(481) 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
(482) 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
(483) 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
(484) 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
(485) 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
(486) 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
(487) 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
(488) 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
(489) 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
(490) 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
(491) 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
(492) AJAY KOSHAL Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Suspension of Sentence — Appeal — Petitioner convicted under Section 302 IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment — High Court declined to suspend sentence — Supreme Court considers arguments on circumstantial evidence and duration of sentence already India Law Library Docid # 2438664
(493) PRIYANKA GOSWAMI Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — High Court dismissed appellant's prayer for anticipatory bail — Supreme Court granted leave to appeal and allowed the appeal — Appellant directed to be released on bail upon arrest, subject to terms and conditions imposed by the trial court. India Law Library Docid # 2438667
(494) AJAY KUMARSHRINGI Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Conditions for grant — Appellant directed to appear before Investigating Officer (IO) on being called and cooperate with investigation, including production of records — This direction is sufficient to allay prosecution's apprehension regarding custodial interrogation and enables appellant to obtain anticipatory bail from jurisdictional IO India Law Library Docid # 2438690
(495) AIJUL SHEIKH Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1989 — Sections 21(c) and 29 — Bail — Appellant sought regular bail after chargesheet was filed and before framing of charges — Appellant had been in custody for a considerable period — Supreme Court found no reason to continue incarceration at that stage — Appeal allowed, High Court's order denying bail set aside — Appellant to be released on bail India Law Library Docid # 2438692
(496) MOHAMMAD ANSAF FAROOQUI Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 420, 406 read with Section 34 — Maharashtra Protection of Interests of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 1999 — Section 3 — Cheating, Criminal breach of trust, Offences related to financial establishments — Bail — Appellant in custody since registration of FIR — Investigation completed and chargesheet filed — Continued incarceration not India Law Library Docid # 2438699
(497) AADYA PRASAD TIWARI Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 306, 120-B, 302 — Bail — Significant number of witnesses to be examined — Trial expected to be lengthy — Accused not the main culprit — These factors justify grant of bail. India Law Library Docid # 2438701
(498) POGADADABNDA REVATHI AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 167 (now Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 Section 187) — Police Custody — Bail — If an accused has been granted bail, police custody cannot be granted without first cancelling the bail. Granting police custody to an accused who is already on bail is an indirect way of cancelling bail without following the proper legal India Law Library Docid # 2438891
(499) THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH Vs. ANURUDH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-01-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 — Determination of Victim's Age — Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act, 2015 (JJ Act) — Section 94 — Procedure for Determination of Age — Bail Stage — Medical Age Determination — Determination of the victim’s age, which is the sine qua non for applying the POCSO Act, is fundamentally a matter for trial, not the bail stage. — India Law Library Docid # 2437969
(500) M/S JINDAL EQUIPMENT LEASING CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD Vs. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX DELHI - II, NEW DELHI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-01-2026 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Sections 28, 47(vii), 2(47), 2(14) — Taxability of Amalgamation — Shares held as Stock-in-Trade vs. Capital Assets — Receipt of shares of amalgamated company in lieu of shares of amalgamating company — If the shares of the amalgamating company were held as capital assets, the receipt of shares of the amalgamated company is a "transfer" under Section 2(47) but exempt from Capital Gains India Law Library Docid # 2437970