Granting Bail Does Not Shield Foreign Nationals from Executive Action on Visa Violations: Delhi High Court Contempt Jurisdiction Cannot Be Misused to Resolve Substantive Disputes or Replace Execution Mechanisms: P&H High Court Eviction Proceedings Must Follow Principles of Natural Justice: Telangana High Court Quashes Eviction Order under Senior Citizens Act Limitation Law | Sufficient Cause Cannot Be Liberally Interpreted If Negligence or Inaction Is Apparent: Gujarat High Court Mere Pendency of Lease Renewal Requests Does Not Constitute Bona Fide Dispute: Calcutta High Court Upholds Eviction Proceedings Under Public Premises Act CGST | Declaratory Nature of Safari Retreats Ruling Mandates Reassessment of Input Tax Credit Claims: Kerala High Court Changing Rules of the Game Mid-Way Violates Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution: Rajasthan High Court Disapproval of a Relationship Does Not Constitute Abetment of Suicide Without Direct Instigation or Mens Rea: Supreme Court Limitation Period Under Section 166(3) of the Motor Vehicle Act Cannot Defeat Victim’s Right to Compensation: Gujarat High Court Maintenance To Wife Cannot Be a Precondition for Bail: Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of Section 438 CrPC Court Cannot Rewrite Contract When Vendor Lacks Ownership of the Property: Calcutta High Court Dismisses Appeal for Specific Performance Royalty Can Be Levied on Minor Minerals Like Brick Earth, Irrespective of Land Ownership: Supreme Court Bail in Heinous Crimes Must Be Granted with Adequate Reasons and Judicial Scrutiny: Supreme Court Judicial Review in Disciplinary Cases Is Limited to Fairness, Not Reappreciation of Evidence: Supreme Court Prolonged Consensual Relationship Cannot Be Criminalized as Rape on False Promise of Marriage: Madras High Court No Interference in Judgments Without Perversity or Legal Error Under Section 100 CPC: Andhra Pradesh HC

(1) RAHEEM SHAH & ANR. APPELLANT(S) Vs. GOVIND SINGH & ORS. RESPONDENT(S) D.D 24/07/2023

CIVIL APPEAL - Limitation - Condonation of delay - Justice-oriented approach - Delay of 52 days in filing the appeal - Whether the delay can be condoned - Effect of delay on deciding the matter on merits - Sufficient cause for condoning the delay - Supreme Court sets aside lower Appellate Court and High Court judgments, and condones the delay - Matter restored to the file of the lower Appellate Co...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPEAL NO.4628 OF 2023 (Arising out of SLP (C) No.27901/2015) Docid 2023 LEJ Civil SC 59

(2) HIRENDRANATH GOHAIN Petitioner(s) Vs. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s) D.D 24/07/2023

Delimitation Act 2002 – Section 10A and Representation of the People Act 1950 – Section 8A – Constitutionality challenged – Deferral of delimitation exercise in a State due to threats to unity, integrity, peace, and public order – Rescission of deferment order and entrusting delimitation exercise to the Election Commission – Challenge to the political inclusivit...

# W.P.(C) No. 64/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.13522/2023-STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No. 717/2023 (X) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.132472/2023-STAY APPLICATION) W.P.(C) No.738/2023 Docid 2023 LEJ Civil SC 91

(3) The State of West Bengal & Ors … Petitioners Vs. Suvendu Adhikari & Ors … Respondents D.D 24/07/2023

Criminal Law – National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 – Section 6 – Exercise of Jurisdiction by the NIA – Validity – High Court directed the investigation of several First Information Reports (FIRs) to be transferred to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) under the Explosive Substances Act – Petitioners challenged the High Court’s order – Suprem...

REPORTABLE # SPECIAL LEAVE PETITIONS (CRIMINAL) NOS 6283-6286 OF 2023 Docid 2023 LEJ Crim SC 52

(4) EX SEPOY MADAN PRASAD Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS D.D 23/07/2023

Army Act, 1950 - Sections 39(b), 71, 72, 73, and 120 - Defence Service Regulations, 1987, Regulation 448 - Punishment for absence without leave or overstaying leave - Dismissal from service. (Para 1)   Disciplinary history of the appellant - Habitual defaulter - Analysis of past punishments for unauthorized absence - Court noted several instances of indiscipline prior to the present inc...

REPORTABLE # CIVIL APPEAL NO. 246 of 2017 Docid 2023 LEJ Civil SC 36

(5) SHATRUGHAN …APPELLANT(S) Vs. THE STATE OF CHHATTISGARH …RESPONDENT(S) D.D 20/07/2023

Section 302 IPC - Appeal against conviction – Murder – Evidence based on circumstantial and hearsay evidence – Failure to establish motive – Inconsistent testimony of witnesses – Medical evidence not supporting prosecution’s case – Possibility of false implication – Acquittal ordered. [Para 37] Eye-witness testimony – No direct evidence of t...

REPORTABLE # CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.437 OF 2016 Docid 2023 LEJ Crim SC 92

(6) ANBAZHAGAN …APPELLANT(S) Vs. THE STATE REPRESENTED BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE D.D 20/07/2023

Criminal Law – Distinction between Culpable Homicide and Murder – Elements of Intention and Knowledge – Determination of Guilty Intention – Single Injury Resulting in Death – Inference of Guilty Knowledge – Application of Statutory Exceptions – Assessment of Factual Circumstances – Intent to Cause Bodily Injury Likely to Cause Death – Inference...

REPORTABLE # CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 2043 OF 2023 (Arising out of S.L.P. (Criminal) No. 9289 of 2019) Docid 2023 LEJ Crim SC 31

(7) Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi …Petitioner Vs. Union of India & Ors. …Respondents D.D 20/07/2023

Constitutional Validity - Challenge to Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Ordinance 2023 [“NCT Ordinance”] - Scope of Legislative and Executive Powers - The petitioner, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD), challenges the NCT Ordinance, promulgated under Article 123 of the Constitution, which amends the GNCTD Act 1991. The NCT Ordinance i...

REPORTABLE # Writ Petition (C) No. 678 of 2023 Docid 2023 LEJ Civil SC 84

(8) GURMEET SINGH ..... APPELLANT(S) Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND & ANR. ..... RESPONDENT(S) D.D 19/07/2023

Anticipatory Bail – FIR registered under Sections 406, 498-A, 423 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 – Appellant’s plea for anticipatory bail – Complainant’s year of birth mentioned in FIR as 1967, while appellant much younger and not previously married – Complainant’s second marriage with the appellant – Complainant claims appellant...

# CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. OF 2023 (arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 11087 of 2022) Docid 2023 LEJ Crim SC 45

(9) RAM KUMAR & ORS. …APPELLANT(S) Vs. THE STATE OF UTTARAKHAND …RESPONDENT(S) D.D 19/07/2023

CRIMINAL APPEAL – Murder – Acquittal -Benefit of Doubt – Credibility of Prosecution Case – Sufficiency of Evidence – Examination of Witnesses – Discrepancies in Witness Statements – Absence of Key Witnesses – Lack of Weapon Recovery – False Implication – Indian Penal Code – Murder – Assault – Criminal Conspiracy – ...

REPORTABLE # CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1235 OF 2011 Docid 2023 LEJ Crim Sc 10