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(21) M/S ASP TRADERS Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-07-2025
Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 129 — Detention, seizure and release of goods and conveyances in transit — Show cause notice — Payment of penalty — Obligation to pass final order — Where a show cause notice is issued under Section 129(3) of the CGST Act and the taxable person files objections against the proposed levy, the proper officer is duty-bound to pass a reasoned, speaking order
India Law Library Docid # 2428033

(22) HYATT INTERNATIONAL SOUTHWEST ASIA LTD. Vs. ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR OF INCOME TAX[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-07-2025
Income Tax Act, 1961 — Interpretation of Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) — Permanent Establishment (PE) — Article 5(1) of India-UAE DTAA — Fixed place of business — The core issue is whether the appellant, a Dubai-based company, had a PE in India under Article 5(1) of the India-UAE DTAA. The
India Law Library Docid # 2428034

(23) M/S RIMJHIM ISPAT LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-07-2025
Central Excise Act, 1944 — Sections 9 and 9AA — Criminal proceedings — Discharge application — Dismissal of discharge application by both Trial Court and High Court upheld — Criminal appeal dismissed — High Court's judgment affirmed — No interference warranted.
India Law Library Docid # 2428065

(24) M.C. RAVIKUMAR Vs. D.S. VELMURUGAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-07-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Second quashing petition — Maintainability — Not permissible to raise previously available grounds in a subsequent petition to effect a review of an earlier order, violating Section 362 CrPC — Exception is when there has been a
India Law Library Docid # 2428029

(25) KONDE NAGESHWAR RAO Vs. A. SRIRAMA CHANDRA MURTY AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-07-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — High Court quashed proceedings under SC/ST Act, 1989, against respondents — Appellant contended High Court erred in exercising jurisdiction, overlooking evidence, and conducting roving inquiry — Court held High Court’s scope under Section 482 is limited to determining if allegations disclose a cognizable offence, and
India Law Library Docid # 2428030

(26) SUA Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-07-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 342 (Wrongful Confinement) and 376 (Rape) — Conviction and Sentence — Appeal against — Delay in FIR — Explained by the short duration of days in November, distance to police station, and victim narrating incident to mother in the evening.
India Law Library Docid # 2428031

(27) VISHNU VARDHAN @ VISHNU PRADHAN Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-07-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 6 Rule 4 — Particulars of fraud to be stated in pleadings — Fraud must be pleaded and proved. Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 32 — Writ jurisdiction — Violation of Fundamental Rights — A writ petition under Article 32 requires a prima facie case of violation or imminent threat of violation of a Fundamental Right, with specific pleadings and prayers for
India Law Library Docid # 2428032

(28) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. R. SHANKARAPPA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-07-2025
Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965, Rule 13(2) and Rule 14, Appendix 3 — Disciplinary proceedings for major penalties — Initiation of by authority competent to impose minor penalties — Permissible — Rule 13(2) allows a disciplinary authority competent to impose minor penalties to institute
India Law Library Docid # 2428056

(29) ESAKKIMUTHU AND OTHERS Vs. STATE REPRESENTED BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-07-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 302, 34, 120B — Murder — Appeal against conviction and sentence for murder — Key eyewitness evidence of the deceased’s son and wife — Distance allegedly covered on bicycle within thirty minutes questioned — Improbability of covering 16 kilometers in that timeframe raised substantial doubt
India Law Library Docid # 2427992

(30) SHIVANGI BANSAL Vs. SAHIB BANSAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-07-2025
Transfer Petition — Jurisdiction — Courts — Petition seeking transfer of matrimonial and criminal cases from one state to another filed by both parties, wife seeking transfer of divorce case from Delhi to UP, husband seeking transfer of criminal cases from UP to Delhi. Parties have also filed special leave petitions against High Court orders. Supreme Court has the power to transfer cases.
India Law Library Docid # 2427990

