(381) ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (INTERNATIONAL TAXATION) AND OTHERS Vs. SHELF DRILLING RON TAPPMEYER LTD. ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-08-2025 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Sections 144C and 153 — Interpretation of — Interplay between Section 144C (Reference to Dispute Resolution Panel) and Section 153 (Time limit for completion of assessment) — Question of whether time taken for proceedings under Section 144C is to be subsumed within the limitation period prescribed under Section 153 — Held, Section 144C prescribes a distinct procedure for eligible assessees, requiring a draft assessment order and a subsequent process involving the Dispute R India Law Library Docid # 2428547
(382) M/S. SHIKHAR CHEMICALS Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-08-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 136 — Special Leave Petition — Supreme Court's power to intervene — Supreme Court may intervene even in its appellate jurisdiction under Article 136 to protect the dignity and authority of the institution when matters cross a threshold and imperil judicial integrity. India Law Library Docid # 2428548
(383) KRM TYRES AND OTHERS Vs. M/S. ARIHANT FABRICS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 51 and Order 21 Rule 37 — Execution of decree — Arrest of judgment debtor — Procedure — Mandatory notice to show cause required before issuing arrest warrant for money decree — Arrest warrant cannot be issued directly without affording opportunity to judgment debtor to explain why they should not be committed to civil prison — Non-compliance with this mandatory India Law Library Docid # 2428884
(384) MAHINDER AND OTHERS Vs. PURAN SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-08-2025 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Section 22 — Right of pre-emption to co-owner — Applicability to agricultural property — Held applicable, as per Supreme Court judgment in Babu Ram vs. Santokh Singh. India Law Library Docid # 2428885
(385) JASPAL SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-08-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ of Certiorari — Quashing of order withdrawing retirement — Petitioner challenging an order that rescinded the retirement of respondent no.4, arguing it was illegal and bypassed his eligibility for promotion — Court considering PEDA Rules and Punjab Civil Services Rules (PCSR) regarding retirement and extensions — Held, extension of service must follow prescribed India Law Library Docid # 2428886
(386) GAGANDEEP SINGH SWANI Vs. KARAN KWATRA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-08-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Complaint not premature — Supreme Court's decision on exclusion of period for limitation has prospective operation and is not applicable to the present case where complaint was filed within the original period. India Law Library Docid # 2428887
(387) MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF THAKUR SHREE BANKEY BIHARI JI MAHARAJ TEMPLE AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-08-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 32 — Writ Petitions challenging the Uttar Pradesh Shri Bankey Bihari Ji Temple Trust Ordinance, 2025 (Ordinance) — Held, no valid ground to entertain challenge directly before Supreme Court — Affected persons have equally efficacious remedy under Article 226 before the High Court — Supreme Court declined to entertain writ petitions and relegated affected persons to India Law Library Docid # 2432119
(388) NARESH KUMAR Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-08-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Maintainability of successive applications — Dismissal of earlier application without liberty to file afresh — Subsequent identical application barred by judicial discipline and finality — No license for endless relitigation without new grounds India Law Library Docid # 2432429
(389) SMT. LEELA JOSHI AND OTHERS Vs. SMT. KUSUM BHATT[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Scope of Interference — High Court has limited jurisdiction to interfere with concurrent findings of fact in a second appeal, and can only disturb such findings if a substantial question of law is involved. India Law Library Docid # 2432430
(390) BHUPENDRA SINGH RAWAT Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125 — Maintenance — Revision against Family Court order awarding maintenance — Scope of revisionary powers is limited to checking for illegality in Family Court’s order, not re-appreciation of evidence — Family Court’s finding of fact based on pleadings and evidence is generally binding in revision unless illegality is found. India Law Library Docid # 2432431
