(141) GAURAV VISHWAKARMA Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Bail — Special Leave Petition against rejection of regular bail by High Court — Factors considered for grant of bail — Petitioner in custody for more than seven months for offences triable by Magistrate under Chhattisgarh Excise (Amendment) Act, 2002 (Sections 34(2) and 59(a)) — Supreme Court found rejection of bail by India Law Library Docid # 2435448
(142) LALITHA MUKUNDAN AND ANOTHER Vs. CHENNAI METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Town and Country Planning — Unauthorized Construction — Sealing of Property — Procedural Fairness — Challenge to High Court's rejection of a Writ Petition on grounds of maintainability — Petitioners, senior citizens, alleged to have made unauthorized constructions (internal staircase between second and third floor and using part of residential premises for commercial consultancy services) and faced India Law Library Docid # 2435466
(143) ROHAN VIJAY NAHAR AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Maharashtra Private Forests (Acquisition) Act, 1975 (MPFA) — Section 2(f)(iii) ; Indian Forest Act, 1927 (IFA) — Section 35(3), 35(5) — "Live" or "pipeline" notices — Section 2(f)(iii) of MPFA applies only to "live" or "pipeline" notices under Section 35(3) of IFA, meaning those issued and pursued in reasonable proximity to the appointed day — Notices left undecided for years or decades lapse into desuetude. India Law Library Docid # 2435035
(144) SANJEEV KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Compensation for acquired land — Entitlement to job in lieu of acquired land — Petitioner's family's land was acquired in 1998 and compensation paid — Petitioner, not born at the time of acquisition, applied for a job in lieu of the land in 2025 — Court held that under the Act, entitlement is only to compensation, which was paid — No provision exists for granting a job in lieu of India Law Library Docid # 2435036
(145) SUNIL CHAUHAN @ MUNAKKA Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Bail — Regular Bail — Appellant booked for offences under Sections 323, 376 IPC, Sections 3/4 POCSO Act, and Section 67A IT Act — Appellant in jail since 23.07.2024 — Allegations are claimed to be vexatious and false, with a consensual relationship alleged — High Court rejected bail application — Supreme Court grants bail considering facts on record, directs release subject to appropriate conditions to ensure presence, complete cooperation in trial without frivolo India Law Library Docid # 2435037
(146) IN RE: “CITY HOUNDED BY STRAYS, KIDS PAY PRICE”[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 This Court, vide order dated 22nd August, 2025, after considering the submissions made on behalf of the parties and the material placed on record, had supplemented, modified, and clarified the earlier directions issued vide order dated 11th August, 2025. India Law Library Docid # 2435040
(147) SUNIL CHAUHAN @ MUNAKKA Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Bail — Offences under IPC (Sections 323, 376), POCSO Act (Sections 3/4), and IT Act (Section 67A) — Regular Bail challenged against High Court's rejection — Grounds considered by Supreme Court included: a) Appellant's contention of vexatious and false allegations based on a consensual relationship; b) Victim (PW2) having subsequently testified; c) Appellant's detention since 23.07.2024; d) Cooperation India Law Library Docid # 2435540
(148) MANILAL PATIDAR Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Grant of — Factors considered — Petitioner accused of abetting suicide (Case Crime No. 234 of 2020) — Arrested on October 15, 2022, and in continuous custody since then — Charges already framed but trial yet to commence and expected to take significant time — Held, continued custody or further custodial interrogation not necessary — Threat perception to complainant's family India Law Library Docid # 2435544
(149) SELAK @ SELAK RAM Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 136 — Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No. 11316/2025 — Interference with High Court Order — Pre-arrest bail — Supreme Court declined to interfere with the impugned order of the High Court granting pre-arrest bail to the petitioner, exercising discretionary power under Article 136. India Law Library Docid # 2435548
(150) ADITYA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Scheduled Tribes — Validity Certificate — Claim for 'Naikda' Scheduled Tribe — Dismissal of writ petition by High Court — Subsequent grant of validity certificates to close family members (brother and cousins) of appellants based on a common judgment which remained unchallenged — Principle of parity and settled genealogy — Where the own brother of one appellant and cousins of both appellants, descending from the same India Law Library Docid # 2435553
