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(961) RAJ RANI AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-01-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 323, 406, 498A, 417, 201, and 34 — The Supreme Court addressed a case where the appellants were accused of offenses under Sections 323, 406, 498A, 417, 201, and 34 — The key issue was whether the appellants' counsel had offered to deposit Rs. 5 lakhs each as a condition for anticipatory bail in the High Court — The appellants' counsel argued that no such instruction had been given, as they were not able to comply with such a deposit — The Supreme Court noted tha
India Law Library Docid # 2421629

(962) AJAY AGARWAL Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-01-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 – Scope of Section 482 Cr.P.C. vs. Discharge Application — The High Court erred in dismissing the appellant's petition under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. without considering its merits, merely stating that the appellant could raise the issues in a discharge application — The Supreme Court clarified that the scope of a discharge application is limited, as it cannot consider documents not part of the charge sheet — Therefore, the High Court should h
India Law Library Docid # 2422214

(963) SADASHIV DHONDIRAM PATIL Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-01-2025
Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 106 — Extra-Judicial Confession and Burden of Proof — An extra-judicial confession must be scrutinized with care, and mere presence of motive is insufficient for conviction; prosecution must establish foundational facts before invoking Section 106 to shift burden to the accused.
India Law Library Docid # 2422638

(964) GOVERDHAN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-01-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302 and 304 Part I — Murder — Appeal against conviction — Appellants were initially convicted of murder but the charge was later modified to culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 304 Part I IPC — The court upheld this modification, citing the lack of clear motive, premeditation, and definitive intent to kill, despite the fatal injuries inflicted — The judgment considered the credibility of the sole eyewitness, the timing of the FIR, and the ove
India Law Library Docid # 2421479

(965) RAMESH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-01-2025
Criminal Law — Cross-complaints arising from the same incident should ideally be tried by the same court — The court noted that the two trials arising from the two FIRs should have ideally been tried by the same judge or court for a better appreciation of the evidence and consistency in the decisions — Although the trials proceeded separately, they were, in reality, cross-cases related to the same incident, stemming from a clash between two family groups on the same day.
India Law Library Docid # 2421480

(966) INSPECTOR, RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE, KOTTAYAM Vs. MATHEW K CHERIAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-01-2025
Railways Act, 1989 — Section 143 — Statutory provisions can apply to new situations not initially envisioned by the legislature — The court ruled that a law can be applied to new facts and situations, even if those situations did not exist at the time of the law’s enactment, as long as the language of the law is broad enough to encompass them — The court stated that the law should not be limited to the meaning at the time of enactment but should be interpreted to include new developments.
India Law Library Docid # 2421481

(967) STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER Vs. R.K. PANDEY AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-01-2025
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 11 and 34 — Validity of ex-parte arbitration awards — State of Uttar Pradesh appealed against a High Court order regarding the retirement age of respondent, a former employee of a hospital that was taken over by the State Government — The case revolved around the validity and enforceable ex-parte arbitration awards obtained by respondent against the State Government, based on the disputed existence of an arbitration agreement — The State argued t
India Law Library Docid # 2421482

(968) MAMTA KAUR Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-01-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 306 —Abetment of Suicide — The appellant sought anticipatory bail after the High Court rejected her plea — The State of Punjab acknowledged her participation in the investigation and stated no further custodial interrogation was needed — The Supreme Court granted her anticipatory bail, considering the State of Punjab's submission that she cooperated with the investigation — The decision was based on the recognition that custodial interrogation was no longer neces
India Law Library Docid # 2421483

(969) THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS Vs. PAM DEVELOPMENTS PRIVATE LIMITED AND ANOTHER [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-01-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 80 — High Court's order to allow the Respondent's application to amend the plaint and dispense with the requirement of a notice under Section 80 was valid — The court determined that the subsequent debarment orders and events formed a continuous cause of action originating from a memo issued on 08.03.2016 — This meant that the amendment did not alter the original nature of the civil suit — Additionally, because the cause of action was continuous, the ap
India Law Library Docid # 2421486

(970) THE STATE OF KARNATAKA Vs. BATTEGOWDA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-01-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 341, 324, 307 and 34 — On 18.09.1999, a land dispute caused an altercation between the complainant (PW1) and the accused, who were relatives — Accused No. 3 severely stabbed the complainant, while Accused No. 2 attacked the complainant’s son with a chopper — The trial court convicted all three under Sections 326 and 341 IPC, but the High Court acquitted Accused No. 1 and reduced Accused No. 2’s conviction to Section 324 IPC — The Supreme Court ruled that Section
India Law Library Docid # 2421744

