(541) MANCHU MOHAN BABU Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 290, 341, 171F read with Section 34; Police Act, 1861 — Section 34 — Public nuisance, wrongful restraint, undue influence at election, acts done in furtherance of common intention, punishment for certain offences on roads — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Allegations of rally and dharna causing obstruction to traffic and public inconvenience — Court's duty to quash proceedings if allegations do not constitute an offence India Law Library Docid # 2428205
(542) KHEM SINGH (D) THROUGH LRs Vs. STATE OF UTTARANCHAL (NOW STATE OF UTTARAKHAND) & ANOTHER ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 372 — proviso; Section 2(wa) — Victim's right to appeal — Victim includes legal heir — Legal heir of a victim has the right to prosecute an appeal filed by the victim, even if the original appellant dies during the pendency of the appeal. India Law Library Docid # 2428987
(543) BASHEERA KHANUM Vs. THE CITY MUNICIPAL COUNCIL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-07-2025 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 114 Illustration (g) — Adverse inference — Municipal Council failed to produce original auction records despite court direction — Trial Court rightly drew adverse inference against the Council. India Law Library Docid # 2432116
(544) PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK AND ANOTHER Vs. KALYANI TRANSCO AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-07-2025 Review Petition — Recalling of judgment — Court found that the common impugned judgment and order dated 02.05.2025 did not correctly consider the legal position laid down by several previous judgments and contained incorrect factual aspects and considered arguments not advanced. Therefore, it was a fit case for India Law Library Docid # 2433730
(545) RAJEEV SURI Vs. ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-07-2025 Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 — Section 4 of Delhi Ancient and Historical Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 2004 — Protected Monument — Notification — Anomaly in notification declaring Gumti of Shaikh Ali as protected monument — Corrigendum prepared and India Law Library Docid # 2433734
(546) SUBHA PRASAD NANDI MAJUMDAR Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL SERVICE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-07-2025 Interpretation of Statute and Notifications — ‘Any’ University does not mean only within the State — The phrase “in any State-aided University or College” in a notification extending retirement age was interpreted to include experience from universities or colleges outside the State of West Bengal. The court found that India Law Library Docid # 2428131
(547) UMRI POOPH PRATAPPUR (UPP) TOLLWAYS PVT. LTD. Vs. M.P. ROAD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-07-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 vs. Madhya Pradesh Madhyastham Adhikaran Adhiniyam, 1983 — Works Contract — Concession Agreement for development of State Highway falls under ‘works contract’ as defined in MP Act, 1983 — MP Act, 1983 has overriding effect on Arbitration and Conciliation Act, India Law Library Docid # 2428132
(548) THE CHANCELLOR, APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-07-2025 A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technological University Act, 2015 — Section 13(7) — Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology Act, 2021 — Section 11(10) — Interpretation of — Temporary appointment of Vice-Chancellor — Limited to six months in aggregate — Notification appointing temporarily until further orders held unsustainable in law — Contradicts the statutory time limit. India Law Library Docid # 2428309
(549) SUSHMA AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-07-2025 Uttar Pradesh Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953 — Proceedings for consolidation of land — Validity of adoption and Will — Supreme Court, while remanding the case to High Court, observed that the High Court's reasoning that the validity of a Will cannot be assumed if the adoption of the beneficiary is void is erroneous in law. India Law Library Docid # 2433735
(550) SUKHDEV YADAV @ PEHALWAN Vs. STATE OF (NCT OF DELHI) & OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 read with Section 34 — Life imprisonment defined — Sentence modified to life imprisonment for 20 years of actual imprisonment without remission — Prisoner completed 20 years of actual incarceration — Entitlement to release upon completion of sentence irrespective of India Law Library Docid # 2428619
