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(621) RAM CHARAN AND OTHERS Vs. SUKHRAM AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-07-2025
Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Section 2(2) — Exclusion of Scheduled Tribes — The Act does not apply to members of Scheduled Tribes unless the Central Government directs otherwise by notification.

B. Customary Law — Proof of Custom — A custom must be proved with evidence of usage in fact and not merely by stating that it is a custom. General statements are not sufficient to establish a custom.
India Law Library Docid # 2427892

(622) GURDIAL SINGH (DEAD) THROUGH LR Vs. JAGIR KAUR (DEAD) AND ANOTHER ETC[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-07-2025
Succession Act, 1925, Sections 63, 68 — Indian Evidence Act, 1872, Section 68 — Proof of Will — Propounder has to prove due execution and dispel suspicious circumstances — Suspicious circumstances include shaky signature, feeble mind, unfair disposition, propounder benefiting significantly — Absence of reasoned disinheritance of natural heir, especially wife, qualifies as a suspicious circumstance
India Law Library Docid # 2427893

(623) M/S SONALI POWER EQUIPMENTS PVT. LTD. Vs. CHAIRMAN, MAHARASHTRA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, MUMBAI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-07-2025
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (MSMED Act) — Section 18(2) — Conciliation proceedings — Applicability of Limitation Act — The Limitation Act does not apply to conciliation proceedings under Section 18(2) of the MSMED Act, as conciliation is a non-adjudicatory process based on negotiation and settlement, not a judicial or coercive process.
India Law Library Docid # 2427894

(624) SMT. KAUSHAL VIRMANI AND ANOTHER Vs. DALJIT SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-07-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation for Motor Accident Claims — Appeal against High Court’s direction on interest — High Court enhanced compensation but omitted to award interest on the enhanced amount — Supreme Court modified High Court's order by awarding interest on the original award amount at 12% per annum and on the enhanced amount at 7.5% per annum from the date of filing of the claim petition.
India Law Library Docid # 2433704

(625) H.D. KUMARASWAMY Vs. SAMAJ PARIVARTANA SAMUDAYA (SPS) AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-07-2025
Contempt of Court — Disobedience of court's order — Proceedings for contempt cannot continue if the original order, which was the basis for contempt, has ceased to have independent existence and merged into a final order.
India Law Library Docid # 2433705

(626) AMAN JOSHI Vs. THE STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-07-2025
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS, 2023) — Section 103(1) — Murder — Special Leave Petition — Petitioner filed FIR for murder of his brother — Allegation of assault by named accused and six companions leading to death — Respondent No.2 arrested, though not named in FIR, allegedly identified in CCTV footage as assailant — Petitioner contends High Court erred in granting bail to Respondent No.2
India Law Library Docid # 2433707

(627) MALA DEVI Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2025
Pension Law — Family Pension — Eligibility of ‘Substitutes’ in Railways — deceased husband of the appellant was appointed as a ‘Substitute Waterman’ and died in harness after serving for 9 years, 8 months, and 26 days — Railways denied family pension on the grounds that his service was not regularized and did not meet the 10-year qualifying period for family pension — Appellant contended that as per Indian
India Law Library Docid # 2427876

(628) KRISHNA SWAROOP AGARWAL (DEAD) THR. LR. Vs. ARVIND KUMAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2025
Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 106 — Notice terminating tenancy — Service by registered post — Return with endorsement “ND” (Not Delivered) — General Clauses Act, 1897 — Section 27 — Deemed service — High Court set aside ejectment decree solely on ground of “ND” endorsement, misinterpreting deemed service provisions — Supreme Court held High Court erred in not considering Section
India Law Library Docid # 2427877

(629) SHIV BARAN Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 319 — Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence — Application for summoning additional accused — High Court quashed summons issued against them — Whether High Court was justified — Held, no. — Evidence of eyewitnesses, though prima facie, suggested complicity of the applicant, assigning specific role and indicating presence at scene
India Law Library Docid # 2427878

