(21) STATE OF CHHATTISGARH Vs. AMIT AISHWARYA JOGI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378(1) and 378(2) — Appeal against acquittal — State Government's and Central Government's powers — Section 378(2) specifies cases investigated by CBI or other central agencies, where Central Government can direct an appeal against acquittal — This creates a mutually exclusive division, excluding State Government's power under Section 378(1) in such cases. India Law Library Docid # 2434960
(22) PREETHA KRISHNAN AND OTHERS Vs. THE UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal — Compensation — Calculation of compensation — Split multiplier — Generally not to be applied — Retirement from service is not an exceptional circumstance justifying split multiplier — Age of deceased is the criterion for multiplier and does not allow India Law Library Docid # 2434973
(23) RAM KUMAR @ RAMU Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH RESPONDENT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Suspension of sentence — Appeal pending — Appellant convicted for offences under Sections 498A & 304B of Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3 & 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Imprisonment for life since 2014 — Appeal filed in 2021 — Prospect of early hearing remote — Co-convicts released on bail — Suspension of sentence and release on bail granted considering these factors. India Law Library Docid # 2435050
(24) PAL SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Anticipatory Bail — Supreme Court granted anticipatory bail to the appellant who was a retired Army Officer, apprehending arrest in connection with offences under IPC and POCSO — Appellant had alleged filing of a vexatious and false complaint due to his raising voice against embezzlement of funds — Chargesheet had been filed, and appellant India Law Library Docid # 2435051
(25) MOHAMMADALI ANSARAHMAD KHAN Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Determination of Compensation — Applicability — Court deferred decision on whether to apply the 1894 Act or the 2013 Act for compensation, pending clarification on the nature of the land India Law Library Docid # 2435053
(26) NISHA SAH Vs. BRIJESH PRASAD @ PRASAD BRIJESH RAVINDRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Family Law — Settlement Agreement — Mutual Consent Divorce — Supreme Court Mediation Centre — Parties arrived at an amicable settlement before the Supreme Court Mediation Centre, reducing it into writing and signing it. India Law Library Docid # 2435055
(27) K. GOPALAKRISHNA PILLAI Vs. SHEEJA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Specific Performance of Agreement to Sell — Plaintiff claimed specific performance of an agreement to sell dated 7.7.1993, alleging payment of Rs. 2.90 lakh as earnest money out of a total sale consideration of Rs. 3 lakh. The original owner sold the property to a second purchaser on 22.7.1993. Trial Court decreed the suit for specific performance. High Court reversed the decree, finding no evidence of earnest money India Law Library Docid # 2435056
(28) SANDIP @ DIPU @ DIKU Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 307, 326, 323 read with Sections 114 and 34 — Conviction and sentence — Suspension of sentence pending appeal — Appellant convicted and sentenced to ten years' rigorous imprisonment — High Court rejected prayer for suspension of sentence — Appeal pending before Supreme Court since 2024 and unlikely to be heard soon — Injury alleged to have been caused by appellant was on India Law Library Docid # 2435066
(29) MANISH @ BOXER Vs. THE STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 394 and 397 — Conviction and sentence — Appeal — High Court affirmed conviction and sentence awarded by Trial Court — Supreme Court found no case for interference with conviction — Appreciated evidence of prosecution witnesses and found findings of fact to be concurrent, not India Law Library Docid # 2435070
(30) KUPPAYEE AND OTHERS Vs. P. SUBRAMANIAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Specific Performance of Contract — Sale Agreement — Escalation of Real Estate Value — High Court enhanced sale consideration due to significant time elapsed since the agreement and property value escalation, allowing landowner to benefit — Parties directed to deposit agreed sale consideration and execute sale deed. (Para 18(i) of impugned judgment) India Law Library Docid # 2435044
(31) 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
(32) 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
(33) 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
(34) 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
(35) 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
(36) 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
(37) 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
(38) 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
(39) 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
(40) ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. M/S RASHI STEEL AND POWER PRIVATE LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Insurance Law — Erection All Risk Policy — Fire damage — Removal of shipping brackets — Essential for machine startup — Failure to remove constitutes negligence. India Law Library Docid # 2435043