(861) M/S. T.S CONSTRUCTION AND OTHERS Vs. THE HOWRAH ZILLA PARISHAD AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-08-2025 Howrah Zilla Parishad Resolution dated 12-8-2024 — Found that partly fifth floor construction and cantilever projections over mandatory open spaces were unauthorized and deviated from the sanctioned plan. India Law Library Docid # 2433510
(862) RAMNATH MISHRA @ RAMANATH MISHRA Vs. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-08-2025 Bail — Grant of — Supreme Court inclined to grant bail to a petitioner incarcerated for over three and a half years, considering the significant number of adjournments (43 occasions) in the High Court's proceedings concerning personal liberty. India Law Library Docid # 2433511
(863) MOHAMMAD AMIR AHMAD @ ALI KHAN MAHMUDABAD Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-08-2025 Criminal Procedure — Quashing of FIR — Closure report by SIT — When a Special Investigation Team (SIT) files a closure report, the FIR and all proceedings arising from it are quashed, provided the report is accepted. India Law Library Docid # 2433512
(864) IN RE : T.N. GODAVARMAN THIRUMULPAD Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-08-2025 Forests (Conservation) Act, 1980 — Section 2 — Protected Forest — Fragmented Land Parcels — Application to modify earlier judgment to allow use of land parcels less than 3 hectares and not adjoining any forest area for public purposes — Application rejected as state can take recourse to Section 3(2) of Forest Rights Act, 2006 — Clarification that use of such land for purposes under Section 3(2) of Forest India Law Library Docid # 2432208
(865) SHAH SAMIR BHARATBHAI AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14, 39(d) and 43 — Equal pay for equal work — Contractual Assistant Professors performing identical duties as regularly appointed or ad-hoc Assistant Professors are entitled to the minimum pay scale of Assistant Professors. India Law Library Docid # 2428985
(866) UNION TERRITORY OF J & K (PREVIOUSLY STATE OF JAMMU & KASHMIR) AND ANOTHER Vs. RAJA MUZAFFAR BHAT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Environment Protection Act, 1986 and EIA Notification, 2006 — Sand Mining — Prior Environmental Clearance (EC) — District Survey Report (DSR) — Replenishment Study — Validity of EC granted without a proper DSR and replenishment study. India Law Library Docid # 2428986
(867) PALM GROVES COOPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LTD. Vs. M/s MAGAR GIRME AND GAIKWAD ASSOCIATES ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 25 — Enforcement of orders — Amendment by 2002 Act — Anomalous position for final orders — Court can interpret to fill lacunae, applying purposive construction to achieve legislative intent of effective redressal for consumers. India Law Library Docid # 2428988
(868) P. MARUTHI PRASADA RAO Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Indian Forest Service (Recruitment) Rules, 1966 — Rule 2(g) — "State Forest Service" — Meaning of — Interpretation of Rule 2(g)(i) — Requires approval of Central Government in consultation with State Government for a State service connected with forestry with gazetted members to be considered a "State Forest Service" for promotion to Indian Forest Service — Approval is relatable to the India Law Library Docid # 2428989
(869) IN RE: “CITY HOUNDED BY STRAYS, KIDS PAY PRICE”[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023 — Rule 11(19) — Release of sterilised dogs back to same locality — Supreme Court modifies earlier blanket direction not to release any stray dogs, allowing release of treated dogs back to their original areas, except for rabid or aggressive dogs, to balance public safety and animal welfare. India Law Library Docid # 2428990
(870) TANKADHAR TRIPATHY Vs. DIPALI DAS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Representation of the People Act, 1951 — Section 83(1)(c) proviso and Rule 94-A of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 (as amended by Form 25 affidavit) — Election Petition — Affidavit in Form 25 — Requirement of substantial compliance — Held, substantial compliance with the requirements of Form 25 affidavit would suffice, and in cases where an affidavit is already on record but not in the prescribed Form 25, the Election Petitioner should be given an opportunity to file a corrected India Law Library Docid # 2428991
