(721) JADHAV MAMATHA Vs. SINDE NAGO RAO AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Special Leave Petition (Crl.) — Dowry Death (Section 304-B IPC) — Appeal against reversal of acquittal by High Court — 65-year old mother-in-law convicted under Section 304-B IPC (Dowry Death) after being acquitted by Trial Court — Accused initially charged under Sections 302 and 304-B IPC — High Court convicted only for Section 304-B (Dowry Death), implying death was suicide/non-homicidal in relation to murder charge — Disturbing manner in which trial proceeded — Post Morte India Law Library Docid # 2435562
(722) VISHWAJEET KUMAR SINGH @ VISHWAJIT KUMAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Anticipatory Bail — Private Complaint Case — Setting Aside High Court Order — The Supreme Court set aside the High Court's dismissal of a second anticipatory bail application in a case concerning Sections 406 and 420 of the IPC, specifically noting that the complaint was a private complaint, India Law Library Docid # 2435566
(723) CHHOTELAL YADAV Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 (Suspension of Sentence Pending Appeal) — Principles governing suspension of sentence of life imprisonment — Supreme Court setting aside High Court orders which suspended life sentences based on 'cryptic order' merely noting 'general and omnibus' allegations — Requirement for High Court in life imprisonment cases: Must record fair idea of India Law Library Docid # 2435589
(724) MANOJ MAHTO Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Anticipatory Bail — Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 — Sections 30(a) and 41(1) — Grant of anticipatory bail where accused was not apprehended at the spot but identified by local Chowkidars — Appellant cooperated with investigation pursuant to interim protection order — Court holding continued incarceration not warranted under India Law Library Docid # 2435591
(725) GOURI DEVI Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Anticipatory Bail — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 482 (or analogous provision for anticipatory bail) — Grant of anticipatory bail in connection with offence under Bihar Liquor Prohibition and Excise Act, 2022, Section 30(a) — High Court rejected application — Supreme Court, considering India Law Library Docid # 2435602
(726) ANJAIAH KARTIKE AND ANOTHER Vs. V P GAUTHAM AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Contempt of Court — Compliance with Directions of High Court affirmed by Supreme Court — Housing Board disputes with Developer — Bonafide Allottees' Rights — Supreme Court affirmed High Court's dismissal of Petitioner-Board's appeal, directing the Board to execute and register Sale Deeds in favor of home buyers who paid the entire sale consideration, despite ongoing disputes between the India Law Library Docid # 2435614
(727) MALI @ MAYANKAM PANGI @ P. MALI AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF ORISSA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Bail — Grounds for grant — Petitioners hired on daily wages claimed lack of knowledge regarding contraband they were guarding in deep jungle — Contention that recovery of contraband was not from their conscious custody and they were unaware of the substance — Charge sheet filed but charges not yet framed (in revised order charges framed but trial not commenced) — Considering the facts and circumstances, Supreme India Law Library Docid # 2435685
(728) KARIMUNNISA BEGUM AND OTHERS Vs. YALAMANCHILI RAJANI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Special Leave Petition (Civil) — Disposal on basis of Compromise — Parties settling dispute through a notarized Memorandum of Compromise during pendency of SLP, adjusting rights regarding specific performance, land division (Ac. 1-64 cents for Respondent; Ac. 0-56 cents for Petitioners), and division of deposited sale India Law Library Docid # 2435413
(729) KAILASH PRASAD Vs. UNION PUBIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Service Law — Recruitment — Eligibility Criteria — Cut-off Date for Essential Experience — UPSC Advertisement for Principal posts — Initial indicative advertisement specifying last date (May 13, 2021) deferred due to COVID-19 and detailed advertisement re-notified later (July 10, 2021) with extended last date (July 29, 2021) for submission of applications — Detailed advertisement containing Clause 9(b) stating eligibility cut-off date is the closing date for online application India Law Library Docid # 2437426
(730) T. MANJUNATH Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 19(1) — Previous Sanction for Prosecution — Competent Authority — The authority competent to grant sanction for prosecution under Section 19(1) is the authority competent to remove the public servant from his office; if the public servant is appointed by the State Government, the sanction must be granted by the State Government. India Law Library Docid # 2437431
