(461) YUVRAJ SINGH KASHYAP Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Offences under Sections 61, 317(5), 318(4), 111(3)(4) and 323 — Bail application — Appellant in custody for nearly 7 months — Co-accused enlarged on bail — Supreme Court inclined to set aside impugned order and grant bail, subject to conditions. India Law Library Docid # 2434405
(462) VIMLENDU KUMAR JHA Vs. MINAL BHATNAGAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Writ Petition maintainability — A writ petition filed before a Full Bench judgment was pronounced, which later placed a bar on filing such petitions, is maintainable as the bar had not come into existence at the time of filing. India Law Library Docid # 2434461
(463) GEETANJALI SOMNATH ROY (MUKHERJEE) Vs. SOMNATH GOPAL CHANDRA ROY@ SOMNATH ROY[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Execution Petitions — Timely disposal — Supreme Court directs all High Courts to ensure execution petitions pending in district judiciary are decided within six months — Concerned presiding officers to be answerable to High Court for non-compliance — Further directions issued for India Law Library Docid # 2434473
(464) ESKAY HOSPITALITY SERVICES INDIA PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. M/S. STERLING HOSPITALITY[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 09-10-2025 Partnership Act, 1932 — Section 69(2) — Bar to suit by unregistered firm — Conditions for attracting the bar — Suit must be by an unregistered firm against a third party to enforce a right arising from a contract entered into by the firm with that third party in the course of its business dealings — If the suit is for enforcement of a statutory India Law Library Docid # 2434511
(465) DESHMUKH ENTERPRISES THROUGH PROMOTER DILIP SUDHAKAR DESHMUKH Vs. PARAMOUNT PARK D TENANT CO-OP HOUSING SOCIETY LTD. PARTNERSHIP CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LTD. AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 09-10-2025 Maharashtra Ownership Flats (Regulation of the promotion of construction, sale, management and transfer) Act, 1963 (MOFA) — Section 10(2) and Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act — Registration of Society — Jurisdictional defect — Deed of Declaration — Promoter's obligation — Society registered by authority without India Law Library Docid # 2434513
(466) MADHUKAR BHOLARAM HATWALNE, (BEING DEAD THROUGH L.RS.) AND OTHERS Vs. YESHWANT BHOLARAM HATWALNE, (BEING DEAD THROUGH L.RS.) AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 09-10-2025 Easements Act, 1882 — Section 60 (b) — Irrevocable Licence — Requirements — For a licence to be irrevocable under Section 60 (b), the licensee must have executed a work of permanent character **acting upon the licence**. Mere construction of a permanent structure is not sufficient; it must be proven that the India Law Library Docid # 2434528
(467) SHAKUNTALA Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (KALABURAGI BENCH)] 09-10-2025 Karnataka Prisons (Amendment) Act, 2022 — Section 58 — Violation of parole conditions — Failure to surrender — Convict granted parole and further extension failed to surrender on expiry of extended period — Trial Court and Appellate Court convicted the petitioner and confirmed the sentence — High Court found no grounds to interfere with concurrent findings of both courts — Petitioner failed to provide India Law Library Docid # 2434561
(468) SMT GOWRAMMA AND OTHERS Vs. SRI V S MAHANTHE GOWDA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 09-10-2025 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Section 8 — Devolution of property — Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956 — Applicability of — Properties devolve upon wives in absence of male issue — Adoption prior to 1955 not governed by Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956. India Law Library Docid # 2434635
(469) KALYANI SANDUGU Vs. SATYA KUMAR RAO[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 09-10-2025 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Inordinate delay of 708 days — Appellant claimed illness, being single mother, and lack of legal advice — Respondent argued deliberate delay and abuse of process — Court considered previous proceedings, including unsuccessful recall application and revision, indicating awareness of orders — Appellant's explanation lacked credibility and bona India Law Library Docid # 2434685
(470) DHIRAJ BHANDARI Vs. CRICKET ASSOCIATION OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 09-10-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ jurisdiction — Maintainability against private bodies — Cricket Association registered under Societies Registration Act, 1860 is a private society — Not funded by Central or State Government, nor controlled administratively — No public function discharged by the Association — Disputes between office bearers are private law matters — Not amenable to writ India Law Library Docid # 2434686
