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(341) SHABU KN ACHARY Vs. DHARAMPAL PREMCHAND LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-08-2026
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 18 Rule 4 and Section 138 — Cross-examination — Permissibility of questions in absence of written statement of defendant on record — Trademark infringement suit — Suit for permanent injunction and damages instituted by plaintiff-respondent alleging infringement of its trade dress/trademark "BABA" — Defendant's written statement not taken on record —
India Law Library Docid # 2448854

(342) LACHCHAPPA AND OTHERS Vs. SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER UKP, BAGALKOT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-08-2026
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 4(1) and 18 — Equal Compensation / Parity in Compensation — Acquisition of land under same Notification — Determination of market value at a higher rate for adjacent/similarly situated lands acquired under the very same Notification — Held, landlosers whose lands are acquired under the same Section 4(1) Notification are entitled to parity in compensation with other claimants covered by the same Notification whose market
India Law Library Docid # 2448705

(343) RAZIYA BEGUM AND OTHERS Vs. NAFISA BEGUM ABDUL HAMID AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-08-2026
Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 54 — Definition and Completion of Sale — Non-payment or Part-payment of Consideration — Effect on Passing of Title — Execution and registration of sale deeds upon payment of part consideration and retention of balance consideration by vendee to clear vendor's debts — Held, actual payment of the whole price at the time of execution is not a sine qua non for completion of sale — Non-payment of balance consideration does not invalidate the
India Law Library Docid # 2448706

(344) S. SANGEETHA AND OTHERS Vs. TMT. P. PONNI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-08-2026
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 13 Rule 3 — Rejection of Irrelevant or Inadmissible Documents — Application to Eschew Proof Affidavit and Exhibited Documents — Application seeking to eschew proof affidavit and documents on grounds of irrelevancy in a probate/testamentary suit — Single Judge rejected xerox copies filed without explanation, but allowed other documents subject to proof — Held, objections raised to other documents marked and exhibited do not make them
India Law Library Docid # 2448707

(345) IN RE: 2 MILLION LIVES AT RISK, CONTAMINATION IN JOJARI RIVER, RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-08-2026
Environment Protection Act, 1986 — Riverine Pollution & Industrial Effluents — Integrated Governance & Compliance — Severe environmental degradation, illegal discharge of industrial effluents, contamination of Jojari-Bandi-Luni river system, and failure of statutory oversight — Supreme Court directed the State of Rajasthan to constitute an "Integrated Coordination Group" headed by the Chief Secretary to ensure multi-departmental coordination, review existing
India Law Library Docid # 2448708

(346) S. DELIP Vs. THE STATE, REPRESENTED BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-08-2026
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 20(b)(ii)C and 24 — Foreigners Act, 1946 — Section 14A — Passport (Entry to India) Act, 1920 — Section 3(3) — Regular bail — Seizure of commercial quantity of contraband (ganja) — Discrepancy in arrest records — Arrest memo recorded FIR number prior to actual time of FIR registration — Accused pleaded prior illegal detention, but CCTV footage of police stations was reported unavailable due to alleged power surge — Held, without prej
India Law Library Docid # 2451757

(347) KASHMIRA SANDIP PAWAR Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-08-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 480 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 170, 420, 465, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472 and 473 — Information Technology Act, 2000 — Section 66C — Grant of regular bail to woman — Appellant was arrested in connection with two FIRs and remained in custody for nearly two years — Charge-sheets were submitted, but charges were yet to be framed — Incriminating documents were already seized — Trial would take time to conclude — Further detention serves no
India Law Library Docid # 2451760

(348) NIRANT @ LALU GHANSHYAMBHAI GOTI Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-08-2026
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 386, 420, 504, 506(2) and 114 — Arms Act, 1959 — Sections 25(1-B)(A) and 27(1) — Appellant arrested in connection with FIR alleging non-repayment of loan despite assurance — Other co-accused granted protection by High Court, which remained unchallenged — Taking into account the nature of allegations and the period of incarceration, appellant held entitled to bail pending trial — High Court order rejecting bail set as
India Law Library Docid # 2451783

(349) RAJNISH Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-08-2026
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 21 and 22 — Madhya Pradesh Drug (Control) Act, 1949 — Sections 5, 8 and 13 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Grant of bail — Alleged recovery of 1147 sealed bottles of Onrex cough syrup containing codeine phosphate from appellant and co-accused — Investigation completed and charge-sheet filed under Section 173(2) CrPC — Appellant remained incarcerated for over a year — Co-accused already enlarged on bail by High
India Law Library Docid # 2451792

(350) SUSHEEL KUMAR Vs. THE STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-08-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 136 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Supervisory jurisdiction — Inordinate delay in deciding quashing petition — Petition seeking direction for expeditious disposal of quashing petition pending before High Court for over six and a half years without effective orders or interim relief — Held, although Supreme Court ordinarily refrains from directing High Courts since it does not exercise supervisory jurisdiction, inordinate delay and rep
India Law Library Docid # 2451801

