(61) PILA PAHAN @ PEELA PAHAN AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-11-2025 Judicial Procedure — Pronouncement of judgments — Delay in pronouncement — Supreme Court directing Registrar Generals of all High Courts to submit reports regarding cases where judgments were reserved on or before January 31, 2025, and were awaiting pronouncement as of May 5, 2025 — High Courts of Karnataka, Bombay, India Law Library Docid # 2435432
(62) ANOOP SHARMA Vs. PRERNA SHARMA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-11-2025 Transfer Petition (Civil) — Matrimonial Disputes — Settlement through Mediation — The parties reached a full and final settlement, including resolution of pending Family Case (Divorce U/S 13 HMA) and Criminal Case (FIR U/S 498A IPC), before the Supreme Court Mediation Centre. India Law Library Docid # 2435435
(63) M/S. JINDAL INDIA THERMAL POWER LIMITED Vs. COMMISSIONER OF COMMERCIAL TAXES AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-11-2025 Odisha Entry Tax Act, 1999 — Liability to Pay Interest — Payment of arrears of Entry Tax (Principal component) in installments sanctioned by Commissionerate — Order granting installments explicitly clarified liability to pay statutory interest "as per the Odisha Entry Tax Act, 1999 till full discharge of the principal component of the entry tax dues" — Applicant challenging liability to pay statutory interest at 12% per annum on India Law Library Docid # 2435440
(64) LATA TOLANI Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-11-2025 Bail — Grant of bail by Supreme Court — Setting aside High Court's dismissal of bail application — Grounds for grant include prolonged trial (only one out of fourteen witnesses examined) and appellant being a lady entitled to protection under Section 480, Bharatiya Nyaya Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Appellant need not be detained in India Law Library Docid # 2435445
(65) AMOL Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail Cancellation — Power of High Court — Offence involving minor victim (16 years old) with alleged consensual relationship and no physical exploitation (Section 161 CrPC statement) — Initial grant of bail based on absence of force and victim appearing to be in consensual relationship — Subsequent cancellation of bail based on coercion/pressure India Law Library Docid # 2435447
(66) SONAL SHROFF Vs. KARAN GAJJAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-11-2025 Transfer Petition (Civil) — Matrimonial Disputes — Amicable Settlement — Supreme Court successfully persuades parties (husband and wife) to resolve all disputes amicably and enter into a full and final Settlement Agreement dated 11-11-2025. India Law Library Docid # 2435451
(67) SANJAY TIWARI Vs. YUGAL KISHORE PRASAD SAO AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 8 Rule 6A — Counter-claim — Specific wording of the rule states that a counter-claim shall be against the plaintiff — It cannot be directed against a co-defendant — While a counter-claim can be based on a different cause of action than the suit, it must be incidental or connected to the suit's cause of action. India Law Library Docid # 2435180
(68) JAYANT KUMAR MAHATO @ JAYAN KUMAR MAHATO AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHER[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-11-2025 B.N.S.S., 2023 — Section 528 (formerly Section 482 Cr.P.C.) — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Offences under Section 498A/34 IPC and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act — Matrimonial/family dispute — Compromise between parties — High Court's inherent power to quash proceedings when dispute between offender and victim is settled— Case involves a private marital dispute where the India Law Library Docid # 2435539
(69) THE DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER (TECHNICAL) AND PROJECT DIRECTOR NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT -TIRUCHIRAPPALLI AND ANOTHER Vs. T. CIBI CHAKRABORTHY AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-11-2025 National Highways Act — Access to Property from National Highway — Road Safety — High Court had directed the removal of a Metal Beam Crash Barrier (MBCB) and permitted a property owner direct access from NH-83 (Trichy-Dindigul Section) to his property — Supreme Court set aside the direction, holding that direct access would be a "traffic hazard" and the MBCB was "extremely important for road safety" — Interference India Law Library Docid # 2435541
(70) 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
(71) 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
(72) 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
(73) 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
(74) 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
(75) 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
(76) 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
(77) 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
(78) 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
(79) 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
(80) 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