(221) GUDDE NINGAPPA SINCE DEAD BY HIS LRS Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961 — Section 45 — Grant of occupancy rights — Application by tenant — Appeal against setting aside of order of Land Tribunal — Held, Land Tribunal failed to consider material documents like Record of Rights (ROR) and oral/documentary evidence — When ROR entries are presumed correct, India Law Library Docid # 2434547
(222) UNION BANK OF INDIA Vs. M/S NHDPL SOUTH PRIVATE LIMITED (FORMERLY KNOWN AS NHDPL PROPERTIES PVT. LTD. AND PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS NITESH HOUSING DEVELOPERS PRIVATE LIMITED[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Bank Guarantee — Invocation — Compliance with terms — The court found that the email sent by the beneficiary constituted a valid invocation of the bank guarantee as it clearly stated the intention to invoke if the guarantee was not renewed and provided details for payment. The bank's argument that it was not a "written demand" was rejected. India Law Library Docid # 2434548
(223) SRI GODARI RAMULU AND OTHERS Vs. SRI GODARI BHEERAIAH[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — Appeal against Judgment and Decree — Suit for partition and separate possession — Plaintiff claims to be son of deceased Godari Beeraiah from his second wife Banamma — Defendants (appellants) contend plaintiff is not Beeraiah's son and suit is barred by limitation — Evidence on India Law Library Docid # 2434622
(224) SHANMUGAM Vs. M/S. BHUVANESHWAR FINANCE[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 16-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 148 — Condition for suspension of sentence — Appeal against conviction under Section 138 — Appellate Court can order deposit of minimum 20% of fine or compensation — Amount must be deposited within 60 days, extendable by 30 days for sufficient cause — Non-compliance with this India Law Library Docid # 2434816
(225) ANU.C.R. Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 — Section 143(2) — Indian Evidence Act, 1872, Section 138 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Cross-examination of witness — Admissibility of documents — Trial court's refusal to allow defence counsel to confront witness with photograph and site plan — Held, it was impermissible to India Law Library Docid # 2434859
(226) P.T.BABU Vs. VIJAYA BANK AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 14(2) — Exclusion of time of prosecuting proceedings bona fide without jurisdiction — Applicable to execution proceedings — Conditions for applicability include same prior and subsequent proceedings, due diligence and good faith, failure due to defect of jurisdiction or similar cause, same matter in issue, and institution in a court — Exclusion not available when court has India Law Library Docid # 2434860
(227) ABDUL RASHEED @ DR.A.R.BABU Vs. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (CBI) AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Further Investigation — Order for — High Court's power of revision and superintendence — Special Judge's order directing further investigation was justified based on the evidence and the explanation provided by the Investigating Officer, particularly concerning the alleged role of bank officials and the handling of loan proceeds. The High Court can uphold such an order if it finds it to be in accordance with law and evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2434861
(228) RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. MEENA DEVI AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 163A — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Maintainability of claim — Claim by legal representatives of deceased who was riding the insured vehicle not maintainable under Section 163A as deceased was not a third party — Deceased was in the shoes of the owner as borrower of the vehicle. India Law Library Docid # 2434942
(229) KARAM SINGH Vs. AMARJIT SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(d) — Rejection of plaint — Suit barred by law — Court can only consider averments in the plaint to determine if the suit is barred by law, not the defense — The issue of limitation, especially when it is a mixed question of law and fact, cannot be a ground for rejecting the plaint at the threshold under Order VII Rule 11(d) CPC. India Law Library Docid # 2434005
(230) MANORMA SINHA AND ANOTHER Vs. THE DIVISIONAL MANAGER, ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Compensation — Calculation — Inclusions in calculation of loss of dependency — Allowances and perks beneficial to the family should be included when calculating income, irrespective of taxability — Exclusion of allowances by High Court as per pay slip was an error — Tribunal's calculation of monthly income including allowances was correct. India Law Library Docid # 2434006
(231) PRADYUMNA MUKUND KOKIL Vs. NASHIK MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-10-2025 Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 (MRTP Act), Section 127 — Lapsed reservation — Land initially reserved for public purposes but not acquired within stipulated period under MRTP Act — Reservation lapses, giving original owner right to seek development or re-acquisition. India Law Library Docid # 2434007
(232) THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. SUBIT KUMAR DAS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-10-2025 Service Law — Recruitment Rules — Absorption of waitlisted candidate — A waitlisted candidate does not have a vested right to be appointed. The right to consideration arises only if a selected candidate does not join. The waitlist has a limited operational period and cannot extend indefinitely, especially after a fresh recruitment process has begun. India Law Library Docid # 2434008
(233) M.C. MEHTA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-10-2025 Environmental Law — Pollution Control — Firecrackers — Right to Life vs. Right to Profession — Balancing Exercise — While commercial interests and festive spirit cannot override health and environmental concerns, total prohibition of firecrackers may be unreasonable if alternatives causing less pollution exist. Court must balance livelihood of industry workers with public health. India Law Library Docid # 2434015
(234) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Vs. RAJESH KUMAR ALIAS GULLABU[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 15 and 22 — Acquittal — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of interference is limited — Appellate court can interfere only if the trial court's view is impossible or perverse — If two reasonable conclusions are possible, the appellate court should not disturb the acquittal. India Law Library Docid # 2434039
(235) FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. SUSHILA GUPTA AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 15-10-2025 Land Acquisition Act, Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Return or acquisition of land — Court directed Food Corporation of India to either return illegally occupied land or acquire it under the 2013 Act, with rental compensation for the period of occupation. India Law Library Docid # 2434077
(236) 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
(237) 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
(238) 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
(239) 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
(240) 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