(881) ABDUL BASIR Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Factors to consider — Appellant incarcerated for over three and a half years without framing of charges — Multiple accused, some granted bail, others absconding — Trial progressing slowly — Prosecution case against appellant based on circumstantial evidence — Considering lengthy period of incarceration, delay in trial proceedings, and other India Law Library Docid # 2435048
(882) MANISH @ BOXER AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Law — Appeal against Conviction and Sentence — Concurrent Findings of Fact — Interference by Supreme Court — Where the High Court correctly and completely appreciated the testimonies of prosecution witnesses (19 in number) and affirmed the conviction, and the findings of fact are concurrent and not perverse or India Law Library Docid # 2435411
(883) RAJEEV @ RAJEEV SINGH Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Bail/Anticipatory Bail Condition — Modification of Condition — Appellant, having secured an interim order staying the condition to meet the Investigating Officer (IO) weekly, cooperated with the investigation — State submitted that investigation is complete and charge sheet has been filed — Court found merit in the appellant's request India Law Library Docid # 2435417
(884) SMT. SHARADAMMA AND OTHERS Vs. RANJITH AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 14 — Currency of Driving Licences — Grace Period for Renewal — Applicability — The proviso to unamended Section 14 extended the validity of a driving licence by 30 days from its expiry date for the purpose of renewal, meaning the licence continued to be effective for this period — Where the accident occurred within 8 days of the expiration date (Expired on April 16, 2018; India Law Library Docid # 2435884
(885) G. SREEKANTH Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 482 (read with specific sections of the erstwhile Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, applicable to anticipatory bail proceedings in this context, although not explicitly mentioned in the operative section 482 reference) — Application for pre-arrest bail under Section 482 BNSS in a case involving alleged offenses under Sections 318(2) and 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya India Law Library Docid # 2436204
(886) STATE OF A.P. Vs. DONAMPUDI SAMUEL AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 372, 374(2), 378(4) — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of Appellate Interference — The Appellate Court must bear in mind the presumption of innocence, which is bolstered by the acquittal judgment — Interference is warranted only in exceptional circumstances where the findings are perverse (contrary to evidence), the approach is patently illegal leading to miscarriage of India Law Library Docid # 2436205
(887) NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. TODETI SUBRAMANYAM AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Motor Accident Claims — Appeal against compensation award — Liability of Insurer — Goods Transport Vehicle carrying passengers — Violation of Policy Conditions — Where Insurer alleges violation of policy conditions (goods vehicle used for passengers) to deny liability, the onus rests on the Insurer to prove such violation — Failure of Insurer to examine the owner of the India Law Library Docid # 2436206
(888) DR. SANJAY GUPTA AND OTHERS Vs. KULDEEP GUPTA[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Inherent Jurisdiction to Quash Proceedings (Section 482 Cr.P.C.) — Quashing of Complaint and Cognizance Order — Medical Negligence Allegations — A complaint alleging medical negligence and other offenses (Sections 420, 109, 427, 504, 506, 540 RPC) against doctors in a hospital situated in Jammu was filed before a Judicial Magistrate First Class in Mendhar (Poonch District) — India Law Library Docid # 2436269
(889) PREETI GAUTAM AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of Criminal Proceedings — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) Sections 306 (Abetment of Suicide), 504 (Intentional Insult to Provoke Breach of Peace), 506 (Criminal Intimidation) — Application for quashing charge sheet and cognizance order — Scope of Section 482 — Court may quash proceedings where, even if material is taken on face value, essential India Law Library Docid # 2436508
(890) KAMAL DEEP Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 309 — Attempt to commit suicide — Essential ingredients — Difference between preparation and attempt — Revisionist convicted for attempting suicide by pouring kerosene and holding a matchbox — Finding that no overt act towards self-destruction was committed and act did not cross stage of preparation — Only smell of kerosene noted by doctor; no external injury or poisoning — Independent India Law Library Docid # 2436509
