(301) P.V.SHALINI Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 07-10-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 16 — Reservation — Horizontal reservation for women — Implementation of — Government Orders directing implementation of horizontal reservation for women candidates in direct recruitment as per Supreme Court judgments were issued post applicant's notification and interview process — Such G.Os. were clarifications of earlier orders and were applied prospectively from India Law Library Docid # 2434616
(302) DODDA GANDHI PRASAD Vs. SIRIPURAPU SUDHARSHANA RAO[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 07-10-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 19 — Enforcement of contract against subsequent transferees — Agreement of sale only confers rights/liabilities between parties — Not binding on third parties like original owners or subsequent agreement holders unless they derive title from a party to the contract. India Law Library Docid # 2434617
(303) SWARGAM VENKATA SWAMY, DIED PER LRS Vs. ELIGETI PRABHAKAR[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 07-10-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 12 — Partial Specific Performance — Allowed when unperformed portion is minor, severable, and compensable — Trial court judiciously confined relief to the remaining portion of the property after part was alienated to a third party. India Law Library Docid # 2434618
(304) PRAVEEN KUMAR GOEL Vs. MRS. BINA KUMARI PARIHAR[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Complaint for — Quashing of summoning order — Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. — High Court’s power is extraordinary and residuary, to prevent abuse of process or secure ends of justice, not a substitute for trial or appeal — Magistrate only required to be satisfied that complaint discloses a prima facie case — Court under India Law Library Docid # 2434677
(305) SURESH CHAND Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Appeal against conviction — Prosecution case based on testimony of an alleged eyewitness — Court meticulously analyzed evidence, particularly the discrepancies in the timeline and the sequence of events as narrated by prosecution witnesses — Key issues included the delay in naming the accused in the initial police report, inconsistencies in the India Law Library Docid # 2434678
(306) MAHENDRA PRATAP Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accident Claims Petition — Appeal against award — Appeal dismissed for lack of merit — Evidence including FIR, eyewitnesses, and post-mortem report established accident due to rash and negligent driving of offending vehicle — Driver's admission and owner's initial admission through power of attorney corroborated evidence — Retraction of India Law Library Docid # 2434679
(307) SANJAY KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. PANCHAYATI AKHADA NIRMALA[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 10 CPC — Withdrawal of Suit — Trial court permitting unilateral withdrawal of application to withdraw suit and decreeing it without reconsidering the application after affording hearing to both parties, as directed by revisional court, amounts to short-circuiting the process and vitiates the proceedings. India Law Library Docid # 2434680
(308) GOPI CHAND AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-10-2025 Uttarakhand Subordinate Education (Trained Graduate Grade) Service Rules, 2014 — Rule 15(6) — Uttar Pradesh Public Services (Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes) Act, 1994 — Section 3(6) — Recruitment — Provisional recommendation list — Reservation policy — Vacancies — Selection process — Candidates belonging to reserved categories securing marks India Law Library Docid # 2434681
(309) T. KRISHNASAMY VANDAYAR Vs. M. BHUVANESWARI AND ANOTHER[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 07-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39, Rules 1 & 2 — Temporary Injunction — Cardinal principles — Prima facie case, irreparable injury, and balance of convenience are essential for granting an injunction — An appellate court should not interfere with the discretion of the trial court unless it was exercised arbitrarily, capriciously, or perversely. India Law Library Docid # 2434786
(310) ARUMUGAM PILLAI Vs. P.CHAKKARAVARTHI[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 07-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Cheque dishonour — Compounding of offence — Parties entered into a Memorandum of Compromise after conviction and appeal — High Court has power to compound the offence and set aside conviction even at the revisional stage, to secure the ends of justice and prevent miscarriage. India Law Library Docid # 2434836
(311) THE MANAGER PARUDUR HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL AND OTHERS Vs. SANTHAKUMARI K. AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 07-10-2025 Kerala Education Rules, Chapter XIVA, Rule 44A(1), second proviso — Appointment of Headmaster — Exemption from test qualification — Teachers above 50 years exempted from acquiring test qualification. India Law Library Docid # 2434872
(312) BHERU SINGH Vs. SMT. SEEMABAI[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 06-10-2025 M.P. Accommodation Control Act, 1961 — Section 23-A and 23-J — Eviction application by widow landlord — Widow status and death of husband not challenged — Landlord falls under Section 23-J(iii) — Eviction for bona fide requirement is permissible. India Law Library Docid # 2433846
(313) SMT. BABITA MOR Vs. CENTRAL MADHYA PRADESH GRAMIN BANK[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 — Section 4(6)(b)(ii) — Forfeiture of gratuity for offence involving moral turpitude — Requires conviction by a competent court — Dismissal from service based on departmental proceedings alone is insufficient to forfeit gratuity under this section unless a criminal offence involving moral turpitude is proven in a court of law. India Law Library Docid # 2433847
(314) RADHESHYAM Vs. DEVKUMAR[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 06-10-2025 Registration Act, 1908 — Section 49 and Section 17(2)(vi) — Effect of non-registration of documents — Requirement of registration of decree — Decree passed by court does not require compulsory registration as per Section 17(2)(vi) of the Registration Act, 1908, except in cases of compromise decrees involving property not subject matter of the suit or creating new rights — In the present case, an ex-parte India Law Library Docid # 2433848
(315) DILESH RAJ BORANA Vs. M/S. UDHOG MANDIR[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of Plaint — Jurisdiction — Where essential ingredients for jurisdiction are not met, the plaint can be rejected. In trademark infringement cases, Section 134(2) of the Trademarks Act, 1999 allows suits to be filed where the plaintiff resides or carries on business, even if the cause of action did not arise there. India Law Library Docid # 2433986
(316) M/S. ZONEX INDUSTRIES Vs. KUNAL CHOUDHARY AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Trademarks Act, 1999 — Section 124 — Stay of proceedings where validity of trademark registration is questioned — Where rectification proceedings for a trademark are pending before the competent forum, a suit for infringement of that trademark must be stayed until the rectification proceedings are finally decided — This includes ancillary issues like punitive damages and rendition of accounts. India Law Library Docid # 2433987
(317) JYOTI RAJPUROHIT AND OTHERS Vs. RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT, JODHPUR, THROUGH ITS REGISTRAR GENERAL AND ANOTHER[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Administrative Law — Judicial Review — Scope of Interference — Courts generally should not re-examine expert committee reports on examination matters, especially when dealing with academic subjects like Hindi grammar, as judges are not experts. India Law Library Docid # 2433988
(318) SUMAN Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 430 — Suspension of Sentence — Conviction based on recovery of medicine wrapper and utensil from kitchen — Held insufficient for conviction without further incriminating evidence — Prosecution must prove case beyond reasonable doubt. India Law Library Docid # 2433989
(319) LALU RAM DANGI Vs. MADAN LAL SINGHVI AND OTHER[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Compounding of offence — Parties have settled the matter and the entire outstanding amount has been paid — Revision petition allowed on the basis of compromise. India Law Library Docid # 2433996
(320) LALU RAM DANGI Vs. MADAN LAL SINGHVI[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Compounding of offence — Parties have settled the matter and compensation has been paid — High Court allowed the revision and quashed conviction and sentence subject to payment of cost as per Supreme Court guidelines. India Law Library Docid # 2434050