(301) RAM KUMAR @ RAMU Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH RESPONDENT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Suspension of sentence — Appeal pending — Appellant convicted for offences under Sections 498A & 304B of Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3 & 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Imprisonment for life since 2014 — Appeal filed in 2021 — Prospect of early hearing remote — Co-convicts released on bail — Suspension of sentence and release on bail granted considering these factors. India Law Library Docid # 2435050
(302) PAL SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Anticipatory Bail — Supreme Court granted anticipatory bail to the appellant who was a retired Army Officer, apprehending arrest in connection with offences under IPC and POCSO — Appellant had alleged filing of a vexatious and false complaint due to his raising voice against embezzlement of funds — Chargesheet had been filed, and appellant India Law Library Docid # 2435051
(303) MOHAMMADALI ANSARAHMAD KHAN Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Determination of Compensation — Applicability — Court deferred decision on whether to apply the 1894 Act or the 2013 Act for compensation, pending clarification on the nature of the land India Law Library Docid # 2435053
(304) NISHA SAH Vs. BRIJESH PRASAD @ PRASAD BRIJESH RAVINDRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Family Law — Settlement Agreement — Mutual Consent Divorce — Supreme Court Mediation Centre — Parties arrived at an amicable settlement before the Supreme Court Mediation Centre, reducing it into writing and signing it. India Law Library Docid # 2435055
(305) K. GOPALAKRISHNA PILLAI Vs. SHEEJA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Specific Performance of Agreement to Sell — Plaintiff claimed specific performance of an agreement to sell dated 7.7.1993, alleging payment of Rs. 2.90 lakh as earnest money out of a total sale consideration of Rs. 3 lakh. The original owner sold the property to a second purchaser on 22.7.1993. Trial Court decreed the suit for specific performance. High Court reversed the decree, finding no evidence of earnest money India Law Library Docid # 2435056
(306) SANDIP @ DIPU @ DIKU Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 307, 326, 323 read with Sections 114 and 34 — Conviction and sentence — Suspension of sentence pending appeal — Appellant convicted and sentenced to ten years' rigorous imprisonment — High Court rejected prayer for suspension of sentence — Appeal pending before Supreme Court since 2024 and unlikely to be heard soon — Injury alleged to have been caused by appellant was on India Law Library Docid # 2435066
(307) MANISH @ BOXER Vs. THE STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 394 and 397 — Conviction and sentence — Appeal — High Court affirmed conviction and sentence awarded by Trial Court — Supreme Court found no case for interference with conviction — Appreciated evidence of prosecution witnesses and found findings of fact to be concurrent, not India Law Library Docid # 2435070
(308) KUPPAYEE AND OTHERS Vs. P. SUBRAMANIAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Specific Performance of Contract — Agreement to Sell (1994) — Price Enhancement by High Court — Scope of Interference under Section 100 CPC — High Court, while upholding decree of specific performance (reversed Trial Court's finding of non-readiness/willingness), modified the sale consideration from Rs. India Law Library Docid # 2435425
(309) ZENITO CARDOZO Vs. STATE OF GOA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Appeal — Leave to Appeal — Special Leave Petition against High Court judgment — Leave granted in matter arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 17517/2025 challenging judgment dated 10-10-2025 of High Court of Bombay at Goa in Criminal Appeal No. 50/2016. India Law Library Docid # 2435465
(310) M/S ALCHEMIST HOSPITALS LTD. Vs. M/S ICT HEALTH TECHNOLOGY SERVICES INDIA PVT. LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6) — Application for appointment of arbitrator — Clause 8.28 of the Agreement — Three-tier process stipulated: negotiation, mediation, and then "arbitration" by Chairman — High Court held Clause 8.28 not a valid arbitration agreement — Supreme Court affirmed, finding no intention to refer disputes to a binding arbitration India Law Library Docid # 2434957
(311) MUSKAN Vs. ISHAAN KHAN (SATANIYA) AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR/Criminal Proceedings — High Court's power to quash proceedings should be exercised sparingly, cautiously, and only in exceptional cases where it is necessary to prevent abuse of process of court or secure ends of justice — High Court should not conduct a "mini-trial" or enquire into the reliability or genuineness of allegations at the FIR stage — If prima India Law Library Docid # 2434958
(312) MIHIR RAJESH SHAH Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 22(1) — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 47 — Grounds of arrest — Communication in writing — Mandatory requirement — Constitutional mandate that every arrested person must be informed of the grounds of arrest as soon as possible — This right is a fundamental right under Article 21 and 22(1) of the Constitution and is applicable to all offences, including those under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 India Law Library Docid # 2434959
(313) STATE OF CHHATTISGARH Vs. AMIT AISHWARYA JOGI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378(1) and 378(2) — Appeal against acquittal — State Government's and Central Government's powers — Section 378(2) specifies cases investigated by CBI or other central agencies, where Central Government can direct an appeal against acquittal — This creates a mutually exclusive division, excluding State Government's power under Section 378(1) in such cases. India Law Library Docid # 2434960
(314) 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
(315) 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
(316) 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
(317) 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
(318) 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
(319) 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
(320) 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