(721) DELHI POLLUTION CONTROL COMMITTEE Vs. LODHI PROPERTY CO. LTD. ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2025 Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 & Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 — Sections 33A & 31A — Powers of Pollution Control Boards — Imposition and collection of restitutionary or compensatory damages — Fixed sums or bank guarantees as ex-ante measure — Held, Boards empowered to levy such damages, which are incidental and ancillary to powers under these sections — Must be exercised as per subordinate legislation incorporating India Law Library Docid # 2428329
(722) GUJARAT URJA VIKAS NIGAM LIMITED Vs. GREEN INFRA CORPORATE WIND PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2025 Electricity Act, 2003 — Sections 61, 62, 64, 86 — Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) Order No. 1 of 2010 — Determination of tariff for wind energy projects — Accelerated Depreciation — GERC order stipulated a tariff of Rs. 3.56 per kWh for projects availing accelerated depreciation and allowed case-to-case determination for projects not availing it. India Law Library Docid # 2428330
(723) BHANEI PRASAD @ RAJU Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2025 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 - Section 6 - Penal Code, 1860 - Section 506 - Conviction and sentence for aggravated penetrative sexual assault on a minor daughter by her father - Interplay of victim testimony, corroborating evidence, forensic and medical records, and statutory presumption under Section 29 of POCSO Act - Affirmation of concurrent findings of trial court and high court - Special Leave Petition dismissed. India Law Library Docid # 2428483
(724) MADHU VYAS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — Appeal against High Court order dismissing petition under Section 482 — Allegation that investigation report (charge-sheet) was not communicated to complainant — High Court failed to address this grievance, impacting complainant's right to file protest petition — Interest of justice requires fresh consideration by High Court. India Law Library Docid # 2428484
(725) M/S. SHIKHAR CHEMICALS Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 202 — Magistrate's power to initiate magisterial inquiry — Prima facie case under Section 406 IPC requires entrustment, not mere sale — Sale transaction does not constitute entrustment. India Law Library Docid # 2428485
(726) K.L.J.A. KIRAN BABU Vs. KARNATAKA STATE BAR COUNCIL REPRESENTED BY RAMESH S NAIK (FDA)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2025 Advocates Act, 1961 — Section 24(1)(f) — Enrolment fees — State Bar Councils cannot charge enrolment fees beyond the express legal stipulation under Section 24(1)(f) — Fees other than stipulated enrolment fee and stamp duty cannot be demanded as a pre-condition to enrolment — Charging excess fees violates Article 14 and Article 19(1)(g) of the Constitution — Decision has prospective effect, no refund of excess fees collected India Law Library Docid # 2433490
(727) HARISH BHARDWAJ AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14 and 16 — Right to Equality — Pay Parity — Permanent employees of Supreme Court Legal Services Committee claim pay-scales at par with other categories of employees and employees of Supreme Court Registry, alleging violation of Right to Equality. India Law Library Docid # 2433491
(728) RAHUL GANDHI Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent Powers of High Court — Stay of proceedings — Supreme Court condones delay in filing Special Leave Petition and issues notice to respondents — Prima facie finding that Section 223 BNSS (likely referencing a procedural code) was breached. India Law Library Docid # 2433492
(729) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Extraordinary Jurisdiction — High Court's discretion — A High Court, while deciding a preliminary issue in a writ petition, made prima facie observations which should not influence the final decision — The Supreme Court reiterated that the High Court should decide the writ petition on its merits India Law Library Docid # 2433485
(730) FARIDUL HAQ SHAH Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Bail — Conditions — Release on bail — Trial Court's discretion — Petitioner seeking modification of bail order to return passport for foreign travel — Supreme Court clarified that petitioner must approach Trial Court for permission to leave India for personal work — Trial Court may consider such request and India Law Library Docid # 2433486
(731) SURBHI SWAROOP SOGANI Vs. AMIT KUMAR JAIN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2025 Transfer of Civil Cases — Transfer Petition filed by wife seeking transfer of a Family Court case from Guwahati to Mumbai — Supreme Court allowed the Transfer Petition. India Law Library Docid # 2433487
(732) CHAITANYA BAGHEL Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2025 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 — Sections 50, 63 — Constitutional validity — Withdrawal of petition — Petitioner permitted to withdraw writ petition challenging the constitutional validity of Sections 50 & 63 of PMLA Act, with liberty to file a fresh petition before Supreme Court under Article 32, and to challenge other actions India Law Library Docid # 2433488
(733) NAVEEN SHARMA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Supreme Court's power to intervene — The Supreme Court can grant bail pending appeal, overriding a High Court's rejection, based on a review of submissions, record, and the petitioner's role in the case. India Law Library Docid # 2433489
(734) DELHI POLLUTION CONTROL COMMITTEE Vs. LODHI PROPERTY CO. LTD. ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2025 Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, Sections 33A and Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, Section 31A — Power to give directions — Regulatory boards can impose and collect restitutionary or compensatory damages, including fixed sums of money or requiring bank guarantees, as an ex-ante measure against potential environmental damage. This power is distinct India Law Library Docid # 2434806
(735) WAKIA AFRIN (MINOR) Vs. M/S NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-08-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 163A — Compensation for death or injury arising out of use of motor vehicle — No-fault liability — Section 163A is a special provision with a non-obstante clause that overrides other provisions of the Act, insurance laws, and policy terms — It covers all claims, not restricted to third-party claims, without requiring proof of negligence. India Law Library Docid # 2428331
(736) CH. JOSEPH Vs. THE TELANGANA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION AND OTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-08-2025 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 12(3) — Memorandum of Settlement — Binding nature — Clause 14 of 1979 settlement providing alternate employment for colour blind drivers held valid and enforceable despite subsequent 1986 settlement and policy circulars — 1986 settlement did not expressly supersede 1979 settlement and was general in nature, while 1979 settlement was specific to colour blindness and India Law Library Docid # 2428306
(737) SURESH Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-08-2025 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 — Section 7A and Rule 12 of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules, 2007 — Determination of Age — Procedure — Hierarchy of evidence for determining age: matriculation or equivalent certificates, followed by date of birth certificate from the first school attended, then birth certificate from a local authority, and lastly, medical India Law Library Docid # 2428307
(738) ARCHANA SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. CHARU CHAUHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 407 — Transfer of criminal cases — Grounds for transfer — Cause of action not arising in the jurisdiction where the case is filed — Two other cases already pending between the parties in the requested jurisdiction — Hardship to the petitioner, an elderly lady, in attending India Law Library Docid # 2433595
(739) SITA SAHU AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-08-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 32 — Writ Petition (Criminal) — Impleading parties — Allegations of illegal midnight raid by police authorities on residence of Mayor of Patna Municipal Corporation — Coercive action linked to difference of opinion between Mayor and Municipal Commissioner — Multiple FIRs India Law Library Docid # 2433596
(740) VIKTORIIA BASU Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-08-2025 Court's Duty and Police Negligence - A minor child was taken out of the country due to the Delhi Police's failure to follow court orders to maintain surveillance and take timely action after a complaint. India Law Library Docid # 2433597