(121) KASIREDDY UPENDER REDDY Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Habeas Corpus — Illegal Detention — Article 22(1) of the Constitution of India — Right to be informed of grounds of arrest — Mandatory requirement, not mere formality — Communication must be meaningful, imparting sufficient knowledge of basic facts in understandable language — Failure to inform grounds violates Articles 21 and 22(1), vitiating the arrest India Law Library Docid # 2426010
(122) JAIPUR VIDYUT VITRAN NIGAM LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. ADANI POWER RAJASTHAN LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 86 — Regulatory Commission — Powers and Functions — Invocation of jurisdiction by a power generator seeking relief under the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for a ‘change in law’ event through a petition before the State Electricity Regulatory Commission India Law Library Docid # 2426011
(123) PETER AUGUSTINE Vs. K.V. XAVIER AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 41 Rule 23 — Remand — When permissible — Suit for declaration of title, fixation of boundary, and injunction — Dispute regarding identification of property due to differing survey numbers in historical deeds — High Court remarking similarity in boundaries and area described in deeds, yet remitting back for fresh denovo disposal on ground of improper identification by Court Commissioner — Error in second remand — Appeal could be decided based on interpretation o India Law Library Docid # 2426012
(124) OLD JALUKAI VILLAGE COUNCIL Vs. KAKIHO VILLAGE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Nagaland Village and Area Councils Act, 1978 — Section 3 — Recognition of villages — Criteria for recognition — Emphasis on land ownership and adherence to customary practices — Explained through O.M. dated 22.03.1996 and 01.10.2005 — Customary requirement of ‘No Objection Certificate’ from parent village recognised in O.M. — Public notice inviting objections is cardinal for transparent process and to prevent future conflict — State’s duty to consider objections India Law Library Docid # 2426013
(125) VINOD INFRA DEVELOPERS LTD. Vs. MAHAVEER LUNIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of plaint — Scope of examination — At the preliminary stage of considering an application under Order VII Rule 11 CPC, the court must confine its examination strictly to the averments made in the plaint and not venture into the merits or veracity of the claims — If any triable issues arise from the pleadings, the suit cannot be summarily rejecte India Law Library Docid # 2426014
(126) DR. I.S. TOMAR Vs. INVERTIS UNIVERSITY AND OTHERS ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 — Section 26(1) — Penalty for failure to comply with orders of Tribunal — Scope of liability — Strict construction of penal provision — Liability contingent upon establishing responsibility for the prohibited act and existence of power to prevent it — Appellant, as Mayor, not a party to original proceedings, not served, and without executive powers to direct Municipal Corporation to cease dumping — Absence of material showing his India Law Library Docid # 2426015
(127) SAMEER SANDHIR Vs. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 173(5) — Production of documents by prosecution — Inadvertent omission — Directories vs. Mandatory — While investigating officer should normally produce all relevant documents with charge-sheet, additional documents not produced can be submitted later with Court permission — Section 173(5) word “shall” is directory, not mandatory — Even after charge-sheet, further investigation under Section 173(8) is permissible and does not preclude production of additio India Law Library Docid # 2426016
(128) SAKHAWAT AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302 — Murder — Section 307 — Attempt to murder — Section 34 — Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention — Conviction upheld by High Court — Challenged — Prosecution case rests on eyewitness testimony — Material witnesses admittedly filed affidavits during bail proceedings denying appellants’ involvement and implicating others — Investigating Officer admits knowledge of affidavits but fails to conduct further investigation or record supplementary India Law Library Docid # 2426017
(129) K. UMADEVI Vs. GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Constitution of India — Articles 21, 42 & 51(c) — Fundamental Rights — Life and Personal Liberty — Reproductive Choices — Right to Health — Directive Principles of State Policy — Just and Humane Conditions of Work — Maternity Relief — International Law and Treaty Obligations — Right to life under Article 21 includes life in its fullest sense, all that makes life meaningful, worth living like a human being, embracing right to health and reproductive choices; motherhood and childhood entitled to s India Law Library Docid # 2426018
(130) AGNIRAJ AND OTHERS ETC. Vs. STATE THROUGH DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE CB-CID[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Criminal Procedure — Evidence — Material Witness — Eye-witness testimony — Contradictions and embellishments — Delay in recording statement of alleged eye-witness without plausible explanation renders testimony unreliable — Possibility of tutoring when minor witness gives contradictory statements and identifies accused for first time in court without Test Identification Parade — Evidence India Law Library Docid # 2426019
