(321) NITIN AHLUWALIA Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-09-2025 Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 498A — Cruelty by husband or relatives of husband — Quashing of FIR — Abuse of process of law — FIR filed by respondent-wife after divorce proceedings initiated by appellant-husband and a foreign court order for child’s return — Respondent’s conduct questionable regarding child’s return to Australia and allegations in the complaint not supporting the offence of cruelty India Law Library Docid # 2432759
(322) THE STATE OF UTTARAKHAND Vs. ANIL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) — Appeals against conviction — High Court's duty as first appellate court — Independent application of mind to evidence required — Acquitment without reasoned judgment and marshaling of facts and evidence is unsustainable. India Law Library Docid # 2433423
(323) DR. BALRAM SINGH Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-09-2025 Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 — Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation (Amendment) Act, 2023 — Engagement of persons for manual sewer or septic tank cleaning — Violation of judgment and Acts — Directions to cease engagement, initiate action against officials and contractors, and frame rehabilitation policy for excluded India Law Library Docid # 2433465
(324) THAMMINENI BHASKAR Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 302, 364, and 201 — Conviction for murder, kidnapping, and causing disappearance of evidence — Circumstantial evidence — "Last seen" theory — Prosecution failed to prove essential elements of the crime — Witnesses turned hostile and could not identify the accused or prove the alleged kidnapping — Evidence did not establish that the deceased was last seen with the accused. India Law Library Docid # 2432756
(325) ISHA JAIN (AGGARWAL) Vs. NISHANT JAIN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Supreme Court’s inherent powers — Invoking powers for divorce by mutual consent after mediation settlement and agreement to withdraw all cases — Parties having irretrievable breakdown of marriage and living separately for over five years — Court grants decree of divorce by mutual consent and quashes pending criminal cases and FIRs. India Law Library Docid # 2432768
(326) JAGDEO PRASAD Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 302 & 34 — Arms Act, 1959 — Section 27 — Anticipatory Bail — High Court erred in granting anticipatory bail without cogent reasons to accused named in FIR for murder, especially when allegations include a money extortion racket and murder by hired assassins. India Law Library Docid # 2433400
(327) FR. EDWIN PIGAREZ Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376(2)(i) & (n) — Rape — Suspension of Sentence — Accused sentenced to 20 years imprisonment — Accused has already undergone incarceration for almost 10 years — Accused has undergone half of the sentence imposed by High Court — Court inclined to suspend sentence of the appellant during pendency of appeal. India Law Library Docid # 2433424
(328) DEEPAK YADAV AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — Abuse of process — High Court's repeated remands of matter to Trial Court for adding Section 394 IPC, without proper inquiry and based solely on complainant's affidavits, deemed improper procedure — Trial Court must independently satisfy itself of applicability of charge based on evidence, not just affidavits. India Law Library Docid # 2433425
(329) NAVED Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of Proceedings — Powers of High Court — Court can quash criminal proceedings if it finds that the complaint is malicious, vexatious, or intended to harass the accused, or if the allegations themselves do not disclose a cognizable offence. India Law Library Docid # 2433427
(330) VADDI RATNAM Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-09-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1958 — Sections 8(c) read with 18 — Possession of Opium — Principle of Parity — High Court acquitted co-accused based on failure to prove conscious possession due to inconsistent evidence regarding transfer of contraband — State did not appeal acquittal of co-accused — Appellant (accused no.2) also implicated in the same incident with common evidence — Application of principle of parity for acquittal of appellant. India Law Library Docid # 2433466
(331) IN RE : T.N. GODAVARMAN THIRUMULPAD Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS (BY COURTS MOTION)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-09-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 19 — Sanction for Prosecution — State Government forwarding papers for sanction of Union of India — Court directs Union of India to consider the proposal submitted by State Government for grant of sanction. India Law Library Docid # 2433467
(332) IN RE : FILLING OF VACANT POSTS IN THE STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARDS AND POLLUTION CONTROL COMMITTEES[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-09-2025 Contempt Petition (Civil) — Filling of Vacant Posts — State Pollution Control Boards and Pollution Control Committees — Court directs State Governments to expedite filling of all vacant posts, including direct recruitment, promotional, deputation, and contractual positions, within stipulated timelines to ensure effective pollution control India Law Library Docid # 2433468
(333) KOMAL KRISHAN ARORA AND OTHERS Vs. SANDEEP KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-09-2025 Family Law — Child Custody — Habeas Corpus — Best Interest of the Child — Court must prioritize the welfare and best interests of the child over legal rights of parents or parties. The court's inherent jurisdiction in child custody cases is exercised as parens patriae. India Law Library Docid # 2432708
(334) THE STATE OF HARYANA Vs. JAI SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-09-2025 Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961, as amended by Haryana Act No. 9 of 1992 — Section 2(g)(6) — Validity — Land reserved for common purposes under East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948, vesting with Gram Panchayat — Held valid — Amendment did not suffer from constitutional infirmity — Land reserved for common purposes cannot be re-partitioned amongst proprietors. India Law Library Docid # 2432709
(335) WG CDR ANUPAMA JOSHI RETD Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-09-2025 Pension Benefits — Entitlement for Short Service Commission Women Officers — Application for consequential pensionary benefits of Permanent Commission based on completion of 20 years of service, as provided in judgments of Wg. Cdr. A.U. Tayyaba (Retd.) v. Union of India and clarify that benefits granted in that judgment and subsequent orders also apply to similarly situated non-parties. Held, officer completing 15 years of service is eligible for pensionary benefits computed on India Law Library Docid # 2433426
(336) JAGDISH GODARA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — High Court Order — Jurisdiction to review/recall — High Court becomes functus officio after dismissing a petition under Section 482 CrPC and lacks jurisdiction to review or recall that order. India Law Library Docid # 2433428
(337) RAJESH KUMAR Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-09-2025 Recruitment — Advertisement for Trained Graduate Teacher (TGT) — Reservation for Government Primary School teachers with 5 years experience — Appellant working in a 100% government-aided minority school — Appellant applied under the reserved quota and was selected. India Law Library Docid # 2433539
(338) DEEPAK HARISHCHANDRA TEMBHURKAR AND OTHERS Vs. PRASHANT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 41 Rule 25 — Framing of issues and referral for trial — Minors' rights — Prejudice — Where minors, who were not properly represented during trial and later filed a written statement asserting a claim through a Will, were not given an opportunity to lead evidence on the issue of the Will's execution by the appellate court, the High Court's direction to frame the issue and refer it for trial under Order 41 India Law Library Docid # 2433469
(339) RAHUL RAMESH WAGH Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 243K, 243ZA, 243ZG — Representation of the People Act, 1951 — Conduct of local body elections — Reservation for OBCs — Delay in elections — Supreme Court's directions for notification and conclusion of elections within stipulated timelines — Non-compliance by State Election Commission — Grant of one-time concession with specific directions for completion of delimitation, India Law Library Docid # 2433470
(340) THE DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT Vs. ANIL TUTEJA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-09-2025 Money Laundering Prevention Act (PMLA) — Anticipatory Bail — Supreme Court sets aside anticipatory bail granted by High Court to respondents Anil Tuteja and Alok Shukla. India Law Library Docid # 2433471