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(981) IN RE: PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL REPORTS OF THE OFFICERS OF THE INDIAN FOREST SERVICE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025
All-India Services Act, 1951 — Section 3(1) — Regulation of recruitment and conditions of service — Power to make rules — All-India Services (Confidential Rolls) Rules, 1970 and All-India Services (Performance Appraisal Report) Rules, 2007 — Rule 2 definitions of “accepting authority”, “reporting authority”, and “reviewing authority” — Scope and interpretation — Evolution of definitions through amendments.
India Law Library Docid # 2425921

(982) GYAN PRAKASH Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 32 — Writ Petition — National Highways — Safety and Management — Issues raised regarding highway safety based on accident data — Implementation of Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002 and Highway Administration Rules, 2004 — Lack of machinery for survey, removal of unauthorized occupation, and grievance redressal system — Directions issued for scheme for regular inspection, grievance mechanism, and prompt action — Non-satisfactory action
India Law Library Docid # 2425925

(983) GANESHKUMAR RAJESHWARRAO SELUKAR AND OTHERS Vs. MAHENDRA BHASKAR LIMAYE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025
‘Consumer’ — Scope and Definition — Begins before birth and extends beyond death — Inseparable from mother in womb forming joint consumers — Continues through organ donation, funeral rites, and rituals — Essence best captured in Mahatma Gandhi’s words emphasizing consumer’s importance and independence – Elevated consumerism through truth and dharma, integrated into freedom struggle via non-cooperation and civil disobedience – Dandi March and Salt Satyagraha examples of integration of politics, e
India Law Library Docid # 2425926

(984) PADMAN BIBHAR Vs. STATE OF ODISHA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025
Criminal Law — Circumstantial Evidence — Burden of proof — Prosecution must prove each circumstance cumulatively forming a complete chain leaving no doubt that the crime was committed by the accused alone — Facts proved must unerringly point towards the accused’s guilt.
India Law Library Docid # 2425927

(985) SIVANKUTTY AND OTHERS Vs. P.K PATRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 468 — Bar to taking cognizance after lapse of period of limitation — Offence under Section 323 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 punishable with imprisonment up to one year — Limitation period is one year from the date of offence.
India Law Library Docid # 2433791

(986) SHASHIKALA V REP. THRU HER HUSBAND M.G. SHIVANNA Vs. K. JAYARAM DEAD BY HIS LRS. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Appeal against High Court's enhanced compensation award — Appellant's counsel requested Court to take judicial note of compensation amount stated in respondent-Insurance Company's counter affidavit — Respondent-Insurance Company reiterated the amount when queried by the Court — Appeal allowed based on the compensation amount stated by the
India Law Library Docid # 2433794

(987) SURESH KUMAR Vs. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 — Section 45 — Bail — Considerations for granting bail — Rigors of Section 45 can be relaxed when facts and circumstances warrant, even without commenting on the merits of the case — Release on bail subject to furnishing bail bonds and conditions imposed by the Special Court — Liberty granted to the prosecution to seek modification or recall of
India Law Library Docid # 2433811

(988) BHUPINDER SINGH Vs. UNITECH LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025
Real Estate — Project Approvals — Authority directed to process lay out and building plans for specific projects within a specified period, without prejudice to its right to recover outstanding dues.
India Law Library Docid # 2433825

(989) SAURABH KUMAR JHA Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Appeal against High Court’s refusal to grant anticipatory bail — Supreme Court granted leave to appeal and interim protection — Appellant argued that the relationship with the complainant was consensual and the FIR was filed after discontinuation of the relationship, lacking criminal intent — State opposed bail citing previous rejections
India Law Library Docid # 2433829

(990) PUJA MANORAMA DILIP KHEDKAR Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) / Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 — Section 438 (anticipatory bail) / Section 482 (anticipatory bail) — Grant of anticipatory bail — Circumstances — Appellant apprehended arrest for
India Law Library Docid # 2433776