(971) MANGESH DATTATRAYA LONKAR Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-01-2025
Death Penalty Cases — The Supreme Court is hearing multiple criminal appeals related to death penalty cases — The court has ordered that several reports and evaluations be compiled to assist in sentencing, including: reports from Probation Officers, reports from the Superintendent of Prison at Yerwada Central Jail regarding the nature of work, conduct and behaviour of the appellants while in jail, and psychological evaluations of the appellants conducted by a team from Sassoon Medical Hospital,
India Law Library Docid # 2421567

(972) SRI SHANKAR DONGARISAHEB BHOSALE Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-01-2025
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — The Supreme Court has allowed a criminal appeal by a taxi driver who was convicted under the NDPS Act, 1985, after 20 kilograms of ganja were found in his taxi — The court noted that the taxi was stopped by police, and two passengers fled — The driver did not attempt to run — No incriminating material was found on the driver — The court found that the taxi driver could not be definitively linked to the contraband since he was merely transpor
India Law Library Docid # 2421591

(973) RAM PYAREY Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-01-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 306 and 498-A — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Section 4 — Court overturned the conviction of the appellant, the brother-in-law of the deceased, who was initially found guilty of abetment of suicide and dowry-related offenses — The court found there was practically no evidence to indicate the brother-in-law had abetted the suicide — The case involved the death of a woman who had set herself on fire due to alleged harassment from her husband and in-laws — The tria
India Law Library Docid # 2421594

(974) PARASHURAM AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-01-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 147, 326 and 149 — Appellants convicted in 2007, having paid fines and served jail terms, sought sentence reduction — They argued for leniency due to no prior offenses and the age of the crime — The court, under Section 401 of the BNSS, released them on probation and ordered a Rs. 1,00,000 compensation to the victim under Section 395 — It also used Article 142 to prevent appellant No. 2's service removal — The Supreme Court modified the sentence, affirmed probat
India Law Library Docid # 2421546

(975) UNMESHA ROUT Vs. NISHANT PANWAR [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-01-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Divorce by Mutual Consent — Quashing of all pending litigation between the parties — This was done after the parties had been referred to the Supreme Court Mediation Centre and were unable to reach an amicable settlement — The husband agreed to pay the wife Rs. 25 lakhs as full and final settlement, with Rs. 5 lakhs paid initially and the remaining Rs. 20 lakhs paid later — The Court then dissolved the marriage, which had been solemnised on 14.02.2021,
India Law Library Docid # 2421600

(976) HANUMANT SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-01-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Acquittal — An appellant was convicted of murdering his wife by arson, with his mother as a co-accused — Initially acquitted by the trial court, the High Court overturned this and convicted both — The mother's appeal to the Supreme Court succeeded, leading to her acquittal — However, the appellant's appeal was dismissed for non-prosecution as he failed to surrender, and the records were later destroyed — He was arrested over two decades later and a
India Law Library Docid # 2421604

(977) VEMULA SATYANARAYANA Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-01-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 148, 307, 302, and 427 r/w 149 — Acquittal — Challenged — Twenty-seven individuals were tried for an incident on 02.10.2001 — The Trial Court convicted twenty-four in 2009 with various sentences, including life imprisonment and fines — The High Court acquitted all twenty-four in a later decision — The Supreme Court granted special leave to appeal for three accused ('G', 'D', 'V') based on specific roles mentioned by prosecution witnesses PW-2 and PW-3 — The appe
India Law Library Docid # 2421605

(978) BIKRAM CHATTERJI AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-01-2025
Multiple writ petitions concerning projects in Greater Noida and Noida are being monitored by the Supreme Court — The National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) has submitted a status report indicating partial clearances obtained and tenders invited for contractors, but some clearances are still pending — Home-buyers have not taken possession of all units — Several applications have been filed by affected parties, including issues over occupancy certificates — The NBCC seeks environmenta
India Law Library Docid # 2421606

(979) RAM SONA Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-01-2025
Death Penalty — Petitioner in a case against the State of Chhattisgarh, which arose from a judgment by the High Court of Chhattisgarh — The court has received original records from the Trial Court and the High Court — The primary issue is related to a death penalty case and involves gathering information for sentencing — The court seeks to obtain comprehensive reports and psychological evaluations of the petitioner — The court is also seeking a mitigation investigation report — The arguments pre
India Law Library Docid # 2421609

(980) ATMARAM KESHAVLAL PATEL AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-01-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 306, 107, 506 and 114 — Abetment of suicide — Petitioner were convicted by the High Court of Gujarat for offenses related to abetment of suicide and criminal intimidation — The case involved a dying declaration and a suicide note (chit) from the victim, who allegedly had an affair with the wife of one of the appellants — The victim consumed poison on a train and later died after wandering for eight days — The Trial Court had previously acquitted the appellants —
India Law Library Docid # 2421611