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(141) SARLA GUPTA AND ANOTHER Vs. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2025
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) — Sections 17, 18, 20 & 21 — Right to Copies of Seized Records and Property Documents — An accused from whom records, instruments, or documents of title are seized along with property under Sections 17 or 18 of the PMLA is entitled to receive true copies thereof as a matter of right — This includes records in book form or stored on a computer. For other seized property, the accused is entitled to a copy of the seizure memo and list of
India Law Library Docid # 2425499

(142) RAJUMON T.M. Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2025
Armed Forces — Disability Pension — Primary Conditions — Regulation 173, Pension Regulations for the Army, 1961 & Appendix II — Disability pension is grantable if a disability is attributable to or aggravated by military service and is assessed at 20% or above — The determination of attributability or aggravation is governed by Appendix II, which mandates a causal connection and provides for the benefit of reasonable doubt to be given to the claimant, more liberally in field service
India Law Library Docid # 2425500

(143) NADEEM AHMAD Vs. THE STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 307, 323, 324, 427, 447, 504 & 506 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 320 — Constitution of India — Art. 142 — Quashing of criminal proceedings due to settlement — Where appellant (accused) and respondent no.2 (complainant/victim) amicably settled their disputes arising from Case (involving both compoundable offences like Ss. 323, 504, 427, 447, 506 IPC and non-compoundable offences like Ss. 307, 324 IPC) and wished to continue their landlord-tenant relationshi
India Law Library Docid # 2425583

(144) RAMKIRAT MUNILAL GOUD Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2025
Criminal Trial — Circumstantial Evidence — Standard of Proof — Conviction based entirely on circumstantial evidence requires prosecution to prove complete and unbreached chain of incriminating circumstances leading solely to hypothesis of accused’s guilt and inconsistent with innocence — Any breach in chain or reasonable doubt mandates acquittal.
India Law Library Docid # 2425738

(145) SIDDHI SANDEEP LADDA Vs. CONSORTIUM OF NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITIES AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2025
Educational Institutions – Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) – Question Paper Framing – Judicial Scrutiny – While courts generally defer to academic expertise, interference is warranted when academic bodies act in a manner detrimental to students’ career aspirations; Callous and casual approach in framing CLAT questions criticized.
India Law Library Docid # 2425827

(146) ANAND SHESHMAN PATEL Vs. THE REGISTRAR NORTH MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2025
Caste Certificate — Verification — Delay in decision by Scrutiny Committee — Admission in B.Tech against OBC reserved seat — Caste claim invalidated after completion of course due to delay in verification — Petitioner compelled to approach High Court earlier due to delay, awarded costs for callous attitude of Committee — Whether mark sheets and degree certificate should be released despite invalidation of caste claim
India Law Library Docid # 2425911

(147) HYDRAULICS AND PNEUMATICS [INDIA] LLP Vs. M/S. METAL ARC AGRI. LLP AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 21 Rule 15(2) — Execution — Application by one of several joint decree-holders for execution of whole decree for benefit of all — Entitlement of partner of Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) claiming through supplementary agreement for shareholding in original partner — Whether such partner entitled to maintain application for execution of land acquisition award in favor of LLP
India Law Library Docid # 2425913

(148) M/S SEW INFRASTRUCTURE LTD. Vs. THE GOVERNMENT OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2025
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Setting aside arbitral award — Grounds — Jurisdiction — Chhattisgarh Madhyastham Adhikaran Adhiniyam, 1983 — State legislation for dispute resolution through arbitration — Contract with State-Appointed Arbitrator — State challenging award under Section 34 of 1996 Act, alleging the State Act alone applies and
India Law Library Docid # 2425917

(149) HARJINDER SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-05-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 319 — Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence — Nature of “Evidence” — The power vested in a Court under Section 319 CrPC to summon an additional accused is triggered by “evidence” that emerges during the course of an inquiry or trial, not by mere conjecture or suspicion — A statement rendered under oath and duly recorded in Court, such as the deposition of a prosecution witness (PW-1 in this instance), constitutes substant
India Law Library Docid # 2425400

(150) RAJENDRA ANANT VARIK Vs. GOVIND B. PRABHUGAONKAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-05-2025
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Reversal of Acquittal by High Court — Failure to Consider a Valid Defence — Where a High Court, in an appeal against acquittal in a Section 138 NI Act prosecution, reverses the acquittal without adverting to a significant legal issue and valid defence (such as the applicability of a State-specific Money-Lenders Act which formed the basis of the acquittal by the First Appellate Court
India Law Library Docid # 2425401

