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(81) IN RE: ISSUE RELATING TO DEFINITION OF ARAVALLI HILLS AND RANGES[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-11-2025
Environmental Law — Aravalli Hills and Ranges — Definition and Conservation — Supreme Court accepts recommendations of Committee of Experts (CEC) regarding the definition of Aravalli Hills and Ranges as given by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in the context of the region's conservation and protection.
India Law Library Docid # 2436165

(82) AKBAR Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-11-2025
Capital Punishment — Appeal against Death Sentence — Review of Sentencing — Supreme Court granted leave to appeal and stayed the execution of the death sentence awarded to the appellant (Akbar) — Directed summoning of original records from Trial Court and High Court, and supply of translated records to the parties.
India Law Library Docid # 2436168

(83) DEEPAK KUMAR @ GOLU @ D. KUMAR Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-11-2025
Death Sentence — Stay of Execution — Supreme Court orders stay of execution of the death sentence awarded to the appellant pending appeal.
India Law Library Docid # 2436169

(84) MADRAS BAR ASSOCIATION Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-11-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14, 32, 136, 141, 142, 226, 227, 323-A, 323-B, 368 — Separation of powers — Judicial Independence — Constitutional Supremacy — Judicial Review — Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021 (Impugned Act) — Challenge to vires — The Impugned Act, which reproduces provisions previously struck down in Madras Bar Association v. Union of India (MBA) cases, is unconstitutional as it constitutes an impermissible legislative override of binding
India Law Library Docid # 2435531

(85) RAJESWARI AND OTHERS Vs. SHANMUGAM AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-11-2025
Registration Act, 1908 — Section 17(1)(e) — Compulsory registration of non-testamentary instruments — Assignment of a decree for specific performance of an agreement of sale of immovable property — Whether such assignment deed requires compulsory registration — A decree for specific performance of a contract for sale of immovable property does not, of itself, create any right, title, or interest in or charge
India Law Library Docid # 2435532

(86) ALL INDIA JUDGES ASSOCIATION AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-11-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 233, 235, 309, 32, 141, 142 — Higher Judicial Services (HJS) — Determination of Seniority — Source of Recruitment — Recruitment to HJS is through Regular Promotees (RP), Limited Departmental Competitive Examinations (LDCE), and Direct Recruits (DR) — Supreme Court has jurisdiction under Article 142 and other provisions to lay down uniform guidelines for
India Law Library Docid # 2435533

(87) TALLI GRAM PANCHAYAT Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-11-2025
National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 — Section 16(h) — Limitation period for appeal against Environmental Clearance (EC) — Communication of EC to "any person aggrieved" — The date of commencement of the 30-day limitation period (extendable by 60 days) starts from the earliest date on which the order granting EC is "communicated" to the aggrieved person by any of the duty bearers (MoEF&CC,
India Law Library Docid # 2435534

(88) THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY, TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS Vs. P.R. JAGANATHAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-11-2025
Tamil Nadu Acquisition of Land for Industrial Purposes Act, 1997 — Sections 7 and 12 — Land Acquisition — Determination of Compensation — Agreement under Section 7(2) and 7(4) — Concluded Contract — Effect on Statutory Provisions (Section 12) — Section 7(2) and (4) allow determination of compensation by agreement between the Government and the landowner — Once a voluntary agreement determining compensation is reached, it becomes a concluded contract
India Law Library Docid # 2435535

(89) INDIAN SOCIETY OF ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-11-2025
Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994 — The legislation, enacted pursuant to State resolutions, aims at uniformity, equality, and access in organ donation — Subsequent amendments (2011) and Rules (2014) broadened the scope to include tissue transplants and enabled swap transplantation (Section 9(3A)) — Non-adoption of 2011 amendments and 2014 Rules by certain States/UTs (e.g., Andhra Pradesh,
India Law Library Docid # 2435981

(90) INDIAN SOCIETY OF ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-11-2025
Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act, 2011 and Rules, 2014 — Adoption and Implementation — Supreme Court requests Union of India to persuade the State of Andhra Pradesh (through Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary of Health) to adopt the 2011 Amendment Act — Further requests Union of India to persuade States of Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Manipur to adopt the 2014
India Law Library Docid # 2436058

