(81) SIDDHANT MAHAJAN AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-12-2025 Education Law — Medical and Dental Education — Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) Admissions — Academic Year 2016-17 — Legality of admissions granted after lowering minimum National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) percentile — Revised BDS Course Regulations, 2007, Regulation II(5)(ii) Proviso — NEET is the sole basis for admissions to medical and dental courses to uphold academic standards and merit — India Law Library Docid # 2437086
(82) TELANGANA STATE LEVEL POLICE RECRUITMENT BOARD Vs. PENJARLA VIJAY KUMAR AND OTHER ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-12-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (as amended by The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019) — Sections 14 and 15 — Driving Licence Renewal — Police Recruitment — Interpretation of ‘continuously’ possessing a valid driving licence — Recruitment Notifications for Driver posts required candidates to possess a valid Light Motor Vehicle (LMV)/Heavy Motor Vehicle (HMV) Licence 'continuously for a period of India Law Library Docid # 2437087
(83) BABURAM GAUTAM AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-12-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Power of Supreme Court to pass decree for dissolution of marriage — Invocation of extraordinary power — Marriage irretrievably broken down — Where parties (husband and wife) reach mutual settlement for divorce, including financial settlement (Rs. 30,00,000/-) and withdrawal of all pending civil and criminal cases arising from the matrimonial dispute, the Supreme Court can invoke power under Article 142 to dissolve the India Law Library Docid # 2437492
(84) SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT Vs. KOLICAJ[UNITED KINGDOM SUPREME COURT] 18-12-2025 British Nationality Act 1981 — Section 40(2), 40(5), 40A — Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997 — Section 2B — Deprivation of British Citizenship — Conducive to public good — Procedural Fairness/Natural Justice — Right of Appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) or Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) — The statutory procedure for deprivation (notice under s. 40(5) followed by India Law Library Docid # 2437976
(85) EVANS Vs. BARCLAYS BANK PLC AND OTHERS[UNITED KINGDOM SUPREME COURT] 18-12-2025 Competition Law — Collective Proceedings — Competition Act 1998, Section 47B — Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015, Rule 79(3) — Choice between Opt-in and Opt-out Proceedings — Judicial Discretion and Appellate Review — Rule 79(3) gives the Tribunal broad discretion in determining whether collective proceedings should be opt-in or opt-out, considering all matters, especially the strength of the claims and practicability of opt-in proceedings; The Tribunal exercises India Law Library Docid # 2437977
(86) K. S. DINACHANDRAN Vs. SHYLA JOSEPH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-12-2025 Succession Act, 1925 — Section 63 — Indian Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 68 — Proof of Will — Requirement of attestation — Will excluding one legal heir (daughter) — One attesting witness (DW-2) examined — DW-2 must speak not only to the execution by the testator and his own attestation, but also to the attestation by the other witness — Failure of the Trial Court and High Court to find the Will proved India Law Library Docid # 2437048
(87) OBALAPPA AND OTHERS Vs. PAWAN KUMAR BHIHANI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Suit for Permanent Injunction — Dismissal of Suit — Reversal by High Court — Scope of Interference by Supreme Court — Where the Trial Court dismissed a suit for permanent injunction on grounds of failure to establish title and uncertainty in property identification, and the High Court reversed this relying on unproven and unauthenticated documents/surveys (like a BDA survey not proved or authenticated, and a letter without a clear seal or legible India Law Library Docid # 2437049
(88) SHAIK SHABUDDIN Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-12-2025 Criminal Law — Conviction — Circumstantial Evidence — Last Seen Together Theory — Must establish acquaintance between accused and deceased for theory to apply as a circumstance linking chain; mere fact of accused and deceased being in the same vicinity shortly before the crime, without proven acquaintance, is insufficient to propound the ‘last seen together theory’ as a conclusive link, though presence in same India Law Library Docid # 2437050
(89) M/S ANDHRA PRADESH POWER GENERATION CORPORATION LIMITED (APGENCO) Vs. M/S TECPRO SYSTEMS LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-12-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6) and 11(6-A) — Appointment of Arbitral Tribunal (AT) — Scope of Judicial Scrutiny — The enquiry under Section 11 is confined to a prima facie determination of the existence of an arbitration agreement, and no further — The referral court must refrain from entering into contentious factual or legal issues related to authority, capacity, arbitrability, maintainability, or merits of claims, adhering to the principle of minimal judicial India Law Library Docid # 2437051
(90) SRINIBAS GORADIA Vs. ARVIND KUMAR SAHU AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-12-2025 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 2(s) — Definition of "workman" — Determination of status — Key determinant is the essence and nature of duties performed, not the designation or nomenclature given by the employer — Courts must look at the kind of primary duties performed (manual, skilled, clerical, etc.) rather than attaching undue importance to the employee's title (e.g., Cashier India Law Library Docid # 2437091
