(301) DR. ANIL KUMAR GAUTAM Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 20-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 306 — Abetment of suicide — Ingredients — Essential elements are instigation, conspiracy, or intentional aiding, with the intention to provoke, incite, or encourage the deceased — Mere allegations of harassment without positive acts of instigation or intentional aid are insufficient. India Law Library Docid # 2432366
(302) U.P. PROVINCIAL PALIWAL BRAHMIN ASSOCIATION Vs. SANJAY AGARWAL[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 20-08-2025 U.P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 — Section 2(bb) — Exemption for public charitable or religious institutions — Burden of proof — Rests on the party claiming exemption — Mere recitals in society's rules or stating objects are insufficient — Actual nature of activities, manner of performance, and beneficiaries must be proved by cogent evidence — Historical documents or those relating to other parts of premises are not sufficient to prove current charitable India Law Library Docid # 2432367
(303) DHARAM SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14, 16, 21 — Public Employment — Fairness and Dignity of Work — Long-term ad hoc engagement of daily wagers for permanent tasks — State's arbitrary refusal to sanction posts despite acknowledging need and relying on daily wagers for years — Judicial scrutiny of executive function — Refusal to sanction posts based on generic plea of financial constraints, ignoring India Law Library Docid # 2428905
(304) SD. SHABUDDIN Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 411 — Dishonestly receiving stolen property — Acquittal for theft — Conviction under Section 411 IPC cannot be sustained if the accused has been acquitted of the charge of theft under Section 379 IPC, as it is a prerequisite to prove that the property was indeed stolen. India Law Library Docid # 2428906
(305) NABHA POWER LIMITED Vs. PUNJAB STATE POWER CORPORATION LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Foreign Trade Policy — Deemed Export Benefits — Thermal power plants, as immovable assets, do not qualify as "goods" for deemed export benefits under the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) — The FTP is designed for movable goods meant for export or deemed export. India Law Library Docid # 2428907
(306) A.K. JAYAPRAKASH (DEAD) THROUGH LRs Vs. S.S. MALLIKARJUNA RAO AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Civil Contempt — Wilful Disobedience — Essential element of wilful and deliberate intent is required for civil contempt — Mere delay in compliance with a court order, without proof of deliberate or contumacious intent, does not constitute contempt — Administrative difficulties and retrieval of old records, while not justifying laxity, can negate the inference of wilful disobedience. India Law Library Docid # 2428908
(307) KALPATARU POWER TRANSMISSION LTD. (NOW KNOWN AS KALPATARU PROJECTS INTERNATIONAL LTD.) Vs. VINOD AND ORS. ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 — Sections 10(d) and 16(3) — Compensation for damage caused by erection of telegraph lines and posts — Right of user not ownership acquired — Compensation to be paid for damages sustained — District Judge has jurisdiction to determine sufficiency of compensation — No appeal provided against District Judge's order — High Court's extraordinary jurisdiction can India Law Library Docid # 2428909
(308) K. PRABHAKAR HEGDE Vs. BANK OF BARODA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Principles of Natural Justice - Right to be Heard - Violation of the principles of natural justice is itself prejudice. Proof of prejudice independently of the denial of natural justice is unnecessary. India Law Library Docid # 2428910
(309) MAHESH CHAND (DEAD) THROUGH LR(S) Vs. BRIJESH KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 (UPZALR Act) — Section 143 — Declaration of land as non-agricultural — Civil Court jurisdiction — Where land is used for non-agricultural purposes from inception, civil court has jurisdiction even if declaration under Section 143 was pending during litigation. India Law Library Docid # 2428911
(310) PAWAN KUMAR TIWARY AND OTHERS Vs. JHARKHAND STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD (NOW JHARKHAND URJA VIKAS NIGAM LIMITED) AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Service Law — Appointments — Irregular vs. Illegal — Distinction between irregular appointments (procedural lapses without fraud, ineligibility, or non-existent posts) and illegal appointments (violating statutory provisions, made without sanctioned posts, or tainted by fraud) is crucial. India Law Library Docid # 2428935
(311) SADANAND MAHATO AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 19-08-2025 Service Law — Principles of Natural Justice — Termination of Contractual Employment — Termination of a contractual employee ("Rojgar Sewak" under MNREGA Scheme) on the sole ground of a pending criminal case under the Jharkhand Excise Act — Held, a termination order based on alleged misconduct, even for a contractual employee, is stigmatic in nature. Such an order cannot be passed without adhering to the Principles of Natural Justice, which requires providing a proper show cause notice and an opp India Law Library Docid # 2428975
(312) NARREDDY RAJASEKHARA REDDY AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 156(3) — Power to direct registration of FIR — Judicial power to be exercised with conscious application of mind, especially when allegations are against an Investigating Officer — Magistrate's order directing FIR registration is liable to be quashed if there's no material to implicate the accused along with the Investigating Officer, indicating an abuse of India Law Library Docid # 2432125
(313) ANAND KUMAR NAYAK Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHER[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 19-08-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14 & 16 — Compassionate Appointment — Right to — Not a fundamental right, but governed by state policy and eligibility criteria prevalent on the date of consideration. India Law Library Docid # 2432129
(314) ATUL SHARMA Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 19-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — Abuse of process — Applicants sought quashing of orders refusing discharge, as well as entire criminal proceedings — Proceedings arose from alleged misuse of official processes and connivance in obtaining approvals by suppressing material facts and submitting false representations under IPC Sections 166, 167, 218, India Law Library Docid # 2432415
(315) JAWAHAR LAL AGARWAL Vs. HARISH SINGH KALAKOTI & ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 19-08-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 149(2)(a)(ii) — Insurance liability for accident — Fake driving licence — Insurer's defence limited to fundamental and wilful breach by the insured — Mere absence or invalidity of a driving licence does not automatically absolve the insurer of liability — Insurer must prove that the owner-insured knew about the fake licence or acted with gross negligence in hiring the driver India Law Library Docid # 2432416
(316) ABHINAV MOHAN DELKAR Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 306 — Abetment of Suicide — Essential elements — Proximate act or instigation — Mere allegations of harassment, insult, or ill-treatment, even if continuous, do not constitute abetment unless there is a positive, direct, or indirect act by the accused immediately preceding the suicide, creating a India Law Library Docid # 2428879
(317) M.V. LEELAVATHI Vs. DR. C. R. SWAMY @ DR. C.R. KUMARA SWAMY[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-08-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 24 — Maintenance pendente lite — Family Court awarded Rs. 10,000 per month, enhanced to Rs. 25,000 per month by High Court. India Law Library Docid # 2428901
(318) THE CHANCELLOR, APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-08-2025 University Acts — Appointment of Vice-Chancellor — Interim appointment provisions — Notification appointing a person as Vice-Chancellor until further orders held not in accordance with Section 13(7) of the 2015 Act, which limits interim appointment to six months. India Law Library Docid # 2432122
(319) STATE OF UTTARAKHAND Vs. JANKI PRASAD[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 18-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378(3) — Appeal from an order of acquittal — Leave to appeal — High Court's discretionary power to grant leave to appeal against an acquittal — This discretion must be exercised judiciously and based on settled principles — Leave should only be granted if the trial court's view is manifestly unreasonable, legally erroneous, or based on perverse appreciation India Law Library Docid # 2432417
(320) BHUWAN PRAKASH TIWARI Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 18-08-2025 Disciplinary Proceedings — Dereliction of duty and acting against State interest — Penalty of reduction to a lower grade imposed on Office Superintendent/Reader — Challenge to punishment order in writ petition dismissed — Special appeal against dismissal of writ petition also dismissed. India Law Library Docid # 2432418