(121) RAKESHKUMAR JAYANTIBHAI SHUKLA Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Interim Relief — Protection from coercive steps — Court granted interim relief to the petitioner, directing that no coercive steps shall be taken against him in connection with a registered FIR, subject to his cooperation in the investigation. India Law Library Docid # 2434471
(122) STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER Vs. RATNESH SAXENA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2025 Service Law — Retiral Benefits — Interest on Arrears — High Court awarded 8% interest on arrears of retiral benefits — Supreme Court directed release of interest amount within four weeks, while granting liberty to petitioners to object to interest in cases of inordinate delay by retiree in approaching the court. India Law Library Docid # 2434472
(123) LALIT RAMKRUSHNA BODE Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Disciplinary Proceedings — Second Enquiry — Validity — Employee exonerated in first enquiry — Employer appoints new Enquiry Officer and orders fresh enquiry — Court quashes second enquiry if no valid reasons are provided for disagreeing with first enquiry report. India Law Library Docid # 2434517
(124) VILAS BABANRAO KALOKHE Vs. PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (CENTRAL) PUNE[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 276 C (2) — Willful attempt to evade tax — Non-payment of self-assessment tax along with return — Default in payment of self-assessment tax on due date is not sufficient to attract Section 276 C (2) unless it is established that the evasion was willful or intentional — Mere delay in payment after filing return does not equate to willful evasion, especially when tax is paid later with India Law Library Docid # 2434523
(125) ASHAPURA OPTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. ASHAPURA DEVELOPERS AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 6 — Suit for possession of immovable property — Elements — Plaintiff must prove possession and dispossession within six months prior to filing suit, otherwise than in due course of law — Court’s inquiry limited to possession and dispossession, not title — Prior peaceful settled possession is evidence of title and can be protected even against rightful owner if dispossessed by India Law Library Docid # 2434524
(126) PRAKASH CHIMANLAL SHETH Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Right to Information Act, 2005 — Section 8(1)(h) — Exemption from disclosure — Information that would impede investigation or prosecution of offenders — Petitioner sought information related to passport, Lookout Circular (LOC), and detention of an accused in a private complaint case — Rejection by Public Information Officer justified as disclosure could impede investigation and prosecution. India Law Library Docid # 2434546
(127) GUDDE NINGAPPA SINCE DEAD BY HIS LRS Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961 — Section 45 — Grant of occupancy rights — Application by tenant — Appeal against setting aside of order of Land Tribunal — Held, Land Tribunal failed to consider material documents like Record of Rights (ROR) and oral/documentary evidence — When ROR entries are presumed correct, India Law Library Docid # 2434547
(128) UNION BANK OF INDIA Vs. M/S NHDPL SOUTH PRIVATE LIMITED (FORMERLY KNOWN AS NHDPL PROPERTIES PVT. LTD. AND PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS NITESH HOUSING DEVELOPERS PRIVATE LIMITED[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Bank Guarantee — Invocation — Compliance with terms — The court found that the email sent by the beneficiary constituted a valid invocation of the bank guarantee as it clearly stated the intention to invoke if the guarantee was not renewed and provided details for payment. The bank's argument that it was not a "written demand" was rejected. India Law Library Docid # 2434548
(129) SRI GODARI RAMULU AND OTHERS Vs. SRI GODARI BHEERAIAH[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — Appeal against Judgment and Decree — Suit for partition and separate possession — Plaintiff claims to be son of deceased Godari Beeraiah from his second wife Banamma — Defendants (appellants) contend plaintiff is not Beeraiah's son and suit is barred by limitation — Evidence on India Law Library Docid # 2434622
(130) M/S. KHANNA POLYRIB PVT. LTD. Vs. NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. AND ANOTHER[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 16-10-2025 Insurance Law — Standard Fire and Special Perils Policy — Fire Occurred — Claim for loss of plant, building, machinery, and stocks — Dispute over assessment of loss and depreciation — Held, surveyor's exclusion of welding rods and embossing rolls (spares) lying near machinery was illogical as they also suffered damage in the fire. (Para India Law Library Docid # 2434652
