(681) RIYAZ @ BABLU SATTAR MUJAWAR Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction based on eyewitness and dying declaration — Acquittal — Eyewitness (PW-1) unreliable due to prolonged detention at police station, raising suspicion of statement being recorded under coercion. India Law Library Docid # 2434371
(682) SMT. SAYEEDA SHABBIR MUKADAM Vs. STATE OF MAHARARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Writ Petition — Investigation — Accidental death — Allegation of encounter killing — Petitioner failed to establish a case for grant of reliefs sought. India Law Library Docid # 2434372
(683) AVANIKA FILMS LLP Vs. ABHAY VERMA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Contract Law — Enforcement of Negative Covenant — Personal Services — An interim injunction to enforce a negative covenant will not be granted if it amounts to enforcing a contract for personal services, which is generally prohibited under Section 41(e) of the Specific Relief Act, 1963, and can lead to restraint of trade under Section 27 of the Indian Contract Act. India Law Library Docid # 2434489
(684) RAM BHARAT Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 15-09-2025 Factories Act, 1948 — Section 92 — Section 32(a) — Offence relating to floors, stairs, and means of access — Fatal accident in factory due to a fragile wooden plank used as a walkway — Occupier's duty to provide safe means of access — Contravention of Section 32(a) is punishable under Section 92 — Trial Court did not India Law Library Docid # 2434499
(685) SAYED HAJI AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 15-09-2025 Hyderabad Atiyat Inquiries Act, 1952 — Section 3-A and Section 12 — Atiyat grant succession — Atiyat Court's power to inquire and decide succession claims — Power of attorney cannot transfer hereditary succession — Court found that the Additional Collector erred in declaring Syed Hidayatali as successor based on a power India Law Library Docid # 2434507
(686) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Vs. HARI SARAN[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2] — Demand and acceptance of illegal gratification — Proof of demand is crucial — Mere recovery of bribe money is insufficient without proof of demand — Prosecution failed to establish demand and acceptance of bribe beyond reasonable doubt. India Law Library Docid # 2432658
(687) NAGINDER PAL Vs. MOHINDER SINGH VERMA AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Cheque issued for purchase of steel shuttering — Accused admitted issuance of cheques and signatures — Presumption under Section 139 arises that cheque was issued in discharge of legal liability — Accused failed to rebut presumption by adducing evidence of return of goods or payment — Denial of liability not sufficient to rebut presumption without India Law Library Docid # 2432659
(688) GURSEV SINGH Vs. GOPAL KRISHAN[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Complaint against authorized signatory of a company — Essential ingredients of Section 138 require the complaint to be against the drawer of the cheque — Company, being a legal entity, is the drawer when a cheque is issued from its account — Authorized signatory merely signs on behalf of the company and does not become the drawer — India Law Library Docid # 2432660
(689) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Vs. RAJESH KUMAR[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — High Court interference — Interference with acquittal judgment warranted only if it suffers from patent perversity, misreading/omission of material evidence, or if only one reasonable conclusion (guilt) is possible from evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2432661
(690) SACHIN KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Information Technology Act, 2000 — Petitioner convicted under Sections 354-B IPC, Sections 6 & 14(3) POCSO Act, and Sections 66-E & 67-B IT Act — Applied for parole for agricultural purposes — Application rejected based on victim's mother's objection and a new FIR registered during previous parole — Court quashed rejection order, allowing India Law Library Docid # 2432662
(691) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Vs. SUNIL KHAN[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Appellate court powers — Appellate court can review, re-appreciate, and reconsider evidence but must remember presumption of innocence is doubled for accused after acquittal — If two reasonable views are possible, appellate court should not disturb acquittal. India Law Library Docid # 2432663
(692) RISHITA KAPUR AND ANOTHER Vs. VIJAY KAPUR AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125 — Maintenance — Children — Entitlement for maintenance extends only until the age of majority, unless the child suffers from a physical or mental abnormality or injury rendering them unable to maintain themselves. India Law Library Docid # 2432664
(693) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Vs. MOHINDER SINGH[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 279, 337, 338, 304-A — Rash and Negligent Driving — Appeal against Acquittal — Scope of Interference by High Court — High Court can interfere only if acquittal judgment is patently perverse, based on misreading/omission of material evidence, or no two reasonable views are possible, with only view consistent with guilt being plausible. India Law Library Docid # 2432665
(694) RAHISUDDIN KHAN Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Constitution Of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Habeas Corpus Petition — Maintainability — Child Custody Matters — Writ of habeas corpus is maintainable for securing the liberty of a minor and restoring custody when wrongfully deprived, even if a remedy under the Guardians and Wards Act exists. The writ court can grant custody of a minor to a guardian when wrongfully deprived, especially when another person is not India Law Library Docid # 2432694
(695) MOHAMMAD SALIM AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Administration of Justice — Abuse of Process — While prior judgments favoured adherence to guidelines and the Justice Wadhwa Committee Report, subsequent Division Bench rulings and High Court decisions have established that existing fair price shop licensees do not have a vested right to prevent the state from opening new shops, overriding earlier interpretations India Law Library Docid # 2432695
(696) MITHA LAL Vs. GOPILAL[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 102 — Second Appeal — Maintainability — Prohibition on second appeal in suits cognizable by Small Causes Courts when the subject matter does not exceed Rs. 3,000/— The nature of the suit is decisive, not the procedure employed — Suit for recovery of Rs. 2,850/— is cognizable India Law Library Docid # 2432696
(697) ANKUR AGRAWAL Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 12-09-2025 Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528BNSS — Inherent Powers of Court — Modification of Bail Conditions — High Court can modify bail conditions imposed by itself under Section 483 BNSS by invoking inherent powers under Section 528 BNSS, even if not expressly provided, to secure the ends of justice. This is because bail conditions are not final orders, and modification is permissible to prevent miscarriage of justice India Law Library Docid # 2432731
(698) PR.COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX-2 AND OTHERS Vs. M/S. EYGBS (INDIA) PVT. LTD.[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 10AA — Deduction in respect of profits and gains from undertaking in Special Economic Zones — Arm's Length Price (ALP) adjustment pursuant to Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) — Voluntary TP adjustment pursuant to APA eligible for deduction under Section 10AA — Proviso to Section 92C(4) inapplicable when income not enhanced by Assessing Officer — Voluntary declaration India Law Library Docid # 2432736
(699) N. PAVAN KUMAR Vs. M. RAMINENI[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Section 2(b) — Civil Contempt — Willful disobedience — Conduct of respondent in taking child to USA, and obtaining subsequent orders from foreign courts to prevent compliance with Indian High Court orders, held to be willful disobedience constituting contempt of court. India Law Library Docid # 2432998
(700) BIRJU RAM Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Acquittal — Appeal against — Scope of appellate court’s power — Appellate court can review, re-appreciate, and reconsider evidence, but must be hesitant to interfere with acquittal unless findings are perverse, illegal, or wholly unsustainable — Double presumption of innocence favors accused after acquittal. India Law Library Docid # 2433010