(41) PRAVINBHAI GORDHANBHAI VARU Vs. JASHWANTSINH TAPUBHAI GOHEL[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Scope and Applicability — A Second Appeal is maintainable only if it involves a "substantial question of law" — Pure questions of fact or re-appreciation of evidence are not grounds for admission of a Second Appeal — This principle is to avoid interference with concurrent findings of fact unless they are perverse, arbitrary, shocking to conscience, or India Law Library Docid # 2434181
(42) DINESH CHANDULAL SHAH Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Abuse of process of court — Inherent powers to be exercised sparingly and with caution — High Court should not ordinarily embark upon an enquiry into reliability of evidence at the quashing stage — Powers are to be used to prevent abuse of process, secure ends of justice, and not to stifle legitimate prosecution. (Paras 11, 12, India Law Library Docid # 2434182
(43) DIVISIONAL MANAGER Vs. HEIRS LEGAL REPRESETATIVE OF DECEASED AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim Petition — Deceased, a teacher, died in a road accident involving an S.T. Bus — Claimants (husband and two minor children) sought compensation — S.T. Corporation disputed accident, negligence, and quantum of compensation — Tribunal found S.T. bus driver 90% negligent and deceased 10% contributorily negligent — Awarded compensation. India Law Library Docid # 2434183
(44) NAGARBHAI MAGANBHAI RAVAT Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 416, 419, 114 — Cheating by Personation, Cheating and Personation, Common Intention — Conviction upheld where evidence established that applicant did not appear for examination and someone else wrote the answer sheet in his name, a conclusion reinforced by handwriting expert's report and a confession suggesting a dummy candidate was used. India Law Library Docid # 2434184
(45) KHUSHWANT KAUR Vs. SMT GAGANDEEP SIDHU[DELHI HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Section 2(s) — Shared Household — A property exclusively owned by in-laws can constitute a shared household if the aggrieved woman lived there with her husband in a domestic relationship, even if the husband later moved out or was disowned. The focus is on where the domestic relationship existed, not on title of ownership. India Law Library Docid # 2434197
(46) MOHD.NAWAB Vs. STATE N.C.T. OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Circumstantial Evidence — Sufficiency — Prosecution must establish circumstances that form a complete chain, consistent only with the guilt of the accused and excluding any other hypothesis. India Law Library Docid # 2434212
(47) SHANKAR CHANBASSAPPA CHILLALSHETTI AND OTHERS Vs. DR. J. J. MAGDUM TRUST, JAYSINGPUR AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR)] 16-10-2025 Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 — Section 7(7) — Appeal period — Condonation of delay — Appellate Authority's power to condone delay is limited to 60 days beyond the initial 60-day period, making the maximum appeal period 120 days from the receipt of the order. Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963, is excluded by necessary implication. India Law Library Docid # 2434383
(48) LALIT RAMKRUSHNA BODE Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Disciplinary Proceedings — Second Enquiry — Validity — Employee exonerated in first enquiry — Employer appoints new Enquiry Officer and orders fresh enquiry — Court quashes second enquiry if no valid reasons are provided for disagreeing with first enquiry report. India Law Library Docid # 2434517
(49) VILAS BABANRAO KALOKHE Vs. PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (CENTRAL) PUNE[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 276 C (2) — Willful attempt to evade tax — Non-payment of self-assessment tax along with return — Default in payment of self-assessment tax on due date is not sufficient to attract Section 276 C (2) unless it is established that the evasion was willful or intentional — Mere delay in payment after filing return does not equate to willful evasion, especially when tax is paid later with India Law Library Docid # 2434523
(50) ASHAPURA OPTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. ASHAPURA DEVELOPERS AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 6 — Suit for possession of immovable property — Elements — Plaintiff must prove possession and dispossession within six months prior to filing suit, otherwise than in due course of law — Court’s inquiry limited to possession and dispossession, not title — Prior peaceful settled possession is evidence of title and can be protected even against rightful owner if dispossessed by India Law Library Docid # 2434524
