(21) THE COMMISSIONER TRADE AND TAX DELHI Vs. M/S SHANTI KIRAN INDIA (P) LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Delhi Value Added Tax Act, 2004 — Section 9(2)(g) — Input Tax Credit (ITC) — Bona fide purchaser dealer paying tax to registered seller dealer — Seller dealer defaulting in depositing tax with government — High Court's interpretation of Section 9(2)(g) — Court reading down the provision to protect bona fide purchasers — India Law Library Docid # 2433693
(22) VIVEK YADAV Vs. AIRPORT AUTHORITY OF INDIA CHAIRMAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Recruitment Regulations — Manager (E-3) — Qualifications — Prescribed qualifications for Manager (E-3) include First Class MBA/B.Tech./B.E. or professional degree with relevant experience. For Manager (A.T.C.), specific engineering degrees in Electronics/Tele-communications/Radio Engineering/Electrical with specialization in Electronics or M.Sc. with specific India Law Library Docid # 2433694
(23) COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (EXEMPTION) LUCKNOW Vs. M/S. KHURJA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 260A — Appeals to High Court — Charitable Purpose Registration — High Court dismissed revenue's appeals, stating issues were covered by earlier decisions, but failed to examine facts against the law. Supreme Court found impugned orders lacked factual elaboration and remanded for India Law Library Docid # 2433695
(24) THE SOUTHERN NAGPUR CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED Vs. GANPATI YADAVRAO KUMBHARE AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 — Plot Allotment Dispute — Member's right to plot — Cooperative Court directed allotment of Plot No. 5A to a member — This decision was upheld by the Cooperative Appellate Court and subsequently by the High Court — The Appellant Society's objections regarding the plot's identity merger and inexecutability of the decree were not sustained at multiple India Law Library Docid # 2434009
(25) M/S GODWIN CONSTRUCTION PVT. LTD. Vs. COMMISSIONER, MEERUT DIVISION & ANR.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Stamp Act, 1899 — Schedule 1-B, Article 40 & 57 — "Security Bond cum Mortgage Deed" — Stamp Duty — "Security Bond or Mortgage Deed" — Instrument's substance, not nomenclature, determines stamp duty — Court must ascertain true legal character of instrument by examining operative recitals and clauses — Definition of Mortgage Deed (Section 2(17)) — Instrument transferring India Law Library Docid # 2433662
(26) MAHAVEER Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Electricity Act, 1910 — Sections 39 and 44 — Theft of energy and interference with meters — Prosecution's case based on alleged tampering of meter box with holes leading to reduced meter readings — Evidence from prosecution witnesses found to be based on estimation, presumption, approximation or possibilities, not on concrete proof — Lack of direct evidence showing accused tampering with the meter box or India Law Library Docid # 2433663
(27) M/S ANVITA AUTO TECH WORKS PVT. LTD. Vs. M/S AROUSH MOTORS AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 8 Rule 1 — Limitation for filing Written Statement in Commercial Suits — Extension of time due to COVID-19 pandemic — Supreme Court’s suo motu order excluded period from 15.03.2020 to 28.02.2022 for computing limitation — Even if statutory period of 120 days expired, if it fell within the excluded period, defendant should be allowed to file Written India Law Library Docid # 2433664
(28) RAJNI AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Railways Act, 1989 — Section 124-A — "No-fault" liability for untoward incidents — Compensation is payable if the victim is a "passenger" — Explanation (ii) to Section 124-A defines "passenger" to include a person who has purchased a valid ticket — Mere non-recovery of a ticket from the victim is not fatal if a credible prima facie case is established — Burden then shifts to the Railways to disprove India Law Library Docid # 2433665
(29) CHENNAI METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Vs. DR. KAMALA SELVARAJ[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Town and Country Planning — Open Space Reservation (OSR) charges — Exemption — Plot size below 3000 square metres — Held exempt from OSR charges. India Law Library Docid # 2433666
(30) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. PARMESHWAR RAMLAL JOSHI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 (Corresponding to Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 528) — Inherent power of High Court — Recall or review of own judgment — Criminal courts do not have the power to recall or review their own judgments, except for correcting clerical errors under Section 362 CrPC (Section 403 BNSS) — Invoking inherent powers to bypass India Law Library Docid # 2433667
