(681) FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA Vs. HEIRS OF KANABHAI SOMABHAI (DECD.) AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 25-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — Appeal Against Judgment and Decree — Appeal filed against a judgment partly allowing a suit for recovery of damages and rejecting a counter-claim. The appellate court reviews whether the trial court's appreciation of evidence and interpretation of contract terms were erroneous or perverse. India Law Library Docid # 2434167
(682) RAJENDRAKUMAR RAMRATAN ARORA AND ANOTHER Vs. SANKLCHAND JECHANDBHAI PATEL AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 25-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — High Court's power to interfere with findings of fact — High Court cannot interfere with findings of fact by the first Appellate Court unless such findings are erroneous, contrary to law, based on inadmissible evidence, or without evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2434170
(683) CHANDRAKANT PANDHARINATH SOLUNKE AND OTHERS Vs. POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD.[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 25-09-2025 Telegraph Act, 1885 — Section 16(3) and 16(5) — Compensation disputes — Finality of District Judge's decision — Decisions of District Judge under Section 16(3) and 16(4) are final and not appealable under Section 96 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908. India Law Library Docid # 2434509
(684) DELOITTEE CONSULTING INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. ASSESSMENT UNIT, INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT, NATIONAL FACELESS ASSESSMENT CENTER, NEW DELHI, INDIA AND ANOTHER[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 25-09-2025 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Sections 147, 148, 148A, 151 — Reassessment Proceedings — Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) — Modified Return — Jurisdiction of Assessing Officer — Held that the Assessing Officer (AO) cannot re-examine and make additions to income disclosed in a modified return filed under an APA if there is no adverse report from the Transfer Pricing Officer (TPO) or the CBDT. The jurisdiction to audit India Law Library Docid # 2434568
(685) PARVEJ Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 25-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 316(3), 318(4), 316(5), 316(6), 61(2) of BNS, 2023 — Criminal Revision — Challenge to remand order — Arrest and remand of revisionist challenged on grounds of non-compliance with mandatory requirement of informing accused of grounds of arrest, specifically not informed in writing and India Law Library Docid # 2434669
(686) SMT. KAMLA DEVI Vs. THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 25-09-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal against award of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Enhancement of compensation — Appellant is mother of deceased, aged 63, widow, and wholly dependent on deceased son who was sole breadwinner — Tribunal awarded ₹10,00,000 to appellant, disproportionately India Law Library Docid # 2434670
(687) S. VENKATESAN Vs. SUNDARAM FASTENERS LIMITED[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 25-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order XXXIII and Order XLIV — Application to appeal as an indigent person — Definition of "indigent person" — Means inability to pay court fees or not owning property worth one thousand rupees, excluding essentials. Indigency is determined by financial capacity to pay court fees. India Law Library Docid # 2434781
(688) KANDHASAMY Vs. MAGUDEESHWARI AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 25-09-2025 Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 — Section 116 — Presumption of legitimacy of child born during marriage — A child born during a marriage is presumed to be legitimate unless it's proven that the parents had no access to each other during the period the child could have been conceived — This presumption aims to prevent unnecessary India Law Library Docid # 2434782
(689) SELVARAJ AND OTHERS Vs. MARIAMMAL AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 25-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — Appeals from original decrees — Appeal Suit challenging a preliminary decree for partition — The appeal was dismissed as the appellants (defendants) failed to prove their claim of ouster. India Law Library Docid # 2434783
(690) NABAKISHORE BARIK Vs. BRAHMAHARI SHANKAR DASH[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 24-09-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Cheque admitted in evidence without objection — Signature on cheque not disputed at the time of marking it as an exhibit — Subsequent application to send cheque for handwriting expert opinion rejected — Held, proper procedure would have been to file application under Section 45 of the Evidence Act, 1872, for expertise opinion, as the cheque had already India Law Library Docid # 2433145
