(961) SMT. HEMA DEVI Vs. STATE OF UTTARANCHAL AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Supervisory jurisdiction of High Court — Scope — High Court under Article 227 does not act as a court of first appeal to re-appreciate evidence or facts — Jurisdiction is correctional, to rectify grave dereliction of duty or flagrant abuse of law or justice — High Court cannot substitute India Law Library Docid # 2434663
(962) C.M.DIVAKARAN [DIED] BY LRS AND OTHER Vs. K.S.BALAN AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 2 Rule 2 — Suit to include the whole claim — Omission to sue for relief — If a plaintiff omits to sue for a claim or intentionally relinquishes a portion of the claim, they cannot sue for that portion later — A prior suit for injunction was filed, but specific performance was not sought, despite the plaintiff having knowledge that the other party intended to sell the India Law Library Docid # 2434853
(963) SIVAN Vs. RAJU. P.V[KERALA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Employee's Compensation Act, 1923 — Section 8(1) — Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 — Section 22C — Settlement of compensation claims — Overriding effect of Legal Services Authorities Act — Provisions of Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 have overriding effect over inconsistent provisions of India Law Library Docid # 2434852
(964) KAVERI PLASTICS Vs. MAHDOOM BAWA BAHRUDEEN NOORUL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-09-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 138, 141, 142, Proviso (b) — Dishonour of Cheque — Demand Notice — Validity — Requirement of notice to demand the "said amount of money" — "Said amount of money" refers to the cheque amount itself — Demand for an amount different from the cheque amount invalidates the notice — Typographical errors in the amount are not a valid defence as the provision is penal and requires India Law Library Docid # 2432811
(965) ALL INDIA FOOTBALL FEDERATION Vs. RAHUL MEHRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 19(1)(c) — Freedom of association — Not absolute — Restrictions can be imposed for good governance and public interest, especially in sports administration to ensure transparency, accountability, and professionalism — AIFF Constitution’s mandate for State associations to conform to its provisions supported India Law Library Docid # 2432812
(966) SUMITRA DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 19-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 34, 201 — Murder and Destruction of Evidence — Circumstantial Evidence — Prosecution failed to establish a complete chain of circumstances, including motive, presence at the scene of crime, and identification of cremated remains, leading to acquittal India Law Library Docid # 2433007
(967) KM. DEEPIKA RANI Vs. VINAY BANSAL[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 19-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(d) — Rejection of Plaint — Barred by Law — Application under Order 7 Rule 11(d) CPC requires consideration of plaint averments only, not defendant's defence — Court must read entire plaint to ascertain cause of action — If plaint discloses cause of action, it cannot be rejected on the mere possibility of plaintiff's failure to succeed. India Law Library Docid # 2433016
(968) RAMIREDDY PRATHAP KUMAR REDDY Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 19-09-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 109(1), 118, 3(5), 49 — Criminal Petition for pre-arrest bail — Petitioner sought pre-arrest bail directly from High Court without first approaching the Sessions Judge — Generally, aggrieved party should first approach the Sessions Court for pre-arrest bail — High Court may entertain such petitions India Law Library Docid # 2433042
(969) A.MOHANDOSS Vs. P.VIKASH KUMAR AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 19-09-2025 Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Section 12 — Punishment for contempt of court — Civil contempt — Breach of undertaking given to court amounts to civil contempt — Appellant breached undertaking to vacate premises, held guilty of civil contempt and sentenced to imprisonment and fine — Apology and withdrawal of subsequent litigations considered for modifying punishment. India Law Library Docid # 2433047
(970) ARUL KUMAR @ ARUNKUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE REP. BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 19-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 147, 148, 294(b), 436, 302 read with 149 — Murder and related charges — Appeals against conviction and sentence — Court considered multiple discrepancies in prosecution evidence, including contradictions in eye-witness testimonies regarding the place of occurrence and the nature of injuries versus weapons used, failure to examine independent witnesses, unexplained delay in FIR transmission, and doubts regarding the inclusion of certain accused (A11-A14) India Law Library Docid # 2433048