(871) VIKTORIIA BASU Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Criminal Procedure — Extradition and mutual legal assistance in criminal matters — International Treaties — Requirements for assistance — Indian government requested information on a petitioner and her child from the Russian Embassy — Russian Embassy cited their personal data laws as preventing disclosure without consent — Court noted subsisting bilateral obligations under the Treaty between India India Law Library Docid # 2433622
(872) SOHAN SINGH @ BABLU Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376(1), 450, 506B — Rape, House-trespass, Criminal intimidation — Sentence — High Court reduced sentence from life imprisonment to 7 years rigorous imprisonment while upholding conviction — Petitioner released from jail over 8 years after undergoing the entire sentence — India Law Library Docid # 2433623
(873) MUTUM ANILKUMAR SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF MANIPUR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Medical Council of India Act, 1956 — Seat Conversion — General Medicine to Radio Diagnosis — National Medical Commission directed to consider converting the petitioner's General Medicine seat to Radio Diagnosis, considering six months already spent by the petitioner in pursuing Radio Diagnosis and his meritorious performance. India Law Library Docid # 2433624
(874) WAZID AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — FIR Registration — Preventing Arrest Pending Further FIRs — Court granted interim bail and directed that petitioners not be arrested in any future lodged FIRs without prior leave of the Court. India Law Library Docid # 2433625
(875) SANTOSH GOSAIN Vs. M/S BELI RAM SAREEN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 15 Rule 5 — Striking off defence for non-deposit of rent — High Court correctly reversed trial court's order allowing deposit and found petitioner’s defence should be struck off due to non-compliance with undertaking to deposit rent. India Law Library Docid # 2433626
(876) ASSOCIATION FOR DEMOCRATIC REFORMS AND OTHERS Vs. ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Electoral Rolls — Publication of Draft Rolls — Procedure for objections — After draft electoral rolls are published, objections for inclusion or deletion must be filed in Form 7 as per 1960 Rules. Booth-level meetings were held where BLOs shared draft rolls and reasons for non-inclusion with BLAs of political parties. Online facility is available for claims and objections. Directions issued by the Court on 14.08.2025 India Law Library Docid # 2433627
(877) SALDANHA REAL ESTATE PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. BISHOP JOHN RODRIGUES AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971 — Sections 3B, 3C, 13, 14 — Slum Rehabilitation Area (SR Area) — Landowner's preferential right to redevelop — Pre-amendment settled law holds landowner has preferential right, must be notified and invited to develop, and acquisition under Section 14 cannot precede extinguishment of this right — 2018 Amendment does not India Law Library Docid # 2428976
(878) TARABAI NAGAR CO-OP. HOG. SOCIETY (PROPOSED) Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971 — Chapter I-A — Slum Rehabilitation Schemes — Preferential right of landowner to redevelop — Section 3B(4)(e) and Section 13(1) confer a preferential right on the landowner to redevelop a Slum Rehabilitation Area (SR Area) — SRA can undertake redevelopment only if the landowner fails to come forward with a scheme within a India Law Library Docid # 2428977
(879) THE TRANSMISSION CORPORATION OF TELANGANA STATE LIMITED AND ANOTHER Vs. CHUKKALA KRANTHI KIRAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Public Employment — Selection Process — Cancellation of — Validity of — Selected candidates do not have a vested right to appointment — However, any decision to not fill vacancies from a select list must be bona fide and for appropriate reasons — Court cannot second-guess the authority's decision-making process regarding legitimate expectations, provided the issue was considered and reasonable India Law Library Docid # 2428982
(880) KAVIN Vs. P. SREEMANI DEVI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal — Compensation — Reduction by High Court — Supreme Court held High Court was not justified in reducing compensation for future medical expenses without considering life expectancy and set aside the finding of High Court. India Law Library Docid # 2428983