(41) CHANDRA BHAN SINGH Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 — Sections 9B, 14, 15 & 15A — Applicability to minor minerals — DMF contribution — Scope of State Government’s power — Section 14 clearly states that Sections 5 to 13 do not apply to minor minerals — Therefore, Section 9B in its entirety, including the percentage limitation based on royalty, does not apply for determining the amount payable to DMF for minor minerals — Section 15(4)(c) and 15A specifically empower the State Government to p India Law Library Docid # 2426007
(42) THE RESERVE BANK OF INDIA Vs. M.T. MANI AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Service Law — Pension Scheme — Option to Switch — Reserve Bank of India — Contributory Provident Fund (CPF) to Pension Scheme — Several options provided over time (1990, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2020) — Each circular/scheme distinct with varying eligibility, interest rates for refund, and benefit commencement dates — Later schemes incorporating financial considerations and government approvals — Respondent failed to opt on earlier occasions but availed 2020 India Law Library Docid # 2426008
(43) IN RE: RIGHT TO PRIVACY OF ADOLESCENTS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 6 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 363, 366, and 376(2)(n), 376(3) — Conviction and Sentencing — Review of High Court judgment setting aside conviction through extraordinary jurisdiction — Supreme Court sets aside High Court’s acquittal and restores Special Court’s conviction under POCSO Act and Section 376 IPC, while confirming acquittal under Sections 363 and India Law Library Docid # 2426021
(44) MAYA P.C. AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Kerala State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1958 — Rule 9(a)(i) — Temporary appointments in public interest — Persons with benchmark disabilities exceeding 40% engaged under this rule subsequently regularised against supernumerary posts by Government Order (G.O.) dated 18th May 2013 — G.O. contemplated “regular appointment” and appointment orders in one case specified probation — Subsequent G.O. dated 3rd February 2016 declared those reappointed ineligible for probation declaration, inclusion in India Law Library Docid # 2426022
(45) RAJNI Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-05-2025 Practice and Procedure — Supreme Court — Clerical Errors in Judgment — Correction of — Typographical error in paragraph numbers and crime case details — Instead of ‘Miscellaneous Case No.9/2020 in respect of Crime Case No.11/2020’, judgment erroneously typed India Law Library Docid # 2426023
(46) CHADURANGA KANTHARAJ URS Vs. S.V. RANGANATH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-05-2025 Contempt of Court — Civil Contempt — Wilful disobedience of court orders — Implementation of land acquisition compensation through DRCs/TDRs — Order explicitly directing issuance of DRCs/TDRs based on specific valuation — Contemnors initially proposed issuance based on different valuation, rejected by court — Undeterred and despite being held guilty of wilful non-compliance and penalized with costs, contemnors further delay implementation through maneuvers including filing applications raising f India Law Library Docid # 2425951
(47) HDFC BANK LIMITED Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-05-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Offence by company. India Law Library Docid # 2425952
(48) PINKY MEENA Vs. THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-05-2025 Rajasthan Judicial Service Rules, 2010 — Rules 44, 45, 46 & 14 — Appointment — Probation — Discharge from service — Grounds for discharge — Appellant selected as Civil Judge, serving as probationer — Show cause notice issued regarding simultaneous pursuit of degrees while teaching, pursuing LL.M. while teaching, non-disclosure of teacher employment in RJS application, and joining RJS after resignation on medical grounds — Inquiry held — Discharge order issued based on inquiry report — High Court India Law Library Docid # 2425953
(49) M/S SURAJ IMPEX (INDIA) PVT. LTD Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-05-2025 Customs Duty Drawbacks — All Industry Rate (AIR) — Export of Soyabean Meal — Entitlement of merchant exporters to customs component of AIR duty drawback — Customs Circular No. 35/2010-Cus. dated 17.09.2010 — Applicability and scope — Effect of simultaneous availing of Central Excise duty rebate under Rules 18 or 19(2) of Central Excise Rules, 2002 — Previous Notifications (81/2006, 68/2007, 103/2008, 84/2010) — Interpretation of provisions regarding drawback eligibility when CENVAT facility or e India Law Library Docid # 2425954
(50) STATE REPRESENTED BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE, CBI, ACB, VISAKHAPATNAM Vs. ELURI SRINIVASA CHAKRAVARTHI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-05-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 239 — Discharge of accused in warrant cases triable by Magistrate — Scope of examination by Magistrate — Consideration of material — Magistrate to consider only police report and documents sent with it under Section 173 — Accused has no right to file material or documents at the stage of framing of charge — Roving and fishing inquiry impermissible — Mini-trial at the stage of framing of charge defeats the object of the Code — Defence of accused India Law Library Docid # 2425955
