(421) STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH Vs. KATURI VINODH KUMAR[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 31-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Powers of Appellate Court — An Appellate Court should not ordinarily interfere with an acquittal unless the lower court's approach is vitiated by manifest illegality, the conclusion is perverse, or leads to a miscarriage of justice — Merely because two views are possible, the view favoring the accused taken by the trial court should generally be India Law Library Docid # 2436227
(422) NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. CHITTIBOYINA VIJAYA LAKSHMI AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 31-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 (Compensation under) — Delay in Lodging First Information Report (FIR) — Effect on Claim — Delay in lodging FIR cannot be grounds to doubt claimant's case; common man prioritizes victim's treatment over immediately rushing to police — Courts must examine evidence closely in case of delay, but if no indication of fabrication or concoction is found, claim cannot be dismissed India Law Library Docid # 2436228
(423) PATTA SATHIBABU AND OTHERS Vs. AKKALA SARVE VIJAYA KUMAR AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 31-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 18 Rule 17, Section 151 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 45 — Reopening of suit and referring documents for expert opinion — Comparison of disputed signatures — Suit for cancellation of sale deeds based on alleged prior sale deed (Exs. A1, A2, A4) executed by common vendor (Kommu India Law Library Docid # 2436229
(424) GRUHALAKSHMI FINANCE AND OTHERS Vs. ANDAVARAPU GOVINDARAJULU AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 31-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of Plaint — Scope and Ambit — Rejection of plaint is a drastic power to be exercised at the threshold, considering only the averments in the plaint — If the plaint ex facie does not disclose a cause of action or the relief is barred by limitation, the plaint can be rejected — If the foundational facts pleaded squarely attract the bar of limitation, no trial is India Law Library Docid # 2436230
(425) ABDUL LATIEF Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 31-10-2025 Waqf Land/Proprietary Land Dispute — Non-Interference Direction — Petitioner claimed co-ownership and sought direction restraining respondents (Waqaf Board/Revenue) from interfering with or dispossessing him from his proprietary land on the garb that it was Waqf land (Khanka Sharif) — Respondents admitted petitioner's ownership/possession over land under specific Khasra numbers (124 and 125) — High Court directed respondents not to evict or interfere with petitioner's India Law Library Docid # 2436273
(426) MUSHTAQ AHMAD SHAH AND OTHERS Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 31-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent powers of High Court — Quashing of FIR — Whether continuation of proceedings would amount to abuse of process of law — FIR lodged based on civil dispute between parties concerning property — Allegations giving a criminal colour to a purely civil matter — Growing tendency of complainants to convert civil disputes into criminal cases to wreak India Law Library Docid # 2436303
(427) INHABITANTS CUM ESTATE HOLDERS OF VILLAGE KHIMBER AND OTHERS Vs. UT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 31-10-2025 Revenue Law and Administration — Shamilat Land — Proprietary Rights — Challenge to Government Order restraining issuance of revenue extracts for "Shamilat Land" (Section 5) in village Khimber — Order No. 03-FC (Rev.) of 2024 dated 24.04.2024 quashed to the extent it barred issuance of revenue extracts for sale/purchase of Rule 5 Shamilat Land — High Court holds that rights and incidents India Law Library Docid # 2436304
(428) NAVRATAN KUMAR SHANT AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 31-10-2025 Criminal Procedure — Transfer of Cases — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS, 2023) — Section 447 — High Court’s power to transfer cases — Grounds for transfer — Applicant sought transfer of a criminal case (Sections 323, 504, 506 IPC) from Kashipur to Nainital primarily alleging apprehension that the respondent (an Advocate) might implicate them in further false cases if the case remains in Kashipur — India Law Library Docid # 2436500
(429) PAWAN KUMAR AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 31-10-2025 Uttar Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1901 — Sections 34, 35, 39, 40A — Mutation Proceedings — Nature and Scope — Proceedings for mutation of names in revenue records under Sections 34 and 39 are summary in nature and serve a merely fiscal purpose (i.e., for payment of land revenue) — Such proceedings do not create, extinguish, or adjudicate title to the property — Title must be decided by a competent India Law Library Docid # 2436501
