(161) 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
(162) 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
(163) 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
(164) 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
(165) 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
(166) 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
(167) 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
(168) 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
(169) 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
(170) 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
(171) MOHAMMADALI ANSARAHMAD KHAN Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Determination of Compensation — Applicability — Court deferred decision on whether to apply the 1894 Act or the 2013 Act for compensation, pending clarification on the nature of the land India Law Library Docid # 2435053
(172) NISHA SAH Vs. BRIJESH PRASAD @ PRASAD BRIJESH RAVINDRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Family Law — Settlement Agreement — Mutual Consent Divorce — Supreme Court Mediation Centre — Parties arrived at an amicable settlement before the Supreme Court Mediation Centre, reducing it into writing and signing it. India Law Library Docid # 2435055
(173) K. GOPALAKRISHNA PILLAI Vs. SHEEJA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Specific Performance of Agreement to Sell — Plaintiff claimed specific performance of an agreement to sell dated 7.7.1993, alleging payment of Rs. 2.90 lakh as earnest money out of a total sale consideration of Rs. 3 lakh. The original owner sold the property to a second purchaser on 22.7.1993. Trial Court decreed the suit for specific performance. High Court reversed the decree, finding no evidence of earnest money India Law Library Docid # 2435056
(174) SANDIP @ DIPU @ DIKU Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 307, 326, 323 read with Sections 114 and 34 — Conviction and sentence — Suspension of sentence pending appeal — Appellant convicted and sentenced to ten years' rigorous imprisonment — High Court rejected prayer for suspension of sentence — Appeal pending before Supreme Court since 2024 and unlikely to be heard soon — Injury alleged to have been caused by appellant was on India Law Library Docid # 2435066
(175) MANISH @ BOXER Vs. THE STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 394 and 397 — Conviction and sentence — Appeal — High Court affirmed conviction and sentence awarded by Trial Court — Supreme Court found no case for interference with conviction — Appreciated evidence of prosecution witnesses and found findings of fact to be concurrent, not India Law Library Docid # 2435070
(176) KUPPAYEE AND OTHERS Vs. P. SUBRAMANIAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Specific Performance of Contract — Agreement to Sell (1994) — Price Enhancement by High Court — Scope of Interference under Section 100 CPC — High Court, while upholding decree of specific performance (reversed Trial Court's finding of non-readiness/willingness), modified the sale consideration from Rs. India Law Library Docid # 2435425
(177) ABDUL BASIR Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Grant of regular bail pending trial — Factors for consideration — Appellant incarcerated for over three and a half years — Charges not yet framed despite submission of charge-sheet against eighteen accused — Four co-accused granted bail, eight reported absconding — Prolonged period of incarceration without commencement of trial, even when co-accused India Law Library Docid # 2435439
(178) GUR CHARAN SINGH Vs. HARVINDER SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Transfer of Suit — Guardians and Wards Act, 1980 — Transfer Petition (Civil) No. 1413/2025 — Guardianship case (G.W.O.P./50/2025) filed by father (Respondent No. 1) under Sections 7, 8, 9, 10 and 25 of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1980, pending before I Additional Family Court, Charminar, Hyderabad — Petitioner (maternal grandfather), India Law Library Docid # 2435442
(179) RAM KUMAR @ RAMU Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Suspension of Sentence and Bail — Principles for grant — Conviction under Sections 498A and 304B of Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, with sentence of simple imprisonment for life — Appellant in custody since April 8, 2014 — Criminal India Law Library Docid # 2435444
(180) ZENITO CARDOZO Vs. STATE OF GOA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Appeal — Leave to Appeal — Special Leave Petition against High Court judgment — Leave granted in matter arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 17517/2025 challenging judgment dated 10-10-2025 of High Court of Bombay at Goa in Criminal Appeal No. 50/2016. India Law Library Docid # 2435465