Calcutta HC Slams CWC for 'Bad & Illegal' Declaration of Child as 'Abandoned' Despite DNA Proof; Quashes Adoption Order, Mandates Fresh Inquiry With Biological Parents' Hearing 'Constitutional Rights Cannot Be Eclipsed By Parental Authority': Allahabad High Court Slaps ₹25 Lakh Compensation On Father And State For Unlawful Confinement Of Adult Women Over Voluntary Religious Conversion Co-Operative Bank Not Obligated To Deduct TDS On Interest Paid To Non-Member Co-Operative Societies Under Section 194A(3)(v) Income Tax Act: Bombay High Court Mere Pendency Of Criminal Cases Not Sufficient Ground For Externment; It Is An Extraordinary Measure To Be Used Sparingly: Karnataka High Court Good Conduct And Strength Of Character Always Lie In The Choices One Makes: Supreme Court Upholds Discharge Of RPF Constables For Suppressing Criminal Antecedents 'Time Is Of Extreme Essence': Supreme Court Declines To Interfere With Public Procurement Tenders Over Belated Challenge And Laches "'Hanging Is Not Cruel, Torturous Or Degrading': Supreme Court Upholds Validity Of Execution By Hanging Under CrPC & BNSS" 'Backdoor Entry Cannot Be Regularized By Judicial Sympathy': Supreme Court Quashes Illegal Absorptions And Repudiates Political Machinations In Public Employment Custodial Interrogation Indispensable In Cross-Border Drug Cases Involving Commercial Quantities, Denies Pre-Arrest Bail: Punjab & Haryana High Court 'Cannot Take Advantage Of Your Own Wrong': Delhi High Court Rejects Husband's Plea For Divorce After Defying Restitution Decree

(1) Competition Commission of India ...Appellant Vs. Kerala Film Exhibitors Federation & Others ...Respondents D.D 26/09/2025

Competition Law – Anti-Competitive Agreement – Section 3(3)(b) – Federation boycott – Kerala Film Exhibitors Federation (KFEF) found to have engaged in anti-competitive conduct by threatening distributors and boycotting Crown Theatre for dealing independently – CCI held KFEF and its office bearers guilty – Appeal against COMPAT’s order that set aside penal...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 9726 OF 2016 Docid 2025 LEJ Civil SC 910228

(2) Sanjay Singal & Others ...Appellants Vs. JSW Steel Limited & Others ...Respondents D.D 26/09/2025

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 – Resolution Plan – Concurrent Findings – Appeals under Section 62 lie only on a question of law – NCLT and NCLAT concurrently upheld JSW’s plan with minor modification regarding EBITDA – Held: Appeals not maintainable in absence of statutory grounds under Section 61 – Concurrent findings not to be disturbed unless perv...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEALS NOS. 1764-1768 OF 2020 Docid 2025 LEJ Civil SC 503444

(3) Mohammed Masood ...Appellant Vs. The New India Assurance Co. Ltd. & Anr. ...Respondents D.D 26/09/2025

Motor Accident Compensation – Determination of Income – Appellant, 23-year-old loader, lost right leg in lorry accident (01.12.2015) – Tribunal fixed income at ₹9,000 p.m., assessed 85% disability, applied multiplier 18, awarded ₹19,35,400 under various heads – High Court reduced income to ₹8,000 relying on Workmen’s Compensation Act ceiling, further considering...

NON REPORTABLE # Justice K. Vinod Chandran; Justice N.V. Anjaria Docid 2025 LEJ Civil SC 595741

(4) Sharad Singh (Dead) Through LR ...Appellant Vs. H. D. Narang & Anr. ...Respondents D.D 26/09/2025

Motor Accident Compensation – Quantum – Future Medical Expenses – Income Assessment – Pillion rider (aged 20) rendered paraplegic (C4–5 fracture) after being run over by car driven rashly – Liability not in dispute; appeal limited to (i) acceptance of medical bills and (ii) income for loss of earning capacity – Insurance company’s objection to bills ...

NON REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 8136 OF 2024 Docid 2025 LEJ Civil SC 839602

(5) Usha Kiran Kshatri and Ors. etc. ...Appellants Vs. The State of Telangana & Ors. ...Respondents D.D 26/09/2025

Judicial Services – Eligibility Criteria – Telangana State Judicial Service Rules, 2023 – Rule 5(5.1)(a) restricting eligibility to advocates practicing in Telangana High Court or its subordinate courts for not less than 7 years – Petitioners challenged rejection of their applications on ground of discrimination and violation of Articles 14 and 233 – High Court dismis...

NON REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 11018-11019 OF 2024 (With connected SLPs and W.P. (C) No. 489/2024) WITH SLP (C) NO. 10419/2024 , SLP (C) NO. 11655/2024 , SLP (C) NO. 12924/2024 , SLP (C) NO. 12925/2024, SLP (C) NO. 21909/2024 , SLP (C) NO. 21056/2024 , W.P. (C) NO. 489/2024, SLP (C) NO. 314/2025 Docid 2025 LEJ Civil SC 906048

(6) New India Assurance Co. Ltd. ...Appellant Vs. Narayan Singh & Ors. ...Respondents D.D 26/09/2025

Motor Accident Compensation – Insurance Policy Validity – Fraud Allegation – Deceased, 21-year-old security guard earning ₹4,000/month, died in road accident on 21.06.2006 – Tribunal awarded ₹3,87,000 with 7% interest against insurer based on insurance policy produced by vehicle owner showing coverage from 17.06.2006 – Insurer later discovered policy validity was ...

NON REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. (Arising out of SLP (C) No. 19976 of 2019) Docid 2025 LEJ Civil SC 848966

(7) Shiv Kumar Shaw & Another ...Petitioners Vs. Rekha Shaw ...Respondent D.D 26/09/2025

Criminal Procedure – Delay in Compliance of Supreme Court Order – Jurisdiction of Trial Court – Supreme Court had directed the Judicial Magistrate, 4th Court, Alipore to dispose of case AC-2053/2017 within six weeks from order dated 18.01.2024 – Judicial Magistrate, upon failing to conclude trial in time, passed order on 19.03.2024 declaring loss of jurisdiction due to laps...

REPORTABLE # CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATION Diary No. 45777/2024 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 18/01/2024 in Criminal Appeal No. 2842/2023) Docid 2025 LEJ Crim SC 498406

(8) SEPCO Electric Power Construction Corporation …Appellant Vs. GMR Kamalanga Energy Ltd. …Respondent D.D 26/09/2025

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – Section 34 & 37 – Scope of interference – International Commercial Arbitration – EPC contractor SEPCO obtained arbitral award of ~₹995 crores against GMRKE Ltd. – Single Judge dismissed GKEL’s Section 34 challenge – Division Bench allowed appeal under Section 37, set aside award and Single Judge’s order,...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. ___ OF 2025 (Arising out of SLP (C) No. 2706 of 2024) Docid 2025 LEJ Civil SC 416044

(9) The State of Telangana ...Petitioner Vs. Jerusalem Mathai and Anr. ...Respondents D.D 26/09/2025

Criminal Law – Quashing of FIR - Prevention of Corruption – Bribery Allegations – Complaint alleged offer of ₹2 crores and later ₹5 crores to MLA to abstain or vote in MLC elections – FIR registered belatedly on 31.05.2015 based on audio-video recordings of sting operation – Allegations against A4 vague and unconnected to subsequent alleged transaction – A4 ...

NON REPORTABLE # CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION SLP (Crl.) No. 5248 of 2016 With SLP (Crl.) No. 9333 of 2016 Docid 2025 LEJ Crim SC 743552