(581) J. GANAPATHA AND OTHERS Vs. M/S. N. SELVARAJALOU CHETTY TRUST REP. BY ITS TRUSTEES AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-03-2025 Property Law — Title — Auction Sale — Effect of Subsequent Will — Title to property purchased in a court auction sale, followed by the execution of a sale deed by the Advocate Commissioner pursuant to the court order, vests absolutely in the auction purchaser — A will executed by the original owner after the court auction sale but before the execution of the formal sale deed, attempting to bequeath the same property, is ineffective and does not convey any right or title to the legatee named ther India Law Library Docid # 2423835
(582) MANILAL SHAMALBHAI PATEL (DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LEGAL HEIRS AND OTHERS Vs. OFFICER ON SPECIAL DUTY (LAND ACQUISITION) AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-03-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 4, 11, 18 and 54 — Compensation —Enhancement of — Determination of Market Value — Land acquired for public purpose (benefit of GIDC) vide Section 4 notification dated 24.07.1989 — SLAO awarded Rs. 11/- per sq. mt. — Reference Court enhanced to Rs. 30/- per sq. mt. — High Court dismissed landowners’ appeal for further enhancement — Appeal before Supreme Court — Held: Based on exemplar of nearby plot allotted by GIDC itself and applying necessary adjustments a India Law Library Docid # 2423836
(583) RAVINDER KUMAR @RAJU Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-03-2025 Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 300 Exception 1, 302, 304 Part I — Culpable Homicide Not Amounting to Murder — Alteration of Conviction — Road Rage — Sudden Fight — Provocation — Accused (appellant) involved in hit-and-run — Deceased part of a group of five who chased and confronted the three occupants of offending vehicle — During ensuing altercation (heated arguments), appellant picked up an iron rod and inflicted a single blow on deceased's head, causing death five days later — No pr India Law Library Docid # 2423837
(584) SOM NATH Vs. RAVINDER KUMAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-03-2025 East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 — Section 13 and Section 15(5) — Landlord-Tenant Relationship — Effect of Agreement to Sell and Decree for Specific Performance — An eviction petition under Section 13 of the 1949 Act remains maintainable, and the landlord-tenant relationship does not automatically cease merely because the parties subsequently entered into an agreement for sale of the tenanted premises, even if followed by a decree for specific performance in favour of the tenant, par India Law Library Docid # 2424000
(585) ASHISH KAKKAR Vs. UT OF CHANDIGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-03-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 50 — Grounds of Arrest — Sufficiency — Arrest Memo vs. Grounds of Arrest — The provision of a mere arrest memo in the prescribed format, intimating the fact of arrest and mentioning that it is based on the statement of a co-accused, without furnishing other worthwhile particulars, does not satisfy the mandatory requirement of communicating the ‘grounds of arrest’ under Section 50 of the Code — Such a document cannot be construed as the grounds of arrest ma India Law Library Docid # 2424049
(586) SUREPALLY SRINIVAS Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH (NOW STATE OF TELANGANA)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-03-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 52A — Standing Order No. 1/89 — Procedural Safeguards — Substantial Compliance — The procedures detailed in Section 52A of the NDPS Act and Standing Order No. 1/89, governing the sampling, sealing, storage, and timely production of seized contraband, are crucial procedural safeguards — They serve the broader purpose of ensuring fair procedure and strengthening the evidentiary framework against India Law Library Docid # 2424054
(587) DHANSAI SATNAMI Vs. THE STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-03-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 370(3) — Human Trafficking — Evidence — Victim Testimony — Reliability — The conviction for trafficking and exploiting labourers under Section 370(3) IPC can be reliably based on the consistent and trustworthy testimonies of the victims detailing the inducement, deceit, and exploitation, even in India Law Library Docid # 2424528
(588) G. SANKARABUSHANAM AND OTHERS Vs. E. DHAVAMANI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-03-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order VII Rule 11(d) — Rejection of Plaint — Scope — Averments in Plaint Only — For deciding an application under Order VII Rule 11, the court must confine itself to the averments made in the plaint and cannot consider the defence raised by the defendant, including pleas like res judicata based on previous litigations India Law Library Docid # 2424547
(589) SHAJI V.P. AND OTHERS Vs. K.T. UNNIKRISHNAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-03-2025 Civil Procedure — Compromise — Recording by Supreme Court — Disposal of SLP — The Supreme Court can record a compromise agreement entered into between parties during the pendency of a Special Leave Petition and dispose of the petition in terms of the settlement, making the agreement a part of the Court’s order India Law Library Docid # 2424536
