(21) CHANDIGARH ADMINISTRATION Vs. REGISTRAR GENERAL, HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA, CHANDIGARH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-05-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Mandamus — Public Interest Litigation — Scope of Judicial Review in Environmental Matters — High Court directing construction of a verandah and laying of green paver blocks for parking in a World Heritage Site area — Challenged by Chandigarh Administration citing threat to heritage status and environmental impact — Court to strike a just balance between environment and development, resorting to mitigating measures where India Law Library Docid # 2426092
(22) N.S. GNANESHWARAN ETC. Vs. THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-05-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — Commercial dispute — Settlement — Offences under Penal Code, 1860 (Sections 120B, 420, 468, 471) and Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d)) — Loan fraud allegations — Appellants accused in case arising from commercial transaction — Bank initiated recovery proceedings and criminal prosecution — One Time Settlement (OTS) reached between main borrowers India Law Library Docid # 2426093
(23) IEEE MUMBAI SECTION WELFARE ASSOCIATION Vs. GLOBAL IEEE INSTITUTE FOR ENGINEERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-05-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of Plaint — Appeal challenging — Temporary Injunction — Grant of temporary injunction by High Court in an appeal against the rejection of plaint is impermissible — Once a plaint is rejected, it ceases to subsist — A subsisting plaint is necessary to seek and obtain a temporary injunction — Setting aside of temporary injunction India Law Library Docid # 2426156
(24) PINTU THAKUR @ RAVI ETC. Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-05-2025 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 6 — Punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault — Sentencing — Minimum sentence is twenty years — Life imprisonment for remainder of natural life is maximum — Trial court imposing life imprisonment for remainder of natural life upon young offenders (early twenties) who had completed five years of incarceration — High Court affirming conviction and sentence — Supreme Court finding that while conviction is upheld, minimum sen India Law Library Docid # 2426256
(25) AMOL BHAGWAN NEHUL Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-05-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Inherent power of High Court to quash criminal proceedings — Abuse of process of court — Quashing is warranted when allegations, even if taken at face value, do not constitute any offence, are absurd and inherently improbable, or proceedings are manifestly mala fide and instituted with ulterior mot India Law Library Docid # 2426041
(26) SANTOSH KUMAR DUBEY AND OTHERS Vs. SRI SUDHIR TRIPATHI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-05-2025 Contempt of Court — Order of Supreme Court directing absorption and arrears of salary subject to continuous working declaration — Non-compliance alleged — Contempt petition filed by petitioners claiming absorption from date of appointment and arrears — University absorbed petitioners from 2008, not from date of appointment — State and University raise non-compliance with continuous working condition, citing lack of records and irregular attendance — Enquiries conducted by State supporting lack o India Law Library Docid # 2426155
(27) VINOD BIHARI LAL Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Gangsters & Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 (U.P.) — Section 2(b) — Definition of “Gang” — Essential ingredients — Group of persons engaging in anti-social activities using violence, threat, intimidation, coercion, or otherwise, with the object of disturbing public order or gaining undue advantage (temporal, pecuniary, material, or other) — Not constituted by mere association or commission of listed offences without the India Law Library Docid # 2426009
(28) KASIREDDY UPENDER REDDY Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Habeas Corpus — Illegal Detention — Article 22(1) of the Constitution of India — Right to be informed of grounds of arrest — Mandatory requirement, not mere formality — Communication must be meaningful, imparting sufficient knowledge of basic facts in understandable language — Failure to inform grounds violates Articles 21 and 22(1), vitiating the arrest India Law Library Docid # 2426010
(29) JAIPUR VIDYUT VITRAN NIGAM LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. ADANI POWER RAJASTHAN LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 86 — Regulatory Commission — Powers and Functions — Invocation of jurisdiction by a power generator seeking relief under the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for a ‘change in law’ event through a petition before the State Electricity Regulatory Commission India Law Library Docid # 2426011
(30) PETER AUGUSTINE Vs. K.V. XAVIER AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 41 Rule 23 — Remand — When permissible — Suit for declaration of title, fixation of boundary, and injunction — Dispute regarding identification of property due to differing survey numbers in historical deeds — High Court remarking similarity in boundaries and area described in deeds, yet remitting back for fresh denovo disposal on ground of improper identification by Court Commissioner — Error in second remand — Appeal could be decided based on interpretation o India Law Library Docid # 2426012
