(961) ISHIKA DAS Vs. RITVIK BHATTACHARYA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-05-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 25 — Transfer of proceedings — Wife seeking transfer of matrimonial case from Guwahati to West Bengal due to significant distance and inconvenience — Husband not objecting — Court satisfied with inconvenience and interest of justice demands transfer — Petition allowed. India Law Library Docid # 2433777
(962) UTTAR PRADESH AVAS EVAM VIKAS PARISHAD AND ANOTHER Vs. SURENDRA PRASAD GUPTA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-05-2025 HOUSING ALLOTMENT — CANCELLATION — Allotment of a house was cancelled by the U.P. Avas Evam Vikas Parishad due to non-compliance with payment terms. India Law Library Docid # 2433784
(963) LT. COL NK GHAI (RETD.) Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 Armed Forces Tribunal — Scope of Review — Promotion — Challenge to non-empanelment for promotion to Colonel rank in Territorial Army — Tribunal found no error in the decision of not placing the appellant in an acceptable grade for promotion India Law Library Docid # 2425928
(964) DILEEP KUMAR PANDEY Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 Constitution of India — Article 12 — “State” or “Authority” — Air Force Schools — Whether Air Force School, Bamrauli is a “State” or “Authority” within the meaning of Article 12, thus amenable to writ jurisdiction under Article 226 — Schools established by IAF for children of personnel — Managed initially as Regimental Schools — Indian Air Force Educational and Cultural Society (IAFE&CS) registered under Societies Registration Act, 1860 to manage schools — School applied for affiliation with CBS India Law Library Docid # 2425929
(965) SURAJ NARAYAN KHATORIYA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR/Criminal Proceedings — Defence plea — Ordinarily not considered at the stage of quashing — Court required to consider allegations at face value — If allegations disclose cognizable offence, investigation must proceed — Subsequent police report/charge sheet can be challenged or discharge sought India Law Library Docid # 2426043
(966) NAGAM JANARDHAN REDDY Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 Writ Petition — Public Interest Litigation (PIL) — Maintainability — Successive PILs on the same project — Earlier PILs challenging various stages of the project already disposed of — Belated PIL filed after substantial completion of project — Can be challenged on grounds of constructive res judicata and suppression of material facts India Law Library Docid # 2426257
(967) IN RE: PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL REPORTS OF THE OFFICERS OF THE INDIAN FOREST SERVICE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 All-India Services Act, 1951 — Section 3(1) — Regulation of recruitment and conditions of service — Power to make rules — All-India Services (Confidential Rolls) Rules, 1970 and All-India Services (Performance Appraisal Report) Rules, 2007 — Rule 2 definitions of “accepting authority”, “reporting authority”, and “reviewing authority” — Scope and interpretation — Evolution of definitions through amendments. India Law Library Docid # 2425921
(968) GYAN PRAKASH Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 32 — Writ Petition — National Highways — Safety and Management — Issues raised regarding highway safety based on accident data — Implementation of Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002 and Highway Administration Rules, 2004 — Lack of machinery for survey, removal of unauthorized occupation, and grievance redressal system — Directions issued for scheme for regular inspection, grievance mechanism, and prompt action — Non-satisfactory action India Law Library Docid # 2425925
(969) GANESHKUMAR RAJESHWARRAO SELUKAR AND OTHERS Vs. MAHENDRA BHASKAR LIMAYE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 ‘Consumer’ — Scope and Definition — Begins before birth and extends beyond death — Inseparable from mother in womb forming joint consumers — Continues through organ donation, funeral rites, and rituals — Essence best captured in Mahatma Gandhi’s words emphasizing consumer’s importance and independence – Elevated consumerism through truth and dharma, integrated into freedom struggle via non-cooperation and civil disobedience – Dandi March and Salt Satyagraha examples of integration of politics, e India Law Library Docid # 2425926
