(121) GUDLA JAYANCHANDRA REDDY AND ANOTHER Vs. THE CHILD WELFARE PROJECT DIRECTOR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Powers under Article 142 — Welfare of Child — Best Interest of the Child — Appeals concerning custody of infants who have been with "adoptive parents" for a considerable period (nearly twenty months, up to three years in similar cases) — Finding of significant bonding between the children and the "adoptive parents" — Similar relief granted as in prior batch of appeals (Dasari Anil Kumar and Anr. vs. India Law Library Docid # 2435456
(122) BARUN KUMAR CHOUDHARY AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Special Leave Petition — Stay of Proceedings — Supreme Court issued notice, tagged the matter with another connected SLP (Crl.) No. 14932/2025 (“Sunil Kumar Kedia & Anr. vs. The State of Bihar & Ors.”), and stayed the proceedings arising from FIR No. 74/2025 dated 02.04.2025 (registered under India Law Library Docid # 2435457
(123) DAMAYANTI PATRA Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Civil Procedure — Delay in Filing Appeal — Condonation of Delay — High Court dismissed Writ Appeal solely on basis of 421 days delay without hearing on merits — Appellant submitted that denial of an Appellate Forum for a matter with grave and serious penal consequences was unjust and that the delay was not so substantial as to deny the right to present the case on merits — Supreme Court held India Law Library Docid # 2435458
(124) PRADEEP KUMAR RAJARATHINAM Vs. NEIL PATEL DIGITAL LLC AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 9 — Interim Measures by Court — Appeal under Section 37 — Where a petition for interim measures under Section 9 is partly allowed by the High Court, the aggrieved party challenging the order must prefer an appeal under Section 37 of the Act rather than filing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) against the interim order — The proper remedy for challenging an India Law Library Docid # 2435464
(125) AMIT KUMAR HARI @ AMIT KUMAR ABHIMANYU Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Special Leave Petition (Crl.) — Directions of High Court — Mediation proceedings — Petitioner aggrieved by High Court direction making participation in mediation proceedings a pre-condition for interim protection — Petitioner's conduct before Mediator: Refusing telephonically to join mediation or India Law Library Docid # 2435467
(126) MITC ROLLING MILLS PRIVATE LIMITED AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S. RENUKA REALTORS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 13(1A) — Appealability of orders — Order rejecting plaint under Order VII Rule 11 CPC is a decree and is appealable under Section 13(1A) of CCA, 2015 — Proviso to Section 13(1A) restricting appeals to those in Order XLIII CPC applies only to interlocutory orders and not to a decree like rejection of plaint. India Law Library Docid # 2435079
(127) COMMISSIONER OF SERVICE TAX Vs. M/S ELEGANT DEVELOPERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Finance Act, 1994 — Sections 65(88), 65(105)(v) — Real Estate Agent — Definition — Taxability of services — Respondent engaged in purchasing land, identifying, demarcating, and facilitating transfer to a developer for a fixed rate per acre — Profit/loss margin based on difference between acquisition cost and fixed rate India Law Library Docid # 2435080
(128) K.S. MANJUNATH AND OTHERS Vs. MOORASAVIRAPPA@MUTTANNA CHENNAPPA BATIL, SINCE DECEASED BY HIS LRS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 14(c) and Section 16(c) — Agreement to Sell (ATS) — Termination — Determinable Contracts — Bona Fide Purchaser — Readiness and Willingness — Whether a suit for specific performance is maintainable without seeking a declaration that the termination of the ATS was invalid — Principles governing unilateral termination of a non-determinable agreement — The Supreme Court held that unilateral termination of a non-determinable agreement to India Law Library Docid # 2435081
(129) LIPI BOILERS LTD. Vs. THE COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE, AURANGABAD[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Central Excise Act, 1944 — Section 3 and Section 4 — Levy vs. Measurement — Central excise duty is levied on manufacture or production of goods (Section 3), while Section 4 provides the measure for calculating that duty — The measure of tax (Section 4) should not be confused with the nature of the tax itself — Including value of bought out items in assessable value is a measure for computation after excisability India Law Library Docid # 2435082
(130) VINAY AGGARWAL Vs. STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) AND OTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — Inherent powers of High Court — Petitioner challenged dismissal of his criminal complaint and subsequent upholding of that dismissal by revisional court. Held that the High Court has inherent powers to quash proceedings if the lower courts India Law Library Docid # 2435123