(471) PAVAYAMMAL AND OTHERS Vs. R.VENUGOPALAN AND OTHER[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 09-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 read with Order XLI Rule 1 — First Appeal Challenging Judgment and Decree — Suit for recovery of loan amount based on a pro-note. India Law Library Docid # 2434830
(472) S. JALAJA (DIED) BY LRS AND OTHERS Vs. KASTURI (DECEASED) BY LRS AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 09-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96, Order XLI Rule 1 — Appeal against judgment and decree of City Civil Court — Parties' relationship and initial leasehold rights established — Release deed in favour of siblings not a bar to inheritance — Co-owners entitled to equal share even if one co-owner is in exclusive possession — Suit for partition maintainable, Court fee paid is correct — Mesne India Law Library Docid # 2434831
(473) K.SAKTHIVEL AND OTHER Vs. J. DEEPA AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 09-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 and Order 41 Rule 1 — Appeal against preliminary decree and judgment — The appeal was filed against the judgment and decree passed by the trial court for partition and permanent injunction. India Law Library Docid # 2434832
(474) R. UMARANI Vs. P. RAMESH[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 09-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Cheque Dishonour — Compounding of Offence — Section 147 NI Act provides that every offence under the Act is compoundable — Section 359 BNSS also permits compounding of offences with court permission — High Court has inherent power to compound offence under India Law Library Docid # 2434833
(475) PRASANNA AND OTHERS Vs. NESAMMA (DIED) LRS IMPLEADED AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 09-10-2025 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 123 — Gift — Attestation — Settlement deeds (gift deeds) are registered documents and carry a presumption of execution — Burden of proof of non-execution lies on the challenger — The attestation requirement under Section 123, read with Section 3, means witnesses have seen the executant sign or acknowledge, and signed in their presence — The fact that attesting India Law Library Docid # 2434868
(476) PRABHU PRAKASH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 09-10-2025 Abkari Act — Section 8(2) — Conviction for possession of arrack — Violation of procedural safeguards — Failure to comply with Section 53A regarding disposal of seized liquor and Section 38 regarding information to superiors — Lack of tamper-proof chain of custody for samples sent for analysis — Absence of specimen seal impression on seizure mahazar and property list — Independent witnesses turned India Law Library Docid # 2434869
(477) BINU VINCENT AND OTHERS Vs. THE FEDERAL BANK LTD. AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 09-10-2025 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Second Schedule, Rule 68B — Time limit for sale of attached immovable property — Rule 68B, which prescribes a time limit for the sale of attached immovable property, does not have mandatory application to recovery proceedings under the Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993 (RDDB Act). The RDDB Act is a self-contained code and importing Rule India Law Library Docid # 2434870
(478) CANARA BANK Vs. K.L. RAJGARHIA (D) THRU LRS.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2025 A. Specific Performance of Contracts — Agreement to Sell — Legality of Contract — Construction of multiple dwelling units exceeding permissible limits — Contract declared void ab initio where its object contravenes building laws and master plan — Courts cannot rewrite contracts or India Law Library Docid # 2434883
(479) M/S GODWIN CONSTRUCTION PVT. LTD. Vs. COMMISSIONER, MEERUT DIVISION & ANR.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Stamp Act, 1899 — Schedule 1-B, Article 40 & 57 — "Security Bond cum Mortgage Deed" — Stamp Duty — "Security Bond or Mortgage Deed" — Instrument's substance, not nomenclature, determines stamp duty — Court must ascertain true legal character of instrument by examining operative recitals and clauses — Definition of Mortgage Deed (Section 2(17)) — Instrument transferring India Law Library Docid # 2433662
(480) MAHAVEER Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Electricity Act, 1910 — Sections 39 and 44 — Theft of energy and interference with meters — Prosecution's case based on alleged tampering of meter box with holes leading to reduced meter readings — Evidence from prosecution witnesses found to be based on estimation, presumption, approximation or possibilities, not on concrete proof — Lack of direct evidence showing accused tampering with the meter box or India Law Library Docid # 2433663