(430) THANGADURAI Vs. SWAMIDOSS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 30-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Cheque dishonour — Compounding of offences — Criminal revision petition filed after conviction and dismissal of appeal — Parties entered into compromise outside court — Entire compensation and costs paid — High Court can compound offence exercising inherent powers to secure ends of justice, even at appellate or revision stage — Object of Act is India Law Library Docid # 2434841
(431) DEVARAJ RENGAN Vs. ESWARAN[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 30-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Compounding of offence — Offences under Section 138 of NI Act are compoundable — Parties entered into a Memorandum of Compromise and settled the dispute amicably — Full settlement amount paid by demand draft — Conviction and sentence stands annulled. India Law Library Docid # 2434764
(432) EROS INTERNATIONAL MEDIA LTD. Vs. REELS ENTERTAINMENT PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 9 — Applications for interim measures post award — Maintainability — Award became final in 2021, but no steps taken for enforcement until an execution petition was filed in September 2025 — Applications under Section 9 filed in October 2025 — Held not maintainable as the award was ripe for enforcement and the applicant had delayed significantly in pursuing India Law Library Docid # 2434765
(433) STATE OF KERALA Vs. SUBRAMANIAN NAMBOOTHIRI[KERALA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 307, 323, 324, 34 — Appeal against acquittal — High Court powers — Appellate court can review evidence thoroughly and reverse acquittal if trial court's findings are perverse, based on misreading or non-reading of evidence, or lead to grave miscarriage of justice. India Law Library Docid # 2434854
(434) ANIL K EMMANUEL Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 216 (BNSS Section 239) — Addition of charge — Public prosecutor's application to add charge — Maintainability — Courts have the power to alter or add charges even after evidence is adduced and arguments are heard, provided no prejudice is caused to the accused — Even an informant or victim can seek alteration/addition of charge, therefore a India Law Library Docid # 2434855
(435) MUHAMMAD SHAREEF. C AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Kerala Registration of Marriages (Common) Rules, 2008 — Rule 11 — Registration of second marriage of a Muslim man when first wife is alive — Requirement of notice to first wife — Constitution of India — Articles 14 and 15 — Equality before law and prohibition of discrimination — Although Muslim Personal Law permits polygamy under certain conditions, registration of a second marriage India Law Library Docid # 2434856
(436) M/S. TATA BRICKS COMPANY Vs. RAJASTHAN STATE POLLUTION[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Environmental Law — Imposition of Environmental Compensation by State Pollution Control Board — Competence — Lack of Statutory Backing — Held, State Pollution Control Boards can impose environmental compensation only after necessary subordinate legislation in the form of Rules and Regulations is notified, detailing the principles and procedure and incorporating principles of natural justice. India Law Library Docid # 2435159
(437) DR. RAJENDER SINGH Vs. JIWAJI UNIVERSITY AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 30-10-2025 Madhya Pradesh Vishwavidyalaya Adhinimyam, 1973 — Sections 3(xx), 18, 24(x), 35, 49, 63 — Statute No. 20 (Other Officers of the University) — UGC Regulations, 2010 — Writ Petition challenging retirement at 62 years and seeking continuation till 65 years at par with teachers — Director of Physical Education (DPE) — The post of DPE is defined as 'Other Officer' under Section 18 read with Statute No. 20, not as a 'Teacher' India Law Library Docid # 2435707
(438) PRAHLAD THAKUR Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 (Murder) — Appeal against conviction — Appreciation of evidence — Reliability of alleged eye-witnesses — Major contradictions between testimonies of crucial prosecution witnesses (PW-1 and PW-4, brothers of deceased) regarding how they were notified of the incident, how they reached the spot, and procedural actions post-incident (calling Dial 100 vs. taking Dial 100, mode of transport to police station) — Contradiction regarding place of lodging FIR (PWs India Law Library Docid # 2435708
(439) M/S RAM HARI MOTORS PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE BANK OF INDIA[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Sections 14(1), 101, 96, 94 — Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 138, 141 — Moratorium effect on criminal proceedings — The moratorium under IBC, intended to provide a breathing space for a corporate debtor to reorganize financial affairs, does not extend to criminal proceedings, particularly those under Section 138 of the NI Act. Such proceedings are India Law Library Docid # 2434936
(440) UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER Vs. KIRAN BALA AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal against award of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Award of compensation — Undertaking by deceased — Undertaking by a deceased person for themselves does not bar their family members from claiming compensation for death in a motor accident — Such undertaking by the deceased on behalf of dependents is not valid. India Law Library Docid # 2434937