(501) STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS Vs. RAKESH MANJHI[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 22-09-2025 Madhya Pradesh Uchcha Nyayalaya (Khandnyayapeeth Ko Appeal) Adhiniyam, 2005 — Section 2(1) — Writ Appeal — Condonation of Delay — Sufficient ground for condonation of delay established where the delay in filing the appeal was due to the fact that the impugned order was uploaded much later than its passing, and the appellants became aware of it only upon receiving an application from the respondent. India Law Library Docid # 2433279
(502) SUDIP BISWAS @ BURA Vs. STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 53A, Section 164A — DNA Profiling — Admissibility and Use in Rape Cases — DNA profiling is a vital scientific tool in rape cases, both to exonerate the innocent and identify the guilty, aiding investigations and courts in establishing truth. Its statutory backing under Cr.PC and its reliability, despite potential for sample tampering, make it crucial evidence. The pursuit of truth in criminal India Law Library Docid # 2433113
(503) E. SANKAR RAO Vs. STATE OF ODISHA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Orissa Special Court Act, 2016 — Section 31 — Quashing of charge sheet and cognizance order — Disproportionate Assets case — Sale of properties during check period — Failure of investigating agency to verify status of properties — Not sufficient to dismiss prosecution at initial stage by accused — Burden on prosecution to establish prima facie case based on correct factual position — Investigating agency duty bound to verify properties India Law Library Docid # 2433146
(504) NAROTTAM PRUSTY Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND ANOTHER[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Inherent power of High Court — Quashing of charge framing order — Accused not given opportunity to file discharge application — Violation of procedure and right to fair trial. India Law Library Docid # 2433147
(505) AAKASH GURUNG AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF SIKKIM AND OTHERS[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Petition — Maintainability — Non-impleadment of necessary parties — Prayer (H) sought modification of an Office Order affecting persons not made parties to the petition — Petition found defective and liable for dismissal on this ground alone. India Law Library Docid # 2433408
(506) SUDHA Vs. HARGIAN SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17, Section 151 — Amendment of Plaint — Rejection of application for amendment to convert suit for injunction to suit for recovery — Dismissal by trial court erroneous — Amendment allowed as mortgage period expired and plaintiff sought to recover mortgage amount India Law Library Docid # 2433927
(507) SH. ARUN SEN CHAND Vs. MAHINDER KUMAAR AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 11 Rule 21 — Striking off defence for non-compliance with Court order directing production of documents — Trial Court order striking off defence for failure to produce documents is upheld — Defendant failed to produce documents despite specific directions and a last opportunity — Supreme Court in M/s Babbar Sewing Machine Company versus Trilok Nath Mahajan (1978) 4 SCC 188 India Law Library Docid # 2434026
(508) SANTOSH KUMAR Vs. PUSHPA DEVI AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39, Rule 2-A — Consequences of disobedience or breach of injunction — Scope — The word 'person' in Order 39, Rule 2-A(1) is wide enough to include not only parties to the suit but also third parties or strangers who aid or abet the violation of an injunction order, provided they have knowledge of the order. India Law Library Docid # 2434027
(509) SUDERSHAN AND OTHERS Vs. DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER, SHIMLA AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 H.P. Public Premises (Land Eviction and Rent Recovery) Act, 1971 — Eviction proceedings — Tenancy dispute — Partnership firm vs. individual — Plea that premises were let out to a partnership firm, not an individual — Failure to prove partnership by documentary evidence and statements of partners — Tenancy established as belonging to the individual, prior to alleged partnership — Finding upheld. India Law Library Docid # 2434028
(510) SHRI DURGA AND ANOTHER Vs. SANJEEV KUMAR AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 152 — Correction of clerical or arithmetical mistakes — Accidental slip or omission — Scope of Section 152 CPC is limited to correcting clerical or arithmetical mistakes or errors arising from accidental slips or omissions in judgments, decrees or orders. It cannot be used to correct substantive errors or omissions that go to the merits of the case. India Law Library Docid # 2434029
