(161) SRI. H.R. GOPALAPPA Vs. SRI. D. VENKATACHALAPATHI AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Framing of Substantial Questions of Law — Divergent findings by Trial Court and First Appellate Court — Suit for Declaration and Permanent Injunction — Trial Court dismissed the suit — First Appellate Court reversed the finding and granted declaration of ownership but dismissed permanent injunction — Scope of Second Appeal involves analyzing legality India Law Library Docid # 2435925
(162) ANUPAL Vs. CHAIRMAN CUM MANGING DIRECTOR (CMD) AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Compassionate Appointment — Eligibility — Married Daughter — Policy requiring exclusion of married daughters for compassionate appointment is violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India, following the precedent set by the Full Bench in Meenakshi Dubey vs. M.P. Poorva Kshetra Vidyut Vitran Com. Ltd. India Law Library Docid # 2435660
(163) R.R. DASS Vs. GENERAL MANAGER (H.R.D.) AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Service Law — Disciplinary action — Central Bank of India Officer Employees' (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1976 (1976 Regulations) — Competency of Disciplinary Authority — Whether an Assistant General Manager (AGM), Scale V, is competent to impose major penalty of compulsory retirement on a Branch Manager, Scale II — Regulation 5(3) of 1976 Regulations and the Schedule thereto — Disciplinary India Law Library Docid # 2435657
(164) SUBHASH GURJAR Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 311(2) — Dismissal from Service — Necessity of Departmental Enquiry (DE) — Protection afforded to public servants against arbitrary dismissal, removal, or reduction in rank mandates holding a proper inquiry or giving a hearing — Exceptions under Proviso to Article 311(2) Clauses (a), (b), and (c) allow dispensing with DE only under specific conditions (conviction in criminal case, India Law Library Docid # 2435658
(165) SHANTANU BAJPAYEE Vs. DHRAMENDRA AGRAWAL AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 14-11-2025 Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 — Section 307(5) — Unauthorized Construction — Setting aside Trial Court order — Application under Section 307(5) for demolition of illegal construction — High Court found that the respondents had engaged in new construction without obtaining necessary building permission, contrary to their claim of mere repair work — Inspection report by Municipal Commissioner indicating the building was 7-8 years old (consistent with new construction timeline) and India Law Library Docid # 2435659
(166) FRILL INFRA DEVELOPERS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. COLLECTOR OF STAMPS AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Stamp Act, 1899 — Section 50(3) — Refund of Stamp Duty — Limitation — Applicability of Section 50(3) of the Act, which prescribes a six-month limitation period for refund applications when an instrument has been executed, is not mandatory when the entitlement for refund arises under Section 49 and the transaction failed due to fraud — Section 50(3) is not couched in prohibitory terms and does not India Law Library Docid # 2435974
(167) DEEPIKA TALWAR AND ANOTHER Vs. SHALINI CHODHARY SHARMA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 104 read with Order XLIII Rule 1 — Appeal against dismissal of application under Order 39 Rule 4 (Modification of Interim Order) — Property Dispute — Interim Injunction regarding access to terrace — Appellants/Defendants seeking modification of Trial Court Order allowing Respondent/Plaintiff to install a door and retain keys for terrace access — Trial Court dismissed modification application but granted liberty to appellants' tenants to apply India Law Library Docid # 2435975
(168) GANGIREDLA SOMASUNDA NAIDU AND ANOTHER Vs. GANGIREDLA RAJANANDAN RAO (DIED) BY LRS AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Scope of Interference with Findings of Fact — High Court cannot interfere with findings of fact arrived at by the first appellate Court, which is the final Court of facts, unless they are erroneous, contrary to law (mandatory provisions or settled legal position by Apex Court), or based on inadmissible evidence or without evidence — Findings India Law Library Docid # 2436214
(169) K S R T C Vs. P SIVA KUMAR AND OTHER[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Just Compensation — Principles — The determination of "just compensation" must be liberal, not niggardly, applying fair and equitable principles and a reasonable approach, as the determination cannot be equated to a bonanza — The concept is restricted by parameters that are fair, reasonable, and equitable, and a deviation is considered unfair, unreasonable, or not India Law Library Docid # 2436215
(170) M YERRAMMA AND ANOTHER Vs. SABAVATTU SURESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Determination of Multiplier — Deceased Minor — The selection of the multiplier is based on the age of the deceased and not on the age of the dependants — Tribunal’s decision to adopt multiplier based on the age of the deceased’s mother (43 years, leading to multiplier of 14) held improper — Multiplier of 18 (as per Sarla Verma & Others vs. Delhi Transport India Law Library Docid # 2436216
