(61) VENUGOPAL KRISHNAMURTHY AND OTHERS Vs. SMT. M. TEJASWINI AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 08-07-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 6 Rule 16 — Striking out pleadings — Order 39 Rule 10 — Deposit of rent — Section 151 — Inherent powers of the Court — Breach of Court Orders — Non-payment of rent — Where a tenant repeatedly and wilfully defies court orders to deposit arrears of rent, despite opportunities and appeals, the court has the power to strike off their defence. India Law Library Docid # 2427633
(62) REENA N Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 08-07-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 17A — Requirement of prior approval for inquiry/investigation against public servant — Scope of ‘on the spot’ arrest exception (first proviso) — Where a public servant (Sub Registrar A2) is alleged to have conspired with another (Peon A1) to demand and accept a bribe, and the bribe money is accepted by A1 after a signal from A2, and both are arrested from the office (spot of occurrence), the exception under the first proviso to Section 17A India Law Library Docid # 2427634
(63) M/S MAN INDUSTRIES (INDIA) LTD. Vs. INDUSTRIES COMMISSIONER, COMM. AND IND.DEP AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 08-07-2025 Madhya Pradesh Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017 (MPGST Act) — Sections 6 & 7 — Exemption from tax — Notification No. A-3(1)-95-ST-V (43) dated 06.06.1995 — Non-Resident Dealer (NRI Unit) — Eligibility — Conditions for exemption for a “new industrial unit” — Requirement of fresh NRI investment — Where an existing “Saw Pipe Division” of a company was granted Non-Resident Dealer (NRI Unit) status based on NRI investment meeting the 26% equity criteria, and subsequently, a India Law Library Docid # 2427635
(64) NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA Vs. NIRMAL KUMAR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-07-2025 National Highways Act, 1956 — Section 3G(2) — National Highways Act, 1956 — Section 3G(1) — Compensation for acquisition of land and easementary rights — Entitlement of landowners to enhanced easement amount — Where initial award of compensation by the Competent Authority for Land Acquisition (CALA) included easement amount under Section 3G(2) and was never challenged by the acquiring authority (NHAI), and subsequently the compensation for the acquired land was India Law Library Docid # 2427636
(65) THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, JAIPUR CITY Vs. JAI LAL BAIRWA[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 08-07-2025 Service Law — Probation — Termination during probation — Concealment of material facts (criminal case pendency) — Natural Justice — Article 311(2) of Constitution of India, 1950 — Where the stated reason for termination of a probationer is unsatisfactory performance, but the actual reason, as admitted in written statement, is concealment of material facts (criminal case pendency) at the time of appointment, such termination becomes punitive and stigmatic — In such India Law Library Docid # 2427637
(66) DIWAKAR NATH TRIPATHI Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 07-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 156(3) — Power of Magistrate to direct investigation — Scope and Exercise of Discretion — Magistrate has discretionary power to order police investigation into a cognizable offence disclosed in an application; this power must be exercised cautiously and with judicial mind, especially to filter out baseless or false allegations, ensuring that genuine cases India Law Library Docid # 2427608
(67) PAMIDIKALVA MADHUSUDHAN Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-07-2025 Criminal Procedure — Sections 480 and 483, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Bail application — Offence under Sections 409, 420, 477A, 120B read with 34 IPC — APPSC Group-I Mains Examination irregularities – Role of private agency (Accused No.2) in manual evaluation. India Law Library Docid # 2427609
(68) ANITA YUVRAJ NAIK Vs. STATE OF GOA AND OTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (GOA BENCH)] 07-07-2025 Service Law—Promotion—Retrospective Promotion—Consideration for promotion—Fundamental Right vs. Vested Right—Delay in convening DPC—Administrative Reasons—Back wages and consequential benefits. India Law Library Docid # 2427610
(69) SUMIT KUMAR KUNDU (MADHABI KUNDU SINCE DECEASED) AND OTHERS Vs. SUBHRA KUNDU AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 07-07-2025 Indian Succession Act, 1925 — Sections 63, 68, 232 — Will — Grant of Letters of Administration — Holographic Will — Proof of Will — Suspicious Circumstances — Delay in Disclosure — Continuous Cause of Action — Mutation in Revenue Records — Waiver. India Law Library Docid # 2427611
(70) MIHIJAM VANASPATI LTD AND ANOTHER Vs. SHINING VYAPAR PVT LTD AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 07-07-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 23 Rule 1(4) — Abandonment of Claim — Maintainability of Counter-claim — Where a winding-up petition was dropped by a Supreme Court order, and the Supreme Court noted an “amicable resolution” “for the time being” and directed expedition of a pending civil suit, this does not imply abandonment of the monetary claim in the civil suit or its counter-claim —The India Law Library Docid # 2427612
