(461) MD. TAHER ALI @ TAHER ALI AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 28-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302/34 and 304B/34 — Dowry Death and Murder — Conviction — Appellate Review — Ingredients of Section 304B IPC satisfied: death occurred due to burns within one year of marriage (unnatural circumstances), and deceased was subjected to cruelty/harassment for dowry soon before death — Death by burning within the matrimonial home places the burden on appellants (husband, father-in-law, mother-in-law) to explain the cause of death under India Law Library Docid # 2437279
(462) ABUL HUSSAIN AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 28-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 25 and 26 — Freedom of Religion — Religious Denominations — Management of Religious Institutions — Right to manage own affairs — Article 26(b) grants religious denominations complete autonomy over essential rites and ceremonies — Article 26(d) guarantees the right to administer property in accordance with law, subject to secular restrictions/regulations — State intervention in financial or secular activities associated with religious practice is permissible India Law Library Docid # 2437280
(463) SRI JIBAN CHANDRA MODAK Vs. SRI JAYRAJ DAS AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 28-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100, Order XLII — Second Appeal — Substantial Question of Law — Misreading or Misconstruing of Exhibit -3 (Jamabandi) leading to incorrect finding of fact on Issue No. 5 and perversity of judgment — Concurrent findings of fact by Trial Court and First Appellate Court challenged — Scope of interference in Second Appeal — Where both lower courts meticulously scrutinize documentary and oral evidence, including title deeds and India Law Library Docid # 2437281
(464) HARPAT (DECEASED THROUGH LRS) Vs. BOOTA SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 28-11-2025 Punjab Security of Land Tenure Rules, 1956 — Rule 6(6) — Surplus Area Declaration — Mandatory Notice to Tenants — The law mandates that notice must be served upon tenants in cultivating possession before land can be declared surplus by the Collector — An order declaring land surplus without issuing mandatory notice to the recorded tenants in possession is void ab initio (a nullity) and wholly without jurisdiction — Such a void order cannot divest the tenants of their rights. India Law Library Docid # 2436919
(465) KANWAR MANJIT SINGH Vs. CHARANDEEP SINGH AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 28-11-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Revision against conviction and sentence — Petitioner convicted by Trial Court (JMIC) and Appellate Court for dishonour of cheque of Rs. 1,00,000/- and sentenced to one year rigorous imprisonment plus fine — Petitioner confines prayer to modification of sentence, accepting conviction on merits — Repayment of Cheque Amount: Petitioner India Law Library Docid # 2436920
(466) MOTOR AND GENERAL FINANCE LIMITED Vs. DIRECTOR GENERAL AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 28-11-2025 Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (ESI Act) — Section 82(2) — Appeal to High Court — Scope — An appeal under Section 82(2) is confined strictly to substantial questions of law — Findings of fact recorded by the Employees Insurance Court (EIC) regarding the nature of the establishment, wage records, admissibility of documents, and credibility of witnesses are outside the scope of interference unless India Law Library Docid # 2435948
(467) PALLA CHENCHU HARIKALA Vs. BYSANI SATISH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 28-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 47 Rule 1 — Review Jurisdiction — Scope — A judgment is open to review if there is a mistake or an error apparent on the face of the record or for any sufficient reason analogous to the grounds specified in the Rule — Review is not an appeal in disguise; it cannot be used to re-agitate or re-argue questions already decided or to correct mere erroneous decisions — The India Law Library Docid # 2436119
(468) A.V.SRIDHAR REDDY AND OTHERS Vs. CH RAMANAIAH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 28-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96, Order 21 Rule 34 — Appeal against decrees — Scope of appeal against findings — Suit for Permanent Injunction — Specific Performance Decree and Execution — In a suit for permanent injunction, when title is seriously disputed (especially for vacant site), the court must examine title incidentally although the suit is not for declaration; possession follows title (de India Law Library Docid # 2436120
(469) SMT. BODA SUBBALASKHMI Vs. CHODISETTI SATYANARAYANA AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 28-11-2025 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 8 — Operation of transfer — Property sold (Upstair building/First floor) — Balcony (Covered Varanda Portion) — Whether balcony is implicitly included in the transfer of the main building — Section 8 mandates that unless a different intention is expressed or necessarily implied, a transfer of property passes all interests the transferor is capable of passing in the India Law Library Docid # 2436121
(470) STATE OF A.P.DIST.COLLECTOR EG DIST AND OTHERS Vs. B NARASIMHA MURTHY[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 28-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Interference with Land Acquisition Proceedings — Maintainability of Suit — Substantial Question of Law — Civil Court Jurisdiction — When evidence indicates that the land in dispute was not acquired by the Government, the apprehension that the Civil Court lacks jurisdiction to entertain a suit against land acquisition India Law Library Docid # 2436122
