(841) M/S SURGE INDUSTRIES LTD AND OTHERS Vs. KAMAL GUPTA AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 13-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 37 Rule 3(6)(b) — Conditional leave to defend — Non-compliance by defendant — Court has no discretion to grant extension of time or waive pre-condition. India Law Library Docid # 2434205
(842) SABU TRADE PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. RAJKUMAR SABU AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 13-10-2025 Trade Marks Act, 1999 — Section 28(1) and 29 — Infringement — Prior use — Registration of a trade mark is prima facie evidence of its validity, and the onus to prove invalidity lies on the challenger — While registration grants rights, these are subject to the rights of prior users under Section 34. India Law Library Docid # 2434217
(843) STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITED Vs. BRITISH MARINE PLC[DELHI HIGH COURT] 13-10-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Setting aside of arbitral award — Challenge to appointment of arbitrators — Issue conflict doctrine — Arbitrator having previously decided a similar issue involving one of the parties does not automatically disqualify them unless it's shown they cannot approach the issue with an open mind or were partial in the earlier arbitration — Mere presence-based India Law Library Docid # 2434218
(844) ROBIN Vs. THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 341 and 302 read with Section 34 — Conviction for offences under these sections — Appellant sentenced to life imprisonment — Appeal dismissed by High Court. India Law Library Docid # 2434315
(845) RETHEESH KUMAR PS Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 420 — Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property — Allegations of promising jobs in Railways and government institutions for a significant sum of money, with the promise not being fulfilled and money not being returned — This constitutes a serious allegation of fraud. India Law Library Docid # 2434319
(846) SARELLA @ TALARI MADHURI AND ANOTHER Vs. TALARI RAMESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-10-2025 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 25 — Maintenance — Modification of maintenance amount awarded by High Court — Supreme Court modifies High Court's order reducing maintenance from Rs. 30,000 to Rs. 20,000, to a composite sum of Rs. 25,000 per month. India Law Library Docid # 2434323
(847) SEJNATH SURYAWANSHI AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-10-2025 M. P. Freedom of Religion Act, 2021 — Sections 3 and 5 — Bail in anticipation of arrest — High Court dismissed pre-arrest bail application — Supreme Court granted leave and set aside High Court's order — Appellants directed to be released on bail upon arrest — Conditions to be fixed by trial court — Appellants to cooperate with investigation and not influence witnesses — Observations in order not to be treated as findings on merits. India Law Library Docid # 2434334
(848) RANJEET KUMAR GUPTA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-10-2025 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 318 and 336(3) — Bail in anticipation of arrest — High Court rejected prayer for bail — Supreme Court granted leave to appeal — Noted that accused had joined investigation — Held that considering the nature of allegations and the fact that accused joined investigation, the appeal deserves acceptance — Impugned order set aside — Direction issued for release on India Law Library Docid # 2434346
(849) SRI C.P. SELVARAJ Vs. SRI K.M. RAJENDRAN[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 13-10-2025 Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957 — Section 33, 34, 35 — Admissibility of insufficient stamp duty documents — A court can recall an order admitting an instrument in evidence if it was insufficiently stamped, even if admitted without objection and marked as an exhibit, provided there was no prior “judicial determination” of its admissibility and stamp duty sufficiency. The court can exercise inherent powers India Law Library Docid # 2434631
(850) ANIL SINGH Vs. ICICI BANK PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 13-10-2025 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Section 17 and Section 34 — Jurisdiction of Consumer Commission to stay SARFAESI proceedings — Consumer Commission lacks jurisdiction to stay or interfere with proceedings initiated under SARFAESI Act, as such matters must be raised before Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) under Section 17 of the Act India Law Library Docid # 2434645
(851) D.RAJESH Vs. C.JONES CHELLIAH (DECEASED) AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 13-10-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 16(c) (prior to amendment) — Specific performance — Readiness and willingness to perform contract — Plaintiff failed to aver and prove performance or readiness and willingness to perform the essence of the contract — Genuineness of sale agreement not proven — Plaintiff's means to India Law Library Docid # 2434823
