(881) IQBAL AHMED (DEAD) BY LRS. AND ANOTHER Vs. ABDUL SHUKOOR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 27(1) — Additional evidence in appeal — Appellate Court must consider pleadings of the party seeking to lead additional evidence before allowing the application — Allowing additional evidence without examining alignment with pleadings considered an error. India Law Library Docid # 2428984
(882) SUNIL NAUDIYAL Vs. THE STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Settlement between parties — Parties entered into a settlement agreement where a significant sum was paid towards maintenance and alimony, and all prior and subsequent legal proceedings were to be quashed — High Court had dismissed the appellant's petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashing of FIR and India Law Library Docid # 2432128
(883) M/S C.L. GUPTA EXPORT LTD. Vs. ADIL ANSARI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 — Section 15 — Powers of Tribunal — Environmental protection and conservation — NGT has power to direct monitoring and audit of pollution control measures to ensure compliance, but not to direct prosecution under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. India Law Library Docid # 2429055
(884) K. POUNAMMAL Vs. STATE REPRESENTED BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-08-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 7, Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) — Demand and acceptance of illegal gratification of Rs. 300 proved — Conviction upheld. India Law Library Docid # 2428992
(885) SYED BASHEER AHMED Vs. M/S. TINNI LABORATORIES PRIVATE LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — Appeal from original decree — Specific Performance — Agreement for Sale — Material Alteration — High Court reversed trial court's decree, finding material alteration in sale agreement due to different inks and interpolations, rendering the agreement tainted and disentitling the plaintiff to India Law Library Docid # 2433628
(886) JUGRAJ SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — False implication on co-accused's disclosure statement — Appellant falsely implicated based solely on disclosure statement of a co-accused, with no independent recovery of incriminating material from the appellant — Similar prior instance where India Law Library Docid # 2433618
(887) SHVETA SINGH RAJPUT Vs. PRITHVI SINGH RAJPUT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Transfer Petition (Civil) — Transfer of matrimonial proceedings — Wife sought transfer of husband's petition for restitution of conjugal rights from Patiala to Hamirpur, HP, where she resided — Court found it appropriate to transfer the case to Hamirpur, also considering pending divorce proceedings there. India Law Library Docid # 2433619
(888) VIKAS KAMALAKAR WALAWALKAR Vs. THE DEPUTY SALT COMMISSIONER AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 5 — Powers of appellate court to grant stay — Discretionary power — Equitable in nature — Not a statutory right to obtain stay merely by filing an appeal — Applicant must do equity to seek equitable order — Court will help those who do justice — Doctrine of in pari delicto applicable. India Law Library Docid # 2433620
(889) ANURADHA ANUJ SHARMA Vs. ANUJ SHARMA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Family Law — Divorce — Mutual Consent — Parties approached Supreme Court for divorce by mutual consent under Article 142 of the Constitution and Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, after extensive negotiations. India Law Library Docid # 2433621
(890) STATE BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. RAMADHAR SAO[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Disciplinary Proceedings — Judicial Review Scope — Courts exercising powers of judicial review over disciplinary inquiries are limited to correcting errors of law or procedural errors leading to manifest injustice or violation of natural justice, not to re-adjudicate on merits. India Law Library Docid # 2428932
(891) DEVENDRA KUMAR Vs. THE STATE (NCT OF DELHI) AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 156(3) and 190 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 186 — Jurisdiction of Magistrate to direct FIR registration under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. for offence under Section 186 IPC without a complaint from the public servant concerned. Held, Magistrate cannot straightaway direct investigation under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. for offence under Section 186 IPC when India Law Library Docid # 2428933
(892) UNION OF INDIA Vs. SALEEM KHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967 — Sections 18, 18-A, 18-B, 19, 20, 38 & 39 — Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 120-B — Arms Act, Section 25(1B)(a) — Bail — Grant of bail to one accused and refusal to another — Supreme Court upheld the High Court’s decision in granting bail to one accused (Saleem Khan) finding insufficient prima facie evidence of involvement in a banned organisation and long India Law Library Docid # 2428934
(893) NEELAM KUMARI Vs. THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction based on extra-judicial confession and circumstantial evidence — Held, extra-judicial confessions are weak evidence and require corroboration by independent evidence — Circumstantial evidence must form a complete chain, consistent only with the hypothesis of guilt and excluding all other reasonable hypotheses — In this case, significant gaps in evidence, India Law Library Docid # 2428978
(894) VIKRAM BAKSHI AND OTHERS Vs. R.P. KHOSLA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 362 — Court not to alter judgment — Prohibition on altering or reviewing a judgment or final order except to correct clerical or arithmetical errors — Section 362 applies to criminal proceedings initiated under Section 340 CrPC. (Paras 27, 28, 34) India Law Library Docid # 2428981
(895) M/S R A SANTANA MARKETING SERVICES PVT. LTD. Vs. JMK TECHNOLOGY PVT. LTD AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Suspension of sentence — Condition for deposit of compensation — High Court erred in law by exempting the respondent from depositing 20% of the awarded compensation as a condition for suspending the sentence, without assigning any valid reason, despite the respondent having failed to comply with the condition required for India Law Library Docid # 2433616
(896) ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR GENERAL ADJUDICATION Vs. SURESH KUMAR AND CO. IMPEX PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Customs Act, 1962 — Section 138C(4) — Where the Supreme Court had set aside the Tribunal's judgment and order and restored the appeals for rehearing on grounds other than Section 138C(4) of the Act, 1962, the Tribunal must rehear the entire appeals on their own merits without being influenced by any of the Supreme Court's observations, which were confined only to the issue of Section 138C(4) of the Act. India Law Library Docid # 2433617
(897) VIKRAM BAKSHI AND OTHERS Vs. R.P. KHOSLA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 362 — Court not to alter judgment — Prohibition against alteration or review of judgment/order after signing, except for clerical/arithmetical errors or as provided by other laws — This prohibition is complete for criminal courts — Criminal proceedings under Section 340 CrPC are substantive criminal proceedings, not administrative or procedural review — High India Law Library Docid # 2434803
(898) M/S. SHAH NANJI NAGSI EXPORTS PVT. LTD. Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) — Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) — Shipping Bills — Declaration of intent to claim reward — Inadvertent clerical error in marking "No" instead of "Yes" in electronic filing of shipping bills — Customs Act, 1962 — Section 149 — Correction of shipping bills under Section 149 by Customs authority — Policy Relaxation Committee (PRC) rejection of MEIS claim due to system not permitting manual intervention and requiring original "Yes" entry — Principles of India Law Library Docid # 2433629
(899) NILIMA DAS GUPTA (DECEASED) THROUGH ITS LRS. Vs. ON THE DEATH OF ABDUR ROUF HIS LEGAL HEIRS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 120 — Parties to civil suit as competent witnesses — High Court’s interpretation that a son cannot depose on behalf of his mother due to Section 120 was incorrect — Section 120 allows parties and their spouses to be competent witnesses — A son is generally competent to testify unless he lacks the intelligence to understand questions or give rational answers (Section 118) — While a India Law Library Docid # 2433630
(900) KAJAL PANDEY Vs. ANKIT MISHRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 18 Rule 3A — Settlement between parties — Parties present in court and confirmed settlement agreement terms — Cases filed against each other prayed to be quashed as per settlement — Court verified settlement with parties and quashed all pending cases. India Law Library Docid # 2433631