(821) KUNDHETI @ KUNDETI HANUMANTHA RAO Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 14A(2) — Criminal Procedure Code (Cr.P.C.) — Bail application — Appeal against dismissal of bail under SCs & STs (POA) Act — Bail principles — Liberty is the rule, detention is the exception — Failure of Special Court to appreciate foundational principle of criminal jurisprudence — Subsequent implication of appellant (Accused No. India Law Library Docid # 2436199
(822) CHAMARTHI MALLIKARJUNA Vs. CHAMARTHI MAHESWARA RAJU AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rule 1(a) — Temporary Injunction — Suit for Partition — Co-defendant seeking interim injunction against another co-defendant — Maintainability — Application under Order 39 Rule 1(a) allows any party (plaintiff or defendant) to seek temporary injunction to restrain property in dispute from being wasted, damaged, or alienated by any other party to the suit — In a partition suit, India Law Library Docid # 2436200
(823) M/S. MANSAS TRUST Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Writ Appeal — Remand — Setting aside of Single Judge's Order — Dispute regarding inclusion of lands (claimed as private patta lands by petitioners based on Inams Abolition Act proceedings) in the prohibited list under Section 22-A(1)(c) of the Registration Act, 1908 (alleged to belong to MANSAS Trust, a notified institution under Endowments Act) — Prior order disposing of the writ petition was reviewed, and on review, the Single India Law Library Docid # 2436201
(824) THE DIRECTOR GENERAL, CISF AND OTHERS Vs. KUDIPUDI SURI BABU AND ANOTHER[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Service Law — Disciplinary Proceedings — Misconduct — Bigamy — CISF Rules, 2001 — Rule 18(b) — Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 — Rule 21 — Contracting a second marriage while the first marriage is subsisting constitutes a violation of service rules and a grave misconduct for a member of a disciplined force (CISF) — The defense that the second marriage was due to pressure from parents is not a India Law Library Docid # 2436202
(825) SHRIRAM GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. G. CHIRANJEEVI NAIDU AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim for compensation — Rash and negligent driving — Burden of proof — Claimant's evidence (claimant and eye-witnesses) explicitly stated accident occurred due to rash and negligent driving of the offending lorry driver — Appellant Insurance Company failed to adduce any evidence (including failing to examine the driver of the offending vehicle) to disprove the India Law Library Docid # 2436203
(826) ANITA PANDEY Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Service Law — Resignation — Acceptance — Withdrawal — Public Sector Undertaking Employees — Employee of SIIDCUL (incorporated under Companies Act) tendered resignation, which was accepted by HR Manager within 20 days — Petitioner sought withdrawal of resignation before acceptance was formalized — Whether the resignation was validly accepted by the competent authority before its withdrawal, and India Law Library Docid # 2436510
(827) NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. SMT. SANGEETA SAH AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Motor Accident Claims — Liability of Insurer — Breach of Policy Condition — Driving Licence — Where the driver's licence had expired before the accident and was renewed only after the accident, the driver did not possess a valid and effective licence on the date of the accident, constituting a technical breach of the policy condition. India Law Library Docid # 2436511
(828) SATHISH KUMAR Vs. INSPECTOR OF POLICE, ALL WOMEN POLICE STATION, CUDDALORE[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Application and Constitutionality — Conviction under Section 5(l) read with Section 6 of POCSO Act quashed — Alleged occurrence date (August 2012) fell before the POCSO Act (effective from November 14, 2012) came into force — Conviction for an act committed before the law was enforced violates Article 20(1) of the India Law Library Docid # 2436663
(829) NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT VANNIYAKULA KSHATRIYA SANGAM Vs. M. RADHAKRISHNAN AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 47 (Questioning Executability of Decree) — Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975 — Section 18, 20(1), 20(2), 21 — Executability of Decree against Registered Society — Non-compliance with Section 20(1) (Representation of Society) — Where a suit was filed and decreed against a registered society, but the society was not represented by its Committee or India Law Library Docid # 2436664
