(301) DILRAKHAN TIRKY Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 12-12-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304-B — Dowry Death — Essential ingredients — For sustaining conviction, prosecution must prove: (i) death by burns, injury, or unnatural cause; (ii) death within 7 years of marriage; (iii) woman subjected to cruelty or harassment soon before death; and (iv) cruelty/harassment connected with dowry demand — Elements (i) and (ii) (suicide within 7 years of marriage) admitted; controversy India Law Library Docid # 2437532
(302) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. MAHERIYA SINDHUKUMAR DEVJIBHAI AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 12-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against Acquittal — Principle of double presumption — Appellate court's power to review: An appellate court has full power to review, reappreciate, and reconsider evidence in an acquittal appeal, and may reach its own conclusions on law and fact; however, it must bear in mind the double presumption of innocence in favor of the accused (initial presumption and reinforcement by trial court acquittal); Interference is justified only if the India Law Library Docid # 2437816
(303) HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORPN. LTD. Vs. HEIRS OF DECD. SHISHIRKUMARI ALLAS FLORABEN AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 12-12-2025 Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 (Rent Act) — Section 29(2) — Revision — Scope — The revisional jurisdiction under Section 29(2) is limited to correcting errors that make a decision contrary to law and go to the root of the decision, but it does not confer the power to rehear the matter or reappreciate evidence — The fact that a different view on evidence is possible is not a ground for exercising India Law Library Docid # 2437817
(304) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. JAYANTIBHAI @ LANGHO CHIMANBHAI SOLANKI[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 12-12-2025 Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376AB — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 — Sections 5(m) read with 6 — Rape on a child below 12 years of age — Sentencing — Death Penalty confirmed under Section 376AB IPC and Section 5(m) read with 6 POCSO Act by Trial Court — Commutation of sentence — Principles of rarest of rare case — Trial India Law Library Docid # 2437818
(305) PANKAJ ZAVERCHAND HARIA AND OTHERS Vs. NONE[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 12-12-2025 Succession Act, 1925 — Section 232 — Grant of Letters of Administration with Will Annexed — Application rejected by Civil Court primarily for lack of No Objection Certificate from daughters of the deceased — Daughters subsequently providing No Objection Affidavits before the High Court on appeal — Effect on outcome — Where the deceased made a Will but did not appoint an executor, Section 232 governs the grant of Letters of Administration to a universal or residuary legatee — Public notice of the India Law Library Docid # 2437819
(306) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. PATEL AMBALAL DWARKADAS AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 12-12-2025 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (Atrocity Act) — Investigation by Officer Below Rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police (Dy.SP) — Effect on Trial — Where offences relate to both Atrocity Act and Indian Penal Code (IPC), investigation by a Police Sub Inspector (PSI) for IPC offences, if subsequently part of a charge-sheet filed by a Dy.SP, does not automatically render the India Law Library Docid # 2437820
(307) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Vs. DEEPAK KUMAR[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against Acquittal — Scope of High Court's Interference — Principles for Reviewing Acquittal — The High Court, while dealing with an appeal against acquittal, has full power to review, reappreciate and reconsider the evidence; however, the scope of interference is limited — Interference is warranted only if the judgment of acquittal suffers from patent perversity, is based on misreading/omission of material evidence, India Law Library Docid # 2437995
(308) KHUSHAL CHAND AND OTHERS Vs. KANCHNA DEVI AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 100 — Scope of Second Appeal — Interference with findings of fact — High Court cannot ordinarily interfere with findings of fact arrived at by the First Appellate Court, the final court of facts, unless such findings are erroneous, contrary to mandatory provisions of law, settled legal position, based on inadmissible evidence, or arrived at without evidence — Re India Law Library Docid # 2437988
(309) RAGHUBIR SINGH (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS SATNAM KAUR AND OTHERS Vs. KANAURA RAM AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Scope of interference — Concurrent findings of fact — High Court cannot re-appreciate evidence to substitute its own view for a plausible finding of fact arrived at by the first appellate court — Interference in Second Appeal is restricted to cases involving a substantial question of law, or where findings are perverse, based on no evidence, or India Law Library Docid # 2437989
(310) K.VIJAYARANGAM (DECEASED) Vs. M/S. BAJAJ PROMOTERS PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 12-12-2025 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of Delay — Seeking Condonation of Delay of 3110 Days in Filing Civil Revision Petition — Order Challenged: Dismissal of Application (I.A.No.16309 of 2013) to Condone Delay of 1350 Days in Setting Aside Ex-parte Decree — Requirement of Sufficient Cause — The court must restrict inquiry to whether applicant provided sufficient cause for delay; merits of main suit are secondary until sufficient cause is established — India Law Library Docid # 2438123
