(1) MANOHAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 31-07-2025 Administrative Law — Principles of Natural Justice — Audi Alteram Partem — Requirement to follow established procedure — Rejection of candidature based on new grounds raised in affidavit, not originally cited, is illegal and contravenes principles of natural justice India Law Library Docid # 2428208
(2) MINOR SUSHRI DEVANGIBAKERIA THROUGH FATHER SHRI MANOJ BAKERIA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 31-07-2025 Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 and Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2010 — Section 12(1)(c) and Rule 11(3) — Admission to Class 1 under — Eligibility criteria — Neighbourhood limits — Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) determined neighbourhood limits as 5 km radius in metropolitan India Law Library Docid # 2428209
(3) MANOHAR SINGH MARAN Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 31-07-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Petition — Petitioner seeking cancellation of selection process for hospital management cadre posts — Allegation that ineligible candidates were called for interview, thus defeating petitioner's chance — Petitioner ranked much lower in merit list than the cut-off for interview — No evidence provided to substantiate claim that India Law Library Docid # 2428210
(4) SUMANBAI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 31-07-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 28-A — Applicability — Landowner's application under Section 18 for enhanced compensation dismissed on grounds of delay — Whether such dismissal prevents filing application under Section 28-A — Held yes, dismissal on delay means application was not 'effectively entertained', thus Section 28-A is maintainable if other conditions are India Law Library Docid # 2428211
(5) SHRI DILIP JAGANNATH AMBILWADE Vs. GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 30-07-2025 Maharashtra Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1982 — Rule 46(1) & (2) — Forfeiture of service on resignation — Resignation from service generally leads to forfeiture of past service, unless it is to take up another government appointment with proper permission — Petitioner's tenure with University ended with termination, but allowed to resign by High Court with specific conditions including no monetary claims, except PF dues — India Law Library Docid # 2428124
(6) SMT. REKHA KUSHWAH AND ANOTHER Vs. RAJENDRA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 30-07-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rules 1 & 2 — Temporary Injunction — Appeal against order allowing partial construction — High Court quashed the appellate order, restoring the trial court’s status-quo order. — The court found that the defendants had repeatedly obtained mutation orders based on a disputed will, often without impleading all legal heirs or disclosing previous adverse orders. These orders were subsequently recalled or set aside. Allowing construction India Law Library Docid # 2428207
(7) SMT. MAMTA PATHAK Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 29-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302 — Murder — Circumstantial evidence — Chain of circumstances must be complete and only point towards the guilt of the accused. Conviction cannot be sustained if circumstances are explainable on any other hypothesis. India Law Library Docid # 2428116
(8) MS. FARAH DEEBA Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 29-07-2025 Constitution of India — Article 226 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — High Court's power to quash proceedings is an exception, not a rule — Appreciation of evidence is not permissible at the stage of quashing — Court should not conduct a mini-trial. India Law Library Docid # 2428120
(9) MUJIBODDIN HAKIMODDIN AND OTHERS Vs. SHAMSHUDDIN NIJAMODDIN[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 29-07-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 21 Rule 32 — Execution of prohibitory injunction — Explanation to sub-rule (5) allows enforcement by directing recovery of possession when judgment-debtor disobeys the decree — This means a prohibitory injunction decree can be treated as a decree for possession for the purpose of execution India Law Library Docid # 2428121
(10) SALIM BAIG Vs. SAYYAD NAWID[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 29-07-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rule 1 — Temporary Injunction — Admissibility of unstamped document — An unstamped or insufficiently stamped instrument cannot be admitted in evidence for any purpose, including collateral purposes, unless stamp duty and penalty are paid as per Section 35 of the Indian Stamp Act. Courts India Law Library Docid # 2428122
(11) NARENDRA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 29-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 498-A — Cruelty by husband or "relative" of the husband — Definition of "relative" — Supreme Court held that "relative" implies a status conferred by blood, marriage, or adoption — A friend of the husband does not fall within this definition. India Law Library Docid # 2428123
(12) SURESH SUNDERDAS HARPALANI AND ANOTHER Vs. DAYAL SUNDERSAD HARPALANI AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 29-07-2025 Succession Act, 1925 — Section 63 — Due execution of Will — Requirements include testator signing in presence of two witnesses, and witnesses attesting in testator's presence — Plaintiffs failed to prove due execution due to inconsistencies in attesting witnesses' testimonies and suspicious circumstances surrounding the will's preparation and execution. India Law Library Docid # 2428212
(13) LUNKAD MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 28-07-2025 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 133A — Survey proceedings — The petitioners alleged that the survey was conducted in excess of the authority conferred by Section 133A, involving unlawful entry into residential premises, seizure of records beyond scope, and recording of statements under coercion. India Law Library Docid # 2428115
(14) SAIFAN HUSSAIN NADAF AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 28-07-2025 Maharashtra Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1947 — Section 35 — Power to call for proceedings — State Government or Commissioner can examine orders of subordinate officers without prescribed limitation period for the purpose of satisfying legality or propriety of the order. Mentioning of a wrong provision (Section 257 of M.L.R. Code instead of Section 35 of the Act) does not vitiate the order. India Law Library Docid # 2428119
(15) SUJAY KUMAR MAHTO @ MITHUN Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 28-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 125 — Maintenance — Subsequent events — Remarriage of claimant — A claimant's remarriage during the pendency of a revision application is a subsequent development that cannot be considered in the revision itself. The parties are at liberty to approach the India Law Library Docid # 2428200
(16) PRITAM KAUR Vs. ABEY SINGH NAHAR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 25-07-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 140, 141 — No Fault Liability — Compensation awarded under this section even when claim petition under Section 166 dismissed due to lack of evidence of rash and negligent driving — High Court found the award of Rs. 50,000/- under ‘No Fault Liability’ to be fair and just in the absence of proof of India Law Library Docid # 2428043
(17) SUMAN Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 25-07-2025 Service Law — Rejoining duty — Lien — A government employee appointed to a permanent post substantively acquires a lien on that post. Even if appointed substantively to a post outside their cadre, their lien on the parent post is suspended, not terminated, unless they consent or specific circumstances apply. If the suspended lien is not terminated, especially if the subsequent appointment is not confirmed, the employee India Law Library Docid # 2428044
(18) NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. G & M INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 25-07-2025 Insurance Ombudsman Act, 1998 — Redressal of Public Grievances Rules, 1998 — Jurisdiction of Ombudsman — Complaints related to personal lines of insurance only — Policies obtained by proprietorship concerns are not covered — Dispute concerning a marine cargo policy taken by a proprietorship concern falls outside the Ombudsman’s jurisdiction. India Law Library Docid # 2428047
(19) SUSAN THOMAS Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 25-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — Company dissolved — Procedure for prosecution of dissolved companies — Companies Act, 2013 — Section 248 — Dissolution of company — Section 250 — Company ceasing to operate post-dissolution, exception for liabilities — Prevention of Money India Law Library Docid # 2428048
(20) RAJESAB @ RAJU Vs. STATE[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 25-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 302, 304 Part I — Homicidal death in matrimonial home — Evidence of eyewitness child, parents of accused, and recovery of weapon — Sufficient to establish accused’s guilt for murder — However, circumstances of grave and sudden provocation, fit of rage, and lack of premeditation bring the act under Exception 1 to Section 300 IPC — Conviction modified from Section 302 to Section 304 India Law Library Docid # 2428049