(471) ABDUL RASHID KHAN Vs. STATE OF J.K. AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 28-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 10 — Stay of Suit — Res Sub Judice — Parallel Proceedings — Identity of Subject Matter — Revenue Authority vs. Civil Court — Where a civil suit concerning a specific property and cause of action is pending before a competent Civil Court, simultaneous proceedings on the identical issue before a subordinate revenue authority are barred by the doctrine of res sub judice — Revenue India Law Library Docid # 2436237
(472) ARVIND VERMA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 28-11-2025 Criminal Law — Sections 302, 201, 120-B RPC — Murder based on circumstantial evidence — Conviction and sentence of life imprisonment upheld — The foundational rule (Panchsheel of Proof) for cases resting exclusively on circumstantial evidence requires that circumstances must be fully established, consistent only with the hypothesis of guilt, of a conclusive nature, exclude every India Law Library Docid # 2436259
(473) A. ARAVINDHAN Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 28-11-2025 Railway Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1968 — Rule 14(ii) — Special Procedure dispensing with enquiry — Dismissal from service — Misconduct of assaulting superior officer — Petitioner, a Junior Clerk appointed under Sports Quota, assaulted and injured an Assistant Divisional Engineer with a wooden reeper inside the office premises — Disciplinary Authority, invoking Rule 14(ii), dispensed with inquiry, India Law Library Docid # 2436646
(474) LOKESH CHANDRA KATAKWAR Vs. SMT. SARITA KATAKWAR[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 28-11-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Divorce on ground of cruelty — Proof of cruelty — Allegations by husband that wife obtained SIM cards used by unknown persons to abuse and threaten him with obscene videos, and that she threatened to file false dowry/tonhi pratadna cases — Husband failed to produce SIM cards or call details, or demonstrate that threats were made at wife’s instance (Paras India Law Library Docid # 2437474
(475) RAMAVTAR Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 28-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 363, 366, 376(1), and 302 — Conviction based on Circumstantial Evidence — Last Seen Theory — DNA Evidence — Homicidal Death and Sexual Assault — The prosecution must establish a complete chain of incriminating circumstances pointing unequivocally to the guilt of the accused; suspicion, however grave, cannot substitute proof — The "last seen India Law Library Docid # 2437535
(476) PITAMBAR KHARE Vs. LATA KOSHLE AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 28-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 81 (3) and (5) — Duration and renewal of permits — Retrospective effect of renewal — The provision allows the Regional Transport Authority to entertain an application for renewal of a permit even after the expiry date if there is sufficient cause (Section 81(3)) — If a permit is renewed after its expiry, such renewal shall take effect from the date of the expiry, regardless of India Law Library Docid # 2437536
(477) RAMCHANDRA Vs. SEHJAL @ DAYAWANTI AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 28-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 115 — Revision Petition — Assailing rejection of application under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC — Revision petition dismissed; Trial Court order upheld — Rejection of plaint under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC should be cautiously applied only when plaint averments clearly make the suit non-maintainable or barred by law; otherwise, the suit must proceed to trial. India Law Library Docid # 2437546
(478) M/S CADILA PHARMACEUTICALS LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 28-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 190, 204 — Cognizance and Issuance of Process — Requirement of Judicial Application of Mind — A Magistrate taking cognizance must pass a reasoned and speaking order, consciously applying judicial mind to the facts and ensuring a prima facie case exists, even though a detailed discussion of merits is not required — A cursory, non-speaking order, or an India Law Library Docid # 2437769
(479) KEDAR GHANSHYAM PAREKH Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 28-11-2025 Custody of Children — Illegal Confinement — Lawful Custody by Grandparents/Aunts — Father (natural guardian) seeking Writ of Habeas Corpus against his parents and sisters — Where the father voluntarily handed over or consented to his minor children continuing to reside with their grandparents and paternal aunts (after his second marriage), such custody is construed as lawful, not illegal confinement — Lawful India Law Library Docid # 2437848
(480) ASHOKKUMAR HARSHADBHAI BRAHMIN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 28-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 394(2), Proviso, Explanation — Abatement of Appeal on Death of Appellant — Near Relatives — Where a convicted appellant dies during the pendency of the appeal, the appeal does not abate if a near relative applies for and is granted leave to continue the appeal; lineal descendants (daughters and son) fall within the definition of ‘near relative’ and are permitted to India Law Library Docid # 2437849