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(1) IN RE : CORBETT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-11-2025
Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 — Section 38-V(4)(ii) and proviso to Section 33(a) — Tiger Safaris — prohibition in core or critical tiger habitat areas — permitted only on non-forest land or degraded forest land within the buffer, ensuring it is not part of a tiger corridor — establishment must be in conjunction with a fully operational rescue and rehabilitation centre for tigers.
India Law Library Docid # 2435386

(2) PRASHANT PRAKASH RATNAPARKI AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-11-2025
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 310(2) [IPC Section 395] — Dacoity — Accused entered school premises seeking specific files, forcibly took cheque book, letterheads, stamps, cash, and computer — Complainant later settled the dispute amicably and returned all items — Supreme Court held that the primary motive was retrieval of institutional files, not wrongful gain, thus lacking the dishonest intention required for theft, robbery, or dacoity — Complete restitution and amicable settlement
India Law Library Docid # 2435387

(3) RAJ KUMAR @ BHEEMA Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-11-2025
Evidence — Video Conference Deposition — Procedure for Confronting Witness — The Supreme Court clarified and directed that in cases where a witness's statement is recorded via video conferencing and a previous written statement is to be used for confrontation, a copy of the statement must be transmitted electronically to the witness, and the procedure under Sections 147 and 148 of the Bharatiya Sakshya
India Law Library Docid # 2435388

(4) KOLANJIAMMAL (D) THR LRS. Vs. THE REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER PERAMBALUR DISTRICT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-11-2025
Tamil Nadu Revenue Recovery Act, 1864 — Sections 37-A, 38 — Setting aside of sale — Statutory remedies for setting aside auction sale by deposit or challenging irregularity and fraud — Prescribed limitation period of 30 days from date of sale — Failure to avail remedy within time — Bar of limitation applies — Belated challenge
India Law Library Docid # 2435235

(5) GOVIND Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-11-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Arms Act, 1959 — Section 25 — Conviction solely based on recovery of weapon and FSL report — Insufficient when eyewitnesses turn hostile and do not support prosecution — Lack of independent witnesses — Recovery from a location accessible to other family
India Law Library Docid # 2435236

(6) DINESH KUMAR JALDHARI Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 9(m) and 10 — Sexual assault on a child below 12 years — Conviction based on the consistent testimony of the victim's mother (PW-3) and the victim's frightened behaviour in court when identifying the accused — Medical evidence, while not showing external
India Law Library Docid # 2435224

(7) UNION OF INDIA Vs. VIGIN K. VARGHESE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 37 — Bail — Grant of bail by High Court — Supreme Court sets aside High Court's bail orders for not properly applying Section 37 and ignoring crucial prosecution submissions.
India Law Library Docid # 2435225

(8) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. INDRAJ[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025
Administrative Law — Judicial Review — Scope of — High Court exceeded its jurisdiction by re-examining the merits of the case and the quantum of punishment after a due inquiry and admission of guilt by the employee.
India Law Library Docid # 2435226

(9) KOPARGAON SAHAKARI SAKHAR KARKHANA LTD (NOW KNOWN AS KARMAVEER SHANKARRAO KALE SHAHKARI SHAKHAR KARKHANA LTD.) Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025
Insurance Law — Boiler and Pressure Plant Policy — Exclusion Clause — Applicability — Repudiation of claim based on exclusion clause for defects due to deterioration, corrosion, and age — Court held that exclusion clause cannot defeat the main purpose of the insurance contract, which is to indemnify the policyholder against unforeseen events like accidents.
India Law Library Docid # 2435227

(10) M/S POLY MEDICURE LTD. Vs. M/S BRILLIO TECHNOLOGIES PVT. LTD[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025
Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 2(1)(d) — Definition of "consumer" — Commercial purpose — Company purchasing software for automating business processes — Purpose held to be augmenting efficiency and increasing profits — Not for earning livelihood by self-employment — Appellant not a consumer.
India Law Library Docid # 2435228

