(21) MITC ROLLING MILLS PRIVATE LIMITED AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S. RENUKA REALTORS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 13(1A) — Appealability of orders — Order rejecting plaint under Order VII Rule 11 CPC is a decree and is appealable under Section 13(1A) of CCA, 2015 — Proviso to Section 13(1A) restricting appeals to those in Order XLIII CPC applies only to interlocutory orders and not to a decree like rejection of plaint. India Law Library Docid # 2435079
(22) COMMISSIONER OF SERVICE TAX Vs. M/S ELEGANT DEVELOPERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Finance Act, 1994 — Sections 65(88), 65(105)(v) — Real Estate Agent — Definition — Taxability of services — Respondent engaged in purchasing land, identifying, demarcating, and facilitating transfer to a developer for a fixed rate per acre — Profit/loss margin based on difference between acquisition cost and fixed rate India Law Library Docid # 2435080
(23) K.S. MANJUNATH AND OTHERS Vs. MOORASAVIRAPPA@MUTTANNA CHENNAPPA BATIL, SINCE DECEASED BY HIS LRS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 14(c) and Section 16(c) — Agreement to Sell (ATS) — Termination — Determinable Contracts — Bona Fide Purchaser — Readiness and Willingness — Whether a suit for specific performance is maintainable without seeking a declaration that the termination of the ATS was invalid — Principles governing unilateral termination of a non-determinable agreement — The Supreme Court held that unilateral termination of a non-determinable agreement to India Law Library Docid # 2435081
(24) LIPI BOILERS LTD. Vs. THE COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE, AURANGABAD[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Central Excise Act, 1944 — Section 3 and Section 4 — Levy vs. Measurement — Central excise duty is levied on manufacture or production of goods (Section 3), while Section 4 provides the measure for calculating that duty — The measure of tax (Section 4) should not be confused with the nature of the tax itself — Including value of bought out items in assessable value is a measure for computation after excisability India Law Library Docid # 2435082
(25) 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
(26) 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
(27) 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
(28) 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
(29) 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
(30) 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
(31) 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
(32) 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
(33) 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
(34) 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
(35) 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
(36) SANJEEV KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Compensation for acquired land — Entitlement to job in lieu of acquired land — Petitioner's family's land was acquired in 1998 and compensation paid — Petitioner, not born at the time of acquisition, applied for a job in lieu of the land in 2025 — Court held that under the Act, entitlement is only to compensation, which was paid — No provision exists for granting a job in lieu of India Law Library Docid # 2435036
(37) SUNIL CHAUHAN @ MUNAKKA Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Bail — Regular Bail — Appellant booked for offences under Sections 323, 376 IPC, Sections 3/4 POCSO Act, and Section 67A IT Act — Appellant in jail since 23.07.2024 — Allegations are claimed to be vexatious and false, with a consensual relationship alleged — High Court rejected bail application — Supreme Court grants bail considering facts on record, directs release subject to appropriate conditions to ensure presence, complete cooperation in trial without frivolo India Law Library Docid # 2435037
(38) IN RE: “CITY HOUNDED BY STRAYS, KIDS PAY PRICE”[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 This Court, vide order dated 22nd August, 2025, after considering the submissions made on behalf of the parties and the material placed on record, had supplemented, modified, and clarified the earlier directions issued vide order dated 11th August, 2025. India Law Library Docid # 2435040
(39) P. ANJANAPPA (D) BY LRs Vs. A.P. NANJUNDAPPA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Partition Suit — Release Deeds — Validity of Release Deeds — Release deed executed for consideration operates immediately to divest a coparcenary interest, not dependent on further implementation — Silence in a later document does not negate a concluded, registered relinquishment. Oral partition, even if unregistered, is admissible for collateral purposes of proving severance of joint status, explaining possession, recording arrangements, and evidencing subsequent India Law Library Docid # 2434961
(40) POONAM Vs. DULE SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1961 — Section 22(1)(d) — Declaring election void — Improper acceptance of nomination — Non-disclosure of criminal conviction in affidavit — Conviction under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, with one-year imprisonment sentence, not disclosed in affidavit filed under Rule 24-A of M.P. Nagar Palika Nirvachan India Law Library Docid # 2434962