(981) TAJRAJ Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 15-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR and Charge-sheet — Application for quashing of FIR and charge-sheet for offences under Indian Penal Code, Insecticides Act and Rules, and Environmental Protection Act — Held, it is settled law that if a statute requires a thing to be done in a particular manner, it must be done in that manner, or not at all. Procedure not followed by the India Law Library Docid # 2434535
(982) UMESHBHAI RAMESHBHAI PANDIT Vs. HEMENDRA MUGATLAL PAREKH AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Bombay Rents Hotel, House Rates Control Act, 1947 — Section 13(1)(k) and 13(1)(L) — Eviction — Non-user of premises and alternative accommodation — Landlord's burden of proof — Landlord must initially prove non-user for six months; then burden shifts to tenant to prove reasonable cause for non-user — Evidence of minimum electricity consumption and tenant's admissions of not residing in premises India Law Library Docid # 2434185
(983) KIRITBHAI CHANDRAKANT VYAS AND OTHERS Vs. DAXABEN CHHOTABHAI PATEL AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7, Rule 11(d) — Rejection of plaint — Bar of limitation — In an application for rejection of plaint under Order 7, Rule 11(d) of CPC, the court examines the plaint and documents annexed. If the plaint, as averred, clearly shows the suit is barred by limitation, it can be rejected. India Law Library Docid # 2434186
(984) KALPESHBHAI GHANSHYAMBHAI THAKKAR Vs. SONALBEN KALPESHBHAI THAKKAR[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 24 — Interim Maintenance — Order for interim maintenance passed during pendency of divorce petition remains valid even after initial dissolution of marriage if the divorce decree is subsequently set aside and the petition is remanded for retrial. India Law Library Docid # 2434187
(985) MUNNI Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 151 — Inherent powers of Court — Recall of orders — Petitioner sought recall of previous orders based on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), claiming she entered into it under coercion due to a prior Agreement to Sell (ATS) with third parties and partial payment received. Court found Petitioner’s claims inconsistent with her previous statements India Law Library Docid # 2434213
(986) STATE Vs. PRAMOD YADAV[DELHI HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378(4) — Appeal against acquittal — Powers of appellate court — Appellate court must be slow to interfere unless trial court's view is perverse — Double presumption of innocence in favour of accused after acquittal reinforced by trial court — Can be disturbed only by thorough scrutiny on accepted legal parameters. India Law Library Docid # 2434214
(987) STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI Vs. AJAY KUMAR YADAV[DELHI HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 363, 366, 376 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 4 — Kidnapping, rape of a minor, sexual assault — Appeal against acquittal — Failure of prosecution to prove age of victim — Essential element for invoking POCSO Act and sections related to offences against minors — No documentary evidence or ossification test for age determination — Oral India Law Library Docid # 2434215
(988) LATIKA VARMA @ LATIKA VERMA Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Appellant apprehending arrest and charged under Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, and various sections of Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Appellant is a lady — Court inclined to grant anticipatory bail given the facts — Impugned order set aside and anticipatory bail granted on terms and conditions. India Law Library Docid # 2434320
(989) SAMIR AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-10-2025 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 299, 196, 325; Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 — Section 11(A) — Bail in anticipation of arrest — High Court dismissed bail prayer — Supreme Court granted leave to appeal and set aside High Court's order — Appellants directed to be released on bail upon arrest, subject to India Law Library Docid # 2434322
(990) SALMANI DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-10-2025 The High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi, by the impugned judgment and order dated 24th April, 2025, has rejected the appellants’ prayer for bail in anticipation of arrest. India Law Library Docid # 2434329
(991) ANKUR KASANA Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 161 — Statement to police — Arrest based on complainant's statement — Appellant's arrest was based on the complainant's statement under Section 161 CrPC alleging the appellant recorded an obscene video of the deceased. India Law Library Docid # 2434354
(992) IFFCO TOKIO GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. BADAVATH BALKISHAN AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 149 — Insurance Company’s liability — Fake policy alleged — Insurer's defence was that the insurance policy produced by claimants was fabricated and not issued by it. Court found that the insurer had provided credible and verifiable records negating the existence of the policy, including a complaint lodged with the police. The claimants failed to prove the India Law Library Docid # 2434627
(993) KAMSANI ANJALI Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Detention of Adults Previously Rescued from Trafficking — Attaining majority does not automatically necessitate release if it's not in the best interest of the individual, especially in cases involving human trafficking victims who are material witnesses in pending criminal cases. The State has a duty to protect such vulnerable individuals from re-victimization. India Law Library Docid # 2434628
(994) AZIZ HASSAN KOTADIA Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Telangana Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act, 1986 — Section 3, Section 2(a), Section 2(g) — Preventive Detention — Detenu categorised as 'Goonda' — Robbery of jewellery shops with stabbing and threat — Actions prejudicial to public order — Court not to interfere with subjective satisfaction of detaining authority unless vitiated by arbitrariness or lack of evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2434629
(995) SRI REDDYSHETTY SRIHARI AND ANOTHER Vs. SRI SURINENI CHAKRADHAR RAO[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 26 Rule 9 and Section 151 — Appointment of Advocate Commissioner — Identification of suit schedule property — Application to appoint an Advocate Commissioner for identification of suit land was dismissed by the trial court — Held, the prayer for identification/location of land through an Advocate Commissioner amounts to collection of evidence and is not India Law Library Docid # 2434630
(996) SHREE BHAVNAGAR NAGRIK SAHAKARI BANK LTD. Vs. UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD.[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 15-10-2025 Insurance Policy — Bankers Indemnity Policy — Fraudulent transactions — Bank's claim for loss due to employee's fraud — Insurance company repudiated claim citing negligence and breach of policy terms — Held, policy covers losses due to dishonest acts of employees, but not those arising from the insured bank's own negligence or wilful India Law Library Docid # 2434646
(997) C. CHANDRASHEKAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 120B, 420 — Conspiracy to cheat, Cheating — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) — Misappropriation of goods, Abuse of official position — Appeals against conviction and sentence for conspiracy to cheat and misappropriation of public sector goods. Appellants argued that sanction for their prosecution was invalid and evidence did not prove their India Law Library Docid # 2434817
(998) THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, DISTRICT COLLECTORATE, MAYILADUTHURAI AND OTHERS Vs. DHANRAJ JAIN AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Jurisdiction — Disputed Questions of Fact — High Court should not exercise its writ jurisdiction for adjudication when the case involves disputed questions of fact, as writ jurisdiction is for enforcement of rights and not for detailed fact-finding suitable for civil courts. India Law Library Docid # 2434818
(999) UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. M/S. JEEWAN AUTO INDUSTRIES AND OTHERS[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 15-10-2025 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 21(b) — Revisional jurisdiction — Limited scope — Can interfere only if findings are perverse, arbitrary or contrary to law — Concurrent findings of Fora below cannot be lightly discarded. India Law Library Docid # 2434647
(1000) M/S. SANWARIA AGRO OILS LTD. Vs. NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHERS[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 15-10-2025 Insurance Law — Spontaneous Combustion — Claim for loss due to spontaneous combustion — Absence of scientific evidence — Repudiation of claim upheld where complainant failed to provide credible scientific or technical evidence to establish spontaneous combustion or the extent of damage, despite repeated requests from the surveyor and insurer. India Law Library Docid # 2434648