(581) ASHIT KUKIAN AND OTHERS Vs. SOUTH INDIAN MUSIC COMPANIES ASSOCIATION AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 10-12-2025 Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Civil Contempt — Maintainability of Contempt Petition for Non-Payment of Money/Royalty — When the original order in Civil Miscellaneous Appeals (CMAs) fixes the royalty rate (2% of net advertisement earnings plus a minimum floor rate of Rs. 660/- per needle hour) but does not quantify the final executable amount, non-payment of such unquantified money does not constitute willful India Law Library Docid # 2436655
(582) DR. ANAMYA ROY Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 10-12-2025 Service Law — Appointment — Assistant Professor — Eligibility — Post advertised required candidates to possess qualifications (including NET/SLET/Ph.D. in the concerned subject) as on the last date of application submission — Petitioner acquired NET qualification subsequent to the cut-off date stated in the advertisement — Acquiring requisite qualification after the cut-off date renders a candidate ineligible; subsequent events cannot be considered for eligibility India Law Library Docid # 2437321
(583) RAJIB LUTHANI ALIAS RAJIB LONGTHULU AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 10-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 456(1) — Restoration of possession of immovable property — Executability of order — Whether specific description of land is mandatory in conviction judgment — Original conviction directed restoration of possession but did not specify the land's boundary/survey details — Subsequent miscellaneous case to enforce restoration led to the trial court identifying the land using details from a collateral proceeding India Law Library Docid # 2437322
(584) MADHURJYA HAZARIKA Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 10-12-2025 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 — Section 6 (Aggravated penetrative sexual assault) — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 366 (Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc.) — Conviction and Sentencing — Appeal against conviction and sentence of rigorous imprisonment for life under Section 6 of POCSO Act and 10 years India Law Library Docid # 2437323
(585) MD. ABUL KALAM AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 10-12-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302/34, 324/34, 325/34 — Murder and Voluntarily causing hurt — Appeal against conviction — Conviction by Additional Sessions Judge under Sections 302/34, 324/34, and 325/34 IPC affirmed — Incident stemmed from a dispute over cattle damaging cultivation and subsequent altercation/premeditated assault — Deceased, a 13-year-old boy, died from a head injury caused by blunt force (lathi) — Injured witnesses India Law Library Docid # 2437324
(586) THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH THR. ITS SECRETARY AND OTHERS Vs. JYOTI BHUSHAN MISHRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-12-2025 Forest Law — Exchange of Land — Validity and Consequences — Agricultural land exchanged with forest land in 1965 with State Government approval — Forest Department planted trees and maintained continuous, uninterrupted possession for over 20 years — Subsequent sale of exchanged forest land by original farmers to third parties (respondents) held void ab initio by the State — High Court erred by not considering the legal status of the land and relevant notifications and documents India Law Library Docid # 2437399
(587) HARI SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 10-12-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 306 read with Section 107 — Essential Ingredients of Abetment — To sustain conviction under Section 306 IPC, prosecution must prove (i) commission of suicide and (ii) abetment by the accused through instigation, intentional aiding, or active participation with the requisite clear mens rea to provoke the act — Abetment requires an active and direct act or continuous conduct proximate to the time of suicide, leaving the deceased with no other option India Law Library Docid # 2437459
(588) AMRIT LAL KERKETTA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 10-12-2025 Penal Code, 1860, Sections 376(1), 420, 376(1)/109 — Conviction set aside due to unreliable prosecutrix testimony and lack of corroborating evidence — Prosecutrix, a major and educated woman, failed to resist or report the alleged confinement and sexual assault despite multiple opportunities over several days — Initial statement given to police favored the accused, changed only upon arrival of family members/uncle (who had prior enmity allegation with accused) — Medical evidence did not find any India Law Library Docid # 2437461
(589) RATTANINDIA POWER LIMITED Vs. MAHARASHTRA STATE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-12-2025 Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 125 — Appeal to Supreme Court — Scope of Judicial Review — Appeal against Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) order denying compounding interest on Carrying Cost (for Change in Law compensation) — APTEL's powers under Section 111(6) (suo motu) vs. Supreme Court's powers under Section 125 — Supreme Court's power under Section 125 is invoked by an aggrieved person on grounds under Section 100 CPC; unlike APTEL, Supreme Court India Law Library Docid # 2437483
(590) MANEETA SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. VIRENDRA PRATAP SINGH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-12-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Enhancement — Quantum of Income — Deceased engaged in videography and computer mixing work — High Court adopted notional income of Rs. 48,000/- per annum — Supreme Court found it reasonable to accept the income claimed by the appellants (Rs. 7,000/- per month), considering the incremental increase allowed in precedents like Pranay Sethi, which India Law Library Docid # 2437506
