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(461) NEHA BHARDHAWAJ Vs. NAVEEN KUMAR SHARMA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-08-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 139A(2) — Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 — Section 25 — Transfer Petition — Grounds for transfer — Convenience of petitioner — Marriage solemnized, parties drifted apart, divorce proceedings instituted by respondent in Gujarat — Petitioner seeks transfer to Uttar Pradesh — Respondent did not appear despite notice — Court satisfied that petitioner will face
India Law Library Docid # 2433610

(462) AASIF @ PASHA Vs. THE STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Suspension of sentence pending appeal — Fixed term sentence — Appellate court should consider suspension liberally unless exceptional circumstances exist — High Court erred by reiterating prosecution's case and oral evidence instead of considering established principles for suspension when sentence is for a fixed term.
India Law Library Docid # 2428481

(463) THE STATE OF BIHAR NOW JHARKHAND Vs. NILU GANJHU @ NILKANT RAM GANJHU AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 307, 436 — Murder, Attempt to murder, Mischief by fire or explosive substance — Appreciation of evidence — High Court reversed trial court's conviction, finding prosecution failed to prove charges beyond doubt — Supreme Court found High Court erred in treating case as purely circumstantial and misappreciating evidence — Supreme Court held evidence, including eyewitness testimony, spot punchanama, and post-mortem reports,
India Law Library Docid # 2428482

(464) BSES RAJDHANI POWER LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025
Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 61, 62, 86 — Tariff determination — Regulatory asset — Creation, continuation, and liquidation of regulatory asset — Governed by Act, National Tariff Policies, Rules, Regulations, and APTEL precedents.
India Law Library Docid # 2428398

(465) LOKESH B Vs. SURYANARAYANA RAJU JAGGARAJU AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166, 173 — Compensation — Calculation of — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — High Court — Appeals — Appellant aged 38 years— sustained grievous injuries in a road accident — High Court revised monthly income but omitted future prospects and adopted a lower disability percentage — Supreme Court allowed appeal, adding 40% for future prospects to self-employed claimants as per settled law — Supreme Court accepted
India Law Library Docid # 2428399

(466) KAVITA DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. SUNIL KUMAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Vehicle Accident Claim — Enhancement of Compensation — Appeal against High Court order — Claimants seeking further enhancement — Court to examine only the issue of enhancement of compensation, not the cause of accident as concurrently held by Tribunal and High Court.
India Law Library Docid # 2428400

(467) SHAIL KUMARI Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Circumstantial Evidence — Conviction on circumstantial evidence requires a chain of events to be fully established, consistent only with the hypothesis of guilt, conclusive in nature, excluding all other hypotheses, and leaving no reasonable ground for innocence.
India Law Library Docid # 2428401

(468) JAMNALAL Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Sections 3/4(2), 42 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376(3) — Appeal against suspension of sentence by High Court — Supreme Court held High Court was not justified.
India Law Library Docid # 2428402

(469) POULOMI PAVINI SHUKLA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 32 — Public Interest Litigation — Welfare of children — Petitioner, an advocate, filed a PIL to highlight the inadequacies of existing schemes for orphan children and to ensure they are not neglected.
India Law Library Docid # 2432121

(470) M/S WADHWANA Vs. CELICA DEVELOPERS PRIVATE LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025
Transfer of Property Act, 1882 vs. West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1997 — Determination of applicability — Depends on rent paid for premises and facilities provided — Supreme Court's previous order regarding payment for air conditioning in addition to rent is crucial — Charges for amenities like air conditioning, when paid in addition to basic rent, are considered part of the total rent for the purpose of
India Law Library Docid # 2432127

(471) IN RE: T.N. GODAVARMAN THIRUMULPAD Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025
Environmental Law — Eco Sensitive Zone (ESZ) — Matheran — The Supreme Court directed the laying of clay paver blocks on the main road between Dasturi Naka and Shivaji Maharaj Statue to arrest soil erosion, based on expert reports from IIT, Bombay and NEERI. (Paras 21-30)
India Law Library Docid # 2433513

(472) DR. BALRAM SINGH Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025
Municipal Corporation - Party to proceedings - East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) was impleaded as a party-respondent to the proceedings.

B. Manual Scavenging - Hazardous cleaning - Court directed the EDMC's Chief Executive Officer to explain why manual scavenging and hazardous cleaning were still being carried out with manual labour, without proper gear, and exposing workers to risk.
India Law Library Docid # 2433514

(473) MONIKA Vs. OM SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025
Transfer of Civil Cases — Section 25 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Grounds for transfer — Wife seeking transfer of husband's petition from one Family Court to another — Fact that two related cases were already pending in the proposed transferee court — Sufficient ground for transfer.
India Law Library Docid # 2433515

(474) POONAM SINGH Vs. MANISH KUMAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025
Transfer Petition (Civil) — Jurisdiction — Transfer of case generally allowed where respondent fails to appear and address arguments, showing lack of interest, especially after notice and stay of proceedings.
India Law Library Docid # 2433516

(475) NITIKA GUPTA Vs. TUSHIT SATYA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025
Transfer of Case — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 25 — Interests of Justice — Court's power to transfer cases — Supreme Court can transfer a matrimonial case from one Family Court to another Family Court in a different state in the interest of justice.
India Law Library Docid # 2433517

(476) SOUTH EASTERN COALFIELDS LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. PREM KUMAR TIWARI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025
Date of Birth Correction — High Court's direction to correct date of birth was based on documents prepared by the employer in 1998, which reflected the employee's claimed date of birth. The employee had promptly disputed the incorrect entry. Both the Single Judge and the Division Bench found no error in the correction order. Supreme Court affirmed the High Court's decision as it was based on available
India Law Library Docid # 2433518

(477) HIND AQUA TRADERS AND ANOTHER Vs. EVERMARK NUTRACEUTICALS LLP[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 407 — Transfer of criminal proceedings — Grounds for transfer — Petitioner residents of Odisha; cheque drawn in Odisha — Respondent not appearing — Proceedings transferred from Andhra Pradesh to Odisha.
India Law Library Docid # 2433519

(478) SHANTI DEVI Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 34, 201 — Murder, Common Intention, Causing disappearance of evidence — Circumstantial evidence — Principles for circumstantial evidence from Sharad Birdhichand Sarda v. State of Maharashtra — Circumstances must be fully established, consistent only with guilt, conclusive, exclude every other hypothesis, and form a complete chain of evidence —
India Law Library Docid # 2433520

(479) IN RE : T.N. GODAVARMAN THIRUMULPAD Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025
Environment (Protection) Act, 1986; Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 — Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 — MoEF&CC Guidelines on Sustainable Ecotourism, 2021 — Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary and its Eco-Sensitive Zone — Request for Proposal (RFP) for a tourism project — Court directs State Government to consider earlier orders passed by the Supreme Court while finalizing proposals for activities within
India Law Library Docid # 2433521

(480) DRAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZHAGAM Vs. THIRU. C.VE. SHANMUGAM AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025
Civil Procedure — Abuse of Process — Courts should not be used to settle political scores between rival parties. A Writ Petition that aims to settle political disputes is not only legally misconceived but also an abuse of the legal process.
India Law Library Docid # 2433522