(161) ALKA SHRIRANG CHAVAN AND ANOTHER Vs. HEMCHANDRA RAJARAM BHONSALE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 52 — Doctrine of Lis Pendens — Applicability to transferees pendente lite — Sale of property during pendency of suit for specific performance — Where property is transferred by judgment debtor during pendency of suit and after registration of lis pendens, the transfer is neither illegal nor void ab initio but remains subservient to the rights determined by the decree — India Law Library Docid # 2438078
(162) ANSAL CROWN HEIGHTS FLAT BUYERS ASSOCIATION (REGD.) Vs. M/S ANSAL CROWN INFRABUILD PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 2019 — Section 71 — Execution of Order — Judgment Debtor Company — Liability of Directors/Promoters — Execution must strictly conform to the decree; it cannot be employed to shift or enlarge liability to bind persons who were neither parties to the decree nor otherwise legally liable thereunder — Where consumer complaints were consciously proceeded against the Company alone (Corporate Debtor), and directors/promoters were dropped as parties during India Law Library Docid # 2438079
(163) STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER Vs. DINESH KUMAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Service Law — Recruitment and Appointment — Suppression of Criminal Antecedents — Candor and Integrity — Application forms (Attestation and Verification Forms) required disclosure of pending criminal cases — Applicant answered in the negative despite two criminal cases pending against him (Case Crime Nos. 198/2019 and 215/2018) — Non-disclosure was repeated (in both forms) and India Law Library Docid # 2438080
(164) KISHORILAL (D) THR. LRS AND OTHERS Vs. GOPAL AND OTHERS (S)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 22 Rule 4 — Abatement of Appeal — Non-substitution of Legal Representatives (LRs) — Suit for Specific Performance — Deceased Party's Estate Represented by Surviving LRs and Lis Pendens Transferees — Where one of the LRs of a deceased original party (vendor in a specific performance suit) dies during appeal, the appeal does not abate if the deceased party's interest (estate) remains sufficiently represented by the surviving LRs and the India Law Library Docid # 2438081
(165) PRADIP @ MONU ARUNKUMAR CHHOTELAL TIWARI Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail application — Suppression of material facts — Petitioner failed to disclose a previous case registered against him under the Gujarat (Bombay) Prohibition Act, 1949 — Such failure violates the principle that a petitioner approaching the court for relief must do so with clean hands and disclose all material facts — Failure to disclose amounts to abuse of the process of the court — Special leave petition dismissed on this ground. (Paras 2, 3, 4) India Law Library Docid # 2438178
(166) KESHAW MAHTO @ KESHAW KUMAR MAHTO Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Sections 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) — Ingredients for offence — Mere knowledge of complainant's caste is insufficient — Accusation must specify intentional insult or intimidation with intent to humiliate, or abuse by caste name, motivated by the victim's caste — Allegations against appellant must clearly demonstrate that the acts India Law Library Docid # 2438277
(167) COMMON CAUSE Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Filing of Affidavits and Rejoinders — Court directed filing of counter affidavits by a specific date and allowed parties to file rejoinder affidavits within two weeks thereafter. India Law Library Docid # 2438351
(168) NABENDU ASHUTOSH BHATTACHARYA Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Anticipatory Bail — High Court rejected anticipatory bail application — Supreme Court allowed the appeal, set aside the impugned order, and granted anticipatory bail, considering the appellant's cooperation with the investigation and the circumstances on record. India Law Library Docid # 2438370
(169) SUNITA @ SEENU Vs. MALYA KAUSHIK[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 4 Rule 1 — Transfer Petition (Civil) No. 1719/2025 — Settlement Agreement — Parties arrived at an amicable settlement before the Supreme Court Mediation Centre, evidenced by a written Settlement Agreement. India Law Library Docid # 2438382
(170) MANIKANTA @ MANI Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 397 — Robbery or dacoity with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt — Conviction under Section 397 requires completion of the chain of events constituting the offense — If the chain is not complete, the accused is entitled to the benefit of doubt — In this case, the conviction under Section India Law Library Docid # 2438383
(171) KAVYA KIRAN Vs. VISHAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Settlement Agreement — Parties arriving at an amicable settlement, duly signed by them and their counsel, before the Supreme Court Mediation Centre. India Law Library Docid # 2438387
(172) SHEFALI VERMA Vs. NITISH AHUJA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 406 — Transfer of criminal proceedings — Wife filed petitions seeking transfer of cases pending in Jind, Haryana to Delhi — Supreme Court considered the prayers and material on record — Held, petitioner made out a case for transfer — Petitions allowed, cases transferred from Jind to Delhi. India Law Library Docid # 2438388
(173) NADEEM KHAN Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Factors for consideration — Appellant's cooperation with the investigation and absence of necessity for custodial interrogation weighed in granting anticipatory bail. India Law Library Docid # 2438509
(174) KESHAW MAHTO @ KESHAW KUMAR MAHTO Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 Section 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) — Essential ingredients — Intentional insult or intimidation with intent to humiliate a member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe in any place within public view, or abusing such member by caste name in public view — Mere knowledge of complainant's caste status or generic abusive language is not sufficient India Law Library Docid # 2438519
(175) GURUDAT PATEL @ SONU KUMAR Vs. THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER N.C.B. PATNA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance (N.D.P.S.) Act, 1985 — Sections 8(c), 20(b)(ii)(c), 25, 29 — Bail — Appeal against rejection of bail by High Court — Trial nearing completion, with five out of six prosecution witnesses examined — Appellant's complicity prima facie doubtful — Appellant has no criminal antecedents — Further detention pending trial not necessary — Appeal allowed, appellant India Law Library Docid # 2438531
(176) AKLU SAHANI Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Anticipatory Bail — Granted — Petitioner apprehending arrest in connection with FIR for offences under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act — State not appearing to controvert petitioner’s claim of cooperating with investigation — Interim protection previously granted confirmed and petitioner India Law Library Docid # 2438532
(177) GUDIYA ALIAS SHAHNAZ Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — High Court rejection of anticipatory bail — Supreme Court interference — Appellant accused under Sections 498A and 304B IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act — FIR registered and charge-sheet filed — Prosecution to examine 43 witnesses — Trial not yet committed to Sessions Court — Commencement of trial India Law Library Docid # 2438533
(178) PINKY RANI ETC Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 318(4) read with 3(5) — Indian Wireless Act, 1933 — Sections 3, 6, 4 — Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 — Sections 20, 20A, 21, 25 — Offences related to illegal call routing and misuse of internet facilities — Allegations of financial loss to exchequer — Bail — Appellants are directors of a company accused of setting up infrastructure for illegal call routing — Trial Court India Law Library Docid # 2438539
(179) SHEFIN M B Vs. STATE OF KERALA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Anticipatory Bail — Grant of — Appellant cooperating with investigation and investigation based on documentary evidence — Custodial interrogation not required — Impugned order set aside and anticipatory bail granted subject to terms and conditions imposed by Trial Court. India Law Library Docid # 2438542
(180) GREENKO KA01 IREP PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. MUJAWAR PETROLEUMS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Civil Procedure — Settlement of dispute — Parties reached an agreement to shift a retail outlet — The Supreme Court issued directions for the shifting process and granted time limits for each step, including stock removal, de-gasification, and infrastructure shifting. India Law Library Docid # 2438623