(141) REJANISH K.V. Vs. K. DEEPA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 233(2) — Appointment of District Judges — Eligibility for in-service candidates — Clause (2) not prescribing qualifications for those already in judicial service — Such candidates not barred from direct recruitment — Interpretation to the contrary renders first part of Clause (2) redundant. India Law Library Docid # 2433692
(142) THE COMMISSIONER TRADE AND TAX DELHI Vs. M/S SHANTI KIRAN INDIA (P) LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Delhi Value Added Tax Act, 2004 — Section 9(2)(g) — Input Tax Credit (ITC) — Bona fide purchaser dealer paying tax to registered seller dealer — Seller dealer defaulting in depositing tax with government — High Court's interpretation of Section 9(2)(g) — Court reading down the provision to protect bona fide purchasers — India Law Library Docid # 2433693
(143) VIVEK YADAV Vs. AIRPORT AUTHORITY OF INDIA CHAIRMAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Recruitment Regulations — Manager (E-3) — Qualifications — Prescribed qualifications for Manager (E-3) include First Class MBA/B.Tech./B.E. or professional degree with relevant experience. For Manager (A.T.C.), specific engineering degrees in Electronics/Tele-communications/Radio Engineering/Electrical with specialization in Electronics or M.Sc. with specific India Law Library Docid # 2433694
(144) COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (EXEMPTION) LUCKNOW Vs. M/S. KHURJA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 260A — Appeals to High Court — Charitable Purpose Registration — High Court dismissed revenue's appeals, stating issues were covered by earlier decisions, but failed to examine facts against the law. Supreme Court found impugned orders lacked factual elaboration and remanded for India Law Library Docid # 2433695
(145) THE SOUTHERN NAGPUR CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED Vs. GANPATI YADAVRAO KUMBHARE AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 — Plot Allotment Dispute — Member's right to plot — Cooperative Court directed allotment of Plot No. 5A to a member — This decision was upheld by the Cooperative Appellate Court and subsequently by the High Court — The Appellant Society's objections regarding the plot's identity merger and inexecutability of the decree were not sustained at multiple India Law Library Docid # 2434009
(146) ALOK KUMAR GHOSH Vs. THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LTD AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 (now Employee's Compensation Act, 1923) — Section 19 — Reference to Commissioners — Power to determine liability — Commissioner has the power to determine the liability of an insurer, making them jointly and severally liable with the employer for compensation, especially when the employer's liability is covered by a contract of insurance, to ensure a speedy and efficacious remedy for the workman. India Law Library Docid # 2434014
(147) RANI KUMARI Vs. RAVI PANDEY[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Civil Procedure — Settlement Agreement — Disposal of transfer petition — Parties amicably resolved all disputes and agreed to part ways on certain terms and conditions — Settlement Agreement placed on record and made part of the order — All pending cases between the parties to stand closed as per the terms of the agreement. India Law Library Docid # 2434259
(148) AYUSHI KUMARI Vs. VED PRAKASH PANDEY[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Inherent powers of Supreme Court — Dissolution of marriage by mutual consent — Court can dissolve a marriage by mutual consent under Article 142 even if Section 13-B of Hindu Marriage Act has specific procedural requirements, in the interest of justice and to do complete justice between the parties. India Law Library Docid # 2434264
(149) GAURI VIJAY SHANKHAPAL Vs. SCHEDULED TRIBE CASTE CERTIFICATE VERIFICATION COMMITTEE AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 — Caste Certificate — Invalidation — Appeal filed against High Court order dismissing writ petition challenging order invalidating caste certificate — Appellant agreed to not press appeal, surrender caste certificate, and not rely on it in future — Court directed educational institution to return original documents and India Law Library Docid # 2434268
(150) KAMLESH Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 120B — Criminal conspiracy — Suspension of sentence and grant of bail — Appellant convicted only under Section 120B IPC — Appellant has undergone incarceration for approximately five years — Court inclined to grant suspension of sentence and release on bail, subject to terms and conditions imposed by the Trial Court. India Law Library Docid # 2434271
(151) DARSHANKUMAR KALANI Vs. BHAVIKA DARSHANKUMAR KALANI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13, Section 25(1) — Divorce and permanent alimony — Appeals challenging High Court order remanding matter of permanent alimony to Family Court for fresh decision — Family Court had awarded permanent alimony of Rs. 70,00,000/- suo motu without sufficient evidence regarding wife's financial capacity — Husband argued that wife, working in USA, did not lead India Law Library Docid # 2434317
(152) B.N. DWIVEDI (IFS) Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Central Government, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change — Indian Forest Service Cadre — Promotion — Sealed Cover Procedure — Appellant's promotion consideration was deferred due to pending departmental proceedings and adverse remarks in ACRs. India Law Library Docid # 2434335
(153) SHOAIB ALAM Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Grant of Bail — Appeal allowed releasing appellant on regular bail pending trial subject to terms and conditions imposed by Trial Court. India Law Library Docid # 2434348
(154) JITENDRA KUMAR SAHU Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 / Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 438 / Section 482(2) — Anticipatory Bail — Grant of — Appellant cooperated with investigation as directed by Supreme Court — State did not aver non-cooperation — Custodial interrogation not warranted at this stage — Appellant to be released on bail on appropriate terms and conditions if arrested. India Law Library Docid # 2434352
(155) ASSOCIATION FOR DEMOCRATIC REFORMS AND OTHERS Vs. ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Right to Appeal — Ensuring access to justice for excluded voters — Court directs immediate provision of para-legal volunteers and free legal aid counsels to assist approximately 3.66 lakh individuals excluded from the final voter list in filing their statutory appeals. India Law Library Docid # 2434355
(156) YUVRAJ SINGH KASHYAP Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Offences under Sections 61, 317(5), 318(4), 111(3)(4) and 323 — Bail application — Appellant in custody for nearly 7 months — Co-accused enlarged on bail — Supreme Court inclined to set aside impugned order and grant bail, subject to conditions. India Law Library Docid # 2434405
(157) VIMLENDU KUMAR JHA Vs. MINAL BHATNAGAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Writ Petition maintainability — A writ petition filed before a Full Bench judgment was pronounced, which later placed a bar on filing such petitions, is maintainable as the bar had not come into existence at the time of filing. India Law Library Docid # 2434461
(158) GEETANJALI SOMNATH ROY (MUKHERJEE) Vs. SOMNATH GOPAL CHANDRA ROY@ SOMNATH ROY[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Execution Petitions — Timely disposal — Supreme Court directs all High Courts to ensure execution petitions pending in district judiciary are decided within six months — Concerned presiding officers to be answerable to High Court for non-compliance — Further directions issued for India Law Library Docid # 2434473
(159) M/S GODWIN CONSTRUCTION PVT. LTD. Vs. COMMISSIONER, MEERUT DIVISION & ANR.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Stamp Act, 1899 — Schedule 1-B, Article 40 & 57 — "Security Bond cum Mortgage Deed" — Stamp Duty — "Security Bond or Mortgage Deed" — Instrument's substance, not nomenclature, determines stamp duty — Court must ascertain true legal character of instrument by examining operative recitals and clauses — Definition of Mortgage Deed (Section 2(17)) — Instrument transferring India Law Library Docid # 2433662
(160) MAHAVEER Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Electricity Act, 1910 — Sections 39 and 44 — Theft of energy and interference with meters — Prosecution's case based on alleged tampering of meter box with holes leading to reduced meter readings — Evidence from prosecution witnesses found to be based on estimation, presumption, approximation or possibilities, not on concrete proof — Lack of direct evidence showing accused tampering with the meter box or India Law Library Docid # 2433663