(221) SREEJA D G AND OTHERS Vs. ANITHA R. NAIR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-09-2025 Court Jurisdiction — Stay of Proceedings — High Court passing orders modifying bail conditions when such order is under challenge before the Supreme Court is contrary to judicial propriety and discipline India Law Library Docid # 2432451
(222) SREEJA D G AND OTHERS Vs. ANITHA R. NAIR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Modification of conditions — Court Jurisdiction — High Court orders modifying anticipatory bail conditions granted by it, while the Supreme Court is seized of a Special Leave Petition challenging those very orders, violate judicial propriety and comity — Such actions undermine the hierarchical judicial system and the authority India Law Library Docid # 2432766
(223) SHYAM LAL Vs. SHRIRAM GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-09-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 2(7), 2(14) — Contract Carriage, Goods Carriage — Definition of contract carriage as a vehicle carrying passengers for hire or reward under contract, distinguished from goods carriage used solely for goods — Utility vehicle registered as "Utility Van" with seating capacity for 5 (including driver) and permitted India Law Library Docid # 2433031
(224) AMANJOT SINGH CHADHA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-09-2025 Anand Marriage Act, 1909 — Section 6 — Mandatory duty to frame rules for registration of Anand Karaj marriages — Parliament has imposed obligation on State Governments to create a registration system for Sikh marriages (Anand Karaj) by inserting Section 6 through the 2012 amendment — This duty is not optional and does not depend on the size of the community — Failure to frame rules prevents citizens from obtaining the intended evidentiary and administrative benefits conferred by India Law Library Docid # 2433447
(225) SHREYA KUMARI TIRKEY Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-09-2025 Interpretation of Instructions — "Next Day" ambiguity — Absence of specific consequences for non-compliance — Procedural rules are aids to justice, not tools for injustice — Application to administrative instructions of recruiting bodies. India Law Library Docid # 2433448
(226) IN RE: CADETS DISABLED IN MILITARY TRAINING STRUGGLE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-09-2025 Military Training Cadets — Medical Facilities — Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) extended to Invalidated Out-boarded Cadets without subscription fee, even if disabled due to military training. India Law Library Docid # 2433449
(227) AMNINDER KAUR AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-09-2025 Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 — Applicability — Court noted that issues regarding applicability of the Act and the validity of a marriage became insignificant as the petitioner in the case had remarried and was living with her new husband, indicating no present threat. India Law Library Docid # 2433532
(228) VANITA AND OTHERS Vs. M/S. SHRIRAM INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-09-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 — Motor Accident Claims — Burden of Proof — In a motor accident claim petition, the initial burden to prove the factum of the accident and the involvement of the offending vehicle lies on the claimants. They must establish the occurrence of the accident, and the involvement and identity of the vehicle, at least on a prima facie basis. Only then does the onus shift to the other side to disprove. India Law Library Docid # 2433478
(229) ASHIS NANDY Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Remarkable intellectual and psychologist, now 90 years old, petitioned to quash FIRs filed based on objectionable comments made at a literary conference — Court acknowledges comments were objectionable, especially coming from a person of petitioner's stature — However, considering petitioner's age (nonagenarian) and an unconditional apology presented to the India Law Library Docid # 2433479
(230) URMILA CHAND Vs. SONU CHAND AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Disbursement — Review Petition — Delay — Rejection of review petition not condoned for want of substantiated delay — Grounds for review were that disbursement was unfair and contrary to succession law — Appellant accepted cheque for Rs. 1,00,000/- and signed order sheet without demur — Review application filed after almost 7 months of receiving payment — India Law Library Docid # 2432309
(231) C.P. FRANCIS Vs. C.P. JOSEPH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Framing of Additional Substantial Question of Law — High Court's power to frame new question of law under Proviso to Section 100(5) is discretionary and exceptional, requiring strong and convincing reasons to be recorded — Such question must be grounded in pleadings and findings of lower courts and not be a mere legal plea formulated without notice or opportunity to the opposite party to argue — Introducing a new case India Law Library Docid # 2432310
(232) PRADNYA PRANJAL KULKARNI Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 and Article 227 — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr. PC) — Section 482 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 528 — Quashing of FIR and Charge-sheet — Jurisdiction of High Court — A writ petition invoking Article 226 of the Constitution and Section 528 of BNSS for quashing an FIR and charge-sheet, even after the filing of a charge-sheet but before cognizance is taken by the Magistrate, is not rendered infructuous. India Law Library Docid # 2432775
(233) C.S.S.D. INDIRA PRIYA DARSHINI Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2025 Disciplinary proceedings against judicial officer — Charges proved leading to removal from service — Appeal challenging charges and enquiry report — Supreme Court found no merit in the appeal and dismissed it. India Law Library Docid # 2433530
(234) GURSEWAK SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1985 — Sections 7 and 7A — Penal Code, 1860 — Section 120B — FIR registered in 2021, petitioner apprehends arrest in 2025 — High Court's cryptic order directing DGP to explain delay in filing report and petitioner's non-arrest over four years is disapproved India Law Library Docid # 2433450
(235) ANDHRA PRADESH GRAMEENA VIKAS BANK Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-09-2025 Propriety of Procedure — A Division Bench cannot hear a Writ Petition along with a Writ Appeal when the Writ Petition was not before the Division Bench. India Law Library Docid # 2433451
(236) PHIRERAM Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 439(2) — Cancellation of Bail — Witness Protection Scheme, 2018 — Breach of Bail Conditions — High Court erred in disposing of bail cancellation application by directing complainant to avail remedy under Witness Protection Scheme; Witness Protection Scheme is not an alternative to bail cancellation for violation of bail conditions. India Law Library Docid # 2432314
(237) PRADEEP KUMAR KESARWANI Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Abuse of process of law — Complaint lodged after undue delay without proper explanation, lacking material particulars, and not inspiring confidence — Mere breach of a promise to marry does not amount to rape unless there is evidence of mala fide intention at the initial stage — Proceedings quashed for being frivolous, vexatious, and an abuse of process. India Law Library Docid # 2432761
(238) MAHENDRA VISHWANATH KAWCHALE AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376DA — Constitutional validity — Challenge to mandatory life imprisonment for gang rape of minor women — Petitioners argued that Section 376DA, by mandating life imprisonment without discretion for alternative punishments, violates Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution due to its rigidity and arbitrary nature. India Law Library Docid # 2433429
(239) RAJAN Vs. THE STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 319 — Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence — Trial court can summon additional accused during trial if evidence emerges against them. India Law Library Docid # 2433452
(240) AP SRIVASTAVA Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 32 — Quashing of inquiry proceedings — Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) — Inquiry initiated under Section 26 RERA Act read with Rule 35 MP RERA Rules stayed by Supreme Court — High Court decides to drop inquiry and recall notice — Petition disposed of as infructuous. India Law Library Docid # 2433453