(901) ANOOP RANA @ CHHOTU Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 04-04-2024 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) - Sections 34, 420, 467, 468 and 471 – Cheating and Forgery –The case involves allegations of cheating unemployed youths by issuing forged government job appointment letters and securing payments of Rs.7 lac each from the victims - The petition under Section 482 of CrPC seeks quashment of FIR and further criminal proceedings due to a compromise between the parties - The petitioner argues for quashing the FIR and proceedings based on a settlement with the complainants, citi India Law Library Docid # 2403771
(902) NITIN AHIRE S/O SHRI RATAN KUMAR AHIRE AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 04-04-2024 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Sections 498A - Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 - Sections 3 and 4 – Cruelty - Quashing of the FIR, with specific concerns about the vagueness of allegations against Nutan Ahire (applicant No.2). - The counsel for the applicants argues that the allegations against Nutan Ahire are general and vague, lacking the specificity required for prosecution - The counsel for the respondent opposes the application, acknowledging that the trial is in progress but conceding that the petit India Law Library Docid # 2403772
(903) NANDU RATAN NADE Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 04-04-2024 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) - Sections 363, 366 and 376 - Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 - Section 5 and 6 – Quashing of FIR following his marriage to the prosecutrix and the birth of their child - The main issue is whether the FIR and subsequent proceedings should be quashed considering the petitioner and prosecutrix are now married and wish to settle the matter - The petitioner argues for quashing the FIR to avoid disrupting family life, as both parties have expressed a desi India Law Library Docid # 2403773
(904) AKILAPAKSHAM COMMITTEE, HINDUPUR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 04-04-2024 Andhra Pradesh Districts (Formation) Act, 1974 - The petitions challenge the decisions regarding the formation and headquarters of new districts in Andhra Pradesh, alleging violations of natural justice and the Andhra Pradesh Districts (Formation) Act, 1974 - The main issues revolve around the location of district headquarters for Sri Satya Sai, Annamayya, and Konaseema districts, and whether the government’s decisions adhered to the Act and rules - Petitioners argue that their objections to the India Law Library Docid # 2403775
(905) M/S.SRINIVASULU REDDY AND CO Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 04-04-2024 Supplemental Agreement - The petitioner was contracted to construct a court complex and entered into an agreement that included a price adjustment clause for both increase and decrease in prices within the original agreement period - The petitioner appealed against the judgment dismissing their writ petition, which sought enforcement of the price adjustment clause and recalculated payment based on G.O. Nos. 23 and 67 - The petitioner argued that the supplemental agreement, which negated the bene India Law Library Docid # 2403776
(906) NISAR AHMED BHAT Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR THROUGH NCB, JAMMU[JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT] 04-04-2024 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - Sections 8, 20 and 60 - Contraband of 3.928 Kgs of Charas - The appeal challenges the trial court's judgment on grounds such as invalid seizure of contraband, non-examination of the informant, absence of a site plan, unexamined scientific officer, and the complainant also being the investigator - The appellant argued that the samples were not drawn in the presence of a Magistrate, the informant's identity was not disclosed, no site plan was India Law Library Docid # 2414076
(907) CHANDRESH VASANTBHAI MALANI Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 04-04-2024 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – Sections 306 and 114 - Abetment of Suicide - The case involves a petition to quash an FIR registered for abetment of suicide under Sections 306 and 114 of the IPC - The incident relates to a student's suicide following alleged mistreatment by a teacher and trustee of his school - The main issue is whether the actions of the teacher and trustee constitute abetment of suicide under Section 306 of the IPC - The petitioners argue that the FIR lacks the essential ingredients India Law Library Docid # 2413920
(908) MAZAM ALI Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 04-04-2024 Foreigners Act, 1946 - Section 9 - Burden of proof – Appellant-Mazam Ali, declared a foreigner - The main issue is whether Ali can prove his citizenship as per the requirements of Section 9 of the Foreigners Act, 1946 - Ali presented voter lists and other documents to establish his lineage and citizenship - The government argued that Ali failed to provide cogent evidence linking him to the claimed relatives in the voter lists - The High Court dismissed the writ petition, upholding the Tribunal's India Law Library Docid # 2413927
(909) SHIBU DEBNATH Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 04-04-2024 Foreigners Act, 1946 - Section 9 – Burden of Proof - Appellant challenged an order declaring him a foreigner post 25.03.1971 by the Foreigners Tribunal No.1, Bongaigaon, Assam - The main issue was whether Debnath could prove his citizenship as per the requirements under Section 9 of the Foreigners Act, 1946 - Appellant presented various documents like voter ID, PAN, Aadhar, and argued based on the Citizenship Act, 1955 and the Foreigners (Amendment) Order, 2015 - The Home Department contended th India Law Library Docid # 2413930
(910) SRI. DAYANANDA @ R BABU AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 04-04-2024 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) - Sections 154 and 157 - Karnataka Excise Act, 1965 - Sections 32, 34 and 38-A - The petitioners were convicted under the Karnataka Excise Act for transporting liquor without a valid license - The prosecution claimed that 48 bottles of whiskey were seized from the accused - The petitioners challenged the legality of the FIR and the search and seizure procedure, arguing that the FIR was registered after the seizure, contrary to law - The petitioners contended India Law Library Docid # 2413948
