(321) RAJESH KUMAR PRASAD Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 7, 13(1)(b) & 13(2) — Bail — Appeal against rejection of bail by High Court — Supreme Court found no necessity for further detention and granted bail pending trial — Supreme Court clarified that these observations are not findings on the merits of the case. India Law Library Docid # 2434418
(322) RAJEEV Vs. STATE OF U.P[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Grant of — Supreme Court granted bail to the appellant on the same terms and conditions as imposed for co-accused previously enlarged on bail — Appellant was found to be on the same footing as the co-accused — Impugned High Court order rejecting bail was set aside. (Paras India Law Library Docid # 2434421
(323) ARJUN SURI Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Bhartiya Nayaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 108 — Anticipatory Bail — Petitioner apprehended arrest in FIR for offences under Section 108, Bhartiya Nayaya Sanhita, 2023 — Interim relief of no coercive steps granted subject to cooperation with investigation — State submitted petitioner joined investigation and cooperating — India Law Library Docid # 2434424
(324) SUDESH Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 420, 406, 120-B — Cheating, Criminal Breach of Trust, Criminal Conspiracy — Anticipatory Bail — Appeals relating to anticipatory bail applications — Parties have resolved the matter between themselves — Court inclined to grant anticipatory bail — Impugned order set aside and India Law Library Docid # 2434428
(325) AJAY MAINI Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — anticipatory bail — rejection of — High Court’s order challenged — petitioner cooperating with investigation and joining investigation twice — petitioner submitting relevant documents are not fully supplied — prosecution demanding purchase orders which might be with complainant India Law Library Docid # 2434439
(326) PREM PAL Vs. H.P. STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Supreme Court Rules, 1966 — Order XLVII, Rule 1 — Review of Judgment — Review petition dismissed as no grounds for review made out, with previous Special Leave Petition having already been dismissed. India Law Library Docid # 2434449
(327) SOMU SAVITHRAMMA Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Supreme Court Rules, 1966 — Order 47 Rule 1 — Review of judgment — Application for review of a previous order dismissing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) — Court perused materials and found no grounds for review — Review petition dismissed. India Law Library Docid # 2434454
(328) CITIZENS WHISTLE BLOWER FORUM Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Directorate of Enforcement (ED) — Investigation — Clarification of stand — ED required to clarify its position regarding observations by CBI about money laundering aspects and steps taken in relation to CBI's request for FIR registration. India Law Library Docid # 2434455
(329) RAJ CHETANI Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Interim Bail — Granted in FIR/Crime No. 153/2025 registered at Police Station Torwa, District Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, in connection with arrest — Subject to executing personal bonds and sureties — Petitioner directed to cooperate with investigation and report to Investigating Officer as directed. India Law Library Docid # 2434462
(330) DHARMRAO SHARANAPPA SHABADI AND OTHERS Vs. SYEDA ARIFA PARVEEN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2025 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 50 — Opinion as to relationship, when relevant — Opinion expressed by conduct of person with special knowledge on relationship is relevant — Essentials are court's opinion, expression through conduct, and person having special knowledge — Conduct alone is not proof but an intermediate step to infer opinion — Opinion must be proved by direct evidence — Court needs to weigh India Law Library Docid # 2433556
(331) RANGE FOREST OFFICER Vs. M/S RAJAMAHAL SILKS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 451 & 457 — Release of Seized Property — Ownership/Entitlement — High Court set aside trial court order rejecting release application without considering trial court's finding on ownership and reasons thereof — Such an order without adverting to and discussing trial court's India Law Library Docid # 2433661
(332) SWACCH ASSOCIATION, NAGPUR Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2025 Wetlands (Conservation & Management) Rules, 2017 — Rule 2(1)(g) — Definition of 'wetland' — Excludes human-made water bodies/tanks constructed for drinking water, aquaculture, salt production, recreation, and irrigation purposes — Futala Tank, a man-made lake constructed for irrigation and drinking water needs, does not fall within the statutory definition of a wetland. India Law Library Docid # 2433545
(333) S. SANTHANA LAKSHMI AND OTHERS Vs. D. RAJAMMAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Jurisdiction — Suit for injunction simpliciter — Whether maintainable without a prayer for declaration of title when title is disputed — Where a party asserts title based on a Will but the defendant claims co-ownership and occupancy rights, and possession is admitted to be with the defendant, a suit for injunction simpliciter without a prayer for declaration of title may India Law Library Docid # 2433546
(334) ANILKUMAR @ LAPETU RAMSHAKAL SHARMA Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2025 Prisoner's Rights — Premature Release — Remission Guidelines — Appellant, a life convict, sought premature release after 20 years. The government ordered release after 24 years based on Category 4(d) of the 2010 guidelines (joint murder with premeditation). Appellant argued he should be released after 22 years under Category India Law Library Docid # 2433547
(335) OFFSHORE INFRASTRUCTURES LIMITED Vs. M/S BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 11(6), 12(5) and Seventh Schedule — Appointment of Arbitrator — Clause in contract making MD or his nominee as arbitrator — Clause became bad in law due to amendments in 1996 Act making such persons ineligible — Court has power to appoint independent arbitrator despite ineligibility of nominated arbitrator, for ensuring neutrality and impartiality — India Law Library Docid # 2433548
(336) RAJENDRA SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARANCHAL ETC[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction by High Court reversing Trial Court acquittal — Appeal to Supreme Court — Supreme Court scrutinized ocular evidence and evidence of recovery of weapons — Supreme Court found ocular evidence unreliable due to contradictions and chance witnesses, and recovery of weapons insufficient to establish guilt as blood matching was not done India Law Library Docid # 2433549
(337) K. S. SHIVAPPA Vs. SMT. K. NEELAMMA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2025 Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 — Section 8(2) and 8(3) — Transfer of minor's immovable property by natural guardian without court permission — Voidable at instance of minor or person claiming under him — Repudiation can be by suit or by unequivocal conduct within prescribed time upon attaining majority — Transferring property themselves after attaining majority is sufficient repudiation. India Law Library Docid # 2433550
(338) JSW STEEL LIMITED ETC. Vs. DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT ETC[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2025 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 — Section 3 & 2(1)(u) — Proceeds of crime — Whether unpaid consideration for iron ore can be treated as proceeds of crime — Court should permit statutory process to conclude rather than interfere prematurely, especially when appellate remedy is pending. India Law Library Docid # 2433551
(339) NILESH BABURAO GITTE Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Circumstantial Evidence — For conviction, circumstances must be fully established, consistent only with guilt of accused, conclusive, exclude every possible hypothesis except for guilt, and form a complete chain of unbroken evidence — In this case, the circumstances failed to meet these stringent tests. India Law Library Docid # 2433552
(340) ZAINUL Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 read with Section 149 — Murder and unlawful assembly — Common object — Liability under Section 149 is constructive and does not require proof of overt act by each member if offence is committed in prosecution of common object or members knew it was likely to be committed India Law Library Docid # 2433553