(821) JAMEELA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 – Sections 195-A and 506-B – Conviction under Section 195-A IPC set aside as the said Section was inserted after the commission of the offense – High Court erred in applying the provision retrospectively. India Law Library Docid # 2432711
(822) REENA BANERJEE AND ANOTHER Vs. GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Disability Rights — Constitutional Mandate — Disability is a facet of human diversity, not merely a medical issue, and its recognition is crucial for constitutional democracy and social justice. Legal systems must move beyond medical accommodation to embrace equal participation for persons with disabilities. Accessibility and reasonable accommodation are fundamental constitutional principles, signifying democratic inclusivity India Law Library Docid # 2432654
(823) PEPSICO INDIA HOLDINGS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 West Bengal Sales Tax (Settlement of Dispute) Act, 1999 as amended by the West Bengal Sales Tax (Settlement of Dispute) (Amendment) Act, 2025 — Withdrawal of Special Leave Petitions — Opportunity to avail remedy under amended Act — Petitioners allowed to approach competent authority under the amended Act for appropriate relief. India Law Library Docid # 2432762
(824) VUDA MADHUSUDHANA RAO Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Divorce proceedings — Mutual consent — Parties reached settlement agreement resolving all disputes, including criminal and civil cases, for the welfare of their child — Joint application filed seeking dissolution of marriage by mutual consent under Article 142 of the Constitution of India — Held, settlement agreement is binding and marriage stands dissolved as per the terms agreed upon. India Law Library Docid # 2432765
(825) ANNA WAMAN BHALERAO Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 420, 463, 465, 467, 468, 471, 474 read with Section 34 — Offences relating to cheating and forgery — Anticipatory bail — Rejection challenged — Appellants, public servants at the time, accused of certifying mutation entries based on forged documents — High Court rejected anticipatory bail — Supreme Court affirmed the High Court's decision. India Law Library Docid # 2432639
(826) MAMMAN KHAN Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 218, 219, 220, 223 — Joinder of charges and trials — Joint trial is the norm when offences arise from the same transaction — Segregation of trial solely on the ground of an accused being a sitting MLA is legally unsustainable — Such segregation, when ordered suo motu without notice or application and without assessing prejudice or delay, violates principles of India Law Library Docid # 2432640
(827) CONFEDERATION OF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS ASSOCIATION OF INDIA (CREDAI) Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 — Section 3(1) and 3(2)(v) — EIA Notification, 2006, Schedule, Items 8(a) and 8(b) — General Conditions (GC) — Applicability — Column 5 of Schedule — Literal interpretation — Scheme of Notification — Omissions in Column 5 for Items 8(a) and 8(b) indicated deliberate legislative intent for exclusion of GC — NGT misconstrued EIA Notification and India Law Library Docid # 2432641
(828) ITC LIMITED Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Legal Metrology Act, 2009 — Section 15 — Power of inspection, seizure, etc. — Mandatory compliance with Cr.P.C. provisions for search and seizure — Section 15(4) requires searches and seizures to be carried out in accordance with Cr.P.C. provisions — Sections 93 and 100 Cr.P.C. mandate need for search warrant and presence of independent witnesses, respectively — Failure to comply renders search India Law Library Docid # 2432642
(829) MANSI BRAR FERNANDES Vs. SHUBHA SHARMA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 7 — Initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) — Homebuyers as Financial Creditors — Distinction between genuine homebuyers and speculative investors — Key factors for identification include nature of contract, buyback clauses, assured returns, stage of project, and intention to possess or profit — Assured returns and buyback options in India Law Library Docid # 2432643
(830) RAJUL MANOJ SHAH ALIAS RAJESHWARI RASIKLAL SHETH Vs. KIRANBHAI SHAKRABHAI PATEL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 8 Rule 6A — Counter-claim — A counter-claim must be directed against the plaintiff and cannot be exclusively against a co-defendant. The purpose of a counter-claim is to avoid multiplicity of proceedings by having the main suit and the counter-claim adjudicated together. India Law Library Docid # 2432644
(831) PRAKASH ASPHALTINGS AND TOLL HIGHWAYS (INDIA) LIMITED Vs. MANDEEPA ENTERPRISES AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Tender Process — Rectification of Financial Bid — A bidder's request to rectify their financial bid by treating a per-day rate as a total contract period rate is not permissible after the financial bids have been opened, as it violates the sanctity of the tender process and specific clauses prohibiting changes to the Bill of Quantities (BOQ) template. India Law Library Docid # 2432645
(832) MANIKLAL SAHU Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 300, 302, 307 — Murder and Attempt to Murder — Causation of Death — Delay in Death — High Court altering conviction from Sec 302 to Sec 307 on the grounds that the victim died after 9 months due to complications arising from treatment, specifically pneumonia and septicemia, and not directly from the injuries sustained during the assault — Supreme Court held that India Law Library Docid # 2432646
(833) SHANTI DEVI (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS. GORAN Vs. JAGAN DEVI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Limitation Act, 1963 — Articles 59 & 65 — Applicability to void transactions — Suit for possession based on title — Sale deed alleged to be fraudulent and void ab initio — Article 65 (12 years from adverse possession) applies to void documents, not Article 59 (3 years for cancellation of instrument) — Plaintiff not party to sale deed not obligated to seek cancellation, can treat as non-existent or seek declaration of India Law Library Docid # 2432647
(834) SHIVAMMA (DEAD) BY LRS Vs. KARNATAKA HOUSING BOARD AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Interpretation of “within such period” — Sufficient cause must be shown for the entire period from accrual of cause of action till filing of appeal/application, not just the period of delay or from the last day of limitation India Law Library Docid # 2432648
(835) COAL INDIA LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. M/S RAHUL INDUSTRIES AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Acts, 1972 & 1973 — Welfare State — Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) — Duty to subserve common good — PSUs are not profit-making concerns but an extended arm of a welfare State. India Law Library Docid # 2432649
(836) VANEETA PATNAIK Vs. NIRMAL KANTI CHAKRABARTI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 — Section 9 — Limitation for filing complaint — Complaint must be filed within three months of the last incident, extendable by three months — Subsequent administrative or collective decisions do not constitute sexual harassment unless directly linked to a prior overt act of sexual harassment India Law Library Docid # 2432650
(837) GEETA @ REETA MISHRA Vs. AJAY KUMAR MISHRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Cruelty — Divorce — High Court affirmed divorce decree granted by Family Court — Parties in constant acrimony since marriage — Wife made repeated police complaints — High Court found lodging false complaints amounted to cruelty — Parties separated for a long period with no reconciliation — Divorce decree upheld. India Law Library Docid # 2432651
(838) RAJUL MANOJ SHAH ALIAS RAJESHWARI RASIKLAL SHETH Vs. KIRANBHAI SHAKRABHAI PATEL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 8 Rule 6A — Counter-claim — Maintainability — Against co-defendant — A counter-claim must be directed against the plaintiff, not solely against a co-defendant. India Law Library Docid # 2433437
(839) MANOJ KUMAR SHARMA Vs. PRIYANKA BANSAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Advocates Act, 1961 — Professional Misconduct — Suspension — Supreme Court upheld Bar Council of India's order holding an advocate guilty of serious misconduct, including making scandalous allegations, and suspending him for three years. India Law Library Docid # 2433438
(840) STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS Vs. AZADUL HAQUE AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — "Sufficient cause" should be interpreted liberally, not technically — If cause is sufficient, delay should be condoned, especially when substantial justice is weighed against technicalities — Opposite party can be compensated with costs. India Law Library Docid # 2433439