(101) VINOD KUMAR AND ANOTHER Vs. ELIZABETH AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 09-12-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 47 — Execution Proceedings — Frivolous Objections and Delay — Where an eviction order has attained finality up to the High Court, and the judgment debtor, over 10 years after the eviction order, raises objections in execution for the first time, alleging the decree holder is "non-existent" or dead without producing a death certificate, such objections are found to be frivolous, malafide, and solely aimed at India Law Library Docid # 2436941
(102) RAJ PAL Vs. DHARAMVIR SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 09-12-2025 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of Delay — Delay of 86 days in filing appeal — Principles governing condonation — Application for condonation of delay allowed as explanation furnished appeared bona fide, not indicating deliberate negligence, inaction, or lack of diligence — Procedural laws of limitation should not defeat substantial justice — Adopting a liberal yet judicious approach, the Court India Law Library Docid # 2436942
(103) EX. HEAD CONSTABLE RAJINDER SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UT CHANDIGARH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 09-12-2025 Excise Act — Section 68 — Offence of consuming liquor at a public place while on duty (Police officials) — Conviction affirmed where prosecution successfully established essential components: petitioners were on duty, and were consuming liquor at a public place, supported by consistent testimony of official witnesses (DSP, other Police officials) and reliable medical evidence (Doctor's report showing India Law Library Docid # 2436943
(104) MISHRA SINGH Vs. SANJEEV GOYAL AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 09-12-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Compounding of Offence — The offence under Section 138 can be compounded at all levels of litigation, including when the matter reaches the High Court after conviction by the Magistrate and dismissal of appeal by the Sessions Court, provided the parties reach an amicable settlement. India Law Library Docid # 2436944
(105) MISHRA SINGH Vs. SANJEEV GOYAL AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 09-12-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Compounding of offence — High Court — Revision against conviction and sentence — Parties reached amicable settlement/compromise before Mediation Centre after conviction by Trial Court and dismissal of appeal by Sessions Court — Offence under Section 138 is compoundable at all levels of litigation, even after conviction and India Law Library Docid # 2436945
(106) SMT. BERTHA CARVALHO (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LEGAL HEIRS Vs. SHRI BALDWIN JOSEPH FRANCIS D' SOUZA (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LEGAL HEIRS.[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 09-12-2025 Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 — Eviction — Bona Fide Requirement and Comparative Hardship — Landlord-Tenant Dispute — Subsequent Events — Landlords' bona fide requirement for grown-up son (Yohann) following marriage in 2007, necessitating independent accommodation, was introduced via amendment and subsequent evidence after remand by High Court — India Law Library Docid # 2436979
(107) LOKRANJAN BREWERIES PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH THE SECRETARY, STATE .RESPONDENTS EXCISE DEPARTMENT & ANR[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 09-12-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14 — Equality before law — Arbitrary discrimination — State Excise — Licence fees for Country Liquor (CL-1) licence — Challenge to demand for deficit licence fees based on slab-wise differential rate (Rs. 10 per case up to 10 lakh cases, Rs. 7 per case thereafter) — Notification dated January 30, 2016 specified advance payment based on average production of India Law Library Docid # 2436980
(108) JANARDHAN SITARAM SURVE AND OTHER Vs. SUNIL RAMESH UKRULKAR AND OTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 09-12-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim for compensation for death in motor vehicle accident — Essential requirement for claim under Section 166 (based on torts principles) is proof of negligence on the part of the driver of the offending vehicle in the occurrence of the accident — Claimants must prove negligence (wrong) for owner/insurer to be vicariously liable for compensation — Mere involvement of a India Law Library Docid # 2436981
(109) THE LOKMANYA PAN BAZAR ASSOCIATION LTD. Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 09-12-2025 Maharashtra Ownership of Flats (Regulation of the Promotion of Construction, Sale, Management and Transfer) Act, 1963 (MOFA) — Applicability — Statutory right to conveyance — Agreements for sale explicitly stating that the transaction is governed by MOFA and its rules — The promoter (petitioner) cannot later resile from the statutory character expressly given to the transaction after deriving benefit, based India Law Library Docid # 2436982
(110) AIRPORT AUTHORITY OF INDIA Vs. LITE BITE FOODS PRIVATE LIMITED[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 09-12-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11 — Appointment of Arbitrator — Existence of Arbitration Agreement — Effect of Prior Arbitration and Constructive Res Judicata — Where disputes, including incidental issues like interest payment prior to commencement of arbitration, were covered by an earlier arbitration that culminated in an Arbitral Award, subsequent petition to re-agitate issues relating India Law Library Docid # 2436983
