(241) SUNIL KUMAR SHARMA Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 17-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Successive Bail Applications — Changed Circumstances — Mere rejection of an earlier bail application does not bar the filing of a fresh application if circumstances have changed post-rejection — Court entertaining a successive application must consider the reasons for the earlier rejection and record fresh grounds that persuade it to take a India Law Library Docid # 2436266
(242) DIWAN SINGH DIYOLIYA AND ANOTHER Vs. MADAN SINGH AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 17-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 9 Rule 13 — Setting aside ex parte decree — Sufficient Cause — Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of Delay — Where the appellate court finds sufficient cause for the defendant’s non-appearance, attributing it to the death of their main counsel and a lack of knowledge of India Law Library Docid # 2436548
(243) METROPOLIS RESIDENT WELFARE ASSOCIATION Vs. REGISTRAR, FIRMS SOCIETIES AND CHITS AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 17-11-2025 Societies Registration Act, 1860 — Section 12-D — Functioning of Society — Membership Cap — Association Byelaws — Challenge to Registrar’s order directing removal of cap on maximum number of members and holding fresh elections — Where maximum membership was capped at 100 while 1600 persons had a stake and paid maintenance charges — Held: Cap on maximum number of members of a Society cannot India Law Library Docid # 2436549
(244) KULDEEP NANDRAJOG Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 17-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 420 (Cheating), 120-B (Criminal Conspiracy) — Regular Bail — Single set of allegations leading to multiplicity of FIRs — Applicant, a Director of a builder company, implicated in an FIR concerning a dispute arising from an agreement for land allotment and residential project development ('Santour City') — Agreement included clauses for India Law Library Docid # 2436550
(245) NUMALIGARH REFINERY LTD. Vs. M/S. SOLAR DESIGN PVT. LTD.[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 17-11-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34(3) — Limitation for setting aside arbitral award — Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (MSMED Act) — Section 19 — Condition of mandatory pre-deposit (75%) — Harmonious Construction — The requirement of pre-deposit of 75% of the award amount under Section 19 of the MSMED Act must be fulfilled within the maximum period of India Law Library Docid # 2436753
(246) DR. K.J. RENUKA Vs. DR. K.RAGHAVENDHAR KARTHIK, M.D.S. AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 17-11-2025 Constitutional Law — Article 26 — Right to Administer Religious Institutions — Denominational Temple — While Article 26 protects the right of a denominational institution to administer its affairs, this right does not extend to mal-administration or illegality — State (Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department) is empowered to interfere and initiate appropriate actions under statutory provisions in India Law Library Docid # 2436754
(247) SHUKAL GUPTA Vs. EMPLOYEES STATE INSURANCE CORPORATION[DELHI HIGH COURT] 15-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 22 Rule 3 — Substitution of Legal Representatives (LRs) — Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of Delay — Limitation — Application for substituting LRs must be filed within 90 days as per Article 120 of the Limitation Act, 1963 — Where LRs filed substitution application after a delay of over two years (871/819 days) based on alleged ignorance of India Law Library Docid # 2435973
(248) ARPIT KUMAR AGRAWAL Vs. SARIKA AGRAWAL[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(i-a) (Cruelty) — Dissolution of Marriage — Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage — Long separation coupled with one spouse's admitted unwillingness to continue the marital relationship constitutes mental cruelty — Where the parties have lived separately for over eleven years (since May 2014) and the wife admits her unwillingness to resume the matrimonial bond and subsequently India Law Library Docid # 2435846
(249) KUMARIL HIRWANI Vs. VISHNU SOREN[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 (Dishonour of cheque for insufficiency of funds) — Section 139 (Presumption in favour of holder) — Appeal against acquittal — Trial Court convicted accused for dishonour of cheque (Rs. 1,50,000) under Section 138 NI Act; Sessions Court acquitted him — High Court re-examined the basis of acquittal by Sessions Court — Requisite presumption under Section 139 arises India Law Library Docid # 2435847
(250) SRI. GANGADHAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959 (KCS Act, 1959) — Section 21(3) — Change of Delegate for Voting in Elections — Requirements — Section 21(3) requires a resolution for changing a nominated delegate to be passed by a two-thirds majority of members present and voting, and must include "substantial reasons" — Where the initial delegate (Respondent No.6) declined to represent the Society, this constitutes a India Law Library Docid # 2435923