(131) KARIMUNNISA BEGUM AND OTHERS Vs. YALAMANCHILI RAJANI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Special Leave Petition (Civil) — Disposal on basis of Compromise — Parties settling dispute through a notarized Memorandum of Compromise during pendency of SLP, adjusting rights regarding specific performance, land division (Ac. 1-64 cents for Respondent; Ac. 0-56 cents for Petitioners), and division of deposited sale India Law Library Docid # 2435413
(132) MAHESH KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Bail — Grant of regular bail by Supreme Court — Factors considered — Petitioner seeking bail against rejection of regular bail by High Court — Alleged offences under Sections 120B, 302, 323, 506, 34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860, and Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959 — Consideration of the role assigned to the petitioner (accused), period of incarceration (about four years), and likelihood of delayed trial conclusion due to India Law Library Docid # 2435543
(133) AJEET SINGH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Bail — Grant of Bail by Supreme Court — Factors considered — Accused arrested for offenses under Sections 302 and 34 of the IPC — High Court refused bail — Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, specifically the slow progress of the trial (ten witnesses examined, over forty remaining), and the lack of prospect for an early conclusion, the Supreme Court deemed that continued detention pending trial was India Law Library Docid # 2435547
(134) KISHAN SINGH CHULI Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Bail — Grant of Bail by Supreme Court — Factors considered — Appellant charged under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code (Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B, 34, 406, 409 IPC) and Section 6(1) of the Madhya Pradesh Nikshepakon Ke Hiton Ka Sanrakshan Adhiniyam, 2000 — Appellant underwent incarceration for more than four and a half years — 18 witnesses already examined — Trial stayed at the instance of the India Law Library Docid # 2435550
(135) JADHAV MAMATHA Vs. SINDE NAGO RAO AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Special Leave Petition (Crl.) — Dowry Death (Section 304-B IPC) — Appeal against reversal of acquittal by High Court — 65-year old mother-in-law convicted under Section 304-B IPC (Dowry Death) after being acquitted by Trial Court — Accused initially charged under Sections 302 and 304-B IPC — High Court convicted only for Section 304-B (Dowry Death), implying death was suicide/non-homicidal in relation to murder charge — Disturbing manner in which trial proceeded — Post Morte India Law Library Docid # 2435562
(136) VISHWAJEET KUMAR SINGH @ VISHWAJIT KUMAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Anticipatory Bail — Private Complaint Case — Setting Aside High Court Order — The Supreme Court set aside the High Court's dismissal of a second anticipatory bail application in a case concerning Sections 406 and 420 of the IPC, specifically noting that the complaint was a private complaint, India Law Library Docid # 2435566
(137) CHHOTELAL YADAV Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 (Suspension of Sentence Pending Appeal) — Principles governing suspension of sentence of life imprisonment — Supreme Court setting aside High Court orders which suspended life sentences based on 'cryptic order' merely noting 'general and omnibus' allegations — Requirement for High Court in life imprisonment cases: Must record fair idea of India Law Library Docid # 2435589
(138) MANOJ MAHTO Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Anticipatory Bail — Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 — Sections 30(a) and 41(1) — Grant of anticipatory bail where accused was not apprehended at the spot but identified by local Chowkidars — Appellant cooperated with investigation pursuant to interim protection order — Court holding continued incarceration not warranted under India Law Library Docid # 2435591
(139) GOURI DEVI Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Anticipatory Bail — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 482 (or analogous provision for anticipatory bail) — Grant of anticipatory bail in connection with offence under Bihar Liquor Prohibition and Excise Act, 2022, Section 30(a) — High Court rejected application — Supreme Court, considering India Law Library Docid # 2435602
(140) ANJAIAH KARTIKE AND ANOTHER Vs. V P GAUTHAM AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Contempt of Court — Compliance with Directions of High Court affirmed by Supreme Court — Housing Board disputes with Developer — Bonafide Allottees' Rights — Supreme Court affirmed High Court's dismissal of Petitioner-Board's appeal, directing the Board to execute and register Sale Deeds in favor of home buyers who paid the entire sale consideration, despite ongoing disputes between the India Law Library Docid # 2435614