(681) NICKY KUMARI ABHISHEK ANAND Vs. ABHISHEK ANAND ASHWINI ANAND[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025 Transfer Petition (Civil) — Seeking transfer of divorce proceedings — Grounds for transfer — Financial inability of the petitioner-wife to travel to the court where the divorce case is pending and dependence on parents. India Law Library Docid # 2433528
(682) COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE,BANGALORE – II Vs. M/S. SARAVANA ALLOYS STEEL PVT. LTD. ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2025 Central Excise Act, 1944 — Section 35-L — Appeals to Supreme Court — Maintainability — Supreme Court previously held appeals on clandestine removal of goods not maintainable under Section 35-L — High Court dismissed appeals as not maintainable, finding the issue fell under Section 35-L — Supreme Court, in similar India Law Library Docid # 2433529
(683) HARISH KUMAR Vs. AMAR NATH AND ANOTHER (BOTH DEAD AND REPRESENTED THROUGH LR.)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 100 — Second appeal — Re-appreciation of evidence — High Court should not ordinarily re-appreciate evidence in second appeal unless there are substantial questions of law or findings are based on gross misreading or misappreciation of evidence — Concurrent findings of fact by trial and appellate courts are generally binding — Reversal of concurrent findings by High India Law Library Docid # 2428362
(684) SINCERE SECURITIES PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. CHANDRAKANT KHEMKA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 62; Section 14(1)(d) — Appeal against NCLAT order setting aside NCLT order directing return of property — NCLT had directed return of property based on CoC decision that property not required by corporate debtor — NCLAT set aside NCLT order invoking Section 14(1)(d) barring recovery of property during CIRP — Supreme Court held that Section 14(1)(d) not India Law Library Docid # 2428363
(685) ODISHA STATE FINANCIAL CORPORATION Vs. VIGYAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 State Financial Corporations Act, 1951 — Section 29 — Liability of Financial Corporation taking possession of industrial unit for dues — Corporation acts as a trustee, liable only to the extent of funds in its hands after settling its dues, not personally liable. India Law Library Docid # 2428364
(686) DEEPAK KUMAR SAHU Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 376(2), 450 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 4 — Sexual assault on a minor — Evidence of prosecutrix — Conviction can be based solely on the prosecutrix's testimony if it inspires confidence — Corroboration of testimony of prosecutrix is not a requirement India Law Library Docid # 2428365
(687) ANURAG VIJAYKUMAR GOEL Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 498A — Cruelty by husband or relatives of husband — Allegations in FIR were vague, general, and filed one year after admitted separation of the parties — No specific instances of cruelty were mentioned — Criminal proceedings are liable to be quashed. India Law Library Docid # 2428366
(688) APEEJAY SCHOOL Vs. DHRITI DUGGAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Haryana School Education Act, 1995, Section 22 — Civil Court Jurisdiction — Ouster of jurisdiction by statute must be express or implied — Section 22 only ousts jurisdiction where Government or its officers have power to adjudicate — Recovery of fees by a school is not a power conferred on Government/authorities — Civil court jurisdiction not ousted in matters of reasonable fee recovery. India Law Library Docid # 2428367
(689) NARAYAN YADAV Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 25 — Confession made to police officer — Admissibility — First Information Report (FIR) lodged by accused himself containing confession — Held inadmissible in evidence against the maker as it is hit by Section 25 of the Act — Such confession cannot be used to corroborate medical evidence — Limited admissibility as evidence of conduct under Section 8 or for discovery under India Law Library Docid # 2428368
(690) THE MANAGING DIRECTOR BIHAR STATE FOOD AND CIVIL SUPPLY CORPORATION LIMITED AND ANOTHER Vs. SANJAY KUMAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6) — Scope of Enquiry — Referral Court’s duty is to confine its examination to the existence of an arbitration agreement, not to conduct a detailed inquiry into allegations of fraud or other disputes. India Law Library Docid # 2428369
(691) OPERATION ASHA Vs. SHELLY BATRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 92 — Suit for accounts of a public charitable trust — Leave to institute suit — Conditions for applicability — Three conditions must be fulfilled: (i) the trust must be for public purposes of a charitable or religious nature; (ii) there must be a breach of trust or a direction of the court is necessary for administration; and (iii) the relief claimed must be one of those India Law Library Docid # 2428370
(692) KALLU NAT ALIAS MAYANK KUMAR NAGAR Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 193 — Cognizance by Court of Session — Committal — Power to summon additional accused — A Court of Session, after a case is committed to it by a Magistrate, has the power under Section 193 CrPC to summon persons not named in the police report but whose complicity is evident from the material on record, without waiting for the stage of Section 319 India Law Library Docid # 2428371
(693) NADEEM AHAMED Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 21(c), 29, 50, 52A — Search and Seizure — Mandatory Provisions — Non-compliance — Conviction quashed due to procedural irregularities in search, seizure, and sampling of contraband, including failure to comply with Section 52A and relevant Standing Orders. (Paras 19, India Law Library Docid # 2433493
(694) SURYAKANT TIWARI Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 420 — Cheating — Section 120B — Criminal Conspiracy — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7 and 12 — Offences — Bail — FIR registered for offences under Section 420 read with Section 120B of IPC and Sections 7 and 12 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, related to 'District Mineral India Law Library Docid # 2433494
(695) IN RE: CONTEMPT AGAINST UPENDRA NATH DALAI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Contempt of Court — Sentence — Reduction of sentence — Court reduced a two-month imprisonment sentence for contempt to the period already undergone, considering the contemnor had previously served 21 days and was granted bail. India Law Library Docid # 2433495
(696) ROBIN SINGH Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Writ Petition (Civil) — Procedural Defect — Court directed manual evaluation of petitioner's paper due to a mistake in stapling of the question paper which caused incorrect sequencing, ensuring no prejudice to the petitioner. India Law Library Docid # 2433496
(697) AJAYBHAI MANSUKHBHAI VEGAD Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — High Court order granting anticipatory bail challenged in Supreme Court — Supreme Court grants leave to appeal and allows the appeal, setting aside the High Court's order — Appellant directed to continue cooperating with investigation and not misuse liberty. India Law Library Docid # 2433497
(698) S. BALAKRISHNAN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF TAMIL NADU[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 18A — Anticipatory Bail — Maintainability — High Court Registrar's administrative order declining to place anticipatory bail prayer before court based on Section 18A of the Act. India Law Library Docid # 2433498
(699) ARADHANA KUMARI SAW Vs. ASMIT KOCHGAWAY[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Transfer Petition (Civil) — Grounds for transfer — Proceedings of a matrimonial case pending in one court directed to be transferred to another court in a different State — Petitioner seeking transfer on grounds of unemployment, pendency of other proceedings in the transferee court, and inability to effectively defend due to long distance — India Law Library Docid # 2433499
(700) RAMYA KRISHNA Vs. ANIL SAMMATI VENKATA RAJU[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Transfer Petition — Grounds for transfer — Marriage Miscellaneous Case pending in Bengaluru — Petitioner seeking transfer to Hyderabad — Petitioner's grounds include need to care for child and aged father, and difficulty in defending proceedings due to long distance — These are valid reasons for India Law Library Docid # 2433500