(911) SRI G.M. KUMAR Vs. SRI KISHAN HEGDE[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 04-04-2024 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) - Sections 391(2) read with 207(V) - Evidence Act, 1872 - Section 65B - Cases in which secondary evidence relating to document may be given – The petitioner is seeking to set aside an order by the First Appellate Court which rejected his application to compel the respondent to produce a mobile handset and related items for evidence - The main issue is whether the respondent should be directed to produce the mobile phone used to retrieve the alleged defamatory India Law Library Docid # 2413949
(912) SMT. PURABI DEBBARMA (GHOSH) AND OTHERS Vs. SHRI MANTOSH DEB AND OTHERS[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 03-04-2024 Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 – Section 17 – The High Court dismissed a writ appeal filed by the legal heirs of a deceased borrower against a judgment and order passed by the Single Judge in a writ petition - The deceased borrower had taken a loan from a bank and defaulted on repayment - The bank initiated proceedings under the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (SARFAES India Law Library Docid # 2414880
(913) MANTU KUMAR S/O RAMCHANDRA SAW Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 03-04-2024 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 - Section 8 – Sexual Assault - Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) – 448 - Petitioner appealed against a judgment convicting him under Section 8 of the POCSO Act, for an incident involving a minor on 20.07.2019 - The appeal challenges the conviction's correctness, alleging misinterpretation of evidence and contradictions in the victim's statements - The appellant argued discrepancies in the victim's testimony, questioned the absence of a medical report, India Law Library Docid # 2413940
(914) DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Vs. ROSHANARA CLUB LIMITED AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 03-04-2024 Eviction - The appeal challenges a judgment and order that directed “no coercive steps” against Roshanara Club Limited (RCL) and allowed RCL to seek statutory remedies against an eviction order by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) - The main issue is the eviction of RCL by DDA and the subsequent legal proceedings, including the formulation of a scheme for the club’s functioning and management after DDA took possession India Law Library Docid # 2403759
(915) MYPREFERRED TRANSFORMATION AND HOSPITALITY PVT LTD AND ANOTHER Vs. FARIDABAD IMPLEMENTS PVT. LTD.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 03-04-2024 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 - Section 34(3) - An application for setting aside may not be made after three months have elapsed from the date on which the party making that application had received the arbitral award – Challenge - Dismissal of petition for setting aside an arbitral award due to delay beyond the prescribed limitation period - The core issue was whether the delay beyond the thirty days, which could be condoned by the Court, could be extended if the last day fell during c India Law Library Docid # 2403760
(916) PACE SETTERS BUSINESS SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD. Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 03-04-2024 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (CGST Act) - Section 17(3) - Apportionment of credit and blocked credits - The petitioner certain notifications related to reverse charge of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on recovery agent services and Section 17(3) of the Act, 2017 (CGST Act), which deems such services as exempt supplies - The main issue is whether the impugned notifications and the CGST Act’s provisions are ultra vires, discriminatory, and result in double taxation India Law Library Docid # 2403761
(917) SHRI RAVINDER KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. M/S GIGANTIC IMPEX PVT LTD AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 03-04-2024 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 - Section 55(4)(b) - Where the ownership of the property has passed to the buyer before payment of the whole of the purchase-money, to a charge upon the property in the hands of the buyer - Three suits filed for the declaration and cancellation of sale deeds related to land parcels - The core issue revolves around the ownership dispute of the land and the alleged non-payment of the agreed sale consideration by the defendants India Law Library Docid # 2403762
(918) PRAMEELA GURUNG Vs. URMILA MANGER AND OTHERS[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 03-04-2024 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 – Order 23 Rule 3 - Compromise deed - The revision petition arises from a dispute over a compromise deed related to pension entitlements following the death of Kumar Thapa, claimed by multiple parties as his wife - Two main issues are whether the revision petition is maintainable under section 115 of the CPC and whether the Pension Act, 1871 bars entering into a compromise deed - The petitioner argues that the compromise deed dividing the pension is unlawful under the India Law Library Docid # 2403798
(919) MILANJOT SINGH @ MILAN @ MANNI Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 03-04-2024 Compromise - Quashing of FIR - The petitioner seeks to quash FIR for offences under various sections of the IPC based on a compromise - The main issue is whether the FIR and subsequent proceedings can be quashed in light of the compromise between the parties - The petitioner contends that the matter has been resolved amicably as per Annexure P-2. - Respondents acknowledge the compromise and have no objection to quashing the FIR - The court considers precedents and the nature of the offenses, con India Law Library Docid # 2403800
(920) MMTC LTD Vs. L.C. MADAN (DEACEASED)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 03-04-2024 Arbitration Act, 1940 - Sections 6(1) and 8 - Arbitration agreement not to be discharged by death of party thereto - The case involves Petitioner seeking the appointment of an arbitrator after the previous one recused - The dispute relates to an agreement with the late ‘L’ Respondent herein for exporting gold jewelry, where certain invoices remained unpaid - The main issue is whether the arbitration proceedings against the respondent have abated following his death – Petitioner argues that the d India Law Library Docid # 2403763