(321) 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
(322) 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
(323) 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
(324) 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
(325) 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
(326) 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
(327) 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
(328) 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
(329) 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
(330) 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
(331) 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
(332) 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
(333) 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
(334) 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
(335) 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
(336) 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
(337) KIRTI JAIN AND OTHERS Vs. CHAMANLAL JAIN AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 22 Rule 4 — Substitution of Legal Representatives (LRs) of deceased defendant — Rejection of application — Rejection of substitution application merely for non-filing of death certificate and family tree, despite lack of opposition from defendants regarding legal heirs, is erroneous, especially when the power of substitution is inherent to the court and should be India Law Library Docid # 2435720
(338) SHANTI BAI JARWAL Vs. SMT. MANJU KUNARE AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 17-10-2025 Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (Senior Citizens Act, 2007) — Section 16(1) — Right to Appeal — Interpretation — An appeal under Section 16(1) is maintainable only at the instance of a "senior citizen or a parent" aggrieved by an order of the Tribunal, and is not maintainable at the instance of a child, relative, or any other "aggrieved person" — The language of Section 16(1) is plain, unambiguous, and restrictive, and must be read as it is, without India Law Library Docid # 2435721
(339) ANKIT RATHORE AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 17-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302/34, 449/34, 376(d)/34, 376(dh) — Murder and House-trespass for capital offence — Circumstantial Evidence — Conviction based on circumstantial evidence requires full establishment of circumstances, consistency only with guilt, conclusive nature, exclusion of every other hypothesis, and a complete chain of evidence — Mere suspicion cannot replace legal proof — India Law Library Docid # 2435722
(340) STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS Vs. RANBIR SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 17-10-2025 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Not a matter of generosity — Pursuit of substantial justice cannot prejudice the opposite party — Delay should not be condoned as a matter of course — Sufficient cause must be shown. India Law Library Docid # 2435237