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(161) 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

(162) 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

(163) 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

(164) CHHATTISGARH DENTAL COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE Vs. SHWETA KABRA AND OTHERS ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-05-2025
. Education Law — Fee Fixation — Power of Committee — Retrospective Application — Fee Fixation Committee constituted pursuant to Supreme Court directions — Fee structure determined at Rs. 1,25,000/- effective from academic year 2005-2006 — High Court directing refund of excess fee paid by students admitted prior to academic year 2005-2006 by applying the fixed
India Law Library Docid # 2425912

(165) BEENA SRIVASTAVA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-05-2025
Supreme Court Rules, 2013 — Leave to Appeal — Granting of — Permission to pursue appeal against High Court order dismissing writ petition seeking direction to District Administration to consider representation for restoration of status quo ante granted. (Para 1)

B. Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Suits — Inter Se Title Dispute — Resolution by Competent Jurisdictional Civil Court — Acknowledgment that inter se title over immovable
India Law Library Docid # 2425919

(166) MOHAMMED ASARUDEEN Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-05-2025
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 — Section 44 — Protection of witnesses — Nature of provision — Sub-section (1) permits in camera proceedings for reasons recorded, with a non-obstante clause — Sub-section (2) allows measures for keeping identity and address of witnesses secret upon court’s satisfaction of danger to life, for reasons recorded — Unlike sub
India Law Library Docid # 2425920

(167) SHUBHKARAN SINGH Vs. ABHAYRAJ SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-05-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 18 Rule 17 — Recall of witness — Scope and Ambit — The power vested in the Court under Or. 18 R. 17 is primarily for the Court itself to recall a witness suo motu or on application, to put questions for clarifying any ambiguity or doubt arising from the evidence already on record — It is not a provision intended to enable parties to fill up lacunae in their case, conduct further examination-in-chief or cross-examination, or place additional material/evidence wh
India Law Library Docid # 2425394

(168) POWERGRID COPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED Vs. CENTRAL ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-05-2025
Electricity Act, 2003 — S. 178 — Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions of Tariff) Regulations, 2004 — Regulation 53, Note 2 — Additional Capitalization — Replacement of Damaged Assets — Operation and Maintenance — Expenditure incurred on replacing damaged Inter-connecting Transformers (ICTs), which failed due to internal faults/fire shortly after commissioning, cannot be admitted as 'additional capitalization'
India Law Library Docid # 2425395

(169) THE ROYAL SUNDARAM ALLIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. SMT. HONNAMMA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-05-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — S. 147 — Liability — Tractor-Trailer Accident — Uninsured Trailer — Root Cause — Where an accident involving death occurs due to the overturning of a trailer being pulled by an insured tractor, the liability of the tractor’s insurer extends to cover the accident — The crucial factor is the root cause of the accident being the insured tractor’s action in pulling/driving/moving the trailer, leading to the mishap in an unbroken chain of events — Principles requiring separ
India Law Library Docid # 2425396

(170) VISHAL TIWARI Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-05-2025
Constitution of India — Article 32 — Writ Petition — Prayers — Suo Motu Criminal Contempt — FIR — Advisory on Hate Speech — Petition sought initiation of suo motu criminal contempt against Respondent No. 4 for remarks against the Supreme Court and CJI; direction for FIR under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023; and direction for an advisory to curb hate/provocative speeches relating to the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025
India Law Library Docid # 2425501

(171) HARIRAJAN PILLAI Vs. SIYAD[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-05-2025
Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Proviso to Order V Rule 1 and Proviso to Order VIII Rule 1 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (as amended by the Commercial Courts Act) — Time Limit for Filing Written Statement — Mandatory Nature — Forfeiture of Right Beyond 120 Days — Non-Applicability of Section 5, Limitation Act, 1963 — In a commercial suit, the statutory period of 120 days for filing a written statement is mandatory, and upon the lapse of this period, the defendant forfeits the right to file the
India Law Library Docid # 2425503

(172) CHITHRA AND ANOTHER Vs. SASIKUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-05-2025
Constitution of India — Article 227 — Supervisory Jurisdiction of High Court — Rejection of Plaint — Usurpation of Original Jurisdiction and Supplanting Statutory Remedy under CPC — The supervisory power of the High Court under Article 227 of the Constitution is to be exercised sparingly to ensure subordinate courts and tribunals act within their jurisdiction and not to usurp the original jurisdiction of the trial court or to supplant statutory remedies available under the Code of Civil Procedur
India Law Library Docid # 2425504

