(701) KUNDAN SINGH Vs. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF CGST AND CENTRAL EXCISE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-06-2025 Criminal Procedure — Bail — Anticipatory Bail — Regular Bail — Conditions for bail — Voluntary offers of deposit by accused — Practice of making voluntary offers of substantial deposits to secure bail and then challenging conditions as onerous or counsel lacking authority is strongly deprecated — Such conduct forecloses merits-based consideration of bail and amounts to playing “ducks and drakes” with the Court India Law Library Docid # 2427144
(702) PREET INDER PAL SINGH @ SONU Vs. THE STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-06-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Special Leave Petition — Exemption from Surrender — Disability Certificate — Petitioner convicted for murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Sought exemption from surrendering based on a disability certificate. Court found the certificate self-contradictory and highly suspicious, deeming it prima facie unreliable. Exemption application dismissed, India Law Library Docid # 2433762
(703) SIYARAM BHARTI (BASOR) Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-06-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Pre-arrest Bail — Supreme Court unwilling to grant pre-arrest bail based on submissions and material on record. India Law Library Docid # 2433766
(704) RENAVVA @ LAKSHMI AND OTHERS Vs. SHANTILKUMARSWAMY R. SUBRAMANYA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-06-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Special Leave Petition — Interference by Supreme Court — When not to interfere — Where High Court's judgment is based on an established legal principle and factual analysis, and the Supreme Court finds no error or infirmity, a special leave petition will be dismissed for lack of merit. India Law Library Docid # 2427145
(705) PRAKASH CHANDRA SWAIN Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-06-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory bail — Petitioners seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with a complaint case arising from a protest petition and FIR — Similar relief granted to a co-accused allowing surrender and release on interim bail — Court granted interim relief of pre-arrest bail upon India Law Library Docid # 2433763
(706) SHAMBHU YADAV Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-06-2025 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 4 — Section 376 (3) IPC — Rape — Conviction upheld — Evidence of victim’s mother and medical evidence — Reliability of victim’s mother’s testimony confirmed despite lengthy cross-examination, finding it natural and trustworthy and corroborated by other witnesses and medical evidence — Medical evidence, though partially presented India Law Library Docid # 2427143
(707) SHAMBHU YADAV Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-06-2025 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 4, 8, 12, and 376(3) of Indian Penal Code — Sexual assault on a minor — Conviction upheld — Challenged conviction under POCSO Act and rape provisions of IPC for alleged sexual assault on an 18-month-old child — Trial court and High Court found prosecution's case established beyond reasonable doubt — Supreme Court agreed India Law Library Docid # 2433756
(708) NOKHELAL SAHU Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-06-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction — Appeal against conviction by High Court upholding Trial Court's judgment — Petitioner convicted for murder of his grandmother — Prosecution case: accused demanded money for liquor, assaulted grandmother when refused, causing her death — Accused resided with grandmother — Circumstantial evidence, dying declaration, and medical India Law Library Docid # 2433758
(709) GAZI SALAUDDIN REHMATULLA HOOLE ALIAS PARDESHI BABA TRUST Vs. NEW SHREE SWAMI SAMARTHA BORIVADE HOUSING COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-06-2025 Writ of Mandamus — Jurisdiction — High Court issued directions in a writ petition concerning demolition of unauthorized structures and disposal of a civil suit, despite the civil suit having already been decided before the writ petition was disposed of. India Law Library Docid # 2433764
(710) AMLESH KUMAR Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-06-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 341, 342, 323, 363, 364, 498(A), 504, 506 and 34 — Domestic Violence — Missing Person — Husband and Family Accused of Fouls Play — FIR Registered — Wife Allegedly Ran Away — Complaint Filed — Missing Person Not Found — Co-Accused Granted Bail — Appellant’s Bail Rejected Based on FIR Allegations and Co-Accused Confessional Statements — Appellant Approached High Court for Bail. India Law Library Docid # 2426540
(711) DHANYAM Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-06-2025 Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 2007 — Section 3 — Preventive Detention — “Notorious Goonda” — Threat to society at large — Justification for preventive detention — Power to be used sparingly and only in rare cases, as an exception to Article 21 of the Constitution — Extraordinary nature requires strict observance of procedural safeguards and demonstration of conformity with procedure established by law — Burden on detaining authority to prove justification — Preventive detention India Law Library Docid # 2426438
