(181) RAJNISH KUMAR SANGHI AND ANOTHER Vs. RAJ KEMTANI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Civil Procedure, 1908 — Order XVIII, Rule 2 — Procedure for hearing — Court directs respondent authorities to appear with records, but they fail to do so without proper explanation — Court further directs Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Jabalpur, to appear personally with records and explain non-compliance of previous order — Commissioner appears and explains non-compliance due to lack of proper India Law Library Docid # 2435047
(182) ABDUL BASIR Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Factors to consider — Appellant incarcerated for over three and a half years without framing of charges — Multiple accused, some granted bail, others absconding — Trial progressing slowly — Prosecution case against appellant based on circumstantial evidence — Considering lengthy period of incarceration, delay in trial proceedings, and other India Law Library Docid # 2435048
(183) MANISH @ BOXER AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Law — Appeal against Conviction and Sentence — Concurrent Findings of Fact — Interference by Supreme Court — Where the High Court correctly and completely appreciated the testimonies of prosecution witnesses (19 in number) and affirmed the conviction, and the findings of fact are concurrent and not perverse or India Law Library Docid # 2435411
(184) RAJEEV @ RAJEEV SINGH Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Bail/Anticipatory Bail Condition — Modification of Condition — Appellant, having secured an interim order staying the condition to meet the Investigating Officer (IO) weekly, cooperated with the investigation — State submitted that investigation is complete and charge sheet has been filed — Court found merit in the appellant's request India Law Library Docid # 2435417
(185) PAL SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Anticipatory Bail — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 482 (analogous to Section 438 of CrPC 1973) — Grant of anticipatory bail in connection with offenses under IPC Sections 354-A, 354-D, 509, and POCSO Act Section 11 — High Court rejected application — Supreme Court granted interim protection during notice stage — Considering that the appellant (a retired Army India Law Library Docid # 2435545
(186) MOHAMMADALI ANSARAHMAD KHAN Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Special Leave Petition — Setting Aside of Illegal Allotment — Supreme Court upheld High Court's finding that allotment of industrial plots via Exchange Deed dated 22.03.2022 was mala fide and illegal, and intervention under Article 136 of the Constitution was unwarranted on this aspect. India Law Library Docid # 2435551
(187) NISHA SAH Vs. BRIJESH PRASAD @ PRASAD BRIJESH RAVINDRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Dissolution of Marriage — Mutual Consent Divorce — Exercise of Extraordinary Jurisdiction — Where parties have reached an amicable settlement, which includes payment of a lump sum amount towards permanent alimony, maintenance, and relinquishment of all other claims, and have jointly sought divorce by mutual consent, the Supreme Court can invoke its powers under India Law Library Docid # 2435554
(188) K. GOPALAKRISHNA PILLAI Vs. SHEEJA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Suit for Specific Performance — Reversal of Trial Court Decree by High Court — Interim Directions — The Supreme Court, finding the reasoning of the High Court for reversing the decree of specific performance unconvincing, directed the parties to attempt mediation for an amicable settlement, India Law Library Docid # 2435555
(189) 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
(190) 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
(191) 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
(192) 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
(193) 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
(194) 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
(195) 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
(196) 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
(197) 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
(198) 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
(199) 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
(200) 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