(201) THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER Vs. TAGHAR VASUDEVA AMBRISH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-12-2025 Goods and Services Tax (GST) — Exemption Notification — Notification No. 9/2017- Integrated Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 — Entry 13 — Exemption on services by way of renting of residential dwelling for use as residence — Renting residential property as hostel to students/working professionals — Conditions for exemption: renting service, residential dwelling, and use as residence — The term "residential dwelling" is not defined under GST laws but refers to any residential India Law Library Docid # 2436279
(202) BHASKAR GOVIND GAVATE (NOW DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LEGAL HEIRS. Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-12-2025 Contempt of Court — Initiating contempt proceedings — Clear and unequivocal terms of the underlying order — A Contempt Petition can be dismissed summarily only if the underlying order, the non-compliance of which is alleged, is genuinely unclear, ambiguous, or susceptible to two equally reasonable interpretations — Where the High Court dismissed a Contempt Petition holding that the underlying order was capable of two interpretations, but the Supreme Court found, upon reading the order India Law Library Docid # 2436280
(203) JAI NARAIN VYAS UNIVERSITY, JODHPUR AND ANOTHER Vs. BHANWAR SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-12-2025 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Sections 25F (Procedure for retrenchment), 17B (Payment of full wages to workman pending proceedings in higher courts), 33C(2) (Recovery of money due from an employer) — Reinstatement and Regularization — Termination of workman (Junior Clerk) found illegal by Labour Court for non-compliance with Section 25F; reinstatement with 40% back wages directed — India Law Library Docid # 2437508
(204) KAMALA BAI (D) THROUGH LRS Vs. KANNA RAO (D) THR. LRS.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-12-2025 Succession Act, 1925 — Section 63(c) — Indian Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 68 — Proof of Will — Substitution of Legal Representatives (LRs) — Application for impleadment under Order 22 Rule 3 CPC based on a Will — Statutory requirement mandates examination of at least one attesting witness to prove execution of the Will — Where the sole attesting witness (PW-5) admits in cross-examination that he did India Law Library Docid # 2437510
(205) ABHISHEK GUPTA Vs. DINESH KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-12-2025 Allahabad High Court Rules, 1952 — Chapter 8 Rule 5 — Special Appeal — Maintainability — Bar created by Rule 5 against Special Appeals from Single Judge orders in Article 226/227 petitions must yield to foundational principles of natural justice where a non-party to the writ petition is adversely affected — An aggrieved person whose interests are prejudicially affected by an order of a Single Judge in a India Law Library Docid # 2436528
(206) BAL KUMAR PATEL @ RAJ KUMAR Vs. STATE OF U.P[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 321 — Withdrawal from prosecution — Requirement of High Court permission for withdrawal of cases against sitting or former MPs/MLAs — Following Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay v. Union of India — High Court must exercise judicial mind and give a reasoned order when considering an application for permission to withdraw prosecution against India Law Library Docid # 2436212
(207) MISSION ACCESSIBILITY Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-12-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14, 21 — Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPwD Act) — Substantive Equality and Inclusion — Scope and Spirit — The measure of a just society demands the removal of barriers for all citizens to realize their potential, transforming formal equality into substantive inclusion — Constitutional vision requires every person, regardless of physical or India Law Library Docid # 2436213
(208) KANGRA CENTRAL COOPERATIVE BANK LIMITED Vs. THE KANGRA CENTRAL COOPERATIVE BANK PENSIONERS WELFARE ASSOCIATION (REGD.) AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-12-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 136 — Special Leave Petition (SLP) — Maintainability of second SLP after dismissal of first SLP and failed review — Where an initial SLP challenging the High Court's judgment on merits is dismissed, and a subsequent Miscellaneous Application (MA) for recall of the dismissal is withdrawn with liberty to file a Review Petition before the High Court, but without liberty to India Law Library Docid # 2437401
(209) THE STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS Vs. MUKUT RANJAN SARMA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-12-2025 Service Law — Appointment — Exceptional Appointment Policy — Relaxation of Rules — Appointments made under a State Cabinet approved policy to rehabilitate victims of terrorism/those helping curb terrorism — Challenge to termination of services based on procedural irregularities — High Court upholding appointments finding that relaxation of rules was permissible under the policy, the appointments were cleared by the State Level Empowered Committee (chaired by the Chief India Law Library Docid # 2437402
(210) MAHESH JOSHI Vs. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-12-2025 Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) — Section 45 — Bail — Prolonged incarceration and right to speedy trial under Article 21 of the Constitution of India — Where a trial under PMLA involves voluminous, document-heavy material, and is unlikely to conclude within a reasonable time, continued indefinite detention contravenes the right to personal liberty under Article 21 — Even where stringent conditions are imposed for bail under Section 45(1)(ii) of PMLA, India Law Library Docid # 2437591
