(561) R. MAHENDER Vs. STATE OF A.P. ACB[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) — Demand and acceptance of bribe — Essential ingredients — Prosecution failed to prove demand for illegal gratification beyond reasonable doubt — Key witnesses turned hostile — Evidence suggested money was for supervisory charges, not bribe — Mere recovery of money without proof of demand is insufficient for conviction — Presumption under Section 20 arises only after demand and acceptance are proved — Conviction India Law Library Docid # 2433037
(562) KAMAL KHAN Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 — Section 21(5) — Jharkhand Minor Minerals Concession Rules, 2004 — Rule 54(6) — Recovery of illegally extracted minerals — State government has the power to recover the price of illegally extracted minerals or rent, royalty, or tax for unauthorized occupation of land — Supreme Court in Common Cause v. Union of India held that 100% recovery should be made — This precedent is binding on High Courts under Article 141 of the India Law Library Docid # 2433319
(563) SURESH THAKUR AND OTHERS Vs. IRA MITRA AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 16(c) — Readiness and willingness — Plaintiff must prove continuous readiness and willingness from the date of agreement until the decree — Mere plea or deposit of balance consideration in court after a significant delay is insufficient — Availability of funds and evidence are crucial India Law Library Docid # 2433320
(564) HEM PRASAD SINGH MUNDA AND OTHERS Vs. SRIKANT SINGH MUNDA AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Chota Nagpur Tenancy Act, 1908 — Section 240 — Restriction on transfer of Mundari Khunt Kattidari Tenancy — Sale of such tenancy by a tenant is void ab initio and confers no right, title, or interest. India Law Library Docid # 2433321
(565) GOURI DWIBEDY AND OTHERS Vs. NAGENDRA KUMARI ACHARYA @ DWIBEDY AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of Pleadings — Application for amendment of plaint was rejected by the trial court on two grounds: (1) lack of due diligence by the plaintiffs and (2) the proposed amendment would change the nature and character of the suit, leading to a de novo trial. The High Court held that the 'due diligence' requirement under the amended rule would not apply to suits filed India Law Library Docid # 2433148
(566) STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS Vs. RAJEN DOLEY AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Indian Evidence Act, 1872 — Sections 24, 25, 26, 27 — Confession made in police custody — Confession made to witnesses while accused were in police custody and in presence of police officers is inadmissible — Discovery of weapons at instance of accused — Admissibility under Section 27 requires clear link between information and discovery, and discovery from open places or without specific information makes it India Law Library Docid # 2433116
(567) M/S. KAPSUN INDUSTRIES AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S. AVNI FINANCE AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 37 — Summary Suits — Leave to Defend — Scope of interference under Article 227 of Constitution of India — Court will not interfere with the trial court's order granting conditional leave to defend unless shown to be erroneous, arbitrary, or suffering from jurisdictional error. India Law Library Docid # 2433130
(568) PREM MOTERS PVT. LTD. Vs. RAJENDRA UPADHYAY[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 18-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of Plaint — Cause of Action — Limitation — On a meaningful reading of the plaint, if it is found that the suit is manifestly vexatious, meritless, or barred by limitation, the court should exercise its power under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC. Clever drafting to create an illusion of a cause of action or to circumvent limitation must be nipped in the bud. India Law Library Docid # 2433296
(569) M/S PINKY CROCKERY HOUSE AND ANOTHER Vs. AMARJIT KAUR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 — Section 13(3)(a)(iii) — Bonafide personal necessity of landlord — Landlord is the best judge of their needs — Tenant cannot dictate how the landlord should fulfill their requirements or utilize alternative accommodations — Re-letting of other parts of the property during litigation does not negate the landlord's genuine need for the tenanted premises, especially if the need for India Law Library Docid # 2433853
(570) KRISHANA DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. PUSHPA DEVI AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Specific Performance — Agreement to Sell — Readiness and Willingness — The plaintiff seeking specific performance must prove continuous readiness and willingness to perform their part of the contract. Failure to do so leads to dismissal of the claim. (Para 16) India Law Library Docid # 2433864
(571) SIS PAL Vs. SMT. LADO (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS.[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41, Rule 31 — Appeal from original decree — Findings of fact — Lower appellate court’s judgment upheld when no illegality or perversity found. India Law Library Docid # 2433865
(572) RUPA RAM AND OTHER Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Appellants convicted for various offences including murder and grievous hurt by the trial court — One appellant (Rupa Ram) identified by eyewitnesses and convicted as victim's husband, appeal dismissed — Other appellant India Law Library Docid # 2433917
(573) URVASHI AUDICHYA Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14 & 21 — Reasonable classification and personal liberty — Denial of government appointment solely on the basis of a pending criminal trial, without any finding of guilt or moral turpitude, is arbitrary and infringes upon fundamental rights. India Law Library Docid # 2433918
(574) PUSHPA DEVI Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 147 and Section 143(3) — Reopening of assessment — Proviso to Section 147 — Where an assessment order under Section 143(3) has been passed and more than four years have expired from the end of the relevant assessment year, reopening of assessment is not permissible unless income India Law Library Docid # 2433919
(575) RAJMAL Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Premature release — Eligibility for — Petitioner sentenced for life imprisonment under Section 302 IPC — Served actual sentence of over 14 years — Earned jail remission and state remission — Rule 8(2)(i) of Rajasthan Prison (Shortening of Sentences) Rules, 2006 requires completion of 14 years actual imprisonment and earning minimum 4 years remission for consideration of life imprisonment cases — India Law Library Docid # 2433916
(576) STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS Vs. DAVENDRA SINGH @ TANWAR SINGH AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 18-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 378, 391 — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of interference — Appellate court can interfere only if it finds the acquittal order suffers from patent perversity, is based on misreading/omission of material evidence, or if no two reasonable views are possible and only the view consistent with guilt is possible. The trial court's view must be a possible view on the India Law Library Docid # 2433957
(577) BAID LEASING AND FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. SHIVRAJ SAMOTA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 18-09-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(3)(b), Section 12(5) and Schedule VII — Appointment of sole arbitrator by one party — Validity — Managing Director of a company cannot act as a sole arbitrator in arbitration proceedings involving his company, even if appointed under an arbitration clause — This is because such an India Law Library Docid # 2433958
(578) BASSO DEVI Vs. STATE OF H.P.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 195 — Bar to taking cognizance of certain offences — Offences under Sections 172-188 of IPC require written complaint from public servant or superior — Police complaint based on investigation is impermissible — Cognizance taken on police report for offences requiring prior written complaint is illegal — High Court jurisdiction in revision is limited to correcting patent India Law Library Docid # 2434031
(579) RAJINDER KUMAR Vs. MADHU VATS AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 10 — Stay of suit — Conditions for — Application of Section 10 CPC requires that the matter in issue in the second suit is directly and substantially in issue in the first suit, the parties are the same or litigating under the same title, the court in the first suit is competent and the first suit is pending — The crucial test is whether the decision in the previous suit would operate as res-judicata India Law Library Docid # 2434086
(580) MUDASIR AHMED DAR Vs. NATIONAL INVESTIGATING AGENCY[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 18-09-2025 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 — Section 43(D)(5) — Bail — Restriction on bail — Provision restricts bail if court finds reasonable grounds to believe accusations under Chapters IV and VI are prima facie true — Material on record did not disclose grave suspicion against appellant of raising funds for terrorist acts or organisations — Only incriminating circumstance was that his vehicle was India Law Library Docid # 2434128