(31) SAKSHI CHAUHAN Vs. DR. YASHWANT SINGH PARMAR UNIVERSITY OF HORTICULTURE & FORESTRY, NAUNI AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-07-2025
Education Law — Admissions — Eligibility Criteria — Prospectus issued by University — Amendments and Addendums — Appellant admitted to postgraduate program based on provisional admission — Completed course and received degree — University withdrew degree based on initial ineligibility — Court held that due to confusion and uncertainty caused by frequent changes in eligibility criteria, the
India Law Library Docid # 2427991

(32) KHURSHEED AHMAD CHOHAN Vs. UNION OF TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND OTHERS ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 154 — Registration of FIR — Mandatory under Section 154 CrPC when information discloses commission of a cognizable offence — No preliminary inquiry is permissible in such cases except to ascertain if cognizable offence is disclosed or not — Police officer cannot avoid duty of registering FIR if cognizable offence is disclosed — Action must be taken against erring officers who do not register FIR.
India Law Library Docid # 2427980

(33) NIKITA JAGGANATH SHETTY @ NIKITA VISHWAJEET JADHAV Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Exceptional Remedy — High Court erred in granting pre-arrest bail when allegations were grave and accused had criminal antecedents — Anticipatory bail is an extraordinary remedy that should not be granted routinely, requiring strong reasons and cautious discretion for serious offences, as it can lead to miscarriage of justice or
India Law Library Docid # 2427977

(34) VICTIM ‘X’ Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2025
Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 – Section 15A(3) – Victim’s Right to be Heard – Bail granted by High Court without impleading or hearing the victim is in violation of the statutory mandate of Section 15A(3) of the SC/ST Act.
India Law Library Docid # 2427978

(35) METPALLI LASUM BAI (SINCE DEAD) AND OTHERS Vs. METAPALLI MUTHAIH(D) BY LRS.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2025
Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Property devolving upon death of coparcener — Where landholder died intestate prior to 1949, properties devolved upon his legal heirs according to the law prevalent at that time.
India Law Library Docid # 2427979

(36) TAMIL NADU HOUSING BOARD, REP. BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR AND OTHERS Vs. S. GANESAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2025
Contract Law — Allotment of Property — Breach of contract by bidder — Failure to make initial deposit — Cancellation of allotment — Plea for revocation and subsequent compliance — Board's revised demand and bidder's continued default — Judicial intervention and directions — Non-compliance with court orders — Public property management — Prioritization of public interest over individual claims
India Law Library Docid # 2428068

(37) SURESH CHANDRA (DECEASED) THR. LRS. AND OTHERS Vs. PARASRAM AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-07-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 22 Rules 3, 4, 9, 11, 12, and Order 41 Rule 4 — Abatement of Appeal — Non-substitution of LR of deceased co-appellant — Test for whole appeal abating — Conflict or inconsistency in decrees — Survival of right to sue — Severability of decree — Joint and indivisible decree — Distinction between filing appeal jointly and one party appealing impleading others as proforma
India Law Library Docid # 2427937

(38) BGM AND M-RPL-JMCT (JV) Vs. EASTERN COALFIELDS LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-07-2025
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11 — Appointment of Arbitrator — Existence of arbitration agreement — High Court dismissed appellant’s application under Section 11 on the ground that no arbitration agreement existed — Clause 13 of contract relied upon as arbitration agreement — Clause stated that for parties other than Govt. Agencies, redressal of disputes “may be sought” through arbitration —
India Law Library Docid # 2427938

(39) KAUSHAL SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASHTAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-07-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 147, 323, 341, 325, 307, 427, 149 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Sections 439, 439(2) — Supreme Court’s Role and Judicial Restraint — High Courts should generally refrain from passing strictures against judicial officers. Strictures should only be passed in exceptional circumstances and after providing an opportunity to the
India Law Library Docid # 2427939

(40) MALA CHOUDHARY AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-07-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Penal Code, 1860, Sections 406 and 420 — Quashing of FIR — Abuse of Process of Law — High Court dismissed petition for quashing FIR without addressing merits, treating a civil dispute as criminal — Supreme Court interfered to secure ends of justice, finding the FIR to be a misuse of criminal machinery for a purely civil matter.
India Law Library Docid # 2427940