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(481) DOGIPARTHI VENKATA SATISH AND ANOTHER Vs. PILLA DURGA PRASAD AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-08-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of plaint — Cause of action— Amendment of plaint — Substitution of proprietor for proprietorship concern — Held, a proprietorship concern is not a juristic person but a trade name for an individual business. The proprietor is the real party in interest. Substituting the proprietor for the proprietorship concern does not negate the cause of action,
India Law Library Docid # 2429056

(482) GPE (INDIA) LTD AND OTHERS Vs. TWARIT CONSULTANCY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-08-2025
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 47 and 49 — Enforcement of Foreign Award — High Court found no grounds to refuse recognition of the award and held it enforceable, subject to RBI approval — Supreme Court agreed with this conclusion and directed execution proceedings to proceed
India Law Library Docid # 2432124

(483) M/S EDELWEISS ASSET RECONSTRUCTION LIMITED Vs. REGIONAL PF COMMISSIONER II AND RECOVERY OFFICER, RO BENGALURU (KORAMANGALA) AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-08-2025
Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 — Section 11(2) — Priority of payment of dues — Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has a first charge on the assets of an establishment for its dues.
India Law Library Docid # 2429057

(484) PUTAI Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-08-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 302, 376(2)(g), 201 – Conviction and sentence for rape and murder – Appeal against – Circumstantial evidence – Prosecution failed to establish complete chain of incriminating circumstances beyond reasonable doubt – Testimony of prosecution witnesses contained contradictions and improbabilities – Suspicious conduct of accused attributed as improvement – Reliance on DNA reports
India Law Library Docid # 2429058

(485) SANTOSH SAHADEV KHAJNEKAR Vs. THE STATE OF GOA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-08-2025
Goa Children’s Act, 2003 — Section 8(2) and Section 2(m) — Child Abuse — Conviction unsustainable — Accused allegedly casually hit injured child with own son’s school bag — No evidence of deliberate maltreatment, cruelty, exploitation or ill-treatment intended to cause harm — Act exceeded mere incidental quarrel — Medical examination could not rule out possibility of injury from fall — High Court
India Law Library Docid # 2429059

(486) THE STATE OF JHARKHAND Vs. ALEX DAVID @ M.U. HENRY AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-08-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Bail — Cancellation of — Supreme Court allowed State of Jharkhand's petition and set aside High Court's bail order for respondent no.1 — Directed Union of India to take appropriate measures for respondent's return to India to face trial.
India Law Library Docid # 2433507

(487) 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

(488) CHAMUNDESHWARI ELECTRICITY SUPPLY COMPANY LTD. (CESC) Vs. SAISUDHIR ENERGY (CHITRADURGA) PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-08-2025
Contract Law — Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) — Obligations of Developer and Distribution Licensee — Timelines and Conditions Precedent — Performance Bank Guarantee (PBG) — Force Majeure — Interpretation of Contractual Clauses.
India Law Library Docid # 2429050

(489) GLENCORE INTERNATIONAL AG Vs. M/S. SHREE GANESH METALS AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-08-2025
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 45 — Reference to arbitration — Existence of arbitration agreement — Contract not signed by one party — Parties acted upon the contract, including lifting goods and issuing Letters of Credit — Emails confirming terms and modifications — Held, agreement to arbitrate is inferred from conduct and electronic communications, even without signatures — Mere failure
India Law Library Docid # 2429051

(490) CHOWDAMMA (D) BY LR AND ANOTHER Vs. VENKATAPPA (D) BY LRS AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-08-2025
Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 50 — Opinion on relationship, when relevant — Testimony of a witness with special means of knowledge of the relationship, including opinion expressed by conduct, is relevant — Witness resided in the same village, had long-standing familiarity, and spoke from personal observation, thus satisfying the requirement of special means of knowledge. (Paras 20, 21, 25,
India Law Library Docid # 2429052

(491) RAVINDRA PRATAP SHAHI Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-08-2025
Criminal Procedure — Delay in Judgment Pronouncement — Supreme Court directs High Courts to adhere to existing guidelines for timely pronouncement of reserved judgments and reiterates specific directions for cases where judgment is not delivered within three months of being reserved, including placing the matter before the Chief Justice for reassignment if not pronounced within two weeks thereafter.
India Law Library Docid # 2429053

(492) SRI R RAGHU Vs. SRI G M KRISHNA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-08-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 21 Rule 90 & Section 47 — Setting aside of sale — Application for — Delay — HC correctly held that application to set aside sale was barred by limitation as it was filed almost two years three months after the sale, and Section 5 of Limitation Act does not apply to proceedings under Order
India Law Library Docid # 2429054

(493) 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

(494) C.R. JAYA SUKIN Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-08-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 32 — Public Interest Litigation — Basis of petitions — Allegations against private respondent based exclusively on news reports, social media, and complaints from NGOs/Wildlife Organizations — Petitions contain wide-ranging accusations including unlawful animal acquisition, mistreatment, financial irregularities, and money laundering — Petitions also cast aspersions on
India Law Library Docid # 2433508

(495) CHAITANYA Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-08-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 243ZT (likely intended to be Article 226) — Writ petition — Scheduled Tribe Certificate — Verification — While law generally requires adherence to caste validity, courts may balance equities in exceptional circumstances, particularly regarding a meritorious student's career, even when fraud is involved.
India Law Library Docid # 2433509

(496) M/S. T.S CONSTRUCTION AND OTHERS Vs. THE HOWRAH ZILLA PARISHAD AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-08-2025
Howrah Zilla Parishad Resolution dated 12-8-2024 — Found that partly fifth floor construction and cantilever projections over mandatory open spaces were unauthorized and deviated from the sanctioned plan.
India Law Library Docid # 2433510

(497) RAMNATH MISHRA @ RAMANATH MISHRA Vs. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-08-2025
Bail — Grant of — Supreme Court inclined to grant bail to a petitioner incarcerated for over three and a half years, considering the significant number of adjournments (43 occasions) in the High Court's proceedings concerning personal liberty.
India Law Library Docid # 2433511

(498) MOHAMMAD AMIR AHMAD @ ALI KHAN MAHMUDABAD Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-08-2025
Criminal Procedure — Quashing of FIR — Closure report by SIT — When a Special Investigation Team (SIT) files a closure report, the FIR and all proceedings arising from it are quashed, provided the report is accepted.
India Law Library Docid # 2433512

(499) IN RE : T.N. GODAVARMAN THIRUMULPAD Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-08-2025
Forests (Conservation) Act, 1980 — Section 2 — Protected Forest — Fragmented Land Parcels — Application to modify earlier judgment to allow use of land parcels less than 3 hectares and not adjoining any forest area for public purposes — Application rejected as state can take recourse to Section 3(2) of Forest Rights Act, 2006 — Clarification that use of such land for purposes under Section 3(2) of Forest
India Law Library Docid # 2432208

(500) 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