(91) HASINA YASMIN AND OTHERS Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-12-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Conventional Heads — Enhancement under National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Pranay Sethi, (2017) 16 SCC 680 — Standardized amounts for loss of estate, loss of consortium, and funeral expenses (Rs. 15,000, Rs. 40,000, and Rs. 15,000 respectively in 2017) — Pranay Sethi mandates 10% enhancement every three years on these amounts based on price index/escalation — Court expresses doubt on application of this 10% enhancement India Law Library Docid # 2437489
(92) STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH Vs. KRISHNA MURARI SHARMA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-12-2025 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Reference of Industrial Dispute — Delay in seeking reference — Stale Claim — While a Labour Court/Industrial Tribunal cannot examine the validity of the reference itself, the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India can examine a challenge against the reference order on the ground of non-existence of an industrial dispute or when the issue referred is a stale India Law Library Docid # 2437491
(93) PHOOL SINGH Vs. RANDHEER SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 22 — Abatement of Appeal/Revision — Impleading Legal Heirs — Dismissal of entire revision petition as abated merely because legal heirs of one respondent were not impleaded within time constitutes a clear error when the cause of action survives against the other contesting parties — If the revision abates only against the deceased respondent, it should continue against India Law Library Docid # 2437493
(94) M/S SRI LAKSHMI BALAJI ENTERPRISES AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S ANGEETHIS RESTAURANT AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-12-2025 Stamp Act, 1899 — Section 2(5) (a) to (c) — Stamp Duty — Nature of Document — Admissibility in Evidence — Whether a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) constitutes a 'Bond' requiring higher stamp duty — The nature of a document is determined by its contents, not merely its nomenclature — A document qualifies as a 'Bond' under Section 2(5) if it is an instrument by which a person puts himself under India Law Library Docid # 2437832
(95) COMMISSIONERS FOR HIS MAJESTY'S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS Vs. HOTEL LA TOUR LTD[UNITED KINGDOM SUPREME COURT] 17-12-2025 Value Added Tax (VAT) — Input Tax Deduction — Right to Deduct — General Principle — VAT is intended to be a tax borne by the ultimate consumer; a trader generally deducts input VAT paid on goods/services used in business from output VAT collected from customers—Right to deduction applies even if no specific output transaction is linked, provided costs are part of general overheads and are used for the taxable person's economic activity as a whole India Law Library Docid # 2437978
(96) IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR NORTHERN IRELAND FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW[UNITED KINGDOM SUPREME COURT] 17-12-2025 Public Interest Immunity (PII) — Judicial Review of Coroner's Decision to Disclose Gists – Standard of Review — Whether appellate court must apply ordinary public law standards (such as Wednesbury irrationality) or conduct its own assessment (reconsideration) of the public interest balance — PII assessment involves application of a substantive law of evidence, not the exercise of discretion — Appellate or reviewing court must determine whether the first instance decision India Law Library Docid # 2437979
(97) NORTH EASTERN DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION LTD. (NEDFI) Vs. M/S L. DOULO BUILDERS AND SUPPLIERS CO. PVT. LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-12-2025 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act, 2002) — Applicability in Nagaland — Constitutional Mandate — Article 371A of the Constitution of India — Special provision with respect to the State of Nagaland — Article 371A(1)(a)(iv) stipulates that no Act of Parliament concerning ownership and transfer of land and its resources shall apply to Nagaland unless the Legislative Assembly resolves so — SARFAESI India Law Library Docid # 2436961
(98) SANJAY KUMAR UPADHYAY Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-12-2025 Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 — Section 34(4) — Transfer of proceedings and effect of orders — Section 34(4) provides that any order made by the High Court at Patna before the appointed day in certain proceedings, shall for all purposes have effect not only as an order of the High Court at Patna but also as an order made by the High Court of Jharkhand — This deeming provision ensures continuity of judicial India Law Library Docid # 2436962
(99) CEMENT CORPORATION OF INDIA Vs. ICICI LOMBARD GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-12-2025 Insurance Law — Fire Insurance Policy — Scope of Coverage — Proximate Cause — Repudiation of Claim — Loss occasioned by fire following an attempted theft/burglary — Policy covered 'Fire' as a specified peril with limited exclusions which did not include theft/burglary preceding the fire — Insurer denied claim arguing that the proximate cause was theft/burglary, which was excluded under the Riots Strike and Malicious Damages (RSMD) clause — Held: Once the loss is caused India Law Library Docid # 2436963
(100) JAYANTIBHAI CHATURBHAI PATEL Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-12-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376(2)(d) — Rape — Appreciation of Evidence — Conviction solely based on First Information Report (FIR) or previous statements of hostile witnesses — Admissibility and reliability — Victim (PW-1) and her husband (PW-2) turned hostile and did not support the prosecution case during trial — Court should be slow to act on the testimony of hostile witness and normally India Law Library Docid # 2436964