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Explosives Act

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Munilal Ram @ Munnilal RamversusThe State of Bihar

BAIL REJECTED

Munilal Ram applied for anticipatory bail in a case registered in 2022 involving offences under Sections 147, 148, 149, 506 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act. The FIR alleged that a group, allegedly acting on orders of certain individuals, fired weapons, pelted stones and threw …

SANJAYBHAI VINUBHAI PATELversusUNION OF INDIA

58-RULE ISSUED & RULE ABSOLUTE/ALLOWED @FH

The petitioners, manufacturers of fireworks, applied for a licence under the Explosives Act in 2024‑25, submitting the required Form LE‑1, fees, fire‑safety NOC and NA permission. The Collector/District Magistrate later issued a Standard Operating Procedure dated 21‑08‑2025 imposing additional …

SHAILENDRA RAJDEV PASVAN AND OTHERSversusSTATE OF GUJARAT ETC.

2019 INSC 1363Appeal(s) allowed

The appellants were accused of kidnapping and murdering a nine‑year‑old boy in February 2001. The prosecution's case rested on an extra‑judicial confession by Accused No.1, the testimony of two witnesses (PW‑28 and PW‑29) to establish a "last seen" theory, and circumstantial evidence linking the …

BIMAL GURUNGversusUNION OF INDIA & ORS.

2018 INSC 240Dismissed

Bimal Gurung, president of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, filed a writ petition under Article 32 seeking the transfer of investigation of all FIRs (over 100 cases) lodged against him and other GJM members to an independent agency such as the CBI or NIA, alleging political bias and threat to life. The …

JOSEPHversusSTATE, REP. BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE .

2017 INSC 1227Disposed off

The case arose from a violent clash between two factions at a funeral in Perumanal village, where eleven accused attacked the complainant party, resulting in the death of the deceased (son of PW‑2). The trial court and the Madras High Court convicted all the accused under Section 302 IPC read with …

SUSANTA GHOSHversusSTATE OF WEST BENGAL

2012 INSC 74Disposed off

Susanta Ghosh, a sitting MLA, was named in a fourth FIR lodged nine years after a 2002 incident in which seven persons were killed. The earlier three FIRs and charge‑sheets did not mention him. He had earlier been granted anticipatory bail, but the trial court denied regular bail, prompting an …

STATE OF ORISSAversusSIKHAR JENA AND ORS

2008 INSC 1370Disposed off

The incident occurred on 19 March 1984 when a mob of labourers attacked police personnel at the Iron Ore Plot in Paradeep, resulting in the deaths of five police officers. Six accused were convicted by the trial court on the basis of eye‑witness testimony of Havaldar U.C. Jena (PW‑2) and another …

M.C. MEHTAversusUNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

1996 INSC 676Disposed off

M.C. Mehta filed a public‑interest writ under Article 32 seeking control of air and noise pollution from stone‑crushers, pulverisers and mining operations near the tourist resorts of Badkhal Lake and Surajkund in Haryana. The Haryana Pollution Control Board and the National Environmental Engineering …

SUBHASH BHANDARI & ANR. ETC.versusDISTRICT MAGISTRATE, LUCKNOW & ORS.

1987 INSC 310Appeal(s) allowed

The appellants, contractors for supplying ballast to the Public Works Department, were detained under Section 3(2) of the National Security Act, 1980 on grounds that they had attacked a rival contractor with firearms and grenades, allegedly to intimidate him and influence tendering. They challenged …

GULAB MEHRAversusSTATE OF U.P. & ORS.

1987 INSC 249Appeal(s) allowed

Gulab Mehra, an under‑trial prisoner, was served with a detention order under Section 3(2) of the National Security Act while already in jail. He challenged the order on grounds that the detention grounds were vague, the detaining authority had not applied its mind, and that a preventive detention …