(861) PREM MOHINI GUPTA Vs. SUMITRA (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Rent and Eviction — Eviction proceedings — Objections by tenant — Landlord filed Rent Petition against tenant for arrears of rent — Tenant proceeded ex-parte and eviction order passed — Tenant failed to deposit amount, execution petition filed — Tenant's legal representative filed objections claiming status changed due to Agreement to Sell — India Law Library Docid # 2434030
(862) RIYAZ AHMAD CHANNA Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 22-09-2025 Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 — Detention order challenged — Grounds of detention vague, imaginary, without substance, lacking specific particulars of date, place, and time — Failure to provide status of FIRs and supporting material — Detenue's right to make an effective representation violated — Detention quashed. India Law Library Docid # 2434070
(863) PAWAN GAMBHIR AND OTHER Vs. STATE THROUGH SHO P/S CITY JAMMU.[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 22-09-2025 CrPC, 1989 (J&K) — Section 561-A — Inherent powers of High Court — Quashing of FIR and proceedings — Powers to be exercised sparingly and in exceptional cases to secure the ends of justice — Prosecution should not be allowed to continue when it is clear that it cannot possibly end in a conviction. India Law Library Docid # 2434113
(864) M/S. MEHRA JEWEL PALACE PVT. LTD. Vs. MINISO LIFESTYLE PVT. LTD AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Contract Law — Lease Agreement — Force Majeure Clause — COVID-19 Pandemic — Court held that the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to the closure of business premises due to government orders, constituted a force majeure event under the lease deed, excusing the lessee from rent payment obligations for the period of closure. The court reasoned that the pandemic was an unforeseen and uncontrollable event, falling India Law Library Docid # 2434232
(865) MS. SWASTI OJHA Vs. SH. CHARANJIT RAMGARIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Contract Law — Privity of Contract — Evidence of contract — Where one party (defendant) engaged another party (plaintiff) for interior work, and a third party (M/s. Adsun Impex Pvt. Ltd.) owned the premises and initially engaged the defendant, but the defendant then assigned the work to the plaintiff, privity of contract is established between the defendant and the plaintiff, regardless of written agreements. India Law Library Docid # 2434233
(866) KHALIL SARVAR Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376, 506, 354B — Quashing of FIR — Inherent jurisdiction of High Court — Court can quash proceedings if they are manifestly frivolous, vexatious, or instituted with ulterior motive, constituting abuse of process of law. India Law Library Docid # 2434234
(867) AZAD MARKET RWA (REGD) Vs. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Letters Patent Appeal — Abuse of process of court — Residents Welfare Association (RWA) filing petitions regarding unauthorized construction — Single Judge imposing cost for misusing court process and filing petitions with oblique motives — Court found that RWA used particulars of an unregistered NGO. India Law Library Docid # 2434235
(868) LADY JENA JAMSHEDJI DUGGAN ALIAS JINA JAMSHEDJI DAGAN AND OTHERS Vs. BILKISH YUNUS NAMAKWALA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Probate and Administration Act, 1925 — Indian Succession Act, 1925 — Grant of second Letters of Administration — Nullity — A second grant of Letters of Administration in respect of the same deceased and same property, founded upon a different Will, is impermissible without revoking the earlier grant. Such second grant is a nullity. India Law Library Docid # 2434490
(869) M/S. PREMBROTHERS INFRASTRUCTURE LLP AND OTHERS Vs. NARENDRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 22-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Execution of Decrees — Limitation — Dismissal of Appeal in Default — When an appeal is dismissed in default, the decree passed by the trial court does not merge with the dismissal order. Execution can be filed based on the trial court's decree, and the limitation period for execution starts from the date of the trial court's decree, unless execution was stayed by the appellate India Law Library Docid # 2434496
(870) NILESH @ PRAVIN Vs. AMRUTA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 22-09-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 12(1)(c) — Marriage to be null and void — Fraud as to material fact or circumstance — Wife suffering from incurable cerebral palsy since birth — Non-disclosure of disease by wife and her family prior to marriage — Fraudulent concealment of a material fact entitling husband to seek nullity of marriage — Allegations of suppression of incurable disease, leading to an India Law Library Docid # 2434508
