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Gourab Mondal @ Shanu & Another v. State of West Bengal
The Supreme Court modified the High Court's sentence from life imprisonment without remission till natural life to life imprisonment for twenty years without remission, balancing punishment severity with the possibility of reformation.
Priyanka Kumari and Ors. v. State of Bihar and Ors.
The Supreme Court held that degrees awarded by a university established under a statute later declared ultra vires are valid if obtained prior to invalidation, and terminated employees on this ground are entitled to reinstatement without back wages.
Power Trust v. Bhuvan Madan
The Supreme Court upheld the admission of CIRP against Hiranmaye Energy Ltd., holding that restructuring proposals failing pre-implementation conditions do not bar insolvency proceedings and that the Adjudicating Authority's role at admission is limited to verifying default without assessing viability.
University of Pune v. Shashank Balkrishna Bangale
The High Court upheld compulsory retirement of a Junior Engineer for misconduct in tender procedures and illegal gratification, limiting judicial review to procedural fairness and evidence sufficiency without reappreciation of facts.
Schaeffler India Ltd. v. Chief Controlling Revenue Authority
The Bombay High Court held that stamp duty is chargeable only on the NCLT Mumbai order sanctioning a composite scheme of amalgamation and not on underlying transactions or separate NCLT Chennai orders, quashing the excess stamp duty demand.
Ms. Heena Qasim Phoplunkar v. The State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court allowed the writ petition directing MPSC to include the petitioner in the merit list, holding that a clerical error in the EWS certificate's financial year, clarified by the issuing authority, does not invalidate the certificate.
Raghav Rajesh Aggarwal v. The State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court quashed an FIR and charge-sheet alleging rape on false promise of marriage where the relationship was consensual and the complainant was married, holding no offence was made out under Section 376(2)(n) IPC.
Municipal Corporation, Pune v. The State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court held that candidates selected as Assistant Teachers on an unaided basis cannot be validly appointed as Shikshan Sevaks on honorarium, quashing such appointment orders and directing fresh appointments with pay scale.