(101) SUMA G.P. AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-11-2025 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 — Sections 316(2), 318(2), 318(4) & 3(5) — Grant of anticipatory bail — Appellants seeking anticipatory bail rejected by High Court — Supreme Court granting anticipatory bail after noting that appellants had joined the investigation pursuant to earlier orders and considering the facts, circumstances, and India Law Library Docid # 2435559
(102) ROHIT BISHNOI Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), 1973 — Section 439 — Bail — Cancellation of Bail — Murder Case — High Court ignored observations of Trial Court regarding the specific role of the accused while granting bail — Trial Court had refused bail based on elaborately mentioned role of accused in the charge-sheet, despite accused not being India Law Library Docid # 2435561
(103) SUKHWINDER SINGH @ SUKH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-11-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Sections 21, 25, and 29 — Arms Act, 1959 — Section 25 — Pre-conviction incarceration — Bail — Grant of — Appellant accused of offences under NDPS Act and Arms Act based on seizure of 7.5 kgs of heroin and live ammunition and subsequent disclosure statements leading to his naming — Charges framed — Court noting absence of clear evidence at India Law Library Docid # 2435567
(104) COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND OTHERS Vs. EX. CT. VINOD KUMAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-11-2025 Service Law — Dismissal from Service — Forged Certificates — Appointment of Police Constable (Delhi Police) based on forged and fabricated degree/certificate — Judicial Review of Disciplinary Action — Order of dismissal challenged and set aside by CAT and High Court, directing full-fledged departmental inquiry — Held: Since original India Law Library Docid # 2435572
(105) DUDELA RAMESH GOUD AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-11-2025 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (1989 Act) — Section 3(1)(v) and (x) — Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 452 — Conviction and Sentence — Abatement of Appeal — Appeal by Appellant No. 2 abated due to death during pendency of appeal. India Law Library Docid # 2435575
(106) YALE CHENNA BASAPPA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-11-2025 Special Leave Petition (Criminal) — Default in compliance with Court orders — Conditional relief — Petitioners (guarantors) were granted interim protection from arrest conditional on depositing more than Rs. 3,24,00,000/- with the Cooperative Bank within a specified time — Time for compliance was extended with a condition that non-compliance would automatically vacate the interim protection — Subsequent non India Law Library Docid # 2435576
(107) ANITHA THANKAPPAN Vs. DEEPAK D[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-11-2025 Transfer of Suit — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 25 — Transfer Petition by wife (Petitioner) seeking transfer of divorce proceedings (under Section 13 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955) instituted by husband (Respondent) from Family Court, Ettumanoor, Kottayam, Kerala to Family Court, Raipur, Chhattisgarh — Respondent failing to appear or file counter affidavit despite service — Inference drawn that India Law Library Docid # 2435585
(108) HANSURA BAI AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ANOTHER.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-11-2025 Contempt of Court — Non-compliance with directions — Arrest of defaulting police officers — Explanation of delay — Supreme Court accepted explanation offered by CBI and State of Madhya Pradesh regarding delay in complying with arrest directions against police officers. India Law Library Docid # 2435596
(109) HARIOM RATHORE Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Regular Bail — Grant of bail by Supreme Court — Consideration of allegations and medical evidence — Appellant accused of hitting victim with a hockey stick on his legs — Contention that medical report shows no corresponding injury — Though common intention with co-accused (who caused grievous injury) was alleged, considering the nature of specific India Law Library Docid # 2435597
(110) RIBUL HOSSAIN Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-11-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS) — Sections 21(c) and 29 — Regular Bail — Factors for granting bail — Appellant in custody for nearly one year and three months; chargesheet filed but charges yet to be framed; trial likely to be delayed due to large number of witnesses — Supreme Court allowed bail based India Law Library Docid # 2435598
