(121) GL LITMUS EVENTS PVT. LTD. Vs. DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-09-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Setting aside of arbitral award — Delay in pronouncement — Inordinate and unexplained delay in pronouncing an arbitral award, specifically 19 months from the conclusion of proceedings, is contrary to the public policy of India and violates basic notions of justice, thus making the award amenable to challenge under Section India Law Library Docid # 2432179
(122) STATE OF NCT OF DELHI Vs. AJAY DANIEL AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Standard of review — Appellate court must be slow in reversing an acquittal and give proper weight to trial judge’s views, presumption of innocence, benefit of doubt, and advantage of seeing witnesses — Acquittal by trial court strengthens presumption of innocence, requiring thorough scrutiny by appellate court on accepted legal parameters. India Law Library Docid # 2432180
(123) HINDUSTAN LATEX FAMILY PLANNING PROMOTION TRUST Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 01-09-2025 Jurisdiction of High Court — Review powers — High Court, as a court of record, has inherent powers to correct its own errors, which are plenary in nature. However, review powers are circumscribed by Order 47 Rule 1 and Section 114 of CPC. Review is not a re-hearing and only patent errors can be corrected. India Law Library Docid # 2432212
(124) K.KRISHNASAMY PANDIAN Vs. THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 01-09-2025 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Sufficient cause — Petitioner sought to condone a delay of 342 days in filing a criminal revision petition — Petitioner claimed the delay was due to his cardiac condition and medical treatment — Court found the explanation unsatisfactory and lacked supporting medical documents — The Court emphasized the need for a reasonable, bona fide India Law Library Docid # 2432214
(125) HAREESH @ HARISHKUMAR Vs. A.S.UMESH AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 01-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 26 Rule 10A — DNA Test — Presumption of Legitimacy under Section 112 of Indian Evidence Act — High Court quashes order directing DNA test, observing that such tests cannot be ordered as a matter of course and must be based on strong prima facie case satisfying Section 112, balancing right to privacy and dignity. India Law Library Docid # 2432215
(126) SRI G.SATYANARAYANA VARMA Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 01-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — Second petition on grounds available in first petition — Subsequent petitions are not maintainable if grounds were available but not raised in the first petition, unless there is a demonstrable change in circumstances. India Law Library Docid # 2432216
(127) KARNATAKA STATE MEDICAL SUPPLIES CORPORATION LIMITED Vs. PLASTI SURGE INDUSTRIES PVT. LTD.[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 01-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 47 — Question to be determined by the executing court — Arbitral award — Grounds for challenging an arbitral award are limited to Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Objections that could have been raised under Section 34 cannot be raised in execution proceedings under Section 47 of the CPC — Attempting to challenge an award in execution is impermissible and frustrates the purpose of the Arbitration Act — The Act is a self-contain India Law Library Docid # 2432217
(128) VALLEPALLI SUBBA RAO AND OTHER Vs. KONDAREDDY LAKSHMIPATHI DIED THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Jurisdiction — High Court cannot re-appreciate evidence or substitute its opinion for that of the lower appellate court unless findings are erroneous, contrary to mandatory provisions of law, pronouncements of Apex Court, or based on inadmissible/no evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2432218
(129) THE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD Vs. PAIDIKALVA MARIYAMMA AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-09-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 — Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 (A.P.), Rule 252 — Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal — Compensation — Liability of Insurance Company — Tractor used as goods vehicle — Carrying of passengers — Violation of policy terms and conditions — Rule 252 prohibits carrying persons in goods vehicle beyond seating capacity or in a manner that endangers them — India Law Library Docid # 2432219
(130) THE STATE OF A.P., REP. BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF A.P., HYDERABAD Vs. REDDOLLA KURUVA SIDDA REDDY AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378(1) & (3) — Appeal against acquittal — Powers of Appellate Court — Appellate Court should not interfere with acquittal unless the lower court's approach is vitiated by manifest illegality, conclusions are unreasonable, or there's a perverse appreciation of evidence — Merely because another view is possible does not permit upsetting the acquittal judgment. India Law Library Docid # 2432220
