(101) V. SHREE GANDHI AND OTHERS Vs. KALAMANI AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 23-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 and Order XLI Rule 33 — Appeal against Judgment and Decree — Parties referred to as per their array in the Original Suit. India Law Library Docid # 2434778
(102) M. MAHER DADHA AND OTHERS Vs. MR. S. MOHANCHAND DADHA AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 23-10-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Setting aside of arbitral award — Grounds for interference — Violation of principles of natural justice — Family elders as arbitrators — Award passed by lay arbitrators should not be judged by standards of legally trained minds — Focus on whether a possible view was reached based on India Law Library Docid # 2434779
(103) V.V. MURUGESAN Vs. RAJENDRAN AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 23-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Substantial Question of Law — Appeal under Section 100 CPC involves substantial question of law — Concurrent findings of fact by Trial Court and First Appellate Court on execution of sale deeds for valid consideration and handing over of possession — Plaintiff's claim that India Law Library Docid # 2434780
(104) RAMESHAN Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 22-10-2025 Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 351 — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr. P.C.) — Section 313 — Examination of accused — Accused permanently exempted from personal appearance owing to being employed abroad — Application to allow counsel to answer questions on behalf of accused India Law Library Docid # 2434953
(105) METRRO WASTE HANDLING PVT. LTD. Vs. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 21-10-2025 Contract Law - Concession Agreement — Scope of Work — A petitioner challenged a tender invitation (NIT) arguing it breached their existing Concession Agreement. The court considered whether the NIT scope of work for collecting and transporting "mixed waste (under foul condition)" overlapped with the petitioner's India Law Library Docid # 2434252
(106) INHABITANTS OF BLOCK HARWAN Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 17-10-2025 Panchayati Raj Act, 1989 and Control of Building Operations Act, 1988 — Jurisdiction — Interpretation of Government Orders — Areas under jurisdiction of LCMA excluded from Panchayati Raj Act for building permissions — Held, Government Order dated 01.04.2022 clearly states that Government Order No. 11-RD&PR of 2022 dated 22.01.2022 (under Panchayati Raj Act) is not applicable in areas falling under the India Law Library Docid # 2434067
(107) ARSHAD AHMED Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 17-10-2025 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Sections 3 and 4 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 366, 376 and 109 — Bail — Presumption of culpability under Section 29 of POCSO Act is rebuttable and not absolute — Prosecution needs to establish foundational facts before invoking presumption — Burden shifts to accused to rebut presumption — Accused is India Law Library Docid # 2434096
(108) UNION OF INDIA Vs. M/S D. KHOSLA AND CO.[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 17-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 47, Rule 1 — Review of judgments — Grounds for review — Scope of review petition is limited and not an appeal in disguise — permissible grounds include discovery of new evidence, error apparent on face of record, or any other sufficient reason. India Law Library Docid # 2434097
(109) PARDEEP DUBEY Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 17-10-2025 Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 — Detention order — Challenge based on procedural lapses, illegible documents, non-consideration of representation, delay in decision, and lack of application of mind — Detenu under illegal detention pursuant to an order based on two FIRs that resulted in bail due to procedural lapses — Grounds of detention solely India Law Library Docid # 2434098
(110) ABDUL QAYOOM Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 17-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent powers of High Court — Quashing of FIR — Allegations of mala fide intent and abuse of process — FIR registered due to civil dispute and personal vendetta — Court must apply circumspection in exercising inherent powers. India Law Library Docid # 2434095
(111) M/S B S ENVIRO N INFRACON PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. VIJ CONTRACTS PVT. LTD.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 17-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — Appeal — Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 13 — Assailing judgment and decree dismissing suit for recovery — Issue pertains to whether a document constituted full and final settlement of claims up to a certain date. India Law Library Docid # 2434207
