(181) ALLAUDDIN AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 10-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 243U — Duration of Municipalities — Mandatory nature of five-year term ("and no longer") — Term of Municipality is fixed for five years from the date of its first meeting and no longer; this period is mandatory and cannot be extended for any reason, except in exceptional circumstances like natural calamities/law and order breakdown, but such India Law Library Docid # 2435893
(182) VIJAYAKUMAR DESHMUKH Vs. THE COMMISSIONER OF EXCISE AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (KALABURAGI BENCH)] 10-11-2025 Karnataka Excise (General Condition of Licences) Rules, 1967 — Rule 17-A — Transfer of Licence upon Death of Licensee — Precondition for transfer — Rule 17-A permits the transfer of a licence to a legal heir upon the death of the licensee, but this transfer presupposes the "existence of a licence at the time of death of the licence holder." — Where the licence holder ceased to renew the licence decades before India Law Library Docid # 2435896
(183) MICHAEL MAHESH CHRIS SALDANHA Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 Arms Rules, 2016 — Rule 25 (1) (b) — Grant of licence to legal heirs — Transfer of firearm and licence during lifetime of licensee — Condition precedent for seeking transfer — Rule 25 (1) (b) allows transfer of a firearm licence to a nominated legal heir if the existing licensee has attained the age of 70 years or has held the firearm for 25 years, whichever is earlier — The conditions for such transfer are the satisfaction of other India Law Library Docid # 2435876
(184) 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
(185) 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
(186) 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
(187) 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
(188) 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
(189) 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
(190) 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
(191) 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
(192) 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
(193) 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
(194) 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
(195) 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
(196) 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
(197) 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
(198) 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
(199) 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
(200) 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