(991) HARENDRA KUMAR Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Considerations for grant of bail — Co-accused released on bail — Trial in progress — Majority of prosecution witnesses turning hostile — Further detention not necessary — Supreme Court set aside High Court's order rejecting bail and granted bail to the appellant.
India Law Library Docid # 2433785

(992) PHULKUNWAR BAI KURRE Vs. RAJESH DAS MANIKPURI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-05-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 147, 173 — Insurance — Liability of Insurance Company — Plea for pay and recover from owner — In cases arising from the same accident, compensation was granted and Insurance Company directed to pay and recover from owner — Appellant denied this right, causing arbitrary and iniquitous treatment — High Court's discretion to exempt Insurance Company from
India Law Library Docid # 2433790

(993) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. MEGHA TECHNICAL AND ENGINEERS PVT. LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-05-2025
Railways Act, 1989 — Penal Freight — Excess Weight — Requirement of Hearing — Full Bench of High Court holding prior hearing is mandatory before imposing penal freight for excess weight detected on off-loading challenged — Subsequent compliance by Railways and appropriation of deposited penalty amount render the specific case academic, but general issue of conflicting High Court views remain
India Law Library Docid # 2426443

(994) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. NO.900224364 CONST/G.D. JAGESHWAR SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-05-2025
Service Law — Dismissal from service — Para Military Force — Insensitive Border Area — Sentry Duty — Theft of cash from guarded cash box — Gross misconduct involving moral turpitude — Proportionality of punishment — Principle of proportionality is embedded in constitutionalism (Arts. 14, 16, 21) and forbids arbitrary, vengeful
India Law Library Docid # 2426444

(995) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. MEGHA TECHNICAL AND ENGINEERS PVT. LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-05-2025
Railways — Penal Freight — Excess Weightage — Imposition without hearing — High Court's view that opportunity of hearing mandatory before imposing penalty for excess weightage is not in conformity with settled principles — Practical difficulties in conducting mini-trial at offloading site
India Law Library Docid # 2426250

(996) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. NO.900224364 CONST/G.D. JAGESHWAR SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-05-2025
Indo Tibetan Border Police Act, 1992 — Section 11 — Misconduct by Constable — Robbery of cash entrusted for protection — Severity of misconduct in disciplined force — Constable on sentry duty guarding cash box containing significant funds for disbursement to Coy personnel — Alleged act of breaking open Kote lock, taking cash, concealing box, and absconding — Incident reported, FIR filed, Court of Enquiry conducted — Guilt established based on multiplicity
India Law Library Docid # 2426251

(997) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. KESANG DORJEE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-05-2025
Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act, 1952 — Section 3 — Requisition of Property — Public Purpose — Indian Army taking possession of land near Line of Actual Control for public purpose of the Union — Possession taken in purported exercise of powers under Section 3 of the Act, which allows requisition for necessary public purposes. (Paras 3, 7, 13)

B. Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act, 1952 — Section 4 — Taking Physical Possession — Authority vested wi
India Law Library Docid # 2426253

(998) WE THE WOMEN OF INDIA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-05-2025
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Objectives and Constitutional Basis — Enacted to provide effective protection to women victims of domestic violence, furthering the rights guaranteed under the Constitution, particularly Article 15(3) for the protection of women.
India Law Library Docid # 2426258

(999) K. H. KAMALADINI Vs. STATE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-05-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 226 — Discharge — Scope of Inquiry — At the stage of framing charge, the Court is permitted to examine only documents forming part of the chargesheet, not other material
India Law Library Docid # 2425902

(1000) A.M. KULSHRESTHA Vs. UNION BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-05-2025
Constitution of India — Article 226 — Writ Jurisdiction — Scope of Interference — Disciplinary proceedings — Challenge to charge sheet — Quashing of charge sheet — High Court’s power to interfere at interlocutory stage — While generally High Court ought not interfere at investigation or inquiry stage, exceptions exist where allegations or circumstances render process abuse of law or patently unjust — Malice, arbitrariness, and violation of admitted mandatory procedure are grounds for interventio
India Law Library Docid # 2425903