(151) RAKESH KUMAR @ LALU Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Anticipatory Bail — Consideration for grant/confirmation — Where the appellant had already been granted interim protection (bail on arrest) by the Supreme Court, and subsequent perusal of records established full compliance with conditions (cooperating with investigation, no witness intimidation), the Court confirmed the interim order — India Law Library Docid # 2435570
(152) MO. JISAN KHAN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Bail — Grant of bail in serious offences (Sections 302, 307, etc., IPC) — Appellants, in custody since 06.06.2024, were not named in the initial FIR — They were named later by witnesses (mother and brother of the deceased) in their depositions, but without attributing specific overt acts to them — Continued incarceration during ongoing trial is not warranted where evidence profile against the India Law Library Docid # 2435594
(153) SHUKHDEV SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Anticipatory Bail — Exercise of Discretion — Special Leave Petition (Criminal) filed against High Court order concerning FIR under Sections 75(2) and 115(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Interim protection granted earlier with condition of cooperation in investigation confirmed and made absolute — Petitioner released on India Law Library Docid # 2435604
(154) SIMA DEVI Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Anticipatory Bail — Consideration of merits — Petitioner apprehending arrest in connection with offences under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 109, 118(2), 352 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Interim protection granted earlier subject to cooperation in investigation — Where petitioner joined and cooperated with the investigation, the interim protection confirmed, and petitioner released on anticipatory India Law Library Docid # 2435616
(155) P. ANJANAPPA (D) BY LRs Vs. A.P. NANJUNDAPPA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Partition Suit — Release Deeds — Validity of Release Deeds — Release deed executed for consideration operates immediately to divest a coparcenary interest, not dependent on further implementation — Silence in a later document does not negate a concluded, registered relinquishment. Oral partition, even if unregistered, is admissible for collateral purposes of proving severance of joint status, explaining possession, recording arrangements, and evidencing subsequent India Law Library Docid # 2434961
(156) POONAM Vs. DULE SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1961 — Section 22(1)(d) — Declaring election void — Improper acceptance of nomination — Non-disclosure of criminal conviction in affidavit — Conviction under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, with one-year imprisonment sentence, not disclosed in affidavit filed under Rule 24-A of M.P. Nagar Palika Nirvachan India Law Library Docid # 2434962
(157) VIKRAM BHALCHANDRA GHONGADE Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 22, Rule 6 — Effect of death of party between conclusion of hearing and pronouncement of judgment — Judgment pronounced after death is valid — However, if a party to an appeal dies before the appeal is heard, the appeal cannot be decided in their absence without bringing their legal heirs on record India Law Library Docid # 2434963
(158) PREETHA KRISHNAN AND OTHERS Vs. THE UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal — Compensation — Calculation of compensation — Split multiplier — Generally not to be applied — Retirement from service is not an exceptional circumstance justifying split multiplier — Age of deceased is the criterion for multiplier and does not allow India Law Library Docid # 2434973
(159) RAM KUMAR @ RAMU Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH RESPONDENT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Suspension of sentence — Appeal pending — Appellant convicted for offences under Sections 498A & 304B of Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3 & 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Imprisonment for life since 2014 — Appeal filed in 2021 — Prospect of early hearing remote — Co-convicts released on bail — Suspension of sentence and release on bail granted considering these factors. India Law Library Docid # 2435050
(160) PAL SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Anticipatory Bail — Supreme Court granted anticipatory bail to the appellant who was a retired Army Officer, apprehending arrest in connection with offences under IPC and POCSO — Appellant had alleged filing of a vexatious and false complaint due to his raising voice against embezzlement of funds — Chargesheet had been filed, and appellant India Law Library Docid # 2435051