(41) VIKRAM BAKSHI AND OTHERS Vs. R.P. KHOSLA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 362 — Court not to alter judgment — Prohibition on altering or reviewing a judgment or final order except to correct clerical or arithmetical errors — Section 362 applies to criminal proceedings initiated under Section 340 CrPC. (Paras 27, 28, 34) India Law Library Docid # 2428981
(42) DHARAM SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14, 16, 21 — Public Employment — Fairness and Dignity of Work — Long-term ad hoc engagement of daily wagers for permanent tasks — State's arbitrary refusal to sanction posts despite acknowledging need and relying on daily wagers for years — Judicial scrutiny of executive function — Refusal to sanction posts based on generic plea of financial constraints, ignoring India Law Library Docid # 2428905
(43) SD. SHABUDDIN Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 411 — Dishonestly receiving stolen property — Acquittal for theft — Conviction under Section 411 IPC cannot be sustained if the accused has been acquitted of the charge of theft under Section 379 IPC, as it is a prerequisite to prove that the property was indeed stolen. India Law Library Docid # 2428906
(44) NABHA POWER LIMITED Vs. PUNJAB STATE POWER CORPORATION LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Foreign Trade Policy — Deemed Export Benefits — Thermal power plants, as immovable assets, do not qualify as "goods" for deemed export benefits under the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) — The FTP is designed for movable goods meant for export or deemed export. India Law Library Docid # 2428907
(45) A.K. JAYAPRAKASH (DEAD) THROUGH LRs Vs. S.S. MALLIKARJUNA RAO AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Civil Contempt — Wilful Disobedience — Essential element of wilful and deliberate intent is required for civil contempt — Mere delay in compliance with a court order, without proof of deliberate or contumacious intent, does not constitute contempt — Administrative difficulties and retrieval of old records, while not justifying laxity, can negate the inference of wilful disobedience. India Law Library Docid # 2428908
(46) KALPATARU POWER TRANSMISSION LTD. (NOW KNOWN AS KALPATARU PROJECTS INTERNATIONAL LTD.) Vs. VINOD AND ORS. ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 — Sections 10(d) and 16(3) — Compensation for damage caused by erection of telegraph lines and posts — Right of user not ownership acquired — Compensation to be paid for damages sustained — District Judge has jurisdiction to determine sufficiency of compensation — No appeal provided against District Judge's order — High Court's extraordinary jurisdiction can India Law Library Docid # 2428909
(47) K. PRABHAKAR HEGDE Vs. BANK OF BARODA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Principles of Natural Justice - Right to be Heard - Violation of the principles of natural justice is itself prejudice. Proof of prejudice independently of the denial of natural justice is unnecessary. India Law Library Docid # 2428910
(48) MAHESH CHAND (DEAD) THROUGH LR(S) Vs. BRIJESH KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 (UPZALR Act) — Section 143 — Declaration of land as non-agricultural — Civil Court jurisdiction — Where land is used for non-agricultural purposes from inception, civil court has jurisdiction even if declaration under Section 143 was pending during litigation. India Law Library Docid # 2428911
(49) PAWAN KUMAR TIWARY AND OTHERS Vs. JHARKHAND STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD (NOW JHARKHAND URJA VIKAS NIGAM LIMITED) AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Service Law — Appointments — Irregular vs. Illegal — Distinction between irregular appointments (procedural lapses without fraud, ineligibility, or non-existent posts) and illegal appointments (violating statutory provisions, made without sanctioned posts, or tainted by fraud) is crucial. India Law Library Docid # 2428935
(50) NARREDDY RAJASEKHARA REDDY AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 156(3) — Power to direct registration of FIR — Judicial power to be exercised with conscious application of mind, especially when allegations are against an Investigating Officer — Magistrate's order directing FIR registration is liable to be quashed if there's no material to implicate the accused along with the Investigating Officer, indicating an abuse of India Law Library Docid # 2432125
(51) ABHINAV MOHAN DELKAR Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 306 — Abetment of Suicide — Essential elements — Proximate act or instigation — Mere allegations of harassment, insult, or ill-treatment, even if continuous, do not constitute abetment unless there is a positive, direct, or indirect act by the accused immediately preceding the suicide, creating a India Law Library Docid # 2428879
(52) M.V. LEELAVATHI Vs. DR. C. R. SWAMY @ DR. C.R. KUMARA SWAMY[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-08-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 24 — Maintenance pendente lite — Family Court awarded Rs. 10,000 per month, enhanced to Rs. 25,000 per month by High Court. India Law Library Docid # 2428901
(53) THE CHANCELLOR, APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-08-2025 University Acts — Appointment of Vice-Chancellor — Interim appointment provisions — Notification appointing a person as Vice-Chancellor until further orders held not in accordance with Section 13(7) of the 2015 Act, which limits interim appointment to six months. India Law Library Docid # 2432122
(54) SANJIT SINGH SALWAN AND OTHERS Vs. SARDAR INDERJIT SINGH SALWAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 92 — Trust matters — Arbitration — Consent Decree — Estoppel by conduct — Parties agreed to resolve disputes through arbitration and obtain a consent decree based on the award. The respondents initially supported this process but later challenged the award's validity due to Section 92 CPC. The court held that the respondents, by their conduct, were estopped from challenging the award and the consent decree. The principle of approbate and India Law Library Docid # 2428710
(55) A. RANJITHKUMAR Vs. E. KAVITHA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-08-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Power to do complete justice — Irretrievable breakdown of marriage — Supreme Court can grant divorce invoking Article 142 powers when reconciliation is impossible, parties have lived separately for a long period, no matrimonial relationship subsists, and one party has remarried. India Law Library Docid # 2428711
(56) M/s. SETHIA INFRASTRUCTURE PVT. LTD. Vs. MAFATLAL MANGILAL KOTHARI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) – Order for dismissal for non-prosecution — Restoration of appeal — High Court condoned huge delay of 5,250 days without hearing the respondents — High Court ought to consider rights of third parties that may have been created during the period of delay — Impugned order unsustainable in law. India Law Library Docid # 2428712
(57) M/S ARMOUR SECURITY (INDIA) LTD. Vs. COMMISSIONER, CGST, DELHI EAST COMMISSIONERATE AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-08-2025 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 6(2)(b) — Bar on initiation of parallel proceedings — Issuance of summons or search/seizure does not amount to "initiation of proceedings" under Section 6(2)(b) — These are preliminary steps for gathering information and do not conclude any adjudicatory process. India Law Library Docid # 2428713
(58) PERNOD RICARD INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED AND ANOTHER Vs. KARANVEER SINGH CHHABRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-08-2025 Trade Marks Act, 1999 — Section 2(1)(h) — Definition of "deceptively similar” — A mark is deceptively similar if it nearly resembles another mark as to be likely to deceive or cause confusion India Law Library Docid # 2428714
(59) STATE OF KARNATAKA Vs. SRI DARSHAN ETC[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439(2) — Cancellation of Bail — Abuse of discretion by High Court — Grave offences — Prima facie case — Misrepresentation of medical grounds — Violation of principles of natural justice — Celebrity status detrimental to fair trial India Law Library Docid # 2428715
(60) AJMERA SHYAM Vs. SMT. KOVA LAXMI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-08-2025 Representation of the People Act, 1951 — Section 100(1)(d)(i) and Section 100(1)(b) — Election law — Non-disclosure of income in affidavit — Improper acceptance of nomination — Corrupt practice — Voiding of election — Held that non-disclosure of income tax returns for certain financial years, when other assets and sources of income are disclosed, is not a defect of a substantial character — Such non India Law Library Docid # 2428902