(591) M/S V. P. PATEL AND BROTHERS Vs. LAXMI COMPLEX COMMERCIAL PREMISES COOP. SOCIETY LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-12-2025 Maharashtra Ownership Flats (Regulation of the Promotion of Construction, Sale, Management and Transfer) Act, 1963 (MOFA), Sections 11(3), 11(4) — Maharashtra Ownership Flats (Regulation of the Promotion of Construction, Sale Management and Transfer) Rules, 1964, Rule 9 — Unilateral Deemed Conveyance — Competent Authority — Requirements — The Act enables a flat owner society to seek a India Law Library Docid # 2437507
(592) JUVENILE IN CONFLICT WITH LAW AA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-12-2025 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 — Section 12 — Bail — Juvenile in conflict with law — Mandate that bail is the rule and denial is the exception for juveniles — High Court erred in rejecting bail, overlooking the social investigation report which recommended rehabilitation in the family and did not disclose reason for association with bad company — Bail granted to juvenile without India Law Library Docid # 2437515
(593) S. N. DERASHRI Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 10-12-2025 Service Law — Pension — Eligibility for Pension — Compulsory Retirement — Judicial Officer — Petitioner, a former Judicial Officer, compulsorily retired on 13.07.2004 (after approximately 6 years of service) — Claim for pension post-retirement and inclusion of previous practice at the Bar (10 years) to meet minimum qualifying service (10 years under Rule 54(2) of Rajasthan Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1996) — Earlier writ petition seeking same relief dismissed, holding petitioner India Law Library Docid # 2437561
(594) MOHANBHAI KHUMABHAI TALAR AND ANOTHER Vs. HEMABHAI NATHABHAI TALAR (ABATED) AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 10-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Scope — Concurrent findings of fact — The High Court must avoid interfering with concurrent findings of fact arrived at by the courts below unless warranted by compelling reasons, such as perversity, arbitrariness, or violation of legal principles; the scope of Second Appeal is limited and does not permit re-appreciation of evidence, unless the findings are India Law Library Docid # 2437822
(595) GUJARAT STATE CIVIL SUPPLIES CORPORATION LTD. Vs. M/S MAHAKALI FOODS PVT.LTD. ( UNIT 2) AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 10-12-2025 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (MSMED Act) — Sections 16, 18 — Recovery of interest on arbitral award — Requirement of Adjudication and Quantification — An Arbitral Award obtained under the MSMED Act, and confirmed by superior courts, was followed by a claim by the award-holder (Respondent No. 1) for outstanding statutory compounded interest, quantified solely by India Law Library Docid # 2437823
(596) MEGH PHARMACEUTICALS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 10-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — First Appeal — Contract Act, 1872 — Sections 3, 4, 5 — Scope of 'Concluded Contract' in Tender Process — Suit for permanent injunction and declaration against recovery order issued by State for non-supply of tendered goods — Tender conditions mandating successful tenderer to pay Security Deposit and execute a stamped agreement for performance of contract — Failure India Law Library Docid # 2437824
(597) PRASHANT YASHVANTBHAI PANCHAL Vs. MANOJKUMAR VINODCHANDRA SHAH AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 10-12-2025 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 5, 54, 58, 105, 118, 122 — Transfer of Property — Modes of Transfer — Ownership Claim — Mere incurring of expenditure for construction of a portion of immovable property does not confer any right, title, or interest or ownership in the property where the occupant was initially a gratuitous occupier or permissible user — Ownership must be acquired through modes prescribed India Law Library Docid # 2437825
(598) DUDHIBEN BAVABHAI VADALIA AND OTHERS Vs. NATWARLAL MANJIBHAI VADALIA AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 10-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Substantial Question of Law — Maintainability of First Appeal against Adverse Findings — A finding in a suit, even if the suit is dismissed, can be construed as a 'decree' under Section 2(2) of the CPC if it conclusively determines or crystallizes the rights of the parties regarding a matter in controversy, even if the issue was arguably unnecessary for the India Law Library Docid # 2437834
(599) X Vs. LORD ADVOCATE[UNITED KINGDOM SUPREME COURT] 10-12-2025 Crown Proceedings Act 1947 — Section 2(1)(a) — Vicarious Liability of the Crown — Delict (Tort) — Basis of Liability — The Act subjects the Crown to vicarious liability for delicts committed by its servants or agents, placing the Crown in the same position as "a private person of full age and capacity" — This statutory provision is not self-contained but incorporates the common law on vicarious liability, including the modern expanded test that liability extends to relationships "akin to India Law Library Docid # 2437980
(600) VEALE AND OTHERS Vs. SCOTTISH POWER UK PLC[UNITED KINGDOM SUPREME COURT] 10-12-2025 Damages (Scotland) Act 2011 — Sections 3, 4, and 5 — Claim for damages by relatives following death of individual (A) from mesothelioma after A settled personal injury claim — Whether Section 5(1)(a) requires A to have been suffering from mesothelioma at the time liability was discharged — Section 5(1)(a) condition requiring "the liability to pay damages to A ... is discharged ... by A before A's death" India Law Library Docid # 2437981