(381) JUPALLY LAKSHMIKANTHA REDDY Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 420 — Cheating — Ingredients of cheating require deception to dishonestly or fraudulently induce a person to deliver property or do/omit to do something causing harm. Mere deception without dishonest inducement is insufficient. India Law Library Docid # 2432554
(382) VINOD KUMAR PANDEY AND ANOTHER Vs. SEESH RAM SAINI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 154 — Registration of FIR — Mandatory if information discloses cognizable offence — High Court can direct registration of FIR even if preliminary inquiry report suggests otherwise — Genuineness or credibility of information not a condition precedent for registration. India Law Library Docid # 2432555
(383) LAXMAN JANGDE Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH THROUGH THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-09-2025 Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 376 AB — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 6 — Rape and Penetrative Sexual Assault — Appreciation of evidence — Allegations of touching private parts and appellant touching own private organs — Held, did not amount to penetration as required by Section 375 IPC and Section 3(c) POCSO Act — Conviction under these sections not sustainable. India Law Library Docid # 2432767
(384) SRI SAINPHA NAYAK@ SAIFA Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-09-2025 Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302 — Murder — Circumstances considered for conviction — Appeal against conviction for murder dismissed by High Court — Appellant convicted for killing his brother-in-law. — Appellant's defense was that his sister was repeatedly assaulted by deceased, leading to her hospitalization, and then deceased assaulted appellant's parents. — Appellant encountered deceased at hospital India Law Library Docid # 2432770
(385) DIBYA PANDEY Vs. SANTOSH PANDEY[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-09-2025 Civil Procedure — Settlement of disputes — Parties reached a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) resolving all their disputes and litigation, including a divorce petition, criminal cases, and maintenance proceedings — Record of settlement placed before the Court by joint application. India Law Library Docid # 2432771
(386) RISHITHA CHOWDARY MAVILLAPALLI Vs. AKASH VELAGA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-09-2025 Family Law — Divorce — Mutual Consent — Parties arrived at an amicable settlement covering all disputes, including financial claims, and jointly sought a decree of divorce by mutual consent. India Law Library Docid # 2432772
(387) GOVINDAPPA GOUNDER @ GOVINDASAMY (DEAD) Vs. K.VIJAYAKUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 115 — Revision — High Court’s revisional jurisdiction over Revenue Court orders under Tamil Nadu Cultivating Tenants Protection Act, 1955 — High Court affirmed Revenue Court’s eviction order in a slipshod manner, interfering with findings of fact. India Law Library Docid # 2433442
(388) MOHAMMAD ZUBAIR AHMAD Vs. PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-09-2025 SARFAESI Act, 2002 — High Courts’ Writ Jurisdiction — Financial institutions and banks should be hesitant to approach High Courts invoking writ jurisdiction in matters arising from SARFAESI proceedings, especially when alternative remedies like DRT exist. India Law Library Docid # 2433473
(389) M/S. L.G. ELECTRONICS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-09-2025 Customs Act, 1962 — Section 130E (Appeal to Supreme Court) — Classification of Goods — Smart Watch vs. Wrist Watch — Imported goods classified by importer as wrist watch under CTH 91021900, but by customs as smart watch under CTH 85176290 — Tribunal affirmed customs' classification — Supreme Court held that specific features of the imported product indicated its primary function was as a portable/wearable India Law Library Docid # 2433474
(390) AMAR PRATAP Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND THROUGH SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-09-2025 Criminal Appeal Jurisdiction — Dismissal of Appeal — Supreme Court can dismiss an appeal if no reason to interfere, especially when the High Court has confirmed the acquittal by the Sessions Court and the State has not challenged the High Court's judgment. India Law Library Docid # 2433475
(391) MAHA MINERAL MINING & BENEFICATION PVT. LTD. Vs. MADHYA PRADESH POWER GENERATING CO. LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-09-2025 Tender — Clause 5(D) — Past Experience Criteria — Bidder allowed to use past experience of previous Consortium or JV proportionate to its share — Not submitted JV agreement itself — Submission of work execution certificate stating proportionate share sufficient — NIT did not expressly mandate submission of JV agreement to prove proportionate share — Clarification could have been sought by tendering authority if doubt — Disqualification for non-submission of JV agreement not India Law Library Docid # 2432514
