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(1) MUKESH KUMAR SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 26-08-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Compassionate Appointment — Nature and Purpose — Compassionate appointment is an exception to constitutional provisions and not a source of recruitment; its primary purpose is to provide immediate relief to the family of a deceased employee to overcome sudden financial
India Law Library Docid # 2432130

(2) RAMVIR Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 21-08-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 363 and 366 — Kidnapping and abduction of a woman for marriage or illicit intercourse — Appeal against conviction — Victim's testimony and documentary evidence (High School mark sheet) establishing her age as 15 at the time of incident — Prosecution successfully proved all ingredients of the offences.
India Law Library Docid # 2428956

(3) MOHAN LAL SRIVASTAVA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 21-08-2025
U.P. Revenue Code, 2006 — Section 67 — Eviction Proceedings — Appeal Under Section 67(5) — Writ Petition — Consolidation Proceedings — Claim Under Section 9 of U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1951 — Claim Under Section 67-A of U.P. Revenue Code, 2006 — Petitioners claimed land settled as abadi under Section 9 of Act No. 1 of 1952 and alternatively sought settlement under Section 67-A of Code of
India Law Library Docid # 2428957

(4) ANIL BHAUSAHEB PATIL AND OTHERS Vs. SANGLI URBAN COOPERATIVE BANK LTD.[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 21-08-2025
Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960 — Plaintiff Bank owned premises — Ground floor premises rented to tenant — Two suits filed for eviction — One for arrears of rent and bona fide requirement, another for subletting — Both suits decreed by trial court — Appeals dismissed by District Court — Revision Applications filed in High
India Law Library Docid # 2428961

(5) ESPLANADE STORES AND ANOTHER Vs. LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2025
Tenancy Law — Lease Renewal — Enhancement of Rent — Terms of Lease Deed — Lease renewal clause stipulated a 25% rental enhancement, with the lessor retaining discretion to grant a fresh lease, distinguishing the case from precedents where renewal was unconditional.
India Law Library Docid # 2428962

(6) SMT. SAROJINI MONDAL AND OTHERS Vs. SUKUMAR NASKAR AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2025
Indian Succession Act, 1925 — Sections 63 and 71 — Indian Evidence Act, Section 68 — Will — Execution — Left Thumb Impression (LTI) — Testator is literate — No suspicious circumstances — Held, LTI is permissible, and no requirement to read over and explain the Will to a literate testator — Explanation for LTI (trembling hands) is satisfactory and dispels suspicion.

B. Indian Succession Act, 1925 — Section 63(c)
India Law Library Docid # 2428963

(7) CHAND MEHRA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 21-08-2025
Advocates Act, 1961 — Section 35 — Professional Misconduct — Complaint of professional misconduct against lawyers dismissed by Bar Council of Delhi and Bar Council of India — Appellant failed to establish professional relationship — Lawyers have duty to act on client's instructions and are not obligated to investigate the
India Law Library Docid # 2428966

(8) BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED (BHEL) Vs. XIAMEN LONGKING BULK MATERIAL SCIENCE & ENGG. CO. LTD[DELHI HIGH COURT] 21-08-2025
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Setting aside arbitral award — Grounds for interference — Conflict with fundamental policy of Indian law — Violation of principles of natural justice — Award rewritten contract terms, relied on unpleaded grounds, lacked evidentiary basis — Court can interfere where award shocks
India Law Library Docid # 2428967

(9) STATE OF H.P. Vs. GHAMBO DEVI[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 21-08-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 397 — Revisional Jurisdiction — Scope of — High Court in revision is not an appellate court and can only rectify patent defects, errors of jurisdiction or law.

B. Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 397 — Revisional Court cannot re-appreciate evidence unless there is perversity or gross
India Law Library Docid # 2428968

(10) M.K. ARAVINDAKSHAN Vs. M.R. PRADEEP AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2025
Kerala High Court Act, 1958 — Section 5 — Writ Appeals — Scope of writ jurisdiction — Civil dispute — Police Protection — Adjudication of civil rights ordinarily falls within the domain of civil courts, not writ courts under Article 226
India Law Library Docid # 2428971

(11) SULAIMAN M.S. AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2025
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 3(f) — Public Purpose — Definition of public purpose is restricted and does not include acquisition of land for companies. Acquisition for educational institutions is limited to schemes sponsored by the Government
India Law Library Docid # 2428972

(12) ISHWAR CHAND (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS Vs. MADAN PAL AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2025
Pre-emption — Waiver/Acquiescence of Right — A party cannot waive or acquiesce in a right they do not possess at the time of the alleged waiver or acquiescence.
India Law Library Docid # 2428973

(13) JAGTAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2025
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 – Section 18 – Bar on anticipatory bail – Application for pre-arrest bail dismissed by lower court – Appeal filed – Whether allegations in FIR disclose essential ingredients of offence under SC/ST Act – Held, allegations must be specific and articulate to attract Section 18 – Vague allegations of using "casteist remarks" without specifying the words used, do not
India Law Library Docid # 2428974

(14) MARKAPUDI VENU LAKSHMI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-08-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Sections 3, 4 — Indian Penal Code, 1860, Sections 498-A, 506 — Allegations of dowry demand and harassment — Charge sheet filed against accused No.1 only, stating allegations against petitioners (parents and brother of accused No.1) not established — Magistrate took cognizance based on protest petition — Petitioners
India Law Library Docid # 2428958

(15) SMT. PERIKALA INDRAVENAMMA Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-08-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 151 — Inherent Powers of Court — Condonation of Delay — Stay of Proceedings — Application for condonation of delay in filing Writ Appeal and for stay of dispossession in respect of land pending disposal of the appeal.
India Law Library Docid # 2428959

(16) GARIKAPATI BHAGAVANTHAM, KRISHNA Vs. K. VENKAESHWARARO AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-08-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 151, Order 32 Rule 3 — Appointment of Guardian for Minor — Application for appointment of guardian for minors in a suit — Court appointed father as natural guardian — Plaintiff's own admitted evidence stated father attended to welfare and education, performed marriages of sisters and elder brother — No specific allegations against father's conduct — Plaintiff's father represented him
India Law Library Docid # 2428960

(17) DEVENDRA KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. MANHARAN LAL (DIED) THROUGH LRS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 20-08-2025
Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 — Section 8 — Powers of natural guardian — Transfer of immovable property of minor — Sale of minor's property without court permission — Voidable — Guardianship requires court permission to sell minor's property, failure to obtain makes sale voidable at minor's instance
India Law Library Docid # 2428964

(18) KESHBO (DIED) THROUGH LEGAL HEIRS Vs. TEJRAM AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 20-08-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Scope of — High Court's jurisdiction is confined to substantial questions of law, not findings of fact — Re-appreciation of evidence by High Court is permissible only in specific circumstances, such as ignoring material evidence or applying law erroneously, not
India Law Library Docid # 2428965

(19) SMT. MANPREET GILL MAINI AND OTHERS Vs. BALDEEP KAUR SIDDHU AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-08-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — Appeal against order allowing application under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC — Dismissal of suit by trial court — Appellants seeking partition of property — Contentions regarding territorial jurisdiction, identification of property, non-joinder of parties, and omission of entire claim — High Court reviewing findings on these issues to determine if trial court erred in dismissing the suit prematurely
India Law Library Docid # 2428969

(20) SHRI SANJEET MORE AND OTHERS Vs. BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-08-2025
Service Law — Compulsory Retirement — Dispensing with Enquiry — Employee who voluntarily absented himself from service for a prolonged period and was found to be working elsewhere without prior intimation to employer, was compulsorily retired. The employer dispensed with the enquiry under Rule 30 (ii) of B.H.E.L. CDA Rules, 1975, stating that holding an enquiry was not reasonably practicable due to the employee's untraceable status. Court found no error in dispensing with the enquiry, citing
India Law Library Docid # 2428970