(241) GARIKAPATI BHAGAVANTHAM, KRISHNA Vs. K. VENKAESHWARARO AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 151, Order 32 Rule 3 — Appointment of Guardian for Minor — Application for appointment of guardian for minors in a suit — Court appointed father as natural guardian — Plaintiff's own admitted evidence stated father attended to welfare and education, performed marriages of sisters and elder brother — No specific allegations against father's conduct — Plaintiff's father represented him India Law Library Docid # 2428960
(242) DEVENDRA KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. MANHARAN LAL (DIED) THROUGH LRS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 20-08-2025 Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 — Section 8 — Powers of natural guardian — Transfer of immovable property of minor — Sale of minor's property without court permission — Voidable — Guardianship requires court permission to sell minor's property, failure to obtain makes sale voidable at minor's instance India Law Library Docid # 2428964
(243) KESHBO (DIED) THROUGH LEGAL HEIRS Vs. TEJRAM AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 20-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Scope of — High Court's jurisdiction is confined to substantial questions of law, not findings of fact — Re-appreciation of evidence by High Court is permissible only in specific circumstances, such as ignoring material evidence or applying law erroneously, not India Law Library Docid # 2428965
(244) SMT. MANPREET GILL MAINI AND OTHERS Vs. BALDEEP KAUR SIDDHU AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — Appeal against order allowing application under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC — Dismissal of suit by trial court — Appellants seeking partition of property — Contentions regarding territorial jurisdiction, identification of property, non-joinder of parties, and omission of entire claim — High Court reviewing findings on these issues to determine if trial court erred in dismissing the suit prematurely India Law Library Docid # 2428969
(245) SHRI SANJEET MORE AND OTHERS Vs. BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-08-2025 Service Law — Compulsory Retirement — Dispensing with Enquiry — Employee who voluntarily absented himself from service for a prolonged period and was found to be working elsewhere without prior intimation to employer, was compulsorily retired. The employer dispensed with the enquiry under Rule 30 (ii) of B.H.E.L. CDA Rules, 1975, stating that holding an enquiry was not reasonably practicable due to the employee's untraceable status. Court found no error in dispensing with the enquiry, citing India Law Library Docid # 2428970
(246) NEELAM KUMARI Vs. THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction based on extra-judicial confession and circumstantial evidence — Held, extra-judicial confessions are weak evidence and require corroboration by independent evidence — Circumstantial evidence must form a complete chain, consistent only with the hypothesis of guilt and excluding all other reasonable hypotheses — In this case, significant gaps in evidence, India Law Library Docid # 2428978
(247) VIKRAM BAKSHI AND OTHERS Vs. R.P. KHOSLA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 362 — Court not to alter judgment — Prohibition on altering or reviewing a judgment or final order except to correct clerical or arithmetical errors — Section 362 applies to criminal proceedings initiated under Section 340 CrPC. (Paras 27, 28, 34) India Law Library Docid # 2428981
(248) LALIT KUMAR MEHENDRA @ LALI @ SHIVDASS PATIL Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 20-08-2025 Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Bail application — Successive applications — Requirements — A third bail application must demonstrate new circumstances or grounds not previously available and considered by the court in earlier rejections; otherwise, entertaining it would constitute an impermissible review of prior orders. India Law Library Docid # 2432365
(249) DR. ANIL KUMAR GAUTAM Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 20-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 306 — Abetment of suicide — Ingredients — Essential elements are instigation, conspiracy, or intentional aiding, with the intention to provoke, incite, or encourage the deceased — Mere allegations of harassment without positive acts of instigation or intentional aid are insufficient. India Law Library Docid # 2432366
(250) U.P. PROVINCIAL PALIWAL BRAHMIN ASSOCIATION Vs. SANJAY AGARWAL[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 20-08-2025 U.P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 — Section 2(bb) — Exemption for public charitable or religious institutions — Burden of proof — Rests on the party claiming exemption — Mere recitals in society's rules or stating objects are insufficient — Actual nature of activities, manner of performance, and beneficiaries must be proved by cogent evidence — Historical documents or those relating to other parts of premises are not sufficient to prove current charitable India Law Library Docid # 2432367
