(861) THAMMINENI BHASKAR Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 302, 364, and 201 — Conviction for murder, kidnapping, and causing disappearance of evidence — Circumstantial evidence — "Last seen" theory — Prosecution failed to prove essential elements of the crime — Witnesses turned hostile and could not identify the accused or prove the alleged kidnapping — Evidence did not establish that the deceased was last seen with the accused. India Law Library Docid # 2432756
(862) ISHA JAIN (AGGARWAL) Vs. NISHANT JAIN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Supreme Court’s inherent powers — Invoking powers for divorce by mutual consent after mediation settlement and agreement to withdraw all cases — Parties having irretrievable breakdown of marriage and living separately for over five years — Court grants decree of divorce by mutual consent and quashes pending criminal cases and FIRs. India Law Library Docid # 2432768
(863) KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD LIMITED Vs. M/S POOJA MILK FOODS (P) LTD[KERALA HIGH COURT] 17-09-2025 Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 42(5) — Consumer Grievance Redressal Forum (CGRF) — Licensee's right to challenge CGRF orders — CGRF is an institutional grievance redressal forum, part of the licensee's decision-making framework — Licensee is bound by CGRF's orders, and cannot challenge them via writ petition unless the order is passed without jurisdiction or in excess of authority, or is a India Law Library Docid # 2433000
(864) DILIP SHANKAR GANG JAIN Vs. REHMATH A.R[KERALA HIGH COURT] 17-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 65 — Purchaser's title — Vesting of title relates back to the date of sale upon confirmation — When a prior sale is confirmed, title vests from the date of the sale, even if the confirmation occurred after a subsequent sale. India Law Library Docid # 2433001
(865) MALLA JAGGA RAO Vs. THE WORD TEACHER COOPERATIVE HOUSE BUILDING SOCIETY LTD, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY WTCBS LAYOUT AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Scope of Interference — High Court cannot substitute its opinion for the First Appellate Court unless findings are erroneous, contrary to law, or based on no evidence — Re-appreciation of evidence is not permitted if First Appellate Court exercised its discretion judicially. India Law Library Docid # 2433043
(866) SUNKARA PAWAN KUMAR @ CHINNA @ SUNKARA Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389(1) — Suspension of Sentence and Grant of Bail — Appeal Against Conviction of Murder and Offences Under SC/ST Act — Appellant sought bail and suspension of sentence pending disposal of appeal against conviction for murder, wrongful confinement, kidnapping, and offences under SC/ST Act — High Court dismissed the appeal, confirming the conviction and sentence, finding the prosecution proved the guilt beyond a reasonable India Law Library Docid # 2433044
(867) G.ADENNA Vs. A RAGHAVENDRA CHOWDARY[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 151 CPC — Interlocutory Applications — Temporary Injunction and amendment of plaint — Applications filed for temporary injunction to restrain alienation of suit property and to amend the plaint to include a prayer for refund of advance amount with interest — These applications are ancillary to the main appeal. India Law Library Docid # 2433045
(868) KARLAPALEM VENKATA KRISHNA GOKUL Vs. KARLAPALEM VENKATA NAGABHUSHANA RAO[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 20, Rule 5 and Order 14, Rule 2 — Trial Court judgment — Failure to decide each issue with reasons, discuss evidence of all witnesses, and address primary relief (cancellation of Will) — Judgment did not conform to mandatory requirements of CPC — Trial Court acted mechanically without applying its mind to facts and issues — Judgment is vitiated and amounts to no judgment in the eyes of law — Such a judgment deprives a party of the right to India Law Library Docid # 2433046
(869) VELLAYA PILLAI Vs. MANGALESHWARI[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 17-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 27 — Additional Evidence — Applicant sought to produce a judgment from a previous suit to discredit the respondent's testimony — The judgment pertained to the character or conduct of the respondent — The appeal's primary issues were the validity of marriage and liability to pay maintenance — The court held that the additional evidence was not directly relevant to determining these aspects of the appeal — Therefore, the petition to India Law Library Docid # 2433050
(870) NIRANJAN KUMAR JENA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 17-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 226 & 227 — Writ of Mandamus — Property Rights — Human Rights — While the Right to Property is a Constitutional, Statutory, and Human Right, it does not grant absolute dominion if it harms others. Government cannot arbitrarily deprive individuals of their property without due process. India Law Library Docid # 2433149