(31) OLD JALUKAI VILLAGE COUNCIL Vs. KAKIHO VILLAGE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Nagaland Village and Area Councils Act, 1978 — Section 3 — Recognition of villages — Criteria for recognition — Emphasis on land ownership and adherence to customary practices — Explained through O.M. dated 22.03.1996 and 01.10.2005 — Customary requirement of ‘No Objection Certificate’ from parent village recognised in O.M. — Public notice inviting objections is cardinal for transparent process and to prevent future conflict — State’s duty to consider objections India Law Library Docid # 2426013
(32) VINOD INFRA DEVELOPERS LTD. Vs. MAHAVEER LUNIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of plaint — Scope of examination — At the preliminary stage of considering an application under Order VII Rule 11 CPC, the court must confine its examination strictly to the averments made in the plaint and not venture into the merits or veracity of the claims — If any triable issues arise from the pleadings, the suit cannot be summarily rejecte India Law Library Docid # 2426014
(33) DR. I.S. TOMAR Vs. INVERTIS UNIVERSITY AND OTHERS ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 — Section 26(1) — Penalty for failure to comply with orders of Tribunal — Scope of liability — Strict construction of penal provision — Liability contingent upon establishing responsibility for the prohibited act and existence of power to prevent it — Appellant, as Mayor, not a party to original proceedings, not served, and without executive powers to direct Municipal Corporation to cease dumping — Absence of material showing his India Law Library Docid # 2426015
(34) SAMEER SANDHIR Vs. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 173(5) — Production of documents by prosecution — Inadvertent omission — Directories vs. Mandatory — While investigating officer should normally produce all relevant documents with charge-sheet, additional documents not produced can be submitted later with Court permission — Section 173(5) word “shall” is directory, not mandatory — Even after charge-sheet, further investigation under Section 173(8) is permissible and does not preclude production of additio India Law Library Docid # 2426016
(35) SAKHAWAT AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302 — Murder — Section 307 — Attempt to murder — Section 34 — Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention — Conviction upheld by High Court — Challenged — Prosecution case rests on eyewitness testimony — Material witnesses admittedly filed affidavits during bail proceedings denying appellants’ involvement and implicating others — Investigating Officer admits knowledge of affidavits but fails to conduct further investigation or record supplementary India Law Library Docid # 2426017
(36) K. UMADEVI Vs. GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Constitution of India — Articles 21, 42 & 51(c) — Fundamental Rights — Life and Personal Liberty — Reproductive Choices — Right to Health — Directive Principles of State Policy — Just and Humane Conditions of Work — Maternity Relief — International Law and Treaty Obligations — Right to life under Article 21 includes life in its fullest sense, all that makes life meaningful, worth living like a human being, embracing right to health and reproductive choices; motherhood and childhood entitled to s India Law Library Docid # 2426018
(37) AGNIRAJ AND OTHERS ETC. Vs. STATE THROUGH DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE CB-CID[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Criminal Procedure — Evidence — Material Witness — Eye-witness testimony — Contradictions and embellishments — Delay in recording statement of alleged eye-witness without plausible explanation renders testimony unreliable — Possibility of tutoring when minor witness gives contradictory statements and identifies accused for first time in court without Test Identification Parade — Evidence India Law Library Docid # 2426019
(38) SANJAY PRAKASH AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) — Organized Group-A Service (OGAS) Status — Cadre Review — Service/Recruitment Rules — Stagnation — Discrimination — Central Armed Police Forces (CRPF, BSF, SSB, ITBP, CISF) officers sought declaration as OGAS, grant of Non-Functional Financial Upgradation (NFFU), cadre review, and amendment of recruitment rules to eliminate deputation at higher levels and ensure promotion — High Court initially granted NFFU based on CAPFs being treated as OGAS, but declined f India Law Library Docid # 2426020
(39) BANK OF INDIA Vs. M/S SRI NANGLI RICE MILLS PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Legislative history and scheme — Genesis — Aimed at faster recovery of non-performing assets (NPAs) of banks and financial institutions (FIs) and facilitation of securitisation and reconstruction of financial assets — Background includes difficulties in recovery through civil suits, recommendations of Tiwari Committee leading to RDBFI Act, India Law Library Docid # 2426005
(40) SULTHAN SAID IBRAHIM Vs. PRAKASAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 1 Rule 10(2) — Striking out or adding parties — Power of Court — Scope — Court vested with broad power to delete or add parties at any stage, suo motu or on application, for effective and complete adjudication — Power exercisable by court on application or suo motu — Not an unfettered right for a party to seek deletion after due process. (Paras 43, 44, 45, 54) India Law Library Docid # 2426006