(871) SANDIP CHINTAMAN SAMANT Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 50 — Information to arrested person about grounds of arrest — Compliance — Arrested person must be informed of grounds of arrest as soon as may be — No specific form or written communication mandated in all cases — Substantial compliance with information being provided is India Law Library Docid # 2434486
(872) P. THIKKAIAH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Recruitment — Filling of Vacancies — Merit List Operation — When multiple posts are notified and filled simultaneously, and some candidates are selected for more than one post, the unoccupied vacancies should be filled by operating the merit list downwards, rather than carrying them forward to the next recruitment cycle. This applies particularly when a large number of vacancies remain unfilled due to such overlapping India Law Library Docid # 2434575
(873) SRI ABDUL KHADAR @ ABDUL QUADAR AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 — Section 45(2) — Sanction for prosecution — Validity of sanction — Challenge to validity of sanction order cannot be a weapon to stall prosecution — Grounds for challenge such as non-application of mind or insufficiency of material must be raised at the trial stage. India Law Library Docid # 2434576
(874) UMESH SAJWAN @ BABLU Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 27 — Admissibility of information leading to discovery — Section 27 pertains to the part of information leading to the discovery of an article that can be proved, and is an exception to Section 25 (confessions to police are inadmissible) — It is not the confession itself but the part of the information distinct to the fact thereby discovered that is admissible — The information given by India Law Library Docid # 2434662
(875) SMT. HEMA DEVI Vs. STATE OF UTTARANCHAL AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Supervisory jurisdiction of High Court — Scope — High Court under Article 227 does not act as a court of first appeal to re-appreciate evidence or facts — Jurisdiction is correctional, to rectify grave dereliction of duty or flagrant abuse of law or justice — High Court cannot substitute India Law Library Docid # 2434663
(876) NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. M/S MANAXI TEXTILE AND OTHERS[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 22-09-2025 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 21(b) — Revision Petition — Enhancement of compensation by State Commission — Surveyor's report — Admissibility and weightage — State Commission cannot arbitrarily brush aside surveyor's report without cogent reasons and evidence — Post-event audit reports prepared by insured have questionable probative value compared to pre-event reports India Law Library Docid # 2434760
(877) THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. SHEELA FOAM LTD.[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 22-09-2025 Consumer Protection Act, 2019 — Section 58(1)(b) — Revisionary jurisdiction — Interlocutory orders — Orders passed at an interlocutory stage directing release of statutory deposit — Maintainability of Revision Petition — Held maintainable as the order was not final, challenged on grounds of illegal exercise of jurisdiction and material irregularities. India Law Library Docid # 2434761
(878) CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA Vs. THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LTD. AND ANOTHER[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 22-09-2025 Consumer Protection Act, 1986/2019 — Section 14/39 — Deficiency in service — Bank acting as agent for insurance — Bank incorrectly filling address in proposal form — Insurance company repudiating claim due to incorrect address — Bank liable for deficiency as it had knowledge of correct address from loan documents — Bank's India Law Library Docid # 2434762
(879) KAVERI PLASTICS Vs. MAHDOOM BAWA BAHRUDEEN NOORUL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-09-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 138, 141, 142, Proviso (b) — Dishonour of Cheque — Demand Notice — Validity — Requirement of notice to demand the "said amount of money" — "Said amount of money" refers to the cheque amount itself — Demand for an amount different from the cheque amount invalidates the notice — Typographical errors in the amount are not a valid defence as the provision is penal and requires India Law Library Docid # 2432811
(880) ALL INDIA FOOTBALL FEDERATION Vs. RAHUL MEHRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 19(1)(c) — Freedom of association — Not absolute — Restrictions can be imposed for good governance and public interest, especially in sports administration to ensure transparency, accountability, and professionalism — AIFF Constitution’s mandate for State associations to conform to its provisions supported India Law Library Docid # 2432812