(1)
Uma Maheswar WSHG & Others …Petitioners Vs.
State of Odisha & Others …Opposite Parties D.D
19/12/2025
Administrative Law – Paddy Procurement – Engagement of Women’s Self Help Groups – Policy Decision – Exclusion of WSHGs from KMS 2025–26 – WSHGs engaged continuously since 2019 pursuant to 2019 Guidelines – State undertook performance review in 2024 based on complaints of mismanagement – Decision taken to restrict procurement activities to PACS ...
(2)
Kale …Appellant Vs.
State of Uttar Pradesh …Respondent D.D
19/12/2025
Criminal Law – Acid Attack – Conviction under Sections 326/34 and 304/34 IPC – Appeals against conviction – FIR held ante-timed – Effect of ante-timing – FIR shown to be registered at 6:30 a.m. but evidence established that informant returned from Delhi only around 7:45 a.m. and FIR was lodged after consultation around 9:00 a.m. – Held: FIR clearly ante-ti...
(3)
Jai Rao …Petitioner Vs.
State of Rajasthan & Another …Respondents D.D
19/12/2025
Education Law – Student Union Elections – Lyngdoh Committee Recommendations – Petitioners sought mandamus for annual conduct of Student Union elections within 6–8 weeks of commencement of academic session as per Lyngdoh Committee – Court examined scope, enforceability and present applicability of recommendations in light of academic exigencies and institutional autono...
(4)
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. ...Petitioner Vs.
Aegis Logistics Pvt. Ltd. ...Respondent D.D
19/12/2025
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – Section 34 – Scope of Interference – Challenge to arbitral award on grounds of perversity and patent illegality – Court reiterated that reappreciation of evidence is impermissible under Section 34 – Arbitral Tribunal is the master of evidence – Interference warranted only where findings are perverse, arbitrary, capricious...
(5)
Uday Bhanudas Gujar ...Petitioner Vs.
Madan Yeshwant Diwan And Others ...Respondents D.D
19/12/2025
Administrative Law – Jurisdiction – Powers under Special Statutes – Rehabilitation Act – Sale Permission – Jurisdictional Error – Divisional Commissioner revoked a sale permission granted under Section 12 of the Maharashtra Rehabilitation Act, 1999 after the transaction was completed via a registered sale deed – Held: The Rehabilitation Act does not confer...
(6)
Intelligence Officer Narcotics Control Bureau South Zonal Unit Chennai …Appellant Vs.
R. Subhash & Others …Respondents D.D
19/12/2025
Criminal Law - Sections 8(c), 21, 25, 27-A, 28 and 29 NDPS Act – Appeal Against Acquittal – Scope of Interference – Presumption of Innocence – Trial Court Acquittal – Held: Appellate court can interfere only if findings are perverse or based on misreading of evidence – Where trial court view is a possible and plausible view, acquittal cannot be reversed merely b...
(7)
Vikram Singh @ Vicky Walia & Jasbir Singh @ Jassa ...Appellants Vs.
State of Punjab and Others ...Respondents D.D
19/12/2025
Death Penalty – Post-Mercy Judicial Review – Article 21 – Even after confirmation of death sentence and rejection of mercy petitions under Articles 72 and 161, the fundamental right to life and human dignity continues to subsist – Constitutional Courts are empowered to examine supervening circumstances affecting fairness, humanity and constitutionality of execution – ...
(8)
Arsha Vidya Parampara Trust A Public Charitable Trust ...Appellant Vs.
The Union of India & Anr. ...Respondent D.D
19/12/2025
Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 – Compounding of Offence – Section 41 FCRA – Effect of Compounding – The petitioner received foreign contribution without prior permission, which was a technical contravention of the FCRA – The offence was subsequently compounded by the Ministry of Home Affairs upon payment of a compounding fee – Once an offence is com...
(9)
Kalyani Swain and others ...Petitioners Vs.
Bijay Kumar Swain and others ...Opposite Parties D.D
19/12/2025
Execution of Decree – Confirmation of Possession – Recovery of Possession Permissible – Decree holder obtained decree for declaration of title, confirmation of possession and permanent injunction – After finality of decree, judgment debtor forcibly entered into possession – Held: Such conduct amounts to obstruction – Executing Court rightly directed eviction to ...