(161) SANDEEP SINGH THAKUR Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-12-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Power of Supreme Court to do complete justice — Invocation of extraordinary powers — Case involving conviction for sexual offense (Sections 376(2)(n) and 417 IPC) based on 'false promise of marriage' — Parties (appellant and prosecutrix) subsequently agreed to marry and got married during the pendency of appeal against rejection of suspension of sentence — Supreme Court, upon noting the marriage and cohabitation, invoked Article 142 to India Law Library Docid # 2437397
(162) SHEIKH IRSHAD @MONU Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-12-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Sections 20 and 29 — Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act, 1999 (MCOCA) — Sections 3(1)(i)(ii), 3(2), 3(4) — Bail Cancellation — Interference — Bail cancellation merely due to non-compliance with a condition requiring appearance at the police station (twice a month) is not justified, especially when the seized quantity is intermediate (non-commercial - 2 kgs 728 grams Ganja), the accused has completed India Law Library Docid # 2437406
(163) T. DHANYA Vs. THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-12-2025 Education/Admission — Payment of Fees — Time extension for deposit — In the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case, petitioner(s)/appellant(s) granted entitlement to complete deposit of requisite fees by a specific extended date (10.12.2025) — Upon deposit, seats allocated in appropriate college(s). India Law Library Docid # 2437423
(164) TONLONG KONYAK Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-12-2025 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) — Section 43D(2)(a) — Default Bail — Right to Statutory Bail — Extension of time for investigation — Investigation period can be extended to 180 days only by an express order of the Court recording specific reasons — Where the Special Judge rejected the application for extension of time to complete investigation, and the chargesheet was filed almost two years after the petitioner’s arrest, the prolonged custody without chargesheet India Law Library Docid # 2437424
(165) LAXMIKANT SHARMA Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-12-2025 Service Law — Termination of Contractual Service — Qualifications — Interpretation of Educational Qualifications — Advertisement requiring “Postgraduate degree in Statistics” — Appellant holding M.Com. degree with Business Statistics and Indian Economic Statistics as principal subjects — Where no Government university offers a degree exclusively titled "Postgraduate degree in India Law Library Docid # 2436314
(166) ROCKY Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent powers of High Court — Quashing of Criminal Proceedings — Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860 — Sections 420 (Cheating), 344 (Wrongful confinement for ten or more days), and 506 (Criminal intimidation) — Scope of quashing power: Quashing under Section 482 CrPC must be exercised sparingly, with circumspection, and only in exceptional India Law Library Docid # 2436315
(167) MUKUT DAS Vs. THE ASSAM POWER GENERATION CORPORATION LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-12-2025 Service Law — Superannuation and Pension — Pay Revision — Eligibility — Assam State Electricity Board and its Successor Companies Revised Pay Rules, 2017 — Interpretation of "in service on 31st March 2016" — Employees retiring on 31.03.2016 by virtue of Fundamental Rule 56(a) (FR 56(a)) are entitled to the benefit of pay revision effective from 31.03.2016 as they were 'in service' on that date. (Paras India Law Library Docid # 2436529
(168) NEERAJ KUMAR @ NEERAJ YADAV Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 319 — Summoning of Additional Accused — Nature and Scope of Power — The power under Section 319 CrPC is extraordinary and discretionary, intended to be exercised sparingly, but it is an enabling provision aimed at ensuring that no guilty person escapes the process of law — The prerequisite for its exercise is that it must appear from the evidence India Law Library Docid # 2436277
(169) BPL LIMITED Vs. MORGAN SECURITIES AND CREDITS PRIVATE LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-12-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 31(7)(a) and (b) — Power of Arbitral Tribunal to grant interest — Party Autonomy — Pre-award (pendente lite) interest — Section 31(7)(a) mandates that the Arbitral Tribunal’s discretion to award interest on the sum awarded (from date cause of action arose till date of award) is subject to the agreement between the parties ("unless otherwise agreed by the India Law Library Docid # 2436278
(170) THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER Vs. TAGHAR VASUDEVA AMBRISH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-12-2025 Goods and Services Tax (GST) — Exemption Notification — Notification No. 9/2017- Integrated Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 — Entry 13 — Exemption on services by way of renting of residential dwelling for use as residence — Renting residential property as hostel to students/working professionals — Conditions for exemption: renting service, residential dwelling, and use as residence — The term "residential dwelling" is not defined under GST laws but refers to any residential India Law Library Docid # 2436279