(151) SAROJ SALKAN Vs. HUMA SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-05-2025
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 — Order 12 Rule 6 — Power to Dismiss Suit — Scope and Discretion — The Court possesses wide discretion under Order XII Rule 6 CPC to pass a judgment at any stage of the suit, either on the application of a party or suo motu, based on admissions in pleadings or otherwise — This power is not confined to decreeing a claim but extends to the dismissal of the suit itself if admissions by the plaintiff, including in a rejoinder, warrant such dismissal.
India Law Library Docid # 2425402

(152) KUMARI REKHA Vs. SHAMBHU SARAN PASWAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-05-2025
Constitution of India — Article 142 — Power to Grant Divorce on Ground of Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage — The Supreme Court, in exercise of its extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution, can dissolve a marriage on the ground of irretrievable breakdown, even if such a ground is not explicitly available under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, and even if one party vehemently opposes the dissolution — This power is exercised when the Court is satisfied,
India Law Library Docid # 2425403

(153) A. RAJA Vs. D. KUMAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-05-2025
Representation of the People Act, 1951 — Section 100(1)(a) & (d)(i) — Challenge to Caste Certificate in Election Petition — Scope of ‘Trial’ under State Caste Certificate Legislation — A duly issued Caste/Community Certificate, particularly one issued under a specific state legislation (like the Kerala (Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Regulation of Issue of Community Certificates Act, 1996) which provides a comprehensive mechanism for its issuance, verification, and cancellation, cannot be
India Law Library Docid # 2425404

(154) ARABIAN EXPORTS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-05-2025
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6) and 11(6A) — Discharge Voucher — Economic Duress — Arbitrability of Dispute — The mere execution of a full and final settlement receipt or a discharge voucher by an insured in favour of an insurer does not automatically bar the insured from raising a dispute and seeking reference to arbitration, especially when the validity of such discharge is challenged on grounds of economic duress, coercion, or undue influence — At the stage of a Section
India Law Library Docid # 2425405

(155) DISTRICT APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY Vs. KAUSHIK BABULAL SHAH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-05-2025
Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 — Section 29 (Proviso) — Preservation of Records/Case Property (Sonography Machine) — Meaning of “Final Disposal of Proceedings” — The mandate under the proviso to Section 29(1) of the PC & PNDT Act to preserve records and documents (including seized property like a sonography machine) till the “final disposal of such proceedings” must be applied reasonably — Where an accused has been acquitted by the Tri
India Law Library Docid # 2425490

(156) VIJAY KUMAR PADALIA Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-05-2025
National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 — Sections 14 & 16 — Practice and Procedure — Conversion of Original Application to Appeal — Where appellant filed an Original Application (OA) challenging forest clearance for a road project, after being granted liberty by NGT to file a “comprehensive application” incorporating subsequent developments (including the clearance), and NGT dismissed the OA on the technical ground that challenge to sanction should have been by way of an appeal under S. 16, held, NGT
India Law Library Docid # 2425584

(157) GOPAL GOVIND LAKADE AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-05-2025
Constitution of India — Article 136 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Dismissal of S. 482 application by High Court without issuing notice or assigning reasons — Propriety — Where High Court dismissed appellant’s criminal application (seeking quashing of FIR, alleging a civil dispute was given criminal colour) with a cryptic order stating “After hearing the learned advocate for the applicants for sometime, we are not inclined even to issue notice in this matter
India Law Library Docid # 2425585

(158) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. GOPAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-05-2025
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Sections 8/18, 25, 29 & Section 42 — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of Criminal Proceedings — Unauthorized Search as Ground — Respondents were charged under various sections of the NDPS Act following FIR No.552 of 2011 — The High Court, in exercise of its inherent powers under Section 482 CrPC, quashed the criminal proceedings, finding that the search was conducted by an officer not
India Law Library Docid # 2425653

(159) HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED Vs. DEPUTY DIRECTOR SUB REGIONAL OFFICE (SALEM)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-05-2025
Employees State Insurance Act, 1948 — Section 1(4) — Applicability of Act — Exemption for seasonal factories — Factory engaged in manufacture of coffee, blending, packing, and repacking of coffee and chicory — Whether entitled to exclusion from ESI Act coverage as a seasonal factory — Question arises whether the appellant’s factory is liable to make contributions under the ESI
India Law Library Docid # 2425735

(160) ARAWALI POWER COMPANY Vs. SAT PARKASH (DEAD) THR LRS. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-05-2025
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 23(1), 23(2), 23(1A), 28 & 34 — Land Acquisition — Compensation — Appropriation of payment — Deposit by judgment debtor into court specifying amounts under different heads (e.g., principal, interest, solatium) as per decree — Effect of acceptance by decree holder — Where decree specifies amounts under different heads and judgment debtor deposits specifically allocating amounts to those heads, acceptance by decrease-holder
India Law Library Docid # 2425829