(731) SANJAY VITTHAL PACHAGHARE Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-11-2025 A. Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 306 (Abetment of suicide) — Conviction and Sentence — Reduction of sentence — High Court converted conviction from Section 302 IPC to Section 306 IPC, imposing 10 years RI, fine, and denying remission facility — Supreme Court considered that appellant had served 7 years 1 month and 13 days of sentence (5 years 5 months 3 days actual + remission) and was out on bail — While maintaining the conviction under Section 306 IPC, the Court found the 10-year sentence e India Law Library Docid # 2436074
(732) GAURAV VISHWAKARMA Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Bail — Special Leave Petition against rejection of regular bail by High Court — Factors considered for grant of bail — Petitioner in custody for more than seven months for offences triable by Magistrate under Chhattisgarh Excise (Amendment) Act, 2002 (Sections 34(2) and 59(a)) — Supreme Court found rejection of bail by India Law Library Docid # 2435448
(733) SIMA DEVI Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Anticipatory Bail — Consideration of merits — Petitioner apprehending arrest in connection with offences under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 109, 118(2), 352 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Interim protection granted earlier subject to cooperation in investigation — Where petitioner joined and cooperated with the investigation, the interim protection confirmed, and petitioner released on anticipatory India Law Library Docid # 2435616
(734) THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS Vs. MOHAMMAD AFZAL MOHAMMAD SHARIF[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Secularism — Institutional Secularism — Communal Riots — Investigation Team Composition — Direction to form SIT with officers from different religious communities is to ensure transparency and fairness in investigation of communal riots, not to prejudge communal bias. India Law Library Docid # 2434964
(735) RAVI PRAKASH SRIVASTAVA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 136 — Special Leave Petition (Civil) — High Court order disposing of writ petition without substantive relief — Petitioners granted liberty to approach Housing Commissioner for society affairs and file civil suit for loan repayment — Supreme Court reviewing High Court's disposition. India Law Library Docid # 2434969
(736) M/S SHANTI CONSTRUCTION PVT. LTD. Vs. THE STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Odisha Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2016 — Rule 27(4)(iv) — Interpretation of ‘previous Financial Year’ — Tender for extraction of sand — Bidder required to submit IT return of previous financial year — Company had not filed IT return for 2021-2022 as statutory period had not expired — Court held that ‘previous Financial India Law Library Docid # 2434970
(737) INDIAN RAILWAYS CATERING AND TOURISM CORP. LTD. Vs. M/S. BRANDAVAN FOOD PRODUCTS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 34 and 37 — Scope of interference with arbitral award — Court should not reappreciate evidence or interfere on grounds of erroneous application of law — Interference is permissible only when award is perverse or manifestly arbitrary, or in conflict with public policy of India, or India Law Library Docid # 2434971
(738) SAMIULLAH Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Registration Act, 1908 — Section 69 — Rule-making power — Bihar Registration Rules, 2008 — Rule 19(xvii) and (xviii) — Power to refuse registration based on proof of mutation (Jamabandi/Holding Allotment) — Held, such rules are ultra vires the rulemaking power under Section 69 and other provisions of the Act. India Law Library Docid # 2434972
(739) SELAK @ SELAK RAM Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Pre-arrest bail — Supreme Court declined to interfere with High Court's order granting pre-arrest bail, finding no reason to interfere in its discretionary power under Article 136 of the Constitution. India Law Library Docid # 2435052
(740) ADITYA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 — Caste Validity Certificate — Appeal relates to refusal of caste validity certificate for ‘Naikda’ Scheduled Tribe — High Court had dismissed petitions of some individuals but allowed others belonging to the same family and community — Appellants are siblings and cousins of individuals to whom certificates were issued India Law Library Docid # 2435054