(1) THE SECRETARY, ALL INDIA SHRI SHIVAJI MEMORIAL SOCIETY (AISSMS) AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-04-2025 Service Law — Pay Scale & Promotion — Teachers in Technical Institutions — AICTE Regulations — 6th Central Pay Commission — Entitlement to higher pay scale (Pay Band Rs. 37400-67000, AGP Rs. 9000) and re-designation as Associate Professor under AICTE Notification dated 05.03.2010, Clause (ix) — Dispute concerning Assistant Professors/Lecturers in private unaided technical institutions governed by AICTE norms, specifically whether possessing the India Law Library Docid # 2424105
(2) PIRAMAL CAPITAL AND HOUSING FINANCE LIMITED (FORMERLY KNOWN AS DEWAN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION LIMITED) Vs. 63 MOONS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-04-2025 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Sections 30(2), 31, 61(3) — Resolution Plan — Approval — Scope of Judicial Review — Commercial Wisdom of Committee of Creditors (CoC) — The scope of judicial review for the Adjudicating Authority (NCLT) under S. 31 is limited to examining if the resolution plan meets the requirements of S. 30(2) IBC — The scope of review for the Appellate Authority (NCLAT) under S. 61(3) is further restricted to the specific grounds mentioned therein — The commercial India Law Library Docid # 2424106
(3) KISHORE CHHABRA Vs. THE STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-04-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 – Release of Land from Acquisition – State Policy (Haryana) – Release of existing factory – Requirement of valid Change of Land Use (CLU) permission – Where the State policy provides for release of existing factories from acquisition, such release is contingent upon the factory/establishment possessing a valid CLU permission issued under the relevant development control legislation (Punjab Scheduled Roads & Controlled Areas Restrictions of Unregulated Development Act, India Law Library Docid # 2424107
(4) I. K. MERCHANTS PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-04-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 34 — Interest — Award of interest on decretal amount for payment of money — Valuation of Shares — Delayed Payment — Where the valuation of shares acquired by the State Government in 1973 was finally determined after five decades of litigation, the primary issue remaining was the appropriate rate of interest payable on the enhanced valuation to compensate the appellants for the delay. India Law Library Docid # 2424108
(5) AMRESH SHRIVASTAVA Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-04-2025 Service Law — Disciplinary Proceedings — Quasi-Judicial Functions — Scope of Inquiry — Disciplinary proceedings against a government officer for an order passed while exercising quasi-judicial functions (like a Tehsildar passing a land settlement order under the M.P. Land Revenue Code, 1959) are permissible only in specific, limited circumstances and not merely because the order is erroneous or incorrect — The government is not precluded from taking action only if the officer's conduct falls wit India Law Library Docid # 2424109
(6) SATBIR SINGH Vs. RAJESH KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-04-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 319 — Summoning of Additional Accused — Standard of Satisfaction Required — The power under S. 319 Cr.P.C. to summon a person not arraigned as an accused can be exercised if it appears from the evidence during inquiry or trial that such person has committed an offence for which they ought to be tried together with the accused facing trial — Relying on Hardeep Singh, the degree of satisfaction required for summoning is more than a prima facie case as needed India Law Library Docid # 2424110
(7) RAMAYANA ISPAT PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-04-2025 Electricity Act, 2003 — Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for Open Access) Regulations, 2016 — Validity — Challenge to regulations imposing restrictions and conditions on open access for captive power plants (CPPs) and other large consumers — Issues pertain to RERC's jurisdiction over inter-state open access, reasonableness of penalties for drawal variations, validity of advance scheduling notice requirement, alleged discrimination against CPPs, and whether the ri India Law Library Docid # 2424103
(8) M/S FAIME MAKERS PVT. LTD. Vs. DISTRICT DEPUTY REGISTRAR, CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES (3), MUMBAI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-04-2025 Maharashtra Ownership of Flats (Regulation of the Promotion of Construction, Sale, Management and Transfer) Act, 1963 (MOFA) — Section 11 — Deemed Conveyance / Assignment of Leasehold Rights — Maintainability of second application before Competent Authority — Where the first application for deemed conveyance/assignment was dismissed by the Competent Authority due to legal complications arising from various transactions and transfers, with a specific direction that the applicant Society must firs India Law Library Docid # 2424104
(9) THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS Vs. RUKMA KESH MISHRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-03-2025 Disciplinary Proceedings — Charge-Sheet — Approval by Competent Authority — Applicable Rules (Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1930) — Where the governing service rules (like the 1930 Rules) do not explicitly mandate that the charge-sheet itself must be approved by the Disciplinary or Appointing Authority, separate from the approval for initiating proceedings, the disciplinary action cannot be invalidated solely on this ground, especially when the proposal for initiatin India Law Library Docid # 2423995
(10) GASTRADE INTERNATIONAL Vs. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, KANDLA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-03-2025 Customs Tariff Act, 1975 — First Schedule, Chapter 27 — Classification — Mineral Fuels/Oils — High Speed Diesel (HSD) vs. Base Oil — Indian Standard IS 1460:2005 — General Rules for Interpretation (GRI), Rule 1 & Rule 4 ('Most Akin' Test) — The central issue involved the classification of imported goods, contested as either Base Oil (CTH 27101960) or High Speed Diesel (HSD) (CTH 27101930) — HSD classification under Chapter 27, Supplementary Note (e), requires conformity to all parameters specifi India Law Library Docid # 2423996