(392) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. SAJIB ROY[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14 and 335 — Public service recruitment — Reserved candidates availing age relaxation — Migration to unreserved category — Office Memorandum dated 01.07.1998 bars migration of SC/ST/OBC candidates who availed age relaxation from consideration against unreserved vacancies — High Court erred in applying Jitendra Kumar Singh v. State of U.P. (2010) 3 SCC 119, India Law Library Docid # 2432515
(393) RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE AND OTHERS Vs. PREM CHAND KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-09-2025 Recruitment — Reserved Categories — Migration to Unreserved Category — Age and Physical Measurement Relaxation — Standing Order No. 85 dictates no migration if relaxation availed — Standing Order No. 78 permitted migration — Revised Directive No. 29 modified Standing Order No. 78 by applying Standing Order No. 85 — Where Standing Order No. 85 conflicts, it prevails — Those who India Law Library Docid # 2432516
(394) SAHLAT FAHAD @ SOHLAT FAHAD Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-09-2025 Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 498A — Cruelty by husband or relatives of husband — Matrimonial Dispute — Settlement — Conviction and sentence for Section 498A IPC offence — Read with Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Section 320 — Offence not compoundable — However, Supreme Court has power under Article 142 of Constitution to quash proceedings in matrimonial disputes upon India Law Library Docid # 2432769
(395) RASHMI INDOULIYA @ CHAUDHARY Vs. VED PRAKASH INDOULIYA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Exercise of power — Dissolution of marriage by mutual consent — Supreme Court can pass such orders as are necessary for doing complete justice in any cause or matter pending before it — Parties present and resolved disputes by mutual consent, seeking dissolution of marriage under Article 142 India Law Library Docid # 2432773
(396) MOHAN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 107 — Criminal proceedings under — Prior enmity — Complaint filed as a counter blast to prior criminal proceedings initiated under Section 107 CrPC between parties — Factual position vitiated by prior enmity and alleged retaliatory complaint.— Allegations in the complaint proved to be based on self-serving testimony and interested witnesses, with no independent corroboration.— Evidence admitted by the complainant indicating prior animosity India Law Library Docid # 2432774
(397) RAM SAGAR Vs. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 197 — Prosecution required to obtain sanction from department to prosecute public servant for offences under the Indian Penal Code — Petitioner argued that trial cannot proceed for IPC offences without such sanction, though not challenging charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act India Law Library Docid # 2433443
(398) H. S. OBEROI BUILDTECH PVT. LTD AND OTHERS Vs. M/S MSN WOODTECH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-09-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 and 142 — Complaint filed beyond statutory period — Condonation of delay not automatic — Trial Court erred by assuming complaint was within limitation, neglecting to acknowledge delay and consider reasons for condonation — High Court's view that application for condonation is not mandatory was also erroneous — Statutory time limit requires India Law Library Docid # 2433444
(399) SIDDHARTH Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-09-2025 Advocates Act, 1961 — Section 35 — Professional misconduct — Expunction of remarks — High Court made adverse remarks against an Advocate for allegedly failing to disclose a relevant prior decision of a coordinate bench and implying that an Apex Court decision had overturned it — Advocate claimed omission was bona fide as he was not involved in the connected case where the prior decision was upheld, and India Law Library Docid # 2432505
(400) DEEP NURSING HOME AND ANOTHER Vs. MANMEET SINGH MATTEWAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-09-2025 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 2(1)(d) — Allegations of Medical Negligence and Deficiency in Service against Nursing Home and Doctor — State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (SCDRC) finds negligence — National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) reverses part of SCDRC's findings and places liability on Doctor for antenatal care, exonerating the Nursing Home. Supreme Court allowed appeal. India Law Library Docid # 2432506