(601) ADITYA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Scheduled Tribes — Validity Certificate — Claim for 'Naikda' Scheduled Tribe — Dismissal of writ petition by High Court — Subsequent grant of validity certificates to close family members (brother and cousins) of appellants based on a common judgment which remained unchallenged — Principle of parity and settled genealogy — Where the own brother of one appellant and cousins of both appellants, descending from the same India Law Library Docid # 2435553
(602) RAKESH KUMAR @ LALU Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Anticipatory Bail — Consideration for grant/confirmation — Where the appellant had already been granted interim protection (bail on arrest) by the Supreme Court, and subsequent perusal of records established full compliance with conditions (cooperating with investigation, no witness intimidation), the Court confirmed the interim order — India Law Library Docid # 2435570
(603) MO. JISAN KHAN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Bail — Grant of bail in serious offences (Sections 302, 307, etc., IPC) — Appellants, in custody since 06.06.2024, were not named in the initial FIR — They were named later by witnesses (mother and brother of the deceased) in their depositions, but without attributing specific overt acts to them — Continued incarceration during ongoing trial is not warranted where evidence profile against the India Law Library Docid # 2435594
(604) SHUKHDEV SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-11-2025 Anticipatory Bail — Exercise of Discretion — Special Leave Petition (Criminal) filed against High Court order concerning FIR under Sections 75(2) and 115(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Interim protection granted earlier with condition of cooperation in investigation confirmed and made absolute — Petitioner released on India Law Library Docid # 2435604
(605) MADHU Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 07-11-2025 MP Uchha Nyayalaya Khandnyayapeeth Ko Appeal Adhiniyam, 2005 — Section 2 — Intra-Court Appeal — Challenge to order of Single Judge allowing Writ Petition and subsequent dismissal of Review Petition — Appellant was not a party to the original Writ Petition but filed Review Petition, which was dismissed — Appellant's appointment was subject to the final outcome of a preceding Writ Petition, which was a continuation of the subsequently filed Writ Petition that was allowed by the Single Judge. India Law Library Docid # 2435668
(606) ALOK GARG Vs. SMT. MITHLESH SRIVASTAVA[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 M.P. Accommodation Control Act, 1961 — Sections 23-A, 23-C, 23-D — Eviction of tenant under special category — Application for leave to defend (Section 23-C) — Procedure for granting leave and subsequent enquiry (Section 23-D) — The Rent Controlling Authority (RCA) acted against the spirit of the statute by deciding the tenant's application for leave to defend (Section 23-C) in a "cursory manner" within the final eviction order itself, without holding a separate enquiry or granting leave as requ India Law Library Docid # 2435669
(607) JAYMANIYA DEAD THROUGH LRS Vs. BUNDKUNWAR (DIED) THROUGH HIS LEGAL HEIRS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Second Appeal — Substantial Questions of Law — Jurisdiction of Lower Appellate Court — Reversing of finding on limitation — Where the Trial Court dismissed the suit based on limitation (Issue No.4) and the Lower Appellate Court reversed this finding, it is justified if the reversal is based on proper appreciation of evidence establishing the date of knowledge of the cause of action — India Law Library Docid # 2435841
(608) M/S. PARISONS FOODS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Customs Act, 1962 — Section 129E — Pre-deposit for Appeals — Waiver of mandatory pre-deposit under Article 226 of Constitution — Legislative intent behind the 2014 amendment to Section 129E (reducing pre-deposit percentage but removing discretion for waiver) is to maintain statutory discipline and prevent frivolous appeals — Writ Court's power to waive pre-deposit under Article 226 is preserved but should be exercised only in "rare and deserving cases" where a clear justification is made out, su India Law Library Docid # 2435928
(609) 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
(610) 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
(611) SMT. AMULYA R. Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 – Inherent power of High Court to quash proceedings – Quashing FIR for offences under IPC (Sections 406, 420, 506 R/W 34) – Scope of judicial review at the FIR stage – Whether facts alleged constitute offences – High Court should not decide disputed questions of fact in exercise of Section 482 powers; investigation should proceed to determine truthfulness of India Law Library Docid # 2435881
