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(41) KRISHNA SWAROOP AGARWAL (DEAD) THR. LR. Vs. ARVIND KUMAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2025
Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 106 — Notice terminating tenancy — Service by registered post — Return with endorsement “ND” (Not Delivered) — General Clauses Act, 1897 — Section 27 — Deemed service — High Court set aside ejectment decree solely on ground of “ND” endorsement, misinterpreting deemed service provisions — Supreme Court held High Court erred in not considering Section
India Law Library Docid # 2427877

(42) SHIV BARAN Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 319 — Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence — Application for summoning additional accused — High Court quashed summons issued against them — Whether High Court was justified — Held, no. — Evidence of eyewitnesses, though prima facie, suggested complicity of the applicant, assigning specific role and indicating presence at scene
India Law Library Docid # 2427878

(43) BYLURU THIPPAIAH @ BYALURU THIPPAIAH @ NAYAKARA THIPPAIAH Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction — Concurrent findings of guilt by Trial Court and High Court — Supreme Court will not re-assess evidence unless there is violation of natural justice, misreading of evidence, or error of law — Appeals challenging conviction dismissed.
India Law Library Docid # 2427879

(44) BIRKA SHIVA Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 363, 342, 376 — Kidnapping, Wrongful Confinement, Rape — Prosecution failed to prove the age of the victim (minor) beyond reasonable doubt when the only evidence was a school certificate not corroborated by oral testimony of parents or the person who made the entry.
India Law Library Docid # 2427880

(45) JAI PRAKASH Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 302, 376, 377; Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Sections 5, 6 — Conviction for murder, rape, unnatural offences, and sexual offences against a child — Evidence relied upon includes last seen theory, recovery of body from appellant’s hut, and DNA evidence linking appellant to victim — Trial court and High Court concurrently held appellant
India Law Library Docid # 2427881

(46) THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ANOTHER Vs. JSW HYDRO ENERGY LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2025
Electricity Act, 2003 — CERC Regulations, 2019 — Interpretation — Note 3 of Regulation 55 setting a 13% cap on free power for home state (FEHS) is for tariff calculation purposes and does not prohibit a generating company from supplying more than 13% free power as per its contractual obligations.
India Law Library Docid # 2427882

(47) BALJINDER KUMAR @ KALA Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-07-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 302, 308, 325 — Murder and causing grievous hurt — Evidence — Eyewitness testimony — Contradictions — Supreme Court found major contradictions in the testimonies of key prosecution witnesses (PW1 and PW2) regarding material particulars of the incident, rendering their accounts unreliable.
India Law Library Docid # 2427883

(48) PRADEEP BHARDWAJ Vs. PRIYA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-07-2025
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(a) — Cruelty — Divorce — Allegations of cruelty by husband against wife for property grabbing, physical abuse, and extra-marital affair — Family Court and High Court found allegations unsubstantiated — Conviction of husband in criminal case for cruelty also resulted in acquittal
India Law Library Docid # 2427850

(49) G. KALAWATHI BAI (DIED), PER LRS. Vs. G. SHASHIKALA (DIED), PER LRS., AND OTHERS ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-07-2025
Registration Act, 1908 — Sections 32, 33, 34 and 35 — Power of Attorney Holder presenting document for registration — A power of attorney holder who signs on behalf of a principal does not become the ‘executant’ under Section 32(a) but remains an agent under Section 32(c), requiring compliance with Sections 33, 34, and 35 and related rules.
India Law Library Docid # 2427851

(50) KRISHAN GOPAL Vs. GURMEET KAUR (DEAD), THROUGH LRS., AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-07-2025
Contract Law — Specific Performance — Agreement to Sell — Readiness and Willingness of Purchaser — Purchaser need not produce money or have a concluded finance scheme to prove readiness and willingness; it is inferred from conduct.
India Law Library Docid # 2427852

