(341) 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
(342) 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
(343) 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
(344) 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
(345) 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
(346) 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
(347) 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
(348) 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
(349) M/S ANVITA AUTO TECH WORKS PVT. LTD. Vs. M/S AROUSH MOTORS AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 8 Rule 1 — Limitation for filing Written Statement in Commercial Suits — Extension of time due to COVID-19 pandemic — Supreme Court’s suo motu order excluded period from 15.03.2020 to 28.02.2022 for computing limitation — Even if statutory period of 120 days expired, if it fell within the excluded period, defendant should be allowed to file Written India Law Library Docid # 2433664
(350) RAJNI AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Railways Act, 1989 — Section 124-A — "No-fault" liability for untoward incidents — Compensation is payable if the victim is a "passenger" — Explanation (ii) to Section 124-A defines "passenger" to include a person who has purchased a valid ticket — Mere non-recovery of a ticket from the victim is not fatal if a credible prima facie case is established — Burden then shifts to the Railways to disprove India Law Library Docid # 2433665
(351) CHENNAI METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Vs. DR. KAMALA SELVARAJ[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Town and Country Planning — Open Space Reservation (OSR) charges — Exemption — Plot size below 3000 square metres — Held exempt from OSR charges. India Law Library Docid # 2433666
(352) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. PARMESHWAR RAMLAL JOSHI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 (Corresponding to Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 528) — Inherent power of High Court — Recall or review of own judgment — Criminal courts do not have the power to recall or review their own judgments, except for correcting clerical errors under Section 362 CrPC (Section 403 BNSS) — Invoking inherent powers to bypass India Law Library Docid # 2433667
(353) HIND SAMACHAR LTD. (DELHI UNIT) Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 149(2) — Insurance — Liability of insurer — "Pay and recover" directions — Fake driving licence — For insurer to avoid liability, it must prove not only that the driver's licence was fake, but also that the owner (insured) deliberately breached the policy by entrusting the vehicle to such a driver. India Law Library Docid # 2433668
(354) DASHWANTH Vs. STATE OF TAMIL NADU[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 207 and 313 — Fair Trial — Right to Defence — Trial court convicted the appellant without providing him with copies of relied-upon documents, and appointed a legal aid counsel only after framing charges. Prosecution evidence commenced within four days of the appointment, with the entire evidence being recorded in about one and a half months. This haste and lack India Law Library Docid # 2433669
(355) RAJESH KUMAR PRASAD Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7, 13(1)(b) & 13(2) — Bail — Appeal against rejection of bail by High Court — Supreme Court granted leave to appeal and set aside the impugned order — Appellant ordered to be released on bail subject to terms and conditions imposed by the trial court, including diligent attendance at proceedings — Breach of bail conditions may lead to cancellation of India Law Library Docid # 2433697
(356) SATENDRA PARMAR AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 08-10-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ petitions challenging modification of compassionate appointment orders — Insertion of condition for consolidated wages for three years and subsequent regularization — Petitioners argued that such a condition cannot be imposed as it is not provided in the compassionate appointment policy — Held, modifications are permissible if India Law Library Docid # 2433842
(357) DEEPAK@ GOLU Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302/34 & 201 — Murder and Causing disappearance of evidence of offence — Conviction based on circumstantial evidence — Requirement for conviction — Facts must be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused and not explainable on any other hypothesis. India Law Library Docid # 2433843
(358) ORAN SINGH Vs. BHOOPAT SINGH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, 1959 — Section 131 — Dispute relating to access route for cultivators — Tehsildar's jurisdiction extends to granting access through customary routes not necessarily recorded in village records (wajib-ul-arz) — Focus is on previous custom and convenience of parties, not established easements under general law. India Law Library Docid # 2433844
(359) ROOPKISHORE DAS STUDENT OF DAYARAM DAS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 08-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rules 1 & 2 — Temporary Injunction — Dismissal of application by trial court and confirmation by appellate court — Petitioner sought declaration of title and permanent injunction regarding property claiming ownership through a student-teacher tradition — Lower courts dismissed the application, finding no material to prove petitioner's ownership and India Law Library Docid # 2433845
(360) PARDEEP CHOPRA AND ANOTHER Vs. MEENU KAPOOR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 Punjab Courts Act, 1918 — Section 41 — Second Appeal — Scope — In Punjab and Haryana, second appeals are treated as appeals under Section 41 of the Punjab Courts Act and not Section 100 of CPC — No question of law requires framing for such appeals based on Supreme Court's pronouncements. India Law Library Docid # 2433891