(761) BALASAHEB LALASAHEB JADHAV AND OTHERS Vs. VYANKATRAO SHANKARRAO JADHAV AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR)] 17-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of Plaint — Inclusion of Additional Suit Property — Partition Suit — At Appellate Stage — Plaintiffs' suit for partition dismissed by Trial Court based on finding that certain joint family property (Block No. 28-B) was not included in the 'common hotchpotch' (Issue of Non-joinder of Property) — Plaintiffs sought amendment at the appellate stage (8 years after filing appeal) to include this property — Appellate Court allowed the amendment — India Law Library Docid # 2437187
(762) MR. VIPIN SABOO Vs. ANGLO PACKAGINGS PVT. LTD.[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 17-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent Power of High Court — Quashing of Criminal Proceedings — Principles for exercise of power laid down in State of Haryana v. Bhajan Lal — Power should be exercised sparingly, generally to examine if the allegations, taken at face value, prima facie constitute an offence or if the proceedings are manifestly malicious or an abuse of the process of law. India Law Library Docid # 2437298
(763) SRI MAHESH SHETTY THIMARODI Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 17-11-2025 Karnataka Police Act, 1963 — Section 55 (a), (b), (c) — Order of Externment — Grounds for issuance — Requirement to specify clause — An externment order must clearly indicate under which provision {Clause (a), (b), or (c) of Section 55} it is passed. India Law Library Docid # 2435936
(764) ANAND S/O. DURGAPPA GOLLAR Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 17-11-2025 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Sections 9, 10, 29, 30 — Sexual Assault on a child below 12 years of age — Aggravated Sexual Assault (Section 9(m)) — Presumption of guilt (Section 29) and mens rea (Section 30) — Requirement for conviction — Solitary testimony of the victim girl (PW-8) found natural, reliable, and inspiring confidence, corroborated by medical India Law Library Docid # 2435943
(765) NITIN Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 17-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 141 and Order 41 Rule 17 — Applicability to Writ Proceedings — Proceedings under Article 226 of Constitution of India are explicitly excluded from the scope of "proceedings" defined under the Explanation to Section 141 CPC (Miscellaneous proceedings) — Consequently, the procedural provisions of CPC, including principles governing dismissal of appeals for India Law Library Docid # 2435655
(766) THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS Vs. RAJOLA JAGANNADHA REDDY AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-11-2025 Service Law — Compassionate Appointment — Land Displaced Persons — Policy — Andhra Pradesh G.O.Ms.No.98 of 1986 — Providing employment quota (50% of Junior Assistant/Typist equivalent posts and below) to displaced families/dependants whose lands were acquired for Major and Medium Irrigation & Power Projects — Initial condition of one-year limitation for application (from date of displacement) India Law Library Docid # 2436194
(767) GHULAM MOHAMMAD SHEIKH AND OTHERS Vs. GULZAR AHMAD SHEIKH AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 17-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 1 and 2 (Applicability) — Limitation Act, 1963 — Condonation of Delay — Appeal filed against order of Trial Court — Appellant failed to file appeal within limitation period — Appellate Court dismissed the application for condonation of delay and consequently the appeal — High Court held that the explanation tendered for delay must not be fanciful, concocted, vague, India Law Library Docid # 2436252
(768) SUNIL KUMAR SHARMA Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 17-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Successive Bail Applications — Changed Circumstances — Mere rejection of an earlier bail application does not bar the filing of a fresh application if circumstances have changed post-rejection — Court entertaining a successive application must consider the reasons for the earlier rejection and record fresh grounds that persuade it to take a India Law Library Docid # 2436266
(769) DIWAN SINGH DIYOLIYA AND ANOTHER Vs. MADAN SINGH AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 17-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 9 Rule 13 — Setting aside ex parte decree — Sufficient Cause — Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of Delay — Where the appellate court finds sufficient cause for the defendant’s non-appearance, attributing it to the death of their main counsel and a lack of knowledge of India Law Library Docid # 2436548
(770) METROPOLIS RESIDENT WELFARE ASSOCIATION Vs. REGISTRAR, FIRMS SOCIETIES AND CHITS AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 17-11-2025 Societies Registration Act, 1860 — Section 12-D — Functioning of Society — Membership Cap — Association Byelaws — Challenge to Registrar’s order directing removal of cap on maximum number of members and holding fresh elections — Where maximum membership was capped at 100 while 1600 persons had a stake and paid maintenance charges — Held: Cap on maximum number of members of a Society cannot India Law Library Docid # 2436549
