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(221) P. NALLAMMAL Vs. STATE BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, VIGILANCE AND ANTICORRUPTION POLICE, DINDIGUL, TAMIL NADU[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2025
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 13(1)(e) read with Section 109 IPC — Abetment of Offence of Disproportionate Assets by Non-Public Servant (Spouse) — Intentional Aiding — A non-public servant, such as the spouse of a public servant, can be convicted for abetment of the offence of possessing disproportionate assets under Section 13(1)(e) of the PC Act read with Section 109 IPC, if evidence demonstrates intentional aiding — Such aiding can be inferred from the surrounding circumstances
India Law Library Docid # 2425486

(222) M/S JINDAL STEEL AND POWER LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S BANSAL INFRA PROJECTS PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2025
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 9 & 37(1)(b) — Constitution of India — Article 227 — Appealability of Order Refusing Ex Parte Interim Relief in Section 9 Petition — Jurisdictional Issue Left Open — The Supreme Court, while hearing a challenge to a High Court order passed under Article 227 which granted interim relief against bank guarantee encashment after the Commercial Court had merely issued notice on the Section 9 petition (thereby implicitly refusing ex parte relief), decl
India Law Library Docid # 2425487

(223) TATA STEEL LTD. Vs. RAJ KUMAR BANERJEE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2025
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 61(2) — Limitation for Appeal to NCLAT — Strict Interpretation — Section 61(2) of the IBC prescribes a mandatory limitation period of 30 days for filing an appeal before the NCLAT — The proviso allows the NCLAT to condone a delay for a further period not exceeding 15 days, provided sufficient cause is shown — The total permissible period for filing an appeal is thus strictly limited to 45 days (
India Law Library Docid # 2425488

(224) KRISHAN KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2025
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Compensation — Parity between Adjacent Villages — Lands situated in adjacent villages, acquired under a common notification for a common public purpose, possessing similar potential and advantages (like proximity to highways NH-8 and KMP Expressway), must be compensated equitably — Overturning the uniform compensation awarded by the LAC and Reference Court and creating a significant disparity based on isolated sale deeds from different villages, without cogent eviden
India Law Library Docid # 2425489

(225) MAHNOOR FATIMA IMRAN AND OTHERS Vs. M/S VISWESWARA INFRASTRUCTURE PVT. LTD AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Jurisdiction — Discretionary Relief — Protection against Dispossession — The High Court, in exercise of its extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 226, should decline to grant relief against dispossession where the writ petitioners fail to establish a prima facie valid title and actual, rightful possession — A mere claim of possession, especially when title is suspect and shrouded in dubious transactions, is insufficient to invoke such
India Law Library Docid # 2425498

(226) SARLA GUPTA AND ANOTHER Vs. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2025
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) — Sections 17, 18, 20 & 21 — Right to Copies of Seized Records and Property Documents — An accused from whom records, instruments, or documents of title are seized along with property under Sections 17 or 18 of the PMLA is entitled to receive true copies thereof as a matter of right — This includes records in book form or stored on a computer. For other seized property, the accused is entitled to a copy of the seizure memo and list of
India Law Library Docid # 2425499

(227) RAJUMON T.M. Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2025
Armed Forces — Disability Pension — Primary Conditions — Regulation 173, Pension Regulations for the Army, 1961 & Appendix II — Disability pension is grantable if a disability is attributable to or aggravated by military service and is assessed at 20% or above — The determination of attributability or aggravation is governed by Appendix II, which mandates a causal connection and provides for the benefit of reasonable doubt to be given to the claimant, more liberally in field service
India Law Library Docid # 2425500

(228) NADEEM AHMAD Vs. THE STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 307, 323, 324, 427, 447, 504 & 506 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 320 — Constitution of India — Art. 142 — Quashing of criminal proceedings due to settlement — Where appellant (accused) and respondent no.2 (complainant/victim) amicably settled their disputes arising from Case (involving both compoundable offences like Ss. 323, 504, 427, 447, 506 IPC and non-compoundable offences like Ss. 307, 324 IPC) and wished to continue their landlord-tenant relationshi
India Law Library Docid # 2425583

(229) UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. SOMVIR AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim Petition — Proof of Negligence — Evidentiary value of FIR and acquittal in criminal case — Insurance Company’s appeal against award dismissed — Contention that FIR was against unknown vehicle/driver and driver was later acquitted in criminal trial, rejected — Settled law that MACT decides claims on preponderance of probabilities, not strict rules of evidence, and outcome of criminal trial is not binding — Evidence recorded before Tribunal is to be g
India Law Library Docid # 2425628