(590) LUCKY KUMAR (SINCE DECEASED) REPRESENTED THROUGH LEGAL HEIRS Vs. MAJINDER SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-03-2025 Rent Control — East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 — S. 13-B — NRI Landlord’s Right — Scope of “One Building” — An NRI landlord’s right under Section 13—B to seek summary eviction from “one residential building or one scheduled building” is not restricted on a per—tenancy basis; multiple applications for eviction against different tenants occupying separate portions within the same India Law Library Docid # 2424541
(591) ASHAPURA VIKAS SAMITI AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-03-2025 Civil Procedure — Writ Petition — Natural Justice — Audi Alteram Partem — A judgment rendered in a writ petition determining ownership and possession of land is unsustainable if parties claiming substantial rights and interests in the same land, who would be adversely affected by the decision, were not impleaded or heard India Law Library Docid # 2424543
(592) A. SYED SULTHAN Vs. MOHAMMAD RAFIQ[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-03-2025 Contempt of Court — Civil Contempt — Violation of Supreme Court Order — Failure to Handover Vacant Possession — Respondent directed by Supreme Court order (dated 02.04.2024 in C.A. No. 4646/2024) to handover vacant possession of premises to petitioner by 31.05.2024 and continue paying occupation charges — Respondent paid charges till May but failed to handover possession by the stipulated date — Possession was eventually delivered only on 04.11.2024 through execution proceedings via Court bail India Law Library Docid # 2424605
(593) ASHISH KAKKAR Vs. UT OF CHANDIGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-03-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — S. 50 — Arrest — Furnishing Grounds of Arrest — Arrest Memo vs. Grounds of Arrest — Requirement under S. 50 CrPC to communicate the particulars of the offence or other grounds for arrest to the person arrested — Providing merely an arrest memo in a prescribed format, filled with basic details like name, place of arrest, and a generic statement like "arrested based upon the statement of the co-accused", without other worthwhile particulars, does not India Law Library Docid # 2424650
(594) N.P. SASEENDRAN Vs. N.P. PONNAMMA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2025 Gift vs. Settlement vs. Will — A document conveying property with consideration (love and affection), imposing conditions, and reserving a life interest is a Gift by Settlement India Law Library Docid # 2423826
(595) FIROZ KHAN AKBARKHAN Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2025 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 151 — Minor Discrepancies in Witness Statements — Minor and immaterial inconsistencies in witness statements do not harm the prosecution's case, especially when explained by the circumstances of the case India Law Library Docid # 2423827
(596) JOTHIRAGAWAN Vs. STATE REP. BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 90 and 376 — Consent in Rape Cases — Consent obtained through false promise of marriage is not valid consent, but in this case, no such promise was made before the alleged crime, and the relationship was consensual India Law Library Docid # 2423828
(597) STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH Vs. DR. RITU GARG AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 161 and 439 — Directions for CBI Investigation in Bail Applications — High Courts cannot issue directions for CBI investigation in bail applications, as it exceeds their jurisdiction under Section 439 of the CrPC India Law Library Docid # 2423829
(598) YERIKALA SUNKALAMMA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2025 Bhartiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 — Section 113 — Andhra Pradesh (Record of Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books) Act, 1971 — Possession is prima facie proof of ownership, and the burden of proving otherwise lies on the party denying it, including the government — This appeal arises from a High Court judgment that reversed a Trial Court decree in favor of the appellants, who sought a declaration of title and recovery of possession of land they were dispossessed from by the State of Andhra Prade India Law Library Docid # 2423830
(599) AMIT KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 154 — Registration of FIR — Mandatory under Section 154 of the CrPC if information discloses commission of a cognizable offense; no preliminary inquiry permissible in such cases India Law Library Docid # 2423831
(600) A. JOHN KENNEDY ETC. Vs. STATE OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-03-2025 Environmental Law — Forest Conservation — Importance of Forests and Biodiversity — Forests are vital components of the ecosystem, acting as its lungs, crucial for mitigating climate change, regulating carbon emissions, conserving soil, managing the water cycle, and controlling pollution — Their protection and restoration are paramount for environmental sustainability and the well-being of all life forms, including tackling issues of inequality aggravated by environmental degradation — An ecocent India Law Library Docid # 2424253