(173) ARYAN GOEL Vs. THE STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-05-2025
Criminal Procedure – Special Leave Petition – Pre-Arrest Bail – Grant of interim protection made absolute where petitioner cooperated with investigation.
India Law Library Docid # 2425654

(174) KALYANI TRANSCO Vs. M/S.BHUSHAN POWER AND STEEL LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-05-2025
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 – Section 62 – Appeal to Supreme Court – “Person Aggrieved” – Locus Standi – The phrase “any person aggrieved” in Section 62 indicates no rigid locus requirement for appealing an NCLAT order to the Supreme Court — Once CIRP is initiated, proceedings become in rem, making all creditors and other necessary stakeholders (including operational creditors and erstwhile promoters whose appeals were dismissed by NCLAT) potentially “persons aggrieved” entitled to file
India Law Library Docid # 2425313

(175) SHANMUGAM @ LAKSHMINARAYANAN Vs. HIGH COURT OF MADRAS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-05-2025
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Sections 2(c)(iii) & 12 — Criminal Contempt — Forgery and Fabrication of Court Orders — Interference with Administration of Justice — Creating fake interim orders of the High Court, purportedly staying execution of a decree, and producing such forged orders before the executing court (Court Amin) to prevent execution constitutes a gross act of criminal contempt under Section 2(c)(iii), being one of the most serious forms of interference with
India Law Library Docid # 2425314

(176) P. SAKTHI Vs. THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-05-2025
Service Law — Promotion — Right to Consideration — Effect of Set Aside Punishment — An employee possesses a fundamental right to be considered for promotion when eligible as per the rules and when selections are conducted — Denial of such consideration based on a past punishment is legally unsustainable and unjust if that punishment has already been set aside by a competent authority prior to the consideration period.
India Law Library Docid # 2425315

(177) AMAN BHATIA Vs. STATE (GNCT OF DELHI)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-05-2025
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 2(c)(i) — “Public Servant” — Interpretation — Legislative Intent — Public Duty — The definition of “public servant” in Section 2(c) is comprehensive and requires a wide, purposive interpretation to advance the Act’s object of curbing corruption — The legislative intent, shifting from the repealed 1947 Act, emphasizes the performance of ‘public duty’ rather than solely the traditional master-servant or principal-agent relationship or mode of appointmen
India Law Library Docid # 2425316

(178) K.R. SURESH Vs. R. POORNIMA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-05-2025
Contract Act, 1872 — Section 74 — Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 22 — Forfeiture of Earnest Money vs. Advance Money — Distinction and Applicability of S. 74 — Earnest money serves a dual purpose: part-payment and security for performance — Its forfeiture upon the purchaser’s default, if reasonable and explicitly provided for, generally falls outside the scope of penalty under Section 74 of the Contract Act — Conversely, forfeiture of ‘advance money’ (mere part-payment) or stipulations by wa
India Law Library Docid # 2425317

(179) ASF BUILDTECH PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. SHAPOORJI PALLONJI AND COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-05-2025
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – Sections 2(1)(h), 7, 16 & 19 – Power of Arbitral Tribunal to Implead Non-Signatories – Group of Companies Doctrine and Mutual Consent – An Arbitral Tribunal possesses the authority and jurisdiction, rooted in Sections 2(1)(h) and 7 and exercisable under Section 16, to determine whether a non-signatory is bound by the arbitration agreement and, if so, to implead such non-signatory as a party to the arbitration proceedings — This power derives from the foun
India Law Library Docid # 2425318

(180) DR. VIMAL SUKUMAR Vs. D. LAWRENCE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-05-2025
Church Law / Ecclesiastical Law — Church of South India (CSI) — Constitution and Bye-Laws — Amendments — Validity — Procedure — Assessment of the validity of amendments proposed/passed concerning the CSI Constitution (increasing retirement age of clergy) and Bye-Laws (qualifications of office bearers) during a Special Synod Meeting on 07.03.2022.
India Law Library Docid # 2425323