(351) COMMISSIONER OF SERVICE TAX, CHENNAI Vs. M/S DIEBOLD SYSTEMS (P) LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2026
Finance Act, 1994 — Sections 65(105)(zzd), 66 & 67 — "Commissioning or installation" service — Indivisible turnkey contracts — Vivisection, permissibility of — Respondent supplying, installing and commissioning ATMs for banks under turnkey contracts for single composite consideration — Revenue sought to tax 33% of gross consideration as value of installation/commissioning service — Held, during the period July 2003 to April 2006, Ss. 65, 66 and 67 contained neither charge nor machinery
India Law Library Docid # 2448636

(352) SUSHIL SHARMA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Compulsory retirement — Judicial review, scope of — Order of compulsory retirement is neither punitive nor stigmatic, and is founded on subjective satisfaction of Government in public interest — Principles of natural justice, including audi alteram partem, inapplicable — Held, judicial review is not appellate in nature; interference permissible only where order is malafide, based on no evidence, or arbitrary and perverse — Order upheld as not vitiated
India Law Library Docid # 2448637

(353) M/S BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN'S PUBLIC SCHOOL Vs. M. VIMALA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2026
National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 — Sections 14, 16 and 17(4) — Essential Qualification — Validity of B.Ed. degree from unrecognised institution — Respondent obtained B.Ed. degree in 1997 from an institution not recognised by NCTE or UGC — Degree relating to teacher training obtained from an institution lacking NCTE recognition has no legal effect and cannot form the basis for valid appointment — Subsequent recognition granted to the institution in the year 2022 cannot retrospecti
India Law Library Docid # 2450995

(354) MUKKERA VENKATA RATNAM AND OTHERS Vs. VANTASALA CHINA VENKATESWARLU AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2026
Andhra Pradesh Civil Courts Act, 1972 — Section 1(3), Notification dt. 30-10-1972 — Scope of exclusion of Scheduled Areas — The 1972 Act, extending civil jurisdiction across the State, was excluded from application to Scheduled Areas by government notification — Held, such exclusion is intended solely to protect Scheduled Tribes
India Law Library Docid # 2448638

(355) CHOWDAPPA Vs. HANUMANTHARAYAPPA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2026
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 27 — Application for Additional Evidence — Duty of Appellate Court to decide pending application — Remand of Appeal — An Appellate Court has a statutory duty to consider and dispose of an application for additional evidence filed under Order XLI Rule 27 on its merits along with the main appeal — Dismissing an appeal or cross-objection without
India Law Library Docid # 2450094

(356) SK MANTU Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2026
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 20(b)(ii)C — Grant of regular bail — Recovery of commercial quantity of 80.99 kgs of Ganja from a vehicle driven by appellant — Appellant claimed to be an illiterate driver hired by the co-accused vehicle owner without knowledge of the contraband — Appellant suffered custody for approximately 13 months without any of the 23 cited prosecution witnesses being examined — Co-accused vehicle owner already enlarged on interim bail — No cri
India Law Library Docid # 2451780

(357) GHANSHYAM TIWARI Vs. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2026
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Acquittal of co-accused — Plea of inseparable evidence by absconding accused — Appellant remained absconding for seventeen years and sought quashing of proceedings following acquittal of co-accused on the ground that evidence was inseparable — Held, evidentiary value against the appellant vis-a-vis acquitted co-accused and inseparability of evidence cannot be evaluated under Section 482 jurisdiction — Such de
India Law Library Docid # 2451795

(358) THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS Vs. SATYA PRAKASH SINHA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2026
Service Law — Promotion — Applicable rules — Consideration of vacancies arising prior to rule amendment — Overruling of Y.V. Rangaiah principle — There is no rule of universal application that vacancies must necessarily be filled based on rules existing when they arose — Right to be considered for promotion occurs on the date of consideration under the rules in force on that date — In the absence of a statutory obligation to make appointments within a specified time, and where rules permit leavi
India Law Library Docid # 2451828

(359) COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE, HYDERABAD-IV Vs. M/S XEROX INDIA LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2026
Central Excise Act, 1944 — Section2(f) — "Manufacture" — Test for — Held, levy of excise duty requires two-fold test: (1) emergence of distinct commercial goods with new identity, character or use (transformation), and (2) marketability of transformed goods — A process leaving the commodity commercially the same article is not manufacture, however much labour, skill or expense bestowed — Addition to value alone does not convert a process into manufacture — Conversely, elaborateness or chemical a
India Law Library Docid # 2448555

(360) M/S. PATEL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED Vs. M/S. ADITYA CONSTRUCTION[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2026
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 — Question whether a buyer of goods/services from an MSME can independently invoke arbitration under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 for its claim against the MSME — Held, not answered — Respondent MSME having agreed to arbitration through Delhi International Arbitration Centre, appeal disposed of by consent with venue fixed at New Delhi — Question of law raised left open to be considere
India Law Library Docid # 2448556

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