(841) IREDDY RAVINDER REDDY AND OTHER Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHER[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 145 — Proceedings initiated to prevent breach of peace when civil suit is pending — Pendency of a civil suit involving the property does not automatically bar criminal proceedings under Section 145 Cr.P.C., especially when the civil court has not definitively adjudicated possession or issued orders that prevent the Executive Magistrate from taking action India Law Library Docid # 2434615
(842) M. KALAVATHY Vs. C.MADHUBALA[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 08-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — First Appeal — Suit for Specific Performance — Dismissal of suit by trial court challenged — Plaintiff alleged defendant agreed to sell property due to defendant's mother's loan default — Plaintiff claimed full sale price paid — Defendant denied knowledge of loan, alleged sale agreement forged — Trial court dismissed suit citing lack of proof for loan, India Law Library Docid # 2434834
(843) MUKESH KUMAR SAHGAL Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 5 r/w 6, Section 21(2) — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 354-A, 376(2), 323, 504 — Information Technology Act, 2000 – Section 67A — Criminal Appeal — Conviction upheld for sexual assault and failure to report — Conviction set aside for obscenity and intentional insult — Appellant Mukesh Kumar Sahgal convicted under Sections 354 India Law Library Docid # 2434682
(844) SUNIL KUMAR GOYAL Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 Notaries Act, 1952 — Section 5(2) and Rules, 1956, Rule 8B — Renewal of Certificate of Practice — Rejection of renewal application solely on the ground of having practiced for more than ten years — Held to be unsustainable in law — The Act and Rules do not prescribe any upper age limit or restriction on number of renewals — Renewal can only be refused on grounds specified in Section 10 of the India Law Library Docid # 2434683
(845) KARNAIL SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 U.P. Zamindari Abolition & Land Reforms Act, 1950, Section 132 — Bhumidhari rights — Water body land — Prohibition against accrual of bhumidhari rights in pasture lands or lands covered by water — This prohibition applies to riverbed/water body land. India Law Library Docid # 2434684
(846) SELVAN Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 457, 380 read with 34 — House-trespass and theft — Conviction based solely on recovery evidence from confession — Held unsustainable — Case law cited: Manoj Kumar Soni v State of MP [2023 SCC OnLine SC 984], Varkey C.V. v State of Kerala [2024 KHC 7096], Abdul Jabbar v State of Kerala [2025 KHC OnLine 901] — Recovery under Section 27 of Evidence Act cannot be the sole basis for conviction as it is not substantive evidence and India Law Library Docid # 2434871
(847) SANJIT KUMAR VISHWAKARMA Vs. RUPESH KUMAR SAHU AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 20(1) and 20(2)(b) — Suit for Specific Performance of Contract — Discretion of Court — Hardship— Jurisdiction to decree specific performance is discretionary (unamended S. 20(1)), but this discretion must be sound, reasonable, guided by judicial principles, and capable of appellate correction — Non-performance of contract involves hardship on defendant only if India Law Library Docid # 2435898
(848) HARISH KUMAR CHHABADA Vs. PR. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX INCOME TAX OFFICER-2(1)[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 260A — Appeal to High Court — Substantial Question of Law — Validity of Assessment — Assessment under Section 143(3) based on notice under Section 143(2) issued by non-jurisdictional Assessing Officer (AO) — Challenge to jurisdiction based on residential address in PAN database versus place of business — Assessee challenged the validity of assessment on the India Law Library Docid # 2435899
(849) ANIL KHANDELWAL Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), 1973 — Section 372 and 378(1) — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of interference — Appellate Court can set aside acquittal if trial Court's findings are perverse, based on conjecture, surmises, or disregard cogent, reliable evidence — Where trial court disbelieved the testimony of an injured eyewitness whose evidence was material and credible, and based conclusions on India Law Library Docid # 2435900
(850) RAJ JAISWAL Vs. AATMANARAYAN PATEL AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 115 — Revision against interlocutory order in Election Petition — Maintainability — An order passed by the Election Judge rejecting an application under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC (challenging jurisdiction) is not an interlocutory order but a final order; if the objection were allowed, it would terminate the petition proceedings — The revision filed under India Law Library Docid # 2435901
