(21) VASANTA SAMPAT DUPARE Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-08-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 32 — Writ jurisdiction for enforcement of Fundamental Rights — Death sentence cases — Article 32 as continuing safeguard even after conventional judicial process has concluded — Power to intervene under Article 32 to prevent constitutional breach when human life hangs in the balance. India Law Library Docid # 2429060
(22) SURENDRA DHARIWAL Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ANOTHER ETC RESPONDENT(S)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-08-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 17A — Requirement of prior approval for inquiry or investigation against public servant — Exception for on-the-spot arrest — FIR quashed by High Court solely on the ground of non-compliance with Section 17A — Supreme Court holds that the High Court should have considered other grounds for quashing the FIR — Matters remanded to High Court India Law Library Docid # 2432118
(23) SALDANHA REAL ESTATE PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. BISHOP JOHN RODRIGUES AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971 — Sections 3B, 3C, 13, 14 — Slum Rehabilitation Area (SR Area) — Landowner's preferential right to redevelop — Pre-amendment settled law holds landowner has preferential right, must be notified and invited to develop, and acquisition under Section 14 cannot precede extinguishment of this right — 2018 Amendment does not India Law Library Docid # 2428976
(24) TARABAI NAGAR CO-OP. HOG. SOCIETY (PROPOSED) Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971 — Chapter I-A — Slum Rehabilitation Schemes — Preferential right of landowner to redevelop — Section 3B(4)(e) and Section 13(1) confer a preferential right on the landowner to redevelop a Slum Rehabilitation Area (SR Area) — SRA can undertake redevelopment only if the landowner fails to come forward with a scheme within a India Law Library Docid # 2428977
(25) SHAH SAMIR BHARATBHAI AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14, 39(d) and 43 — Equal pay for equal work — Contractual Assistant Professors performing identical duties as regularly appointed or ad-hoc Assistant Professors are entitled to the minimum pay scale of Assistant Professors. India Law Library Docid # 2428985
(26) UNION TERRITORY OF J & K (PREVIOUSLY STATE OF JAMMU & KASHMIR) AND ANOTHER Vs. RAJA MUZAFFAR BHAT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Environment Protection Act, 1986 and EIA Notification, 2006 — Sand Mining — Prior Environmental Clearance (EC) — District Survey Report (DSR) — Replenishment Study — Validity of EC granted without a proper DSR and replenishment study. India Law Library Docid # 2428986
(27) PALM GROVES COOPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LTD. Vs. M/s MAGAR GIRME AND GAIKWAD ASSOCIATES ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 25 — Enforcement of orders — Amendment by 2002 Act — Anomalous position for final orders — Court can interpret to fill lacunae, applying purposive construction to achieve legislative intent of effective redressal for consumers. India Law Library Docid # 2428988
(28) P. MARUTHI PRASADA RAO Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Indian Forest Service (Recruitment) Rules, 1966 — Rule 2(g) — "State Forest Service" — Meaning of — Interpretation of Rule 2(g)(i) — Requires approval of Central Government in consultation with State Government for a State service connected with forestry with gazetted members to be considered a "State Forest Service" for promotion to Indian Forest Service — Approval is relatable to the India Law Library Docid # 2428989
(29) IN RE: “CITY HOUNDED BY STRAYS, KIDS PAY PRICE”[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023 — Rule 11(19) — Release of sterilised dogs back to same locality — Supreme Court modifies earlier blanket direction not to release any stray dogs, allowing release of treated dogs back to their original areas, except for rabid or aggressive dogs, to balance public safety and animal welfare. India Law Library Docid # 2428990
(30) TANKADHAR TRIPATHY Vs. DIPALI DAS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Representation of the People Act, 1951 — Section 83(1)(c) proviso and Rule 94-A of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 (as amended by Form 25 affidavit) — Election Petition — Affidavit in Form 25 — Requirement of substantial compliance — Held, substantial compliance with the requirements of Form 25 affidavit would suffice, and in cases where an affidavit is already on record but not in the prescribed Form 25, the Election Petitioner should be given an opportunity to file a corrected India Law Library Docid # 2428991
(31) THE TRANSMISSION CORPORATION OF TELANGANA STATE LIMITED AND ANOTHER Vs. CHUKKALA KRANTHI KIRAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Public Employment — Selection Process — Cancellation of — Validity of — Selected candidates do not have a vested right to appointment — However, any decision to not fill vacancies from a select list must be bona fide and for appropriate reasons — Court cannot second-guess the authority's decision-making process regarding legitimate expectations, provided the issue was considered and reasonable India Law Library Docid # 2428982
(32) KAVIN Vs. P. SREEMANI DEVI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal — Compensation — Reduction by High Court — Supreme Court held High Court was not justified in reducing compensation for future medical expenses without considering life expectancy and set aside the finding of High Court. India Law Library Docid # 2428983
(33) IQBAL AHMED (DEAD) BY LRS. AND ANOTHER Vs. ABDUL SHUKOOR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 27(1) — Additional evidence in appeal — Appellate Court must consider pleadings of the party seeking to lead additional evidence before allowing the application — Allowing additional evidence without examining alignment with pleadings considered an error. India Law Library Docid # 2428984
(34) M/S C.L. GUPTA EXPORT LTD. Vs. ADIL ANSARI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 — Section 15 — Powers of Tribunal — Environmental protection and conservation — NGT has power to direct monitoring and audit of pollution control measures to ensure compliance, but not to direct prosecution under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. India Law Library Docid # 2429055
(35) SUNIL NAUDIYAL Vs. THE STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Settlement between parties — Parties entered into a settlement agreement where a significant sum was paid towards maintenance and alimony, and all prior and subsequent legal proceedings were to be quashed — High Court had dismissed the appellant's petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashing of FIR and India Law Library Docid # 2432128
(36) K. POUNAMMAL Vs. STATE REPRESENTED BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-08-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 7, Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) — Demand and acceptance of illegal gratification of Rs. 300 proved — Conviction upheld. India Law Library Docid # 2428992
(37) STATE BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. RAMADHAR SAO[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Disciplinary Proceedings — Judicial Review Scope — Courts exercising powers of judicial review over disciplinary inquiries are limited to correcting errors of law or procedural errors leading to manifest injustice or violation of natural justice, not to re-adjudicate on merits. India Law Library Docid # 2428932
(38) DEVENDRA KUMAR Vs. THE STATE (NCT OF DELHI) AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 156(3) and 190 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 186 — Jurisdiction of Magistrate to direct FIR registration under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. for offence under Section 186 IPC without a complaint from the public servant concerned. Held, Magistrate cannot straightaway direct investigation under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. for offence under Section 186 IPC when India Law Library Docid # 2428933
(39) UNION OF INDIA Vs. SALEEM KHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967 — Sections 18, 18-A, 18-B, 19, 20, 38 & 39 — Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 120-B — Arms Act, Section 25(1B)(a) — Bail — Grant of bail to one accused and refusal to another — Supreme Court upheld the High Court’s decision in granting bail to one accused (Saleem Khan) finding insufficient prima facie evidence of involvement in a banned organisation and long India Law Library Docid # 2428934
(40) NEELAM KUMARI Vs. THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction based on extra-judicial confession and circumstantial evidence — Held, extra-judicial confessions are weak evidence and require corroboration by independent evidence — Circumstantial evidence must form a complete chain, consistent only with the hypothesis of guilt and excluding all other reasonable hypotheses — In this case, significant gaps in evidence, India Law Library Docid # 2428978