{"id":345749,"date":"2025-04-14T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T04:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=345749"},"modified":"2025-04-14T10:01:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T04:31:12","slug":"2025-scc-vol-3-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/04\/14\/2025-scc-vol-3-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 SCC Vol. 3 Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #e6eeff; border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-bottom-style: dashed;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726944\" target=\"_blank\">Civil Procedure Code, 1908<\/a> &#8212; Or. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001523609\" target=\"_blank\">6 R. 17<\/a> &#8212; Amendment of plaint &#8212; Continuous cause of action:<\/span> Matters to be considered for allowing of amendment of plaint for incorporating amendment and prayer by way of amendment in original plaint, explained, [<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of W.B.<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Pam Developments (P) Ltd.<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/AJ7mCy03\" target=\"_blank\">(2025) 3 SCC 356<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-bottom-style: dashed;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\">Criminal Procedure Code, 1973<\/a> &#8212; S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001519701\" target=\"_blank\">41<\/a> &#8212; Arrest of accused:<\/span> Fir not reliable, as FIR lodged against unknown persons and claim made by the witness that he spotted the accused persons at a public place prior to their arrest not believable in absence of any corroboratory evidence, [<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Wahid<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State (NCT of Delhi)<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/lYbSkLC0\" target=\"_blank\">(2025) 3 SCC 341<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #e6eeff; border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-bottom-style: dashed;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9000683660\" target=\"_blank\">Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958<\/a> (60 of 1958) &#8212; S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9000707687\" target=\"_blank\">48(1)<\/a> proviso &#8212; Refund of stamp duty:<\/span> Law clarified on limitation for claiming of refund of stamp duty under Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958, [<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Harshit Harish Jain<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Maharashtra<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/t3uEKM8p\" target=\"_blank\">(2025) 3 SCC 365<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-bottom-style: dashed;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002942157\" target=\"_blank\">Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006<\/a> &#8212; Ss. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001546101\" target=\"_blank\">8<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001546080\" target=\"_blank\">18<\/a> r\/w Ss. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001546079\" target=\"_blank\">17<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001546082\" target=\"_blank\">2(h)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001546082\" target=\"_blank\">2(m)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001546082\" target=\"_blank\">2(g)<\/a>:<\/span> Matter relating to non-requirement of registration\/filing of memorandum stipulated under S. 8, as a precondition for referring dispute to arbitration under S. 18, consideration of the same, as discretionary\/non-mandatory, referred to larger Bench, [<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">NBCC (India) Ltd.<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of W.B.<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/Ca3toEde\" target=\"_blank\">(2025) 3 SCC 440<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #e6eeff; border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-bottom-style: dashed;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\" target=\"_blank\">Penal Code, 1860<\/a> &#8212; S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561607\" target=\"_blank\">302<\/a> &#8212; Motive &#8212; Issue of non-payment of wages:<\/span> The issue of non-payment of wages is hardly material and is so trivial a matter so as to compel anyone to take an extreme step of committing a crime of such a grave nature, [<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Hansraj<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Chhattisgarh<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/PRvN8O2O\" target=\"_blank\">(2025) 3 SCC 350<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-bottom-style: dashed;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\" target=\"_blank\">Penal Code, 1860<\/a> &#8212; S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561611\" target=\"_blank\">304-B<\/a>:<\/span> Suicidal death, by itself, would not absolve the accused under S. 304-B, because S. 304-B presupposes several factors for its applicability, [<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Uttarakhand<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Sanjay Ram Tamta<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/EOSX4Vyx\" target=\"_blank\">(2025) 3 SCC 433<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #e6eeff; border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-bottom-style: dashed;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\" target=\"_blank\">Penal Code, 1860<\/a> &#8212; S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561613\" target=\"_blank\">306<\/a> r\/w S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561357\" target=\"_blank\">107<\/a> &#8212; Abetment of suicide &#8212; Use of words &#8220;go and die&#8221; &#8212; Implication thereof &#8212; Quashing of proceedings:<\/span> Proceedings quashed in absence of requisite ingredients and when accused merely told deceased, &#8220;because of you our boy died, why you do not die&#8221;, [<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Ayyub<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of U.P.<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/SDjWHnW3\" target=\"_blank\">(2025) 3 SCC 334<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-bottom-style: dashed;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\" target=\"_blank\">Penal Code, 1860<\/a> &#8212; S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561858\" target=\"_blank\">504<\/a> &#8212; Intentional insult &#8212; Determining factors:<\/span> Mere abuse, discourtesy, rudeness or insolence, held, may not amount to an intentional insult within the meaning of S. 504 if it does not have the necessary element of being likely to incite the person insulted to commit a breach of the peace or an offence. Each case of abusive language, held, shall have to be decided in the light of the facts and circumstances of that case, [<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">B.V. Ram Kumar<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Telangana<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/WK2mKl5l\" target=\"_blank\">(2025) 3 SCC 475<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #e6eeff; border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-bottom-style: dashed;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\" target=\"_blank\">Penal Code, 1860<\/a> &#8212; Ss. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561607\" target=\"_blank\">302<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561485\" target=\"_blank\">201<\/a> &#8212; Recovery at instance of accused &#8212; Effect of:<\/span> Glaring inconsistencies with respect to recoveries made at instance of accused, murder accused acquitted by giving benefit of doubt, [<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Raja Khan<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Chhattisgarh<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/r1A0p7uh\" target=\"_blank\">(2025) 3 SCC 314<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-bottom-style: dashed;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\" target=\"_blank\">Penal Code, 1860<\/a> &#8212; Ss. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561607\" target=\"_blank\">302<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561652\" target=\"_blank\">34<\/a> &#8212; Related eyewitness:<\/span> Law clarified on credibility and reliability of evidence of related eyewitness, [<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Goverdhan<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of Chhattisgarh<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/CV7a8IZG\" target=\"_blank\">(2025) 3 SCC 378<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #e6eeff; border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-bottom-style: dashed;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Service Law &#8212; Pay &#8212; Parity in pay\/Pay scale &#8212; Posts of part-time Swachchkar:<\/span> Denial of benefit of Clause 6 of Circular dt. 10-5-1984 conferring benefit of revised pay scale to employees completing three years of service after initial recruitment by Selection Committee and appointed by Collector as temporary employees on fixed wages to appellants who were appointed as temporary employees against vacant and sanctioned posts, unjust, unfair and arbitrary, [<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Rakesh Kumar Charmakar<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">State of M.P.<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/m71ho3oK\" target=\"_blank\">(2025) 3 SCC 326<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><i>Civil 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