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(141) VIJAY KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 27-10-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 319 — Summoning of additional accused — Power described as extraordinary and discretionary — Should be exercised sparingly and only with strong, cogent evidence showing guilt, not on mere probability or suspicion — Mere reiteration of allegations found unsubstantiated during investigation is insufficient — Trial court's discretion to dismiss application for summoning additional
India Law Library Docid # 2435245

(142) BACHAN KAUR AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 27-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 419, 467, 468, 471, 120-B — Cheating, Forgery, Using Forged Document, Criminal Conspiracy — Modified sentence appeal — Conviction upheld but sentence reduced to period already undergone — Delay in trial is a significant factor for leniency — Court considers facts, circumstances, age, social status, financial hardship, and mental agony.
India Law Library Docid # 2435246

(143) MR.SAMPRAS ANTHONY Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 25-10-2025
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 64 — Rape — Quashing of proceedings — Consensual sex versus rape — Meeting on dating app — Physical intimacy alleged to be non-consensual after withdrawal of consent — Petitioner claims chats demonstrate consensual acts — Court's duty to distinguish between breach of promise to marry and false promise — Mere disappointment in a relationship does not
India Law Library Docid # 2434540

(144) MR.FAKIRAPPA HATTI Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 25-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376, 417, 323, 506 — Rape, Cheating, Assault, Criminal Intimidation — Quashing of Proceedings — Section 482 Cr.P.C. — Consensual relationship — Breach of promise to marry — False promise — Supreme Court held that a consensual sexual relationship for three years between parties, even if there was a promise of marriage that was not fulfilled, does not constitute rape or cheating — The complainant, who was already married with three children, cannot
India Law Library Docid # 2434541

(145) RAJU APPASAB GHEND AND OTHER Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 25-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304-B — Dowry death — Essential ingredients are: death of a woman caused otherwise than under normal circumstances within seven years of marriage; victim subjected to cruelty or harassment by husband or relative in connection with demand for dowry; husband or relative deemed to have caused her death — Presumption arises under Section 113B of Evidence Act if
India Law Library Docid # 2434555

(146) DENABOINA LAVAN KUMAR Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 25-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 386, 420, 468, 471, 447, 427, 506 read with 34 — Quashing of FIR — allegations of forged documents, land mutation, and threats — Held, prima facie ingredients of the said sections are attracted — Pendency of civil suits not a ground to quash criminal proceedings — Investigation at nascent stage should not be stifled — Court should exercise power under Section 482 Cr.P.C.
India Law Library Docid # 2434624

(147) JAGATHAMBAL (DIED) THR. LRS. Vs. S. JAMUNA AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 24-10-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 1 read with Section 96 — Appeal against Judgment and Decree — Setting aside of lower court’s decision regarding partition and validity of Will.
India Law Library Docid # 2434775

(148) PERS ENTERPRISES PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. AAVANOR SYSTEMS LLP[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 24-10-2025
Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 13 — Appeals against judgment and decree — Appeals filed challenging a common judgment and decree passed by a Learned Single Judge in two suits concerning a software work order dispute.
India Law Library Docid # 2434776

(149) SOMASUNDARAM Vs. DINAKARAN[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 24-10-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Substantial question of law required — The appeal was dismissed as there was no substantial question of law involved, and the judgment of the First Appellate Court was confirmed.
India Law Library Docid # 2434777

(150) SUNNY Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 24-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 341 and 307 — Wrongful Restraint and Attempt to Murder — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Accused attempted to pour acid into victim's mouth and then poured it on her head after she rejected his marriage proposal — Defence argued victim committed the act herself — Court found
India Law Library Docid # 2434950

(151) MINI ZAKIR Vs. M/S. PHOENIX ARC PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 24-10-2025
Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) — Section 18(1) proviso — Appeal to DRAT — Pre-deposit — Interpretation of ‘debt due’ — Future interest — 'Debt due' includes accrued and future interest up to the date of filing the appeal before the DRAT. —
India Law Library Docid # 2434951

(152) JAMES MATHEW AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 24-10-2025
Wild Life Protection Act, 1972 — Sections 40(4) and 42 — Notification for declaration of ivory by State Government — Publication in Official Gazette — Mandatory requirement — Non-publication renders notification void ab initio and unenforceable — Government orders and ownership certificates issued based on such
India Law Library Docid # 2434952

(153) MUNIREDDY REDDY Vs. REGISTRAR OF CO OPERATIVE SOCIETIES AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 23-10-2025
Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959 — Disqualification of Director — Surety for loan — Petitioner, a Director and President of a Co-operative Society, stood as surety for a loan. The principal borrower defaulted. The Petitioner sought to retire as surety unilaterally. The Society's Board passed a resolution allowing the Petitioner's retirement. Subsequently, the Petitioner was disqualified as a Director
India Law Library Docid # 2434542

(154) SMT. MEERA M.R Vs. SRI GANGADHARA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 23-10-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 1 Rule 10 and Section 151 — Impleading party — Will proceedings — Caveatable interest — A person claiming interest adverse to the testator, like claiming occupancy rights to the property subject to the Will, and who is not an heir by succession, cannot be impleaded as a party respondent to oppose the grant of Letter of Administration — Such a person does not
India Law Library Docid # 2434543

(155) V. PRADEEP AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 23-10-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14, 16, 21 — Regularization of service — Contract employees — Petitioner appointed as Junior Engineer (Electrical)/Contract Manager in 2011, having completed 13 years of service — Respondents rejecting regularization claim — Petitioner arguing appointment was legal, contravening conditions of service regulations, principles of natural justice, and constitutional
India Law Library Docid # 2434625

(156) 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

(157) 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

(158) 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

(159) 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

(160) 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