(712) THE STATE OF KARNATAKA Vs. VINAY RAJASHEKHARAPPA KULKARNI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-06-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973— Section 439(2) — Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483(3) — Cancellation of bail — Jurisdiction of Trial Court (Court of Sessions) — Bail granted by Supreme Court — Trial Court declined to entertain CBI application for cancellation of bail granted by Supreme Court on grounds of maintainability and propriety — Erroneous view — Court of Sessions is entitled to entertain an application for cancellation of bail under Section 439(2) CrPC / 483(3 India Law Library Docid # 2426441
(713) M/S. BALAJI TRADERS Vs. THE STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-06-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 387 — Putting person in fear of death or of grievous hurt, in order to commit extortion — Distinction from Section 384 (Punishment for extortion) — Essential ingredients of Section 387 are putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt in order to commit extortion — This is a stage prior to actual commission of extortion under Section 383/384 — Delivery of property or valuable security, though essential for Section 383 India Law Library Docid # 2426436
(714) ABHISHEK SINGH Vs. AJAY KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-06-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Scope of High Court’s power — Determination of prima facie case confined to averments in FIR/complaint — Appreciation of defence evidence or undertaking mini-trial impermissible at initial stage — High Court cannot embark upon appreciation of evidence while considering quashing application — Quashing permissible only when allegations in FIR/charge-sheet do not India Law Library Docid # 2426437
(715) UNION OF INDIA Vs. M/S KAMAKHYA TRANSPORT PVT. LTD. ETC.ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-06-2025 Railways Act, 1989 — Sections 66, 73, 78 & 54(1) — Carriage of goods — Misdeclaration of goods vs. Overloading of wagons — Punitive charges — Stage of imposing charges — Section 66, dealing with misdeclaration of goods, imposes a charge for materially false statements regarding goods description to determine carriage rate — Section 66 does not specify whether the charge must be made before or after delivery, implying permissibility at either stage, unlike Section 73 which specifically mandates r India Law Library Docid # 2426434
(716) SANJAY JAIN Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-06-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory bail — Petitioner challenging High Court’s bail application rejection — Supreme Court issues notice and permits dasti service, setting returnable date for 04.09.2025 — Petitioners directed to take service steps within two weeks — Respondents required to India Law Library Docid # 2433761
(717) GREATER MOHALI AREA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (GMADA) THROUGH ITS ESTATE OFFICER (H) Vs. ANUPAM GARG ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-06-2025 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 / Consumer Protection Law — Delay in delivery of possession — Allottee’s remedies — Developer’s liability — Refund of amount paid with interest and compensation — Where the developer has received full price but fails to deliver possession within the stipulated or reasonable time, or cancels/refuses possession without justifiable cause, the allottee is entitled India Law Library Docid # 2426439
(718) VAIBHAV Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-06-2025 Criminal Law — Circumstantial Evidence — Admitted Facts — Cause of death by gunshot from a specific weapon in appellant’s home undisputed — Appellant admitted removing the body and cleaning the scene — Discovery of articles linked to the incident from appellant’s disclosure relevant for Section 201 IPC. India Law Library Docid # 2426342
(719) HARINAGAR SUGAR MILLS LTD. (BISCUIT DIVISION) AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-06-2025 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 25-O — Procedure for closing down an undertaking — Right to close down business is integral to right to carry on business under Article 19(1)(g) but subject to reasonable restrictions — Section 25-O provides a detailed procedure for obtaining prior permission for closure — Appropriate India Law Library Docid # 2426343
(720) NAGARAJAN Vs. STATE OF TAMIL NADU[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-06-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 386(b)(iii) & 401 — Appellate Court Powers — Exercise of Revisional Powers — Scope Of — Appeal from conviction filed by accused — Enhancement Of sentence — High Court in appeal filed by accused, cannot, while affirming the conviction, enhance the sentence (Paras 9, India Law Library Docid # 2426344