(630) BYLURU THIPPAIAH @ BYALURU THIPPAIAH @ NAYAKARA THIPPAIAH Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction — Concurrent findings of guilt by Trial Court and High Court — Supreme Court will not re-assess evidence unless there is violation of natural justice, misreading of evidence, or error of law — Appeals challenging conviction dismissed.
India Law Library Docid # 2427879

(631) BIRKA SHIVA Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 363, 342, 376 — Kidnapping, Wrongful Confinement, Rape — Prosecution failed to prove the age of the victim (minor) beyond reasonable doubt when the only evidence was a school certificate not corroborated by oral testimony of parents or the person who made the entry.
India Law Library Docid # 2427880

(632) JAI PRAKASH Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 302, 376, 377; Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Sections 5, 6 — Conviction for murder, rape, unnatural offences, and sexual offences against a child — Evidence relied upon includes last seen theory, recovery of body from appellant’s hut, and DNA evidence linking appellant to victim — Trial court and High Court concurrently held appellant
India Law Library Docid # 2427881

(633) THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ANOTHER Vs. JSW HYDRO ENERGY LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2025
Electricity Act, 2003 — CERC Regulations, 2019 — Interpretation — Note 3 of Regulation 55 setting a 13% cap on free power for home state (FEHS) is for tariff calculation purposes and does not prohibit a generating company from supplying more than 13% free power as per its contractual obligations.
India Law Library Docid # 2427882

(634) BALJINDER KUMAR @ KALA Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 302, 308, 325 — Murder and causing grievous hurt — Evidence — Eyewitness testimony — Contradictions — Supreme Court found major contradictions in the testimonies of key prosecution witnesses (PW1 and PW2) regarding material particulars of the incident, rendering their accounts unreliable.
India Law Library Docid # 2427883

(635) SATENDER KUMAR ANTIL Vs. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2025
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS, 2023) — Section 35(3) — Notice by Investigating Agency — Service by Electronic Communication — Held, not permissible — Legislature specifically excluded service of notice under Section 35 from ambit of procedures permissible through electronic communication under Section 530 — Conscious omission signifies legislative intent — Introducing electronic service for Section 35 would violate intent and Article 21 of Constitution due to direct impact on in
India Law Library Docid # 2428206

(636) HINDUSTAN MOTORS LIMITED AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2025
West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act, 1953 — Section 6(3) and Proviso to Sub-Section 3, and Explanation II — Interpretation and Implication — Supreme Court, upon hearing submissions and perusing the High Court's impugned order, found no reason to interfere with the High Court's reasoning regarding these legal provisions.
India Law Library Docid # 2433684

(637) ILESHKUMAR VALABHAI KHER Vs. THE STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2025
Criminal Law — Negligence vs. Culpable Homicide — The appellant's counsel argued that the case against him would at most be one of negligence, not culpable homicide not amounting to murder. This contention was noted in the context of the bail application, highlighting the potential trajectory of the charges.
India Law Library Docid # 2433739

(638) RAJEEB KALITA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2025
Administration of Justice — Compliance of Directions — Supreme Court monitoring compliance of its earlier directions issued in a Writ Petition — Registry reports that several High Courts have filed their affidavits/status reports, but many are yet to do so — Court grants a final opportunity to the non-compliant High Courts to file their reports within eight weeks.
India Law Library Docid # 2433740

(639) SURENDRA SINGH SALUJA Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-07-2025
Madhya Pradesh High Court Rules, 1992 — Rule 36(3) — Writ Appeal — Maintainability of Writ Appeal against Single Judge’s order in Criminal Writ Petition — Doubt expressed regarding maintainability of intra-court appeal before Division Bench against a Single Judge’s order in a criminal writ petition, citing precedent in Ram Kishan Fauji case.
India Law Library Docid # 2427941

(640) X Vs. THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-07-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 164 — Statement of victim — High Court’s failure to record reasons for granting bail in a case involving a minor victim and serious allegations — Appellant’s contention that High Court found fault with FIR to grant relief — Allegations of serious crimes under IPC and POCSO Act — Held, High Court ought to have been more cautious considering the victim’s minority
India Law Library Docid # 2427942