(501) ROBIN SINGH Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Writ Petition (Civil) — Procedural Defect — Court directed manual evaluation of petitioner's paper due to a mistake in stapling of the question paper which caused incorrect sequencing, ensuring no prejudice to the petitioner. India Law Library Docid # 2433496
(502) AJAYBHAI MANSUKHBHAI VEGAD Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — High Court order granting anticipatory bail challenged in Supreme Court — Supreme Court grants leave to appeal and allows the appeal, setting aside the High Court's order — Appellant directed to continue cooperating with investigation and not misuse liberty. India Law Library Docid # 2433497
(503) S. BALAKRISHNAN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF TAMIL NADU[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 18A — Anticipatory Bail — Maintainability — High Court Registrar's administrative order declining to place anticipatory bail prayer before court based on Section 18A of the Act. India Law Library Docid # 2433498
(504) ARADHANA KUMARI SAW Vs. ASMIT KOCHGAWAY[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Transfer Petition (Civil) — Grounds for transfer — Proceedings of a matrimonial case pending in one court directed to be transferred to another court in a different State — Petitioner seeking transfer on grounds of unemployment, pendency of other proceedings in the transferee court, and inability to effectively defend due to long distance — India Law Library Docid # 2433499
(505) RAMYA KRISHNA Vs. ANIL SAMMATI VENKATA RAJU[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Transfer Petition — Grounds for transfer — Marriage Miscellaneous Case pending in Bengaluru — Petitioner seeking transfer to Hyderabad — Petitioner's grounds include need to care for child and aged father, and difficulty in defending proceedings due to long distance — These are valid reasons for India Law Library Docid # 2433500
(506) SHABNAM RASHID AND OTHERS Vs. RASHID MALIK AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Inherent powers of Supreme Court — Dissolution of marriage — Quashing of proceedings — Parties arrived at a settlement agreement including financial terms and conditions for dissolution of marriage — Supreme Court can exercise its powers under Article 142 to grant a decree of divorce and India Law Library Docid # 2433501
(507) RADHIKA SRIVASATAVA @ RADHIKA ASTHANA Vs. SAGAR SRIVASTAVA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Transfer Petition (Civil) — Grounds for transfer — Financial difficulty and inability of wife to travel from Delhi to Lucknow to attend divorce proceedings filed by husband — Wife also has other pending cases in Delhi — Transfer petition allowed. India Law Library Docid # 2433502
(508) STATE OF WEST BENGAL Vs. BAISHAKHI BHATTACHARYYA (CHATTERJEE) AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Review Petitions — Permission to file granted, applications for exemption from filing certified copies allowed, and delay condoned. India Law Library Docid # 2433503
(509) MEENAKSHI Vs. MOHIT SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Transfer Petition (Civil) — Grounds for transfer — Convenience of party — Transfer of family court proceedings from one state to another — Petitioner seeking transfer due to need to care for minor daughters, existing pending proceedings in the proposed transferee court, and inability to defend proceedings in the original court due to long distance — Respondent not appearing despite service of India Law Library Docid # 2433559
(510) STATE OF MAHARASHTRA Vs. MANGESH @ BABLU ANKUSH GAIKWAD[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 307 — Attempt to murder — Sentencing — High Court reduced sentence from 10 years to period already undergone (4 years 10 months) — Supreme Court found the injuries to be sufficient to cause death (punctured lungs) — Supreme Court did not agree with High Court's lenient view, emphasizing the object of sentencing to protect society and deter criminals — Liberal attitude or sympathetic view India Law Library Docid # 2433560
(511) M/S. ACTIVITAS MANAGEMENT ADVISOR PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. MIND PLUS HEALTHCARE PRIVATE LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11 — Appointment of arbitrator — Exclusive jurisdiction clause — Contractual clause submitting to exclusive jurisdiction of Mumbai High Courts for disputes related to the agreement implies that Mumbai is the seat of arbitration — A High Court in another territory has no territorial jurisdiction to entertain an application for appointment of an arbitrator under Section 11 of the Act when the contract specifies an exclusive jurisdiction clause. India Law Library Docid # 2433561
