(1) SANTHOSH KARUNAKARAN Vs. OMBUDSMAN CUM ETHICS OFFICER, KERALA CRICKET ASSOCIATION AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Kerala Cricket Association Byelaws, Section 15(4)(s) — Impleadment of parties — Non-impleadment of District Cricket Associations in an application to frame model bye-laws for cricket associations — Ombudsman rejected the application for non-impleadment — High Court affirmed the rejection — Supreme Court found the India Law Library Docid # 2428097
(2) S. MOHAMMED HAKKIM Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Contract Act, 1872 — Section 2(d) — Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal — Compensation — Notional Income Future Prospects — Multiplier — Contributory Negligence — Attendant Charges — Future Medical Expenses — Loss of Marital Prospects — Discomfort — Extra Nourishment — Medical Bills — Motor Accident — Amputation — Functional Disability — In a motor accident case involving a young engineering student who suffered amputation of his leg due to the negligence of India Law Library Docid # 2428098
(3) CHIRAG SEN AND ANOTHER ETC. Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 420, 468, 471 — Cheating, Forgery, Using Forged Document — Essential Ingredients — Complaint based on a GPF nomination form from 1996 failed to establish fraudulent intent or any act attributable to the accused; it did not override statutory birth certificates, nor did it prove falsification by the accused — No evidence of dishonest inducement, wrongful gain, or loss — India Law Library Docid # 2428066
(4) MANOHAR AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-07-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 18 — Maharashtra Industrial Development Act, 1961 — Compensation — Enhancement of — While determining market value, the highest bona fide sale exemplar should generally be considered, not an average of varying sale prices, unless prices have only marginal variations — Averaging of sale instances with significantly different prices is impermissible India Law Library Docid # 2428067
(5) DAIVSHALA AND OTHERS Vs. ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-07-2025 Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923 (EC Act) & Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (ESI Act) — Section 3 of EC Act & Section 2(8) of ESI Act — “Arising out of and in the course of employment” — Interpretation of — Accidents during commuting to or from workplace. India Law Library Docid # 2428099
(6) SATAURAM MANDAVI Vs. THE STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-07-2025 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 6 — Aggravated Penetrative sexual assault — Punishment introduced by 2019 amendment — Retrospective application — Constitution of India — Article 20(1) — Prohibition against ex-post facto laws and enhanced penalty — Offence committed before amended Act came into force — Sentencing under amended provisions violates India Law Library Docid # 2428054
(7) BANSAL MILK CHILLING CENTRE Vs. RANA MILK FOOD PRIVATE LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 200 — Complaint — Amendment — Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of Cheque — Power of Criminal Court to amend complaint — Amendments not alien to Cr.P.C. even post-cognizance, provided no prejudice to accused — Supreme Court in S.R. Sukumar and India Law Library Docid # 2428055
(8) PRAKASH CHIMANLAL SHETH Vs. JAGRUTI KEYUR RAJPOPAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-07-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Territorial jurisdiction for filing complaint — Section 142(2)(a) clearly mandates that the offence must be tried by a court within whose local jurisdiction the branch of the bank where the payee maintains the account is situated, if the cheque is delivered for India Law Library Docid # 2428057
(9) MANJUSHA AND OTHERS Vs. UNITED INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-07-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 147 — Liability of Insurer — Statutory liability is restricted to third-party liabilities — Insurer has no statutory liability to cover the risk of the owner or the driver stepping into the shoes of the owner. India Law Library Docid # 2428058
(10) K. PURUSHOTTAM REDDY Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-07-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 170(3) — Proviso — Readjustment of seats in Legislative Assemblies — Constitutional bar on readjustment of seats in State Legislative Assemblies until publication of census data after 2026 — Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, Section 26 — Increase in seats subject to Article 170(3) — India Law Library Docid # 2428059
(11) ANURAG BHATNAGAR AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 156(3) — FIR Registration — Application to Magistrate without approaching Police/SP — While a Magistrate ought not ordinarily entertain an application under Section 156(3) CrPC directly without the informant having availed and exhausted remedies under Section 154(3) CrPC, the India Law Library Docid # 2428060
(12) SUKDEB SAHA Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 174 — Inquiry by Police into cause of unnatural death — Requirement of fair and impartial investigation — Evidence considered — Inconsistencies in CCTV footage, suspicious medical findings, and failure to preserve crucial forensic evidence indicated failures in local investigation. India Law Library Docid # 2428061
(13) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. R. SHANKARAPPA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-07-2025 Service Law — Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965 (CCS CCA Rules) — Rule 14 and Appendix 3 — Procedure for imposing major penalties — Authority competent to impose minor penalties can issue charge-sheet for major penalties — General Manager, Telecommunications (competent to impose minor penalties) issued charge-sheet for major penalties under Rule 14 of CCS CCA India Law Library Docid # 2428100
(14) M/S ASP TRADERS Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-07-2025 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 129 — Detention, seizure and release of goods and conveyances in transit — Show cause notice — Payment of penalty — Obligation to pass final order — Where a show cause notice is issued under Section 129(3) of the CGST Act and the taxable person files objections against the proposed levy, the proper officer is duty-bound to pass a reasoned, speaking order India Law Library Docid # 2428033
(15) HYATT INTERNATIONAL SOUTHWEST ASIA LTD. Vs. ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR OF INCOME TAX[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-07-2025 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Interpretation of Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) — Permanent Establishment (PE) — Article 5(1) of India-UAE DTAA — Fixed place of business — The core issue is whether the appellant, a Dubai-based company, had a PE in India under Article 5(1) of the India-UAE DTAA. The India Law Library Docid # 2428034
(16) M/S RIMJHIM ISPAT LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-07-2025 Central Excise Act, 1944 — Sections 9 and 9AA — Criminal proceedings — Discharge application — Dismissal of discharge application by both Trial Court and High Court upheld — Criminal appeal dismissed — High Court's judgment affirmed — No interference warranted. India Law Library Docid # 2428065
(17) M.C. RAVIKUMAR Vs. D.S. VELMURUGAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Second quashing petition — Maintainability — Not permissible to raise previously available grounds in a subsequent petition to effect a review of an earlier order, violating Section 362 CrPC — Exception is when there has been a India Law Library Docid # 2428029
(18) KONDE NAGESHWAR RAO Vs. A. SRIRAMA CHANDRA MURTY AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — High Court quashed proceedings under SC/ST Act, 1989, against respondents — Appellant contended High Court erred in exercising jurisdiction, overlooking evidence, and conducting roving inquiry — Court held High Court’s scope under Section 482 is limited to determining if allegations disclose a cognizable offence, and India Law Library Docid # 2428030
(19) SUA Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 342 (Wrongful Confinement) and 376 (Rape) — Conviction and Sentence — Appeal against — Delay in FIR — Explained by the short duration of days in November, distance to police station, and victim narrating incident to mother in the evening. India Law Library Docid # 2428031
(20) VISHNU VARDHAN @ VISHNU PRADHAN Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-07-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 6 Rule 4 — Particulars of fraud to be stated in pleadings — Fraud must be pleaded and proved. Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 32 — Writ jurisdiction — Violation of Fundamental Rights — A writ petition under Article 32 requires a prima facie case of violation or imminent threat of violation of a Fundamental Right, with specific pleadings and prayers for India Law Library Docid # 2428032