(81) SUNIL KUMAR AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF H.P.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 397/401 — Revisional Jurisdiction — Scope — High Court in revision cannot re-evaluate evidence or substitute its own findings for those of lower courts unless there is a patent defect, error of jurisdiction, perversity, or gross unreasonableness. India Law Library Docid # 2434037
(82) URMILA DEVI Vs. STATE OF H.P. AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 372 — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of appellate court's power — Appellate court can review, re-appreciate, and reconsider evidence, but must remember double presumption of innocence for accused after acquittal by trial court — If two reasonable views are possible from evidence, acquittal should not be disturbed. India Law Library Docid # 2434038
(83) MUZAFAR HUSSAIN FAROOQUI AND OTHERS Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 14-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 498-A — Cruelty by husband or relatives of husband — Quashing of FIR and Charge Sheet — Allegations primarily against husband only — Other family members roped in without specific allegations of active involvement — Court cautioned against implication of all family members in matrimonial disputes without concrete evidence — Proceedings quashed against family India Law Library Docid # 2434066
(84) RITIKA JAIN AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 14-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent powers of High Court to prevent abuse of process of court — Quashing of FIR — Allegations of forgery of will/codicil when validity of will/codicil is already sub judice before civil court — Civil suit for partition pending, civil applications disposed of, and parties referred to mediation — Criminal proceedings initiated on same subject matter India Law Library Docid # 2434076
(85) NILESH MAGANLAL SHAH Vs. SUHAS CHAMPAKLAL DESAI AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 14-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 16 Rule 1 — Issuance of witness summons — Right of a party — A party to a suit has a right at any stage to apply for a witness summons to give evidence or produce documents. The court cannot refuse this application simply because it might cause delay. India Law Library Docid # 2434188
(86) BHIMJIBHAI KADVABHAI RUPARELIADECD.THROUGH HIS HEIRS AND OTHERS Vs. PATEL VALLABHBHAI KADVABHAI RUPARELIA[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 14-10-2025 Registration Act, 1908 — Section 17 — Compulsory Registration — Family Arrangement — Document recording a family arrangement already concluded, merely for purpose of record or information, does not require registration unless it is intended to be the instrument of title itself — A memorandum of what was agreed upon orally, which does not create or extinguish rights in immovable property, is not compulsorily registrable. India Law Library Docid # 2434189
(87) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. CHANDRIKABEN SUDHIRBHAI RATHOD[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 14-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 363, 302 — Kidnapping, Murder — Appeal against acquittal — Prosecution based on circumstantial evidence — Complainant (PW-1) turned hostile in chief examination and their testimony had contradictions with cross-examination — PW-4, key witness for "last seen together" theory, made improvements in his deposition compared to his police statement, making his India Law Library Docid # 2434190
(88) CHIRALA SESHA SRINIVAS, INSPECTOR OF CETRAL EXCISE AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 14-10-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 19(3)(b) and (c) — Bar on stay or revision of interlocutory orders — Statutory embargo clear on granting stay or entertaining revision against interlocutory orders while trial is ongoing — Attempt to circumvent this bar by invoking writ jurisdiction under Article 226 is impermissible and amounts to abuse of process of law. India Law Library Docid # 2434191
(89) ABHISHEK BANSAL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-10-2025 Succession Act, 1925 — Section 278 — Letter of Administration — Petition seeking grant of Letter of Administration for an agricultural land based on a registered Will dated 23.03.2011 — Testator expired on 17.01.2022 — The Will was duly executed, attested, and registered by the testator when of sound mind — Class-I legal heirs are son, daughter, and daughter — Petitioner No. 1 is the grandson and India Law Library Docid # 2434216
(90) ASHA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 14-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 439 — Bail — Grant of bail for preparation of defence — The right to prepare a defence and gather evidence is crucial for a fair trial, and continued incarceration after prosecution evidence has concluded can hinder this — Therefore, grant of bail for defence preparation, at the appropriate stage and after considering all relevant factors, is a critical safeguard to India Law Library Docid # 2434359
