(201) PRINCE KUMAR Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2025 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 — Trial of juveniles — A juvenile declared as such on the date of incident cannot be tried by a regular POCSO court. India Law Library Docid # 2434437
(202) ABC CHILD IN CONFLICT WITH LAW Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2025 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 — Section 12 — Bail to a child in conflict with law — Held, child in conflict with law shall be released on bail, if not found to be a threat to society or himself. India Law Library Docid # 2434446
(203) BASANT KUMAR ALIAS VASANT KUMAR UDAPURE Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory bail — Petitioner arguing implication without cogent material and no need for custodial interrogation — Court issuing notice and granting interim anticipatory bail on India Law Library Docid # 2434457
(204) PURANMAL GUPTA Vs. SUMITRA BAI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2025 Jurisdiction — High Court — Ad-interim order in Second Appeal — High Court cannot pass an ad-interim order in a Second Appeal without first formulating a substantial question of law. India Law Library Docid # 2434460
(205) RAMANLAL LILACHAND SHAH Vs. GUJARAT INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT CORPORATION LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 21, Rule 37 — Execution of decree — Civil prison — Where a decree-holder applied for execution of a money decree, the court can order the judgment debtor to be detained in civil prison for a period of 45 days, subject to deposit of subsistence allowance. India Law Library Docid # 2434466
(206) 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
(207) 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
(208) 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
(209) 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
(210) 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
(211) 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
(212) 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
(213) 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
(214) 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
(215) 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
(216) 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
(217) 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
(218) SHANMUGAM Vs. M/S. BHUVANESHWAR FINANCE[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 16-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 148 — Condition for suspension of sentence — Appeal against conviction under Section 138 — Appellate Court can order deposit of minimum 20% of fine or compensation — Amount must be deposited within 60 days, extendable by 30 days for sufficient cause — Non-compliance with this India Law Library Docid # 2434816
(219) ANU.C.R. Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 — Section 143(2) — Indian Evidence Act, 1872, Section 138 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Cross-examination of witness — Admissibility of documents — Trial court's refusal to allow defence counsel to confront witness with photograph and site plan — Held, it was impermissible to India Law Library Docid # 2434859
(220) P.T.BABU Vs. VIJAYA BANK AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 14(2) — Exclusion of time of prosecuting proceedings bona fide without jurisdiction — Applicable to execution proceedings — Conditions for applicability include same prior and subsequent proceedings, due diligence and good faith, failure due to defect of jurisdiction or similar cause, same matter in issue, and institution in a court — Exclusion not available when court has India Law Library Docid # 2434860