(681) SOUTH EASTERN COALFIELDS LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. PREM KUMAR TIWARI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025 Date of Birth Correction — High Court's direction to correct date of birth was based on documents prepared by the employer in 1998, which reflected the employee's claimed date of birth. The employee had promptly disputed the incorrect entry. Both the Single Judge and the Division Bench found no error in the correction order. Supreme Court affirmed the High Court's decision as it was based on available India Law Library Docid # 2433518
(682) HIND AQUA TRADERS AND ANOTHER Vs. EVERMARK NUTRACEUTICALS LLP[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 407 — Transfer of criminal proceedings — Grounds for transfer — Petitioner residents of Odisha; cheque drawn in Odisha — Respondent not appearing — Proceedings transferred from Andhra Pradesh to Odisha. India Law Library Docid # 2433519
(683) SHANTI DEVI Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 34, 201 — Murder, Common Intention, Causing disappearance of evidence — Circumstantial evidence — Principles for circumstantial evidence from Sharad Birdhichand Sarda v. State of Maharashtra — Circumstances must be fully established, consistent only with guilt, conclusive, exclude every other hypothesis, and form a complete chain of evidence — India Law Library Docid # 2433520
(684) IN RE : T.N. GODAVARMAN THIRUMULPAD Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025 Environment (Protection) Act, 1986; Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 — Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 — MoEF&CC Guidelines on Sustainable Ecotourism, 2021 — Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary and its Eco-Sensitive Zone — Request for Proposal (RFP) for a tourism project — Court directs State Government to consider earlier orders passed by the Supreme Court while finalizing proposals for activities within India Law Library Docid # 2433521
(685) DRAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZHAGAM Vs. THIRU. C.VE. SHANMUGAM AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025 Civil Procedure — Abuse of Process — Courts should not be used to settle political scores between rival parties. A Writ Petition that aims to settle political disputes is not only legally misconceived but also an abuse of the legal process. India Law Library Docid # 2433522
(686) MUSKAN RAJ Vs. ANIL KUMAR SHAH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 11, Rule 12, 13 — Transfer Petition (Civil) — Service of notice — Respondent evaded service of notice at two addresses provided by him — Respondent aware of pending transfer petition due to stay granted by Supreme Court — Respondent set ex parte. India Law Library Docid # 2433523
(687) HETAL DHAIRYA VAZA Vs. DHAIRYA RAJESHBAHI VAZA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025 Transfer Petition (Civil) — Transfer of Matrimonial Petition — Wife sought transfer of divorce proceedings from Mumbai to Vadodara, Gujarat — Grounds for transfer include pendency of two other cases in Vadodara, wife residing with parents and caring for minor son in Vadodara — Transfer granted to consolidate cases and India Law Library Docid # 2433524
(688) JSR KNITWEAR AND OTHERS Vs. COMMERCIAL FINANCE LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Transfer of proceedings — Complaint filed in Jaipur, Rajasthan, despite entire transaction and respondent's business being in Ludhiana, Punjab — Allegation of harassment — Another similar transfer petition already allowed by the Court — Held, India Law Library Docid # 2433525
(689) JYOTHIRMAYI @ SATRABOINA JYOTHIRMAYI Vs. PAVAN KUMAR SAGAR @ G PAVAN KUMAR SAGAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025 Transfer Petition (Civil) — Transfer of proceedings — Wife seeking transfer of restitution of conjugal rights petition from one state to another — Petition filed by wife who has a small child to take care of — Respondent-husband unrepresented — Case made out for transfer. India Law Library Docid # 2433526
(690) CHANAK MANISH AGARWAL Vs. DIWAKER BAGRI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025 Civil Procedure — Transfer Petition — Grounds for transfer — Convenience of party — Transfer of proceedings sought from Family Court, Bangalore to Family Court, Kolhapur — Petitioner not financially independent, other proceedings pending in Kolhapur, and difficulty in defending Bangalore proceedings due to distance — These grounds justify transfer India Law Library Docid # 2433527
