(181) BHUPAT SINGH KUSHWAH Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Bail — Grant of Bail on Medical Grounds and Advanced Age — Supreme Court granting bail to appellant (accused in offences including Sections 302 and 307 of IPC) arrested on July 4, 2023, setting aside High Court's rejection of the third bail application — Consideration based on appellant being a septuagenarian and suffering from a cancerous lump on the neck, as confirmed by a report from the Superintendent, District India Law Library Docid # 2435568
(182) BHUMESH KUMAR Vs. KUSHAL RAJ AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Transfer of Proceedings — Transfer Petition (Civil) — Interim Order by Supreme Court — Trial Court's Deviation — A previous Supreme Court order directed that the petitioner may appear before the trial court personally or through video conferencing — Despite this liberty being communicated, the trial court subsequently directed the petitioner to appear physically in person based on a prayer by the respondents, and India Law Library Docid # 2435581
(183) UMESH CHANDER RAJPAL Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Anticipatory Bail (Pre-arrest Bail) — IPC Sections 385, 387, 504, 506(2), 120-B read with Section 34 — Grant of anticipatory bail by Supreme Court — Factors considered: Appellant's cooperation with the investigation and the fact that a co-accused person had already been granted bail by a Coordinate Bench of the Supreme Court — Impugned order refusing anticipatory bail set aside and India Law Library Docid # 2435582
(184) ANURAG BANSAL Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), 1973 — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Non-performance of Agreement for Sale — Dispute predominantly civil in nature — Where prosecution materials indicate an advance payment made by the complainant was partially returned by the accused, the dispute may be characterized as primarily a civil dispute concerning non-performance of an agreement for sale. India Law Library Docid # 2435586
(185) SAROJA RAJAN Vs. BALA RAMAN KRISHNAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Law — Bail — Fraud and Misrepresentation — Quashing of High Court order granting bail — Supreme Court considers Special Leave Petition against High Court granting bail to accused who allegedly defrauded an elderly petitioner (aged 90 years) of Rs. 12.5 Crores — State supports petitioner's allegations of fraud against the India Law Library Docid # 2435587
(186) POONAM GULIA Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Special Leave Petition — Anticipatory Bail — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 120B, 406, 420 — Petition seeking anticipatory bail against FIR No. 19 of 2025 — Interim protection granted earlier subject to cooperation in investigation — Where petitioner has participated and cooperated in investigation, interim protection is confirmed and petitioner is released on anticipatory bail, without India Law Library Docid # 2435609
(187) SANDIP @ DIPU @ DIKU Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Suspension of Sentence Pending Appeal — Grounds for Grant — Appellant convicted under Sections 307, 326, 323 read with Sections 114 and 34 of IPC and sentenced to ten years' rigorous imprisonment — High Court rejected prayer for suspension of sentence — Factors considered by Supreme Court for suspending sentence: (i) suspension of sentence granted to co-accused; (ii) appeal India Law Library Docid # 2435612
(188) AMIT Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Consideration for grant — Appellant apprehended arrest concerning offences under Sections 406, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Supreme Court, considering the facts and circumstances of the case, and notably that the appellant had already joined and was cooperating with the investigation, inclined India Law Library Docid # 2435617
(189) SONU KUMAR Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2022 — Section 30(a) — Anticipatory Bail — Grant of bail considering that the appellant had already joined and was cooperating with the investigation, alongside the facts and circumstances of the case — Impugned order refusing bail set aside. India Law Library Docid # 2435687
(190) SANJOY HALDAR Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), 1973 — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Rejection of anticipatory bail by High Court — Appeal to Supreme Court — Interim protection from arrest granted during investigation — Subsequent submission of charge-sheet by investigating authority — Custodial interrogation deemed no longer required after submission of charge-sheet — Interim protection made absolute subject to India Law Library Docid # 2435689
(191) SADIQ B. HANCHINMANI Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 156(3) — Magistrate's power to direct investigation — A Magistrate can direct investigation under Section 156(3) after applying their mind and finding sufficient material to suggest a cognizable offence, without necessarily taking cognizance of the offence — Such a direction is a preliminary step to allow the police to exercise their power of investigation — The High Court's quashing of such a direction based India Law Library Docid # 2434879
(192) U.P. STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION THROUGH ITS CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER Vs. KASHMIRI LAL BATRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 88 — Inter-State Reciprocal Transport Agreement — Chapter VI overrides Chapter V — Schemes under Chapter VI (approved schemes and notified routes) prevail over agreements under Section 88. India Law Library Docid # 2434880
(193) ICICI LOMBARD GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD Vs. AYITI NAVANEETHA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166(3) — Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal and High Courts — Prohibition on dismissing claim petitions on grounds of limitation during pendency of connected Supreme Court matters. (Para 5) India Law Library Docid # 2434974
(194) M/S. NIRMAL UJJWAL CREDIT CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD. Vs. RAVI SETHIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 2002 — Section 64 — Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 29A — Participation in Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) — Multi-state cooperative society can participate in CIRP as a resolution applicant to acquire shares, security, and assets of a corporate debtor, provided it complies with Section 64 of the MSCS Act and Section 29A of the India Law Library Docid # 2435064
(195) ABC Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Powers of Supreme Court — Special Leave Petition — Appeal against High Court order quashing criminal proceedings — Court notes long pendency of case (11 years) and changed personal circumstances of parties (marriage, children) — Considers further litigation not in parties' interest — India Law Library Docid # 2435069
(196) ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. M/S. RASHI STEEL AND POWER PRIVATE LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Consumer Protection — Insurance Law — Erection All Risk Policy — Claim Repudiation — Willful Negligence — Damage to Derrick Sizer due to fire — Failure to remove shipping brackets (as required by manufacturer’s manual) found to be the cause/aggravating factor — Exclusion Clause: Policy excluded liability for loss caused India Law Library Docid # 2435423
(197) ICICI LOMBARD GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. AYITI NAVANEETHA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Supreme Court Rules — Special Leave Petition (SLP) — Dismissal for non-prosecution — SLP dismissed against unserved respondents due to failure of petitioner to take necessary steps. India Law Library Docid # 2435429
(198) RAM RATI AND OTHERS Vs. VISHNU KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Motor Accident Claims — Deduction of Compensation Due to Compassionate Appointment Scheme Benefits — Haryana Compassionate Assistance to the Dependents of Deceased Government Employees Rules, 2006 (2006 Rules) — Original compensation enhanced by High Court but subsequently reduced in review based on a later Supreme Court judgment (Reliance General Insurance India Law Library Docid # 2435430
(199) MUNNA PRASAD @ SANJIV PRASAD Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2022 — Section 30(a) — Anticipatory Bail — Consideration for grant — Petitioner apprehending arrest in connection with FIR under the Prohibition Act — Where Court, after issuing interim protection not to take coercive steps subject to cooperation, finds that the petitioner has participated and cooperated in the investigation, it is appropriate to confirm the India Law Library Docid # 2435449
(200) ABC Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) — Quashing of Criminal Proceedings — High Court quashed criminal proceedings arising from a First Information Report (FIR) filed by the petitioner (then Deputy Superintendent of Police) against respondent No. 2 (then District Superintendent of Police) concerning a relationship that turned sour — Supreme Court, noting the prolonged litigation (11 years), the marriage of India Law Library Docid # 2435461