(51) IN RE: ZUDPI JUNGLE LANDS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-05-2025 Zudpi Jungle Lands — Status and Character – Peculiar issue in six districts of Eastern Vidarbha Region of Maharashtra – Lands recorded as Zudpi Forest lands – Historically used for non-forestry purposes (residential, agricultural, government offices, public schools, primary health centres etc.) – Issue concerning the status of such lands under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and Supreme Court orders. India Law Library Docid # 2425956
(52) STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER Vs. ASIANET SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-05-2025 Constitutional Law — Distribution of legislative powers — Seventh Schedule — Interpretation of entries — Taxing entries vs. regulatory entries — Distinction between power to legislate on subject and power to tax on subject — Power to tax not incidental or ancillary power implied within regulatory entry — Taxation entries (List I Entries 82-97, List II Entries 45-63) are exclusive; no India Law Library Docid # 2426045
(53) IN RE: PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL REPORTS OF THE OFFICERS OF THE INDIAN FOREST SERVICE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 All-India Services Act, 1951 — Section 3(1) — Regulation of recruitment and conditions of service — Power to make rules — All-India Services (Confidential Rolls) Rules, 1970 and All-India Services (Performance Appraisal Report) Rules, 2007 — Rule 2 definitions of “accepting authority”, “reporting authority”, and “reviewing authority” — Scope and interpretation — Evolution of definitions through amendments. India Law Library Docid # 2425921
(54) LT. COL NK GHAI (RETD.) Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 Armed Forces Tribunal — Scope of Review — Promotion — Challenge to non-empanelment for promotion to Colonel rank in Territorial Army — Tribunal found no error in the decision of not placing the appellant in an acceptable grade for promotion India Law Library Docid # 2425928
(55) DILEEP KUMAR PANDEY Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 Constitution of India — Article 12 — “State” or “Authority” — Air Force Schools — Whether Air Force School, Bamrauli is a “State” or “Authority” within the meaning of Article 12, thus amenable to writ jurisdiction under Article 226 — Schools established by IAF for children of personnel — Managed initially as Regimental Schools — Indian Air Force Educational and Cultural Society (IAFE&CS) registered under Societies Registration Act, 1860 to manage schools — School applied for affiliation with CBS India Law Library Docid # 2425929
(56) GYAN PRAKASH Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 32 — Writ Petition — National Highways — Safety and Management — Issues raised regarding highway safety based on accident data — Implementation of Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002 and Highway Administration Rules, 2004 — Lack of machinery for survey, removal of unauthorized occupation, and grievance redressal system — Directions issued for scheme for regular inspection, grievance mechanism, and prompt action — Non-satisfactory action India Law Library Docid # 2425925
(57) GANESHKUMAR RAJESHWARRAO SELUKAR AND OTHERS Vs. MAHENDRA BHASKAR LIMAYE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 ‘Consumer’ — Scope and Definition — Begins before birth and extends beyond death — Inseparable from mother in womb forming joint consumers — Continues through organ donation, funeral rites, and rituals — Essence best captured in Mahatma Gandhi’s words emphasizing consumer’s importance and independence – Elevated consumerism through truth and dharma, integrated into freedom struggle via non-cooperation and civil disobedience – Dandi March and Salt Satyagraha examples of integration of politics, e India Law Library Docid # 2425926
(58) PADMAN BIBHAR Vs. STATE OF ODISHA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 Criminal Law — Circumstantial Evidence — Burden of proof — Prosecution must prove each circumstance cumulatively forming a complete chain leaving no doubt that the crime was committed by the accused alone — Facts proved must unerringly point towards the accused’s guilt. India Law Library Docid # 2425927
(59) SURAJ NARAYAN KHATORIYA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR/Criminal Proceedings — Defence plea — Ordinarily not considered at the stage of quashing — Court required to consider allegations at face value — If allegations disclose cognizable offence, investigation must proceed — Subsequent police report/charge sheet can be challenged or discharge sought India Law Library Docid # 2426043
(60) NAGAM JANARDHAN REDDY Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025 Writ Petition — Public Interest Litigation (PIL) — Maintainability — Successive PILs on the same project — Earlier PILs challenging various stages of the project already disposed of — Belated PIL filed after substantial completion of project — Can be challenged on grounds of constructive res judicata and suppression of material facts India Law Library Docid # 2426257