(241) MAHENDRA PRATAP Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accident Claims Petition — Appeal against award — Appeal dismissed for lack of merit — Evidence including FIR, eyewitnesses, and post-mortem report established accident due to rash and negligent driving of offending vehicle — Driver's admission and owner's initial admission through power of attorney corroborated evidence — Retraction of India Law Library Docid # 2434679
(242) SANJAY KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. PANCHAYATI AKHADA NIRMALA[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 10 CPC — Withdrawal of Suit — Trial court permitting unilateral withdrawal of application to withdraw suit and decreeing it without reconsidering the application after affording hearing to both parties, as directed by revisional court, amounts to short-circuiting the process and vitiates the proceedings. India Law Library Docid # 2434680
(243) GOPI CHAND AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-10-2025 Uttarakhand Subordinate Education (Trained Graduate Grade) Service Rules, 2014 — Rule 15(6) — Uttar Pradesh Public Services (Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes) Act, 1994 — Section 3(6) — Recruitment — Provisional recommendation list — Reservation policy — Vacancies — Selection process — Candidates belonging to reserved categories securing marks India Law Library Docid # 2434681
(244) T. KRISHNASAMY VANDAYAR Vs. M. BHUVANESWARI AND ANOTHER[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 07-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39, Rules 1 & 2 — Temporary Injunction — Cardinal principles — Prima facie case, irreparable injury, and balance of convenience are essential for granting an injunction — An appellate court should not interfere with the discretion of the trial court unless it was exercised arbitrarily, capriciously, or perversely. India Law Library Docid # 2434786
(245) BHERU SINGH Vs. SMT. SEEMABAI[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 06-10-2025 M.P. Accommodation Control Act, 1961 — Section 23-A and 23-J — Eviction application by widow landlord — Widow status and death of husband not challenged — Landlord falls under Section 23-J(iii) — Eviction for bona fide requirement is permissible. India Law Library Docid # 2433846
(246) SMT. BABITA MOR Vs. CENTRAL MADHYA PRADESH GRAMIN BANK[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 — Section 4(6)(b)(ii) — Forfeiture of gratuity for offence involving moral turpitude — Requires conviction by a competent court — Dismissal from service based on departmental proceedings alone is insufficient to forfeit gratuity under this section unless a criminal offence involving moral turpitude is proven in a court of law. India Law Library Docid # 2433847
(247) RADHESHYAM Vs. DEVKUMAR[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 06-10-2025 Registration Act, 1908 — Section 49 and Section 17(2)(vi) — Effect of non-registration of documents — Requirement of registration of decree — Decree passed by court does not require compulsory registration as per Section 17(2)(vi) of the Registration Act, 1908, except in cases of compromise decrees involving property not subject matter of the suit or creating new rights — In the present case, an ex-parte India Law Library Docid # 2433848
(248) DILESH RAJ BORANA Vs. M/S. UDHOG MANDIR[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of Plaint — Jurisdiction — Where essential ingredients for jurisdiction are not met, the plaint can be rejected. In trademark infringement cases, Section 134(2) of the Trademarks Act, 1999 allows suits to be filed where the plaintiff resides or carries on business, even if the cause of action did not arise there. India Law Library Docid # 2433986
(249) M/S. ZONEX INDUSTRIES Vs. KUNAL CHOUDHARY AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Trademarks Act, 1999 — Section 124 — Stay of proceedings where validity of trademark registration is questioned — Where rectification proceedings for a trademark are pending before the competent forum, a suit for infringement of that trademark must be stayed until the rectification proceedings are finally decided — This includes ancillary issues like punitive damages and rendition of accounts. India Law Library Docid # 2433987
(250) JYOTI RAJPUROHIT AND OTHERS Vs. RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT, JODHPUR, THROUGH ITS REGISTRAR GENERAL AND ANOTHER[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Administrative Law — Judicial Review — Scope of Interference — Courts generally should not re-examine expert committee reports on examination matters, especially when dealing with academic subjects like Hindi grammar, as judges are not experts. India Law Library Docid # 2433988