(971) M/S. A.T.M. CONSTRUCTIONS (P) LTD. Vs. M/S. BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD. AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 19-09-2025 Limitation Act, 1963 — Article 55 — Continuing breach — Plaintiff claims damages for wrongful occupation after lease expiry — Leased property not vacated by lessee — Breach of contractual and statutory obligation to hand over possession on lease determination considered a continuing breach — Limitation period runs from when the breach ceases — Suit filed within specified period from cessation of breach is within time. India Law Library Docid # 2433049
(972) MURLIDHAR VERMA (DEAD) THROUGH LRS. Vs. SMT. BUNDA BAI VERMA AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 19-09-2025 Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Section 6; Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 16 — Coparcenary Property — Daughter's Rights — Amendment Act of 2005 confers coparcener status on daughters by birth, with same rights and liabilities as sons — These rights are effective from 9.9.2005, subject to savings for dispositions before 20.12.2004. The father coparcener need not be living on 9.9.2005 for the daughter to claim rights. India Law Library Docid # 2433200
(973) S.SREEKUMAR Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 19-09-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 7 and Section 13(1)(d) r/w Section 13(2] — Essential ingredients to prove offences — Demand and acceptance of bribe are necessary — Proof of demand is sine qua non — Mere recovery of money or acceptance without proof of demand is insufficient — Acquittal justified when essential ingredients not proved. India Law Library Docid # 2433112
(974) RIMLY GOGOI SAIKIA Vs. STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 19-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 156(3) — Complaint Case — Registration of — Court directed registration of a complaint case after a protest petition was filed against the final report submitted by the police, which had exonerated the accused police personnel. The Court found that serious accusations were made by the informant and ordered the complaint case to be registered and the records of the police case to be tagged with it. India Law Library Docid # 2433114
(975) JINNAT ALI Vs. STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 19-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 376, Section 448; POCSO Act, 2012 — Section 6 — Rape, House-trespass, Sexual intercourse with a person in shelter, Punishment — Conviction for offences under POCSO Act and IPC — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Plea of juvenility raised — Ossification test conducted to ascertain appellant's age — Conflicting reports from Medical Board — Supreme Court precedents on age determination and ossification tests — Margin of error in age ascertainment from India Law Library Docid # 2433115
(976) SURESHKUMAR BHAVANISHANKAR RAVAL AND ANOTHER Vs. MANISH DHEBARBHAI PATEL[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 19-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Supervisory jurisdiction — Interference not warranted merely because a second view is possible — Court should not interfere with every order passed by a lower court — Interference is justified only in cases of patent illegality or manifest injustice. India Law Library Docid # 2433136
(977) PRAMOD JAIN AND OTHERS Vs. CHARUMITRA DANGIWALA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 19-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Supervisory jurisdiction of High Court — Maintainability of petition — Petition under Article 227 lies against order of tribunal when no further appeal or revision is available — Order of State Commission in execution proceedings has no further appeal or revision — Therefore, High Court can exercise its supervisory India Law Library Docid # 2433297
(978) TRICOLOR HOTELS LIMITED Vs. DINESH JAIN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-09-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 11(5), 11(6), 15(2) — Appointment of substitute arbitrator — Condone delay — Petition filed under Section 15(2) for substitution of arbitrator — Refusal to condone delay by High Court — Petitioner's claim of knowledge of arbitrator's recusal only in second week of August 2015, making petition filed on August 1, 2018 within limitation — Supreme Court finds High Court considered entire matter and found no sufficient cause for delay — India Law Library Docid # 2433421
(979) EURO PRATIK ISPAT (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. GEOMIN INDUSTRIES PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-09-2025 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 12A — Mandatory pre-institution mediation — Exception for urgent interim relief — High Court correctly held that a suit seeking urgent interim relief is not barred by Section 12A(1) of the Act, even if mediation has not been completed prior to instituting the suit. India Law Library Docid # 2433422
(980) JAYAKANDAMMAL Vs. A. SELVARAJU[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-09-2025 Contempt of Court — Non-compliance of eviction order — Petitioner failed to vacate premises by the stipulated date, failed to file undertaking, and consistently avoided appearance before the Court. India Law Library Docid # 2433464