(81) P KRISHNA MOHAN REDDY Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-05-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Grant and refusal — Public servants — Allegations of criminal conspiracy, misappropriation, and corruption — Considerations include severity of allegations, stage of investigation, possibility of influencing witnesses, and need for custodial interrogation — Prima facie case against the petitioners found by High Court — Allegations of political vendetta not sufficient for grant of anticipatory bail if prima facie materials establis India Law Library Docid # 2425842
(82) DINESH NEGI Vs. SAHIL SOOD[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 16-05-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Conviction and sentence — Revision against concurrent findings — Evidence and appreciation by trial and appellate courts — Admissibility of documents not mentioned in notice/complaint — Presumption under Section 139 — Rebuttal of presumption — Scope of revisional jurisdiction — Re-appreciation of evidence in revision is ordinarily impermissible unless findings are perverse — Deposit of entire compen India Law Library Docid # 2425869
(83) MS MAJA DARUWALA . AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-05-2025 Illegal Immigrants — Detention — After completion of sentence under Foreigners Act, 1946 — Continued detention in prison pending deportation — Legality of — Absence of dedicated correctional home/detention center — Challenge to administrative procedures prescribing continued detention as unconstitutional — Interplay with pending larger bench matters — Necessity of correctional homes/detention centers India Law Library Docid # 2425931
(84) RIDMAL AND OTHER Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 16-05-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 313 — Examination of accused — Purpose — To give the accused an opportunity to explain incriminating circumstances appearing against them in the evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2425958
(85) PAKU KARMAKAR Vs. STATE OF ASSAM[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 16-05-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 307 — Attempt to murder — Proof — Essential ingredients are act with intention or knowledge, under circumstances where if death is caused, it amounts to murder — Assault by husband on wife with a ‘dao’ (machete) — Injuries inflicted on vital parts including head and neck, resulting in grievous injuries and severed thumb — Victim’s testimony implicating husband, corroborated by medical evidence — Abscondance of accused and lack of plausible explanation India Law Library Docid # 2426140
(86) RUPCHAN BHUYAN Vs. HAMIDA KHATUN AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 16-05-2025 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 125 — Order for maintenance of wife, children or parents — Petitioner (husband) earning salary from CRPF — Respondent (wife) and minor daughters unable to maintain themselves — Husband contesting claim but failing to adduce evidence to support claims of expenses or lack of income — Wife proving cruelty, inability to maintain herself and daughters, and husband’s income through uncontroverted testimony — Trial Court’s order directing maintenance of Rs India Law Library Docid # 2426141
(87) UNION OF INDIA Vs. M/S G.P. SALES CORPORATION[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 16-05-2025 Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 — Section 23(2) — Appeal — Consent Decree — Tribunal’s finding indicating agreement on price per bag of damaged cement, not complete settlement of dispute — Not construed as a consent decree barring appeal under Section 23(2) India Law Library Docid # 2426142
(88) NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. SUBODH KANTI MAJUMDAR AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 16-05-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Assessment — Deceased bachelor — Deduction for personal expenses — Appeal against Tribunal’s award deducting one-third from deceased’s income — Deceased was bachelor (30 years 11 months) — Apex Court judgments mandates 50% deduction for personal expenses in case of bachelor where parents are claimants — Multiplier 17 appropriate for deceased aged 30 years 11 months — Recalculation of compensation by applying 50% deduction results in reduced awarded amoun India Law Library Docid # 2426143
(89) V.S.R. MOHAN RAO Vs. K.S.R. MURTHY AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2025 Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982 — Section 2(d), 2(e), 2(cc), Section 10 — “Land Grabber” and “Land Grabbing” — Meaning and Scope — Act’s purpose to curb land grabbing by unscrupulous persons — Defines “land belonging to a private person” inclusively — Defines “land grabber” and “land grabbing” broadly to include various unauthorized activities for illegal possession — Ingredients of “land grabbing” include factum of taking possession unlawfully and mens rea/intention to ille India Law Library Docid # 2425731
(90) EBY CHERIAN Vs. JEREMA JOHN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2025 Child Custody — Interim Arrangements — Overseas Parent — Rotating Employment — Family Court requiring fresh application for overnight custody each time appellant visited India — High Court upholding this arrangement — Held, unduly burdensome and impractical — Child Welfare paramount consideration — Meaningful contact with both parents essential — Where non-custodial parent demonstrates consistency, pays maintenance, and arranges professional life around child’s calendar, procedure should not imp India Law Library Docid # 2425732