(691) NICKY KUMARI ABHISHEK ANAND Vs. ABHISHEK ANAND ASHWINI ANAND[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025 Transfer Petition (Civil) — Seeking transfer of divorce proceedings — Grounds for transfer — Financial inability of the petitioner-wife to travel to the court where the divorce case is pending and dependence on parents. India Law Library Docid # 2433528
(692) COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE,BANGALORE – II Vs. M/S. SARAVANA ALLOYS STEEL PVT. LTD. ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025 Central Excise Act, 1944 — Section 35-L — Appeals to Supreme Court — Maintainability — Supreme Court previously held appeals on clandestine removal of goods not maintainable under Section 35-L — High Court dismissed appeals as not maintainable, finding the issue fell under Section 35-L — Supreme Court, in similar India Law Library Docid # 2433529
(693) HARISH KUMAR Vs. AMAR NATH AND ANOTHER (BOTH DEAD AND REPRESENTED THROUGH LR.)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 100 — Second appeal — Re-appreciation of evidence — High Court should not ordinarily re-appreciate evidence in second appeal unless there are substantial questions of law or findings are based on gross misreading or misappreciation of evidence — Concurrent findings of fact by trial and appellate courts are generally binding — Reversal of concurrent findings by High India Law Library Docid # 2428362
(694) SINCERE SECURITIES PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. CHANDRAKANT KHEMKA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 62; Section 14(1)(d) — Appeal against NCLAT order setting aside NCLT order directing return of property — NCLT had directed return of property based on CoC decision that property not required by corporate debtor — NCLAT set aside NCLT order invoking Section 14(1)(d) barring recovery of property during CIRP — Supreme Court held that Section 14(1)(d) not India Law Library Docid # 2428363
(695) ODISHA STATE FINANCIAL CORPORATION Vs. VIGYAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 State Financial Corporations Act, 1951 — Section 29 — Liability of Financial Corporation taking possession of industrial unit for dues — Corporation acts as a trustee, liable only to the extent of funds in its hands after settling its dues, not personally liable. India Law Library Docid # 2428364
(696) DEEPAK KUMAR SAHU Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 376(2), 450 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 4 — Sexual assault on a minor — Evidence of prosecutrix — Conviction can be based solely on the prosecutrix's testimony if it inspires confidence — Corroboration of testimony of prosecutrix is not a requirement India Law Library Docid # 2428365
(697) ANURAG VIJAYKUMAR GOEL Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 498A — Cruelty by husband or relatives of husband — Allegations in FIR were vague, general, and filed one year after admitted separation of the parties — No specific instances of cruelty were mentioned — Criminal proceedings are liable to be quashed. India Law Library Docid # 2428366
(698) APEEJAY SCHOOL Vs. DHRITI DUGGAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Haryana School Education Act, 1995, Section 22 — Civil Court Jurisdiction — Ouster of jurisdiction by statute must be express or implied — Section 22 only ousts jurisdiction where Government or its officers have power to adjudicate — Recovery of fees by a school is not a power conferred on Government/authorities — Civil court jurisdiction not ousted in matters of reasonable fee recovery. India Law Library Docid # 2428367
(699) NARAYAN YADAV Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 25 — Confession made to police officer — Admissibility — First Information Report (FIR) lodged by accused himself containing confession — Held inadmissible in evidence against the maker as it is hit by Section 25 of the Act — Such confession cannot be used to corroborate medical evidence — Limited admissibility as evidence of conduct under Section 8 or for discovery under India Law Library Docid # 2428368
(700) THE MANAGING DIRECTOR BIHAR STATE FOOD AND CIVIL SUPPLY CORPORATION LIMITED AND ANOTHER Vs. SANJAY KUMAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6) — Scope of Enquiry — Referral Court’s duty is to confine its examination to the existence of an arbitration agreement, not to conduct a detailed inquiry into allegations of fraud or other disputes. India Law Library Docid # 2428369