(161) 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
(162) 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
(163) 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
(164) 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
(165) 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
(166) 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
(167) 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
(168) 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
(169) 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
(170) 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
(171) 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
(172) 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
(173) 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
(174) 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
(175) 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
(176) 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
(177) 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
(178) 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
(179) 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
(180) 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