(830) ABDUL BASIR Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Grant of regular bail pending trial — Factors for consideration — Appellant incarcerated for over three and a half years — Charges not yet framed despite submission of charge-sheet against eighteen accused — Four co-accused granted bail, eight reported absconding — Prolonged period of incarceration without commencement of trial, even when co-accused India Law Library Docid # 2435439
(831) GUR CHARAN SINGH Vs. HARVINDER SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Transfer of Suit — Guardians and Wards Act, 1980 — Transfer Petition (Civil) No. 1413/2025 — Guardianship case (G.W.O.P./50/2025) filed by father (Respondent No. 1) under Sections 7, 8, 9, 10 and 25 of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1980, pending before I Additional Family Court, Charminar, Hyderabad — Petitioner (maternal grandfather), India Law Library Docid # 2435442
(832) RAM KUMAR @ RAMU Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Suspension of Sentence and Bail — Principles for grant — Conviction under Sections 498A and 304B of Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, with sentence of simple imprisonment for life — Appellant in custody since April 8, 2014 — Criminal India Law Library Docid # 2435444
(833) AMIT Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Consideration for grant — Appellant apprehended arrest concerning offences under Sections 406, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Supreme Court, considering the facts and circumstances of the case, and notably that the appellant had already joined and was cooperating with the investigation, inclined India Law Library Docid # 2435617
(834) P. ANJANAPPA (D) BY LRs Vs. A.P. NANJUNDAPPA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Partition Suit — Release Deeds — Validity of Release Deeds — Release deed executed for consideration operates immediately to divest a coparcenary interest, not dependent on further implementation — Silence in a later document does not negate a concluded, registered relinquishment. Oral partition, even if unregistered, is admissible for collateral purposes of proving severance of joint status, explaining possession, recording arrangements, and evidencing subsequent India Law Library Docid # 2434961
(835) POONAM Vs. DULE SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1961 — Section 22(1)(d) — Declaring election void — Improper acceptance of nomination — Non-disclosure of criminal conviction in affidavit — Conviction under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, with one-year imprisonment sentence, not disclosed in affidavit filed under Rule 24-A of M.P. Nagar Palika Nirvachan India Law Library Docid # 2434962
(836) VIKRAM BHALCHANDRA GHONGADE Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 22, Rule 6 — Effect of death of party between conclusion of hearing and pronouncement of judgment — Judgment pronounced after death is valid — However, if a party to an appeal dies before the appeal is heard, the appeal cannot be decided in their absence without bringing their legal heirs on record India Law Library Docid # 2434963
(837) PREETHA KRISHNAN AND OTHERS Vs. THE UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal — Compensation — Calculation of compensation — Split multiplier — Generally not to be applied — Retirement from service is not an exceptional circumstance justifying split multiplier — Age of deceased is the criterion for multiplier and does not allow India Law Library Docid # 2434973
(838) RAM KUMAR @ RAMU Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH RESPONDENT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Suspension of sentence — Appeal pending — Appellant convicted for offences under Sections 498A & 304B of Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3 & 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Imprisonment for life since 2014 — Appeal filed in 2021 — Prospect of early hearing remote — Co-convicts released on bail — Suspension of sentence and release on bail granted considering these factors. India Law Library Docid # 2435050
(839) PAL SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Anticipatory Bail — Supreme Court granted anticipatory bail to the appellant who was a retired Army Officer, apprehending arrest in connection with offences under IPC and POCSO — Appellant had alleged filing of a vexatious and false complaint due to his raising voice against embezzlement of funds — Chargesheet had been filed, and appellant India Law Library Docid # 2435051
(840) MOHAMMADALI ANSARAHMAD KHAN Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Determination of Compensation — Applicability — Court deferred decision on whether to apply the 1894 Act or the 2013 Act for compensation, pending clarification on the nature of the land India Law Library Docid # 2435053