(111) GOURAV PATHAK Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-11-2025 Anticipatory Bail — Quashing of FIR — Offences under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) Section 69, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (DP Act) Sections 3 and 4, and Information Technology Act, 2000 (IT Act) Section 67A — Original complaint (FIR) filed by Respondent No. 2 against appellant and family members due to apprehension/misunderstanding regarding marriage promise — Subsequent marriage India Law Library Docid # 2435600
(112) VINEET CHATWAL Vs. STATE OF ORISSA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Protest Petition — Cognizance and Summoning — Setting aside of — Appellant, a key witness in an initial CBI-related FIR (FIR 17/2021) against the University management, was subsequently subjected to a second FIR (FIR 24/2021) filed by the University, allegedly in retaliation for his deposition — Police filed a Cancellation Report in the second FIR— University filed India Law Library Docid # 2435601
(113) VIKAS KUMAR GOSWAMI Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-11-2025 Anticipatory Bail — Special Leave Petition against denial of anticipatory bail — High Constitutional Functionaries (Civil Servants) — Alleged Liquor Scam — Petitioners (Assistant Commissioner/Deputy Excise Commissioner, etc.) accused of collusion in organized illegal liquor sale syndicate (allegedly Rs. 432 crores) — Petitioners initially protected from arrest by interim orders subject to surrender and India Law Library Docid # 2435606
(114) RENU KUMARI Vs. NARENDRA KUMAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 25 — Transfer Petition — Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Proceedings under Section 12 — Transfer of marital proceedings (H.M.A. No. 1139/2021) sought by wife from Principal Judge, Family Court, South East District, Saket Courts, Delhi to Family Court, Makhdumpur, Jehanabad, Bihar — Grounds for transfer — Great inconvenience to wife due to India Law Library Docid # 2435607
(115) BILAL Vs. STATE OF U.P[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Grant of regular bail for offence under Section 307 IPC — Appellant in custody since 09.07.2024 — Implication based on disclosure statement of co-accused — Chargesheet filed and charges framed — Supreme Court finding no grounds to continue pre-conviction incarceration despite daunting past criminal antecedents — Entitlement to India Law Library Docid # 2435615
(116) NANKI BAI SEN Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 12-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against Acquittal — Standard of Review — An appellate court should be cautious and slow in interfering with a trial court’s judgment of acquittal, recognizing the trial court’s advantage in observing witness demeanor and the strengthening of the presumption of innocence in favor of the accused upon acquittal (double presumption) — Interference is justified only India Law Library Docid # 2435843
(117) SMT. MAGLINCE JOHN Vs. SHRI THOMAS JOHN[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 12-11-2025 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 19(1) — Appeal against Judgment and Decree of Family Court — Divorce Act, 1869 — Sections 10(ix) (Desertion) and 10(x) (Cruelty) — Grounds for Dissolution of Marriage — Appeal filed by wife challenging the decree of divorce granted to the husband on grounds of desertion and cruelty — Findings of the Family Court upheld based on the evidence that the parties were living separately for a India Law Library Docid # 2435844
(118) AJIT KUMAR SENGUPTA (DECEASED) THER LRS. Vs. SMT. MANASHI SENGUPTA BHADRA[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 11-11-2025 Probate — Application for grant of probate — Will challenged as vague, false, forged, and fabricated — Signatures and initials allegedly false and forged — Opposition based on testator's alleged lack of sound mind, undue influence, and coercion — Plaintiff's case is that the Will was duly executed and attested and that the testator had severed ties with India Law Library Docid # 2435134
(119) SUSHIL KUMAR DAS Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ORS.[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 11-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 498A, 302, 201, 34 — Cruelty, Murder, Causing disappearance of evidence, Common intention — Appeal against acquittal — Court can re-appreciate evidence in appeal against acquittal but should not interfere unless order is based on misreading of evidence or erroneous understanding of law, and if two plausible India Law Library Docid # 2435138
(120) JYOTSNA GHOSH Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 11-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 341/376 — Appeal by de-facto complainant against acquittal — Trial court judgment not based on evidence — Trial court misappreciated evidence — Victim was deaf and dumb — Probability of false implication is low — Prosecution established guilt — Trial court erred in acquittal — India Law Library Docid # 2435139