(121) 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
(122) 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
(123) 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
(124) 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
(125) 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
(126) 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
(127) 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
(128) 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
(129) 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
(130) 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
(131) 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
(132) 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
(133) 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
(134) 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
(135) 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
(136) 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
(137) 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
(138) 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
(139) 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
(140) 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