(561) MANOJ KUMAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1947 — Section 28A, 28B — Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti — Powers and Functions — Gram Panchayat is Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti, headed by Pradhan as Chairperson and Lekhpal as Secretary — Responsible for general management, preservation, and control of Gram Panchayat property. India Law Library Docid # 2434577
(562) STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS Vs. KUMMARI NARSIMHULU AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Sections 11, 23, 30 — Land Acquisition Proceedings — Mandatory Steps — Preliminary Notification (Section 11) — Determination of Compensation (Section 23) — Award (Section 30) — Failure to initiate proceedings under Act of 2013, issue preliminary notification, determine compensation based on India Law Library Docid # 2434619
(563) MD AMEERAAP KHAN AND OTHERS Vs. THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY CUM RDO, ALGONDA DIVISION AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 31(5) and Section 34(3) — Limitation period for setting aside an arbitral award — Commencement of — Delivery of signed copy of award to the party himself is mandatory — Service on advocate or mere dispatch is not sufficient to start the limitation period — Limitation commences only from the date the party actually receives the signed award. India Law Library Docid # 2434620
(564) DIGAMABARA RAO AND ANOTHER Vs. JOINT COLLECTOR, R.R. DISTRICT AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1950 — Section 40 — Succession Certificate — Mandal Revenue Officer (MRO) — Competency — MRO lacks jurisdiction to issue succession certificates, especially in cases involving disputed succession, which should be decided by a Civil Court. India Law Library Docid # 2434621
(565) SATYAPAL SINGH Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — Abuse of process of court — Civil dispute given criminal colour — Applicant was a witness to a Will, which was subject of civil litigation where the beneficiary was convicted and later acquitted. FIR was lodged after 8 years of the India Law Library Docid # 2434675
(566) SANDEEP KUMAR RAWAT AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of charge-sheet and summoning order — Abuse of process — High Court has the power to quash proceedings if they amount to abuse of process of court or if ends of justice require it, to prevent harassment or persecution. India Law Library Docid # 2434676
(567) P. ESWARI Vs. NALLAPPA GOUNDER (DIED) BY LRS AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — Appeal from original decree — Suit for partition and separate possession — Plaintiff claimed properties were joint family properties. Defendants claimed properties were absolute properties of the deceased mother, bequeathed to the second defendant via a Will. India Law Library Docid # 2434837
(568) PRABAKARAN AND OTHERS Vs. MALATHY AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 06-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(b) and Section 151 — Rejection of plaint — Court Fees — Non-compliance with direction to value suit as per Section 37(1) of Tamil Nadu Court-Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1955 — Court below erred in rejecting plaint based on defendants' averments and documents, instead of solely considering plaint averments — Rejection of plaint on grounds of not being India Law Library Docid # 2434838
(569) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. USHABEN VISAJI NATUJI BIHOLA[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 04-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378(1)(3) — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of High Court powers — Powers to reassess evidence are extensive, but prudence dictates giving weight to Trial Court's view on witness credibility, presumption of innocence, and benefit of doubt — If Trial Court's grounds for acquittal are reasonable and plausible and cannot be effectively dislodged, High India Law Library Docid # 2434143
(570) KESU RAM AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 03-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 366, 120B, 376 — Abduction with intent to compel marriage or illicit intercourse; Criminal Conspiracy — Rape — Appeal against conviction — Evidence on record, particularly the prosecutrix's testimony, indicates she went willingly and had contracted 'Nata' marriage, a customary practice — Her prolonged silence and absence of complaint during travel and stay for four months demolish the case of abduction — Conviction under Section 366 read with India Law Library Docid # 2434047
(571) RAVIKANT BISHNOI Vs. MUTHOOT FINANCE LIMITED AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 03-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(d) — Rejection of plaint — Bar of limitation — Application for rejection of plaint on grounds of limitation should be allowed only if the claim appears hopelessly barred by limitation upon a plain reading of the plaint — If the plaint reveals a continuous or recurring cause of action, or mixed questions of law and fact regarding limitation, the application should be India Law Library Docid # 2434048
