(261) GAURAV VISHWAKARMA Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Rejection of regular bail by High Court — Special Leave Petition — Petitioner in custody for over seven months — Case triable by Magistrate — High Court's rejection of bail not justified considering period of incarceration — Supreme Court grants bail subject to final outcome of trial. India Law Library Docid # 2435068
(262) LALITHA MUKUNDAN AND ANOTHER Vs. CHENNAI METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Town and Country Planning — Unauthorized Construction — Sealing of Property — Procedural Fairness — Challenge to High Court's rejection of a Writ Petition on grounds of maintainability — Petitioners, senior citizens, alleged to have made unauthorized constructions (internal staircase between second and third floor and using part of residential premises for commercial consultancy services) and faced India Law Library Docid # 2435466
(263) ROHAN VIJAY NAHAR AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Maharashtra Private Forests (Acquisition) Act, 1975 (MPFA) — Section 2(f)(iii) ; Indian Forest Act, 1927 (IFA) — Section 35(3), 35(5) — "Live" or "pipeline" notices — Section 2(f)(iii) of MPFA applies only to "live" or "pipeline" notices under Section 35(3) of IFA, meaning those issued and pursued in reasonable proximity to the appointed day — Notices left undecided for years or decades lapse into desuetude. India Law Library Docid # 2435035
(264) SUNIL CHAUHAN @ MUNAKKA Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Bail — Offences under IPC (Sections 323, 376), POCSO Act (Sections 3/4), and IT Act (Section 67A) — Regular Bail challenged against High Court's rejection — Grounds considered by Supreme Court included: a) Appellant's contention of vexatious and false allegations based on a consensual relationship; b) Victim (PW2) having subsequently testified; c) Appellant's detention since 23.07.2024; d) Cooperation India Law Library Docid # 2435540
(265) MANILAL PATIDAR Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Grant of — Factors considered — Petitioner accused of abetting suicide (Case Crime No. 234 of 2020) — Arrested on October 15, 2022, and in continuous custody since then — Charges already framed but trial yet to commence and expected to take significant time — Held, continued custody or further custodial interrogation not necessary — Threat perception to complainant's family India Law Library Docid # 2435544
(266) SELAK @ SELAK RAM Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 136 — Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No. 11316/2025 — Interference with High Court Order — Pre-arrest bail — Supreme Court declined to interfere with the impugned order of the High Court granting pre-arrest bail to the petitioner, exercising discretionary power under Article 136. India Law Library Docid # 2435548
(267) ADITYA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Scheduled Tribes — Validity Certificate — Claim for 'Naikda' Scheduled Tribe — Dismissal of writ petition by High Court — Subsequent grant of validity certificates to close family members (brother and cousins) of appellants based on a common judgment which remained unchallenged — Principle of parity and settled genealogy — Where the own brother of one appellant and cousins of both appellants, descending from the same India Law Library Docid # 2435553
(268) 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
(269) 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
(270) 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
(271) SANJEEV KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Compensation for acquired land — Entitlement to job in lieu of acquired land — Petitioner's family's land was acquired in 1998 and compensation paid — Petitioner, not born at the time of acquisition, applied for a job in lieu of the land in 2025 — Court held that under the Act, entitlement is only to compensation, which was paid — No provision exists for granting a job in lieu of India Law Library Docid # 2435036
(272) SUNIL CHAUHAN @ MUNAKKA Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Bail — Regular Bail — Appellant booked for offences under Sections 323, 376 IPC, Sections 3/4 POCSO Act, and Section 67A IT Act — Appellant in jail since 23.07.2024 — Allegations are claimed to be vexatious and false, with a consensual relationship alleged — High Court rejected bail application — Supreme Court grants bail considering facts on record, directs release subject to appropriate conditions to ensure presence, complete cooperation in trial without frivolo India Law Library Docid # 2435037
(273) IN RE: “CITY HOUNDED BY STRAYS, KIDS PAY PRICE”[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 This Court, vide order dated 22nd August, 2025, after considering the submissions made on behalf of the parties and the material placed on record, had supplemented, modified, and clarified the earlier directions issued vide order dated 11th August, 2025. India Law Library Docid # 2435040
(274) 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
(275) 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
(276) 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
(277) 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
(278) 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
(279) 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
(280) 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