(51) PNB HOUSING FINANCE LIMITED Vs. SH. MANOJ SAHA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-07-2025
Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI) — Section 17(4A) and Section 18 — Tenancy rights — Amendments to SARFAESI Act in 2016 allowing tenants to approach DRT — Right of appeal against DRT orders — High Courts should generally refrain from
India Law Library Docid # 2427853

(52) VIJAY KUMAR Vs. CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-07-2025
Central Bank of India (Employees’) Pension Regulations, 1995 — Regulation 33 — Compulsory retirement pension — Interpretation of clauses (1) and (2) — Held, both clauses must be read conjointly. Reduction of pension requires prior consultation with the Board of Directors.
India Law Library Docid # 2427854

(53) G. MOHANDAS Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-07-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Dismissal of petition by High Court — Appeal against dismissal — Appellant sought quashing of FIR alleging criminal conspiracy with Municipal Corporation officials for illegal construction. Appellant claimed the original building collapsed due to heavy rain and the new construction was for rebuilding, and that regularization of the structure erased
India Law Library Docid # 2427855

(54) NEETHU B. @ NEETHU BABY MATHEW Vs. RAJESH KUMAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-07-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 137 — Review of Judgments — Scope of review is limited and requires substantial and compelling reasons such as discovery of new and important evidence, a mistake apparent on the face of the record, or any other sufficient reason — Review is not maintainable for repetition of old arguments, minor mistakes, or as a disguised appeal.
India Law Library Docid # 2427856

(55) L. MURUGANANTHAM Vs. STATE OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-07-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14 and 21 — Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 — Sections 40, 45 — UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006 — Article 15 — Prisoners with disabilities — Duty of State — Ensuring dignity, accessibility, and protection — Systemic neglect and lack of adequate infrastructure as constitutional and statutory violations — Mandatory to
India Law Library Docid # 2427857

(56) JAYKISHOR CHATURVEDI & ETC. Vs. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-07-2025
SEBI Act, 1992 — Section 28A — Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 220(2) — Recovery of Penalties — Interest Levy — Section 220 of the IT Act, incorporated by Section 28A of SEBI Act, mandates payment of interest at 1% per month for unpaid demand — Adjudication order itself constitutes a valid demand, and interest accrues from expiry of prescribed payment period, not from subsequent demand notices.
India Law Library Docid # 2427858

(57) M/S TORINO LABORATORIES PVT. LTD. Vs. UNION OF INDIAAND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-07-2025
Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 — Section 2A, 7A, 7I — Clubbing of establishments — Tests for clubbing — Unity of ownership, management and control, functional integrality, unity of finance, geographical proximity, unity of purpose, unity of labour, transferability of employees — Cumulative consideration of factors is crucial, not reliance on a single test —
India Law Library Docid # 2427859

(58) KATTAVELLAI @ DEVAKAR Vs. STATE OF TAMILNADU[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-07-2025
Criminal Law — Circumstantial Evidence — Requirements for conviction based on circumstantial evidence discussed — The circumstances must be fully established, consistent only with the guilt of the accused, of a conclusive nature, exclude every other hypothesis except the guilt of the accused, and form a chain so complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for the conclusion consistent with the innocence of the
India Law Library Docid # 2427860

(59) SURENDRA SINGH SALUJA Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-07-2025
Madhya Pradesh High Court Rules, 1992 — Rule 36(3) — Writ Appeal — Maintainability of Writ Appeal against Single Judge’s order in Criminal Writ Petition — Doubt expressed regarding maintainability of intra-court appeal before Division Bench against a Single Judge’s order in a criminal writ petition, citing precedent in Ram Kishan Fauji case.
India Law Library Docid # 2427941

(60) X Vs. THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-07-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 164 — Statement of victim — High Court’s failure to record reasons for granting bail in a case involving a minor victim and serious allegations — Appellant’s contention that High Court found fault with FIR to grant relief — Allegations of serious crimes under IPC and POCSO Act — Held, High Court ought to have been more cautious considering the victim’s minority
India Law Library Docid # 2427942