(11) IN RE: SARANDA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025
Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 — Section 18, 26A — Declaration of sanctuary — State Government's failure to act on National Green Tribunal directions to consider declaring Saranda Forest area as a sanctuary and notifying Eco-Sensitive Zone — Supreme Court directs State to file affidavit explaining delay — Proposal for Saranda Wildlife Sanctuary and Sasangdaburu Conservation Reserve submitted by State —
India Law Library Docid # 2435229

(12) SANJAY TIWARI Vs. YUGAL KISHORE PRASAD SAO AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-11-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 8 Rule 6A — Counter-claim — Specific wording of the rule states that a counter-claim shall be against the plaintiff — It cannot be directed against a co-defendant — While a counter-claim can be based on a different cause of action than the suit, it must be incidental or connected to the suit's cause of action.
India Law Library Docid # 2435180

(13) K. SUBRAMANIAM (DIED) THROUGH LRS K.S. BALAKRISHNAN AND OTHERS Vs. M/S KRISHNA MILLS PVT.LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-11-2025
Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960 — Section 10(2)(i) — Wilful default in payment of rent — Eviction sought on the ground of wilful default — Lessee challenged fair rent fixation but did not seek stay of its operation — Payments made belatedly after protracted litigation — Conduct inconsistent with bona
India Law Library Docid # 2435150

(14) SURENDRA KOLI Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-11-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 164 — Confession — Admissibility — Curative jurisdiction — Inconsistency in judgments on identical evidence — Petitioner convicted and sentenced to death based on a confession recorded under Section 164 CrPC and recoveries under Section 27 Evidence Act — Subsequently, in
India Law Library Docid # 2435151

(15) KAPADAM SANGALAPPA AND OTHERS Vs. KAMATAM SANGALAPPA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-11-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 92 — Representative suit — Long-standing dispute over religious rituals and custody of deity idols and paraphernalia between two sects — First suit dismissed, appeal also dismissed — District Judge observed that a fresh suit could be filed in a representative capacity under Section 92 CPC for proper management of endowment — Subsequent suit filed in representative capacity during pendency of which a compromise decree was passed — High Court rightly set
India Law Library Docid # 2435152

(16) IN RE : DELHI RIDGE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-11-2025
Environmental Law — Delhi Ridge — Morphological Ridge — The court considered the concept of "Morphological Ridge," which includes areas outside the officially notified Ridge but possess similar geological and geomorphological features, and emphasized the need for its protection and identification.
India Law Library Docid # 2435153

(17) RIYAS Vs. P. N. SHINOSH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claims Tribunal — Enhancement of compensation — High Court enhanced compensation awarded by Claims Tribunal for a 14-year-old minor student who suffered 77.1% permanent disability due to a motor accident. Supreme Court reviewed the calculation of compensation.
India Law Library Docid # 2435075

(18) NANDKUMAR @ NANDU MANILAL MUDALIAR Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 504, 324 — Conviction for murder and causing insult with intent to provoke breach of peace — Appeal against High Court judgment confirming conviction — Appellant convicted for murder and causing insult, acquitted of voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means — Case
India Law Library Docid # 2435076

(19) AKULA NARAYANA Vs. THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 147 — Insurance policy — Statutory policy — Coverage of gratuitous passengers — A gratuitous passenger, other than the driver, cleaner, or conductor, is not considered a third party under a statutory policy, meaning the insurer is not liable for their injuries.
India Law Library Docid # 2435077

(20) R. RAJENDRAN Vs. KAMAR NISHA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025
Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 112 — Presumption of legitimacy — Conclusive proof of legitimacy of a child born during a valid marriage — Can only be rebutted by proving non-access between spouses at the time the child could have been conceived — Presumption favours legitimacy and law frowns upon illegitimacy — Burden to
India Law Library Docid # 2435078