(251) SUMAN Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 430 — Suspension of Sentence — Conviction based on recovery of medicine wrapper and utensil from kitchen — Held insufficient for conviction without further incriminating evidence — Prosecution must prove case beyond reasonable doubt. India Law Library Docid # 2433989
(252) LALU RAM DANGI Vs. MADAN LAL SINGHVI AND OTHER[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Compounding of offence — Parties have settled the matter and the entire outstanding amount has been paid — Revision petition allowed on the basis of compromise. India Law Library Docid # 2433996
(253) LALU RAM DANGI Vs. MADAN LAL SINGHVI[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Compounding of offence — Parties have settled the matter and compensation has been paid — High Court allowed the revision and quashed conviction and sentence subject to payment of cost as per Supreme Court guidelines. India Law Library Docid # 2434050
(254) MARLENE JHAN AND OTHERS Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 06-10-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Jurisdiction — Maintainability — Disputed questions of fact — Serious disputes regarding title and location of property — Writ petition is not the appropriate forum for adjudication of such complex factual matters requiring evidence — Proper remedy lies in a civil suit. India Law Library Docid # 2434069
(255) RANDHIRSINHJI GIRJOJIRAO DHAMDHERE AND ANOTHER Vs. LEGAL HEIRS OF DECD. AJITSINHRAO RAMCHANDRARAO DHAMDHORE AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 54 — Sale — Agreement to Sell (ATS) — An agreement to sell immoveable property does not, by itself, create any interest in the property. Ownership or transferable interest can only be created by a registered sale deed. India Law Library Docid # 2434142
(256) BABUBHAI MADHABHAI SAVANI AND OTHERS Vs. REVABEN WD/O MAGANBHAI DAHYABHAI PATEL DECEASED LITIGANT THROUGH LEGAL HEIRS/ REPRESTENTATIVES AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 43, Rule 1 — Appeal from order — Rejection of injunction application — Trial court's decision — High Court will not interfere with the trial court's decision to refuse an injunction if the reasons provided are not erroneous or perverse, especially when the appeal is based on principles rather than facts. India Law Library Docid # 2434140
(257) DEVUBEN MANSINGBHAI GADHAVI Vs. JANTIBHAI BHAGVANBHAI[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Registration Act, 1908 — Section 17 — Compulsory registration of documents — "Bana-chitthi" or agreement to sell immovable property worth Rs. 100 or more requires registration — Unregistered "Bana-chitthi" cannot be used as evidence of a transaction affecting immovable property, nor can it be used to claim protection of possession under Section 53A of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Suit for India Law Library Docid # 2434141
(258) ABID KHAN ALIAS BABA Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 06-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 and Exception 4 to Section 300 — Murder vs. Culpable Homicide Not Amounting to Murder — Sudden Fight and Quarrel — Accused convicted under Section 302 IPC for causing death during a sudden quarrel arising from dust entering the deceased's eyes — Evidence shows no premeditation or use of weapons, and the altercation was brief — Deceased assaulted the accused first, India Law Library Docid # 2434532
(259) MANOJ KUMAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1947 — Section 28A, 28B — Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti — Powers and Functions — Gram Panchayat is Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti, headed by Pradhan as Chairperson and Lekhpal as Secretary — Responsible for general management, preservation, and control of Gram Panchayat property. India Law Library Docid # 2434577
(260) STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS Vs. KUMMARI NARSIMHULU AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Sections 11, 23, 30 — Land Acquisition Proceedings — Mandatory Steps — Preliminary Notification (Section 11) — Determination of Compensation (Section 23) — Award (Section 30) — Failure to initiate proceedings under Act of 2013, issue preliminary notification, determine compensation based on India Law Library Docid # 2434619