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(81) M/S DHANBAD FUELS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2025
Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 12A — Pre-institution mediation and settlement — Mandatory nature — Suit not contemplating urgent interim relief shall not be instituted without exhausting pre-institution mediation — Legislative intent to promote alternative dispute resolution and decongest courts — Mandatory nature of Section 12A established.
India Law Library Docid # 2425722

(82) IN RE : ALARMING RISE IN THE NUMBER OF REPORTED CHILD RAPE INCIDENTS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2025
Suo Moto Proceeding — Child Rape Incidents — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Alarming rise in child rape incidents prompting suo moto cognizance by Supreme Court — Directions issued regarding timely completion of investigations and trials under POCSO Act — Emphasis on setting up exclusive/designated special Courts for POCSO cases in districts with high pendency, funded by Central Government, including support staff and infrastructure
India Law Library Docid # 2425723

(83) NATIONAL SPOT EXCHANGE LIMITED Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Powers of Supreme Court — Scope and ambit — Plenary and curative nature — Not limited by statutes but exists to do complete justice — Wide amplitude but tempered by restraint — Cannot ignore substantive statutory rights or supplant substantive law — Should not be exercised when it directly conflicts with express statutory provisions dealing with the subject, unless balancing equities or ironing out creases in a cause or matter arising out of such statu
India Law Library Docid # 2425724

(84) SOUTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI Vs. SMS LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2025
Concession Agreement — Dispute Resolution Clause — Whether constitutes an arbitration agreement — Interpretation of — Essential ingredients of valid arbitration agreement are clear intent to arbitrate, binding adjudicatory process culminating in final and binding decision, and compliance with arbitral norms including impartiality, party autonomy in arbitrator appointment, and adversarial process — Article 20 titled “Mediation by Commissioner” refers disputes to MCD Commissioner or his appointee
India Law Library Docid # 2425725

(85) NAGARAJAN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2025
Criminal Law — Sentencing — Probation — Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (PoFA Act) — Section 20AA — Exclusion of Probation Act, 1958 and Section 360 Cr. PC — Applicability of Section 20AA to offences committed under the PoFA Act between 1976 (introduction of Section 20AA) and 2006 (repeal by Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006) — Express exclusion by Section 20AA is clear and unambiguous, admitting no absurdity — Courts must be subservient to legislative wisdom — Benefit of probation u
India Law Library Docid # 2425726

(86) MOHIT KUMAR Vs. VERSUS STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2025
Recruitment Process — Terms of Advertisement — Non-compliance — Consequence — Where an advertisement for public employment stipulates specific requirements, such as the format of a caste certificate for claiming reservation benefits, non-compliance with such terms by an aspirant is likely to result in adverse consequences, including the rejection of the claimed status by the selecting body/appointing authority.
India Law Library Docid # 2425727

(87) RAJESH ETC. Vs. UNION OF INDIA ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2025
Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 — Section 49-B — Prohibition of dealing in trophies, animal articles etc. derived from scheduled animals — Seizure of tiger skin, antler horns, claws, teeth, bones, and skulls from accused in a car in the presence of independent witnesses — Evidence of uninterested neutral witnesses (Petrol Pump Manager and officer requisitioned from Labour Commissioner) corroborating recovery and arrest at the spot — Substratum of witness testimonies not dislodged in cross-exami
India Law Library Docid # 2425728

(88) HANSA DEVI AND OTHER Vs. SBI GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Fatal accident — Deceased, a truck driver, aged 28 years — Income — Tribunal awarded compensation based on monthly salary of Rs. 10,000/- with 40% future prospects — High Court reduced salary to minimum wages of Rs. 4,076/- with 40% future prospects — Supreme Court restored the Tribunal’s assessment of income of Rs. 10,000/-, reasoning that an unskilled labourer in 2004 was held to earn Rs. 4,500/-, hence a driver of a heavy vehicle in 2014 would reasona
India Law Library Docid # 2425729

(89) THE TATA AIG GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. SURAJ KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Role of Insurer — Liability to Indemnify — An insurer’s liability is to indemnify the insured’s estate in monetary terms, based on pecuniary compensation awarded by the Tribunal — Monitoring the victim’s future well-being or ensuring proper functioning of prosthetic limbs and wheelchairs is not the insurer’s duty or an obligation that can be cast upon it — High Court’s direction to provide such services set aside.
India Law Library Docid # 2425730

(90) VIJAYA BANK AND ANOTHER Vs. PRASHANT B NARNAWARE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-05-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Interpretation of Judgments — Applicability to factual matrix — Judgments must be read and applied considering the specific factual matrix of each case and not like statutes. (Para 34)
India Law Library Docid # 2425708

