(481) URMILA DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. BALRAM AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 — Cheating, Forgery, Using Forged Document — Abuse of process of law — Civil dispute disguised as criminal offence — Complaint filed after significant delay following dismissal of objections and failure to pursue civil remedies — Allegations of fabrication of will and circumvention of sale deed not prima facie made out — Continuation of proceedings would be an abuse of process and not serve ends India Law Library Docid # 2428204
(482) MANCHU MOHAN BABU Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 290, 341, 171F read with Section 34; Police Act, 1861 — Section 34 — Public nuisance, wrongful restraint, undue influence at election, acts done in furtherance of common intention, punishment for certain offences on roads — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Allegations of rally and dharna causing obstruction to traffic and public inconvenience — Court's duty to quash proceedings if allegations do not constitute an offence India Law Library Docid # 2428205
(483) M/S TIRUPATI FAB OILS & CHEMICALS AND OTHERS Vs. ATUL JAIN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 31-07-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 43 Rule 1(d) — Appeal against rejection of application to set aside ex-parte judgment and decree — Appellants sought to set aside an ex-parte judgment and decree passed against them due to their non-appearance in court — Court dismissed their application — Appellants appealed this dismissal. India Law Library Docid # 2428586
(484) JAIPUR VIDYUT VITRAN NIGAM LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. PARSHOTTAM[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 31-07-2025 Electricity Act, 2003 — Amount wrongly charged — Non-functional meter — Demand for payment of Rs. 20,210/- for electricity usage was raised based on an average reading from a non-functional meter — The rule stipulated that average billing should be based on four months after installation of a functional meter, but the electricity provider used an average of the three months prior to the meter becoming India Law Library Docid # 2428587
(485) VIKRAM SINGH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 31-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 177, 407 — Consolidation of trials — Transfer of cases — High Court has the power to transfer cases to ensure general convenience of parties and ends of justice, even if it involves changing the territorial jurisdiction for trial, if the court is otherwise competent to try it. India Law Library Docid # 2428670
(486) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. AHIVARANLAL JATAV[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 31-07-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7, 13(1)(d) and 13(2) — Bribery — Elements essential for conviction — Demand and acceptance of bribe money must be proven beyond reasonable doubt — Mere recovery of tainted currency notes is not sufficient proof of demand or acceptance. India Law Library Docid # 2428671
(487) M/S STANDARDS TAILORS & DRAPERS AND ANOTHER Vs. PARVINDER SINGH @ PARMINDER SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 31-07-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Revision Petition — Rejection Of Plaint — Application under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC for rejection of plaint is to be decided based solely on the averments made in the plaint. India Law Library Docid # 2428894
(488) UNITED INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. AAGOSH POLYFOAMS PVT. LTD.[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 31-07-2025 Insurance Law — Contract of utmost good faith (uberrimae fidei) — Failure to disclose material facts — Insured's duty to disclose all facts that would influence an insurer's decision on accepting risk or fixing premium — Non-disclosure of material facts allows insurer to avoid contract India Law Library Docid # 2428895
(489) EXECUTIVE ENGINEER PANCHAYAT RAJ PANCHAYAT BHAWAN, SONEPAT Vs. KANTA SHARMA AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 31-07-2025 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 33-C(2) — Jurisdiction of Labour Court — Enforcement of award or settlement — Application under Section 33-C(2) can only be used for execution of a pre-existing right or computation of benefits granted under an award or settlement, not for adjudicating new claims or rights. India Law Library Docid # 2428896
(490) KHEM SINGH (D) THROUGH LRs Vs. STATE OF UTTARANCHAL (NOW STATE OF UTTARAKHAND) & ANOTHER ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 372 — proviso; Section 2(wa) — Victim's right to appeal — Victim includes legal heir — Legal heir of a victim has the right to prosecute an appeal filed by the victim, even if the original appellant dies during the pendency of the appeal. India Law Library Docid # 2428987
