(161) UCO BANK AND ANOTHER Vs. VIJAY KUMAR HANDA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-04-2025 Service Law — Disciplinary Proceedings — Pension — Bipartite Settlement (Banking Industry) — UCO Bank (Employees’) Pension Regulations, 1995, Regulation 22 — Interpretation and Harmonious Construction — Where an employee is subjected to the penalty of "removal from service with superannuation benefits" under Clause 6(b) of the Bipartite Settlement, such employee, if otherwise eligible for pension under the applicable regulations, is entitled to receive pensionary benefits — This interpretation h India Law Library Docid # 2424239
(162) RAM KISHAN (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS ETC. Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-04-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 23 — Market Value Determination — Principle of De-escalation from Subsequent Comparable Award — Where lands acquired under a later notification are proximate, adjoining, and possess similar characteristics and potentiality to lands acquired under an earlier notification for a comparable public purpose (like development of integrated sectors), the compensation determined for the later acquisition can serve as a relevant base value — An appropriate percentage r India Law Library Docid # 2424240
(163) NEW MANGALORE PORT TRUST AND ANOTHER Vs. CLIFFORD D SOUZA ETC.ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-04-2025 Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971 (PP Act) — Section 7 — Limitation Act, 1963 — Applicability — Section 18 (Acknowledgment) — Arrears of Licence Fee/Rent — The Limitation Act, 1963, applies to proceedings for recovery of arrears of rent/licence fee initiated under Section 7 of the PP Act — Consequently, all provisions of the Limitation Act, including Section 18 regarding the effect of acknowledgment in writing, are applicable to such proceedings — The period of limit India Law Library Docid # 2424241
(164) M/S R. K. TRANSPORT COMPANY Vs. M/S BHARAT ALUMINUM COMPANY LTD. (BALCO)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-04-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34(3) — Limitation Act, 1963 — Sections 4 & 12(1) — Calculation of Limitation Period — Exclusion of Date of Receipt & Court Holiday — For calculating the three-month limitation period under Section 34(3) of the ACA, Section 12(1) of the Limitation Act applies, requiring the exclusion of the date on which the party received the arbitral award — Consequently, the period commences from the following day — If the three-month period, so calculated, exp India Law Library Docid # 2424242
(165) G.C. MANJUNATH AND OTHERS Vs. SEETARAM[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-04-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 197 — Karnataka Police Act, 1963 — Section 170 — Sanction for Prosecution — Police Officers — Acts under colour of or in excess of duty — Necessity of Sanction — Prosecution against police officers for offences alleged to have been committed while acting or purporting to act in the discharge of official duty, or under colour of or in excess of such duty or authority, cannot be entertained without the previous sanction of the appropriate Government — This p India Law Library Docid # 2424243
(166) STATE OF WEST BENGAL Vs. BAISHAKHI BHATTACHARYYA (CHATTERJEE) AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-04-2025 Service Law — Recruitment — Cancellation of Entire Selection Process — Systemic Fraud and Irregularities — Segregation of Tainted/Untainted Candidates — When a selection process is deeply marred by systemic fraud, large-scale manipulations (such as OMR sheet tampering, rank jumping, illegal appointments beyond panel validity and vacancies, destruction of primary evidence like OMR sheets), and attempted cover-up, undermining its integrity and public confidence, the cancellation of the entire proc India Law Library Docid # 2424244
(167) KASHMIRI LAL SHARMA Vs. HIMACHAL PRADESH STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-04-2025 Service Law — Retirement Age — Persons with Disabilities — Discrimination — Constitution of India, Art. 14 — Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 — Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 — Office Memorandum (OM) extending retirement age from 58 to 60 years only for visually impaired employees, while excluding employees with other benchmark disabilities specified under the PwD Acts (like locomotor disability), India Law Library Docid # 2424656
(168) ARIF MASOOD Vs. DHRUV NARAYAN SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-04-2025 Election Petition — Transfer between High Courts — Consent of Parties — Election petition pending before the High Court of Madhya Pradesh transferred to the High Court of Delhi based on the consent fairly stated by learned senior counsel for both parties. India Law Library Docid # 2424647
(169) MAUKAM SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-04-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 302, 323, 324 read with Section 34 — Murder, Voluntarily causing hurt — Appeal against concurrent conviction — Assessment of evidence — Dispute over land leading to accused, armed with deadly weapons (axe, cutting weapon), trespassing into the deceased's house — Scuffle ensuing, resulting in fatal head injury to the deceased (grandfather) and injuries to three grandchildren (PW1-3) — Deceased succumbing to injuries after 25 days — Appellants convicted by Trial Court a India Law Library Docid # 2424193
(170) SMT. UMA DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. SRI. ANAND KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-04-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 7 Rule 11(a) & (d) — Rejection of Plaint — Cause of Action — Barred by Law (Limitation) — Application for rejection of plaint in a suit for partition — Suit filed in 2023 claiming partition of ancestral property — Defendants contended prior oral partition/family settlement in 1968, evidenced by revenue record mutations, and subsequent registered sale deeds by family members (including plaintiffs' predecessors) starting 1978 — Averments in the plaint must be rea India Law Library Docid # 2424194