(171) BHASKAR GOVIND GAVATE (NOW DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LEGAL HEIRS. Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-12-2025 Contempt of Court — Initiating contempt proceedings — Clear and unequivocal terms of the underlying order — A Contempt Petition can be dismissed summarily only if the underlying order, the non-compliance of which is alleged, is genuinely unclear, ambiguous, or susceptible to two equally reasonable interpretations — Where the High Court dismissed a Contempt Petition holding that the underlying order was capable of two interpretations, but the Supreme Court found, upon reading the order India Law Library Docid # 2436280
(172) JAI NARAIN VYAS UNIVERSITY, JODHPUR AND ANOTHER Vs. BHANWAR SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-12-2025 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Sections 25F (Procedure for retrenchment), 17B (Payment of full wages to workman pending proceedings in higher courts), 33C(2) (Recovery of money due from an employer) — Reinstatement and Regularization — Termination of workman (Junior Clerk) found illegal by Labour Court for non-compliance with Section 25F; reinstatement with 40% back wages directed — India Law Library Docid # 2437508
(173) KAMALA BAI (D) THROUGH LRS Vs. KANNA RAO (D) THR. LRS.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-12-2025 Succession Act, 1925 — Section 63(c) — Indian Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 68 — Proof of Will — Substitution of Legal Representatives (LRs) — Application for impleadment under Order 22 Rule 3 CPC based on a Will — Statutory requirement mandates examination of at least one attesting witness to prove execution of the Will — Where the sole attesting witness (PW-5) admits in cross-examination that he did India Law Library Docid # 2437510
(174) ABHISHEK GUPTA Vs. DINESH KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-12-2025 Allahabad High Court Rules, 1952 — Chapter 8 Rule 5 — Special Appeal — Maintainability — Bar created by Rule 5 against Special Appeals from Single Judge orders in Article 226/227 petitions must yield to foundational principles of natural justice where a non-party to the writ petition is adversely affected — An aggrieved person whose interests are prejudicially affected by an order of a Single Judge in a India Law Library Docid # 2436528
(175) BAL KUMAR PATEL @ RAJ KUMAR Vs. STATE OF U.P[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 321 — Withdrawal from prosecution — Requirement of High Court permission for withdrawal of cases against sitting or former MPs/MLAs — Following Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay v. Union of India — High Court must exercise judicial mind and give a reasoned order when considering an application for permission to withdraw prosecution against India Law Library Docid # 2436212
(176) MISSION ACCESSIBILITY Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-12-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14, 21 — Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPwD Act) — Substantive Equality and Inclusion — Scope and Spirit — The measure of a just society demands the removal of barriers for all citizens to realize their potential, transforming formal equality into substantive inclusion — Constitutional vision requires every person, regardless of physical or India Law Library Docid # 2436213
(177) KANGRA CENTRAL COOPERATIVE BANK LIMITED Vs. THE KANGRA CENTRAL COOPERATIVE BANK PENSIONERS WELFARE ASSOCIATION (REGD.) AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-12-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 136 — Special Leave Petition (SLP) — Maintainability of second SLP after dismissal of first SLP and failed review — Where an initial SLP challenging the High Court's judgment on merits is dismissed, and a subsequent Miscellaneous Application (MA) for recall of the dismissal is withdrawn with liberty to file a Review Petition before the High Court, but without liberty to India Law Library Docid # 2437401
(178) THE STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS Vs. MUKUT RANJAN SARMA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-12-2025 Service Law — Appointment — Exceptional Appointment Policy — Relaxation of Rules — Appointments made under a State Cabinet approved policy to rehabilitate victims of terrorism/those helping curb terrorism — Challenge to termination of services based on procedural irregularities — High Court upholding appointments finding that relaxation of rules was permissible under the policy, the appointments were cleared by the State Level Empowered Committee (chaired by the Chief India Law Library Docid # 2437402
(179) MAHESH JOSHI Vs. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-12-2025 Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) — Section 45 — Bail — Prolonged incarceration and right to speedy trial under Article 21 of the Constitution of India — Where a trial under PMLA involves voluminous, document-heavy material, and is unlikely to conclude within a reasonable time, continued indefinite detention contravenes the right to personal liberty under Article 21 — Even where stringent conditions are imposed for bail under Section 45(1)(ii) of PMLA, India Law Library Docid # 2437591
(180) VENKATESH AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE REPRESENTED BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-12-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 326 — Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means — Tamil Nadu Property (Prevention of Damage and Loss) Act, 1992 (TNPPDL Act) — Section 3(1) — Mischief to public property — Conviction affirmed but sentence reduced — Appellants convicted for five years rigorous imprisonment under S. 326 IPC and two years under S. 3(1) of TNPPDL India Law Library Docid # 2436281