(111) SHRI SHIVNERI SAHAKARI BANK LTD. Vs. RUPEE COOPERATIVE BANK LTD. AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 09-12-2025 Constitutional Law — High Courts — Jurisdiction under Article 227 — Supervisory Jurisdiction — Territorial Allocation of Work — The High Court of Bombay has supervisory jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution over all courts and tribunals within the State of Maharashtra (including the Co-operative Court at Kolhapur and the State Co-operative Appellate Court at Pune) — The Court, India Law Library Docid # 2436984
(112) HARSHBIR SINGH PANNU AND ANOTHER Vs. JASWINDER SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-12-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 32 and 38 — Interplay and Source of Power — Termination of Arbitral Proceedings (General) vs. Termination for Non-Payment of Fees — Section 32(1) stipulates termination of arbitral proceedings either by final award or by order under Section 32(2). Section 32(2) lists three specific scenarios: claimant withdrawal (unless legitimate respondent objection), India Law Library Docid # 2436486
(113) AKOLA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND ANOTHER Vs. ZISHAN HUSSAIN AZHAR HUSSAIN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-12-2025 Public Interest Litigation (PIL) — Property Tax Revision — Akola Municipal Corporation — Challenge to legality of property tax revision (2017-18 to 2021-22) via Public Interest Litigation (PIL) — Financial Autonomy of Municipal Bodies — Property tax is main source of income for Municipal Corporations to perform vital statutory obligations (urban planning, public health, infrastructure upkeep) — India Law Library Docid # 2436487
(114) SOHANVIR @ SOHANVIR DHAMA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-12-2025 Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (SC/ST Act) — Section 3(1)(s) — Essential ingredient — Requirement of caste-based abuse occurring "in any place within public view" — Interpretation — For an offence under Section 3(1)(s) to be made out, the place where the utterance is made must be open, enabling the public to witness or hear the abuse — Abuse uttered within the India Law Library Docid # 2436488
(115) GOVIND MANDAVI Vs. STATE OF CHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-12-2025 Penal Code, 18602 (IPC) — Sections 302 and 460 — Appreciation of Evidence — Prior Enmity and Delayed Disclosure of Accused’s Name — Where the star eyewitness (PW-2), the wife of the deceased, provided a detailed account of the assault to the informant (PW-1) immediately after the incident, but failed to name the accused in the First Information Report (FIR), this omission is fatal to the prosecution India Law Library Docid # 2436489
(116) SALIL MAHAJAN Vs. V. AVINASH KUMAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-12-2025 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 316(4), 344, 61 (2) — Bail — Appeal against grant of bail — Distinguished from cancellation of bail — An appeal against the grant of bail is not on the same footing as an application for cancellation of bail — Superior Court interference in bail grant requires grounds such as perversity, illegality, inconsistency with law, or non-consideration of relevant factors including India Law Library Docid # 2436490
(117) DADU @ ANKUSH AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-12-2025 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 3(1)(xi) — Conviction and Requirement of Caste-Based Intention — High Court's finding that the offence was committed "simply for reason that the complainant was belonging to scheduled caste" held perverse — No statement in court by the victim or PW-2 suggesting that the accused were motivated by the India Law Library Docid # 2436491
(118) THE TAMIL NADU HOUSING BOARD, TNHB, ANNA NAGAR CIRCLE, REP.BY ITS SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, CHENNAI Vs. M/S. N.C.C.LTD, FORMERLY M/S. NAGARJUNA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LTD[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 08-12-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34(2)(b)(ii) and Section 34(2A) — Setting aside of Arbitral Award — Grounds — Undue and unexplained delay in passing award — An arbitral award passed with an unexplained delay of more than seven years after conclusion of arguments (arguments concluded on 24.11.2013, award passed on 30.07.2020) is in conflict with the Public Policy of India and is India Law Library Docid # 2436675
(119) PANEERSELVAM @ NELLAPPAN (DIED) THROUGH LRS. AND OTHERS Vs. AMSAVALLI AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 08-12-2025 Indian Succession Act, 1925 — Section 63(c) — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 68 — Proof of Will — Requirements for valid proof include compliance with Section 63 of the Indian Succession Act — At least one attesting witness, who is alive and capable, must be examined to prove the testator's signature and the signing of the Will by the witnesses in the testator's presence — Even if one attesting witness India Law Library Docid # 2436676
(120) VIMALA DAMAYANTHI Vs. J. R. SYMON MORRIS AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 08-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of Plaint — Scope — While considering an application for rejection of plaint, the court must only look at the averments in the plaint and the documents annexed therewith; the written statement or documents filed by the defendants should not be considered. India Law Library Docid # 2436677