(131) SANJAY PRAKASH AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) — Organized Group-A Service (OGAS) Status — Cadre Review — Service/Recruitment Rules — Stagnation — Discrimination — Central Armed Police Forces (CRPF, BSF, SSB, ITBP, CISF) officers sought declaration as OGAS, grant of Non-Functional Financial Upgradation (NFFU), cadre review, and amendment of recruitment rules to eliminate deputation at higher levels and ensure promotion — High Court initially granted NFFU based on CAPFs being treated as OGAS, but declined f India Law Library Docid # 2426020
(132) BANK OF INDIA Vs. M/S SRI NANGLI RICE MILLS PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Legislative history and scheme — Genesis — Aimed at faster recovery of non-performing assets (NPAs) of banks and financial institutions (FIs) and facilitation of securitisation and reconstruction of financial assets — Background includes difficulties in recovery through civil suits, recommendations of Tiwari Committee leading to RDBFI Act, India Law Library Docid # 2426005
(133) SULTHAN SAID IBRAHIM Vs. PRAKASAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 1 Rule 10(2) — Striking out or adding parties — Power of Court — Scope — Court vested with broad power to delete or add parties at any stage, suo motu or on application, for effective and complete adjudication — Power exercisable by court on application or suo motu — Not an unfettered right for a party to seek deletion after due process. (Paras 43, 44, 45, 54) India Law Library Docid # 2426006
(134) CHANDRA BHAN SINGH Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 — Sections 9B, 14, 15 & 15A — Applicability to minor minerals — DMF contribution — Scope of State Government’s power — Section 14 clearly states that Sections 5 to 13 do not apply to minor minerals — Therefore, Section 9B in its entirety, including the percentage limitation based on royalty, does not apply for determining the amount payable to DMF for minor minerals — Section 15(4)(c) and 15A specifically empower the State Government to p India Law Library Docid # 2426007
(135) THE RESERVE BANK OF INDIA Vs. M.T. MANI AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Service Law — Pension Scheme — Option to Switch — Reserve Bank of India — Contributory Provident Fund (CPF) to Pension Scheme — Several options provided over time (1990, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2020) — Each circular/scheme distinct with varying eligibility, interest rates for refund, and benefit commencement dates — Later schemes incorporating financial considerations and government approvals — Respondent failed to opt on earlier occasions but availed 2020 India Law Library Docid # 2426008
(136) IN RE: RIGHT TO PRIVACY OF ADOLESCENTS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 6 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 363, 366, and 376(2)(n), 376(3) — Conviction and Sentencing — Review of High Court judgment setting aside conviction through extraordinary jurisdiction — Supreme Court sets aside High Court’s acquittal and restores Special Court’s conviction under POCSO Act and Section 376 IPC, while confirming acquittal under Sections 363 and India Law Library Docid # 2426021
(137) MAYA P.C. AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Kerala State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1958 — Rule 9(a)(i) — Temporary appointments in public interest — Persons with benchmark disabilities exceeding 40% engaged under this rule subsequently regularised against supernumerary posts by Government Order (G.O.) dated 18th May 2013 — G.O. contemplated “regular appointment” and appointment orders in one case specified probation — Subsequent G.O. dated 3rd February 2016 declared those reappointed ineligible for probation declaration, inclusion in India Law Library Docid # 2426022
(138) RAJNI Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Practice and Procedure — Supreme Court — Clerical Errors in Judgment — Correction of — Typographical error in paragraph numbers and crime case details — Instead of ‘Miscellaneous Case No.9/2020 in respect of Crime Case No.11/2020’, judgment erroneously typed India Law Library Docid # 2426023
(139) CHADURANGA KANTHARAJ URS Vs. S.V. RANGANATH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-05-2025 Contempt of Court — Civil Contempt — Wilful disobedience of court orders — Implementation of land acquisition compensation through DRCs/TDRs — Order explicitly directing issuance of DRCs/TDRs based on specific valuation — Contemnors initially proposed issuance based on different valuation, rejected by court — Undeterred and despite being held guilty of wilful non-compliance and penalized with costs, contemnors further delay implementation through maneuvers including filing applications raising f India Law Library Docid # 2425951
(140) HDFC BANK LIMITED Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-05-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Offence by company. India Law Library Docid # 2425952