(251) DHARAM SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14, 16, 21 — Public Employment — Fairness and Dignity of Work — Long-term ad hoc engagement of daily wagers for permanent tasks — State's arbitrary refusal to sanction posts despite acknowledging need and relying on daily wagers for years — Judicial scrutiny of executive function — Refusal to sanction posts based on generic plea of financial constraints, ignoring India Law Library Docid # 2428905
(252) SD. SHABUDDIN Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 411 — Dishonestly receiving stolen property — Acquittal for theft — Conviction under Section 411 IPC cannot be sustained if the accused has been acquitted of the charge of theft under Section 379 IPC, as it is a prerequisite to prove that the property was indeed stolen. India Law Library Docid # 2428906
(253) NABHA POWER LIMITED Vs. PUNJAB STATE POWER CORPORATION LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Foreign Trade Policy — Deemed Export Benefits — Thermal power plants, as immovable assets, do not qualify as "goods" for deemed export benefits under the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) — The FTP is designed for movable goods meant for export or deemed export. India Law Library Docid # 2428907
(254) A.K. JAYAPRAKASH (DEAD) THROUGH LRs Vs. S.S. MALLIKARJUNA RAO AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Civil Contempt — Wilful Disobedience — Essential element of wilful and deliberate intent is required for civil contempt — Mere delay in compliance with a court order, without proof of deliberate or contumacious intent, does not constitute contempt — Administrative difficulties and retrieval of old records, while not justifying laxity, can negate the inference of wilful disobedience. India Law Library Docid # 2428908
(255) KALPATARU POWER TRANSMISSION LTD. (NOW KNOWN AS KALPATARU PROJECTS INTERNATIONAL LTD.) Vs. VINOD AND ORS. ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 — Sections 10(d) and 16(3) — Compensation for damage caused by erection of telegraph lines and posts — Right of user not ownership acquired — Compensation to be paid for damages sustained — District Judge has jurisdiction to determine sufficiency of compensation — No appeal provided against District Judge's order — High Court's extraordinary jurisdiction can India Law Library Docid # 2428909
(256) K. PRABHAKAR HEGDE Vs. BANK OF BARODA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Principles of Natural Justice - Right to be Heard - Violation of the principles of natural justice is itself prejudice. Proof of prejudice independently of the denial of natural justice is unnecessary. India Law Library Docid # 2428910
(257) MAHESH CHAND (DEAD) THROUGH LR(S) Vs. BRIJESH KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 (UPZALR Act) — Section 143 — Declaration of land as non-agricultural — Civil Court jurisdiction — Where land is used for non-agricultural purposes from inception, civil court has jurisdiction even if declaration under Section 143 was pending during litigation. India Law Library Docid # 2428911
(258) PAWAN KUMAR TIWARY AND OTHERS Vs. JHARKHAND STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD (NOW JHARKHAND URJA VIKAS NIGAM LIMITED) AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Service Law — Appointments — Irregular vs. Illegal — Distinction between irregular appointments (procedural lapses without fraud, ineligibility, or non-existent posts) and illegal appointments (violating statutory provisions, made without sanctioned posts, or tainted by fraud) is crucial. India Law Library Docid # 2428935
(259) SADANAND MAHATO AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 19-08-2025 Service Law — Principles of Natural Justice — Termination of Contractual Employment — Termination of a contractual employee ("Rojgar Sewak" under MNREGA Scheme) on the sole ground of a pending criminal case under the Jharkhand Excise Act — Held, a termination order based on alleged misconduct, even for a contractual employee, is stigmatic in nature. Such an order cannot be passed without adhering to the Principles of Natural Justice, which requires providing a proper show cause notice and an opp India Law Library Docid # 2428975
(260) NARREDDY RAJASEKHARA REDDY AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 156(3) — Power to direct registration of FIR — Judicial power to be exercised with conscious application of mind, especially when allegations are against an Investigating Officer — Magistrate's order directing FIR registration is liable to be quashed if there's no material to implicate the accused along with the Investigating Officer, indicating an abuse of India Law Library Docid # 2432125