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(121) OM PRAKASH Vs. HON’BLE HIGH COURT OF H.P AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 27-10-2025
Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 — Sections 6 and 9 — Constitution of State and District Legal Services Authorities — Disciplinary proceedings — Delegation of power — Challenge to initiation of disciplinary proceedings by District & Sessions Judge against Senior Assistant — Plea that appointing authority was State Legal
India Law Library Docid # 2434943

(122) RAM KRISHAN Vs. STATE OF H.P.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 27-10-2025
Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 — Section 4 — Release on probation — Factors to consider — Nature of offence, circumstances of the case, expediency, suitability and appropriateness for accomplishment of the object of reformatory justice — Supreme Court decisions emphasize considering these factors and excluding offences like Section 304-A IPC for benevolent provisions.
India Law Library Docid # 2434944

(123) NANAK CHAND Vs. MADAN LAL[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 27-10-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of Pleadings — Subsequent events — Amendment of plaint sought during pendency of appeal to incorporate events that occurred during appeal — Held, application for amendment should have been allowed in the interest of justice to allow petitioner to
India Law Library Docid # 2434945

(124) SACHIN SHRIDHAR AND OTHERS Vs. HIMACHAL PRADESH HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 27-10-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order VI, Rule 17 — Amendment of pleadings — Application for modification of an earlier order directing petitioners to place demarcation report on record — Demarcation reports already appended with main writ petition — Modification granted, exempting petitioners from re-filing reports.
India Law Library Docid # 2434946

(125) RANJIT SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF H.P. AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 27-10-2025
Service Law — Pensionary benefits — Eligibility for — Petitioner claimed pension, gratuity, and leave encashment after rendering 13 years of regular service — Petitioner admitted to having left/quit/resigned from service in 1976 — Pension admissible on completion of 20 years of qualifying service (prior to 01.01.1986) —
India Law Library Docid # 2434947

(126) PAS AGRO FOODS Vs. KRBL LIMITED AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 27-10-2025
Trade Marks Act, 1999 — Sections 57, 124, 125 — Copyright Act, 1957 — Section 50 — Rectification Petition — Territorial Jurisdiction — A petition to cancel a trademark registration must be filed before the High Court that exercises appellate jurisdiction over the Trade Marks Registry where the mark was initially registered.
India Law Library Docid # 2434949

(127) AMMED Vs. P.MOHANAN AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 27-10-2025
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque for insufficiency of funds — Burden of proof — Complainant's testimony, if unshaken during cross-examination, is sufficient to prove the transaction and cheque issuance, even without other documentary evidence or witnesses.
India Law Library Docid # 2434955

(128) MR.SAMPRAS ANTHONY Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 25-10-2025
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 64 — Rape — Quashing of proceedings — Consensual sex versus rape — Meeting on dating app — Physical intimacy alleged to be non-consensual after withdrawal of consent — Petitioner claims chats demonstrate consensual acts — Court's duty to distinguish between breach of promise to marry and false promise — Mere disappointment in a relationship does not
India Law Library Docid # 2434540

(129) MR.FAKIRAPPA HATTI Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 25-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376, 417, 323, 506 — Rape, Cheating, Assault, Criminal Intimidation — Quashing of Proceedings — Section 482 Cr.P.C. — Consensual relationship — Breach of promise to marry — False promise — Supreme Court held that a consensual sexual relationship for three years between parties, even if there was a promise of marriage that was not fulfilled, does not constitute rape or cheating — The complainant, who was already married with three children, cannot
India Law Library Docid # 2434541

(130) RAJU APPASAB GHEND AND OTHER Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 25-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304-B — Dowry death — Essential ingredients are: death of a woman caused otherwise than under normal circumstances within seven years of marriage; victim subjected to cruelty or harassment by husband or relative in connection with demand for dowry; husband or relative deemed to have caused her death — Presumption arises under Section 113B of Evidence Act if
India Law Library Docid # 2434555

(131) DENABOINA LAVAN KUMAR Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 25-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 386, 420, 468, 471, 447, 427, 506 read with 34 — Quashing of FIR — allegations of forged documents, land mutation, and threats — Held, prima facie ingredients of the said sections are attracted — Pendency of civil suits not a ground to quash criminal proceedings — Investigation at nascent stage should not be stifled — Court should exercise power under Section 482 Cr.P.C.
India Law Library Docid # 2434624

(132) JAGATHAMBAL (DIED) THR. LRS. Vs. S. JAMUNA AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 24-10-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 1 read with Section 96 — Appeal against Judgment and Decree — Setting aside of lower court’s decision regarding partition and validity of Will.
India Law Library Docid # 2434775

(133) PERS ENTERPRISES PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. AAVANOR SYSTEMS LLP[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 24-10-2025
Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 13 — Appeals against judgment and decree — Appeals filed challenging a common judgment and decree passed by a Learned Single Judge in two suits concerning a software work order dispute.
India Law Library Docid # 2434776

(134) SOMASUNDARAM Vs. DINAKARAN[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 24-10-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Substantial question of law required — The appeal was dismissed as there was no substantial question of law involved, and the judgment of the First Appellate Court was confirmed.
India Law Library Docid # 2434777

(135) SUNNY Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 24-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 341 and 307 — Wrongful Restraint and Attempt to Murder — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Accused attempted to pour acid into victim's mouth and then poured it on her head after she rejected his marriage proposal — Defence argued victim committed the act herself — Court found
India Law Library Docid # 2434950

(136) MINI ZAKIR Vs. M/S. PHOENIX ARC PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 24-10-2025
Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) — Section 18(1) proviso — Appeal to DRAT — Pre-deposit — Interpretation of ‘debt due’ — Future interest — 'Debt due' includes accrued and future interest up to the date of filing the appeal before the DRAT. —
India Law Library Docid # 2434951

(137) JAMES MATHEW AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 24-10-2025
Wild Life Protection Act, 1972 — Sections 40(4) and 42 — Notification for declaration of ivory by State Government — Publication in Official Gazette — Mandatory requirement — Non-publication renders notification void ab initio and unenforceable — Government orders and ownership certificates issued based on such
India Law Library Docid # 2434952

(138) MUNIREDDY REDDY Vs. REGISTRAR OF CO OPERATIVE SOCIETIES AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 23-10-2025
Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959 — Disqualification of Director — Surety for loan — Petitioner, a Director and President of a Co-operative Society, stood as surety for a loan. The principal borrower defaulted. The Petitioner sought to retire as surety unilaterally. The Society's Board passed a resolution allowing the Petitioner's retirement. Subsequently, the Petitioner was disqualified as a Director
India Law Library Docid # 2434542

(139) SMT. MEERA M.R Vs. SRI GANGADHARA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 23-10-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 1 Rule 10 and Section 151 — Impleading party — Will proceedings — Caveatable interest — A person claiming interest adverse to the testator, like claiming occupancy rights to the property subject to the Will, and who is not an heir by succession, cannot be impleaded as a party respondent to oppose the grant of Letter of Administration — Such a person does not
India Law Library Docid # 2434543

(140) V. PRADEEP AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 23-10-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14, 16, 21 — Regularization of service — Contract employees — Petitioner appointed as Junior Engineer (Electrical)/Contract Manager in 2011, having completed 13 years of service — Respondents rejecting regularization claim — Petitioner arguing appointment was legal, contravening conditions of service regulations, principles of natural justice, and constitutional
India Law Library Docid # 2434625