(741) THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH Vs. N. SANJAY[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) —Anticipatory Bail — Grant of — Factors to consider — Mere absence of need for custodial interrogation is not a sufficient ground for granting anticipatory bail — Prima facie case, nature of offense, and severity of punishment are primary considerations — Custodial interrogation is one relevant aspect among others. India Law Library Docid # 2434725
(742) SUBHA PRASAD NANDI MAJUMDAR Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL SERVICE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-07-2025 Interpretation of Statute and Notifications — ‘Any’ University does not mean only within the State — The phrase “in any State-aided University or College” in a notification extending retirement age was interpreted to include experience from universities or colleges outside the State of West Bengal. The court found that India Law Library Docid # 2428131
(743) UMRI POOPH PRATAPPUR (UPP) TOLLWAYS PVT. LTD. Vs. M.P. ROAD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-07-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 vs. Madhya Pradesh Madhyastham Adhikaran Adhiniyam, 1983 — Works Contract — Concession Agreement for development of State Highway falls under ‘works contract’ as defined in MP Act, 1983 — MP Act, 1983 has overriding effect on Arbitration and Conciliation Act, India Law Library Docid # 2428132
(744) THE CHANCELLOR, APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-07-2025 A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technological University Act, 2015 — Section 13(7) — Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology Act, 2021 — Section 11(10) — Interpretation of — Temporary appointment of Vice-Chancellor — Limited to six months in aggregate — Notification appointing temporarily until further orders held unsustainable in law — Contradicts the statutory time limit. India Law Library Docid # 2428309
(745) SUSHMA AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-07-2025 Uttar Pradesh Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953 — Proceedings for consolidation of land — Validity of adoption and Will — Supreme Court, while remanding the case to High Court, observed that the High Court's reasoning that the validity of a Will cannot be assumed if the adoption of the beneficiary is void is erroneous in law. India Law Library Docid # 2433735
(746) STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Vs. RAMVEER SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302 and 449 — Murder and house-trespass with intent to commit murder — Appeal against acquittal — High Court reversed trial court's conviction — Supreme Court agreed with High Court's findings — Prosecution case full of material contradictions and inherent improbabilities — No substantial reasons to interfere with acquittal. India Law Library Docid # 2434726
(747) MADDURI GANGARAJU @ BABU RAO Vs. MADDURI SUNANDA & OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — Abuse of process of law — Matrimonial discord — Settlement between parties — Divorce decree obtained prior to filing of criminal cases — Ongoing disputes settled through Lok Adalat — Continuation of criminal proceedings would be an exercise in futility and harassment — Supreme Court invoked powers India Law Library Docid # 2434727
(748) STATE OF PUNJAB Vs. GURNAM @ GAMA ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Fair investigation and fair trial — Principle that informant and investigator cannot be the same person — This principle laid down in Mohan Lal v. State of Punjab (2018) is not applicable retrospectively to pending cases where the High Court judgment was delivered before the clarification India Law Library Docid # 2434728
(749) IL & FS FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED Vs. ADHUNIK MEGHALAYA STEELS PRIVATE LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-07-2025 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 7 — Application for initiation of corporate insolvency resolution process — Limitation — Acknowledgment of debt — Balance Sheet entries — Whether entries in a company's Balance Sheet, even without specific creditor names, can constitute a valid acknowledgment of debt under Section 18 of the Limitation Act, 1963, to extend limitation period. (Paras 21, 23, 32, India Law Library Docid # 2434729
(750) MUKUND K. PAI AND OTHERS Vs. PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-07-2025 Pension and Gratuity — Re-employment of ex-servicemen — Pay fixation — Guidelines issued by the Department of Financial Services (Welfare), Government of India in 2014, are to prevail over clarifications issued by the Indian Banks Association (IBA) and subsequent circulars of the respondent-bank (HRMD circular) regarding pay fixation of ex-servicemen on re-employment. (Paras 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, India Law Library Docid # 2434730
(751) DHRUVI YADAV Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-07-2025 Reservation Policy — For Union Territory of Chandigarh — Reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) to be implemented in a staggered manner — Initially 3% for Academic Year 2025-26, increasing to 27% by the sixth year. India Law Library Docid # 2434731
(752) MANOHAR KESHAVRAO KHANDATE Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Homicidal death proved by autopsy — Accused convicted for murder of his wife — Appeal dismissed. India Law Library Docid # 2434735
(753) SUKHDEV YADAV @ PEHALWAN Vs. STATE OF (NCT OF DELHI) & OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 read with Section 34 — Life imprisonment defined — Sentence modified to life imprisonment for 20 years of actual imprisonment without remission — Prisoner completed 20 years of actual incarceration — Entitlement to release upon completion of sentence irrespective of India Law Library Docid # 2428619
(754) SANTHOSH KARUNAKARAN Vs. OMBUDSMAN CUM ETHICS OFFICER, KERALA CRICKET ASSOCIATION AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Kerala Cricket Association Byelaws, Section 15(4)(s) — Impleadment of parties — Non-impleadment of District Cricket Associations in an application to frame model bye-laws for cricket associations — Ombudsman rejected the application for non-impleadment — High Court affirmed the rejection — Supreme Court found the India Law Library Docid # 2428097
(755) S. MOHAMMED HAKKIM Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Contract Act, 1872 — Section 2(d) — Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal — Compensation — Notional Income Future Prospects — Multiplier — Contributory Negligence — Attendant Charges — Future Medical Expenses — Loss of Marital Prospects — Discomfort — Extra Nourishment — Medical Bills — Motor Accident — Amputation — Functional Disability — In a motor accident case involving a young engineering student who suffered amputation of his leg due to the negligence of India Law Library Docid # 2428098
(756) IL & FS FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED Vs. ADHUNIK MEGHALAYA STEELS PRIVATE LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 7 — Application under — Limitation — Whether barred by limitation — Financial Creditor filed application under Section 7 of IBC arguing that entries in the respondent’s Balance Sheet for FY 2019-20 constituted a valid acknowledgment of debt under Section 18 of the India Law Library Docid # 2428130
(757) SUKHDEV YADAV @ PEHALWAN Vs. STATE OF (NCT OF DELHI) AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 53 and 57 — Life Imprisonment — Sentence of twenty years actual imprisonment without remission — Interpretation of “life imprisonment” in context of fixed term — Prisoner entitled to release upon completion of fixed term India Law Library Docid # 2428718
(758) KUNAL CHATTERJEE Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 417, 376, 506 read with Section 34, and POCSO Act, 2012 — Section 6 — Rape of a minor with promise of marriage — Allegations of consensual relationship when prosecutrix was minor, based on promise of marriage — Prosecutrix became major, appellant backed out from promise — FIR lodged after more than 3 years alleging rape when she was minor — Held, consent India Law Library Docid # 2433699
(759) MITESHBHAI J. PATEL AND ANOTHER Vs. THE DRUG INSPECTOR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 — Section 18(a)(i) and Section 27(d) — Offence of selling sub-standard drugs — Limitation period — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 468(2)(c) and Section 469(a) — The period of limitation for an offence punishable with imprisonment exceeding one year but not exceeding three years is three years. The limitation period commences from the date of the offence, India Law Library Docid # 2433729
(760) STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS Vs. SANT RAM AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Uttar Pradesh Recognized Basic Schools (Junior High Schools)(Recruitment and Conditions of Service of Teachers) Rules, 1978 — Rule 10(5)(b)(iii) — Deemed approval of teacher appointment — Conditions precedent — District Basic Education Officer (DBEO) must communicate decision within one month of receiving proposal, India Law Library Docid # 2433731