(572) LAXMAN DAS Vs. STATE[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 03-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Conviction from Section 302 to Section 304 Part II IPC — Conversion of conviction and sentence — Accused, a person of short temper and unstable mind, inflicted a single blow with a sharp-edged tool on his sleeping son, leading to death — No previous enmity or premeditation established — Incident occurred in a heat of passion without intention to cause death. In such India Law Library Docid # 2434049
(573) CHIMANLAL CHHOTALAL BAROT AND OTHERS Vs. ASHOKBHAI JAYDEVBHAI BAROT P.A. OF JAYDEVBHAI C BAROT(DECD.) AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 03-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Substantial Question of Law — Inherent improbability of allegation rendering prosecution quashed — The Court admitted the appeal on the substantial question of law regarding the Appellate Court's reliance on alleged oral partition in the facts and circumstances of the case. India Law Library Docid # 2434144
(574) PRADIP JAYANTILAL PATEL AND OTHERS Vs. TOSHAK MANUBHAI PATEL AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 03-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 8 Rule 1-A(3) — Additional Documents — Trial Court's discretion to allow late filing of documents — Held, procedure is subsidiary to justice, and technical hurdles shouldn't impede substantial justice, especially if no serious prejudice is caused to the other party. Court should lean towards allowing production of documents to unearth truth. India Law Library Docid # 2434145
(575) MR. JOYDEEP BANERJEE AND OTHERS Vs. RELIGARE HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. AND OTHERS[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 03-10-2025 Insurance Law — Repudiation of claim — Aviation training exclusion — Complainant obtained health insurance for pilot training in the US. Policy had an exclusion clause for aviation training. Complainant suffered injuries during training. Insurance company repudiated the claim based on the exclusion clause. Held, policy terms and conditions must be strictly construed. The exclusion clause was clearly India Law Library Docid # 2434718
(576) M/S. JASWANT NAGAR COLD STORAGE PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. PREM SINGH[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 03-10-2025 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 12, 21(b) — Deficiency in Service — Cold Storage — Liability of licensee — Failure to comply with mandatory requirements of Section 17 of the U.P. Regulation of Cold Storages Act, 1976 regarding disposal of goods — This constitutes deficiency in service. India Law Library Docid # 2434719
(577) M/S PREMIUM ACRES INFRATECH PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. GURINDER SINGH GILL AND OTHERS[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 03-10-2025 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 17(2)(c) — Territorial Jurisdiction — Consumer forums are not courts — A clause in a buyer agreement specifying jurisdiction of civil courts does not oust the jurisdiction of consumer forums — Part of cause of action arose in Chandigarh where the buyer agreement was executed, India Law Library Docid # 2434720
(578) K.K. RAMESH Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 03-10-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ of Mandamus — Transfer of Investigation — generally undesirable unless exceptional circumstances exist — Courts should direct CBI investigation sparingly and cautiously, not as a routine matter or on vague allegations — such power must be exercised only when necessary to provide credibility, instill confidence, in exceptional situations, or for complete India Law Library Docid # 2434839
(579) BALDEV SINGH Vs. SMT. BALBIR KAUR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 01-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Sections 47 and 151, Order 21 Rules 58, 59, 66, 89, 90 — Execution of Decree — Objections to Sale — When objections filed under Section 47 CPC relating to the liability or saleability of property are raised before an auction sale of immovable property, the Executing Court must pass an order either postponing the sale pending adjudication of objections or allowing the sale but India Law Library Docid # 2433884
(580) DR. RAJ KRISHAN GUPTA Vs. PARAMJIT SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 01-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 8 Rule 1 — Written Statement — Filing — Delay — In non-commercial suits, the timeline for filing a written statement under Order 8 Rule 1 CPC is directory, not mandatory, and courts retain discretion to condone delays. India Law Library Docid # 2433885