(771) KULDEEP NANDRAJOG Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 17-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 420 (Cheating), 120-B (Criminal Conspiracy) — Regular Bail — Single set of allegations leading to multiplicity of FIRs — Applicant, a Director of a builder company, implicated in an FIR concerning a dispute arising from an agreement for land allotment and residential project development ('Santour City') — Agreement included clauses for India Law Library Docid # 2436550
(772) IQBAL HUSSAIN Vs. JUDGE, LABOUR COURT AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 17-11-2025 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 25F — Requirement of 240 days of continuous service — Termination of workman — Rejection of claim by Labour Court on ground of failure to complete 240 days — High Court's finding that workman completed 244 days of continuous service prior to termination (including India Law Library Docid # 2437710
(773) SHUKAL GUPTA Vs. EMPLOYEES STATE INSURANCE CORPORATION[DELHI HIGH COURT] 15-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 22 Rule 3 — Substitution of Legal Representatives (LRs) — Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of Delay — Limitation — Application for substituting LRs must be filed within 90 days as per Article 120 of the Limitation Act, 1963 — Where LRs filed substitution application after a delay of over two years (871/819 days) based on alleged ignorance of India Law Library Docid # 2435973
(774) SANTRA DEVI Vs. SHAKUNTALA DEVI[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Revisional jurisdiction — Exercise of power challenging dismissal of application for leading secondary evidence — High Court upheld the dismissal of the application for secondary evidence, finding that the new plea sought to be supported by the evidence was impermissible under law and the India Law Library Docid # 2436898
(775) MOOL RAJ AND OTHERS Vs. RAJ DULARI AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 43 — Transfer by unauthorized person who subsequently acquires interest in property transferred — Exception to protection under Section 43 — Where the transferee (defendant) admits in the written statement that the transferor's father (Swaraj) was the admitted owner of the property at the time of sale (1980), the defendant is deemed to have known that the vendors (Swaraj's India Law Library Docid # 2436899
(776) DALIP KAUR AND OTHERS Vs. SWINDERJIT SINGH(Since Deceased) Through LRs[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 16(c) — Specific Performance of Agreement to Sell — Readiness and Willingness — Proof — Plaintiff's readiness and willingness established by tendering payment for second installment, providing bank statements and cheque, and remaining present at Sub-Registrar's office on stipulated dates — Defendants' admission in cross-examination that their reluctance to execute the sale India Law Library Docid # 2436900
(777) ANNAPOTTU AMMAL (DIED) AND OTHERS Vs. TAMILMANI AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 14-11-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 16 — Legitimacy of Children of Void Marriage — Scope of Rights — Children born of a void marriage are conferred legitimacy under Section 16(1) — Such children are entitled to a share in the self-acquired and absolute property of their parents, and also in the property falling to the share of their parents upon partition of ancestral property — They are not entitled to claim partition during the India Law Library Docid # 2436755
(778) RAMRAO TUKARAM PATIL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Writ Jurisdiction — Constitutional Discretion — Clean Hands Doctrine — A litigant approaching the High Court seeking extraordinary relief under writ jurisdiction (Article 226) must act with complete honesty, fairness, and transparency, and must make full disclosure of all material facts — The writ jurisdiction is discretionary and based on equity; if a litigant suppresses material facts, makes false India Law Library Docid # 2436892
(779) LAKSHAY JAIN Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 279, 337, 304-A — Rash and negligent driving causing death (Motor accident) — Conviction affirmed by two lower courts — Criminal Revision Petition challenging the quantum of sentence — Appellate/Revisional Court powers — While merits of conviction were not pressed in revision, the Court considered the plea for modifying the sentence to grant benefit of probation. India Law Library Docid # 2437052
(780) SAKATTAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Indian Legal System — Release of Seized Vehicle (Superdari) — General principles — The object of the law is not to retain seized property in court or police custody longer than absolutely necessary; rather, the property should be restored to the rightful owner once the necessity for retention ceases — Vehicles (case property) must be released promptly to the registered owner India Law Library Docid # 2437053