(561) ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. M/S. RASHI STEEL AND POWER PRIVATE LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Consumer Protection — Insurance Law — Erection All Risk Policy — Claim Repudiation — Willful Negligence — Damage to Derrick Sizer due to fire — Failure to remove shipping brackets (as required by manufacturer’s manual) found to be the cause/aggravating factor — Exclusion Clause: Policy excluded liability for loss caused India Law Library Docid # 2435423
(562) ICICI LOMBARD GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. AYITI NAVANEETHA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Supreme Court Rules — Special Leave Petition (SLP) — Dismissal for non-prosecution — SLP dismissed against unserved respondents due to failure of petitioner to take necessary steps. India Law Library Docid # 2435429
(563) RAM RATI AND OTHERS Vs. VISHNU KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Motor Accident Claims — Deduction of Compensation Due to Compassionate Appointment Scheme Benefits — Haryana Compassionate Assistance to the Dependents of Deceased Government Employees Rules, 2006 (2006 Rules) — Original compensation enhanced by High Court but subsequently reduced in review based on a later Supreme Court judgment (Reliance General Insurance India Law Library Docid # 2435430
(564) ABC Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) — Quashing of Criminal Proceedings — High Court quashed criminal proceedings arising from a First Information Report (FIR) filed by the petitioner (then Deputy Superintendent of Police) against respondent No. 2 (then District Superintendent of Police) concerning a relationship that turned sour — Supreme Court, noting the prolonged litigation (11 years), the marriage of India Law Library Docid # 2435461
(565) MANJULA Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Quashing of First Information Report (FIR) — Forgery and fraud related to agreement for sale — High Court quashing FIR based on disputed averments in the alleged forged agreement — Propriety of quashing — Where the very basis of the criminal case (disputed agreement for sale alleging forgery) is relied upon by the High Court to quash the FIR, the order is unsustainable — Such action prematurely India Law Library Docid # 2435556
(566) MITALI CHANDA Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Section 20(b)(ii)(C) — Bail — Grant of bail by Supreme Court — Factors considered include period of incarceration undergone by the appellant, the fact that the appellant is a lady, and that co-accused have been granted bail — Impugned order refusing bail set India Law Library Docid # 2435592
(567) M/S. NIRMAL UJJWAL CREDIT CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD Vs. RAVI SETHIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Multi State Cooperative Societies Act (MSCS Act) — Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) — Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) — Resolution Applicant — Participation of Multi State Cooperative Society (MSCS) as Resolution Applicant — Central Registrar's Stance — MSCS Act provisions do not prohibit an MSCS from participating in the resolution process to acquire shares, security, and India Law Library Docid # 2435610
(568) RAJNEESH KUMAR PANDEY AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Recruitment Rules — Finalization and Advertisement — State of Manipur assured to finalize draft recruitment rules by end of month, issue advertisement within a month thereafter, and endeavor to complete teacher recruitment promptly. India Law Library Docid # 2435041
(569) KANTA DEVI Vs. ANUJ CHAUHAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act — Compulsory Insurance — Liability of Insurer — Compensation — Recovery by Insurer from Owner — Where High Court fastened entire liability of compensation upon the owner and exonerated the Insurance Company, which prejudiced the claimant unable to recover from the poor owner, the Supreme Court directed the Insurance Company to pay the compensation upfront and India Law Library Docid # 2435042
(570) ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. M/S RASHI STEEL AND POWER PRIVATE LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Insurance Law — Erection All Risk Policy — Fire damage — Removal of shipping brackets — Essential for machine startup — Failure to remove constitutes negligence. India Law Library Docid # 2435043
(571) RAM RATI Vs. VISHNU KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Motor accident claim — Appeal against High Court's order reducing compensation — Supreme Court modified High Court's order to enhance compensation by considering factors beyond the deduction under government rules and the impact of subsequent judicial pronouncements on prior judgments. India Law Library Docid # 2435045
(572) BAWA KUNJU Vs. STATE OF KERALA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 326 — Causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means — Appeal against conviction — Conviction upheld but sentence reduced — Plea of self-defence rejected by lower courts — Accused's claim of self-defence and grave provocation not substantiated by evidence to exonerate him completely. India Law Library Docid # 2435046
(573) RAJNEESH KUMAR PANDEY AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Constitutional Law — Writ Petition (Civil) — Directions to States concerning Special Educators/Teachers for Children with Special Needs — Supreme Court reviewing compliance and directing specific steps for recruitment and status reports in various states. India Law Library Docid # 2435418
(574) KANTA DEVI Vs. ANUJ CHAUHAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act — Motor Accident Claims — Compensation — Liability of Insurer and Owner — Where High Court partly allowed insurer's appeal and exonerated Insurance Company, fastening entire liability for compensation (awarded by Tribunal) upon registered owner — Claimant's inability to recover from alleged poor owner India Law Library Docid # 2435421
(575) HUSSAIN BIN AWAZ Vs. MITTAPALLY VENKATARAMULU AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 45 and Section 73 — Comparison of signatures/handwriting — Applicability — Sections 45 and 73 can only be invoked for purpose of comparison of signatures or handwriting on an admitted document. India Law Library Docid # 2437409
(576) SHRIKUMAR GUPTA AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Railways Act, 1989 — Section 124A — Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 — Claim for compensation for death in railway accident — Defense of self-inflicted injury/negligence (Proviso to Section 124A) — Deceased sustained fatal injuries after boarding 'wrong train' without a stop at destination station (Maihar) — Tribunal's majority opinion found deceased was a 'bona fide passenger' despite boarding wrong India Law Library Docid # 2437443
(577) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. VIRENDRA AMRUTBHAI PATEL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 47 Rule 1 Explanation — Review — Ground for review — Subsequent reversal or modification of the law by a superior Court — The Explanation to Rule 1 of Order 47 explicitly states that the fact that the decision on a question of law on which the judgment of the Court is based has been reversed or modified by the subsequent decision of a superior Court in any other case, India Law Library Docid # 2437447
(578) RAJEEV KHANDELWAL Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Compromise/Settlement — Costs imposed by High Court — The High Court, while recording a settlement and acquitting the appellant in a revision petition, imposed a condition of depositing cost with the State Legal Services Authority, relying on Damodar S. Prabhu v. Sayed Babalal H. [(2010) 5 SCC 663] — Challenge against India Law Library Docid # 2437448
(579) CHARANJIT SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-11-2025 Bail — Interim Order — Confirmation of Interim Bail — The Supreme Court allowed the appeal, confirming its earlier interim order dated 24.09.2025 which granted protective bail to the appellant, noting that the appellant had fully complied with the conditions, cooperated with the investigation, and had not intimidated India Law Library Docid # 2435446
(580) SUKHNANDAN RUSGAIYA Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Bail/Anticipatory Bail — Grant and Conditions — Appellant challenging High Court's judgment — Supreme Court confirms earlier interim order of protective bail granted on 26.09.2025, noting full compliance with conditions (cooperation in investigation, no threat to witnesses, maintaining good India Law Library Docid # 2435450