(901) PREM MOTERS PVT. LTD. Vs. RAJENDRA UPADHYAY[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 18-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of Plaint — Cause of Action — Limitation — On a meaningful reading of the plaint, if it is found that the suit is manifestly vexatious, meritless, or barred by limitation, the court should exercise its power under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC. Clever drafting to create an illusion of a cause of action or to circumvent limitation must be nipped in the bud. India Law Library Docid # 2433296
(902) THE STATE OF UTTARAKHAND Vs. ANIL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) — Appeals against conviction — High Court's duty as first appellate court — Independent application of mind to evidence required — Acquitment without reasoned judgment and marshaling of facts and evidence is unsustainable. India Law Library Docid # 2433423
(903) DR. BALRAM SINGH Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-09-2025 Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 — Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation (Amendment) Act, 2023 — Engagement of persons for manual sewer or septic tank cleaning — Violation of judgment and Acts — Directions to cease engagement, initiate action against officials and contractors, and frame rehabilitation policy for excluded India Law Library Docid # 2433465
(904) M/S PINKY CROCKERY HOUSE AND ANOTHER Vs. AMARJIT KAUR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 — Section 13(3)(a)(iii) — Bonafide personal necessity of landlord — Landlord is the best judge of their needs — Tenant cannot dictate how the landlord should fulfill their requirements or utilize alternative accommodations — Re-letting of other parts of the property during litigation does not negate the landlord's genuine need for the tenanted premises, especially if the need for India Law Library Docid # 2433853
(905) KRISHANA DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. PUSHPA DEVI AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Specific Performance — Agreement to Sell — Readiness and Willingness — The plaintiff seeking specific performance must prove continuous readiness and willingness to perform their part of the contract. Failure to do so leads to dismissal of the claim. (Para 16) India Law Library Docid # 2433864
(906) SIS PAL Vs. SMT. LADO (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS.[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41, Rule 31 — Appeal from original decree — Findings of fact — Lower appellate court’s judgment upheld when no illegality or perversity found. India Law Library Docid # 2433865
(907) RUPA RAM AND OTHER Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Appellants convicted for various offences including murder and grievous hurt by the trial court — One appellant (Rupa Ram) identified by eyewitnesses and convicted as victim's husband, appeal dismissed — Other appellant India Law Library Docid # 2433917
(908) URVASHI AUDICHYA Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14 & 21 — Reasonable classification and personal liberty — Denial of government appointment solely on the basis of a pending criminal trial, without any finding of guilt or moral turpitude, is arbitrary and infringes upon fundamental rights. India Law Library Docid # 2433918
(909) PUSHPA DEVI Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 147 and Section 143(3) — Reopening of assessment — Proviso to Section 147 — Where an assessment order under Section 143(3) has been passed and more than four years have expired from the end of the relevant assessment year, reopening of assessment is not permissible unless income India Law Library Docid # 2433919
(910) RAJMAL Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Premature release — Eligibility for — Petitioner sentenced for life imprisonment under Section 302 IPC — Served actual sentence of over 14 years — Earned jail remission and state remission — Rule 8(2)(i) of Rajasthan Prison (Shortening of Sentences) Rules, 2006 requires completion of 14 years actual imprisonment and earning minimum 4 years remission for consideration of life imprisonment cases — India Law Library Docid # 2433916
(911) STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS Vs. DAVENDRA SINGH @ TANWAR SINGH AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 18-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 378, 391 — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of interference — Appellate court can interfere only if it finds the acquittal order suffers from patent perversity, is based on misreading/omission of material evidence, or if no two reasonable views are possible and only the view consistent with guilt is possible. The trial court's view must be a possible view on the India Law Library Docid # 2433957
(912) BAID LEASING AND FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. SHIVRAJ SAMOTA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 18-09-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(3)(b), Section 12(5) and Schedule VII — Appointment of sole arbitrator by one party — Validity — Managing Director of a company cannot act as a sole arbitrator in arbitration proceedings involving his company, even if appointed under an arbitration clause — This is because such an India Law Library Docid # 2433958
(913) BASSO DEVI Vs. STATE OF H.P.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 195 — Bar to taking cognizance of certain offences — Offences under Sections 172-188 of IPC require written complaint from public servant or superior — Police complaint based on investigation is impermissible — Cognizance taken on police report for offences requiring prior written complaint is illegal — High Court jurisdiction in revision is limited to correcting patent India Law Library Docid # 2434031
(914) RAJINDER KUMAR Vs. MADHU VATS AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 10 — Stay of suit — Conditions for — Application of Section 10 CPC requires that the matter in issue in the second suit is directly and substantially in issue in the first suit, the parties are the same or litigating under the same title, the court in the first suit is competent and the first suit is pending — The crucial test is whether the decision in the previous suit would operate as res-judicata India Law Library Docid # 2434086
(915) MUDASIR AHMED DAR Vs. NATIONAL INVESTIGATING AGENCY[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 18-09-2025 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 — Section 43(D)(5) — Bail — Restriction on bail — Provision restricts bail if court finds reasonable grounds to believe accusations under Chapters IV and VI are prima facie true — Material on record did not disclose grave suspicion against appellant of raising funds for terrorist acts or organisations — Only incriminating circumstance was that his vehicle was India Law Library Docid # 2434128
(916) ALI HAIDER SHAH Vs. STATE OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 18-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 190(1)(a) & 190(1)(b) — Cognizance of offences — When closure report is filed and Magistrate disagrees, Magistrate can either treat protest petition as a complaint under Section 190(1)(a) and follow procedure of Chapter XV CrPC, or take cognizance under Section 190(1)(b) based on case dairy alone, but not mix both. India Law Library Docid # 2434129
(917) TUFAIL AHMAD ZARGAR Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 18-09-2025 Preventive Detention — Grounds for Detention — Vagueness and Lack of Specificity — Order of detention quashed as grounds were vague, imaginary, and lacked specific allegations or references to past conduct, making them insufficient for preventive detention under the Public Safety Act. India Law Library Docid # 2434134
(918) SEEMA GUPTA Vs. STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Indian Succession Act, 1925 — Section 290 & Schedule VII — Letters of Administration — Form prescribed — Mandatory compliance — Power to issue Letters of Administration must be exercised as prescribed by law, and other modes are forbidden — Deviation from statutory form by additions, deletions or modifications is impermissible — Undermines legislative mandate and creates inconsistency — Appeal India Law Library Docid # 2434240
(919) K Vs. STATE NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Sections 6, 16, 17, 21 — Abetment by parent — Conviction and Sentence — Appeal challenging conviction of mother (appellant) for abetting the repeated penetrative sexual assault on her minor daughter by a co-accused — Appellant’s conduct, including silencing the victim, beating her when she resisted, directing her to submit to the co-accused for financial reasons, and permitting the co-accused to sleep between them on the same be India Law Library Docid # 2434241
(920) ABID SHIRAZ MERCHANT Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 43 — Appeals from orders — Temporary Injunction — Appellate jurisdiction in appeal against discretionary order — Appellate court should not interfere with the trial court’s discretion unless it was exercised arbitrarily, capriciously, or perversely, or ignored settled legal principles — Appellate court cannot re-evaluate material to reach a different conclusion if the trial court's India Law Library Docid # 2434367