(481) KONKAN RAILWAY CORPORATION LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. S.D. MANOHARA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Service Law — Resignation — Withdrawal of Resignation — Review Petition — Konkan Railway Corporation (employer) challenged the judgment allowing employee's appeal based on two 'apparent errors': (i) Communication of resignation acceptance letter (dated 15.04.2014) to the employee on 16.04.2014, and (ii) Employee not reporting to duty on 19.05.2014 — Supreme Court held that the India Law Library Docid # 2436112
(482) G.R. SELVARAJ (DEAD), THROUGH LRS. Vs. K.J. PRAKASH KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 21 Rule 90(3) — Execution Sale — Setting aside sale on ground of irregularity — Statutory bar against judgment debtor — Scope and application of Order 21 Rule 90(3) CPC (inserted w.e.f. 01.02.1977) — No application to set aside sale shall be entertained on any ground which the applicant could have taken on or before the date the proclamation of sale was drawn up — Mandates vigilance by judgment debtor India Law Library Docid # 2435913
(483) HARISH Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Excise Act — Quashing of FIR — Second FIR on identical facts and occurrence — Principles of law — Where two FIRs (No. 126/2012 and No. 127/2012) were lodged on the same day for the same incident and under the same legal provisions, the lodging of the second FIR is an infraction of settled principles of law and an abuse of the process of India Law Library Docid # 2436138
(484) DEEPANKAR TIKEDAR Vs. STATE OF CHHATISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Criminal Law — Sentencing — Reduction of Sentence — Conviction under Section 376(3) IPC and Section 6 POCSO Act — Sentence of life imprisonment until natural death confirmed by High Court — Factors considered for modification of sentence by Supreme Court: grievous nature of offence (minor victim aged 15-16 years), appellant accepting conviction, lack of prior criminal antecedents, and India Law Library Docid # 2436283
(485) POONAM WADHWA Vs. AJAY WADHWA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Family Law — Child Custody — Welfare of the Child — Relevant Considerations — Working parents and financial independence — Nature of parents’ employment (working from home versus working from office) and distance of school from residence are generally not determining factors for custody, especially in the National Capital Region, as both parents contribute to the family's aspirations and child's India Law Library Docid # 2437428
(486) STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS Vs. T. MUHAMMED FAISI AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21A — Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 — Scope and Import — State Obligation — The constitutional guarantee of free and compulsory education for children aged 6 to 14 years under Article 21A, operationalized by the 2009 Act, mandates the establishment of neighbourhood schools — A State cannot satisfy its obligation under Article 21A merely by providing transportation facilities to attend distant schools in lieu of India Law Library Docid # 2437433
(487) ANWAR HUSAIN Vs. IRFAN KHAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accident Claims — Compensation — Enhancement — Assessment of Notional Income for self-employed auto-driver — The Tribunal assessed income at Rs. 5,000 p.m., the High Court enhanced it to Rs. 9,000 p.m. — Supreme Court held that Rs. 9,000 p.m. was unreasonably low and did not reflect current economic realities for an auto-driver, India Law Library Docid # 2437505
(488) YASHWANT KRISHNA KUMBAR Vs. THE DIVISIONAL MANAGER, UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accident Compensation — Contributory Negligence vs. Composite Negligence — Pillion Rider's entitlement — Tribunal and High Court erred in deducting 50% compensation for contributory negligence of a pillion rider based solely on riders of both vehicles being negligent — A pillion rider, being a third-party passenger, cannot be held responsible for the India Law Library Docid # 2437514
(489) MOH. KAMIL PATEL Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Section 20(b)(ii)(c) — Conscious Possession — Commercial Quantity — Presumption under Section 35 — Appellant, who was the driver and sole occupant of a vehicle containing a commercial quantity of Ganja (206.230 kg), was rightly convicted— Section 35 raises a rebuttable presumption regarding culpable mental state— Since there was no worthwhile evidence to rebut the presumption or show lack of awareness India Law Library Docid # 2437593
(490) ANIKET KUMAR Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Power of Supreme Court to pass directions — Dissolution of Marriage by Mutual Consent — Where parties filed a joint application for directions under Article 142 of the Constitution to dissolve marriage by mutual consent based on a comprehensive settlement, the Supreme Court, acknowledging the efforts for amicable resolution, granted divorce by mutual consent India Law Library Docid # 2436057
