(561) SHRI SHRI SWAMI SAMARTH CONSTRUCTION AND FINANCE SOLUTION AND ANOTHER Vs. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF NKGSB CO-OP. BANK LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-07-2025 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 — Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Constitution of India, Article 32 — Framework for Revival and Rehabilitation of MSMEs — Interpretation of Framework — Bank's obligation to identify incipient stress vs. MSME's obligation to proactively seek revival — Framework requires MSME to voluntarily initiate proceedings by apprehending business failure and supporting with an affi India Law Library Docid # 2428333
(562) CHIRAG SEN AND ANOTHER ETC. Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 420, 468, 471 — Cheating, Forgery, Using Forged Document — Essential Ingredients — Complaint based on a GPF nomination form from 1996 failed to establish fraudulent intent or any act attributable to the accused; it did not override statutory birth certificates, nor did it prove falsification by the accused — No evidence of dishonest inducement, wrongful gain, or loss — India Law Library Docid # 2428066
(563) MANOHAR AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-07-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 18 — Maharashtra Industrial Development Act, 1961 — Compensation — Enhancement of — While determining market value, the highest bona fide sale exemplar should generally be considered, not an average of varying sale prices, unless prices have only marginal variations — Averaging of sale instances with significantly different prices is impermissible India Law Library Docid # 2428067
(564) DAIVSHALA AND OTHERS Vs. ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-07-2025 Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923 (EC Act) & Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (ESI Act) — Section 3 of EC Act & Section 2(8) of ESI Act — “Arising out of and in the course of employment” — Interpretation of — Accidents during commuting to or from workplace. India Law Library Docid # 2428099
(565) AMIT KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-07-2025 Bank Account — Ministry of Education directed to support the National Task Force in opening a bank account by issuing necessary letters. India Law Library Docid # 2433677
(566) M/S PRISTINE HOTELS AND RESORTS PVT. LTD. Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-07-2025 Town and Country Planning Act, 1977 (Himachal Pradesh) — Section 19 and 20 — Development Plan — Notification declaring area as “Green Area” — Petitioner, a hotel company, challenged notification as it affected their proposed resort construction — High Court dismissed writ petition, holding petitioner was not an aggrieved person as they had not acquired any right or interest to purchase land — India Law Library Docid # 2433728
(567) SATAURAM MANDAVI Vs. THE STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-07-2025 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 6 — Aggravated Penetrative sexual assault — Punishment introduced by 2019 amendment — Retrospective application — Constitution of India — Article 20(1) — Prohibition against ex-post facto laws and enhanced penalty — Offence committed before amended Act came into force — Sentencing under amended provisions violates India Law Library Docid # 2428054
(568) BANSAL MILK CHILLING CENTRE Vs. RANA MILK FOOD PRIVATE LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 200 — Complaint — Amendment — Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of Cheque — Power of Criminal Court to amend complaint — Amendments not alien to Cr.P.C. even post-cognizance, provided no prejudice to accused — Supreme Court in S.R. Sukumar and India Law Library Docid # 2428055
(569) PRAKASH CHIMANLAL SHETH Vs. JAGRUTI KEYUR RAJPOPAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-07-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Territorial jurisdiction for filing complaint — Section 142(2)(a) clearly mandates that the offence must be tried by a court within whose local jurisdiction the branch of the bank where the payee maintains the account is situated, if the cheque is delivered for India Law Library Docid # 2428057
(570) MANJUSHA AND OTHERS Vs. UNITED INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-07-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 147 — Liability of Insurer — Statutory liability is restricted to third-party liabilities — Insurer has no statutory liability to cover the risk of the owner or the driver stepping into the shoes of the owner. India Law Library Docid # 2428058
(571) K. PURUSHOTTAM REDDY Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-07-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 170(3) — Proviso — Readjustment of seats in Legislative Assemblies — Constitutional bar on readjustment of seats in State Legislative Assemblies until publication of census data after 2026 — Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, Section 26 — Increase in seats subject to Article 170(3) — India Law Library Docid # 2428059
(572) ANURAG BHATNAGAR AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 156(3) — FIR Registration — Application to Magistrate without approaching Police/SP — While a Magistrate ought not ordinarily entertain an application under Section 156(3) CrPC directly without the informant having availed and exhausted remedies under Section 154(3) CrPC, the India Law Library Docid # 2428060
(573) SUKDEB SAHA Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 174 — Inquiry by Police into cause of unnatural death — Requirement of fair and impartial investigation — Evidence considered — Inconsistencies in CCTV footage, suspicious medical findings, and failure to preserve crucial forensic evidence indicated failures in local investigation. India Law Library Docid # 2428061
(574) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. R. SHANKARAPPA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-07-2025 Service Law — Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965 (CCS CCA Rules) — Rule 14 and Appendix 3 — Procedure for imposing major penalties — Authority competent to impose minor penalties can issue charge-sheet for major penalties — General Manager, Telecommunications (competent to impose minor penalties) issued charge-sheet for major penalties under Rule 14 of CCS CCA India Law Library Docid # 2428100
(575) SATISH KUMAR AGGARWAL Vs. MAULANA ARSHAD MADANI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-07-2025 Cinematograph Act, 1952 — Section 6 — Orders passed by Central Government — Challenge to — Matters concerning orders passed by the Central Government under Section 6 of the Cinematograph Act, 1952, can be heard by the High Court, and parties challenging such orders can be directed to pursue their remedies there. India Law Library Docid # 2433727
(576) M/S ASP TRADERS Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-07-2025 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 129 — Detention, seizure and release of goods and conveyances in transit — Show cause notice — Payment of penalty — Obligation to pass final order — Where a show cause notice is issued under Section 129(3) of the CGST Act and the taxable person files objections against the proposed levy, the proper officer is duty-bound to pass a reasoned, speaking order India Law Library Docid # 2428033
(577) HYATT INTERNATIONAL SOUTHWEST ASIA LTD. Vs. ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR OF INCOME TAX[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-07-2025 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Interpretation of Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) — Permanent Establishment (PE) — Article 5(1) of India-UAE DTAA — Fixed place of business — The core issue is whether the appellant, a Dubai-based company, had a PE in India under Article 5(1) of the India-UAE DTAA. The India Law Library Docid # 2428034
(578) M/S RIMJHIM ISPAT LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-07-2025 Central Excise Act, 1944 — Sections 9 and 9AA — Criminal proceedings — Discharge application — Dismissal of discharge application by both Trial Court and High Court upheld — Criminal appeal dismissed — High Court's judgment affirmed — No interference warranted. India Law Library Docid # 2428065
(579) SHESH BAHADUR SINGH(D) THR.LRS. Vs. RAM DAS SINGH(D) THR. LRS. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-07-2025 Uttar Pradesh Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953 — Section 49 — Bar to civil courts jurisdiction — A suit for cancellation of an order passed in consolidation proceedings is not maintainable if a notification has been issued under Section 4(2) of the Act and the matter could or ought to have been taken up under the Act. (Para 9, India Law Library Docid # 2428311
(580) EKTA BHATNAGAR Vs. ASHUTOSH BHATNAGAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-07-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Transfer Petition — Settlement Agreement — Supreme Court Mediation Centre — Parties resolved their dispute before the Supreme Court Mediation Centre and reduced the settlement into writing, signed by parties, counsel, and mediator — Supreme Court allowed the exemption application and accepted the settlement. India Law Library Docid # 2433724