(801) HARPREET SINGH, DIRECTOR, THE HARYANA STATE CO-OPERATIVE APEX BANK LTD. CHANDIGARH Vs. OM PARKASH RANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-10-2025 Service Law — Age of Superannuation — Interim Orders — Principle that no interim order should be passed permitting continuation in service beyond the prescribed age of superannuation is a well-settled principle of law — Such orders are contrary to public policy and settled canons of law. India Law Library Docid # 2434342
(802) ANKIT Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 319 — Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence — Appellant roped in by order under this section after investigation and chargesheet — Appellant initially not named in FIR and exonerated by investigation — Added as accused later based on witnesses' testimony during trial. India Law Library Docid # 2434353
(803) MAQSOOD CHISTI @ KABIR Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 328 — Causing hurt by poison or intoxicating drug — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Sections 4/6 — Allegations of administering intoxicated substance leading to loss of sense and sexual assault — Medical examination revealing no significant injuries, bruises, bite marks, signs of assault, or genital/rectal trauma, with hymen intact — India Law Library Docid # 2434356
(804) THE ASSAM FINANCIAL CORPORATION LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. BHABENDRA NATH SARMA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-10-2025 Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 — Section 4 and 14 — Assam Financial Corporation (Payment of Gratuity to Employees) Regulation, 1964 — Assam Financial Corporation (Amendment) Staff Regulations, 2007 — Regulation 107 — Entitlement to higher gratuity ceiling — Employees of Assam Financial Corporation (AFC) retired between 2018-2019 — AFC's internal regulations had a gratuity ceiling of Rs. 7 Lakhs, below the ceiling applicable to state government employees — High India Law Library Docid # 2434583
(805) M/S KHURANA BROTHERS Vs. ANAND BARDHAN PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-10-2025 Contempt of Court — Jurisdiction — Doctrine of Merger — The doctrine of merger applies to appellate or revisional orders and its application depends on the nature of the order and the scope of the appellate/revisional jurisdiction. It is not a rigid and universal rule. India Law Library Docid # 2434013
(806) RESHMA Vs. DAJIBA KRISHNA LAD AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Enhancement — Determination of 'just compensation' — Severe disability (100% total disability, including 85% mental and 45% physical disability to lower left limb) suffered by 24-year-old claimant in a motor vehicle accident — Object of just compensation is to restore the claimant, as far as possible, to the position where the accident would not have taken place — India Law Library Docid # 2437572
(807) THE CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, STATE INDUSTRIES PROMOTION CORPORATION OF TAMIL NADU LTD Vs. D. VIJAYKUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-10-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Award of Compensation — Interim award to be passed by Land Acquisition Collector within four weeks of order — Payment of entire compensation amount to landowners within six weeks of award, with 50% without security and remaining 50% subject to furnishing security to Collector's satisfaction. India Law Library Docid # 2434269
(808) HARADHAN MANDAL Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH RESPONDENT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Anticipatory bail — Appellant accused in multiple FIRs for cheating under Section 420 IPC — High Court rejected bail — Supreme Court grants anticipatory bail — Granted considering appeallant joined investigation and nature of allegations — Release on bail on terms and India Law Library Docid # 2434275
(809) KACHARA VAHATUK SHARAMIK SANGH Vs. AJOY MEHTA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-10-2025 Municipal Corporation — Employees — Permanent status — Contempt petition for non-compliance with judgment directing to treat employees as permanent and extend benefits retrospectively — Supreme Court modified award to grant monetary relief from date of award and actual monetary benefit to serving employees from that India Law Library Docid # 2433949
(810) TAMILAGA VETTRI KAZHAGAM Vs. P.H. DINESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-10-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 32 & 226 — Power to direct CBI investigation — Extraordinary power to be exercised sparingly and cautiously in exceptional situations to provide credibility and confidence in investigation, or where incident has national/international ramifications, or for complete justice and enforcing fundamental rights. India Law Library Docid # 2433901
(811) RAHUL AGARWAL Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section not specified, Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 349 — Voice Sample — Collection of voice sample for investigation — High Court set aside Magistrate's order allowing collection of voice sample, citing pendency of reference to a Larger Bench — India Law Library Docid # 2433902
(812) THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS Vs. M/S SANTI CERAMICS PVT. LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-10-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 5-A — Objections — Restoration of land — Supreme Court judgment in Kedar Nath Yadav v. State of West Bengal — Relief of restoration of acquired land was intended for vulnerable agricultural communities, not commercial entities — Respondent No. 1, a private limited company, engaged in manufacturing, could not claim parity with cultivators — Company had capacity to India Law Library Docid # 2433903
(813) SREEJA D G ETC Vs. ANITHA R. NAIR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 406 and 420 read with Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act, 2019 — Sections 21 and 23 — Anticipatory bail — High Court granted anticipatory bail to the respondent accused in multiple cases of cheating and financial irregularities — Supreme Court held that the High Court was not justified in granting anticipatory bail considering the nature and gravity of the India Law Library Docid # 2434280
(814) V SARAVANA KUMAR Vs. THE STATE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-10-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act, 1985 — Sections 8(c), 20(b)(ii)(c), 29(1) — Bail — Petitioner in custody since 15.07.2024 — FIR registered for offences under NDPS Act — High Court rejected regular bail — Supreme Court inclined to release petitioner on bail considering period of incarceration and recovery of 21.6 Kgs of Ganja. India Law Library Docid # 2434281
(815) S.N. TRADING COMPANY AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-10-2025 Seized goods — Perishable nature — Direction for release — Supreme Court directed release of perishable seized goods (areca nuts) and vehicles on obtaining appropriate bond, considering their perishable nature. India Law Library Docid # 2434412
(816) KANTI DEVI Vs. STATE OF U.P.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 173(2) — Charge-sheet filed — Charges yet to be framed — Bail in anticipation of arrest — Court considered nature of allegations and stage of proceedings — Custodial interrogation not required — Appeal challenging rejection of bail by High Court allowed — Appellant to be India Law Library Docid # 2434419
(817) ROHAN @ RANGA Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-10-2025 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 109, 191(1), 191(2), 191(3), 296, 115(2) and 351(2) — Bail — Appellant seeking bail for offences under various sections of BNS — Appellant incarcerated for over eight months — Injured discharged from hospital — Weapon seized — Incident motivated by political rivalry India Law Library Docid # 2434430
(818) RAJESH Vs. THE STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Special Leave Petition — Dismissal — Court not inclined to interfere with impugned judgment and order of High Court, hence special leave petition dismissed India Law Library Docid # 2434444
(819) ISHIKA SINGH Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-10-2025 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 317(5), 317(2), 317(4), 111 and 3(5) — Bail — Appellant under incarceration for about 6 months in a cyber crime case — Investigation completed, charge sheet filed — Considering the period of incarceration and the nature of the case, bail granted. India Law Library Docid # 2434453
(820) FAKHRUDDIN ANSARI @ FAZAL Vs. UMA DEWANGAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order XLI Rule 31 — Duty of appellate court — Appeal against a decree — High Court's judgment failed to frame points for determination and assign independent reasons for its decision — Mere affirmation of trial court's reasons is insufficient for an appeal under Section 96 CPC — High Court India Law Library Docid # 2434456