(1) T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad …Petitioner Vs. Union of India & Others …Respondents D.D 11/11/2025

Environmental Law – Protection of Delhi Ridge – Directions for Statutory Constitution and Functioning of DRMB – Supreme Court directs Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to constitute the Delhi Ridge Management Board (DRMB) as a statutory body under Section 3(3) of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 – Earlier, DRMB functioned under court ord...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (C) NO. 202 OF 1995 Docid 2025 LEJ Civil SC 546370

(2) Central Bureau of Investigation …Appellant Vs. M/s Sarvodaya Highways Ltd. & Others …Respondents D.D 11/11/2025

Criminal Law – Quashing under Section 482 CrPC – Economic Offences – Bank Fraud – PC Act – One-time Settlement – Held: High Court erred in quashing FIR and chargesheet solely on settlement; grave financial fraud, fabrication of documents, loss to public exchequer, and involvement of bank manager under PC Act make quashing impermissible – Proceedings restor...

NON REPORTABLE # CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO(S). ___ OF 2025 (Arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 11108 of 2022) Docid 2025 LEJ Crim SC 671784

(3) Surendra Koli …Petitioner Vs. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. …Respondents D.D 11/11/2025

Criminal Law – Curative Petition – Acquittal – Petitioner convicted and sentenced to death in the Rimpa Haldar murder case based on a Section 164 CrPC confession and alleged recoveries under Section 27 of the Evidence Act – Subsequent acquittals in 12 companion cases based on same evidentiary foundation – High Court and later Supreme Court found the confession inadmis...

REPORTABLE # INHERENT JURISDICTION CURATIVE PETITION (CRL.) NO. … OF 2025 @ DIARY NO. 49297 OF 2025 IN R.P. (CRL.) NO. 395 OF 2014 IN CRL. A. NO. 2227 OF 2010 Docid 2025 LEJ Civil SC 458183

(4) Kapadam Sangalappa and Others …Appellants Vs. Kamatam Sangalappa and Others …Respondents D.D 11/11/2025

Religious Endowment – Execution of Compromise Decree – Dispute between two sects of Kuruba community over custody of idols and performance of pooja to deity Lord Sangalappa Swamy – Compromise decree passed on 01.11.1933 provided for rotational pooja, joint trusteeship, and shared possession of idols and articles – Execution Petition filed in 2000 alleging non-compliance by ...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 281-282 OF 2015 Docid 2025 LEJ Civil SC 392439

(5) Riyas ...Appellant(s) Vs. P.N. Shinosh & Anr. ...Respondents D.D 10/11/2025

Motor Accident Compensation – Permanent Disability – Minor Victim – Multiplier Method – 14-year-old appellant sustained 77.1% permanent disability in a motor vehicle accident – High Court applied multiplier of 15, monthly income of ₹3,620 with 40% future prospects – Supreme Court affirmed multiplier and income but enhanced compensation under multiple heads &nd...

NON REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 6544 OF 2024 Docid 2025 LEJ Civil SC 429183

(6) Lipi Boilers Ltd. ...Appellant(s) Vs. The Commissioner of Central Excise Aurangabad ...Respondent(s) D.D 10/11/2025

Central Excise – Manufacture – Boilers in CKD Condition – Bought-Out Items – Final product (steam-generating plant) assembled at site using bought-out items and CKD parts – Such assembly results in immovable property – Held: Not “goods” within meaning of Section 3 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 – Excise duty not leviable – Valuation unde...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 856–857 OF 2011 Docid 2025 LEJ Civil SC 752997

(7) Nandkumar @ Nandu Manilal Mudaliar ...Appellant(s) Vs. State of Gujarat ...Respondent(s) D.D 10/11/2025

Criminal Law – Culpable Homicide – Section 302 IPC – Conversion to Section 304 Part I – Appellant convicted for murder of deceased Louis Williams based on knife injuries inflicted during altercation – Trial Court and High Court convicted under Section 302 IPC – Supreme Court held: injuries not shown to be inflicted with intention to cause death – Death occ...

NON REPORTABLE # CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1266 OF 2014 Docid 2025 LEJ Crim SC 692230

(8) MITC Rolling Mills Private Limited and Another ...Appellants Vs. M/s. Renuka Realtors and Others ...Respondents D.D 10/11/2025

Civil Procedure – Rejection of Plaint – Maintainability of Appeal – Commercial Suit filed without Pre-Institution Mediation under Section 12A of CCA 2015 – Trial Court rejected plaint under Order VII Rule 11 CPC – Held: Rejection of plaint amounts to a 'decree' under Section 2(2) CPC – Such decree is appealable under Section 13(1A) of the Commercial Cour...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO(S). ___ OF 2025 (Arising out of SLP (Civil) No(s). 10428 of 2025) Docid 2025 LEJ Civil SC 180314

(9) R. Rajendran ...Appellant(s) Vs. Kamar Nisha and Others ...Respondent(s) D.D 10/11/2025

DNA Testing – Presumption of Legitimacy – Criminal Proceedings – Section 112 Evidence Act – Right to Privacy – Constitution of India – DNA test sought to prove that appellant fathered child during subsistence of marriage between Respondent No.1 and her husband Abdul Latheef – Supreme Court held: statutory presumption under Section 112 protects child’...

REPORTABLE # CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1013 OF 2021 Docid 2025 LEJ Crim SC 289763