(781) SUDIP BISWAS @ BURA Vs. STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 53A, Section 164A — DNA Profiling — Admissibility and Use in Rape Cases — DNA profiling is a vital scientific tool in rape cases, both to exonerate the innocent and identify the guilty, aiding investigations and courts in establishing truth. Its statutory backing under Cr.PC and its reliability, despite potential for sample tampering, make it crucial evidence. The pursuit of truth in criminal India Law Library Docid # 2433113
(782) E. SANKAR RAO Vs. STATE OF ODISHA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Orissa Special Court Act, 2016 — Section 31 — Quashing of charge sheet and cognizance order — Disproportionate Assets case — Sale of properties during check period — Failure of investigating agency to verify status of properties — Not sufficient to dismiss prosecution at initial stage by accused — Burden on prosecution to establish prima facie case based on correct factual position — Investigating agency duty bound to verify properties India Law Library Docid # 2433146
(783) NAROTTAM PRUSTY Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND ANOTHER[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Inherent power of High Court — Quashing of charge framing order — Accused not given opportunity to file discharge application — Violation of procedure and right to fair trial. India Law Library Docid # 2433147
(784) PANCHAYAT & RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS Vs. SANTOSH KUMAR SHRIVASTAVA[SUPREME COURT OF NDIA] 22-09-2025 Service Law — Retiral dues — Withholding of — Official residence — Failure to vacate government residence after superannuation does not justify withholding of retiral dues like pension and gratuity — Retiral dues are a right earned through service and cannot be obstructed by unrelated matters such as occupation of official accommodation. India Law Library Docid # 2433141
(785) SURENDRA KHAWSE Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-09-2025 Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Saving of inherent powers of High Court — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR and Chargesheet — High Court's refusal to quash — Supreme Court's power to interfere — Held, Supreme Court can quash FIR if it is manifestly attended with mala fide and instituted with ulterior motive for wreaking vengeance or India Law Library Docid # 2433142
(786) THE CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Vs. MIR USMAN @ ARA @ MIR USMAN ALI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 309 — Power to postpone or adjourn proceedings — Day-to-day trial mandate — Violation of mandate by trial courts by granting adjournments flippantly or for frivolous reasons — Such practice leads to miscarriage of justice and delays trials — Courts must prioritize continuous trial once witness examination begins, recording reasons for any adjournment — Inconvenience India Law Library Docid # 2433446
(787) AAKASH GURUNG AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF SIKKIM AND OTHERS[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Petition — Maintainability — Non-impleadment of necessary parties — Prayer (H) sought modification of an Office Order affecting persons not made parties to the petition — Petition found defective and liable for dismissal on this ground alone. India Law Library Docid # 2433408
(788) JAGDISH BHIMSHI GANGAR AND ANOTHER Vs. ECONOMIC OFFENCES WING AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of charge-sheet — High Court dismissed petition without considering merits — Held, High Court ought to have considered merits of the case, as scope of inquiry in discharge application is limited — Impugned order set aside and application restored to High Court for fresh consideration. India Law Library Docid # 2433418
(789) XU XUNFU Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Right to Life and Personal Liberty — Foreign nationals arrested in India are entitled to protection under Article 21. India Law Library Docid # 2433419
(790) THE CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Vs. MIR USMAN @ ARA @ MIR USMAN ALI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 309 — Power to postpone or adjourn proceedings — Speedy trial — Right to speedy trial is a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution — Delay in criminal trials is a grave concern — Trial courts must adhere to the mandate of day-to-day examination of witnesses once it begins, with exceptions only for special reasons to be recorded in writing. India Law Library Docid # 2433420
(791) DR. S. JAITLEY AND ANOTHER Vs. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-09-2025 Municipal Law — Illegal Construction — Application seeking directions for Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to seal premises due to illegal construction and misuse. India Law Library Docid # 2433537
(792) SUDHA Vs. HARGIAN SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17, Section 151 — Amendment of Plaint — Rejection of application for amendment to convert suit for injunction to suit for recovery — Dismissal by trial court erroneous — Amendment allowed as mortgage period expired and plaintiff sought to recover mortgage amount India Law Library Docid # 2433927
(793) SH. ARUN SEN CHAND Vs. MAHINDER KUMAAR AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 11 Rule 21 — Striking off defence for non-compliance with Court order directing production of documents — Trial Court order striking off defence for failure to produce documents is upheld — Defendant failed to produce documents despite specific directions and a last opportunity — Supreme Court in M/s Babbar Sewing Machine Company versus Trilok Nath Mahajan (1978) 4 SCC 188 India Law Library Docid # 2434026
(794) SANTOSH KUMAR Vs. PUSHPA DEVI AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39, Rule 2-A — Consequences of disobedience or breach of injunction — Scope — The word 'person' in Order 39, Rule 2-A(1) is wide enough to include not only parties to the suit but also third parties or strangers who aid or abet the violation of an injunction order, provided they have knowledge of the order. India Law Library Docid # 2434027
(795) SUDERSHAN AND OTHERS Vs. DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER, SHIMLA AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 H.P. Public Premises (Land Eviction and Rent Recovery) Act, 1971 — Eviction proceedings — Tenancy dispute — Partnership firm vs. individual — Plea that premises were let out to a partnership firm, not an individual — Failure to prove partnership by documentary evidence and statements of partners — Tenancy established as belonging to the individual, prior to alleged partnership — Finding upheld. India Law Library Docid # 2434028
(796) SHRI DURGA AND ANOTHER Vs. SANJEEV KUMAR AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 152 — Correction of clerical or arithmetical mistakes — Accidental slip or omission — Scope of Section 152 CPC is limited to correcting clerical or arithmetical mistakes or errors arising from accidental slips or omissions in judgments, decrees or orders. It cannot be used to correct substantive errors or omissions that go to the merits of the case. India Law Library Docid # 2434029
(797) PREM MOHINI GUPTA Vs. SUMITRA (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Rent and Eviction — Eviction proceedings — Objections by tenant — Landlord filed Rent Petition against tenant for arrears of rent — Tenant proceeded ex-parte and eviction order passed — Tenant failed to deposit amount, execution petition filed — Tenant's legal representative filed objections claiming status changed due to Agreement to Sell — India Law Library Docid # 2434030
(798) RIYAZ AHMAD CHANNA Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 22-09-2025 Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 — Detention order challenged — Grounds of detention vague, imaginary, without substance, lacking specific particulars of date, place, and time — Failure to provide status of FIRs and supporting material — Detenue's right to make an effective representation violated — Detention quashed. India Law Library Docid # 2434070
(799) PAWAN GAMBHIR AND OTHER Vs. STATE THROUGH SHO P/S CITY JAMMU.[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 22-09-2025 CrPC, 1989 (J&K) — Section 561-A — Inherent powers of High Court — Quashing of FIR and proceedings — Powers to be exercised sparingly and in exceptional cases to secure the ends of justice — Prosecution should not be allowed to continue when it is clear that it cannot possibly end in a conviction. India Law Library Docid # 2434113
(800) M/S. MEHRA JEWEL PALACE PVT. LTD. Vs. MINISO LIFESTYLE PVT. LTD AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Contract Law — Lease Agreement — Force Majeure Clause — COVID-19 Pandemic — Court held that the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to the closure of business premises due to government orders, constituted a force majeure event under the lease deed, excusing the lessee from rent payment obligations for the period of closure. The court reasoned that the pandemic was an unforeseen and uncontrollable event, falling India Law Library Docid # 2434232