(491) THE STATE OF PUNJAB Vs. BAWA SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Jurisdiction and Scope — Power of High Court / Sessions Court while granting bail — Observations / Directions regarding penal action against investigating officers — High Court directed that if the accused were acquitted, the recovery of contraband would be deemed to be effected from and charged upon the police officers who signed the India Law Library Docid # 2436089
(492) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S OASYS CYBERNATICS PVT. LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Government Contracts and Tenders — Letter of Intent (LoI) — Legal Nature — An LoI is ordinarily a precursor to a contract, indicating intent to enter into a future agreement, but does not itself create a concluded contract or vested, enforceable rights unless the necessary preconditions are satisfied — A bidder's commercial expectation that a contract will follow an LoI is not a juridical entitlement — If the LoI explicitly India Law Library Docid # 2435914
(493) SAMADHAN S/O SITATRAM MANMOTHE Vs. STATE OF MAHARASTHRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 528 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376, 376(2)(n), and 507 — Allegation of rape based on false promise of marriage — Relationship continued for three years; physical relations established multiple times — Complainant, an educated and married woman, engaged in the relationship voluntarily and without protest or complaint until the break-up — Lodging of FIR three months after the last physical contact, subsequent to the India Law Library Docid # 2435868
(494) INDER CHAND BAGRI Vs. JAGADISH PRASAD BAGRI AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent powers of High Court — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Scope — Principles for quashing FIR or complaint under Section 482 CrPC, including where allegations, taken at face value, do not constitute any offence, or where the proceeding is manifestly attended with mala fide or maliciously instituted with an ulterior motive (referring to State of India Law Library Docid # 2435869
(495) LIVEIN AQUA SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. HDFC BANK LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Section 7 — Application by Financial Creditor — Rejection for technical defects — Affidavit Verification — Whether an application under Section 7 of the IBC, verified later than the date of the supporting affidavit, is liable to be rejected at the threshold — Mere filing of a 'defective' affidavit (e.g., dated before application verification) does not render the India Law Library Docid # 2435870
(496) KEYUR HARISHBHAI PATEL Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Regular Bail — Factors for consideration — Allegation of recovery of contraband from co-accused's factory where appellant was present — Appellant lacked control or ownership of factory; mere presence not sufficient for complicity — Co-accused granted bail by Supreme Court — Appellant incarcerated for over two years while trial incomplete — Considering co India Law Library Docid # 2436149
(497) THE CHENNAI METROPOLITAN CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LIMITED Vs. S. LAKSHMI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Allotment of Land — Failure to Deliver Possession — Refund vs. Alternate Plot — Appellant executed sale deed in 2006 but failed to hand over physical possession due to discrepancy between allotted land on paper and actual ground availability after demarcation/provision for roads — Single Judge directed refund of Rs. 10,89,000/- with 18% interest p.a. OR allotment of alternate site of comparable value — Division Bench India Law Library Docid # 2436158
(498) KARANARTHAM VIRAMAH FOUNDATION Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Companies Act, 2013 — Section 212(1)(c) — Investigation by Serious Fraud Investigating Office (SFIO) — Necessity and Conditions for direct investigation — For a valid order directing SFIO investigation, mandatory requirements include recording of reasons, demonstrable circumstances justifying SFIO involvement, and necessity of investigation being in public interest — Application seeking direction for SFIO investigation rejected where these conditions were not met. India Law Library Docid # 2436167
(499) HITUBHA BABBHA ZALA @ HITESHSINH HARISINH ZALA Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-11-2025 Labour Law — Termination of Employment — Relief — Compensation vs. Reinstatement — Appellants’ services terminated after 10 years of employment (1989-1999); Labour Court granted reinstatement with continuity of service but without backwages (Award in 2014) — High Court Single Judge set aside the Labour Court award and granted a lump-sum compensation of Rs. 40,000/-, upheld by India Law Library Docid # 2436071
(500) A.V.N. SATHISH Vs. A KALYANI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Power of Supreme Court — Dissolution of Marriage — Divorce by Mutual Consent — In exercise of power under Article 142, Supreme Court granted decree of divorce by mutual consent upon joint application (IA No. 283420/2025) preferred by the parties, thereby dissolving the marriage solemnized on July 1, 2010. India Law Library Docid # 2436080