ombudsman rejected the application for non-impleadment — High Court affirmed the rejection — Supreme Court found the
India Law Library Docid # 2428097

(134) S. MOHAMMED HAKKIM Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Contract Act, 1872 — Section 2(d) — Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal — Compensation — Notional Income Future Prospects — Multiplier — Contributory Negligence — Attendant Charges — Future Medical Expenses — Loss of Marital Prospects — Discomfort — Extra Nourishment — Medical Bills — Motor Accident — Amputation — Functional Disability — In a motor accident case involving a young engineering student who suffered amputation of his leg due to the negligence of
India Law Library Docid # 2428098

(135) IL & FS FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED Vs. ADHUNIK MEGHALAYA STEELS PRIVATE LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 7 — Application under — Limitation — Whether barred by limitation — Financial Creditor filed application under Section 7 of IBC arguing that entries in the respondent’s Balance Sheet for FY 2019-20 constituted a valid acknowledgment of debt under Section 18 of the
India Law Library Docid # 2428130

(136) SUKHDEV YADAV @ PEHALWAN Vs. STATE OF (NCT OF DELHI) AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 53 and 57 — Life Imprisonment — Sentence of twenty years actual imprisonment without remission — Interpretation of “life imprisonment” in context of fixed term — Prisoner entitled to release upon completion of fixed term
India Law Library Docid # 2428718

(137) GAJANAN DATTATRAY GORE Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-07-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 406, 408, 420, 467, 468, 471, 504, 506 read with 34 — Bail Conditions — Undertaking to Deposit Funds — Breach of Undertaking — Cancellation of Bail — Abuse of Process of Law — Imposing financial deposit as a condition for bail when an accused voluntarily offers it and then reneges on it is deprecated.
India Law Library Docid # 2428332

(138) SHRI SHRI SWAMI SAMARTH CONSTRUCTION AND FINANCE SOLUTION AND ANOTHER Vs. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF NKGSB CO-OP. BANK LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-07-2025
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 — Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Constitution of India, Article 32 — Framework for Revival and Rehabilitation of MSMEs — Interpretation of Framework — Bank's obligation to identify incipient stress vs. MSME's obligation to proactively seek revival — Framework requires MSME to voluntarily initiate proceedings by apprehending business failure and supporting with an affi
India Law Library Docid # 2428333

(139) CHIRAG SEN AND ANOTHER ETC. Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-07-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 420, 468, 471 — Cheating, Forgery, Using Forged Document — Essential Ingredients — Complaint based on a GPF nomination form from 1996 failed to establish fraudulent intent or any act attributable to the accused; it did not override statutory birth certificates, nor did it prove falsification by the accused — No evidence of dishonest inducement, wrongful gain, or loss —
India Law Library Docid # 2428066

(140) MANOHAR AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-07-2025
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 18 — Maharashtra Industrial Development Act, 1961 — Compensation — Enhancement of — While determining market value, the highest bona fide sale exemplar should generally be considered, not an average of varying sale prices, unless prices have only marginal variations — Averaging of sale instances with significantly different prices is impermissible
India Law Library Docid # 2428067