(211) VENKATESH AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE REPRESENTED BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-12-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 326 — Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means — Tamil Nadu Property (Prevention of Damage and Loss) Act, 1992 (TNPPDL Act) — Section 3(1) — Mischief to public property — Conviction affirmed but sentence reduced — Appellants convicted for five years rigorous imprisonment under S. 326 IPC and two years under S. 3(1) of TNPPDL India Law Library Docid # 2436281
(212) ROUSANARA BEGUM Vs. S.K. SALAHUDDIN @ SK SALAUDDIN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-12-2025 Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 — Section 3(1)(d) — Right to property given at marriage — Divorced Muslim Woman — The Act allows a divorced woman to claim all properties given to her before, at the time of, or after marriage by her relatives, friends, the husband, or his relatives/friends — The objective of the Act is to secure the financial protection and dignity of a Muslim India Law Library Docid # 2436175
(213) COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, CENTRAL EXCISE & SERVICE TAX, RAJKOT Vs. NARSIBHAI KARAMSIBHAI GAJERA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-12-2025 Central Excise Act, 1944 — Section 2(f) (prior to amendment by Act 18 of 2017) — Manufacture — Exemption Notification No.5/98-CE, Entry No.106 — Eligibility for exemption — Manufacture includes series of processes; entire chain of activities must be considered — Where multiple units undertake distinct processes which are 'integrally connected' and form a 'continuous chain' to convert raw material (grey India Law Library Docid # 2436176
(214) TUHIN KUMAR BISWAS @ BUMBA Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 227 — Discharge of Accused — Principles for deciding discharge application — Standard of proof for framing charge — The Court, at the stage of framing charge, must sift the evidence to determine if there is a "sufficient ground for proceeding"; a prima facie case must be established — If two views are possible and one gives rise to "suspicion only, as distinguished India Law Library Docid # 2436177
(215) JYOTI BUILDERS Vs. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-12-2025 Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971 — Section 14(1) — Mandamus to acquire land — Power of State Government to acquire land for Slum Rehabilitation Scheme — Preferential Right of Owner — The power of the State Government to acquire land under Section 14 read with Section 3D(c)(i) of the Slum Act is subject to the preferential right of the owner to redevelop India Law Library Docid # 2436178
(216) RAJANI MANOHAR KUNTHA AND OTHERS Vs. PARSHURAM CHUNILAL KANOJIYA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-12-2025 Eviction Suit — Bona Fide Need — Concurrent Findings — Revisional Jurisdiction of High Court — High Court reversing concurrent findings of Trial Court and First Appellate Court regarding bona fide need for commercial premises by undertaking microscopic scrutiny of pleadings and evidence — Held: Such microscopic scrutiny in revisional jurisdiction is impermissible unless concurrent India Law Library Docid # 2437395
(217) SATHYAN NARAVOOR Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-12-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 32 — Public Interest Litigation (PIL) — Rights of Persons with Disabilities (PwD) — Incarcerated Individuals — Directions sought for providing appropriate legal framework and facilities for PwD inmates (undertrials or convicts) in prisons; concerns raised regarding lack of requisite facilities, accessible infrastructure (ramps, toilets), and specialized accommodations mandated under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPwD Act) and India Law Library Docid # 2437421
(218) RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-12-2025 Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015 (2015 Regulations) — Principle (1) and Principle (4) — Duty of public disclosure and prompt dissemination of unpublished price sensitive information (UPSI) — Violation — RIL and Facebook negotiating investment in RIL subsidiary (JPL) — News articles published regarding 'close to signing a preliminary deal' before corporate announcement — SEBI imposed penalty for violating India Law Library Docid # 2437430
(219) UMA MAHESWARI AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of Criminal Proceedings — Principle of Parity — Allegations of fraud and cheating involving multiple accused persons arising from a common FIR/criminal transaction — Where the High Court previously quashed proceedings against some accused (A1 and A2, the subsequent purchasers) in the same transaction, citing lack of involvement and India Law Library Docid # 2437496
(220) CHANDAN PASI AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF THE BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 313 — Examination of Accused — Object and Scope — Non-compliance with mandatory requirement — Fair Trial — The object of Section 313 CrPC is to ensure a fair trial by providing the accused with an opportunity to explain all incriminating circumstances appearing in the prosecution evidence against them personally — It is a mandatory, non-negotiable India Law Library Docid # 2436114