(821) GANGARAM MEENA AND OTHERS Vs. RANJIT SINGH AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 09-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11, Section 9 — Rejection of plaint — Jurisdiction of Civil Court — Suit concerning agricultural land recorded in defendant's name — Plaintiffs sought cancellation of sale agreements and gift deed without seeking declaration of title from revenue court — Civil Court’s jurisdiction barred for matters covered by Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 — Plaintiffs failed to seek India Law Library Docid # 2432733
(822) MR. RITESH AGARWAL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 09-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — Abuse of process of law — Civil dispute cloaked as criminal complaint — Allegations of criminal breach of trust and cheating stemming from contractual disputes between parties — High Court has power to quash proceedings if they are manifestly frivolous, vexatious, or instituted with an ulterior motive to wreak vengeance or for recovery of India Law Library Docid # 2432741
(823) SRI. SUNIL H.BOHRA AND OTHERS Vs. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, NORTH SUB-DIVISION, KANDAYA BHAVAN, BENGALURU AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 09-09-2025 Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 — Sections 9, 23 — Compensation vs Maintenance — The Act provides for maintenance, not compensation. An impugned order granting Rs. 5,00,000/- as compensation was quashed as the Act only allows for monthly maintenance up to Rs. 10,000/-. India Law Library Docid # 2432776
(824) NIZARUDHEEN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 09-09-2025 Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 — Section 191(4) — Power of Government to suspend resolutions — No illegality or arbitrariness in Section 191(4) granting power to Government to temporarily suspend resolutions of Panchayats, even without prior notice, as Panchayats get an opportunity of hearing before final decision through Ombudsman or Tribunal. India Law Library Docid # 2433006
(825) KUMARI PUNAM AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 09-09-2025 Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 — Sections 2(3), 2(4), 2(6), 13 — Sections 419, 420 Indian Penal Code — Prohibition of alcoholic beverages — The Act prohibits intoxicants or liquor containing alcohol of any strength or purity, as defined under Section 2(3) — It does not prohibit the sale of non-alcoholic substances conforming to BIS standards, as clarified in Section 2(4) and 2(6) — FIR quashed as the products India Law Library Docid # 2433014
(826) SONU NAGAR Vs. THE GENERAL MANAGER, PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 09-09-2025 Compassionate Appointment — Dying-in-Harness Scheme — Eligibility Criteria — Family Income Calculation — Court should not dilute the criteria of penury set by the scheme. The income of the family from all sources must be taken into consideration as per the scheme. India Law Library Docid # 2433021
(827) POLASA RAVI KUMAR Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 09-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 406, 420, 506 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — Abuse of process of law — Cheating requires dishonest intention at inception — Not every breach of contract is cheating — If dispute is predominantly civil, criminal proceedings are abuse of process — Continuation of criminal proceedings when civil suit pending on same India Law Library Docid # 2433034
(828) MADINENI SUBBA RAO Vs. JAMALAPUDI VENKATESWARA RAO[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 09-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 39, Rules 1 and 2 read with Telangana Agency Rules, 1924, Rule 42 — Grant of temporary injunction — Requirement of reasons — An order granting temporary injunction must be supported by cogent reasons, demonstrating satisfaction of essential ingredients: prima facie case, balance of convenience, and irreparable injury — Failure to assign reasons renders the order legally unsustainable. India Law Library Docid # 2433035
(829) STATE OF ODISHA Vs. KAMALA BEHERA AND ANOTHER[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 09-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41, Rule 31 — Appeal — Setting aside impugned judgment — Appeal allowed and impugned judgment set aside. India Law Library Docid # 2433183
(830) BARUN BEHERA Vs. STATE OF ODISHA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 09-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302 and 201 — Murder and Causing disappearance of evidence — Circumstantial evidence — Homicidal death — Circumstances include motive (loan repayment), last seen together, accused returning alone with bloodstained clothes, extrajudicial confession, recovery of weapon, deceased's belongings found with accused, and injuries on accused — All circumstances formed a India Law Library Docid # 2433184
