(701) SANJAY KUMAR MISHRA AND OTHERS Vs. DISTRICT JUDGE, AMBEDKAR NAGAR (U.P.)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-10-2025 Service Law — Appointment — Vacancies — Advertisement — Increased or decreased vacancies — Rule permitting appointment from wait list — Interpretation of "reasonable dimension" for wait list — Appointments made in excess of advertised vacancies justified if within reasonable period and proportion to notified vacancies, provided specific conditions in rules are met. India Law Library Docid # 2434053
(702) STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS Vs. ANISUR RAHMAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-10-2025 Service Law — Retirement Age — Parity — Doctors practising allopathy versus indigenous medicine (Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Unani etc.) — Whether can be treated equally for service conditions, specifically retirement age and pay scales — Supreme Court refers the matter to a larger Bench for an authoritative pronouncement due to divergence of opinion and ambiguity. India Law Library Docid # 2434054
(703) RAJENDRA BIHARI LAL AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-10-2025 Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 — Section 4 (unamended) — Person competent to lodge FIR — Essential Nature — Prohibition Act is a special legislation and its procedure must be followed, overriding general CrPC provisions for FIR registration by police — Prior to 2024 Amendment, Section 4 restricted FIR lodging to aggrieved persons or their relatives by blood, India Law Library Docid # 2434055
(704) PRIDE FORAMER S.A. Vs. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-10-2025 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 37(1) and Section 71 — Business Expenditure — Carrying on Business — A temporary lull in business or failure to secure a new contract does not amount to cessation of business if the assessee's conduct evinces an intention to continue business, such as through continuous correspondence and bidding for new contracts. India Law Library Docid # 2434056
(705) KOTRESH @ KOTRAPPA Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 304 Part-II — Culpable homicide not amounting to murder — Sentence — Appeal against High Court’s reduction of sentence from 10 years to 8 years rigorous imprisonment — Appellant was 20 years old at the time of the incident — Victim was an innocent intervenor — Supreme Court held that the sentence imposed by the High Court was balanced and principled and did not warrant India Law Library Docid # 2434057
(706) KANNAIYA Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302 read with Section 34 — Murder — Appeal against conviction — Appellants convicted by trial court and conviction upheld by High Court — Supreme Court re-appreciated evidence — Prosecution relied on two alleged eyewitnesses — One eyewitness, Puniya (PW-12), gave a version contradictory to FIR regarding genesis and place of occurrence; failed to assist victim; India Law Library Docid # 2434058
(707) JANE KAUSHIK Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-10-2025 Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 and Rules, 2020 — Implementation — Lethargy, apathy, inaction on part of Union and States — Non-state establishments also in cold freeze of compliance — Serious concern — Community faces discrimination, marginalization, scarcity of healthcare, economic opportunities, non-inclusive education policies — Despite recognition of rights in India Law Library Docid # 2434060
(708) SANDHYA SAHU Vs. DHARMENDRA SAHU[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-10-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Divorce — Grounds of Cruelty and Desertion — High Court allowing divorce based on acquittal in Section 498A IPC case and long separation, citing irretrievable breakdown of marriage — High Court erred by not discussing the merits of the specific grounds (cruelty and desertion) proffered by the husband and failing to appreciate whether requirements in law for these grounds were met — Granting relief without discussing the merits of the matter amounts to India Law Library Docid # 2437597
(709) ANIL AGGARWAL AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2025 Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 — Section 13(2) — Procedure for reporting analysis — Local Health Authority's failure to provide a copy of the analysis report to the accused before the expiry of the sample's shelf life deprived the accused of their statutory right to seek further analysis from the Central Food India Law Library Docid # 2434255
(710) TULASIKANNU Vs. AMMAVASAI AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 64 — Private alienation of property after attachment — Attachment order restored by Supreme Court — High Court had set aside the attachment order. India Law Library Docid # 2434257
(711) SUNIL KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Conviction — Appeal — Appellant convicted under Section 138 of NI Act for issuing a cheque that was dishonoured due to insufficient funds — Trial court convicted and sentenced appellant for one year simple imprisonment and compensation — High Court dismissed appeal — Supreme Court upheld conviction but modified sentence India Law Library Docid # 2434402
(712) PRINCE KUMAR Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2025 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 — Trial of juveniles — A juvenile declared as such on the date of incident cannot be tried by a regular POCSO court. India Law Library Docid # 2434437
(713) ABC CHILD IN CONFLICT WITH LAW Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2025 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 — Section 12 — Bail to a child in conflict with law — Held, child in conflict with law shall be released on bail, if not found to be a threat to society or himself. India Law Library Docid # 2434446
(714) BASANT KUMAR ALIAS VASANT KUMAR UDAPURE Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory bail — Petitioner arguing implication without cogent material and no need for custodial interrogation — Court issuing notice and granting interim anticipatory bail on India Law Library Docid # 2434457
(715) PURANMAL GUPTA Vs. SUMITRA BAI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2025 Jurisdiction — High Court — Ad-interim order in Second Appeal — High Court cannot pass an ad-interim order in a Second Appeal without first formulating a substantial question of law. India Law Library Docid # 2434460
(716) RAMANLAL LILACHAND SHAH Vs. GUJARAT INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT CORPORATION LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 21, Rule 37 — Execution of decree — Civil prison — Where a decree-holder applied for execution of a money decree, the court can order the judgment debtor to be detained in civil prison for a period of 45 days, subject to deposit of subsistence allowance. India Law Library Docid # 2434466
(717) RAKESHKUMAR JAYANTIBHAI SHUKLA Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Interim Relief — Protection from coercive steps — Court granted interim relief to the petitioner, directing that no coercive steps shall be taken against him in connection with a registered FIR, subject to his cooperation in the investigation. India Law Library Docid # 2434471
(718) STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER Vs. RATNESH SAXENA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2025 Service Law — Retiral Benefits — Interest on Arrears — High Court awarded 8% interest on arrears of retiral benefits — Supreme Court directed release of interest amount within four weeks, while granting liberty to petitioners to object to interest in cases of inordinate delay by retiree in approaching the court. India Law Library Docid # 2434472
(719) VIRAJ KRISHNA KAD Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Grant of bail — Supreme Court directed release of appellant on bail subject to conditions similar to co-accused — High Court had previously dismissed appellant's bail application citing criminal antecedents and recovery of an axe, while granting bail to co-accused — Supreme Court, after considering the matter, found reason to release appellant on bail India Law Library Docid # 2434337
(720) STANISLAS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 457 and 380 — Bail granted by JMFC — Furnishing of a fake surety with a photograph of a deceased person identified by a third party — Subsequent registration of case for forgery and other offenses against accused, surety and identifier. India Law Library Docid # 2434341