(112) KUNDAN SINGH NEGI Vs. STATE[DELHI HIGH COURT] 17-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) — Appeal against conviction — Rape, Hurt, Wrongful Confinement, Criminal Intimidation — Prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt — Appreciation of evidence — Conduct of prosecutrix before and after alleged incident — Conduct of prosecutrix indicating consensual relationship which turned sour — Acquittal. (Paras India Law Library Docid # 2434208
(113) MOHINDER KUMAR VERMA Vs. VINOD RAJORIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 17-10-2025 Agreement to Sell — Forfeiture of advance payment — Absence of forfeiture clause — Advance payment as part of purchase price — Cannot be summarily forfeited unless contract clearly characterises it as earnest/security — Buyer's statutory protection under Section 55(6)(b) of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Refund of advance with interest and statutory charge — Equity and conduct of parties India Law Library Docid # 2434209
(114) SANJEEV CHADHA Vs. D.P.SACHDEVA AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 17-10-2025 Probate and Administration — Limitation — No specific period of limitation for grant of probate or letters of administration — Residuary provision of Article 137 of Limitation Act, 1963 applies (3 years) — Right to apply accrues when necessary, not necessarily within 3 years of death — It is a continuous right exercisable anytime after death as long as the right survives. India Law Library Docid # 2434210
(115) RITA RAJ Vs. PABITRA ROY CHAUDHURI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 17-10-2025 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 19 — Appeal against judgment of Family Court — Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Cruelty — Dissolution of marriage — Appeal against decree of divorce granted on grounds of cruelty — Court upheld the Family Court's decision, finding sufficient evidence of sustained mental cruelty by the wife against the husband, including abusive text messages and verbal India Law Library Docid # 2434211
(116) KU. PANCHASHILA UTTAM THORAT Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA,[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 17-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction appealed against — FIR lodged by accused herself stating she committed murder — FIR inadmissible as confession to police under Section 25 of Evidence Act — Conviction solely based on FIR and circumstantial evidence — Appeal entertained. India Law Library Docid # 2434373
(117) PARSHURAM SHANKAR UIKE Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 17-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Circumstantial evidence — Homicidal death — Prosecution must prove death was homicidal — Postmortem report showing multiple grievous head injuries and cause of death as hemorrhage and shock due to head injury, supported by witness testimony of victim found with bleeding injuries, establishes a homicidal death. India Law Library Docid # 2434374
(118) TUKARAM S/O REKHA (REKHU) RATHOD DIED AS PER L. RS. AND OTHERS Vs. SHAM BALKRISHANRAO SELUKAR, DIED, THROUGH HIS L.RS. AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 17-10-2025 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Section 22 — Preferential right to acquire property — Applicability — Intestate property — Joint family property — Right of preemption under Section 22 is available to Class I heirs — In an undivided joint family, where property devolves upon two or more Class I heirs, other Class I heirs have a preferential right to acquire the interest of a co-heir proposing to transfer it. India Law Library Docid # 2434377
(119) NEERAJ SHARAD GANGLA AND OTHERS Vs. MANTRI BUILDING CONDOMINIUM AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 17-10-2025 Limitation Act, 1963, Article 109 — Suit by Hindu governed by Mitakshara law to set aside father's alienation of ancestral property — Period of limitation is 12 years from when alienee takes possession — Property in question was ancestral property, father alienated undivided half share through Declaration and Deeds of Transfer — Time for filing suit began from date of execution of Deeds of Apartment, as India Law Library Docid # 2434525
(120) SUDHADEVI AND OTHERS Vs. MAHARASHTRA STATE WARE HOUSING CORPORATION[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 17-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 11, Explanation V and Order 20, Rule 12 — Res judicata and Mesne Profits — A claim for future mesne profits does not arise at the time of filing of the suit for possession, therefore, it is not covered by Section 11, Explanation V of the Code of Civil Procedure. A fresh proceeding for future mesne profits is maintainable even if the decree in the suit for possession is India Law Library Docid # 2434530