(171) VINAY AGGARWAL Vs. THE STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-04-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 482 — Investigation — Transfer to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) — Exercise of Power by High Court — Power of Courts (High Courts) to transfer investigation to CBI is an extraordinary power, derived from constitutional provisions, not limited by the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 — Such power must be exercised sparingly, cautiously, and only in exceptional circumstances — Transfer should not be ordered routinely or merely because a par India Law Library Docid # 2424195
(172) THE MANAGEMENT OF WORTH TRUST Vs. THE SECRETARY, WORTH TRUST WORKERS UNION[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-04-2025 Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 — Section 1(3)(a), 2(17) read with Factories Act, 1948 — Section 2(m) — Applicability — Factories run by Charitable Trust — The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 applies to every ‘factory’ as defined under Section 2(m) of the Factories Act, 1948 — Where a Trust, initially established for charitable purposes (rehabilitation of handicapped persons), diversifies its activities and operates distinct units engaged in commercial manufacturing (automobile parts, industrial machinery India Law Library Docid # 2424196
(173) ASHOK SINGH Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-04-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 118 and 139 — Presumption — Rebuttal — Burden of Proof — In a prosecution under Section 138, once the complainant establishes the foundational facts (issuance of cheque signed by accused, presentation, dishonour, statutory notice), presumptions under Sections 118 and 139 arise favouring the existence of a legally enforceable debt or liability — The burden then shifts to the accused to rebut these presumptions by raising a probable defence — A mere ora India Law Library Docid # 2424197
(174) MANISH Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-04-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 415, 420 — Cheating — Breach of Contract vs. Criminal Offence — Dishonest Intention at Inception — To establish the offence of cheating under Section 415 IPC, punishable under Section 420 IPC, the prosecution must demonstrate the existence of a fraudulent or dishonest intention on the part of the accused at the very inception of the transaction — A mere subsequent failure to fulfil a promise, honour a commitment, or repay dues arising from a commercial transaction (lik India Law Library Docid # 2424198
(175) M/S FERRO CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION (INDIA) PVT. LTD. Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-04-2025 Arbitration Act, 1940 — Interest — Pendente Lite Interest — Arbitrator's Power — Contractual Bar — Under the Arbitration Act, 1940, an arbitrator possesses the inherent power to award pendente lite interest (interest for the period from the date of entering reference until the date of the award) unless there is an express and specific contractual provision that explicitly excludes the arbitrator's jurisdiction to award such interest — The interpretation of contractual clauses under the 1940 Act India Law Library Docid # 2424199
(176) THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, OPERATION, TELANGANA STATE SOUTHERN POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. CH. BHASKARA CHARY[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-04-2025 Service Law — Appointment — Consideration for Appointment — Parity Principle — Appointment of Juniors — Where persons lower in merit/seniority, as per a list prepared under a specific recruitment policy (based on factors like man-days served or date of engagement), have been appointed (including pursuant to court directions, even after the policy's formal withdrawal), a candidate admittedly higher on the same list is entitled to have their case considered for appointment on par with those junior India Law Library Docid # 2424200
(177) THE GENERAL MANAGER BUSINESS NETWORK PLANNING (RETAIL) BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED AND ANOTHER Vs. P. SOUNDARYA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-04-2025 Administrative Law — Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) — Selection Process — Retail Outlet Dealership — Adherence to Guidelines and Application Terms — Selection for retail outlet dealerships by PSUs like BPCL must strictly adhere to the terms and conditions laid down in the advertisement and selection guidelines — Where guidelines require applicants to declare their category in the application form, supported by specific documentation and undertakings, the selection process must proceed based s India Law Library Docid # 2424201
(178) JOMON K.K. Vs. SHAJIMON P. AND OTHERS ETC[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-04-2025 Service Law — Recruitment — Essential Qualifications — Specific Licence Required vs. Different/Higher Licence Held — Effect of Statutory Rules — Where statutory rules (Kerala State Water Transport Subordinate Service (Operating Wing) Special Rules, 1975, R. 6) explicitly prescribe possession of a "current Lascar's licence" as the essential qualification for appointment to the post of Lascar, a candidate holding only a Syrang's licence (even if considered superior or requiring a Lascar's licence India Law Library Docid # 2424202
(179) BIHAR RAJYA DAFADAR CHAUKIDAR PANCHAYAT (MAGADH DIVISION) Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-04-2025 Constitution of India — Articles 14 & 16 — Public Employment — Equality of Opportunity — Hereditary Appointments/Appointments based on Descent — Appointment to public service based on descent or hereditary claims, such as a rule permitting a retiring employee (Chaukidar) to nominate a dependent kin for appointment in his place, violates the fundamental rights to equality of opportunity guaranteed under Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution — Such practices are archaic, constitutionally impermis India Law Library Docid # 2424251
(180) SHRI. MASAIDEVI VIVIDH KARYAKARI SAHAKARI SEVA SANSTHA MARYADIT WAREWADI Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-04-2025 Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 — Sections 4 & 6 — Economic Viability — Pre-requisite for Registration — A conjoint reading of the proviso to Section 4 and Section 6(1) of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960, makes it clear that economic viability is a fundamental pre-requisite and basic condition for the grant of registration to a new Primary Agricultural Credit Co-operative Society (PACCS) — No society shall be registered if it is likely to be India Law Library Docid # 2424337