(141) DHARAM SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Section 20(b)(ii)(c) — Commercial Quantity — Sentence Modification — Recovery of Charas slightly above commercial quantity (1 kg) — Alleged recovery weight was 1 kg 80 gms — Challenge to weight measurement procedure: failure to prove that the electronic scale was recalibrated to zero before weighing — Where the recovered India Law Library Docid # 2435620
(142) THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS Vs. MOHAMMAD AFZAL MOHAMMAD SHARIF[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Secularism — Institutional Secularism — Communal Riots — Investigation Team Composition — Direction to form SIT with officers from different religious communities is to ensure transparency and fairness in investigation of communal riots, not to prejudge communal bias. India Law Library Docid # 2434964
(143) RAVI PRAKASH SRIVASTAVA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 136 — Special Leave Petition (Civil) — High Court order disposing of writ petition without substantive relief — Petitioners granted liberty to approach Housing Commissioner for society affairs and file civil suit for loan repayment — Supreme Court reviewing High Court's disposition. India Law Library Docid # 2434969
(144) M/S SHANTI CONSTRUCTION PVT. LTD. Vs. THE STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Odisha Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2016 — Rule 27(4)(iv) — Interpretation of ‘previous Financial Year’ — Tender for extraction of sand — Bidder required to submit IT return of previous financial year — Company had not filed IT return for 2021-2022 as statutory period had not expired — Court held that ‘previous Financial India Law Library Docid # 2434970
(145) INDIAN RAILWAYS CATERING AND TOURISM CORP. LTD. Vs. M/S. BRANDAVAN FOOD PRODUCTS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 34 and 37 — Scope of interference with arbitral award — Court should not reappreciate evidence or interfere on grounds of erroneous application of law — Interference is permissible only when award is perverse or manifestly arbitrary, or in conflict with public policy of India, or India Law Library Docid # 2434971
(146) SAMIULLAH Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Registration Act, 1908 — Section 69 — Rule-making power — Bihar Registration Rules, 2008 — Rule 19(xvii) and (xviii) — Power to refuse registration based on proof of mutation (Jamabandi/Holding Allotment) — Held, such rules are ultra vires the rulemaking power under Section 69 and other provisions of the Act. India Law Library Docid # 2434972
(147) SELAK @ SELAK RAM Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Pre-arrest bail — Supreme Court declined to interfere with High Court's order granting pre-arrest bail, finding no reason to interfere in its discretionary power under Article 136 of the Constitution. India Law Library Docid # 2435052
(148) ADITYA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 — Caste Validity Certificate — Appeal relates to refusal of caste validity certificate for ‘Naikda’ Scheduled Tribe — High Court had dismissed petitions of some individuals but allowed others belonging to the same family and community — Appellants are siblings and cousins of individuals to whom certificates were issued India Law Library Docid # 2435054
(149) MO. JISAN KHAN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Grant of — Continued incarceration not warranted at the stage of ongoing trial — Appellants not named in FIR, subsequently identified in court by showing arrest warrants and photographs instead of Test Identification Parade (TIP) — Identification procedure held questionable in absence India Law Library Docid # 2435060
(150) SATYARANJAN HOTA Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Grant of — Appeal against rejection of bail by High Court — Appellant in custody for significant period, trial not progressing substantially — Supreme Court inclined to grant bail considering long incarceration and stage of trial — Bail granted subject to trial court's conditions, with observations not being findings on merits. India Law Library Docid # 2435063
(151) GAURAV VISHWAKARMA Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Rejection of regular bail by High Court — Special Leave Petition — Petitioner in custody for over seven months — Case triable by Magistrate — High Court's rejection of bail not justified considering period of incarceration — Supreme Court grants bail subject to final outcome of trial. India Law Library Docid # 2435068
(152) DEEPAK SRIVASTAV Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 & 21 — Standing Order No. 1/2019, Clause F(3) — Furlough — Validity of Standing Order — Petitioner challenged Clause F(3) of Standing Order No. 1/2019 and order dated 23.07.2025 rejecting furlough application — Clause F(3) mandates a one-year watching period after India Law Library Docid # 2435127
(153) DEEPAK Vs. STATE[DELHI HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — — Sections 366 & 376 — Kidnapping with intent to compel to marry or for intercourse & Rape — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Court considered prosecution's case, defense arguments, testimonies of witnesses, and documentary evidence — Held, evidence proved guilt beyond reasonable doubt. India Law Library Docid # 2435128
(154) PRITHVIRAJ DAUKIYA @ PRINCE GODARA Vs. STATE NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 420, 120B, 34 — Cheating and criminal conspiracy — Bail Application — Applicant in judicial custody for 10 months, charge sheet filed, investigation concluded regarding applicant — Court inclined to grant bail on furnishing personal bond and surety, subject to conditions like surrendering India Law Library Docid # 2435129
(155) DIRECTORATE OF REVENUE INTELLIGENCE Vs. HARPREET SINGH @ JITAR SINGH @ SONU[DELHI HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378(3) — Leave to appeal against acquittal — High Court can grant leave only if acquittal suffers from perversity, manifest illegality, or glaring misreading/omission of material evidence — Mere possibility of an alternative view is insufficient ground — Trial Court’s decision must be patently unreasonable or illegal, not just one of multiple possible India Law Library Docid # 2435130
(156) THE STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI Vs. DAMANDEEP CHAWLA AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Robbery and Dacoity charges — Prosecution failed to prove charges beyond reasonable doubt — Trial court's acquittal upheld. India Law Library Docid # 2435131
(157) BERGER PAINTS INDIA LIMITED Vs. GPHP HOLDINGS PVT. LTD.[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 12A — Pre-litigation Mediation — Dispensation — Law requires pre-litigation mediation before filing a suit unless the suit contemplates urgent interim relief — Court can grant dispensation if the plaintiff's belief in the need for urgent interim relief is pleaded in the plaint — This is determined solely India Law Library Docid # 2435136
(158) CHANDGI RAM AND OTHERS Vs. M/S BENCHMARK INFOTECH PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 27 — Additional evidence — Application for additional evidence not decided by lower appellate court — Prejudice caused to appellant — Remand of case for fresh consideration along with application — Held, non-consideration of application for additional evidence vitiates appellate India Law Library Docid # 2435220
(159) RAVNEET SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 279 and 304A — Rash and negligent driving causing death — Criminal Revision — Conviction upheld — Sentence reduction sought — Mitigating circumstances considered. India Law Library Docid # 2435223
(160) ALCHEMIST ASSET RECONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. JAIPUR METALS AND ELECTRICALS LIMITED AND OTHERS[NATIONAL COMPANY LAW TRIBUNAL JAIPUR BENCH] 07-11-2025 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 18(f), 25(2)(a), 17, 19(1) and Regulation 3A of IBBI (CIRP) Regulations — Duties of Resolution Professional — Taking possession of assets — Once Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) is initiated, Interim Resolution Professional (IRP) and Resolution Professional (RP) India Law Library Docid # 2435231