(51) PRAKASH CHIMANLAL SHETH Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Right to Information Act, 2005 — Section 8(1)(h) — Exemption from disclosure — Information that would impede investigation or prosecution of offenders — Petitioner sought information related to passport, Lookout Circular (LOC), and detention of an accused in a private complaint case — Rejection by Public Information Officer justified as disclosure could impede investigation and prosecution. India Law Library Docid # 2434546
(52) GUDDE NINGAPPA SINCE DEAD BY HIS LRS Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961 — Section 45 — Grant of occupancy rights — Application by tenant — Appeal against setting aside of order of Land Tribunal — Held, Land Tribunal failed to consider material documents like Record of Rights (ROR) and oral/documentary evidence — When ROR entries are presumed correct, India Law Library Docid # 2434547
(53) UNION BANK OF INDIA Vs. M/S NHDPL SOUTH PRIVATE LIMITED (FORMERLY KNOWN AS NHDPL PROPERTIES PVT. LTD. AND PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS NITESH HOUSING DEVELOPERS PRIVATE LIMITED[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Bank Guarantee — Invocation — Compliance with terms — The court found that the email sent by the beneficiary constituted a valid invocation of the bank guarantee as it clearly stated the intention to invoke if the guarantee was not renewed and provided details for payment. The bank's argument that it was not a "written demand" was rejected. India Law Library Docid # 2434548
(54) SRI GODARI RAMULU AND OTHERS Vs. SRI GODARI BHEERAIAH[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — Appeal against Judgment and Decree — Suit for partition and separate possession — Plaintiff claims to be son of deceased Godari Beeraiah from his second wife Banamma — Defendants (appellants) contend plaintiff is not Beeraiah's son and suit is barred by limitation — Evidence on India Law Library Docid # 2434622
(55) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Vs. RAJESH KUMAR ALIAS GULLABU[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 15 and 22 — Acquittal — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of interference is limited — Appellate court can interfere only if the trial court's view is impossible or perverse — If two reasonable conclusions are possible, the appellate court should not disturb the acquittal. India Law Library Docid # 2434039
(56) FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. SUSHILA GUPTA AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 15-10-2025 Land Acquisition Act, Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Return or acquisition of land — Court directed Food Corporation of India to either return illegally occupied land or acquire it under the 2013 Act, with rental compensation for the period of occupation. India Law Library Docid # 2434077
(57) UMESHBHAI RAMESHBHAI PANDIT Vs. HEMENDRA MUGATLAL PAREKH AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Bombay Rents Hotel, House Rates Control Act, 1947 — Section 13(1)(k) and 13(1)(L) — Eviction — Non-user of premises and alternative accommodation — Landlord's burden of proof — Landlord must initially prove non-user for six months; then burden shifts to tenant to prove reasonable cause for non-user — Evidence of minimum electricity consumption and tenant's admissions of not residing in premises India Law Library Docid # 2434185
(58) KIRITBHAI CHANDRAKANT VYAS AND OTHERS Vs. DAXABEN CHHOTABHAI PATEL AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7, Rule 11(d) — Rejection of plaint — Bar of limitation — In an application for rejection of plaint under Order 7, Rule 11(d) of CPC, the court examines the plaint and documents annexed. If the plaint, as averred, clearly shows the suit is barred by limitation, it can be rejected. India Law Library Docid # 2434186
(59) KALPESHBHAI GHANSHYAMBHAI THAKKAR Vs. SONALBEN KALPESHBHAI THAKKAR[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 24 — Interim Maintenance — Order for interim maintenance passed during pendency of divorce petition remains valid even after initial dissolution of marriage if the divorce decree is subsequently set aside and the petition is remanded for retrial. India Law Library Docid # 2434187
(60) MUNNI Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 151 — Inherent powers of Court — Recall of orders — Petitioner sought recall of previous orders based on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), claiming she entered into it under coercion due to a prior Agreement to Sell (ATS) with third parties and partial payment received. Court found Petitioner’s claims inconsistent with her previous statements India Law Library Docid # 2434213