(261) COMMISSIONER OF SERVICE TAX Vs. M/S ELEGANT DEVELOPERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Finance Act, 1994 — Sections 65(88), 65(105)(v) — Real Estate Agent — Definition — Taxability of services — Respondent engaged in purchasing land, identifying, demarcating, and facilitating transfer to a developer for a fixed rate per acre — Profit/loss margin based on difference between acquisition cost and fixed rate India Law Library Docid # 2435080
(262) K.S. MANJUNATH AND OTHERS Vs. MOORASAVIRAPPA@MUTTANNA CHENNAPPA BATIL, SINCE DECEASED BY HIS LRS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 14(c) and Section 16(c) — Agreement to Sell (ATS) — Termination — Determinable Contracts — Bona Fide Purchaser — Readiness and Willingness — Whether a suit for specific performance is maintainable without seeking a declaration that the termination of the ATS was invalid — Principles governing unilateral termination of a non-determinable agreement — The Supreme Court held that unilateral termination of a non-determinable agreement to India Law Library Docid # 2435081
(263) LIPI BOILERS LTD. Vs. THE COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE, AURANGABAD[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Central Excise Act, 1944 — Section 3 and Section 4 — Levy vs. Measurement — Central excise duty is levied on manufacture or production of goods (Section 3), while Section 4 provides the measure for calculating that duty — The measure of tax (Section 4) should not be confused with the nature of the tax itself — Including value of bought out items in assessable value is a measure for computation after excisability India Law Library Docid # 2435082
(264) IN RE: N. PEDDI RAJU AND OTHERS - ALLEGED CONTEMNORS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Contempt of Court — Scandalous and Scurrilous Allegations against Judge — Duty of Lawyers — The Supreme Court strongly deprecated the growing trend of lawyers making scurrilous and scandalous allegations against Judges in pleadings when they do not receive favorable orders — Lawyers, as officers of the Court, have a duty to the Court that requires them to advise clients against making such allegations India Law Library Docid # 2435536
(265) MAHESH KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Bail — Grant of regular bail by Supreme Court — Factors considered — Petitioner seeking bail against rejection of regular bail by High Court — Alleged offences under Sections 120B, 302, 323, 506, 34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860, and Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959 — Consideration of the role assigned to the petitioner (accused), period of incarceration (about four years), and likelihood of delayed trial conclusion due to India Law Library Docid # 2435543
(266) AJEET SINGH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Bail — Grant of Bail by Supreme Court — Factors considered — Accused arrested for offenses under Sections 302 and 34 of the IPC — High Court refused bail — Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, specifically the slow progress of the trial (ten witnesses examined, over forty remaining), and the lack of prospect for an early conclusion, the Supreme Court deemed that continued detention pending trial was India Law Library Docid # 2435547
(267) KISHAN SINGH CHULI Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Bail — Grant of Bail by Supreme Court — Factors considered — Appellant charged under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code (Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B, 34, 406, 409 IPC) and Section 6(1) of the Madhya Pradesh Nikshepakon Ke Hiton Ka Sanrakshan Adhiniyam, 2000 — Appellant underwent incarceration for more than four and a half years — 18 witnesses already examined — Trial stayed at the instance of the India Law Library Docid # 2435550
(268) JADHAV MAMATHA Vs. SINDE NAGO RAO AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Special Leave Petition (Crl.) — Dowry Death (Section 304-B IPC) — Appeal against reversal of acquittal by High Court — 65-year old mother-in-law convicted under Section 304-B IPC (Dowry Death) after being acquitted by Trial Court — Accused initially charged under Sections 302 and 304-B IPC — High Court convicted only for Section 304-B (Dowry Death), implying death was suicide/non-homicidal in relation to murder charge — Disturbing manner in which trial proceeded — Post Morte India Law Library Docid # 2435562
(269) VISHWAJEET KUMAR SINGH @ VISHWAJIT KUMAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Anticipatory Bail — Private Complaint Case — Setting Aside High Court Order — The Supreme Court set aside the High Court's dismissal of a second anticipatory bail application in a case concerning Sections 406 and 420 of the IPC, specifically noting that the complaint was a private complaint, India Law Library Docid # 2435566