(831) INTERLINK (PVT.) LTD. Vs. UNION OF INDIA (C.B.I)[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 09-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — Abuse of process — Repeated filing of petitions to stall proceedings — Company seeking discharge from offences under Sections 420 and 120-B of the IPC — Previous discharge applications rejected, and subsequent petitions dismissed for non-prosecution or declined — Present petition filed by misrepresentation of liberty granted — Court India Law Library Docid # 2433185
(832) BIBHUTI BHUSAN ACHARYA Vs. STATE OF ODISHA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 09-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail Application — Cheating and Forgery Allegations — Petitioner, an advocate, accused of cheating his client and producing forged documents. Court considers allegations of monetary dispute, client-advocate relationship, and interim bail terms. Highlights that criminal proceedings are not for realization of disputed dues and bail is not pre-trial punishment. Interim bail extended without adverse reports, minimal chance of influencing witnesses India Law Library Docid # 2433186
(833) BHIKHABHAI MOHANBHAI MORI Vs. IRFANBHAI MOHAMMEDBHAI MEMAN AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 09-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 133 — Public nuisance — Procedure — Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) must first pass a conditional order and then make it absolute after hearing objections, as per Section 138 of Cr.P.C. — Failure to follow this procedure renders the SDM's order invalid. India Law Library Docid # 2433192
(834) NARESHBHAI MULJIBHAI PATEL AND ANOTHER Vs. BAIMADHUBEN WD/O KANUBHAI MOHANBHAI SOLANKI AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 09-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of pleadings — Proviso of Order 6 Rule 17 — Commencement of trial — An amendment application can be allowed after framing of issues, provided the trial has not commenced, which is generally considered to be the date of filing of affidavit in lieu of examination-in-chief, not merely the date of framing issues. India Law Library Docid # 2433194
(835) MANGALI BAI AND OTHERS Vs. SAKHARAM[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 09-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Substantial Question of Law — Lower appellate court reversing trial court's finding on adoption and inheritance rights — Admission of appeal on formulation of substantial questions of law regarding correctness of reversing findings on adoption and inheritance. India Law Library Docid # 2433267
(836) JAGESHWAR PRASAD AWADHIYA Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 09-09-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 7 and Section 13(1)(d) r/w Section 13(2) — Demand and Acceptance of Illegal Gratification — Essential Ingredients — Prosecution must prove demand and acceptance of illegal gratification beyond reasonable doubt — Mere recovery of tainted notes without proof of demand is insufficient conviction — Contradictions regarding denomination of tainted notes weaken prosecution's case — Defence evidence suggesting money was thrust upon accused or India Law Library Docid # 2433268
(837) RINTY MUSHAHARY AND ANOTHER Vs. CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 09-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 1 Rule 8 — Joinder of necessary parties — Permission for representative suit — Court must give notice to all interested persons — Failure to adhere to notice requirement renders substantial question of law regarding non-joinder irrelevant. India Law Library Docid # 2433120
(838) RAGHVENDRA BAJRANGLAL DHRUT Vs. MANAGER AND OTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 09-09-2025 Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971 (Act, 1971) — Sections 2(g), 3, 5 — Unauthorised Occupation — Eviction — Petitioners claimed to be unauthorized occupants of public premises and were evicted under Act, 1971. Petitioners challenged the eviction orders, primarily on grounds that the Estate Officer lacked proper authorization and that they were protected tenants under the Rent Act. The High Court found that the Estate Officer was duly authorized by a Government of India Law Library Docid # 2433128
(839) GENDRAM AND OTHERS Vs. KRISHNA VERMA (DIED) THROUGH LEGAL HEIRS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 09-09-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 16(c) — Readiness and willingness to perform — Essential requirement for decree of specific performance — Plaintiff must plead and prove readiness and willingness through oral and documentary evidence, including availability of funds. India Law Library Docid # 2433211
(840) MUKESH KUMAR AGRAWAL Vs. MUNNI DEVI AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 09-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Appeals — First Appeal — Dismissal of Appeal — Trial Court's judgment decreeing suit by declaring revenue authority's order null and void upheld. India Law Library Docid # 2433212