(11) IMRAN PRATAPGADHI Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-03-2025 Constitution of India — Art. 19(1)(a) & Art. 21 — Freedom of Speech and Expression — Interpretation of Creative Work (Poem) — Duty of State Machinery — Freedom of speech and expression under Art. 19(1)(a) is a paramount fundamental right, integral to a dignified life under Art. 21 and the foundation of a healthy democracy — The State's law enforcement machinery is obligated under Art. 51-A(a) to abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals, including the liberty of thought and expression — W India Law Library Docid # 2423997
(12) RAMESH KUMARAN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE THROUGH THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-03-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) – Section 482 – Constitution of India – Article 142 – Quashing of FIR and Criminal Proceedings – Cross-Cases involving Advocates – Settlement and Apology. — In a case involving cross-FIRs (alleging offences u/s 294(b), 323, 506(1) IPC) arising from a dispute between two practicing advocates pending since 2017, the Supreme Court, in the exercise of its jurisdiction under Article 142 of the Constitution, quashed the FIR against the appellants and also quashed t India Law Library Docid # 2423916
(13) ARUN Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-03-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Section 302 read with Section 34 – Murder – Appreciation of Evidence – Eyewitness Testimony – Related/Interested Witnesses & Child Witness – Reliability — Conviction for murder based solely on the ocular evidence of related/interested witnesses (deceased's father, wife, brothers) and a child witness (nephew) cannot be sustained when their testimonies are found to be completely untrustworthy and specious due to India Law Library Docid # 2423917
(14) SAMTOLA DEVI Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-03-2025 Family Law – Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 – Power of Tribunal to Order Eviction – Scope and Limitations – Sections 4, 5, 23 — While the primary object of the Senior Citizens Act, 2007, particularly Chapter II, is to provide for maintenance of parents and senior citizens, the Tribunals constituted thereunder may have the power to order eviction of children/relatives in certain circumstances — This power, not explicitly granted by the statute for general occupat India Law Library Docid # 2423918
(15) ASLAM ALIAS IMRAN Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-03-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Section 302 – Murder – Appreciation of Evidence – Reliability of Eyewitnesses – Benefit of Doubt — Conviction for murder under Section 302 IPC cannot be sustained when based solely on the testimonies of eyewitnesses (PW-1, PW-2, PW-3) whose evidence suffers from serious infirmities and fails to inspire confidence — The cumulative effect of contradictions, unnatural conduct, unexplained delay in recording statements, and potential suppression of evidence casts a serious d India Law Library Docid # 2423919
(16) R. SHASHIREKHA Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-03-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 – Section 482 – Penal Code, 1860 – Sections 306 and 420 – Quashing of FIR – Abetment of Suicide – Cheating – Principles for quashing – Proximity in Abetment – Sufficiency of Reasoning – The appellant challenged the High Court's order under Section 482 CrPC quashing an FIR against respondents — The allegations stemmed from the suicide of the appellant's husband, purportedly due to financial cheating, forgery, and blackmail by the respondents detailed in a death note India Law Library Docid # 2423920
(17) M/S JSW STEEL LIMITED Vs. PRATISHTHA THAKUR HARITWAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-03-2025 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 – Section 31 – Resolution Plan – Binding Nature – Extinguishment of Claims – Statutory Dues – Clean Slate Principle – Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 – Section 2(b) – Constitution of India – Articles 129, 142 – State Tax Authorities faced contempt for demanding pre-approval taxes (Sales Tax, VAT, Entry Tax) from an SRA after NCLT approved an IBC Resolution Plan under Sec 31, despite being notified of the Ghanshyam Mishra ruling— These dues weren't in the plan — India Law Library Docid # 2423921
(18) MADHYA PRADESH ROAD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Vs. VINCENT DANIEL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-03-2025 Land Law —Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Section 26 — Determination of Market Value — Applicability of ‘Theory of Deduction’ — Interpretation of Section 26(1) and Explanation 4 India Law Library Docid # 2423915
(19) CHANDRASEKHAR RAMESH GALANDE Vs. SATISH GAJANAN MULIK AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-03-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of Criminal Proceedings — Scope of Interference — The High Court is justified in quashing criminal proceedings under Section 482 CrPC when, upon examination of the allegations recorded in the FIR, it concludes that the essential ingredients of the alleged offences are not made out, and the allegations amount merely to a promise or India Law Library Docid # 2424050
(20) REKHA SHARAD USHIR Vs. SAPTASHRUNGI MAHILA NAGARI SAHKARI PATSANSTA LTD[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-03-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (NI Act) — Section 138 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Sections 200, 203, 204 — Suppression of Material Facts in Complaint — Abuse of Process of Law — Duty of Magistrate — Filing a complaint under Section 138 of the NI Act while deliberately suppressing material facts and documents constitutes an abuse of the process of law, disentitling the complainant to seek justice — Where the accused, upon receiving the statutory demand notice, had sent letters demanding c India Law Library Docid # 2423908