(841) 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
(842) 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
(843) 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
(844) 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
(845) RITU MAHESHWARI, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Vs. RAMESH CHANDRA NAGAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Section 2(b) — Contempt proceedings — Order directing consideration of regularization claims — Subsequent rejection not solely on prohibited ground — No disobedience found — Contempt proceedings would not be tenable. India Law Library Docid # 2434733
(846) AJWAR Vs. WASEEM AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Bail — Cancellation — Supreme Court's previous judgments on bail must be respected by High Courts — High Court failed to appreciate Supreme Court's previous order canceling bail, which had examined all material aspects — New circumstances presented to High Court were not substantial enough to justify granting bail again, especially when the trial was progressing — India Law Library Docid # 2434734
(847) 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 — Sentence of Life Imprisonment — Actual period of incarceration — Release upon completion of fixed term — Conviction for offences under Sections 302, 364, 201 read with Section 34 IPC — High Court modified sentence to life imprisonment for 20 years of actual imprisonment without remission — Supreme Court affirmed this sentence — India Law Library Docid # 2434807
(848) 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
(849) 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
(850) 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
(851) 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
(852) 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
(853) 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
(854) 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
(855) 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
(856) 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
(857) 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
(858) 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
(859) 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
(860) 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