(541) AMIT KUMAR HARI @ AMIT KUMAR ABHIMANYU Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Special Leave Petition (Crl.) — Directions of High Court — Mediation proceedings — Petitioner aggrieved by High Court direction making participation in mediation proceedings a pre-condition for interim protection — Petitioner's conduct before Mediator: Refusing telephonically to join mediation or India Law Library Docid # 2435467
(542) 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
(543) 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
(544) 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
(545) 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
(546) 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
(547) 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
(548) VINAY AGGARWAL Vs. STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) AND OTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — Inherent powers of High Court — Petitioner challenged dismissal of his criminal complaint and subsequent upholding of that dismissal by revisional court. Held that the High Court has inherent powers to quash proceedings if the lower courts India Law Library Docid # 2435123
(549) MAHESH KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Bail — Grant of regular bail by Supreme Court — Factors considered — Petitioner seeking bail against rejection of regular bail by High Court — Alleged offences under Sections 120B, 302, 323, 506, 34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860, and Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959 — Consideration of the role assigned to the petitioner (accused), period of incarceration (about four years), and likelihood of delayed trial conclusion due to India Law Library Docid # 2435543
(550) AJEET SINGH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Bail — Grant of Bail by Supreme Court — Factors considered — Accused arrested for offenses under Sections 302 and 34 of the IPC — High Court refused bail — Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, specifically the slow progress of the trial (ten witnesses examined, over forty remaining), and the lack of prospect for an early conclusion, the Supreme Court deemed that continued detention pending trial was India Law Library Docid # 2435547
(551) KISHAN SINGH CHULI Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Bail — Grant of Bail by Supreme Court — Factors considered — Appellant charged under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code (Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B, 34, 406, 409 IPC) and Section 6(1) of the Madhya Pradesh Nikshepakon Ke Hiton Ka Sanrakshan Adhiniyam, 2000 — Appellant underwent incarceration for more than four and a half years — 18 witnesses already examined — Trial stayed at the instance of the India Law Library Docid # 2435550
(552) JADHAV MAMATHA Vs. SINDE NAGO RAO AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Special Leave Petition (Crl.) — Dowry Death (Section 304-B IPC) — Appeal against reversal of acquittal by High Court — 65-year old mother-in-law convicted under Section 304-B IPC (Dowry Death) after being acquitted by Trial Court — Accused initially charged under Sections 302 and 304-B IPC — High Court convicted only for Section 304-B (Dowry Death), implying death was suicide/non-homicidal in relation to murder charge — Disturbing manner in which trial proceeded — Post Morte India Law Library Docid # 2435562
(553) VISHWAJEET KUMAR SINGH @ VISHWAJIT KUMAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Anticipatory Bail — Private Complaint Case — Setting Aside High Court Order — The Supreme Court set aside the High Court's dismissal of a second anticipatory bail application in a case concerning Sections 406 and 420 of the IPC, specifically noting that the complaint was a private complaint, India Law Library Docid # 2435566
(554) CHHOTELAL YADAV Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 (Suspension of Sentence Pending Appeal) — Principles governing suspension of sentence of life imprisonment — Supreme Court setting aside High Court orders which suspended life sentences based on 'cryptic order' merely noting 'general and omnibus' allegations — Requirement for High Court in life imprisonment cases: Must record fair idea of India Law Library Docid # 2435589
(555) MANOJ MAHTO Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Anticipatory Bail — Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 — Sections 30(a) and 41(1) — Grant of anticipatory bail where accused was not apprehended at the spot but identified by local Chowkidars — Appellant cooperated with investigation pursuant to interim protection order — Court holding continued incarceration not warranted under India Law Library Docid # 2435591
(556) GOURI DEVI Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Anticipatory Bail — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 482 (or analogous provision for anticipatory bail) — Grant of anticipatory bail in connection with offence under Bihar Liquor Prohibition and Excise Act, 2022, Section 30(a) — High Court rejected application — Supreme Court, considering India Law Library Docid # 2435602
(557) ANJAIAH KARTIKE AND ANOTHER Vs. V P GAUTHAM AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Contempt of Court — Compliance with Directions of High Court affirmed by Supreme Court — Housing Board disputes with Developer — Bonafide Allottees' Rights — Supreme Court affirmed High Court's dismissal of Petitioner-Board's appeal, directing the Board to execute and register Sale Deeds in favor of home buyers who paid the entire sale consideration, despite ongoing disputes between the India Law Library Docid # 2435614
(558) PRATAP PATEL ALIAS PRATAP SINGH Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 Criminal Law — Murder — Conviction solely based on Circumstantial Evidence (Last Seen Theory) — Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Section 374(2) — Prosecution case rested on "last seen together" theory, recovery of weapon (axe) based on appellant's memorandum (Section 27, Evidence Act), and forensic evidence — Assessment of evidence showed that witnesses India Law Library Docid # 2435664
(559) NEW INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. SMT. SUKRANIYA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 2(28) — Definition of 'Motor Vehicle' — Jurisdiction of Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (MACT) — Excavators/Earth Moving Machines — Whether an excavator is a 'motor vehicle' under the Act and falls under MACT jurisdiction — An earth moving machine (excavator/poclain) adapted for use on roads, duly registered with the Transport Department, and bearing a valid registration India Law Library Docid # 2435665
(560) RAMAAVATAR @ RAMOTAR PRAJAPATI AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 Railways Act, 1989 — Section 124-A — Untoward incident — Claim for compensation — Death while crossing railway tracks — Even if deceased crossed railway tracks unauthorizedly, claim for compensation may be maintainable if death occurred due to an “untoward incident” and Railway Administration failed in its statutory duty to ensure safety by preventing unauthorized access to tracks — Contributory negligence or unauthorized entry alone does not automatically absolve Railway India Law Library Docid # 2435666