(612) M/S. SUGAM PACKING INDUSTRIES Vs. M/S. TIWNKLE IMPEX[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 9 Rule 13 — Setting aside ex parte decree — Order XXXVII (Summary Suits) — Applicability — An application under Order IX Rule 13 of the CPC is not maintainable to set aside a decree passed in a summary suit filed under Order XXXVII of the CPC. India Law Library Docid # 2435883
(613) PUTTI SEETHARAVAMMA AND OTHERS Vs. BELLAMKONDA VENKAIAH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Scope of Interference — High Court's jurisdiction is strictly confined to cases involving a substantial question of law — High Court cannot substitute its opinion for that of the First Appellate Court unless the conclusions are erroneous, contrary to law (statutory or Supreme Court precedent), or based on inadmissible or no evidence; re-appreciation of India Law Library Docid # 2436197
(614) IRRVICHETTY DHANALAKSHMI Vs. GUTTA NAGARAJA[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 45 — Opinion of Experts — Comparison of disputed signatures/handwriting — Suit on promissory note (Ex.A1) — Defendant alleges forgery and seeks expert opinion — Trial Court dismissed application (I.A.No.635 of 2022) on grounds of dragging proceedings and lack of standard signatures — High Court holds that seeking expert opinion is necessary when forgery is specifically pleaded, and it is not India Law Library Docid # 2436198
(615) KUNDHETI @ KUNDETI HANUMANTHA RAO Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 14A(2) — Criminal Procedure Code (Cr.P.C.) — Bail application — Appeal against dismissal of bail under SCs & STs (POA) Act — Bail principles — Liberty is the rule, detention is the exception — Failure of Special Court to appreciate foundational principle of criminal jurisprudence — Subsequent implication of appellant (Accused No. India Law Library Docid # 2436199
(616) CHAMARTHI MALLIKARJUNA Vs. CHAMARTHI MAHESWARA RAJU AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rule 1(a) — Temporary Injunction — Suit for Partition — Co-defendant seeking interim injunction against another co-defendant — Maintainability — Application under Order 39 Rule 1(a) allows any party (plaintiff or defendant) to seek temporary injunction to restrain property in dispute from being wasted, damaged, or alienated by any other party to the suit — In a partition suit, India Law Library Docid # 2436200
(617) M/S. MANSAS TRUST Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Writ Appeal — Remand — Setting aside of Single Judge's Order — Dispute regarding inclusion of lands (claimed as private patta lands by petitioners based on Inams Abolition Act proceedings) in the prohibited list under Section 22-A(1)(c) of the Registration Act, 1908 (alleged to belong to MANSAS Trust, a notified institution under Endowments Act) — Prior order disposing of the writ petition was reviewed, and on review, the Single India Law Library Docid # 2436201
(618) THE DIRECTOR GENERAL, CISF AND OTHERS Vs. KUDIPUDI SURI BABU AND ANOTHER[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Service Law — Disciplinary Proceedings — Misconduct — Bigamy — CISF Rules, 2001 — Rule 18(b) — Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 — Rule 21 — Contracting a second marriage while the first marriage is subsisting constitutes a violation of service rules and a grave misconduct for a member of a disciplined force (CISF) — The defense that the second marriage was due to pressure from parents is not a India Law Library Docid # 2436202
(619) SHRIRAM GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. G. CHIRANJEEVI NAIDU AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim for compensation — Rash and negligent driving — Burden of proof — Claimant's evidence (claimant and eye-witnesses) explicitly stated accident occurred due to rash and negligent driving of the offending lorry driver — Appellant Insurance Company failed to adduce any evidence (including failing to examine the driver of the offending vehicle) to disprove the India Law Library Docid # 2436203
(620) ANITA PANDEY Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Service Law — Resignation — Acceptance — Withdrawal — Public Sector Undertaking Employees — Employee of SIIDCUL (incorporated under Companies Act) tendered resignation, which was accepted by HR Manager within 20 days — Petitioner sought withdrawal of resignation before acceptance was formalized — Whether the resignation was validly accepted by the competent authority before its withdrawal, and India Law Library Docid # 2436510