(721) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. DAHYABHAI BHULABHAI PATEL AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 24-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378, 379, 401, 402 — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of Appellate Court's power — Appellate Court has full power to review, re-appreciate and reconsider evidence — However, Appellate Court must be slow to interfere with acquittal if trial court's view is reasonable and plausible and India Law Library Docid # 2434174
(722) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. ISMAIL AHMEDBHAI LULA (VORA PATEL)[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 24-09-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 8(c), 20(b) — Appeal against acquittal — Appellate Court's power to review evidence is extensive, but interference with acquittal requires manifest illegality or perversity — Case involved seizure of cannabis — Trial court acquitted accused — State appealed, arguing misappreciation of evidence — Appellate court reiterated principles for appeals against India Law Library Docid # 2434175
(723) SARDAR SAROVAR NARMADA NIGAM LTD AND OTHERS Vs. NATIONAL BUILDERS AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 24-09-2025 Civil Procedure — Appeal against a decree of the Civil Court concerning contractual claims — The appeal was filed by the defendants against a judgment and order that partly allowed the contractor's suit for recovery of substantial amount with interest. The appellate court reviewed several claims made by the contractor, including those related to increased quantities, under-payment, recovery of bricks, water charges, electrical charges, India Law Library Docid # 2434176
(724) SH INDERJEET SINGH Vs. SMT KAUSHALYA DEVI AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of plaint — Suit for recovery of damages for illegal eviction — Appellant filed suit for recovery of damages after losing eviction proceedings up to Supreme Court and failing to vacate property voluntarily — Lower court rightly rejected plaint for lack of cause of action, being barred by limitation, and constituting abuse of process of law. (Para India Law Library Docid # 2434225
(725) RAJNISH Vs. STATE NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-09-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 415(2) and Section 528 — Appeal against conviction and sentence — High Court can hear appeals against judgments of conviction and orders on sentence. India Law Library Docid # 2434226
(726) KRIPA NATH MISHRA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR and proceedings — Abuse of process of law — Allegations of dowry harassment and retention of stridhan against husband and in-laws — Court can exercise inherent jurisdiction to quash proceedings if they are manifestly frivolous, vexatious, initiated with ulterior motive, or if allegations are absurd and inherently improbable — India Law Library Docid # 2434227
(727) SUDHAKAR PARSHURAM GHARE ALIAS SUDHAKARBHAU GHARE Vs. MAHENDRA SADASHIV THORVE AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 24-09-2025 Representation of the People Act, 1951 — Section 83(1)(b) and Order VII Rule 11 of Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Contents of Election Petition — Full particulars of corrupt practice — Allegation of distribution of sarees — Election Petition lacked essential details such as the names of the distributors, their relationship with the returned candidate, or proof of consent, rendering it deficient in India Law Library Docid # 2434492
(728) STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH Vs. M/S. STYPACK (P) LIMITED[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 24-09-2025 Andhra Pradesh General Sales Tax Act, 1957 — Section 9 — Exemption — Scope of G.O.Ms.No.574 dated 09.06.1987 — Held to be a general exemption for inter-state sales, not conditional. India Law Library Docid # 2434569
(729) MR. DAYYALA PRABHAKAR Vs. MRS. AGGETI KAMALAMMA AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 24-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(a) and (d) — Rejection of plaint — Duty of court to consider plaint at threshold without delving into merits — Power to reject plaint under Order 7 Rule 11 is drastic and must be exercised with caution — Rejection is permissible if defect is patent, incurable, and discernible from plaint itself without requiring inquiry into disputed facts — Trial court cannot go into merits of case, India Law Library Docid # 2434570
(730) LATEEF MOHAMMED KHAN Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 24-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 197 — Sanction for prosecution — Public servants — Acts done in discharge of official duty — The requirement of sanction under Section 197 Cr.P.C. is mandatory for prosecuting public servants for acts done or purported to be done in discharge of official duty or in excess thereof, provided there is a reasonable connection between the act and the duty. Absence of such sanction vitiates the India Law Library Docid # 2434571
(731) GHYAMSHYAM ATWAL Vs. STATE BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 24-09-2025 Contract Act, 1872 — Section 72 — Liability for money paid or thing delivered by mistake or under coercion — Bank has the right to recover excess amount paid to an employee due to erroneous pay fixation, provided the employee is responsible for the excess payment, e.g., through fraud or deceitful means, or has given an undertaking for refund. India Law Library Docid # 2434667
(732) ADHARU AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 24-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304B and 498A — Dowry Death and Cruelty — Essential ingredients of Section 304B IPC are unnatural death within seven years of marriage, and soon before death, subject to cruelty or harassment by husband or his relative in connection with dowry demand — Prosecution failed to prove any specific allegation of cruelty or harassment in connection with dowry demand — Statements India Law Library Docid # 2434668
(733) RAM MANOHAR Vs. MAHESH KUMAR (DIED) THROUGH LRS.[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 23-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Admitted on substantial question of law regarding rejection of applications under Order 41 Rule 27 and Order 6 Rule 17 of CPC by the First Appellate Court. India Law Library Docid # 2433199
(734) HINDALCO INDUSTRIES LIMITED Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 23-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ of Mandamus — Mining Lease — Handover of Possession — Petitioner sought directions for the handover of Raiyati land for mining operations under a granted lease. The court examined the interplay between the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 (CMSP Act), the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act), and the Chota Nagpur Tenancy Act, 1908 (CNT Act) India Law Library Docid # 2433315
(735) JITENDRA SHAKYA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 23-09-2025 Municipalities Act, 1961 — Section 94(9) — Contractual appointments — State Government permission — Appointments made without prior permission of State Government are void ab initio. India Law Library Docid # 2433280
(736) HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ANOTHER Vs. JYOTSNA DOHALIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-09-2025 Madhya Pradesh Judicial Service (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 1994 — Rule 7 — Eligibility criteria for recruitment of Judicial Officers — Amended Rule 7 required practice as an advocate for at least three years or specific marks in the first attempt — Candidates were permitted to participate in the recruitment process subject to the outcome of challenge to the validity of the Rules — Subsequent India Law Library Docid # 2433138
(737) AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA Vs. COMMISSIONER OF SERVICE TAX[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-09-2025 Finance Act, 1994 — Section 66 read with Section 65(105)(zzm) — Levy of Service Tax — Airport Services — Construction of Section 65(23) defining "cargo handling service" and its exclusion of "handling of export cargo" — Section 65(105)(zzm) defines "taxable service" to include any service provided by Airports Authority in any airport — Held, exclusion of export cargo from "cargo handling India Law Library Docid # 2433139
(738) SATHEESH V.K. Vs. THE FEDERAL BANK LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 47 Rule 7(1) — Appeal against order refusing review — No appeal lies from an order refusing a review, as the original decree or order remains unchanged India Law Library Docid # 2433140
(739) RAMCHARIT DUBEY Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 23-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Petition — Rejection of pensionary benefits — Petitioner challenged rejection of full pension and retiral claims based on Rule 64(c) of M.P. Civil Services Pension Rules, 1976. Petitioner was acquitted in criminal cases, but appeals against acquittal were pending before the High Court. Impugned order denied full pension due to pending appeals. Petitioner argued that India Law Library Docid # 2433281
(740) CHITRA DAY Vs. SUMMER KUMAR DAY[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 23-09-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 10 — Judicial Separation — Consent of parties — Court can pass a decree of judicial separation under Section 10 of the Act even if parties have reached an agreement and are consenting to it, as there is no provision barring such a decree based on mutual consent. India Law Library Docid # 2433282