(521) 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
(522) 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
(523) 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
(524) 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
(525) 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
(526) M/S R A SANTANA MARKETING SERVICES PVT. LTD. Vs. JMK TECHNOLOGY PVT. LTD AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Suspension of sentence — Condition for deposit of compensation — High Court erred in law by exempting the respondent from depositing 20% of the awarded compensation as a condition for suspending the sentence, without assigning any valid reason, despite the respondent having failed to comply with the condition required for India Law Library Docid # 2433616
(527) ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR GENERAL ADJUDICATION Vs. SURESH KUMAR AND CO. IMPEX PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Customs Act, 1962 — Section 138C(4) — Where the Supreme Court had set aside the Tribunal's judgment and order and restored the appeals for rehearing on grounds other than Section 138C(4) of the Act, 1962, the Tribunal must rehear the entire appeals on their own merits without being influenced by any of the Supreme Court's observations, which were confined only to the issue of Section 138C(4) of the Act. India Law Library Docid # 2433617
(528) JUGRAJ SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — False implication on co-accused's disclosure statement — Appellant falsely implicated based solely on disclosure statement of a co-accused, with no independent recovery of incriminating material from the appellant — Similar prior instance where India Law Library Docid # 2433618
(529) SHVETA SINGH RAJPUT Vs. PRITHVI SINGH RAJPUT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Transfer Petition (Civil) — Transfer of matrimonial proceedings — Wife sought transfer of husband's petition for restitution of conjugal rights from Patiala to Hamirpur, HP, where she resided — Court found it appropriate to transfer the case to Hamirpur, also considering pending divorce proceedings there. India Law Library Docid # 2433619
(530) VIKAS KAMALAKAR WALAWALKAR Vs. THE DEPUTY SALT COMMISSIONER AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 5 — Powers of appellate court to grant stay — Discretionary power — Equitable in nature — Not a statutory right to obtain stay merely by filing an appeal — Applicant must do equity to seek equitable order — Court will help those who do justice — Doctrine of in pari delicto applicable. India Law Library Docid # 2433620
(531) ANURADHA ANUJ SHARMA Vs. ANUJ SHARMA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Family Law — Divorce — Mutual Consent — Parties approached Supreme Court for divorce by mutual consent under Article 142 of the Constitution and Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, after extensive negotiations. India Law Library Docid # 2433621
(532) VIKRAM BAKSHI AND OTHERS Vs. R.P. KHOSLA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 362 — Court not to alter judgment — Prohibition against alteration or review of judgment/order after signing, except for clerical/arithmetical errors or as provided by other laws — This prohibition is complete for criminal courts — Criminal proceedings under Section 340 CrPC are substantive criminal proceedings, not administrative or procedural review — High India Law Library Docid # 2434803
(533) 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
(534) 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
(535) 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
(536) 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
(537) 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
(538) 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
(539) 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
(540) 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