(391) HARIVANSH (DEAD) THROUGH LRS. Vs. MOTILAL (DEAD) THROUGH COLLECTOR AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 07-08-2025 C.G. Land Revenue Code, 1959 - Section 170-A & 257(L) & 257(L-1) - Civil Procedure Code, 1908 - Section 9 - Exclusion of Civil Court Jurisdiction - Suit to set aside order of Sub-Divisional Officer regarding transfer of land belonging to aboriginal tribe not maintainable in Civil Court as per Section 257 of the Code, which expressly bars such jurisdiction. India Law Library Docid # 2428478
(392) XXX Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-08-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14 & 21 — Fundamental Rights Enforcement — Article 32 — Petition by High Court Judge challenging 'In-House Procedure' for judicial misconduct inquiry — Petitioner sought declaration of certain paragraphs of the Procedure as unconstitutional and ultra vires — Held, the 'In-House Procedure' is legally sanctioned and fills a constitutional gap in disciplining judges for misconduct not amounting to impeachment — Procedure is not an extra-constitutional mechanis India Law Library Docid # 2428480
(393) BUSSA NARAYANA Vs. MUDA RAJA VENKATESWARLU[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Scope — High Court cannot substitute its own opinion for that of the First Appellate Court unless the conclusions are erroneous due to being contrary to law or based on inadmissible/no evidence — Re-appreciation of evidence is not permissible. India Law Library Docid # 2428475
(394) AGALI NARASAPPAGARI CHIRANJEEVI Vs. STATE OF A.P.[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-08-2025 Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 304A, 338 — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Sections 397, 401 — Criminal Revision – Rash and negligent driving – Death of child passenger – Grievous injury to co-passenger — Jeep carrying 25 passengers including school children overturned while avoiding bullock cart — Conviction upheld – Sentence reduced — Evidence of eyewitnesses consistent and credible – Accused proved to be driver of offending vehicle – No mechanical defect — Conduct in driving at high sp India Law Library Docid # 2428476
(395) STATE OF A.P. Vs. KURUVA BYELLA GOVINDU[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) — Appeal against acquittal — Powers of Appellate Court — Appellate court can review, reappreciate and reconsider evidence and come to its own conclusion, but must consider presumption of innocence of accused and that if two reasonable conclusions are possible, acquittal should not be disturbed. India Law Library Docid # 2428477
(396) VINOD KUMAR JALAUN Vs. KAILASH JAISWAL[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 07-08-2025 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 54 & 55(4)(b) — Sale Deed — Conditional Sale — Parties' intention is paramount in determining passing of title; title does not pass if sale is conditional upon payment and such payment is not made, even if sale deed is executed and registered. Sale deed can be rendered ineffective if it clearly stipulates automatic cancellation upon dishonor of cheque for sale consideration India Law Library Docid # 2428465
(397) PAWAN PAL Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 420, 467, 468 — Cheating, Forgery of valuable security, Forgery for purpose of cheating — Applicant was only an attesting witness to a sale deed, not the purchaser or beneficiary — Fraudulent intent not established against the applicant — Allegations against applicant are civil in nature and do not disclose any criminal offense — Proceedings quashed. India Law Library Docid # 2432432
(398) AMARJEET AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent powers of High Court — Quashing of proceedings — While summoning order against husband's family for dowry harassment, the High Court can quash proceedings if allegations are vague, omnibus, or amounts to abuse of process of law, especially when it involves over-implication of relatives without substantive material. India Law Library Docid # 2432433
(399) SMT. MANI BAI RAJPUT AND OTHERS Vs. DASRATHI SUNANI AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 06-08-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166, Section 140 — Claim for compensation — Income Tax Returns as proof of income — Claims Tribunal erred in disregarding Income Tax Returns for assessing the deceased's income, even when filed online and acknowledged by the Income Tax Department — Income Tax Returns are statutory documents and should be relied upon for determining income in compensation claims, especially when other documentary evidence is lacking — Technical reasons like nominal tax payment o India Law Library Docid # 2428479
(400) AASIF @ PASHA Vs. THE STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Suspension of sentence pending appeal — Fixed term sentence — Appellate court should consider suspension liberally unless exceptional circumstances exist — High Court erred by reiterating prosecution's case and oral evidence instead of considering established principles for suspension when sentence is for a fixed term. India Law Library Docid # 2428481