(91) KASINATH MALLICK Vs. THE STATE OF ODISHA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-11-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 (Murder) — Conviction — Appellate Review — Appreciation of evidence — Suitability of witnesses — Case involving husband (Appellant) convicted for murdering his wife by hitting her with a stone following an oral quarrel — Both Trial Court and High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld conviction based primarily on eye-witness testimony (PW-3 and PW-6) — Supreme Court found serious doubts over the reliability of eyewitnesses PW-3 and
India Law Library Docid # 2436061

(92) ANCHOR INVESTMENTS PRIVATE Vs. DEEPAK POLYMERS PRIVATE LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-11-2025
Dispute Resolution — Compromise and Settlement — Terms of Settlement — Settlement in Civil Appeal involving transfer of property and payment obligations — Confirmation by respondent of handing over vacant, peaceful possession of suit property and making all due payments to the appellant in full and final settlement —
India Law Library Docid # 2436079

(93) RAMPHOOL MEENA Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-11-2025
Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), 1973 — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Appeal against rejection of anticipatory bail by High Court — The Supreme Court, after granting interim protection against arrest and noting that the complainant was not opposing the petition and the appellant was cooperating with the investigation, disposed of the appeal by making the interim protection absolute — Conditions
India Law Library Docid # 2436084

(94) STATE OF UP THR. SECRETARY AND OTHERS Vs. PRAHLAD KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-11-2025
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 4, 6, and 17 — Quashing of Acquisition Proceedings by High Court — Requirement of Detailed Reasoning — Setting aside and Remand — Where the High Court set aside land acquisition notifications issued under Sections 4 and 6, read with Section 17, without elaborately discussing or giving detailed reasons, particularly on the invocation of the urgency clause (Section 17) and
India Law Library Docid # 2436088

(95) DR. MIR SADIQUE ALI Vs. VIDARBHA YOUTH WELFARE SOCIETY AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-11-2025
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Regulations — Age of Retirement — Scope of application — Supreme Court sought clarification from AICTE and the State regarding the mandatory applicability of the 65-year retirement age (as per 2019 Regulations, Clause 2.12) to faculty members and Principals/Directors in private non-aided institutions that run with AICTE approval
India Law Library Docid # 2436094

(96) GHANSHYAM CHAND PATHAK Vs. STATE OF U.P AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-11-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Divorce by Mutual Consent — Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage — Supreme Court exercising power under Article 142 to dissolve marriage by mutual consent based on a comprehensive Settlement Agreement, acknowledging that disputes were amicably resolved and the marriage had broken down irretrievably.
India Law Library Docid # 2436095

(97) ARANUL SK Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-11-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Anticipatory Bail — Consideration for Grant — Appeal against rejection of anticipatory bail by High Court — Appellants accused of offences under Sections 341, 323, 504, 506, 290, 307, 326, 34 & 509 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 25, 27 & 35 of the Arms Act, 1959 — Trial commenced and nine witnesses proposed by prosecution — Observation that trial could
India Law Library Docid # 2436098

(98) DEVAN GOPE @ DEVNANDAN YADAV AND OTHERS Vs. PAVITRI DEVI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-11-2025
Hindu Law — Partition — Suit for partition — Prior partition acknowledged by First Appellate Court — Effect — Where a prior partition in fact has been acknowledged by the First Appellate Court, no decree for a fresh partition can be sustained.
India Law Library Docid # 2436103

(99) AMEERCHANDRA @ TILLU BAIGA Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-11-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Grant of Regular Bail — Offences under Indian Penal Code, 1860, Sections 376 and 376(2)(n), and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act), Sections 5L/6 and 5(j)(ii) — Accused arraigned based on DNA test revealing him as biological father of child carried by prosecutrix — Evidence suggesting a consensual relationship between appellant and
India Law Library Docid # 2436104

(100) NAJMA KHATUN AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-11-2025
Constitutional Law — Article 32 — Writ Petition — Maintainability — Petitioners (approx. 361) challenging denial of regular appointment status and salary entitlement by a Committee constituted by the Supreme Court, claiming appointment as teachers/non-teaching staff in West Bengal Madrasahs after the Madrasah Service Commission Act, 2008 was held unconstitutional by a High Court Division Bench —
India Law Library Docid # 2436127

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