(941) RAJNISH KUMAR SANGHI AND ANOTHER Vs. RAJ KEMTANI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Civil Procedure, 1908 — Order XVIII, Rule 2 — Procedure for hearing — Court directs respondent authorities to appear with records, but they fail to do so without proper explanation — Court further directs Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Jabalpur, to appear personally with records and explain non-compliance of previous order — Commissioner appears and explains non-compliance due to lack of proper India Law Library Docid # 2435047
(942) ABDUL BASIR Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Factors to consider — Appellant incarcerated for over three and a half years without framing of charges — Multiple accused, some granted bail, others absconding — Trial progressing slowly — Prosecution case against appellant based on circumstantial evidence — Considering lengthy period of incarceration, delay in trial proceedings, and other India Law Library Docid # 2435048
(943) MANISH @ BOXER AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Law — Appeal against Conviction and Sentence — Concurrent Findings of Fact — Interference by Supreme Court — Where the High Court correctly and completely appreciated the testimonies of prosecution witnesses (19 in number) and affirmed the conviction, and the findings of fact are concurrent and not perverse or India Law Library Docid # 2435411
(944) RAJEEV @ RAJEEV SINGH Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Bail/Anticipatory Bail Condition — Modification of Condition — Appellant, having secured an interim order staying the condition to meet the Investigating Officer (IO) weekly, cooperated with the investigation — State submitted that investigation is complete and charge sheet has been filed — Court found merit in the appellant's request India Law Library Docid # 2435417
(945) SOUTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION THROUGH ITS COMMISSIONER Vs. BHARAT BHUSHAN JAIN (DEAD) THR. LRS.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 — Section 347A — Building Plans Sanction — Deemed Sanction — Master Plan for Delhi (MPD-2021) — Mixed Land Use Regulations — Whether Municipal Corporation can compel property owners in 'mixed-use' areas to utilize the ground floor for commercial purposes when the owner intends to construct a purely residential structure — Property owner sought to India Law Library Docid # 2437440
(946) MUNNA PRASAD @ SANJIV PRASAD Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2022 — Section 30(a) — Anticipatory Bail — Consideration for grant — Petitioner apprehending arrest in connection with FIR under the Prohibition Act — Where Court, after issuing interim protection not to take coercive steps subject to cooperation, finds that the petitioner has participated and cooperated in the investigation, it is appropriate to confirm the India Law Library Docid # 2435449
(947) SADIQ B. HANCHINMANI Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 156(3) — Magistrate's power to direct investigation — A Magistrate can direct investigation under Section 156(3) after applying their mind and finding sufficient material to suggest a cognizable offence, without necessarily taking cognizance of the offence — Such a direction is a preliminary step to allow the police to exercise their power of investigation — The High Court's quashing of such a direction based India Law Library Docid # 2434879
(948) U.P. STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION THROUGH ITS CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER Vs. KASHMIRI LAL BATRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 88 — Inter-State Reciprocal Transport Agreement — Chapter VI overrides Chapter V — Schemes under Chapter VI (approved schemes and notified routes) prevail over agreements under Section 88. India Law Library Docid # 2434880
(949) ICICI LOMBARD GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD Vs. AYITI NAVANEETHA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166(3) — Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal and High Courts — Prohibition on dismissing claim petitions on grounds of limitation during pendency of connected Supreme Court matters. (Para 5) India Law Library Docid # 2434974
(950) M/S. NIRMAL UJJWAL CREDIT CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD. Vs. RAVI SETHIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 2002 — Section 64 — Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 29A — Participation in Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) — Multi-state cooperative society can participate in CIRP as a resolution applicant to acquire shares, security, and assets of a corporate debtor, provided it complies with Section 64 of the MSCS Act and Section 29A of the India Law Library Docid # 2435064
(951) ABC Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Powers of Supreme Court — Special Leave Petition — Appeal against High Court order quashing criminal proceedings — Court notes long pendency of case (11 years) and changed personal circumstances of parties (marriage, children) — Considers further litigation not in parties' interest — India Law Library Docid # 2435069
(952) ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. M/S. RASHI STEEL AND POWER PRIVATE LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Consumer Protection — Insurance Law — Erection All Risk Policy — Claim Repudiation — Willful Negligence — Damage to Derrick Sizer due to fire — Failure to remove shipping brackets (as required by manufacturer’s manual) found to be the cause/aggravating factor — Exclusion Clause: Policy excluded liability for loss caused India Law Library Docid # 2435423
(953) ICICI LOMBARD GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. AYITI NAVANEETHA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Supreme Court Rules — Special Leave Petition (SLP) — Dismissal for non-prosecution — SLP dismissed against unserved respondents due to failure of petitioner to take necessary steps. India Law Library Docid # 2435429
(954) RAM RATI AND OTHERS Vs. VISHNU KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Motor Accident Claims — Deduction of Compensation Due to Compassionate Appointment Scheme Benefits — Haryana Compassionate Assistance to the Dependents of Deceased Government Employees Rules, 2006 (2006 Rules) — Original compensation enhanced by High Court but subsequently reduced in review based on a later Supreme Court judgment (Reliance General Insurance India Law Library Docid # 2435430
(955) ABC Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) — Quashing of Criminal Proceedings — High Court quashed criminal proceedings arising from a First Information Report (FIR) filed by the petitioner (then Deputy Superintendent of Police) against respondent No. 2 (then District Superintendent of Police) concerning a relationship that turned sour — Supreme Court, noting the prolonged litigation (11 years), the marriage of India Law Library Docid # 2435461
(956) MANJULA Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Quashing of First Information Report (FIR) — Forgery and fraud related to agreement for sale — High Court quashing FIR based on disputed averments in the alleged forged agreement — Propriety of quashing — Where the very basis of the criminal case (disputed agreement for sale alleging forgery) is relied upon by the High Court to quash the FIR, the order is unsustainable — Such action prematurely India Law Library Docid # 2435556
(957) MITALI CHANDA Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Section 20(b)(ii)(C) — Bail — Grant of bail by Supreme Court — Factors considered include period of incarceration undergone by the appellant, the fact that the appellant is a lady, and that co-accused have been granted bail — Impugned order refusing bail set India Law Library Docid # 2435592
(958) M/S. NIRMAL UJJWAL CREDIT CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD Vs. RAVI SETHIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Multi State Cooperative Societies Act (MSCS Act) — Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) — Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) — Resolution Applicant — Participation of Multi State Cooperative Society (MSCS) as Resolution Applicant — Central Registrar's Stance — MSCS Act provisions do not prohibit an MSCS from participating in the resolution process to acquire shares, security, and India Law Library Docid # 2435610
(959) RAJNEESH KUMAR PANDEY AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Recruitment Rules — Finalization and Advertisement — State of Manipur assured to finalize draft recruitment rules by end of month, issue advertisement within a month thereafter, and endeavor to complete teacher recruitment promptly. India Law Library Docid # 2435041
(960) KANTA DEVI Vs. ANUJ CHAUHAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act — Compulsory Insurance — Liability of Insurer — Compensation — Recovery by Insurer from Owner — Where High Court fastened entire liability of compensation upon the owner and exonerated the Insurance Company, which prejudiced the claimant unable to recover from the poor owner, the Supreme Court directed the Insurance Company to pay the compensation upfront and India Law Library Docid # 2435042