(691) M/s. U.P. ASBESTOS LIMITED Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 304(a) — Exemption from tax on sale of asbestos cement sheets and bricks manufactured in Rajasthan with fly ash content of 25% or more — Discriminatory vis-a-vis goods imported from outside the State — Held to violate Article 304(a) as no similar exemption was available for imported goods, creating a fiscal barrier and impeding free trade. India Law Library Docid # 2433163
(692) ARSHAD NEYAZ KHAN Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 420 — Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property — Ingredients — To prove cheating, it must be shown that the accused had a fraudulent or dishonest intention at the time of making the promise or representation — Mere failure to keep a promise subsequently does not imply a culpable intention from the beginning — In this case, no allegations suggesting intentional deception or dishonest intention at the time of the agreement for sale were India Law Library Docid # 2433164
(693) SHOBHIT KUMAR MITTAL Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Abuse of process of law — General allegations of harassment and cruelty without specific instances lack basis for criminal proceedings — FIR allegations against appellant were vague and omnibus, failing to establish any specific role or proximate relation to the alleged offences of hurt or cruelty. India Law Library Docid # 2433165
(694) ANUKUL SINGH Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent Powers of High Court — Quashing of proceedings — Abuse of process of law — Maliciously instituted proceedings — When allegations in FIR or complaint, even if taken at face value, do not constitute any offence or make out a case against the accused. India Law Library Docid # 2433166
(695) RAJNESH SHARMA Vs. M/S. BUSINESS PARK TOWN PLANNERS LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-09-2025 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 14 — Grant of Compensation — Actual Loss — Compensation must be based on proven actual loss suffered by the consumer, not for windfalls. However, this principle does not preclude a court from determining a reasonable rate of interest on refund. India Law Library Docid # 2433167
(696) HLV LIMITED (FORMERLY KNOWN AS HOTEL LEELAVENTURE PVT. LTD.) Vs. PBSAMP PROJECTS PVT. LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-09-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 31(7)(a) and (b) — Interest on award — Party autonomy — Arbitral Tribunal's discretion to award interest under Section 31(7)(a) is subject to any agreement between the parties — Party autonomy to determine pre-award interest prevails over the Tribunal's discretion — If parties agree on an interest regime, the arbitrator must enforce it, and courts cannot add further interest at the execution stage. India Law Library Docid # 2433168
(697) BAR COUNCIL OF MAHARASHTRA AND GOA Vs. RAJIV NARESHCHANDRA NARULA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-09-2025 Advocates Act, 1961 — Section 35 — Professional Misconduct — Referral of complaint to Disciplinary Committee — Requirement of reasoned order — A Bar Council must apply its mind and have a reasoned belief that an advocate has committed misconduct before referring a complaint to its Disciplinary Committee — A cryptic or laconic order without discussing the allegations renders the reference invalid. India Law Library Docid # 2433169
(698) DIVYAGNAKUMARI HARISINH PARMAR AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-09-2025 Grant of Land Under Portuguese Law - Interpretation of 'Alvara' Rights - The case concerned land grants made between 1923 and 1930 under the erstwhile Portuguese Government in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, governed by the Organic Structure of the Lands of Nagar Haveli (OA). These grants, known as 'Alvaras', were of indefinite duration, transferable, and inheritable, subject to conditions of agricultural India Law Library Docid # 2433170
(699) RAMA BAI Vs. M/S AMIT MINERALS THROUGH INCHARGE OFFICER/ COMPETENT OFFICER AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-09-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 149(2)(a)(ii) and 15 — Renewal of Driving Licences — Driver not holding a valid license on the date of accident — Insurance Company absolved of liability as per law for breach of policy conditions. India Law Library Docid # 2433178
(700) SMT. POOJA Vs. SOURABH KHUSHWAHA[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-09-2025 Family Court Act, 1984 — Section 19 — First Appeal — Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1A)(ii) — Divorce — Restitution of Conjugal Rights — Once a decree for restitution of conjugal rights is passed and there has been no resumption of marital ties for a period of one year or more, either party can seek a divorce under Section 13(1A)(ii) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. The court does not need to re-examine the "reasonable India Law Library Docid # 2433283