(91) HANSURA BAI AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2025 Criminal Procedure — Investigation — Transfer of investigation — Credibility of investigating agency — Impeachable conduct — Power to transfer sparingly used for justice and public trust — Allegation of investigating agency being privy to dispute raises doubts on credibility, justifying transfer — Local police accused of custodial death of victim; investigating the act themselves — This situation invokes the maxim ‘nemo judex in causa sua’ (no one should be a judge in his own cause) — Investigat India Law Library Docid # 2425733
(92) VIRENDER PAL @ VIPIN Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 304-B — Dowry Death — Proof — Essential ingredients are unnatural death of a woman within seven years of marriage, subjected to cruelty or harassment for dowry, and such cruelty or harassment was soon before death — Evidence of dowry demands, ill-treatment, and circumstantial evidence from parental relatives supporting conviction — Demand for money to secure employment, even if not traditional dowry, considered related to marriage terms and within the ambit of Section India Law Library Docid # 2425734
(93) IN RE: CONSTRUCTION OF MULTI STOREYED BUILDINGS IN FOREST LAND MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2025 Forest Act, 1878 — Section 34 — Reserved Forest — Notification dated 1st March 1879 declared land in Survey No. 20, Village Kondhwa Budruk, Pune District as Reserved Forest — Subsequent de-reservation of portion in 1934 left 29 Acres 15 Gunthas (11.89 ha), renumbered as Survey No. 21, as Reserved Forest — Forest Department records consistently show this status, despite Revenue Department recording it as “Government Grazing Ground” — Numerous letters by Forest Department India Law Library Docid # 2425717
(94) ISHWAR CHANDA SHARMA Vs. DEVENDRA KUMAR SHARMA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2025 Societies Registration Act — Constitution of society — Dispute regarding validity of elections — Referral to Prescribed Authority under Section 25 — Prescribed Authority’s decision on validity of election. India Law Library Docid # 2425718
(95) M/S. INTERSTATE CONSTRUCTION Vs. NATIONAL PROJECTS CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 37 — Appeal against Section 34 order — Setting aside of Arbitral Award concerning interest calculation — Scope of challenge — Division Bench of High Court restricted challenge to interest issue, specifically method of calculating interest including interest on interest rather than rate or entitlement to pre-reference interest — Held, challenge appropriately limited to the interest aspects of the India Law Library Docid # 2425719
(96) M/S GAYATRI PROJECT LIMITED Vs. MADHYA PRADESH ROAD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Setting aside of arbitral award — Madhya Pradesh Madhyastham Adhikaran Adhiniyam, 1983 — Applicability to works contracts involving State Government or public undertaking — Relationship between Central Act and State Act — MP Act, 1983 is a special Act providing for compulsory arbitration in specific works contracts, operating irrespective of an arbitration clause — Features of MP Act, 1983 Tribunal distinct from Arbitration Act, 1996 Tribunal India Law Library Docid # 2425720
(97) POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED Vs. MADHYA PRADESH POWER TRANSMISSION COMPANY LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2025 Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 79 — Functions of Central Commission — Regulatory and adjudicatory powers — Central Commission (CERC) is vested with both decision-making and regulation-making authority under Sections 79 and 178 respectively, distinct functions; former administrative/adjudicatory, latter legislative; but relationship needs harmonious reading; CERC’s regulatory powers under Section 79(1) are of ad hoc nature for specific parties and situations to fill regulatory gaps, not solely a India Law Library Docid # 2425721
(98) M/S DHANBAD FUELS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2025 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 12A — Pre-institution mediation and settlement — Mandatory nature — Suit not contemplating urgent interim relief shall not be instituted without exhausting pre-institution mediation — Legislative intent to promote alternative dispute resolution and decongest courts — Mandatory nature of Section 12A established. India Law Library Docid # 2425722
(99) IN RE : ALARMING RISE IN THE NUMBER OF REPORTED CHILD RAPE INCIDENTS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2025 Suo Moto Proceeding — Child Rape Incidents — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Alarming rise in child rape incidents prompting suo moto cognizance by Supreme Court — Directions issued regarding timely completion of investigations and trials under POCSO Act — Emphasis on setting up exclusive/designated special Courts for POCSO cases in districts with high pendency, funded by Central Government, including support staff and infrastructure India Law Library Docid # 2425723
(100) NATIONAL SPOT EXCHANGE LIMITED Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Powers of Supreme Court — Scope and ambit — Plenary and curative nature — Not limited by statutes but exists to do complete justice — Wide amplitude but tempered by restraint — Cannot ignore substantive statutory rights or supplant substantive law — Should not be exercised when it directly conflicts with express statutory provisions dealing with the subject, unless balancing equities or ironing out creases in a cause or matter arising out of such statu India Law Library Docid # 2425724