(551) SANTHOSH KARUNAKARAN Vs. OMBUDSMAN CUM ETHICS OFFICER, KERALA CRICKET ASSOCIATION AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Kerala Cricket Association Byelaws, Section 15(4)(s) — Impleadment of parties — Non-impleadment of District Cricket Associations in an application to frame model bye-laws for cricket associations — Ombudsman rejected the application for non-impleadment — High Court affirmed the rejection — Supreme Court found the India Law Library Docid # 2428097
(552) S. MOHAMMED HAKKIM Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Contract Act, 1872 — Section 2(d) — Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal — Compensation — Notional Income Future Prospects — Multiplier — Contributory Negligence — Attendant Charges — Future Medical Expenses — Loss of Marital Prospects — Discomfort — Extra Nourishment — Medical Bills — Motor Accident — Amputation — Functional Disability — In a motor accident case involving a young engineering student who suffered amputation of his leg due to the negligence of India Law Library Docid # 2428098
(553) IL & FS FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED Vs. ADHUNIK MEGHALAYA STEELS PRIVATE LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 7 — Application under — Limitation — Whether barred by limitation — Financial Creditor filed application under Section 7 of IBC arguing that entries in the respondent’s Balance Sheet for FY 2019-20 constituted a valid acknowledgment of debt under Section 18 of the India Law Library Docid # 2428130
(554) SUKHDEV YADAV @ PEHALWAN Vs. STATE OF (NCT OF DELHI) AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 53 and 57 — Life Imprisonment — Sentence of twenty years actual imprisonment without remission — Interpretation of “life imprisonment” in context of fixed term — Prisoner entitled to release upon completion of fixed term India Law Library Docid # 2428718
(555) KUNAL CHATTERJEE Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 417, 376, 506 read with Section 34, and POCSO Act, 2012 — Section 6 — Rape of a minor with promise of marriage — Allegations of consensual relationship when prosecutrix was minor, based on promise of marriage — Prosecutrix became major, appellant backed out from promise — FIR lodged after more than 3 years alleging rape when she was minor — Held, consent India Law Library Docid # 2433699
(556) MITESHBHAI J. PATEL AND ANOTHER Vs. THE DRUG INSPECTOR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 — Section 18(a)(i) and Section 27(d) — Offence of selling sub-standard drugs — Limitation period — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 468(2)(c) and Section 469(a) — The period of limitation for an offence punishable with imprisonment exceeding one year but not exceeding three years is three years. The limitation period commences from the date of the offence, India Law Library Docid # 2433729
(557) STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS Vs. SANT RAM AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Uttar Pradesh Recognized Basic Schools (Junior High Schools)(Recruitment and Conditions of Service of Teachers) Rules, 1978 — Rule 10(5)(b)(iii) — Deemed approval of teacher appointment — Conditions precedent — District Basic Education Officer (DBEO) must communicate decision within one month of receiving proposal, India Law Library Docid # 2433731
(558) MEENAKSHI JAIN Vs. DELHI MEDICAL COUNCIL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Delhi Medical Council Act, 1997 — Section 10(f) — Medical negligence complaint — Eligibility criteria for Disciplinary Committee members — Criteria for appointment of expert members by Delhi Medical Council is administrative and not legally mandated by statute or rules — Retrospective amendment of eligibility criteria does not invalidate the Committee's proceedings. India Law Library Docid # 2433732
(559) PRADEEP GOYAL Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 32 and 142 — Writ Petition — Grievances regarding Goods and Services Tax (GST) on Online Information and Database Access or Retrieval (OIDAR) services — Petitioner sought directions for a mechanism to track GST on OIDAR services used by Non-Taxable Online Recipients (Non-NTORs), introduction of new forms for reporting revenue from such services, India Law Library Docid # 2433736
(560) GAJANAN DATTATRAY GORE Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 406, 408, 420, 467, 468, 471, 504, 506 read with 34 — Bail Conditions — Undertaking to Deposit Funds — Breach of Undertaking — Cancellation of Bail — Abuse of Process of Law — Imposing financial deposit as a condition for bail when an accused voluntarily offers it and then reneges on it is deprecated. India Law Library Docid # 2428332