(511) PREM MOHINI GUPTA Vs. SUMITRA (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Rent and Eviction — Eviction proceedings — Objections by tenant — Landlord filed Rent Petition against tenant for arrears of rent — Tenant proceeded ex-parte and eviction order passed — Tenant failed to deposit amount, execution petition filed — Tenant's legal representative filed objections claiming status changed due to Agreement to Sell — India Law Library Docid # 2434030
(512) RIYAZ AHMAD CHANNA Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 22-09-2025 Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 — Detention order challenged — Grounds of detention vague, imaginary, without substance, lacking specific particulars of date, place, and time — Failure to provide status of FIRs and supporting material — Detenue's right to make an effective representation violated — Detention quashed. India Law Library Docid # 2434070
(513) PAWAN GAMBHIR AND OTHER Vs. STATE THROUGH SHO P/S CITY JAMMU.[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 22-09-2025 CrPC, 1989 (J&K) — Section 561-A — Inherent powers of High Court — Quashing of FIR and proceedings — Powers to be exercised sparingly and in exceptional cases to secure the ends of justice — Prosecution should not be allowed to continue when it is clear that it cannot possibly end in a conviction. India Law Library Docid # 2434113
(514) M/S. MEHRA JEWEL PALACE PVT. LTD. Vs. MINISO LIFESTYLE PVT. LTD AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Contract Law — Lease Agreement — Force Majeure Clause — COVID-19 Pandemic — Court held that the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to the closure of business premises due to government orders, constituted a force majeure event under the lease deed, excusing the lessee from rent payment obligations for the period of closure. The court reasoned that the pandemic was an unforeseen and uncontrollable event, falling India Law Library Docid # 2434232
(515) MS. SWASTI OJHA Vs. SH. CHARANJIT RAMGARIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Contract Law — Privity of Contract — Evidence of contract — Where one party (defendant) engaged another party (plaintiff) for interior work, and a third party (M/s. Adsun Impex Pvt. Ltd.) owned the premises and initially engaged the defendant, but the defendant then assigned the work to the plaintiff, privity of contract is established between the defendant and the plaintiff, regardless of written agreements. India Law Library Docid # 2434233
(516) KHALIL SARVAR Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376, 506, 354B — Quashing of FIR — Inherent jurisdiction of High Court — Court can quash proceedings if they are manifestly frivolous, vexatious, or instituted with ulterior motive, constituting abuse of process of law. India Law Library Docid # 2434234
(517) AZAD MARKET RWA (REGD) Vs. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Letters Patent Appeal — Abuse of process of court — Residents Welfare Association (RWA) filing petitions regarding unauthorized construction — Single Judge imposing cost for misusing court process and filing petitions with oblique motives — Court found that RWA used particulars of an unregistered NGO. India Law Library Docid # 2434235
(518) LADY JENA JAMSHEDJI DUGGAN ALIAS JINA JAMSHEDJI DAGAN AND OTHERS Vs. BILKISH YUNUS NAMAKWALA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Probate and Administration Act, 1925 — Indian Succession Act, 1925 — Grant of second Letters of Administration — Nullity — A second grant of Letters of Administration in respect of the same deceased and same property, founded upon a different Will, is impermissible without revoking the earlier grant. Such second grant is a nullity. India Law Library Docid # 2434490
(519) M/S. PREMBROTHERS INFRASTRUCTURE LLP AND OTHERS Vs. NARENDRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 22-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Execution of Decrees — Limitation — Dismissal of Appeal in Default — When an appeal is dismissed in default, the decree passed by the trial court does not merge with the dismissal order. Execution can be filed based on the trial court's decree, and the limitation period for execution starts from the date of the trial court's decree, unless execution was stayed by the appellate India Law Library Docid # 2434496
(520) NILESH @ PRAVIN Vs. AMRUTA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 22-09-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 12(1)(c) — Marriage to be null and void — Fraud as to material fact or circumstance — Wife suffering from incurable cerebral palsy since birth — Non-disclosure of disease by wife and her family prior to marriage — Fraudulent concealment of a material fact entitling husband to seek nullity of marriage — Allegations of suppression of incurable disease, leading to an India Law Library Docid # 2434508