(230) HARVINDER SINGH NAIN Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2025
Service Law — Recruitment — Punjab Jails Department State Service (Class-III Executive) Rules, 1963 — Rule 7 Note 2 — Preference to Sportspersons — Interpretation and Application — Appellant (national level cricketer) applied for Assistant Superintendent Jails under General Category; advertisement (2010) omitted R.7 Note 2 which provided for preference to sportspersons otherwise eligible — Appellant secured 33.06 marks, last selected in General Category secured 44.11; appellant not in waiting li
India Law Library Docid # 2425629

(231) DHARAMPAL Vs. ARUN KHANNA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2025
Constitution of India — Art. 227 — Supervisory jurisdiction of High Court — Scope — Delay in disposal of appeal by lower appellate court — Direction for time-bound disposal sought by petitioner (appellant before lower court) in CR-2760-2025 — Rejected, as petitioner’s own counsel had been seeking adjournments before lower appellate court for over 3 years and had not pressed stay application — High Court observed it is not for it to run the roster of the lower appellate court — Petition
India Law Library Docid # 2425630

(232) YASHVIR SAINI Vs. SHAMSHER SINGH AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 9 Rule 13 — Setting aside ex parte decree — Sufficient cause for non-appearance — Petitioner-defendant’s plea of non-service and improper Munadi rejected — Concurrent findings of courts below upheld — Petitioner was served in a connected suit (Rambati v. Yashvir Saini) at address “250/20 Sainipura, Rohtak” and chose not to appear, thus deemed to have knowledge of instant suit by Shamsher Singh (consolidated with Rambati’s suit) where his address was given as “6
India Law Library Docid # 2425631

(233) RAMKIRAT MUNILAL GOUD Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2025
Criminal Trial — Circumstantial Evidence — Standard of Proof — Conviction based entirely on circumstantial evidence requires prosecution to prove complete and unbreached chain of incriminating circumstances leading solely to hypothesis of accused’s guilt and inconsistent with innocence — Any breach in chain or reasonable doubt mandates acquittal.
India Law Library Docid # 2425738

(234) SIDDHI SANDEEP LADDA Vs. CONSORTIUM OF NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITIES AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2025
Educational Institutions – Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) – Question Paper Framing – Judicial Scrutiny – While courts generally defer to academic expertise, interference is warranted when academic bodies act in a manner detrimental to students’ career aspirations; Callous and casual approach in framing CLAT questions criticized.
India Law Library Docid # 2425827

(235) MOHAMMAD TUFAIL AND OTHERS Vs. MUZAFFAR HUSSAIN AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 07-05-2025
Civil Procedure Code, Svt. 1977 — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Admission of — Formulation of substantial question of law — A second civil appeal is eligible for admission for final hearing and disposal on merits only after formulating a substantial question of law
India Law Library Docid # 2425860

(236) ABDUL MAJID Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 07-05-2025
Jammu & Kashmir Land Revenue Act, 1939 — Section 11 — Appellate Powers of Collector — Exercise of Powers — Collector’s appellate jurisdiction under Section 11 is exercisable only against original or appellate orders of an Assistant Collector of either class, and only upon an appeal filed by an aggrieved individual, not suo moto.
India Law Library Docid # 2425861

(237) RAJ KUMAR SHARMA Vs. STATE OF H.P.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-05-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 227 — Discharge — Scope of inquiry — Judicial mind necessary to determine if a case is made out for trial based on prosecution material — Defence of accused not necessary at this stage — Trial Judge examines evidence to determine sufficiency of grounds to proceed — Prima facie suspicious circumstances based on investigation/documents suffice for framing charge — Accused has no right to produce material at charge framing unless demonstrating from charge-she
India Law Library Docid # 2425877

(238) NAND LAL Vs. DHIAN SINGH AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-05-2025
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Legal liability — Principal and agent — Complainant, acting as agent for M/s A.M. Fruit Commission Agent, advances money to accused fruit grower, who issues cheque to complainant — Accused to send fruit to principal — Cheque dishonoured — Complaint filed by agent — Agent acting on behalf of a disclosed principal cannot personally enforce contracts entered into on principal’s behalf, absent contract to contrary — Transaction b
India Law Library Docid # 2425883

(239) ANAND SHESHMAN PATEL Vs. THE REGISTRAR NORTH MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2025
Caste Certificate — Verification — Delay in decision by Scrutiny Committee — Admission in B.Tech against OBC reserved seat — Caste claim invalidated after completion of course due to delay in verification — Petitioner compelled to approach High Court earlier due to delay, awarded costs for callous attitude of Committee — Whether mark sheets and degree certificate should be released despite invalidation of caste claim
India Law Library Docid # 2425911

(240) HYDRAULICS AND PNEUMATICS [INDIA] LLP Vs. M/S. METAL ARC AGRI. LLP AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 21 Rule 15(2) — Execution — Application by one of several joint decree-holders for execution of whole decree for benefit of all — Entitlement of partner of Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) claiming through supplementary agreement for shareholding in original partner — Whether such partner entitled to maintain application for execution of land acquisition award in favor of LLP
India Law Library Docid # 2425913