(261) AJEET SINGH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Appellant in custody since 09.12.2024 — High Court rejected bail application — Supreme Court grants bail considering totality of circumstances and length of custody, subject to terms and conditions fixed by the Trial Court. India Law Library Docid # 2434417
(262) AMIT @ MOTI @ MOTU Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Grant of bail — Supreme Court can grant bail if appellants are on the same footing as co-accused previously granted bail by the Court — High Court had rejected bail, but Supreme Court inclined to grant bail on same terms as co-accused. India Law Library Docid # 2434431
(263) BITTU Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Delay in trial — Appellant incarcerated for over 7 years and 9 months pending trial, which was nowhere near completion as prosecution intended to examine fresh witnesses — Held, appellant entitled to be released on bail, pending trial. India Law Library Docid # 2434433
(264) GHANASHYAM AHUJA @ ROCKY KINGRANI Vs. STATE OF ODISHA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail pending trial — Factors to consider — Appellant appealing against High Court's rejection of bail — Appellant has undergone incarceration for over one year pending trial — Supreme Court considers nature of offences and period of incarceration — Grants bail. India Law Library Docid # 2434441
(265) RAVI ORAON Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Service Law — Appointment of Teachers — Eligibility Criteria — Marks in Intermediate Examination — Relaxation for Scheduled Tribe candidates — Calculation of percentage of marks must include marks from vocational subjects unless barred by law. India Law Library Docid # 2433688
(266) HANSRAJ Vs. STATE OF U.P.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 — Section 7-A — Claim of juvenility can be raised at any stage, even after final disposal of the case. If found to be a juvenile, the court shall forward the person to the Board, and any sentence passed shall be deemed to have no effect — This provision applies retrospectively. India Law Library Docid # 2433689
(267) SANKAR PADAM THAPA Vs. VIJAYKUMAR DINESHCHANDRA AGARWAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 and 141 — Dishonour of Cheque — Complaint against Chairman/Trustee of a Trust without impleading the Trust as an accused — Maintainability — Held, a complaint under Section 138 of the NI Act is maintainable against a Trustee who has signed the cheque on behalf of the Trust, even if the Trust itself is not made an accused — The Trust does not possess independent legal status to sue or be sued. India Law Library Docid # 2433690
(268) VIJAYA KUMARI S AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 — Section 4(iii)(c)(I) — Age-restriction for intending couples — Retrospective application — Intending couples who commenced surrogacy procedures (including embryo creation and freezing) before the Act's commencement date (25.01.2022) are not subject to the age-restrictions under Section 4(iii)(c)(I). The Act, unless expressly or by necessary implication made retrospective, India Law Library Docid # 2433691
(269) REJANISH K.V. Vs. K. DEEPA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 233(2) — Appointment of District Judges — Eligibility for in-service candidates — Clause (2) not prescribing qualifications for those already in judicial service — Such candidates not barred from direct recruitment — Interpretation to the contrary renders first part of Clause (2) redundant. India Law Library Docid # 2433692
(270) THE COMMISSIONER TRADE AND TAX DELHI Vs. M/S SHANTI KIRAN INDIA (P) LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Delhi Value Added Tax Act, 2004 — Section 9(2)(g) — Input Tax Credit (ITC) — Bona fide purchaser dealer paying tax to registered seller dealer — Seller dealer defaulting in depositing tax with government — High Court's interpretation of Section 9(2)(g) — Court reading down the provision to protect bona fide purchasers — India Law Library Docid # 2433693
(271) VIVEK YADAV Vs. AIRPORT AUTHORITY OF INDIA CHAIRMAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Recruitment Regulations — Manager (E-3) — Qualifications — Prescribed qualifications for Manager (E-3) include First Class MBA/B.Tech./B.E. or professional degree with relevant experience. For Manager (A.T.C.), specific engineering degrees in Electronics/Tele-communications/Radio Engineering/Electrical with specialization in Electronics or M.Sc. with specific India Law Library Docid # 2433694
(272) COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (EXEMPTION) LUCKNOW Vs. M/S. KHURJA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 260A — Appeals to High Court — Charitable Purpose Registration — High Court dismissed revenue's appeals, stating issues were covered by earlier decisions, but failed to examine facts against the law. Supreme Court found impugned orders lacked factual elaboration and remanded for India Law Library Docid # 2433695
(273) THE SOUTHERN NAGPUR CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED Vs. GANPATI YADAVRAO KUMBHARE AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 — Plot Allotment Dispute — Member's right to plot — Cooperative Court directed allotment of Plot No. 5A to a member — This decision was upheld by the Cooperative Appellate Court and subsequently by the High Court — The Appellant Society's objections regarding the plot's identity merger and inexecutability of the decree were not sustained at multiple India Law Library Docid # 2434009
(274) ALOK KUMAR GHOSH Vs. THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LTD AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 (now Employee's Compensation Act, 1923) — Section 19 — Reference to Commissioners — Power to determine liability — Commissioner has the power to determine the liability of an insurer, making them jointly and severally liable with the employer for compensation, especially when the employer's liability is covered by a contract of insurance, to ensure a speedy and efficacious remedy for the workman. India Law Library Docid # 2434014
(275) RANI KUMARI Vs. RAVI PANDEY[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Civil Procedure — Settlement Agreement — Disposal of transfer petition — Parties amicably resolved all disputes and agreed to part ways on certain terms and conditions — Settlement Agreement placed on record and made part of the order — All pending cases between the parties to stand closed as per the terms of the agreement. India Law Library Docid # 2434259
(276) AYUSHI KUMARI Vs. VED PRAKASH PANDEY[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Inherent powers of Supreme Court — Dissolution of marriage by mutual consent — Court can dissolve a marriage by mutual consent under Article 142 even if Section 13-B of Hindu Marriage Act has specific procedural requirements, in the interest of justice and to do complete justice between the parties. India Law Library Docid # 2434264
(277) GAURI VIJAY SHANKHAPAL Vs. SCHEDULED TRIBE CASTE CERTIFICATE VERIFICATION COMMITTEE AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 — Caste Certificate — Invalidation — Appeal filed against High Court order dismissing writ petition challenging order invalidating caste certificate — Appellant agreed to not press appeal, surrender caste certificate, and not rely on it in future — Court directed educational institution to return original documents and India Law Library Docid # 2434268
(278) KAMLESH Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 120B — Criminal conspiracy — Suspension of sentence and grant of bail — Appellant convicted only under Section 120B IPC — Appellant has undergone incarceration for approximately five years — Court inclined to grant suspension of sentence and release on bail, subject to terms and conditions imposed by the Trial Court. India Law Library Docid # 2434271
(279) DARSHANKUMAR KALANI Vs. BHAVIKA DARSHANKUMAR KALANI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13, Section 25(1) — Divorce and permanent alimony — Appeals challenging High Court order remanding matter of permanent alimony to Family Court for fresh decision — Family Court had awarded permanent alimony of Rs. 70,00,000/- suo motu without sufficient evidence regarding wife's financial capacity — Husband argued that wife, working in USA, did not lead India Law Library Docid # 2434317
(280) B.N. DWIVEDI (IFS) Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Central Government, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change — Indian Forest Service Cadre — Promotion — Sealed Cover Procedure — Appellant's promotion consideration was deferred due to pending departmental proceedings and adverse remarks in ACRs. India Law Library Docid # 2434335