(31) HIND SAMACHAR LTD. (DELHI UNIT) Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 149(2) — Insurance — Liability of insurer — "Pay and recover" directions — Fake driving licence — For insurer to avoid liability, it must prove not only that the driver's licence was fake, but also that the owner (insured) deliberately breached the policy by entrusting the vehicle to such a driver. India Law Library Docid # 2433668
(32) DASHWANTH Vs. STATE OF TAMIL NADU[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 207 and 313 — Fair Trial — Right to Defence — Trial court convicted the appellant without providing him with copies of relied-upon documents, and appointed a legal aid counsel only after framing charges. Prosecution evidence commenced within four days of the appointment, with the entire evidence being recorded in about one and a half months. This haste and lack India Law Library Docid # 2433669
(33) RAJESH KUMAR PRASAD Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7, 13(1)(b) & 13(2) — Bail — Appeal against rejection of bail by High Court — Supreme Court granted leave to appeal and set aside the impugned order — Appellant ordered to be released on bail subject to terms and conditions imposed by the trial court, including diligent attendance at proceedings — Breach of bail conditions may lead to cancellation of India Law Library Docid # 2433697
(34) DHARMRAO SHARANAPPA SHABADI AND OTHERS Vs. SYEDA ARIFA PARVEEN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2025 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 50 — Opinion as to relationship, when relevant — Opinion expressed by conduct of person with special knowledge on relationship is relevant — Essentials are court's opinion, expression through conduct, and person having special knowledge — Conduct alone is not proof but an intermediate step to infer opinion — Opinion must be proved by direct evidence — Court needs to weigh India Law Library Docid # 2433556
(35) RANGE FOREST OFFICER Vs. M/S RAJAMAHAL SILKS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 451 & 457 — Release of Seized Property — Ownership/Entitlement — High Court set aside trial court order rejecting release application without considering trial court's finding on ownership and reasons thereof — Such an order without adverting to and discussing trial court's India Law Library Docid # 2433661
(36) SWACCH ASSOCIATION, NAGPUR Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2025 Wetlands (Conservation & Management) Rules, 2017 — Rule 2(1)(g) — Definition of 'wetland' — Excludes human-made water bodies/tanks constructed for drinking water, aquaculture, salt production, recreation, and irrigation purposes — Futala Tank, a man-made lake constructed for irrigation and drinking water needs, does not fall within the statutory definition of a wetland. India Law Library Docid # 2433545
(37) S. SANTHANA LAKSHMI AND OTHERS Vs. D. RAJAMMAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Jurisdiction — Suit for injunction simpliciter — Whether maintainable without a prayer for declaration of title when title is disputed — Where a party asserts title based on a Will but the defendant claims co-ownership and occupancy rights, and possession is admitted to be with the defendant, a suit for injunction simpliciter without a prayer for declaration of title may India Law Library Docid # 2433546
(38) ANILKUMAR @ LAPETU RAMSHAKAL SHARMA Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2025 Prisoner's Rights — Premature Release — Remission Guidelines — Appellant, a life convict, sought premature release after 20 years. The government ordered release after 24 years based on Category 4(d) of the 2010 guidelines (joint murder with premeditation). Appellant argued he should be released after 22 years under Category India Law Library Docid # 2433547
(39) OFFSHORE INFRASTRUCTURES LIMITED Vs. M/S BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 11(6), 12(5) and Seventh Schedule — Appointment of Arbitrator — Clause in contract making MD or his nominee as arbitrator — Clause became bad in law due to amendments in 1996 Act making such persons ineligible — Court has power to appoint independent arbitrator despite ineligibility of nominated arbitrator, for ensuring neutrality and impartiality — India Law Library Docid # 2433548
(40) RAJENDRA SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARANCHAL ETC[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction by High Court reversing Trial Court acquittal — Appeal to Supreme Court — Supreme Court scrutinized ocular evidence and evidence of recovery of weapons — Supreme Court found ocular evidence unreliable due to contradictions and chance witnesses, and recovery of weapons insufficient to establish guilt as blood matching was not done India Law Library Docid # 2433549