(161) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. PRAMODBHAI MANILAL PATEL AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 19-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of Appellate Court’s Power — The appellate court in an appeal against acquittal should not substitute its own view by reversing the acquittal into conviction, even if an alternate view is possible, unless the trial court’s findings are perverse, contrary to the material on record, palpably wrong, manifestly erroneous, or demonstrably unsustainable India Law Library Docid # 2437753
(162) LAND ACQUISITION AND REHABILITATION OFFICER AND ANOTHER Vs. PATEL MEGHAJI PABAJI AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 19-12-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 4, 6, 11, 28 — Determination of Compensation — Uniformity in Valuation — Land acquired for "Sujalam Safalam" Canal — Applicability of Precedent — Where appeals and cross objections arise from the acquisition of land in the same village (Ghela) or an adjacent village (Lakhani) for the same public purpose—and an earlier coordinate bench judgment determined the compensation for the adjacent village based on the Valuation Committee Report and India Law Library Docid # 2437754
(163) SAIYED SABBIRALI AKBARMIYA Vs. BANUBIBI AKBARMIYA SAIYED[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 19-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 37 (Summary Suits) — Leave to Defend — Effect of unconditional leave to defend — Once a court grants unconditional leave to defend, the summary suit is converted into a long cause suit, and the Civil Court must proceed further to decide the matter on merits by allowing parties to place their evidence on record, thereby crossing the threshold of proceedings under Order 37 of the CPC — India Law Library Docid # 2437755
(164) KAILASH CHAND SAINI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 19-12-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7, 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) — Essential Ingredients — Proof of Offence — For conviction under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d), the prosecution must prove three essential ingredients beyond reasonable doubt: (1) demand of illegal gratification by the public servant, (2) acceptance or recovery thereof, and (3) pendency of work related to the bribe. India Law Library Docid # 2437779
(165) JAI RAO AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 19-12-2025 Writ Petition — Maintainability — Locus Standi and Exhaustion of Alternative Remedy — Petitioners (a handful of students) sought directions for conducting annual Student Union Elections based on the Lyngdoh Committee Recommendations — Held, the petitions lacked locus standi because a minuscule number of students without authorization cannot represent the student community at large (approximately India Law Library Docid # 2437780
(166) PYAR SINGH Vs. MEENA KUMARI[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 19-12-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138, 139 — Dishonour of cheque — Presumption of legally enforceable debt (Section 139) — Financial capacity of Complainant — While the presumption under Section 139 arises upon admission of signature, it is rebuttable; the accused can rebut it by raising a probable defence through cross-examination or independent evidence, including questioning the complainant's financial capacity to advance the loan. India Law Library Docid # 2438001
(167) LALU SHEIKH @ MALU SHEIKH Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 18-12-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Jurisdiction — Judicial Review of Foreigners' Tribunal Order — Scope of Certiorari — A Writ Court exercising certiorari jurisdiction does not act as an Appellate Court and does not reweigh or review evidence — Intervention is limited to examining the decision-making process for procedural impropriety or illegality, not findings of fact made by the Tribunal. India Law Library Docid # 2437236
(168) SURAJIT KUMAR BHAGOWATI Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 18-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 482, 320, 397, 401 — Indian Penal Code (IPC) — Section 354A, 447, 506 — Quashing of Criminal Proceedings — Exercise of Inherent Powers of High Court — Offence non-compoundable but dispute is private and personal — Two cross-petitions (sexual harassment charge under Section 354A IPC, and threat/trespass charge under Sections 447/506 IPC) arising between two College faculty members (Principal and Assistant Professor) — India Law Library Docid # 2437233
(169) ARNESH HARIZON Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 18-12-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304 Part II — Culpable Homicide Not Amounting to Murder — Conviction — Modification — Lower Court found accused lacked intention to cause death but acted with knowledge that injury was likely to cause death — Appellate Court finds contradictions between eyewitness accounts (kick to stomach) and post-mortem report (death due to head injury/haemorrhage) — Head injury seemingly caused by falling on bamboo during scuffle — Lack of direct India Law Library Docid # 2437234
(170) MISS SAHIN AKHTAR AHMED AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 18-12-2025 Railways Act, 1989 — Section 124 read with Section 124A — Compensation for Untoward Incident (Accidental Falling) — Strict Liability — Death of bona fide passenger travelling on a valid ticket, sustained injuries after accidentally falling from a running train, and subsequently succumbed to injuries — Incident qualifies as an 'untoward incident' under Section 123(c) (accidental falling of any passenger from a train carrying passengers) — Whether the Tribunal erred in dismissing the claim due India Law Library Docid # 2437235