(491) BASHEERA KHANUM Vs. THE CITY MUNICIPAL COUNCIL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-07-2025 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 114 Illustration (g) — Adverse inference — Municipal Council failed to produce original auction records despite court direction — Trial Court rightly drew adverse inference against the Council. India Law Library Docid # 2432116
(492) SMT. REKHA KUSHWAH AND ANOTHER Vs. RAJENDRA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 30-07-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rules 1 & 2 — Temporary Injunction — Appeal against order allowing partial construction — High Court quashed the appellate order, restoring the trial court’s status-quo order. — The court found that the defendants had repeatedly obtained mutation orders based on a disputed will, often without impleading all legal heirs or disclosing previous adverse orders. These orders were subsequently recalled or set aside. Allowing construction India Law Library Docid # 2428207
(493) KISHORE SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 30-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 304 Part I, 307/34, 323/34, 324/34, 341 — Conviction and sentence — Appeal against — Alteration of conviction from Section 302 to Section 304 Part I IPC — Appellants No.1 and 3 acquitted from Sections 307/34 and 302/34 IPC — Sentence reduced to period already undergone for other offences — Appellant No.2 conviction altered to Section 304 Part I IPC India Law Library Docid # 2428275
(494) SHAILENDRA SINGH DHAKED Vs. THE INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 30-07-2025 Central Civil Services (Temporary Service) Rules, 1965 — Rule 5 — Termination of temporary service — Discontinuation under Rule 5 with one month's salary in lieu of notice is a simple termination and not stigmatic unless it mentions reasons for termination. India Law Library Docid # 2428576
(495) UNION OF INDIA Vs. LIYAKAT[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 30-07-2025 Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 — Sections 16, 23 — Railways Act, 1989 — Sections 123(c)(2), 124A, 125 — Compensation — Untoward incident — Passenger fell from running train — Claimant alleged valid ticket was lost during incident — Railway denied claim stating no ticket produced and no eye-witness — Court considered medical records, police report acknowledging falling from train — Apex Court rulings on burden of proof in passenger claims — Held, initial onus on claimant to prove bonafide pass India Law Library Docid # 2428580
(496) SHRI DILIP JAGANNATH AMBILWADE Vs. GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 30-07-2025 Maharashtra Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1982 — Rule 46(1) & (2) — Forfeiture of service on resignation — Resignation from service generally leads to forfeiture of past service, unless it is to take up another government appointment with proper permission — Petitioner's tenure with University ended with termination, but allowed to resign by High Court with specific conditions including no monetary claims, except PF dues — India Law Library Docid # 2428124
(497) SUBHA PRASAD NANDI MAJUMDAR Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL SERVICE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-07-2025 Interpretation of Statute and Notifications — ‘Any’ University does not mean only within the State — The phrase “in any State-aided University or College” in a notification extending retirement age was interpreted to include experience from universities or colleges outside the State of West Bengal. The court found that India Law Library Docid # 2428131
(498) UMRI POOPH PRATAPPUR (UPP) TOLLWAYS PVT. LTD. Vs. M.P. ROAD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-07-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 vs. Madhya Pradesh Madhyastham Adhikaran Adhiniyam, 1983 — Works Contract — Concession Agreement for development of State Highway falls under ‘works contract’ as defined in MP Act, 1983 — MP Act, 1983 has overriding effect on Arbitration and Conciliation Act, India Law Library Docid # 2428132
(499) SIVAGAMI N. Vs. M/S. VINAYAKA TRAVELS AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 30-07-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 11 Rule 5(4) — Adverse Inference — Commercial Courts Act — Denial of cross-examination — Court’s power to draw adverse inference against a party refusing to produce documents — Held, adverse inference is a discretionary consequence of evidentiary gaps, not a procedural blockade to a party’s right to cross-examine or test opposing evidence — Such inference can only be drawn at the end of the trial after evidence appreciation, and is always rebuttable — To India Law Library Docid # 2428346
(500) THE CHANCELLOR, APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-07-2025 A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technological University Act, 2015 — Section 13(7) — Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology Act, 2021 — Section 11(10) — Interpretation of — Temporary appointment of Vice-Chancellor — Limited to six months in aggregate — Notification appointing temporarily until further orders held unsustainable in law — Contradicts the statutory time limit. India Law Library Docid # 2428309