(311) L.MUNIYANDI Vs. K.DINESH RAJA[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 12-12-2025 Tamil Nadu Regulation of Rights and Responsibilities of Landlords and Tenants Act, 2017 — Section 4(2) — Section 21(2)(a) — Eviction — Splitting of Tenancy — Requirement of Joint Action by Co-lessors — The premises (a factory shed constructed over 3600 sq.ft of land jointly owned and rented out by two co-owners) was let out under a single agreement for a consolidated rent — The respondent (one co-owner) filed an eviction petition against the tenant, restricting the claim only to his India Law Library Docid # 2438124
(312) G.MANGAYARKARASI Vs. ELIZABETH AMIRTHAKANNU AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 12-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 23 Rule 1(3) — Withdrawal of suit with liberty to file fresh suit — Requirements for granting leave — Court must be satisfied and record reasons/finding that the defect is "formal" or that there are "sufficient grounds" warranting leave — Such discretion must be exercised judiciously, not in a routine manner or on mere asking — Trial court's order granting leave without identifying or recording reasons for the existence of a formal defect or India Law Library Docid # 2438125
(313) A.RAJAKUMARI AND OTHERS Vs. JOINT COMMISSIONER ZONAL II, HR & CE DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 12-12-2025 Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959 — Section 78 — Encroachment on Temple Property — Land belonging to Temple — The property in question belongs to the Arulmigu Ekambareswara Thirukoil, administered by the HR & CE Department — Appellants/Writ Petitioners admitted in 2016 that the land belongs to the Temple and that substantial rent arrears were due, which amounts to India Law Library Docid # 2438126
(314) SHRI PUNDLIK DAGU HOLGADE AND OTHERS Vs. SHRI PANDURANG KASHINATH HIRE (SINCE DECEASED THROUGH LEGAL HEIRS) AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 11-12-2025 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 58(c) — Mortgage by Conditional Sale vs. Sale with Condition to Repurchase — Determination of Nature of Transaction — The intention of the parties is the determining factor, primarily gathered from the recitals and language of the document itself — If the language of the document is plain and unambiguous, it must be given its true legal effect based on the nature of the India Law Library Docid # 2436976
(315) M/S. AFSANA ENTERPRISES THROUGH PROPRIETOR MR. JAFFER MOHD. SAMI KHAN AND OTHERS Vs. THE ASSISTANT MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONER AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 11-12-2025 Bombay Municipal Corporation Act, 1888 — Section 351 — Unauthorized construction — Challenge to notice and speaking order confirming unauthorized nature of commercial structures — Duty to prove existence prior to datum line (01.01.1961) — Appellants, claiming occupancy as tenants, relied on stray, vague, and insufficient documents (rent receipts from 1990s/2000s, and recent electricity India Law Library Docid # 2436977
(316) SATISH KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 11-12-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 18 and 19 — Omission of land details in Objection Petition — Correction of Objections — Application under Sections 151-153 CPC for correction of inadvertently omitted Killa numbers in Section 18 objection petition, filed after Reference Court and First Appeal proceedings, must be allowed — Section 18 does not mandate landowner to provide specific land details, India Law Library Docid # 2436946
(317) M/S R.C. SOOD & COMPANY LTD. Vs. INDRA SETHI AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 11-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 2 Rule 2 — Bar to subsequent suit for specific performance — Distinction between suit for Permanent Injunction and Specific Performance — Earlier suit for declaration/injunction filed in 1985 based on apprehension of alienation (distinct cause of action) — Earlier Courts upheld that claiming specific performance in 1985 would be premature due to statutory India Law Library Docid # 2436947
(318) KRISHNA MANDADI Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 11-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent powers of High Court — Quashing of First Information Report (FIR) and consequential proceedings — Offence under Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, Section 304-A (Causing death by negligence) — Allegation against Managing Director and Engineer of a construction company after a child drowned in a pothole at the construction site — Absence of prima facie case — Principles governing quashing of FIRs enunciated in State of Haryana vs. India Law Library Docid # 2437113
(319) MITARAM Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 11-12-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Conviction challenged — Homicidal death established through medical evidence (Postmortem report, medical officer testimony) — Cause of death: Hemorrhagic shock due to severe head injury caused by "axe" (sharp and heavy object) — Eyewitness testimony: PW4 (mother of deceased) testified that the accused (father) assaulted the deceased (son) on the head with an axe following a quarrel over money demand — Corroboration: Circumstantial evidence, including seizu India Law Library Docid # 2437114
(320) ABDUL RAHMAN ABDUL RAZZAQUE AND OTHERS Vs. CHOTI MASJID TRUST[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 11-12-2025 Waqf Act, 1995 — Section 69 — Waqf Scheme — Interpretation and Clarification of ambiguous clauses (8 C and 8 D) for conducting elections — Need for Standard Operational Procedure (SOP) pending Scheme modification — Where the existing scheme framed by the Joint Charity Commissioner is ambiguous regarding the electoral process (specifically clauses 8 C and 8 D), the High Court may provide clarification to ensure free and transparent elections until the Waqf Board modifies the Scheme, despite India Law Library Docid # 2437120