(851) SHREE CEMENT LIMITED COMPANY Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 Constitutional Law — Writ Jurisdiction — Availability of Alternative Remedy — Chhattisgarh (Adhosanrachna Vikas Evam Paryavaran) Upkar Adhiniyam, 2005 (Act of 2005) — Challenge to Levy and Collection of Cess — Maintainability of Writ Petition — Plea of non-maintainability due to statutory alternative remedy under Section 9 of the Act of 2005 rejected as the validity and authority of law for the levy India Law Library Docid # 2435909
(852) ANIL KHANDELWAL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 372 and 378(1) — Acquittal Appeal — Scope of Interference — High Court's power to reverse acquittal — Appellate Court should intervene only when trial court's findings are perverse, manifestly illegal, or based on conjectures and surmises, disregarding cogent and reliable evidence — Where trial court failed to appreciate material evidence, including credible testimony of an India Law Library Docid # 2435912
(853) ARUMUGAM PILLAI Vs. P.CHAKKARAVARTHI[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 07-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Cheque dishonour — Compounding of offence — Parties entered into a Memorandum of Compromise after conviction and appeal — High Court has power to compound the offence and set aside conviction even at the revisional stage, to secure the ends of justice and prevent miscarriage. India Law Library Docid # 2434836
(854) GURDEV SINGH Vs. UT OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 07-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 436-A — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 479 — Bail for Undertrial Prisoners — Applicant charged under NDPS Act, arrested on 11.12.2019, eligible for bail after completing half of minimum punishment as per Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee guidelines — Trial court erroneously applied maximum period of imprisonment under BNSS, India Law Library Docid # 2434099
(855) GAYATRI BAI MEENA Vs. M/S SHILANYAS INFRA[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 151 — Inherent Powers of Court — Recalling Orders — Court has inherent power to recall an order if it leads to no result and prejudices parties' rights — Application under Section 151 CPC, even if termed as review, can be considered if issues are similar to review jurisdiction — Such orders are challengeable under Article 227 of the Constitution. India Law Library Docid # 2433849
(856) AMIT KUAMR TIWARI Vs. AWADESH PRASAD TIWARI AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-10-2025 Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 — Object of the Act is to protect parents from cruelty and misbehavior of children and to ensure their maintenance — The Act allows for eviction orders against children or relatives who breach their obligation to maintain senior citizens — This is supported by Supreme Court precedents. India Law Library Docid # 2433850
(857) KAILASH CHANDRA Vs. MUKESH KUMAR AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 07-10-2025 Rajasthan Premises (Control of Rent and Eviction) Act, 1950 — Section 6(2) and 6(3) — Fixation of standard rent — Concurrent findings of fact — Court's power to fix standard rent based on location, condition, amenities, and market rate — Appellant paying nominal rent for decades despite commercial development of area — Evidence of market rates in similar properties supports higher rent — Courts below considered India Law Library Docid # 2433990
(858) MALURAM Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 07-10-2025 Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 430 — Suspension of Sentence — Applicants convicted for various offences including 148, 324/149, 325/149, 326/149, 450/149, and 307/149 of IPC — Applicants sought suspension of sentence pending appeal — Court considered nature of injuries, weapons used, criminal antecedents, and duration of trial — Applications of some applicants rejected based India Law Library Docid # 2433991
(859) DESH RAJ AND OTHERS Vs. SUNEHARI DEVI AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim petition for compensation — Accident resulting in 100% permanent disability — Claimant an occupant of a hired vehicle involved in an accident due to loss of control by driver — Claimant engaged in agriculture and claimed income of Rs. 20,000/- per month — Tribunal awarded Rs. 14,92,400/- — Insurance company appealed regarding quantum of compensation, India Law Library Docid # 2434082
(860) KAMLI AND OTHERS Vs. BOBY CHAUHAN AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeals to Supreme Court — Appeals against Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (MACT) awards — High Court has power to decide all issues on merits, including those not decided by the MACT, to avoid further harassment to claimants, especially when the accident occurred long ago. India Law Library Docid # 2434083