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(361) RAJUL MANOJ SHAH ALIAS RAJESHWARI RASIKLAL SHETH Vs. KIRANBHAI SHAKRABHAI PATEL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 8 Rule 6A — Counter-claim — A counter-claim must be directed against the plaintiff and cannot be exclusively against a co-defendant. The purpose of a counter-claim is to avoid multiplicity of proceedings by having the main suit and the counter-claim adjudicated together.
India Law Library Docid # 2432644

(362) PRAKASH ASPHALTINGS AND TOLL HIGHWAYS (INDIA) LIMITED Vs. MANDEEPA ENTERPRISES AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025
Tender Process — Rectification of Financial Bid — A bidder's request to rectify their financial bid by treating a per-day rate as a total contract period rate is not permissible after the financial bids have been opened, as it violates the sanctity of the tender process and specific clauses prohibiting changes to the Bill of Quantities (BOQ) template.
India Law Library Docid # 2432645

(363) MANIKLAL SAHU Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 300, 302, 307 — Murder and Attempt to Murder — Causation of Death — Delay in Death — High Court altering conviction from Sec 302 to Sec 307 on the grounds that the victim died after 9 months due to complications arising from treatment, specifically pneumonia and septicemia, and not directly from the injuries sustained during the assault — Supreme Court held that
India Law Library Docid # 2432646

(364) SHANTI DEVI (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS. GORAN Vs. JAGAN DEVI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025
Limitation Act, 1963 — Articles 59 & 65 — Applicability to void transactions — Suit for possession based on title — Sale deed alleged to be fraudulent and void ab initio — Article 65 (12 years from adverse possession) applies to void documents, not Article 59 (3 years for cancellation of instrument) — Plaintiff not party to sale deed not obligated to seek cancellation, can treat as non-existent or seek declaration of
India Law Library Docid # 2432647

(365) SHIVAMMA (DEAD) BY LRS Vs. KARNATAKA HOUSING BOARD AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025
Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Interpretation of “within such period” — Sufficient cause must be shown for the entire period from accrual of cause of action till filing of appeal/application, not just the period of delay or from the last day of limitation
India Law Library Docid # 2432648

(366) COAL INDIA LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. M/S RAHUL INDUSTRIES AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025
Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Acts, 1972 & 1973 — Welfare State — Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) — Duty to subserve common good — PSUs are not profit-making concerns but an extended arm of a welfare State.
India Law Library Docid # 2432649

(367) VANEETA PATNAIK Vs. NIRMAL KANTI CHAKRABARTI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025
Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 — Section 9 — Limitation for filing complaint — Complaint must be filed within three months of the last incident, extendable by three months — Subsequent administrative or collective decisions do not constitute sexual harassment unless directly linked to a prior overt act of sexual harassment
India Law Library Docid # 2432650

(368) GEETA @ REETA MISHRA Vs. AJAY KUMAR MISHRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Cruelty — Divorce — High Court affirmed divorce decree granted by Family Court — Parties in constant acrimony since marriage — Wife made repeated police complaints — High Court found lodging false complaints amounted to cruelty — Parties separated for a long period with no reconciliation — Divorce decree upheld.
India Law Library Docid # 2432651

(369) RAJUL MANOJ SHAH ALIAS RAJESHWARI RASIKLAL SHETH Vs. KIRANBHAI SHAKRABHAI PATEL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 8 Rule 6A — Counter-claim — Maintainability — Against co-defendant — A counter-claim must be directed against the plaintiff, not solely against a co-defendant.
India Law Library Docid # 2433437

(370) MANOJ KUMAR SHARMA Vs. PRIYANKA BANSAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025
Advocates Act, 1961 — Professional Misconduct — Suspension — Supreme Court upheld Bar Council of India's order holding an advocate guilty of serious misconduct, including making scandalous allegations, and suspending him for three years.
India Law Library Docid # 2433438