(512) BIPIN BIHARI SINHA @ BIPIN PRASAD SINGH Vs. HARISH JAISWAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Settlement Agreement — Fraudulent Representation — Where a settlement agreement was presented to the Supreme Court, allegedly by consent of both parties, leading to the disposal of a Special Leave Petition and setting aside of lower court judgments, but one party later claimed no such settlement was authorized or that their counsel was not engaged, the Court must initiate a detailed India Law Library Docid # 2433562
(513) CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Vs. DHEERAJ WADHAWAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Medical grounds — Supreme Court reviewed the High Court's order granting bail on medical grounds. A committee of doctors examined the respondent and opined that hospitalization was not necessary and ongoing medication and physiotherapy were sufficient. Therefore, the Supreme Court set aside the bail order and directed the respondent to surrender. India Law Library Docid # 2433563
(514) SAQUIB ABDUL HAMID NACHAN Vs. UNION OF INDIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 32 — Writ Petition challenging Notifications declaring ISIS as a terrorist organisation — Petitioner’s son arrested for alleged association with ISIS — Petitioner also arrested in a related case — Court advises petitioner to approach the appropriate forum to argue that their activities do not fall under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, or to seek bail. India Law Library Docid # 2433564
(515) DELHI POLLUTION CONTROL COMMITTEE Vs. LODHI PROPERTY CO. LTD. ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2025 Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 & Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 — Sections 33A & 31A — Powers of Pollution Control Boards — Imposition and collection of restitutionary or compensatory damages — Fixed sums or bank guarantees as ex-ante measure — Held, Boards empowered to levy such damages, which are incidental and ancillary to powers under these sections — Must be exercised as per subordinate legislation incorporating India Law Library Docid # 2428329
(516) GUJARAT URJA VIKAS NIGAM LIMITED Vs. GREEN INFRA CORPORATE WIND PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2025 Electricity Act, 2003 — Sections 61, 62, 64, 86 — Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) Order No. 1 of 2010 — Determination of tariff for wind energy projects — Accelerated Depreciation — GERC order stipulated a tariff of Rs. 3.56 per kWh for projects availing accelerated depreciation and allowed case-to-case determination for projects not availing it. India Law Library Docid # 2428330
(517) BHANEI PRASAD @ RAJU Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2025 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 - Section 6 - Penal Code, 1860 - Section 506 - Conviction and sentence for aggravated penetrative sexual assault on a minor daughter by her father - Interplay of victim testimony, corroborating evidence, forensic and medical records, and statutory presumption under Section 29 of POCSO Act - Affirmation of concurrent findings of trial court and high court - Special Leave Petition dismissed. India Law Library Docid # 2428483
(518) MADHU VYAS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — Appeal against High Court order dismissing petition under Section 482 — Allegation that investigation report (charge-sheet) was not communicated to complainant — High Court failed to address this grievance, impacting complainant's right to file protest petition — Interest of justice requires fresh consideration by High Court. India Law Library Docid # 2428484
(519) M/S. SHIKHAR CHEMICALS Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 202 — Magistrate's power to initiate magisterial inquiry — Prima facie case under Section 406 IPC requires entrustment, not mere sale — Sale transaction does not constitute entrustment. India Law Library Docid # 2428485
(520) K.L.J.A. KIRAN BABU Vs. KARNATAKA STATE BAR COUNCIL REPRESENTED BY RAMESH S NAIK (FDA)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2025 Advocates Act, 1961 — Section 24(1)(f) — Enrolment fees — State Bar Councils cannot charge enrolment fees beyond the express legal stipulation under Section 24(1)(f) — Fees other than stipulated enrolment fee and stamp duty cannot be demanded as a pre-condition to enrolment — Charging excess fees violates Article 14 and Article 19(1)(g) of the Constitution — Decision has prospective effect, no refund of excess fees collected India Law Library Docid # 2433490