Supreme Court Weekly Round-up: December 30, 2024 To January 05, 2025
Live LawIndex Citations Union of India & Ors. Case Details: Shri Mukund Bhavan Trust and Ors v. Shrimant Chhatrapati Udayan Raje Pratapsinh Maharaj Bhonsle and Another, Arising out of SLP No.18977 of 2016) Citation: 2024 LiveLaw 1041 The Supreme Court set aside an order passed by the High Court of Bombay dated April 26, 2016. The bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra was hearing the appeal filed against the Punjab & Haryana High Court decision which dismissed the subsequent petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. Case Details: Bernard Francis Joseph Vaz and Ors v. Government of Karnataka and Ors Citation: 2025 LiveLaw 2 The Supreme Court observed that although the land acquisition compensation is to be determined at the market rate prevailing on the date of issuance of the notification regarding the acquisition of land, the compensation can be determined based on a later date in exceptional circumstances when the delay in the disbursal of the compensation has been inordinate. Case Details: Directorate of Enforcement v. Surender Panwar The Supreme Court dismissed a Special Leave Petition filed by the Directorate of Enforcement challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court's decision to quash the arrest of former Congress MLA Surender Panwar in a money laundering case pertaining to alleged illegal mining and fabrication of e-rawana bills.