(1) MANOHAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 31-07-2025 Administrative Law — Principles of Natural Justice — Audi Alteram Partem — Requirement to follow established procedure — Rejection of candidature based on new grounds raised in affidavit, not originally cited, is illegal and contravenes principles of natural justice India Law Library Docid # 2428208
(2) MINOR SUSHRI DEVANGIBAKERIA THROUGH FATHER SHRI MANOJ BAKERIA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 31-07-2025 Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 and Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2010 — Section 12(1)(c) and Rule 11(3) — Admission to Class 1 under — Eligibility criteria — Neighbourhood limits — Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) determined neighbourhood limits as 5 km radius in metropolitan India Law Library Docid # 2428209
(3) MANOHAR SINGH MARAN Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 31-07-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Petition — Petitioner seeking cancellation of selection process for hospital management cadre posts — Allegation that ineligible candidates were called for interview, thus defeating petitioner's chance — Petitioner ranked much lower in merit list than the cut-off for interview — No evidence provided to substantiate claim that India Law Library Docid # 2428210
(4) SUMANBAI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 31-07-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 28-A — Applicability — Landowner's application under Section 18 for enhanced compensation dismissed on grounds of delay — Whether such dismissal prevents filing application under Section 28-A — Held yes, dismissal on delay means application was not 'effectively entertained', thus Section 28-A is maintainable if other conditions are India Law Library Docid # 2428211
(5) PADI KAUSHIK REDDY ETC. Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-07-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Tenth Schedule, Para 6(1) — Disqualification of Members — Speaker's authority to decide — Judicial review of Speaker's decision — Scope of — Decision of Speaker is amenable to judicial review on grounds of jurisdictional errors, mala fides, non-compliance with natural justice, and India Law Library Docid # 2428202
(6) S.N. VIJAYALAKSHMI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 420 — Cheating — Ingredients not made out — Agreement to Sell for property was executed, but possession was not handed over as stipulated in the ATS — No fraudulent or dishonest inducement found — Criminal proceedings quashed India Law Library Docid # 2428203
(7) URMILA DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. BALRAM AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 — Cheating, Forgery, Using Forged Document — Abuse of process of law — Civil dispute disguised as criminal offence — Complaint filed after significant delay following dismissal of objections and failure to pursue civil remedies — Allegations of fabrication of will and circumvention of sale deed not prima facie made out — Continuation of proceedings would be an abuse of process and not serve ends India Law Library Docid # 2428204
(8) MANCHU MOHAN BABU Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 290, 341, 171F read with Section 34; Police Act, 1861 — Section 34 — Public nuisance, wrongful restraint, undue influence at election, acts done in furtherance of common intention, punishment for certain offences on roads — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Allegations of rally and dharna causing obstruction to traffic and public inconvenience — Court's duty to quash proceedings if allegations do not constitute an offence India Law Library Docid # 2428205
(9) SHRI DILIP JAGANNATH AMBILWADE Vs. GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 30-07-2025 Maharashtra Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1982 — Rule 46(1) & (2) — Forfeiture of service on resignation — Resignation from service generally leads to forfeiture of past service, unless it is to take up another government appointment with proper permission — Petitioner's tenure with University ended with termination, but allowed to resign by High Court with specific conditions including no monetary claims, except PF dues — India Law Library Docid # 2428124
(10) SUBHA PRASAD NANDI MAJUMDAR Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL SERVICE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-07-2025 Interpretation of Statute and Notifications — ‘Any’ University does not mean only within the State — The phrase “in any State-aided University or College” in a notification extending retirement age was interpreted to include experience from universities or colleges outside the State of West Bengal. The court found that India Law Library Docid # 2428131
(11) UMRI POOPH PRATAPPUR (UPP) TOLLWAYS PVT. LTD. Vs. M.P. ROAD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-07-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 vs. Madhya Pradesh Madhyastham Adhikaran Adhiniyam, 1983 — Works Contract — Concession Agreement for development of State Highway falls under ‘works contract’ as defined in MP Act, 1983 — MP Act, 1983 has overriding effect on Arbitration and Conciliation Act, India Law Library Docid # 2428132
(12) SMT. REKHA KUSHWAH AND ANOTHER Vs. RAJENDRA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 30-07-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rules 1 & 2 — Temporary Injunction — Appeal against order allowing partial construction — High Court quashed the appellate order, restoring the trial court’s status-quo order. — The court found that the defendants had repeatedly obtained mutation orders based on a disputed will, often without impleading all legal heirs or disclosing previous adverse orders. These orders were subsequently recalled or set aside. Allowing construction India Law Library Docid # 2428207
(13) SANTHOSH KARUNAKARAN Vs. OMBUDSMAN CUM ETHICS OFFICER, KERALA CRICKET ASSOCIATION AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Kerala Cricket Association Byelaws, Section 15(4)(s) — Impleadment of parties — Non-impleadment of District Cricket Associations in an application to frame model bye-laws for cricket associations — Ombudsman rejected the application for non-impleadment — High Court affirmed the rejection — Supreme Court found the India Law Library Docid # 2428097
(14) S. MOHAMMED HAKKIM Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Contract Act, 1872 — Section 2(d) — Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal — Compensation — Notional Income Future Prospects — Multiplier — Contributory Negligence — Attendant Charges — Future Medical Expenses — Loss of Marital Prospects — Discomfort — Extra Nourishment — Medical Bills — Motor Accident — Amputation — Functional Disability — In a motor accident case involving a young engineering student who suffered amputation of his leg due to the negligence of India Law Library Docid # 2428098
(15) SMT. MAMTA PATHAK Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 29-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302 — Murder — Circumstantial evidence — Chain of circumstances must be complete and only point towards the guilt of the accused. Conviction cannot be sustained if circumstances are explainable on any other hypothesis. India Law Library Docid # 2428116
(16) MS. FARAH DEEBA Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 29-07-2025 Constitution of India — Article 226 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — High Court's power to quash proceedings is an exception, not a rule — Appreciation of evidence is not permissible at the stage of quashing — Court should not conduct a mini-trial. India Law Library Docid # 2428120
(17) MUJIBODDIN HAKIMODDIN AND OTHERS Vs. SHAMSHUDDIN NIJAMODDIN[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 29-07-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 21 Rule 32 — Execution of prohibitory injunction — Explanation to sub-rule (5) allows enforcement by directing recovery of possession when judgment-debtor disobeys the decree — This means a prohibitory injunction decree can be treated as a decree for possession for the purpose of execution India Law Library Docid # 2428121
(18) SALIM BAIG Vs. SAYYAD NAWID[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 29-07-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rule 1 — Temporary Injunction — Admissibility of unstamped document — An unstamped or insufficiently stamped instrument cannot be admitted in evidence for any purpose, including collateral purposes, unless stamp duty and penalty are paid as per Section 35 of the Indian Stamp Act. Courts India Law Library Docid # 2428122
(19) NARENDRA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 29-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 498-A — Cruelty by husband or "relative" of the husband — Definition of "relative" — Supreme Court held that "relative" implies a status conferred by blood, marriage, or adoption — A friend of the husband does not fall within this definition. India Law Library Docid # 2428123
(20) IL & FS FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED Vs. ADHUNIK MEGHALAYA STEELS PRIVATE LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 7 — Application under — Limitation — Whether barred by limitation — Financial Creditor filed application under Section 7 of IBC arguing that entries in the respondent’s Balance Sheet for FY 2019-20 constituted a valid acknowledgment of debt under Section 18 of the India Law Library Docid # 2428130