(871) BABAJI CHARAN SAHU (SINCE DEAD THROUGH HIS LRS) Vs. BASANTA KUMAR PALEI AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 17-09-2025 Partition Act, 1893 — Section 4 — Right to pre-emption/repurchase — A co-sharer cannot invoke Section 4 to repurchase property from a stranger purchaser unless the stranger purchaser has filed a suit for partition of their purchased share. The right to repurchase under Section 4 is only available when the transferee has sued for partition. India Law Library Docid # 2433150
(872) REGISTRAR GENERAL OF THE HON'BLE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA, CUTTACK AND OTHERS Vs. MALAYA RANJAN DASH AND ANOTHER[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 17-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 47 Rule 1 — Review Jurisdiction — A review petition is not an appeal against the original order and cannot be used to rehear or reargue matters already decided. The scope of review is limited to correcting errors apparent on the face of the record, discovering new evidence, or for other sufficient reasons akin to these grounds. Re-evaluation of facts or law to substitute one plausible India Law Library Docid # 2433151
(873) GOURHARI MOHANTY (DEAD) AND OTHERS Vs. BHARGABI DAS (DEAD) AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 17-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Issues — Substantial questions of law formulated regarding reversal of trial court judgment without discussing evidence, non-consideration of documents, binding nature of Rafa-nama, estoppel, and adverse inference. The Second Appeal addresses these interconnected questions. India Law Library Docid # 2433152
(874) VISHNUPRASAD S/O BHAGWANDASJI GEHLOD THROUGH LRS. SANDEEP AND OTHERS Vs. RAJENDRA SINGH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 17-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — First Appeal — Scope — Appellate Court has jurisdiction to reverse or affirm Trial Court's findings — First appeal is a valuable right, whole case is open for rehearing on facts and law — Appellate Court's judgment must reflect conscious application of mind and reasoned findings on all issues and contentions. India Law Library Docid # 2433295
(875) JAGDEO PRASAD Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 302 & 34 — Arms Act, 1959 — Section 27 — Anticipatory Bail — High Court erred in granting anticipatory bail without cogent reasons to accused named in FIR for murder, especially when allegations include a money extortion racket and murder by hired assassins. India Law Library Docid # 2433400
(876) FR. EDWIN PIGAREZ Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376(2)(i) & (n) — Rape — Suspension of Sentence — Accused sentenced to 20 years imprisonment — Accused has already undergone incarceration for almost 10 years — Accused has undergone half of the sentence imposed by High Court — Court inclined to suspend sentence of the appellant during pendency of appeal. India Law Library Docid # 2433424
(877) DEEPAK YADAV AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — Abuse of process — High Court's repeated remands of matter to Trial Court for adding Section 394 IPC, without proper inquiry and based solely on complainant's affidavits, deemed improper procedure — Trial Court must independently satisfy itself of applicability of charge based on evidence, not just affidavits. India Law Library Docid # 2433425
(878) NAVED Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of Proceedings — Powers of High Court — Court can quash criminal proceedings if it finds that the complaint is malicious, vexatious, or intended to harass the accused, or if the allegations themselves do not disclose a cognizable offence. India Law Library Docid # 2433427
(879) VADDI RATNAM Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-09-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1958 — Sections 8(c) read with 18 — Possession of Opium — Principle of Parity — High Court acquitted co-accused based on failure to prove conscious possession due to inconsistent evidence regarding transfer of contraband — State did not appeal acquittal of co-accused — Appellant (accused no.2) also implicated in the same incident with common evidence — Application of principle of parity for acquittal of appellant. India Law Library Docid # 2433466
(880) IN RE : T.N. GODAVARMAN THIRUMULPAD Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS (BY COURTS MOTION)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-09-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 19 — Sanction for Prosecution — State Government forwarding papers for sanction of Union of India — Court directs Union of India to consider the proposal submitted by State Government for grant of sanction. India Law Library Docid # 2433467