(970) PADMAN BIBHAR Vs. STATE OF ODISHA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 Criminal Law — Circumstantial Evidence — Burden of proof — Prosecution must prove each circumstance cumulatively forming a complete chain leaving no doubt that the crime was committed by the accused alone — Facts proved must unerringly point towards the accused’s guilt. India Law Library Docid # 2425927
(971) SIVANKUTTY AND OTHERS Vs. P.K PATRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 468 — Bar to taking cognizance after lapse of period of limitation — Offence under Section 323 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 punishable with imprisonment up to one year — Limitation period is one year from the date of offence. India Law Library Docid # 2433791
(972) SHASHIKALA V REP. THRU HER HUSBAND M.G. SHIVANNA Vs. K. JAYARAM DEAD BY HIS LRS. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Appeal against High Court's enhanced compensation award — Appellant's counsel requested Court to take judicial note of compensation amount stated in respondent-Insurance Company's counter affidavit — Respondent-Insurance Company reiterated the amount when queried by the Court — Appeal allowed based on the compensation amount stated by the India Law Library Docid # 2433794
(973) SURESH KUMAR Vs. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 — Section 45 — Bail — Considerations for granting bail — Rigors of Section 45 can be relaxed when facts and circumstances warrant, even without commenting on the merits of the case — Release on bail subject to furnishing bail bonds and conditions imposed by the Special Court — Liberty granted to the prosecution to seek modification or recall of India Law Library Docid # 2433811
(974) BHUPINDER SINGH Vs. UNITECH LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 Real Estate — Project Approvals — Authority directed to process lay out and building plans for specific projects within a specified period, without prejudice to its right to recover outstanding dues. India Law Library Docid # 2433825
(975) SAURABH KUMAR JHA Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Appeal against High Court’s refusal to grant anticipatory bail — Supreme Court granted leave to appeal and interim protection — Appellant argued that the relationship with the complainant was consensual and the FIR was filed after discontinuation of the relationship, lacking criminal intent — State opposed bail citing previous rejections India Law Library Docid # 2433829
(976) PUJA MANORAMA DILIP KHEDKAR Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) / Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 — Section 438 (anticipatory bail) / Section 482 (anticipatory bail) — Grant of anticipatory bail — Circumstances — Appellant apprehended arrest for India Law Library Docid # 2433776
(977) HARENDRA KUMAR Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Considerations for grant of bail — Co-accused released on bail — Trial in progress — Majority of prosecution witnesses turning hostile — Further detention not necessary — Supreme Court set aside High Court's order rejecting bail and granted bail to the appellant. India Law Library Docid # 2433785
(978) PHULKUNWAR BAI KURRE Vs. RAJESH DAS MANIKPURI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 147, 173 — Insurance — Liability of Insurance Company — Plea for pay and recover from owner — In cases arising from the same accident, compensation was granted and Insurance Company directed to pay and recover from owner — Appellant denied this right, causing arbitrary and iniquitous treatment — High Court's discretion to exempt Insurance Company from India Law Library Docid # 2433790
(979) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. MEGHA TECHNICAL AND ENGINEERS PVT. LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-05-2025 Railways Act, 1989 — Penal Freight — Excess Weight — Requirement of Hearing — Full Bench of High Court holding prior hearing is mandatory before imposing penal freight for excess weight detected on off-loading challenged — Subsequent compliance by Railways and appropriation of deposited penalty amount render the specific case academic, but general issue of conflicting High Court views remain India Law Library Docid # 2426443
(980) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. NO.900224364 CONST/G.D. JAGESHWAR SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-05-2025 Service Law — Dismissal from service — Para Military Force — Insensitive Border Area — Sentry Duty — Theft of cash from guarded cash box — Gross misconduct involving moral turpitude — Proportionality of punishment — Principle of proportionality is embedded in constitutionalism (Arts. 14, 16, 21) and forbids arbitrary, vengeful India Law Library Docid # 2426444