(161) 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
(162) 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
(163) 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
(164) 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
(165) 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
(166) 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
(167) 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
(168) 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
(169) 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
(170) 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
(171) 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
(172) 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
(173) 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
(174) 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
(175) 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
(176) 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
(177) 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
(178) GAURAV VISHWAKARMA Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Bail — Special Leave Petition against rejection of regular bail by High Court — Factors considered for grant of bail — Petitioner in custody for more than seven months for offences triable by Magistrate under Chhattisgarh Excise (Amendment) Act, 2002 (Sections 34(2) and 59(a)) — Supreme Court found rejection of bail by India Law Library Docid # 2435448
(179) LALITHA MUKUNDAN AND ANOTHER Vs. CHENNAI METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Town and Country Planning — Unauthorized Construction — Sealing of Property — Procedural Fairness — Challenge to High Court's rejection of a Writ Petition on grounds of maintainability — Petitioners, senior citizens, alleged to have made unauthorized constructions (internal staircase between second and third floor and using part of residential premises for commercial consultancy services) and faced India Law Library Docid # 2435466
(180) ROHAN VIJAY NAHAR AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Maharashtra Private Forests (Acquisition) Act, 1975 (MPFA) — Section 2(f)(iii) ; Indian Forest Act, 1927 (IFA) — Section 35(3), 35(5) — "Live" or "pipeline" notices — Section 2(f)(iii) of MPFA applies only to "live" or "pipeline" notices under Section 35(3) of IFA, meaning those issued and pursued in reasonable proximity to the appointed day — Notices left undecided for years or decades lapse into desuetude. India Law Library Docid # 2435035