(61) ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. M/S RASHI STEEL AND POWER PRIVATE LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Insurance Law — Erection All Risk Policy — Fire damage — Removal of shipping brackets — Essential for machine startup — Failure to remove constitutes negligence. India Law Library Docid # 2435043
(62) RAM RATI Vs. VISHNU KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Motor accident claim — Appeal against High Court's order reducing compensation — Supreme Court modified High Court's order to enhance compensation by considering factors beyond the deduction under government rules and the impact of subsequent judicial pronouncements on prior judgments. India Law Library Docid # 2435045
(63) BAWA KUNJU Vs. STATE OF KERALA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 326 — Causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means — Appeal against conviction — Conviction upheld but sentence reduced — Plea of self-defence rejected by lower courts — Accused's claim of self-defence and grave provocation not substantiated by evidence to exonerate him completely. India Law Library Docid # 2435046
(64) MMTC LIMITED Vs. ANGLO AMERICAN METALLURGICAL COAL PVT. LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 47 — Objections in execution proceedings — Limited scope — Objections under Section 47 CPC are maintainable against an arbitral award, but only on very narrow grounds, such as jurisdictional infirmity or voidness, not errors of fact or law. India Law Library Docid # 2434844
(65) DATTATRAY @ APPA DNYANDEV BHISE Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-11-2025 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) — Section 137(2), Section 64(2)(i)(m); Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Sections 4, 17; Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 — Sections 9, 10, 11 — Anticipatory Bail — Appeal against High Court's rejection of anticipatory bail — Grounds for bail considered include marriage of accused and victim, and appellant's alleged role India Law Library Docid # 2435049
(66) SANJEEV KUMAR @ SANJU Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-11-2025 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 331(4), 64(1), 351(3) — Regular Bail Pending Trial — Appellant in custody since January 22, 2025 — Allegations of rape — Scientific evidence (forensic tests) not supporting prosecution case — No injury found on victim — While statements of material witnesses are yet to be recorded and next date of India Law Library Docid # 2435057
(67) HIMANI @ MONIKA GOYAL Vs. ASHISH GOYAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Dissolution of marriage — Divorce by consent — Supreme Court granted leave to appeal and dissolved marriage by decree of divorce by mutual consent under Article 142, as parties had amicably resolved all disputes and reached settlement. India Law Library Docid # 2435058
(68) RAJU Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302/120-B read with Section 149 — Conviction on charges of murder, criminal conspiracy, and unlawful assembly — Review petition filed against previous conviction upheld by Supreme Court — Co-accused similarly placed acquitted by Supreme Court in separate appeals — State counsel acknowledges petitioner is also similarly placed as acquitted co-accused — Supreme Court reviews India Law Library Docid # 2435059
(69) P.V. SATISH KUMAR Vs. HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-11-2025 High Court Rules — Jurisdiction — Reliefs concerning State of Telangana — High Court of Andhra Pradesh can relegate petitioner to approach State of Telangana for reliefs concerning Telangana, as it is not incorrect to do so. India Law Library Docid # 2435061
(70) SHOBASHALINI CHOKKALINGAM Vs. S. RAMESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 and Tamil Nadu Court Fees and Suit Valuation Act, 1955 — Rejection of Plaint and Appeals — SARFAESI Act, 2002, Section 34 — Petitioner sought declaration and injunction regarding a General Power of Attorney and Sale Deed — Defendants applied for rejection of plaint citing Section 34 of SARFAESI Act — High Court rejected the plaint and directed petitioner to approach the Debts Recovery India Law Library Docid # 2435062
(71) PUSHPENDRA SINGH @ HARIOM PRATAP AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438(2) — Anticipatory Bail — Conditions for grant — Petitioners apprehended arrest in connection with FIR for offences under Sections 304B, 498A, 323, 120B, 201 IPC and Sections 3, 4 Dowry Prohibition Act — Notice issued with interim relief of no coercive steps subject to cooperation in investigation — Court confirmed interim protection and granted India Law Library Docid # 2435065
(72) CHARANJIT SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Order of High Court quashed — Supreme Court allowed the appeal and set aside High Court's order, directing appellant to cooperate with investigation/trial and not seek unnecessary adjournment. India Law Library Docid # 2435067
(73) M/S. LANCOR HOLDINGS LIMITED Vs. PREM KUMAR MENON AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Setting aside of arbitral award — Delay in pronouncement — While undue and unexplained delay in pronouncing an arbitral award is not a ground, in itself, to set it aside, it can lead to the award being vitiated if the delay adversely affects the final decision and reflects on the findings, making it conflict with public policy or be patently illegal. India Law Library Docid # 2434705
(74) IN RE: SUMMONING ADVOCATES WHO GIVE LEGAL OPINION OR REPRESENT PARTIES DURING INVESTIGATION OF CASES AND RELATED ISSUES.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 — Section 179 — Summoning of Advocate by Investigating Agency — Advocate representing accused cannot be summoned directly to elicit case details as it violates advocate-client privilege and constitutional rights of the accused, unless specific exceptions under Section 132 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) apply. India Law Library Docid # 2434706
(75) UMA KANT AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 — Section 23 — Minimum qualifications for teachers — Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) — Amendment extending deadline for unqualified teachers to acquire minimum qualifications — Termination of teachers appointed before amendment for not possessing TET at the time of appointment — Held: Termination erroneous as India Law Library Docid # 2434707
(76) M.C. MEHTA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Public Interest Litigation (PIL) — Environmental Protection — Monitoring Committee — Powers and Scope — A PIL was filed concerning environmental issues in Delhi, leading to the appointment of a Monitoring Committee. The Supreme Court clarified that the committee was appointed to prevent misuse of residential premises for commercial purposes and not to interfere with residential premises used as such. India Law Library Docid # 2434708
(77) KIMBERLEY CLUB PVT. LTD. Vs. KRISHI UTPADAN MANDI PARISHAD AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Tender Conditions — Interpretation — Ambiguity — The terms of a tender must be clear and unambiguous — If a tendering authority intends for a specific document to be issued by a particular authority, it must be clearly stated in the tender conditions — Failure to do so may lead to rejection of the bid being deemed arbitrary and dehors the tender terms. India Law Library Docid # 2434709
(78) MANJULATA SAHU Vs. PRASANT KUMAR SAHU[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 9 and 13 — Transfer of proceedings — Two divorce proceedings were pending before different Family Courts, one filed by the wife under Section 9 and another filed by the husband under Section 13 — Wife sought transfer of husband's case to the court where her case was pending — Court allowed the transfer to ensure both cases are heard India Law Library Docid # 2434886
(79) BINO JOSEPH Vs. NEENA CHERIAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Powers of Supreme Court — Dissolution of marriage and quashing of cases — Parties reached a settlement, including mutual divorce and withdrawal of pending cases, and approached the Supreme Court for its decree under Article 142. The Court, finding the settlement to be voluntary and in the best interests of the parties and their children, allowed the prayers for divorce and quashing of cases, reiterating the importance of adherence to the settlement ter India Law Library Docid # 2434904
(80) SONIYA DEVI Vs. PANKAJ KUMAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 46, Rule 1 and Order II, Rule 2 — Transfer of Proceedings — Grounds for transfer — Inconvenience to petitioner — Held, considerable inconvenience caused by distance (1500 kms) to litigant from her place of residence justifies transfer in the interest of justice. India Law Library Docid # 2434905