(141) 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
(142) 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
(143) 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
(144) 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
(145) 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
(146) 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
(147) 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
(148) 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
(149) 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
(150) 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
(151) 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
(152) DAIVSHALA AND OTHERS Vs. ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-07-2025 Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923 (EC Act) & Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (ESI Act) — Section 3 of EC Act & Section 2(8) of ESI Act — “Arising out of and in the course of employment” — Interpretation of — Accidents during commuting to or from workplace. India Law Library Docid # 2428099
(153) SATAURAM MANDAVI Vs. THE STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-07-2025 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 6 — Aggravated Penetrative sexual assault — Punishment introduced by 2019 amendment — Retrospective application — Constitution of India — Article 20(1) — Prohibition against ex-post facto laws and enhanced penalty — Offence committed before amended Act came into force — Sentencing under amended provisions violates India Law Library Docid # 2428054
(154) BANSAL MILK CHILLING CENTRE Vs. RANA MILK FOOD PRIVATE LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 200 — Complaint — Amendment — Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of Cheque — Power of Criminal Court to amend complaint — Amendments not alien to Cr.P.C. even post-cognizance, provided no prejudice to accused — Supreme Court in S.R. Sukumar and India Law Library Docid # 2428055
(155) PRAKASH CHIMANLAL SHETH Vs. JAGRUTI KEYUR RAJPOPAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-07-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Territorial jurisdiction for filing complaint — Section 142(2)(a) clearly mandates that the offence must be tried by a court within whose local jurisdiction the branch of the bank where the payee maintains the account is situated, if the cheque is delivered for India Law Library Docid # 2428057
(156) MANJUSHA AND OTHERS Vs. UNITED INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-07-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 147 — Liability of Insurer — Statutory liability is restricted to third-party liabilities — Insurer has no statutory liability to cover the risk of the owner or the driver stepping into the shoes of the owner. India Law Library Docid # 2428058
(157) K. PURUSHOTTAM REDDY Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-07-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 170(3) — Proviso — Readjustment of seats in Legislative Assemblies — Constitutional bar on readjustment of seats in State Legislative Assemblies until publication of census data after 2026 — Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, Section 26 — Increase in seats subject to Article 170(3) — India Law Library Docid # 2428059
(158) ANURAG BHATNAGAR AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 156(3) — FIR Registration — Application to Magistrate without approaching Police/SP — While a Magistrate ought not ordinarily entertain an application under Section 156(3) CrPC directly without the informant having availed and exhausted remedies under Section 154(3) CrPC, the India Law Library Docid # 2428060
(159) SUKDEB SAHA Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 174 — Inquiry by Police into cause of unnatural death — Requirement of fair and impartial investigation — Evidence considered — Inconsistencies in CCTV footage, suspicious medical findings, and failure to preserve crucial forensic evidence indicated failures in local investigation. India Law Library Docid # 2428061
(160) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. R. SHANKARAPPA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-07-2025 Service Law — Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965 (CCS CCA Rules) — Rule 14 and Appendix 3 — Procedure for imposing major penalties — Authority competent to impose minor penalties can issue charge-sheet for major penalties — General Manager, Telecommunications (competent to impose minor penalties) issued charge-sheet for major penalties under Rule 14 of CCS CCA India Law Library Docid # 2428100