(581) AJIT KUMAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Cancellation by High Court — Supreme Court set aside cancellation order and restored anticipatory bail granted by Sessions Court irrespective of completed investigation and filed charge-sheet, citing peculiar facts and circumstances. India Law Library Docid # 2432126
(582) NEW OKHLA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-08-2025 National Green Tribunal (NGT) — Compliance of Directions — Supreme Court requires verification of status reports on compliance by environmental agencies. India Law Library Docid # 2433580
(583) HARSHITA HARIYANI Vs. LOKESH LALLA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Transfer Petition — Transfer of Family Court Cases — Supreme Court has the power to transfer family court cases from one state to another in the interest of justice when a respondent fails to appear before the court despite being served. India Law Library Docid # 2433581
(584) JYOTI THAKUR Vs. BALRAJ SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-08-2025 Transfer of proceedings — Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 25 — Interest of justice — Transfer petition allowed as respondent chose not to appear and was set ex-parte — Proceedings in a pending family court case stayed earlier, indicating respondent's awareness of the petition — Transfer ordered to facilitate justice. India Law Library Docid # 2433741
(585) VIRENDRA SINGH NAGAR Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-08-2025 Special Investigation Team (SIT) Report — Compensation paid to landowners was found to be excessive in some cases, with specific officers identified as responsible for exorbitant payments. Collusion between beneficiaries and NOIDA officials requires further examination of financial and asset details of officers and their family members, necessitating the involvement of specialized agencies. NOIDA's functioning was found to India Law Library Docid # 2433742
(586) MANAGEMENT OF KATRAS AREA OF M/S BHARAT COKING COAL LIMITED, DHANBAD Vs. WORKMAN-SHAHDEO DAS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-08-2025 Service Law — Date of Birth — Correction of — Belated Claim — Maintainability — Where the workman sought correction of his date of birth after 25 years of service, on the basis of a Transfer/School Leaving Certificate issued in 2015, the Supreme Court held that such claim cannot be entertained at the fag end of service — The employee had himself declared his age as 30 years at the time of joining in 1990 and signed the service book in 1992. His dependants’ ages recorded therein (wife aged 24 yea India Law Library Docid # 2433743
(587) DR. DASOJU SRAVAN KUMAR Vs. SECRETARY TO HER EXCELLENCY, THE HONBLE GOVERNOR, STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-08-2025 Civil Procedure — Stay Order Interpretation — Stay on High Court judgment adverse to appellants does not extend benefits to respondents who did not appeal against the High Court judgment. India Law Library Docid # 2433744
(588) S. HEMALATHA Vs. B. SATHISH BABU[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Transfer Petition (Civil) — Grounds for transfer — Respondent failed to appear despite being served and aware of the proceedings. — Transfer petition allowed in the interest of justice. India Law Library Docid # 2433745
(589) SEEMA AGARWAL Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — Re-investigation — Court permits re-investigation due to inadequate investigation, grave lapses, and deficiencies by investigating and supervising authorities — Show-cause notices issued to concerned officers — State assured to revisit all aspects for statutory compliance and enforcement of safeguards for public facilities. India Law Library Docid # 2433746
(590) GURIA SWAYAM SEVI SANSTHAN Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-08-2025 Missing Children Data — States’ Non-Compliance — Court directs Union of India to issue strong reminders to non-compliant States and Union Territories to submit data on missing children for compilation and presentation to the Court. India Law Library Docid # 2433747
(591) BANGALORE AKHILA Vs. T.J. SUNDEEP[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 25 — Transfer of cases — Grounds for transfer — Wife seeking transfer of matrimonial case from Chennai to Madanapalle — Grounds cited include need to care for minor daughter and difficulty in defending proceedings due to long distance — Court found grounds sufficient for allowing transfer. India Law Library Docid # 2433748
(592) DEEPALI GAUTAM Vs. RISHABH MISHRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 25 — Transfer of Civil Suit — Transfer of Petition for Divorce — Wife sought transfer of divorce proceedings filed by husband from one Family Court to another — Court found sufficient cause for transfer and allowed the petition — Case records to be transmitted to the transferee court — Husband India Law Library Docid # 2433749
(593) PARADIP PORT AUTHORITY Vs. PARADEEP PHOSPHATES LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-08-2025 Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 — Sections 48-52, 47-A — Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP) — Constitution and functions — Adjudicatory Board under Major Port Authorities Act, 2021 — Appeal to Supreme Court — Expertise of expert bodies in tariff fixation — Need for specialized appellate body. India Law Library Docid # 2428617
(594) KHAJA MOHAIDEEN AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Revision — High Court’s revisional jurisdiction — Scope — Re-appreciation of evidence is not permissible — High Court can only examine glaring errors in the judgment of acquittal. India Law Library Docid # 2428618
(595) A. KARUNANITHI Vs. THE STATE REPRESENTED BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-08-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7, 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) — Demand and acceptance of illegal gratification — Essential elements for conviction — Prosecution must prove both demand and acceptance of bribe through direct or circumstantial evidence — Conviction cannot be sustained without proof of demand and acceptance. India Law Library Docid # 2428620
(596) REJANISH K.V Vs. K. DEEPA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-08-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 233(2) — Appointment of District Judges — Interpretation of eligibility criteria for direct recruitment from the Bar — Whether judicial officers with prior Bar experience can be appointed against Bar vacancies — This is a substantial question of law requiring consideration by a Constitution Bench. India Law Library Docid # 2428621
(597) YOGESH MADHAV MAKALWAD Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-08-2025 Scheduled Tribes — Caste Claim — Validation — Pre-Independence documents hold greater probative value than post-Independence documents in establishing caste status. India Law Library Docid # 2428622
(598) NAVNEESH AGGARWAL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Marriage had been solemnised between appellant No.1 and respondent No.2, but owing to differences, respondent No.2 left matrimonial home — Numerous cases filed by both parties — FIR No.67 dated 15.05.2019 registered against appellants under Sections 323, 406, 498-A IPC — Divorce by mutual consent granted on India Law Library Docid # 2428623
(599) MANGE RAM Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 498A and 34 — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Section 3, 4 — Cruelty by husband or relatives, acts done in furtherance of common intention, penalty for giving or taking dowry, penalty for demanding dowry — Quashing of FIR — Divorce decree obtained by parties — Continuation of criminal proceedings against father-in-law disallowed after divorce — When marital relationship has legally ended, continuing criminal proceedings arising from discord India Law Library Docid # 2428624
(600) ASHDAN PROPERTIES PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. DSK GLOBAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-08-2025 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 61(2) — Appeal to NCLAT — Filing within 30 days — Proviso allows extension of 15 days for sufficient cause — Appeal is defective if not filed with a certified copy of the impugned order and without an application for condonation of delay or exemption from filing the certified India Law Library Docid # 2428625