(371) STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS Vs. AZADUL HAQUE AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025
Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — "Sufficient cause" should be interpreted liberally, not technically — If cause is sufficient, delay should be condoned, especially when substantial justice is weighed against technicalities — Opposite party can be compensated with costs.
India Law Library Docid # 2433439

(372) KAMALAKANT MISHRA Vs. ADDITIONAL COLLECTOR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025
Maintenance and Welfare of Senior Citizens Act, 2007 — Section 2(h) — Definition of senior citizen — Jurisdiction of Tribunal — Relevant date for determining if a party is a senior citizen is the date of filing the application before the Tribunal, not the date of the High Court's judgment.
India Law Library Docid # 2433440

(373) M.S. PATTER Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-09-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Preamble, Article 21, Directive Principles of State Policy (Articles 38, 39(e), 41, 47) — Right to life and personal liberty — Dignity, health, shelter, privacy, humane treatment — Beggars' Homes — Constitutional trust, not discretionary charity — State's affirmative and non-derogable responsibility towards indigent persons — Beggars' Homes as spaces of social justice, not social
India Law Library Docid # 2432653

(374) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. JATIN AHUJA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-09-2025
Customs Act, 1962 — Section 110(2) — Seizure of goods — Time limit for show cause notice — Goods shall be returned if no notice issued within six months of seizure — Extension for a further six months possible by Commissioner with recorded reasons and prior intimation — Provisional release under Section 110A does not negate the mandatory time limits under Section 110(2) for issuing show cause
India Law Library Docid # 2432764

(375) JYOTI SHARMA Vs. VISHNU GOYAL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-09-2025
Civil Procedure, 1908 — Order 41 Rule 27 — Production of additional evidence in appeal — Rejection of application to produce probate order obtained after trial court and first appellate court decisions was upheld, as it was not obtained during pendency of earlier proceedings.
India Law Library Docid # 2432636

(376) VANDANA Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-09-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 420, 468, 471 — Cheating, Forgery for purpose of cheating, Using as genuine a forged document — Standard of proof — Prosecution must prove mens rea (dishonest intention to make a false document or knowledge of its falsity) beyond reasonable doubt — Overwriting visible to the naked eye without expert corroboration is an unsafe basis for conviction — Document
India Law Library Docid # 2432637

(377) MOHAMMAD AFZAL MOHAMMAD SHARIF Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-09-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 154 — Registration of FIR — Duty of Police — Information relating to commission of a cognizable offence to be recorded — Mandatory registration of FIR if information discloses commission of a cognizable offence — Preliminary inquiry only to ascertain if cognizable offence is disclosed, not to verify veracity — Police cannot avoid duty of registering offence if
India Law Library Docid # 2432638

(378) M/S. SHIV STEELS Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-09-2025
Assam General Sales Tax Act, 1993 — Sections 19 and 21 — Time limit for assessment and reassessment — Section 21 provides for assessment within four years of expiry of limitation period only if no assessment was made under other provisions within the time specified in Section 19 — High Court erred in holding that obtaining Commissioner's sanction under Section 21 allowed reassessment even after original assessment was time-barred.
India Law Library Docid # 2433441

(379) GENERAL MANAGER, U.P. COOPERATIVE BANK LTD. Vs. ACHCHEY LAL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-09-2025
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Master-servant relationship — Canteen employees — Factors considered by courts to determine employer-employee relationship include control, payment of wages, power of dismissal, integration into the establishment, ownership of tools, risk of loss, and chance of profit.
India Law Library Docid # 2433472

(380) AKHTAR ALI @ ALI AKHTAR @ SHAMIM @ RAJA USTAD Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-09-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376A, 363, 201; POCSO Act, 2012 — Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 — Information Technology Act, 2000 — Section 66C — Conviction for offences including murder and sexual assault — Case based on circumstantial evidence — Failure to establish motive, flaws in "last seen" theory, and doubts in scientific/DNA evidence — Accused acquitted.
India Law Library Docid # 2432553