(421) 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
(422) 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
(423) 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
(424) 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
(425) 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
(426) 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
(427) 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
(428) 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
(429) 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
(430) 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
(431) SURENDER KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-12-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction — Appellate Review — Scope of inquiry limited to considering if conviction should be altered to a lesser offense — Deceased sustaining four knife blows on vital body parts (common carotid and subclavian arteries cut), injuries which, in ordinary course, would cause death — Absence of defense evidence and appellant's Section 313 CrPC statement India Law Library Docid # 2436633
(432) SMT. BERTHA CARVALHO (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LEGAL HEIRS Vs. SHRI BALDWIN JOSEPH FRANCIS D' SOUZA (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LEGAL HEIRS.[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 09-12-2025 Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 — Eviction — Bona Fide Requirement and Comparative Hardship — Landlord-Tenant Dispute — Subsequent Events — Landlords' bona fide requirement for grown-up son (Yohann) following marriage in 2007, necessitating independent accommodation, was introduced via amendment and subsequent evidence after remand by High Court — India Law Library Docid # 2436979
(433) LOKRANJAN BREWERIES PRIVATE LIMITED & ANR Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH THE SECRETARY, STATE .RESPONDENTS EXCISE DEPARTMENT & ANR[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 09-12-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14 — Equality before law — Arbitrary discrimination — State Excise — Licence fees for Country Liquor (CL-1) licence — Challenge to demand for deficit licence fees based on slab-wise differential rate (Rs. 10 per case up to 10 lakh cases, Rs. 7 per case thereafter) — Notification dated January 30, 2016 specified advance payment based on average production of India Law Library Docid # 2436980
(434) JANARDHAN SITARAM SURVE AND OTHER Vs. SUNIL RAMESH UKRULKAR AND OTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 09-12-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim for compensation for death in motor vehicle accident — Essential requirement for claim under Section 166 (based on torts principles) is proof of negligence on the part of the driver of the offending vehicle in the occurrence of the accident — Claimants must prove negligence (wrong) for owner/insurer to be vicariously liable for compensation — Mere involvement of a India Law Library Docid # 2436981
(435) THE LOKMANYA PAN BAZAR ASSOCIATION LTD. Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 09-12-2025 Maharashtra Ownership of Flats (Regulation of the Promotion of Construction, Sale, Management and Transfer) Act, 1963 (MOFA) — Applicability — Statutory right to conveyance — Agreements for sale explicitly stating that the transaction is governed by MOFA and its rules — The promoter (petitioner) cannot later resile from the statutory character expressly given to the transaction after deriving benefit, based India Law Library Docid # 2436982
(436) AIRPORT AUTHORITY OF INDIA Vs. LITE BITE FOODS PRIVATE LIMITED[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 09-12-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11 — Appointment of Arbitrator — Existence of Arbitration Agreement — Effect of Prior Arbitration and Constructive Res Judicata — Where disputes, including incidental issues like interest payment prior to commencement of arbitration, were covered by an earlier arbitration that culminated in an Arbitral Award, subsequent petition to re-agitate issues relating India Law Library Docid # 2436983
(437) SHRI SHIVNERI SAHAKARI BANK LTD. Vs. RUPEE COOPERATIVE BANK LTD. AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 09-12-2025 Constitutional Law — High Courts — Jurisdiction under Article 227 — Supervisory Jurisdiction — Territorial Allocation of Work — The High Court of Bombay has supervisory jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution over all courts and tribunals within the State of Maharashtra (including the Co-operative Court at Kolhapur and the State Co-operative Appellate Court at Pune) — The Court, India Law Library Docid # 2436984
(438) AJAY KUMAR HANDIQUE @ AJAY KR HANDIQUE Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 09-12-2025 Service Law — Departmental Enquiry — Procedure for Imposing Penalties — Assam Services (Discipline & Appeal) Rules, 1964 (Services Rules, 1964) — Rule 9 — Disciplinary Authority (DA) — Role of DA upon receipt of Enquiry Report (ER) — Rule 9 mandates DA to consider records and record findings on each charge, but does not empower DA to discard ER altogether and direct fresh/de novo enquiry merely based on disagreement with findings. India Law Library Docid # 2437240
(439) ABDUR RAHIM Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 09-12-2025 Assam Sale of Forest Produce, Coupes and Mahal Rules, 1977 — Rules 16, 17, and 18 — Recovery of dues — Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913 — Forest Mahal settlement — Recovery sought as arrears of land revenue — Failure by accepted tenderer to deposit security/installment or execute agreement (Rule 16) — Rule 17 mandates cancellation, forfeiture of earnest money/security deposit, and mandatory resale at the tenderer’s risk for loss recovery (difference between original India Law Library Docid # 2437241
(440) SUVEJ SINGH Vs. RAM NARESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-12-2025 Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, 2006 — Section 30 — Maintenance of Map and Field Book — Correction of Revenue Map — Scope of Section 30 — Section 30 allows the Collector to record annual changes in boundaries or correct errors or omissions detected in the map or field book (khasra) — It does not permit reopening an issue settled previously between parties regarding the location or extent of plots, India Law Library Docid # 2436530