(131) KIRAN Vs. RAJKUMAR JIVRAJ JAIN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-09-2025 Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 18 — Bar on anticipatory bail — Section 18 of the Act bars the application of Section 438 of the Cr.PC in cases involving arrest for offences under the Act. This bar is not absolute and can be relaxed if a prima facie case for an offence under Section 3 of the Act is not made out based on the FIR and attendant facts. India Law Library Docid # 2432205
(132) MD. BANSER ALI Vs. STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 01-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 397 & 401 — Revision — Setting aside Conviction — Rape — Victim’s Statement Inconsistency — Inconsistency in victim’s statement before police, magistrate, and trial court regarding the incident and to whom the incident was reported raises serious doubts. India Law Library Docid # 2432210
(133) PUNYA KANTA DAS Vs. STATE OF ASSAM[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 01-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304 Part I — Conviction for culpable homicide not amounting to murder — Accidental discharge during scuffle — Evidence suggests the firearm was discharged during a scuffle between the accused and the deceased, with no intention to cause death or bodily injury likely to cause death — Medical evidence shows a single entry wound, and the forensic ballistic report confirms the India Law Library Docid # 2432211
(134) SAPNA Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 01-09-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 8/20/60 — Seizure of vehicle — Release of vehicle pending trial — No specific bar under NDPS Act for interim release of seized vehicles — Courts can invoke general powers under Sections 451 and 457 of CrPC for return of seized vehicles — Trial court has discretion to release vehicle interim, but power must be exercised according to facts of each case. India Law Library Docid # 2432344
(135) ANJUMAN ISHAAT-E-TALEEM TRUST Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-09-2025 Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act) — Applicability to minority educational institutions — Constitutional validity — Interpretation of Article 21A and Article 30(1) of the Constitution — Harmonious construction required — RTE Act aims at universal elementary education, a fundamental right — Minority rights under Article 30(1) are not absolute and are subject to reasonable regulation in the interest of education and national goals — India Law Library Docid # 2432450
(136) MUKESH GAKKHAR AND OTHERS Vs. LAXMINARAYAN SAHU AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-09-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Compensation for death and injury — Enhancement of compensation — Deceased's future prospects calculated at 50% instead of 30% as per Pranay Sethi judgment for age group 40-50 years — Multiplier of 11 used instead of 13 as per Sarla Verma judgment for age group 46-50 years — Funeral expenses and loss of estate awarded at Rs. 5,000/- each, should be Rs. 18,150/- as per India Law Library Docid # 2432523
(137) NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. KALABAI AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 01-09-2025 Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 (now Employee's Compensation Act) — Section 30 — Appeal against order of Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation — Insurance Company disputing liability — Deceased injured in accident while operating a thresher attached to and propelled by a tractor — Tractor was insured, thresher was insured separately with limited coverage — Held, insurance company liable as the tractor, which India Law Library Docid # 2432524
(138) SHAMAS DIN Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 01-09-2025 Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 — Preventive Detention — Grounds of Detention — Representation against detention — Detaining authority's duty to inform detenue of right to make representation to detaining authority itself — Failure to so inform vitiates detention — Mere communication of right to represent to Government is insufficient. India Law Library Docid # 2432546
(139) HEERA LAL MEHTO Vs. STATE OF H.P. AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 363, 366, 376; Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 6 — Regular bail — Petitioner sought bail after being in custody for approximately two years and three months — Trial not likely to conclude soon, with many prosecution witnesses yet to be examined — Prima facie, prosecution story appeared doubtful — Delay in trial not attributable to the petitioner — Continued India Law Library Docid # 2432151
(140) M/S. KKK HYDRO POWER LIMITED Vs. HIMACHAL PRADESH STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-08-2025 Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 86(1)(B) — Regulation of Electricity Purchase — Price Determination — Price Agreements for Purchase of Electricity necessarily require review and approval of State Commission — Not a matter of Private Negotiation. India Law Library Docid # 2432055