(171) M/S. ARISTO LABORATORIES PVT. LTD. Vs. UT of J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 14-11-2025 Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 — Sections 18(a)(i), 27(d), 32, 36-A — Jurisdiction to Try Offences — Offence punishable under Section 27(d) (imprisonment up to two years) falls under Chapter IV of the Act — Section 36-A provides for summary trial by a Judicial Magistrate First Class specially empowered by the State Government for offences punishable with imprisonment not exceeding three years (except certain India Law Library Docid # 2436253
(172) SHER-E-KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES Vs. M/S. SIEMENS PVT. LTD.[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 14-11-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1997 (J&K) — Section 34 — Setting aside of Arbitral Award — Scope of Judicial Review — The power of the Court to interfere with an arbitral award is extremely limited, restricted to the grounds enumerated in Section 34 of the Act of 1997 — The Court does not act as a court of appeal and cannot re-appreciate evidence or correct errors of fact — An arbitrator is the ultimate arbiter of the India Law Library Docid # 2436254
(173) JAVAID AHMAD BHAT Vs. UT OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 14-11-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Section 37 — Bail — Ingredients and satisfaction of — Offences involving commercial quantity of contraband — The Public Prosecutor must be given an opportunity to oppose bail and the Court must be satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the accused is not guilty of such offence and is not likely to commit any offence while on bail — Strict India Law Library Docid # 2436255
(174) AKHAND PRAKASH SHAHI Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 14-11-2025 Service Law — Simultaneous Proceedings — Criminal and Departmental Inquiry — Principles Governing — Departmental proceedings and criminal case can proceed simultaneously; no legal bar exists — Stay of departmental inquiry is desirable only if the criminal charge is of grave nature, involves complicated questions of law and fact, and conducting the inquiry would prejudice the employee’s defense in the criminal trial — India Law Library Docid # 2436256
(175) UT OF J&K AND ORS. Vs. PARVEZ AHMED[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 14-11-2025 Contempt of Courts Act, 1997 (J&K) — Section 20 — Limitation for initiating contempt proceedings — Rejection of application seeking dismissal of contempt petition as time-barred — Writ Court directed reconsideration of regularization case on 05.10.2015 — Contempt petition filed on 05.02.2021 (after 5 years) — Application for dismissal on ground of limitation (one year under Section 20) rejected by Writ Court India Law Library Docid # 2436267
(176) SUNITA DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. BHUVNESH KUMAR KUKRETI AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173, 166, 145(g), 147, 167 — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) — Maintainability of Claim Petition — Driver/Conductor as 'Third Party' — Effect of IMT Endorsement No. 40 and Additional Premium — Tribunal dismissed claims under Section 166 holding them non-maintainable due to IMT Endorsement No. 40, restricting liability to Workmen's Compensation Act (WCA) rates, India Law Library Docid # 2436545
(177) JINCHONG LIAO AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 281 — Framing of Charge — Language Barrier — Right to Fair Trial — Where the accused does not understand the court's language (Hindi/English) and the Trial Court had previously recognized the necessity of an interpreter (Chinese), the subsequent framing of charge without the interpreter's assistance and without explaining the accusation in a language understood by India Law Library Docid # 2436546
(178) SMT. ANNU SHARMA ALIAS SWATI Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125 — Interim Maintenance — Commencement Date — Mandate of Rajnesh v. Neha — Maintenance should ordinarily be granted from the date of the application unless the Court records specific, cogent reasons for granting it from a later date — Family Court granting maintenance from the date of the order (25.02.2025) instead of the date of application (06.04.2019) without India Law Library Docid # 2436547
(179) SMT. POONAM SINHA Vs. BASHANT SINHA[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 13-11-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(i) (Adultery) and Section 13(1)(i-a) (Cruelty) — Divorce — Ground of Adultery and Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage — Husband sought divorce alleging wife was living in an adulterous relationship with another person since 2015 — Wife acknowledged leaving the matrimonial home and living with another person as his wife; police closure report confirms this — Single act of sexual intercourse outside marriage is sufficient to invoke the provision for dissolv India Law Library Docid # 2435845
(180) SHYAMA VERMA Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 13-11-2025 Service Law — Regularization and Seniority — Appointment on Daily Wage Basis — Petitioner appointed as daily wager earlier than Respondent Nos. 4 and 5; juniors (Respondents 4 and 5) were regularized earlier — Petitioner's regularization granted with a condition (Condition No. 8) denying seniority and arrears of monetary benefits — High Court in earlier litigation (WP No. 4803/2011) struck down Condition No. 8 as India Law Library Docid # 2435661