(131) ARUN SHRIVASTAV Vs. U.P. POWER CORPORATION LIMITED AND OTHERS[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 16-10-2025 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Revision Petition — Reappreciation of evidence — National Commission’s jurisdiction in revision is limited and does not act as an appellate forum; it cannot reappreciate evidence unless there is jurisdictional error, material irregularity, or perversity in the findings of the lower fora. India Law Library Docid # 2434653
(132) ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. SHEELA MEGHWAL[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 16-10-2025 Consumer Protection Act, 2019 — Section 58(1)(b) — Revision Petition — Scope of Revisional Jurisdiction — National Commission's revisional jurisdiction is limited and should only be exercised when the lower forum has acted without jurisdiction, failed to exercise jurisdiction, or acted illegally or with material irregularity — Interference is warranted only if findings are against law, pleadings, evidence, or are perverse — India Law Library Docid # 2434654
(133) KARAM SINGH Vs. AMARJIT SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(d) — Rejection of plaint — Suit barred by law — Court can only consider averments in the plaint to determine if the suit is barred by law, not the defense — The issue of limitation, especially when it is a mixed question of law and fact, cannot be a ground for rejecting the plaint at the threshold under Order VII Rule 11(d) CPC. India Law Library Docid # 2434005
(134) MANORMA SINHA AND ANOTHER Vs. THE DIVISIONAL MANAGER, ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Compensation — Calculation — Inclusions in calculation of loss of dependency — Allowances and perks beneficial to the family should be included when calculating income, irrespective of taxability — Exclusion of allowances by High Court as per pay slip was an error — Tribunal's calculation of monthly income including allowances was correct. India Law Library Docid # 2434006
(135) PRADYUMNA MUKUND KOKIL Vs. NASHIK MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-10-2025 Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 (MRTP Act), Section 127 — Lapsed reservation — Land initially reserved for public purposes but not acquired within stipulated period under MRTP Act — Reservation lapses, giving original owner right to seek development or re-acquisition. India Law Library Docid # 2434007
(136) THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. SUBIT KUMAR DAS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-10-2025 Service Law — Recruitment Rules — Absorption of waitlisted candidate — A waitlisted candidate does not have a vested right to be appointed. The right to consideration arises only if a selected candidate does not join. The waitlist has a limited operational period and cannot extend indefinitely, especially after a fresh recruitment process has begun. India Law Library Docid # 2434008
(137) M.C. MEHTA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-10-2025 Environmental Law — Pollution Control — Firecrackers — Right to Life vs. Right to Profession — Balancing Exercise — While commercial interests and festive spirit cannot override health and environmental concerns, total prohibition of firecrackers may be unreasonable if alternatives causing less pollution exist. Court must balance livelihood of industry workers with public health. India Law Library Docid # 2434015
(138) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Vs. RAJESH KUMAR ALIAS GULLABU[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 15 and 22 — Acquittal — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of interference is limited — Appellate court can interfere only if the trial court's view is impossible or perverse — If two reasonable conclusions are possible, the appellate court should not disturb the acquittal. India Law Library Docid # 2434039
(139) FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. SUSHILA GUPTA AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 15-10-2025 Land Acquisition Act, Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Return or acquisition of land — Court directed Food Corporation of India to either return illegally occupied land or acquire it under the 2013 Act, with rental compensation for the period of occupation. India Law Library Docid # 2434077
(140) UMESHBHAI RAMESHBHAI PANDIT Vs. HEMENDRA MUGATLAL PAREKH AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Bombay Rents Hotel, House Rates Control Act, 1947 — Section 13(1)(k) and 13(1)(L) — Eviction — Non-user of premises and alternative accommodation — Landlord's burden of proof — Landlord must initially prove non-user for six months; then burden shifts to tenant to prove reasonable cause for non-user — Evidence of minimum electricity consumption and tenant's admissions of not residing in premises India Law Library Docid # 2434185