(852) CHINNASAMY Vs. PALANISAMI (DIED) AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 13-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Maintainability — Suit for declaration and injunction challenging lower courts' judgments — Appeal dismissed — Plaintiff sought declaration of 1/3rd right in a well and consequential injunction — Lower courts dismissed the suit — Plaintiff appealed — The High Court upheld the lower courts' decisions. India Law Library Docid # 2434824
(853) COMMANDANT BENGAL ENGINEERING GROUP & CENTRE ROORKEE Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 13-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 133 — Removal of nuisance — Jurisdiction of Sub-Divisional Magistrate — Dispute concerning a pathway on defence land — Court found that the land in question, Khasra No.710, was recorded as a public pathway ("gauhar raasta") and had been in longstanding public use. The Sub-Divisional Magistrate acted within jurisdiction under Section 133 Cr.P.C. to India Law Library Docid # 2434688
(854) PADMAPRASAD ASSISTANT MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTOR Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 13-10-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 13(1)(c) read with Section 13(2) — Criminal breach of trust by public servant — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 409, 477-A — Accused, an Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector, charged with misappropriating collected fees and fines — Evidence including audit reports, stock registers, original and duplicate receipts, and expert opinion on handwriting, India Law Library Docid # 2434866
(855) MUHAMMED ASHAR.K Vs. MUHSINA.P.K[KERALA HIGH COURT] 13-10-2025 Dissolution of Marriage Act, 1939 — Khula Nama — Validity — Court's role is to verify proper pronouncement and attempt at conciliation — Wife's statement regarding husband taking back dower (Mahar) and husband's failure to file counter-affidavit or statement supports validity. India Law Library Docid # 2434867
(856) AJAY JAIN AND OTHERS Vs. NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. AND ANOTHER[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 13-10-2025 Insurance Law — Fire Policy — Repudiation of Claim — Grounds for Repudiation — Manipulation of Fire and Non-furnishing of Documents — Onus of Proof — Insurance company repudiated claim on grounds of manipulated fire and non-furnishing of documents. Evidence including fire department reports, investigator's report, and statements from fire officials indicated fire was caused by India Law Library Docid # 2434713
(857) SURESH KUMAR CHAUHAN Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 13-10-2025 Criminal Law — Ingredients of Cheating (Sections 415, 420 IPC) and Criminal Conspiracy (Section 120-B IPC) — Essential ingredients for Section 420 IPC are deception, fraudulent or dishonest inducement to deliver property or valuable security, and mens rea/dishonest intention from inception — Mere unlawful act is not automatically deceitful — Loss of property or tangible loss/damage is critical for India Law Library Docid # 2435905
(858) SMT. RAGMANIA DIED THROUGH LRS Vs. JAGMET AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 13-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Substantial Question of Law — Inheritance and Succession — Applicability of Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Finding by courts below that the plaintiff's father died in 1950-51 (prior to the commencement of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956) is a finding of fact supported by evidence (testimony of witness PW-3) and pleading (defendant's written statement not rebutted by plaintiff) — Succession is governed by the Old India Law Library Docid # 2435906
(859) S.K.JAIN AND OTHER Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHER[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 13-10-2025 Factories Act, 1948 — Section 92, read with Sections 7A(1) and 21(1)(iv)(b) — Conviction for failure to ensure worker safety resulting in fatal accident — Revisional jurisdiction (Section 397 Cr.P.C.) — The prosecution bears the burden to lead proper evidence to establish a case of negligence against the factory management/occupier. India Law Library Docid # 2435907
(860) ANJU AND ANOTHER Vs. RINKU DAHIYA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 11-10-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 24 — Interim Maintenance — Both spouses equally qualified and earning — Wife earning Rs. 2.5 lakhs per month, husband earning USD 7134 (approx. Rs. 5.6 lakhs by simple exchange, Rs. 1.65 lakhs by PPP) per month — Wife not entitled to maintenance as she is not financially handicapped and can litigate — Object of India Law Library Docid # 2434702