(270) CHHOTELAL YADAV Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 (Suspension of Sentence Pending Appeal) — Principles governing suspension of sentence of life imprisonment — Supreme Court setting aside High Court orders which suspended life sentences based on 'cryptic order' merely noting 'general and omnibus' allegations — Requirement for High Court in life imprisonment cases: Must record fair idea of India Law Library Docid # 2435589
(271) MANOJ MAHTO Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Anticipatory Bail — Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 — Sections 30(a) and 41(1) — Grant of anticipatory bail where accused was not apprehended at the spot but identified by local Chowkidars — Appellant cooperated with investigation pursuant to interim protection order — Court holding continued incarceration not warranted under India Law Library Docid # 2435591
(272) GOURI DEVI Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Anticipatory Bail — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 482 (or analogous provision for anticipatory bail) — Grant of anticipatory bail in connection with offence under Bihar Liquor Prohibition and Excise Act, 2022, Section 30(a) — High Court rejected application — Supreme Court, considering India Law Library Docid # 2435602
(273) ANJAIAH KARTIKE AND ANOTHER Vs. V P GAUTHAM AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Contempt of Court — Compliance with Directions of High Court affirmed by Supreme Court — Housing Board disputes with Developer — Bonafide Allottees' Rights — Supreme Court affirmed High Court's dismissal of Petitioner-Board's appeal, directing the Board to execute and register Sale Deeds in favor of home buyers who paid the entire sale consideration, despite ongoing disputes between the India Law Library Docid # 2435614
(274) MALI @ MAYANKAM PANGI @ P. MALI AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF ORISSA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Bail — Grounds for grant — Petitioners hired on daily wages claimed lack of knowledge regarding contraband they were guarding in deep jungle — Contention that recovery of contraband was not from their conscious custody and they were unaware of the substance — Charge sheet filed but charges not yet framed (in revised order charges framed but trial not commenced) — Considering the facts and circumstances, Supreme India Law Library Docid # 2435685
(275) KARIMUNNISA BEGUM AND OTHERS Vs. YALAMANCHILI RAJANI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Special Leave Petition (Civil) — Disposal on basis of Compromise — Parties settling dispute through a notarized Memorandum of Compromise during pendency of SLP, adjusting rights regarding specific performance, land division (Ac. 1-64 cents for Respondent; Ac. 0-56 cents for Petitioners), and division of deposited sale India Law Library Docid # 2435413
(276) SANJAY VITTHAL PACHAGHARE Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-11-2025 A. Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 306 (Abetment of suicide) — Conviction and Sentence — Reduction of sentence — High Court converted conviction from Section 302 IPC to Section 306 IPC, imposing 10 years RI, fine, and denying remission facility — Supreme Court considered that appellant had served 7 years 1 month and 13 days of sentence (5 years 5 months 3 days actual + remission) and was out on bail — While maintaining the conviction under Section 306 IPC, the Court found the 10-year sentence e India Law Library Docid # 2436074
(277) 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
(278) 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
(279) THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS Vs. MOHAMMAD AFZAL MOHAMMAD SHARIF[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Secularism — Institutional Secularism — Communal Riots — Investigation Team Composition — Direction to form SIT with officers from different religious communities is to ensure transparency and fairness in investigation of communal riots, not to prejudge communal bias. India Law Library Docid # 2434964
(280) RAVI PRAKASH SRIVASTAVA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 136 — Special Leave Petition (Civil) — High Court order disposing of writ petition without substantive relief — Petitioners granted liberty to approach Housing Commissioner for society affairs and file civil suit for loan repayment — Supreme Court reviewing High Court's disposition. India Law Library Docid # 2434969