(891) A.VIVEKANANTHAN Vs. STATE REP. BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 (Murder) and Section 294(b) (Obscene acts and songs) — Conviction and Sentence — Appeal challenging conviction for rigorous life imprisonment under Section 302 IPC and one month simple imprisonment under Section 294(b) IPC — Case based on motive (husband suspecting wife's fidelity), eyewitness testimony, medical evidence, and evidence of India Law Library Docid # 2436665
(892) WASEEM Vs. STATE REPRESENTED BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KUNIYAMUTHUR POLICE STATION, COIMBATORE.[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 (Murder) — Conviction challenged in appeal — Evidence rested on circumstantial evidence and testimony of minor child (P.W.3) — Reliability of child witness — P.W.3 (minor daughter) alleged to have seen father throttling mother, but failed to disclose this crucial information immediately to P.W.1 (grandmother) or P.W.2 (aunt) when body was discovered, only India Law Library Docid # 2436666
(893) THANDAVARAYAN (DIED) BY LRS AND OTHERS Vs. PARANIDARAN AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 58(c) — Mortgage by Conditional Sale vs. Outright/Conditional Sale — Deed (Ex.B1) executed with condition for reconveyance upon repayment of specified amount within 11 years, and restraint on transferring patta before 11 years' expiry or default, qualifies as a 'mortgage by conditional sale' under Section 58(c) — This interpretation is supported by the India Law Library Docid # 2436668
(894) H.D. LOKESHAIAH DEAD BY LRS. Vs. SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 05-11-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Reference to Civil Court (Section 18) — Enhancement of Compensation — Finality of Lis — Doctrine of Finality (Henderson Doctrine) — Where the original claimant withdrew the entire compensation amount redetermined by the Reference Court and did not appeal within his lifetime, the lis attained finality and the claim for inadequacy of compensation cannot generally be re-agitated by legal representatives through a belated appeal India Law Library Docid # 2435929
(895) ABDUL SATTAR AND OTHERS Vs. KARNATAKA STATE BOARD OF WAQF AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 05-11-2025 Waqf Act, 1995 — Section 32(2)(g) — Powers and functions of the Waqf Board — Removal of Mutawallis/Managing Committee members — Only the Karnataka State Board of Waqf (Waqf Board) has the legal authority under Section 32(2)(g) of the Waqf Act, 1995, to appoint or remove "mutawallis" (which includes members of the Managing India Law Library Docid # 2435875
(896) VEMULA VEERA SWAMY Vs. STATE OF A.P.[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-11-2025 Criminal Law — Criminal Appeal — Re-appreciation of Evidence — Appellate Court's Duty — In an appeal against a judgment of conviction and sentence, the Appellate Court is duty-bound to re-appreciate the evidence and form its own conclusion on the reliability of the evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2436207
(897) ANBU ILLAM Vs. JOHN BENNET[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 05-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — Appeal against Common Judgment and Decree — Recovery of Money — Construction Contracts — Cross Suits — Suit by Contractor (O.S. No. 194 of 2009) for recovery of dues for construction work decreed, and Suit by Employer (O.S. No. 130 of 2012) for recovery of alleged excess payment dismissed — Appellate Court upheld Trial Court's findings India Law Library Docid # 2436669
(898) RAVI @ RAVICHANDRAN Vs. STATE REPRESENTED BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 05-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction based on circumstantial evidence — Chain of evidence — Requirements for conviction in circumstantial cases (Supreme Court guidelines cited) include establishing a complete chain of events leading solely to the conclusion of guilt; if any doubt creeps in, the benefit must go to the accused; mere strong suspicion is insufficient for proof. India Law Library Docid # 2436670
(899) MUNNA PRASAD @ SANJIV PRASAD Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2022 — Section 30(a) — Anticipatory Bail — Consideration for grant — Petitioner apprehending arrest in connection with FIR under the Prohibition Act — Where Court, after issuing interim protection not to take coercive steps subject to cooperation, finds that the petitioner has participated and cooperated in the investigation, it is appropriate to confirm the India Law Library Docid # 2435449
(900) VILLAGERS OF KHANPUR VILLAGE REPD BY BISWAJIT MONDAL AND OTHERS Vs. SHI SRI RAI BAGHINI DHARMA THAKUR REPD BY BIJOYA MONDAL AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 04-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 151 — Inherent powers of court — Police help sought for implementing injunction order — Trial court allowed police help without considering objection of defendant and application for receiver — High court modified order by appointing special officers to supervise sale of bamboo bushes and India Law Library Docid # 2435143