(1) M/s. Chatha Service Station ...Appellant Vs. Lalmati Devi and Others ...Respondents D.D 08/04/2025

Accident Claim - Directing The Insurer To Pay - Recover The Same From The Owner Of An Oil Tanker - Driving Licence Endorsement – Rule 9 CMVR – Requirement is Mandatory – Breach Proven – Driver of offending oil tanker lacked endorsement required under Rule 9 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules for carrying hazardous goods – Held: Endorsement is essential and the syllab...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NOS. _____ OF 2025 (@ Special Leave Petition (Civil) Nos. 25789-25792 of 2019) Docid 2025 LEJ Civil SC 711461

(2) State of Madhya Pradesh ...Appellant Vs. Dinesh Kumar and Others ...Respondents D.D 08/04/2025

Land Law - Tribal Land Transfer – Competency of Authority – Section 165(6) M.P. Land Revenue Code – Permission Upheld – The State contended that the Additional Collector lacked authority to grant permission for transfer of tribal land – Held: The Additional Collector was duly authorized by the Collector as per the work allocation order dated 19.05.2017, hence competen...

NON REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO._____ OF 2025 (@ Special Leave Petition (C) No.10111 of 2024) Docid 2025 LEJ Civil SC 727132

(3) Neha Chandrakant Shroff & Anr....Appellants Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors....Respondents D.D 08/04/2025

Writ Jurisdiction – Possession without Requisition – Flats Occupied by Police Since 1940 – Writ Allowed – The appellants sought possession of two flats in South Mumbai given to the police for temporary use in 1940 without any written lease or requisition order – The High Court declined to exercise writ jurisdiction and relegated the petitioners to alternative remedy &...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPEAL NO. 5098 OF 2025 (Arising from SLP (Civil) No. 31035 of 2024) Docid 2025 LEJ Civil SC 488559

(4) Sakshi Arha & Ors. …Appellants Vs. The Rajasthan High Court & Ors. …Respondents D.D 08/04/2025

Employment Law - Reservation in Public Employment – Requirement of Valid Certificate by  Cut-Off Date – Rejection Upheld – Appellants were excluded from interview round for Civil Judge Cadre due to OBC-NCL/MBC-NCL/EWS certificates not being valid as on application cut-off date (31.08.2021) – Held: Advertisement required valid certificate as per rules— Relevant c...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 3957 OF 2023 WITH CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 3958–3963 & 3909 OF 2023 Docid 2025 LEJ Civil SC 915669

(5) The New India Assurance Co. Ltd....Appellant Vs. Gopu & Anr....Respondents D.D 08/04/2025

Motor Accident Claim – Enhancement of Compensation – Delay in Filing Appeal – Appeal Allowed - The Supreme Court set aside the High Court’s judgment which had enhanced the compensation awarded by the Tribunal – Held: The MAC appeal filed by the minors (after attaining majority) was grossly delayed by nearly 8 years and not maintainable under law – Exemption unde...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPEAL NO. (Arising out of SLP(C) No. 2466 OF 2020) Docid 2025 LEJ Civil SC 954111

(6) Hardyal Inder Singh ...Appellant Vs. State of Punjab ...Respondent D.D 08/04/2025

Anticipatory Bail – Theft of Judicial File – Disclosure Statement by Co-Accused – Bail Granted - FIR was filed alleging theft of a judicial file involving multiple co-accused – Appellant was not named in FIR but implicated through co-accused's disclosure – High Court denied anticipatory bail – Supreme Court noted appellant had joined investigation and that t...

REPORTABLE # CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NOS. 1860, 1861–1862 OF 2025 (Arising out of SLP (Crl.) Nos. 18016, 18042–18043 of 2024) Docid 2025 LEJ Crim SC 168965

(7) K. Gopi...Appellant Vs. The Sub-Registrar & Ors....Respondents D.D 07/04/2025

Civil Law – Refusal of Registration of Documents – Power to Refuse on Title Grounds – Rule 55A(i) Declared Ultra Vires – Sub-Registrar refused to register sale deed under Rule 55A(i) for want of vendor’s title proof – Supreme Court held that under the Registration Act, 1908, Sub-Registrar has no authority to verify title – Rule 55A(i) inconsistent with the...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPEAL NO. 3954 OF 2025 Docid 2025 LEJ Civil SC 166008

(8) Securities and Exchange Board of India...Appellant Vs. Ram Kishori Gupta & Anr....Respondents D.D 07/04/2025

Civil Law - SEBI Disgorgement Powers – Fraudulent Advertisement - Principle of Res Judicata – Later Order Invalid - SEBI issued a second order in 2018 imposing disgorgement and restraints on VCL and others based on same facts and notices addressed in final 2014 order – Held: Subsequent exercise was barred by res judicata, being on the same cause and parties – Fresh directio...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPEAL NO. 7941 OF 2019 WITH CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 1649-1652 OF 2022 AND CIVIL APPEAL NO. .... OF 2025 (@ Diary No. 42829 OF 2019) Docid 2025 LEJ Civil SC 746336

(9) Kuncham Lavanya & Ors....Appellants Vs. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd. & Anr....Respondents D.D 07/04/2025

Motor Accident Compensation – Insurer’s Liability – Vehicle Identification Disputed – MACT Award Restored - Deceased died in accident involving a speeding Verna car – MACT awarded ₹33.63 lakhs against owner and insurer jointly – High Court exonerated insurer based on delayed witness statement and alleged unreliability – Supreme Court held that evidence i...

NON REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPEAL NO. ... OF 2025 (Arising out of SLP (C) @ Diary No. 44210 OF 2019) Docid 2025 LEJ Civil SC 985901