(71) MUKESH KUMAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 07-07-2025 Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code, 1959 — Section 125 — Disputes regarding boundaries — Jurisdiction of Revenue Authorities vs. Civil Courts — Determination of Title — Revenue authorities (Tahsildar/Additional Tahsildar) acting under Section 125 of the Code, 1959, are empowered to identify and demarcate land boundaries — However, they lack jurisdiction to decide questions of title or the validity of sale India Law Library Docid # 2427613
(72) AMIT KHANNA Vs. STATE NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 07-07-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Sections 8(c), 22, 37 — Buprenorphine — Commercial Quantity — Bail — Anticipatory Bail — Rejection — Buprenorphine is a psychotropic substance under the NDPS Act, and its possession/sale in commercial quantities without proper authorization constitutes an offence — The argument that it is also covered by the Drugs & Cosmetics Act India Law Library Docid # 2427614
(73) VITRAG CORPORATION AND OTHERS Vs. GURMITKAUR PREMJIT BHATIA AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-07-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 – Order 43 Rule 1 – Appeal from Order – Scope of Appellate Review – An appellate court, when exercising powers under Order XLIII Rule 1, should not disturb a discretionary injunction order passed by a trial court merely because another view is possible — Interference is warranted only if the impugned order is demonstrably erroneous, perverse, arbitrary, and/or contrary to India Law Library Docid # 2427615
(74) CHAIN SINGH Vs. RAMESHWAR DUTT[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-07-2025 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 62 — Usufructuary Mortgage — Right to Redeem — Limitation — A usufructuary mortgagor’s right to recover possession under Section 62 crystallizes when the mortgage money is paid out of rents and profits, or partly by payment/deposit by the mortgagor — Until such payment or deposit occurs, the limitation period for redemption does not commence under Article India Law Library Docid # 2427616
(75) HANS RAJ Vs. SITA DEVI & OTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-07-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Motor Accident Claims — Gratuitous Passenger vs. Owner of Goods/Representative — Insurance Liability — When an individual is traveling in a goods carrying vehicle alongside their own goods, they are considered an “owner of goods” or their “representative,” not a gratuitous passenger — In such cases, the insurer is liable to indemnify the owner for compensation India Law Library Docid # 2427617
(76) SEHRAN WANI Vs. THE UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 07-07-2025 Public Safety Act (PSA) — Preventive Detention — Grounds for Quashing Detention Order — Mechanical application of mind — Failure to provide full record to detenue — No clear information about right to make representation to detaining authority — Absence of live and proximate link between past activities and detention order — The detention order is invalid if it is based on outdated and vague India Law Library Docid # 2427618
(77) N.P.RAJANI AND OTHERS Vs. RADHA NAMBIDI PARAMBATH AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 07-07-2025 Hindu Law — Daughters’ Right to Property — Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 (Act 39 of 2005) — Kerala Joint Family System (Abolition) Act, 1975 (Act 30 of 1976) — Repugnancy — The Kerala Act, which eliminates the right by birth in ancestral property, conflicts directly with the Central Act of 2005, which grants daughters equal coparcenary rights by birth — The Central Act, being later and specifically addressing the same field of “joint family” and “succession”, prevails India Law Library Docid # 2427619
(78) MUMTAJUDDIN Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 07-07-2025 Criminal Law – Murder (IPC, S. 302) – Conviction based on circumstantial evidence – Hostile witnesses – Evidentiary value – The evidence of a prosecution witness, even if they turn hostile, does not get completely wiped out and remains admissible, provided it is corroborated by other reliable evidence and found dependable upon careful scrutiny. India Law Library Docid # 2427620
(79) BULBUL KHATOON Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHER[PATNA HIGH COURT] 07-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 125 — Maintenance of Wives, Children and Parents — Object and Scope — The objective of granting maintenance is to ensure that the dependent spouse is not reduced to destitution or vagrancy due to the failure of marriage; it is not a punishment to the other spouse. India Law Library Docid # 2427621
(80) RAJ KUMAR Vs. RAJENDER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 372 Proviso — Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Appeal against acquittal — Complainant as ‘victim’ — A complainant in a case under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, qualifies as a ‘victim’ within the meaning of Section 2(wa) of the Cr.P.C. (now Section 2(1)(w) of BNSS, 2023) and therefore has the right to file an appeal against India Law Library Docid # 2427622