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(141) MS. ARCHANA WANI Vs. INDIAN BANK (ERSTWHILE ALLAHABAD BANK) AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 17-10-2025
Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) — Sections 13(2) and 13(4) — Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) — Appeal under Section 17 — Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Section 7 — Default in loan repayment — Recovery proceedings initiated under SARFAESI Act and IBC — Petitioner sought direction for disclosed benchmark for One Time Settlement (OTS) and to compel Bank to settle. Court held
India Law Library Docid # 2434531

(142) SREI EQUIPMENT FINANCE LIMITED Vs. RAJESH BAJIRAO KHANDEWAR AND OTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 17-10-2025
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Sections 14, 31, 3(27) — Moratorium — Approval of Resolution Plan — Applicability to Consumer Complaints — Proceedings initiated before a Consumer Commission during the moratorium period imposed under Section 14, or after the approval of a resolution plan under Section 31, are unenforceable against the corporate debtor and its new management. A direction
India Law Library Docid # 2434536

(143) SRI SURESH G. NANWANI Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 17-10-2025
Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1963 — Sections 136(3), 136(2), 129(6) — Revision petition against mutation entry — Appeal against mutation entry order — Maintainability of appeal — Mutation entry in revenue records does not confer title — Revenue authorities can make entries based on source of title — Appellant’s claim to land based on a grant order that was not fully substantiated for the entire extent
India Law Library Docid # 2434544

(144) DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT Vs. SRI ASADHULLAH KHAN AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 17-10-2025
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 — Section 42 — Appeal to High Court — Section 8 — Adjudication — Section 2(u) — Proceeds of crime — Properties mortgaged to a bank as security for loans cannot be considered proceeds of crime under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, especially when the bank itself was a victim of the alleged conspiracy.
India Law Library Docid # 2434545

(145) BASAVARAJ Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 17-10-2025
Karnataka Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1957 — Rule 10(3) — Suspension — Application of mind — Requirement — Competent authority must examine relevant material, consider prima facie evidence, and then decide on suspension — Order of suspension cannot be mechanical.
India Law Library Docid # 2434556

(146) KARETI VENKATA SUBBA REDDY Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND ANOTHER[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 17-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 447, 420, 506 read with 34 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — Abuse of process of law — Criminal proceedings stemming from a civil dispute — Several civil suits were already pending between the parties regarding the property in question, with one suit even having an ad interim injunction in favour of an accused
India Law Library Docid # 2434626

(147) DINESH KUMAR RANA Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 17-10-2025
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 7 — Demand of illegal gratification — Essential element for offence — Proof of demand is sine qua non for an offence under Section 7 or Section 13 of the Act — Mere possession or recovery of amount without proof of demand is insufficient to constitute an offence — Apex Court judgments support this principle — Clear and unimpeachable evidence of demand or
India Law Library Docid # 2434696

(148) AMJAD Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 17-10-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Inherent powers of High Court — Power to be exercised sparingly and cautiously to prevent abuse of process of court and secure ends of justice — High Court should be slow to interfere if prima facie case is made out — Criminal proceedings should not be quashed at the initial stage unless allegations are inherently improbable or absurd.
India Law Library Docid # 2434697

(149) P. SAMYNATHAN AND ANOTHER Vs. D. MURUGAN[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 17-10-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — Appeal against judgment and decree — Suit for recovery of money based on promissory note and declaration that settlement deed is null and void — Trial court allowed the suit — First appellate court partially allowed the appeal.
India Law Library Docid # 2434842

(150) JEEVASIVAKUMAR Vs. C.R. CHANDRAN (DIED) THR. LRS.[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 17-10-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of Plaint — Court fee valuation — When considering a petition to reject a plaint, the Court must rely solely on the averments in the plaint and the documents filed with it — Relying on external evidence, such as a valuation certificate produced by the defendant at this stage, is incorrect — The proper procedure for a defendant to dispute valuation is to file a written
India Law Library Docid # 2434843

(151) P.R. SASI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 17-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 419, 420, 468, 471, 120B — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 13(1)(c), 13(1)(d), 13(2) — Criminal Conspiracy and Forgery — Appeal against conviction and sentence. The Court examined the evidence regarding the identity of the accused, the genuineness of alleged forged documents, and the existence of a criminal conspiracy for obtaining a fraudulent loan.
India Law Library Docid # 2434954