(91) DR. SHYAM BIHARI Vs. NUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD. AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 14-10-2025 Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 — Section 4(2)(a) — Constitution of Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) — Presiding Officer — Interpretation of "woman employed at a senior level" — The Act requires a woman employee at a senior level to preside over the ICC. This does not mean she must be senior in rank to the person against whom allegations are made, but rather India Law Library Docid # 2434516
(92) RASHMIKANT ZAVERCHAND SHAH Vs. DHARMESH CHAPSI GHADA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 14-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 148(1) — Suspension of Sentence Pending Appeal — Deposit of Compensation — Power to direct deposit is discretionary, but should be exercised purposively to advance the object of Section 148 — Deposit is a rule; waiver is an exception for which special reasons are required to be assigned — Interpretation of 'may' as 'may' rather than 'shall' in this context, India Law Library Docid # 2434520
(93) G. SAMMAIAH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 14-10-2025 Telangana State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1996; Rule 22 & 22A; G.O.Ms.No.107 dated 27.07.2018; G.O.Ms.No.5 dated 14.05.2018; G.O.Ms.No.74 dated 09.08.2012 — Sports Policy — Interpretation and implementation of 2% Sports Quota in recruitments — Petitioners challenged the exclusion from sports quota for Group-I posts based on a misconception regarding Form-I, questioning exclusion on India Law Library Docid # 2434613
(94) AJAY KISHOR BAHUGUNA Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 14-10-2025 Quo Warranto — Abuse of process of court — Petitioner sought to challenge the appointment of Registrar despite Supreme Court judgment upholding the appointment and directing reinstatement with liberty to the employer to conduct disciplinary proceedings — Filing of current writ petition after Supreme Court decision is an act of overreach and abuse of process of court. India Law Library Docid # 2434689
(95) AMAR NATH Vs. SMT. NAINO DEVI AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 13-10-2025 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 53A — Doctrine of part performance — Essential conditions for defence of part performance under Section 53A include contracted transfer for consideration by written instrument, transferee taking possession in part performance, transferee doing act in furtherance of contract, and transferee performing or willing to perform his part — These conditions must be cumulatively satisfied — If conditions are not met, transferee cannot resist eviction. (Para 14) India Law Library Docid # 2433888
(96) AJEET SINGH Vs. INDERJEET AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 13-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 397, 401, 401(3), 401(5) — Revisional Jurisdiction — Power to convert acquittal to conviction barred — High Court cannot convert finding of acquittal into conviction in revisional jurisdiction, as per Section 401(3) of CrPC — May treat revision petition as appeal if satisfied that it was filed under erroneous belief and in interest of justice — Requires judicial order India Law Library Docid # 2433898
(97) SANJAY Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 13-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 279, 337, 304-A, 427 — Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 181, 192 — Criminal Revision — Conviction and Sentence under — Challenge to — Death of victim — Whether proximate result of accident or due to intervening medical lapses — Victim shifted between hospitals, left against medical advice — Held, shifting itself does not amount to negligence, Petitioner failed to India Law Library Docid # 2433899
(98) AJAY MARG NIRMAN SANGHARSH SAMITI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 13-10-2025 Master Plan — Adherence to — Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) and Rajasthan Housing Board (RHB) are entrusted with urban planning and cannot act arbitrarily or be influenced by private developers, especially when it undermines public confidence and planned urban development. The master plan, once circulated after public objections, must be strictly followed. India Law Library Docid # 2433964
(99) STATE OF H.P. Vs. VINOD KUMAR @ GHUNGARU[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 13-10-2025 Punjab Excise Act, 1914 (as applicable to H.P.) — Section 61(1)(a) — Possession/sale of country liquor without permit — Search without warrant — Non-compliance with Section 165 CrPC — Investigating officer failed to reduce secret information into writing and send it to the nearest Magistrate before conducting a search without a warrant — This procedural lapse vitiates the search and subsequent India Law Library Docid # 2434034
(100) MAN SINGH Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 13-10-2025 Service Law — Promotion — Retrospective Promotion — Denial of Actual Monetary Benefits — Notional Promotion — Employee exonerated in disciplinary proceedings and acquitted in criminal proceedings was granted retrospective promotion but with notional benefits, leading to denial of actual monetary benefits for the intervening period — Held, denial of actual monetary benefits without recording India Law Library Docid # 2434035