(281) SULAIMAN M.S. AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 3(f) — Public Purpose — Definition of public purpose is restricted and does not include acquisition of land for companies. Acquisition for educational institutions is limited to schemes sponsored by the Government India Law Library Docid # 2428972
(282) ISHWAR CHAND (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS Vs. MADAN PAL AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2025 Pre-emption — Waiver/Acquiescence of Right — A party cannot waive or acquiesce in a right they do not possess at the time of the alleged waiver or acquiescence. India Law Library Docid # 2428973
(283) JAGTAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2025 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 – Section 18 – Bar on anticipatory bail – Application for pre-arrest bail dismissed by lower court – Appeal filed – Whether allegations in FIR disclose essential ingredients of offence under SC/ST Act – Held, allegations must be specific and articulate to attract Section 18 – Vague allegations of using "casteist remarks" without specifying the words used, do not India Law Library Docid # 2428974
(284) K. POUNAMMAL Vs. STATE REPRESENTED BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-08-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 7, Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) — Demand and acceptance of illegal gratification of Rs. 300 proved — Conviction upheld. India Law Library Docid # 2428992
(285) RAGINI GUPTA AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S RHYDBURG PHARMACEUTICALS LTD.[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 21-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 9 Rule 13 — Setting aside ex parte decree — Proper service of summons — Appellant claim no service of summons and decree obtained by playing fraud on court by intentionally providing wrong address — Held, ex parte decree passed without proper service of summons rendering entire proceeding vitiated — Condonation of delay under Section 5 Limitation Act also to India Law Library Docid # 2432363
(286) MOHAN LAL Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 21-08-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 438/442 — Criminal Revision — Rejection of discharge application and framing of charges — Trial Court’s order — Held, not perverse or illegal. India Law Library Docid # 2432364
(287) RAJMUNI BHUINYA Vs. EMPLOYERS IN RELATION TO THE MANAGEMENT OF SIJUA AREA OF M/S BHARAT COKING COAL LTD. AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 21-08-2025 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 10 — Industrial Dispute — Dismissal/termination — Validity of — Principles of natural justice — Domestic enquiry held unfair — Non-supply of enquiry report and second show-cause notice before dismissal — Concession by workman’s counsel as to fairness of enquiry before Tribunal India Law Library Docid # 2432449
(288) STATE BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. RAMADHAR SAO[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Disciplinary Proceedings — Judicial Review Scope — Courts exercising powers of judicial review over disciplinary inquiries are limited to correcting errors of law or procedural errors leading to manifest injustice or violation of natural justice, not to re-adjudicate on merits. India Law Library Docid # 2428932
(289) DEVENDRA KUMAR Vs. THE STATE (NCT OF DELHI) AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 156(3) and 190 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 186 — Jurisdiction of Magistrate to direct FIR registration under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. for offence under Section 186 IPC without a complaint from the public servant concerned. Held, Magistrate cannot straightaway direct investigation under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. for offence under Section 186 IPC when India Law Library Docid # 2428933
(290) UNION OF INDIA Vs. SALEEM KHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967 — Sections 18, 18-A, 18-B, 19, 20, 38 & 39 — Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 120-B — Arms Act, Section 25(1B)(a) — Bail — Grant of bail to one accused and refusal to another — Supreme Court upheld the High Court’s decision in granting bail to one accused (Saleem Khan) finding insufficient prima facie evidence of involvement in a banned organisation and long India Law Library Docid # 2428934
(291) MARKAPUDI VENU LAKSHMI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Sections 3, 4 — Indian Penal Code, 1860, Sections 498-A, 506 — Allegations of dowry demand and harassment — Charge sheet filed against accused No.1 only, stating allegations against petitioners (parents and brother of accused No.1) not established — Magistrate took cognizance based on protest petition — Petitioners India Law Library Docid # 2428958
(292) SMT. PERIKALA INDRAVENAMMA Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 151 — Inherent Powers of Court — Condonation of Delay — Stay of Proceedings — Application for condonation of delay in filing Writ Appeal and for stay of dispossession in respect of land pending disposal of the appeal. India Law Library Docid # 2428959
(293) GARIKAPATI BHAGAVANTHAM, KRISHNA Vs. K. VENKAESHWARARO AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 151, Order 32 Rule 3 — Appointment of Guardian for Minor — Application for appointment of guardian for minors in a suit — Court appointed father as natural guardian — Plaintiff's own admitted evidence stated father attended to welfare and education, performed marriages of sisters and elder brother — No specific allegations against father's conduct — Plaintiff's father represented him India Law Library Docid # 2428960
(294) DEVENDRA KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. MANHARAN LAL (DIED) THROUGH LRS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 20-08-2025 Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 — Section 8 — Powers of natural guardian — Transfer of immovable property of minor — Sale of minor's property without court permission — Voidable — Guardianship requires court permission to sell minor's property, failure to obtain makes sale voidable at minor's instance India Law Library Docid # 2428964
(295) KESHBO (DIED) THROUGH LEGAL HEIRS Vs. TEJRAM AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 20-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Scope of — High Court's jurisdiction is confined to substantial questions of law, not findings of fact — Re-appreciation of evidence by High Court is permissible only in specific circumstances, such as ignoring material evidence or applying law erroneously, not India Law Library Docid # 2428965
(296) SMT. MANPREET GILL MAINI AND OTHERS Vs. BALDEEP KAUR SIDDHU AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — Appeal against order allowing application under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC — Dismissal of suit by trial court — Appellants seeking partition of property — Contentions regarding territorial jurisdiction, identification of property, non-joinder of parties, and omission of entire claim — High Court reviewing findings on these issues to determine if trial court erred in dismissing the suit prematurely India Law Library Docid # 2428969
(297) SHRI SANJEET MORE AND OTHERS Vs. BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-08-2025 Service Law — Compulsory Retirement — Dispensing with Enquiry — Employee who voluntarily absented himself from service for a prolonged period and was found to be working elsewhere without prior intimation to employer, was compulsorily retired. The employer dispensed with the enquiry under Rule 30 (ii) of B.H.E.L. CDA Rules, 1975, stating that holding an enquiry was not reasonably practicable due to the employee's untraceable status. Court found no error in dispensing with the enquiry, citing India Law Library Docid # 2428970
(298) NEELAM KUMARI Vs. THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction based on extra-judicial confession and circumstantial evidence — Held, extra-judicial confessions are weak evidence and require corroboration by independent evidence — Circumstantial evidence must form a complete chain, consistent only with the hypothesis of guilt and excluding all other reasonable hypotheses — In this case, significant gaps in evidence, India Law Library Docid # 2428978
(299) VIKRAM BAKSHI AND OTHERS Vs. R.P. KHOSLA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 362 — Court not to alter judgment — Prohibition on altering or reviewing a judgment or final order except to correct clerical or arithmetical errors — Section 362 applies to criminal proceedings initiated under Section 340 CrPC. (Paras 27, 28, 34) India Law Library Docid # 2428981
(300) LALIT KUMAR MEHENDRA @ LALI @ SHIVDASS PATIL Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 20-08-2025 Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Bail application — Successive applications — Requirements — A third bail application must demonstrate new circumstances or grounds not previously available and considered by the court in earlier rejections; otherwise, entertaining it would constitute an impermissible review of prior orders. India Law Library Docid # 2432365