(152) GRAM PANCHAYAT OF VILLAGE ACHINTKOT Vs. GURDWARA GURSAR SATLANI SAHIB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 17-10-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Revision petition against order dismissing application for condonation of delay and consequently dismissing appeal as time-barred — Maintainability — Court considering whether such an order constitutes a decree — Analysis of various High Court and Supreme Court judgments on whether dismissal of an appeal on the ground of limitation, after dismissing an application for
India Law Library Docid # 2435201

(153) GURCHARAN SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. MUKHTIAR SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 17-10-2025
Property Law — Co-ownership — Partition — Memorandum of Partition — Even if an unregistered memorandum of partition is not legally effective to sever co-ownership, parties acting upon it and remaining in exclusive possession of their respective portions for a significant period, with subsequent sales and constructions, cannot be prevented from alienating their shares or raising constructions on their possessed portions — The
India Law Library Docid # 2435202

(154) BALBIR SINGH (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS AND OTHERS Vs. RAM CHANDER AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 17-10-2025
Hindu law — Joint Hindu Family property — Alienation by Karta — Legal necessity — Sale of property by karta (Ghasi Ram) challenged by sons (plaintiffs) as illegal and void for want of legal necessity — Plaint alleged Ghasi Ram was a spendthrift person — Written statement by purchasers (defendants) asserted sale was for legal necessity, including repayment of loan for construction, daughter's marriage, and business
India Law Library Docid # 2435203

(155) UNION OF INDIA Vs. KULDEEP KOUR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 16-10-2025
J&K Requisition & Acquisition of Immovable Property Act, 1968 (RAIP Act) — Appeal against Arbitrator's award — Challenge to the compensation rate determined for requisitioned land — Held that the Arbitrator did not err in increasing the compensation rate from Rs. 2,60,000 to Rs. 7,00,000 per kanal, considering the commercial nature of the property and its surroundings.
India Law Library Docid # 2434078

(156) UNITED INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. GURCHARAN SINGH[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 16-10-2025
Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Insurance claim — Breach of policy condition — Non-standard basis — Insurance company cannot repudiate a claim solely on the ground of breach of a condition if the breach has not directly or indirectly contributed to the accident. In such cases, the claim is to be settled on a "non-standard basis" by deducting a proportionate sum or up to 75% of the admissible claim, referencing
India Law Library Docid # 2434079

(157) DEV RAJ Vs. STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 16-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 307, 326, 109, 34 — Murder, Attempted Murder, Grievous Hurt, Abetment, Common Intention — Conviction for murder and attempt to murder based on eyewitness testimony and recovery of service weapon — Evidence established presence of appellants at scene, use of appellant Dev Raj's service rifle, and instigation by appellant Balwan Singh — Plea of self-defence
India Law Library Docid # 2434080

(158) VALLABHBHAI KESHUBHAI PATEL Vs. NITINBHAI BABUBHAI SHAH AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025
Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 108(O) — Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 — Section 13(1)(a) and 13(1)(b) — Suit for eviction on grounds of permanent structural alteration and damage — Defendant evicted for demolishing a load-bearing wall between drawing room and kitchen and installing iron girders — Expert evidence confirmed damage and inability to repair without causing
India Law Library Docid # 2434178

(159) VIJAYVARGIYA KUSUMBEN CHANCHALBHAI AND OTHERS Vs. DHARIYA SURENDRASINH MOHANSINH[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025
Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 6 — Recovery of possession — Suit for — Dispossession — Plaintiff claims to be owner of shop No. 6 and alleges dispossession by defendants — Defendants claim possession of shop No. 6 was given to them in lieu of old shop No. 17, which was leased to defendant No. 3 — Trial court decree for possession in favour of plaintiff — High Court finds plaintiff's ownership admitted and
India Law Library Docid # 2434179

(160) MUKESHBHAI BACHUBHAI PATEL AND ANOTHER Vs. PUSHPABEN AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 16-10-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of Plaint — Limitation — Suit barred by limitation if knowledge of sale deed and its execution is established from the plaint averments and annexed documents — Plaintiffs were aware of the sale deed execution since 2007, with further confirmations in 2012 and 2014, making the 2017 suit time-barred. (Paras 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47, 62, 66,
India Law Library Docid # 2434180