Supreme Court Weekly Round-up: June 23, 2025 To June 30, 2025

Reports/ JudgmentsSupreme Court Decries Tactic Of Obtaining Bail By Offering Money Deposit & Later Challenging Condition As OnerousCase Title: KUNDAN SINGH Versus THE SUPERINTENDENT OF CGST AND CENTRAL EXCISE, SLP(Crl) No. 9111/2025Citation : 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 686The Supreme Court strongly deprecated the practice of parties getting anticipatory/regular bail orders from courts after voluntarily offering to deposit substantial amounts but later going back on the statements and approaching higher courts claiming that the condition imposed while granting bail was onerous or the concerned counsel did not have authority to make the statement."We strongly deprecate this practice...we have to be conscious of the sanctity of judicial process. We cannot allow parties to play tucks and tricks with the Court...we cannot permit parties to take advantage of a device resorted by them to secure orders of release", observed a bench of Justices KV Viswanathan and N Kotiswar Singh.The Court noted that the practice of parties raising such claims before the Supreme Court was becoming "commonplace" and resulted in foreclosure of consideration of cases by High Courts on merits.Supreme Court Stays Arrest Of Wazahat Khan, Complainant Against Sharmistha Panoli, In FIRs Outside West Bengal Over Offensive TweetsCase Title: WAZAHAT KHAN Versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS., W.P.(Crl.) No. 247/2025The Supreme Court on Monday (June 23) stayed the arrest of Wazahat Khan, the man whose complaint led to the arrest of influencer Sharmistha Panoli, in the FIRs registered in states other than West Bengal in relation to his social media posts for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.A bench of Justices KV Viswanathan and N Kotiswar Singh passed the interim order while issuing notice on Khan's writ petition seeking the consolidation of the FIRs registered in the States of Assam, Maharashtra, Delhi and Haryana over his social media posts. The bench noted that Khan was arrested in two cases registered in West Bengal and is presently undergoing police custody in the FIR registered by the Golf Link Police Station, Kolkata, and was remanded to judicial custody in the other Bengal FIR.Supreme Court Mulls Guidelines For Issuance Of OBC Certificates To Children Of Single Mothers Without Paternal DocumentsCase Title: SANTOSH KUMARI Versus GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI AND ORS., W.P.(C) No. 55/2025The Supreme Court proposed to lay down guidelines for grant of OBC (Other Backward Classes) certificates to children of single mothers, so that the same can be issued without insistence on documents from the paternal side.A bench of Justices KV Viswanathan and N Kotiswar Singh heard the matter and listed it for final hearing on July 22. The order summarized the issue raised thus,"The present petition raises an important issue about issuance of OBC certificate to children of single mother where the mother belongs to OBC category. The claim of the petitioner is certificate should be issued on the basis of the certificate held by single mother. The grievance of the petitioner is that present guidelines seem to provide for...considering the OBC certificate issued to any paternal blood relative as the basis. According to the petitioner, this causes grave hardship to single mothers."Supreme Court Stays Deportation Of Sri Lankan Tamil Immigrant Case Title: BASKARAN @ MAYURAN AND ANR. Versus THE UNION OF INDIA AND ORS., Diary No. 16491-2025The Supreme Court stayed a 2019 deportation order passed against a Sri Lankan Tamil immigrant and called for the response of Indian authorities on his request for permission to physically visit Switzerland Embassy for processing of a visa on humanitarian grounds.A bench of Justices KV Viswanathan and N Kotiswar Singh heard the matter and issued notice to the respondent-authorities.Since nearly 5.5 years had elapsed since the impugned deportation order was passed, the bench was inclined to seek the authorities' response as to the current status.'Hate Speeches Get Us Nowhere; Wounds Inflicted By Fire May Heal, But Not Those Caused By Words': Justice KV Viswanathan Case Title: WAZAHAT KHAN Versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS., W.P.(Crl.) No. 247/2025"Hate speeches get us nowhere", remarked Supreme Court judge Justice KV Viswanathan , while dealing with the plea of Wajahat Khan (complainant in Sharmistha Panoli's case), who is facing complaints/FIRs in multiple states over alleged offensive remarks in his old social media posts.A bench of Justices Viswanathan and N Kotiswar Singh was considering Khan's plea for consolidation of the FIRs lodged against him over alleged hurting of religious sentiments through the social media posts.Notably, the FIRs were lodged after Khan complained against influencer and law student Sharmistha Panoli, who was arrested and subsequently released on interim bail.Ahmedabad Plane Crash : PIL Filed In Supreme Court For Grounding Of Air India's Boeing Fleet Till Safety ClearanceIn the wake of the tragic Air India plane crash...

Supreme Court Weekly Round-up: June 23, 2025 To June 30, 2025

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