Alka Shrirang Chavan & Anr. Versus Hemchandra Rajaram Bhonsale & Ors.: 2026 INSC 52------------------------------- Hon‟ble Supreme Court held that transfers during the pendency of the suit, especially after registration of lis pendens, cannot defeat the decree.A transferee pendente lite does not acquire an independent title, is bound by the decree as if a party to the suit.Hon‟ble Court further observed that under Order XXI Rule 98(2), obstruction by transferees pendente lite mandates removal of the obstruction and delivery of possession.Allowing such obstruction would nullify Section 52 TPA and encourage abuse of judicial process.The decree holder had been deprived of possession for over three decades, and continued obstruction amounted to misuse of law.

Kiran v. State of Karnataka: 2025 INSC 1453 -------------------------------------------------------------Key Findings & Legal Principles • Sentencing Authority: The Court ruled that Sessions Courts (trial courts) lack the power to direct that a life sentence be served for the "remainder of natural life" without the possibility of remission. • Constitutional Limits: Only Constitutional Courts (the Supreme Court and High Courts) have the authority to impose special categories of sentences that bypass statutory remission to bridge the gap between a 14-year life term and the death penalty. • Statutory Set-off: The Court held that a trial court cannot deny an accused the benefit of set-off under Section 428 of the CrPC (or Section 468 of the BNSS) for the period of detention undergone during the investigation or trial.

Investigating agencies retain the flexible and swift police power under Section 102 CrPC to freeze suspicious bank accounts even in corruption cases under the PC Act, without being compelled to follow the more cumbersome judicial attachment route at the investigation stage.