(91) NOBLE RESOURCES AND TRADING INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED (EARLIER KNOWN AS ANDAGRO SERVICES PVT. LTD.) Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-05-2025
Export-Import Policy, 2002-2007 – Duty Free Credit Entitlement Scheme – Benefit of Duty Exemption – Crude Degummed Soyabean Oil – Eligibility for Exemption – EXIM policy provided for exemption for import of goods having nexus with exported products under category ‘67/food products’ – Appellant exporting food products including soyabean meal
India Law Library Docid # 2425709

(92) BRIG SANDEEP CHAUDHARY Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-05-2025
Indian Military Academy — Commissioned Officers — Annual Confidential Reports (ACRs) — Assessment — Numeric gradings (1-9) and pen pictures by Initiating Officer (IO), Reviewing Officer (RO), and Senior Reviewing Officer (SRO) used for evaluation — Qualities to Assess Potential (QsAP) and Box grading are not disclosed to the officer assessed — Disclosure of certain assessment parts to the officer is mandatory — Distinction between
India Law Library Docid # 2425710

(93) TUKESH SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-05-2025
Criminal Law — Murder — Attempted Murder — Evidence — Eyewitness testimony — Identification of accused in court essential, especially when not previously known or roles are specific — Failure of eyewitnesses to identify specific appellants/accused in court as the persons they saw committing the crime is fatal to the prosecution’s case.
India Law Library Docid # 2425711

(94) M/S HARCHARAN DASS GUPTA Vs. UNION OF INDIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-05-2025
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 — Sections 18(1), 18(3), 18(4), 24 — Overriding effect — Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 7(1) — Arbitration agreement — Location of Supplier — Dispute Resolution — The MSMED Act, being a special law enacted subsequently, has an overriding effect over the Arbitration Act, a general law, particularly given the non-obstante clauses in Section 18 and the overriding effect of Sections 15 to 23 provided in Sec
India Law Library Docid # 2425712

(95) THE HP POWER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION LTD. Vs. M/S BRUA HYDROWATT PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-05-2025
Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 86(1)(f), Section 111, Section 158 — Connection Agreement — Liability for Costs and Charges — Contractual Privity — Power Transmission — Generating Companies — Lead Partner concept — Tripartite Agreement (Internal) between generating companies — Head of Agreement between Transmission Licensee (HPPTC Ltd) and Lead Generating Company (BHP Ltd) — Construction costs and Operation & Maintenance (O&M) charges for substation Bay — HPPTC Ltd entered into Connection Agreem
India Law Library Docid # 2425713

(96) THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS Vs. DR. PASUPULETI NIRMALA HANUMANTHA RAO CHARITABLE TRUST[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-05-2025
Telangana Land Revenue Act — Sections 25, 172 — Telangana Alienation of State Lands and Land Revenue Rules 1975 — Rules 5, 6 — G.O.Ms. No. 635 Dated 02nd July, 1990 — Board Standing Order 24 — Conditional Allotment of Government Land — Not a Sale — Application of Statutory Scheme — Allotment of government land to a charitable trust, even upon payment of market value, is an allotment under a statutory scheme, not a sale, particularly when made subject to conditions regarding usage and resumption
India Law Library Docid # 2425714

(97) SRI. S.V RAJASHEKARAPPA Vs. THE SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-05-2025
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 4 — Notification — Subsequent Notification — Acquisition of different parcels of land from same survey number for same public purpose under separate notifications issued at different dates — First notification in 1997, second in 2001 — Principle of parity in compensation applicable for similarly situated land.
India Law Library Docid # 2425959

(98) HARPREET SINGH TALWAR @ KABIR TALWAR Vs. THE STATE OF GUJARAT TH. NATIONAL INVESTIGATING AGENCY[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-05-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 439 — Regular Bail — Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967 — Section 43D(5) — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 8(c), 21(c), 23(c), 29 — Penal Code, 1860 — Section 120B — Offences involving cross-border narcotics smuggling and criminal conspiracy under NDPS Act and UAPA — Appellant allegedly played a coordinating and enabling role in facilitating import of narcotics concealed as talc through a proxy-controlled firm
India Law Library Docid # 2425652

(99) NDA SECURITIES LTD Vs. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-05-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Special powers of High Court — Quashing of proceedings — Release of seized property/funds — Scope of jurisdiction — Power under Section 482 CrPC is not for conducting a mini trial or embarking upon an enquiry whether the allegations are true or false — High Court while exercising inherent jurisdiction under Section 482 CrPC should not make observations regarding absence of a party’s role when investigation is ongoing and their role is yet to be ascer
India Law Library Docid # 2425638

(100) DEEP SHIKHA Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-05-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166 and 168 — Claim for compensation — Dependency — Admissibility of claim by married daughter (Appellant No. 1) — Presumption that married daughter’s dependence on natal family ceases — Financial dependence must be proven by the claimant daughter — Failure to prove financial support from deceased mother post-marriage — Married daughter, though a legal representative, not a dependent for loss of dependency compensation.
India Law Library Docid # 2425639