(251) MR. GILBERT VAS AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964 — Sections 128 & 135 — Mutation of Revenue Records — Decree of Civil Court — Compromise Final Decree for Partition — Obligation of Revenue Authorities — Section 128 mandates reporting acquisition of rights (including by partition/decree), while Section 135 requires revenue records to be amended in accordance with a civil court's declaration — A final compromise decree India Law Library Docid # 2435924
(252) SRI. H.R. GOPALAPPA Vs. SRI. D. VENKATACHALAPATHI AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Framing of Substantial Questions of Law — Divergent findings by Trial Court and First Appellate Court — Suit for Declaration and Permanent Injunction — Trial Court dismissed the suit — First Appellate Court reversed the finding and granted declaration of ownership but dismissed permanent injunction — Scope of Second Appeal involves analyzing legality India Law Library Docid # 2435925
(253) ANUPAL Vs. CHAIRMAN CUM MANGING DIRECTOR (CMD) AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Compassionate Appointment — Eligibility — Married Daughter — Policy requiring exclusion of married daughters for compassionate appointment is violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India, following the precedent set by the Full Bench in Meenakshi Dubey vs. M.P. Poorva Kshetra Vidyut Vitran Com. Ltd. India Law Library Docid # 2435660
(254) R.R. DASS Vs. GENERAL MANAGER (H.R.D.) AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Service Law — Disciplinary action — Central Bank of India Officer Employees' (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1976 (1976 Regulations) — Competency of Disciplinary Authority — Whether an Assistant General Manager (AGM), Scale V, is competent to impose major penalty of compulsory retirement on a Branch Manager, Scale II — Regulation 5(3) of 1976 Regulations and the Schedule thereto — Disciplinary India Law Library Docid # 2435657
(255) SUBHASH GURJAR Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 311(2) — Dismissal from Service — Necessity of Departmental Enquiry (DE) — Protection afforded to public servants against arbitrary dismissal, removal, or reduction in rank mandates holding a proper inquiry or giving a hearing — Exceptions under Proviso to Article 311(2) Clauses (a), (b), and (c) allow dispensing with DE only under specific conditions (conviction in criminal case, India Law Library Docid # 2435658
(256) SHANTANU BAJPAYEE Vs. DHRAMENDRA AGRAWAL AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 14-11-2025 Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 — Section 307(5) — Unauthorized Construction — Setting aside Trial Court order — Application under Section 307(5) for demolition of illegal construction — High Court found that the respondents had engaged in new construction without obtaining necessary building permission, contrary to their claim of mere repair work — Inspection report by Municipal Commissioner indicating the building was 7-8 years old (consistent with new construction timeline) and India Law Library Docid # 2435659
(257) FRILL INFRA DEVELOPERS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. COLLECTOR OF STAMPS AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Stamp Act, 1899 — Section 50(3) — Refund of Stamp Duty — Limitation — Applicability of Section 50(3) of the Act, which prescribes a six-month limitation period for refund applications when an instrument has been executed, is not mandatory when the entitlement for refund arises under Section 49 and the transaction failed due to fraud — Section 50(3) is not couched in prohibitory terms and does not India Law Library Docid # 2435974
(258) DEEPIKA TALWAR AND ANOTHER Vs. SHALINI CHODHARY SHARMA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 104 read with Order XLIII Rule 1 — Appeal against dismissal of application under Order 39 Rule 4 (Modification of Interim Order) — Property Dispute — Interim Injunction regarding access to terrace — Appellants/Defendants seeking modification of Trial Court Order allowing Respondent/Plaintiff to install a door and retain keys for terrace access — Trial Court dismissed modification application but granted liberty to appellants' tenants to apply India Law Library Docid # 2435975
(259) GANGIREDLA SOMASUNDA NAIDU AND ANOTHER Vs. GANGIREDLA RAJANANDAN RAO (DIED) BY LRS AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Scope of Interference with Findings of Fact — High Court cannot interfere with findings of fact arrived at by the first appellate Court, which is the final Court of facts, unless they are erroneous, contrary to law (mandatory provisions or settled legal position by Apex Court), or based on inadmissible evidence or without evidence — Findings India Law Library Docid # 2436214
(260) K S R T C Vs. P SIVA KUMAR AND OTHER[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Just Compensation — Principles — The determination of "just compensation" must be liberal, not niggardly, applying fair and equitable principles and a reasonable approach, as the determination cannot be equated to a bonanza — The concept is restricted by parameters that are fair, reasonable, and equitable, and a deviation is considered unfair, unreasonable, or not India Law Library Docid # 2436215