(171) M/S KAVERI INFRA PROJECTS PVT LTD THROUGH AUTHORIZSED PERSON MR BODAGAM SANJEEVA REDDY AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 18-12-2025 Tender and Government Contracts — Cancellation of Bid — Right of Lowest Bidder — Public Interest — The highest or lowest bidder (L-1) acquires no vested right to have the tender concluded in their favour — The employer (tendering authority) reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, and to annul the bidding process and reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without incurring India Law Library Docid # 2437151
(172) SURESH KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 18-12-2025 Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (Act of 2013) — Land Acquisition Proceedings — Challenge to entire acquisition for Defence Project (Forward Composite Aviation Base) on grounds of procedural violations (Social Impact Assessment, survey, R&R Scheme, objection hearing, and Award) — National Security and Public Purpose — India Law Library Docid # 2437565
(173) LEGAL HEIRS OF KACHRABHAI KESHARBHAI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 18-12-2025 Land Revenue — Relinquishment of Land — Validity — Land granted to original holder (father of petitioners) was subsequently relinquished by one legal heir (co-sharer), and accepted by Mamlatdar through order in 1972 leading to mutation as Government Khalsa land — Petitioners (other legal heirs) challenged relinquishment and sought re-grant after 44 years on grounds including lack of mandatory procedure, lack of consent India Law Library Docid # 2437756
(174) SURJIT KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 397 — Scope of Revisional Court — A revisional court is not an appellate court and its scope of interference is extremely narrow, primarily to correct patent defects, errors of jurisdiction, or errors of law — The object is to set right a patent defect, error of jurisdiction/law, or perversity — The Revisional Court should not dwell at length upon facts and evidence to reverse concurrent findings unless the finding is perverse, wholly India Law Library Docid # 2437999
(175) VARINDER SINGH Vs. NIRMALA DEVI AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 156(3) — Application for direction to Police to register FIR — Maintainability — Pre-requisite of approaching Police first — An informant must first approach the officer-in-charge of the police station (or the Superintendent of Police if the police refuse) before approaching the Magistrate under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. for direction to register an FIR — Trial India Law Library Docid # 2438000
(176) LAGUNA RESORT PVT. LTD. Vs. CONCEPT HOSPITALITY PVT. LTD.[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 17-12-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 and Section 43(4) — Limitation for commencement of fresh proceedings after award is set aside — Exclusion of time spent in previous arbitration proceedings — Scope and Applicability of Section 43(4) — Previous arbitration (under Evergreen Agreement of 2011) partly set aside by High Court on grounds of jurisdiction (Award seeking adjudication of claims for period 1 April 2009 to 11 March 2011 not covered by 2011 India Law Library Docid # 2437255
(177) DILIP GOUR Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 17-12-2025 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 — Section 6 (Aggravated Penetrative Sexual Assault) r/w Section 42 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376(2)(k) — Conviction and Sentence — Appeal from jail against conviction for sexual assault on a minor, deaf and dumb victim — Evidence of victim (PW.5) recorded with the help of an interpreter supported by circumstantial evidence India Law Library Docid # 2437237
(178) SAHAB UDDIN CHOUDHURY Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 17-12-2025 Assam Services (Discipline & Appeal) Rules, 1964 — Rule 6(1)(a) — Suspension pending departmental proceedings — Duration of suspension — The currency of a suspension order should not extend beyond three months if, within this period, the Memorandum of Charges/Charge-sheet is not served on the delinquent employee — If the Memorandum of Charges/Charge-sheet is served, a reasoned order must be passed for the extension of the suspension — Where neither the chargesheet was India Law Library Docid # 2437238
(179) RAHUL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 17-12-2025 Criminal Procedure — Appeal against Conviction — Murder (Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC) — Initial investigation treated death as suicide; homicide angle pursued three months later — Conviction largely based on two eyewitnesses (PW-6 and PW-10) — Eyewitness testimony found unreliable due to inordinate delay (three months) in informing police despite knowing deceased and accused, and presence at the scene the India Law Library Docid # 2437116
(180) CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, ACB, NAGPUR Vs. SHRIRAM MAROTI NIRANJANE[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 17-12-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) — Demand and Acceptance of Illegal Gratification — Appeal against acquittal — Essential requirements — Prosecution must prove initial demand and subsequent acceptance beyond reasonable doubt; recovery of tainted money itself is not conclusive proof — Accused's consistent defense was repayment of a hand loan — Material contradictions and omissions in prosecution witnesses' testimonies regarding initial India Law Library Docid # 2437117