(501) UNION TERRITORY OF J&K Vs. ISHFAQ AHMAD ZARGAR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 10-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 227 and 228 — Framing of Charge and Discharge — Scope of Judicial Review — The object of Sections 227 and 228 Cr.P.C. is to ensure that the accusation is not frivolous and that there is sufficient material for proceeding against the accused — At the stage of framing charge, the court must sift the evidence to determine if a prima facie case is made out, but the final India Law Library Docid # 2436300
(502) HAKEEM ABID MUBARAK Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 10-11-2025 Service Law — Appointment — Selection Process — Post Vacancy due to non-joining of selected candidate — Petitioner seeking appointment against the resultant vacancy based on merit — Respondent-Institute claimed selected candidate (Mohsin Qadir Wani) joined and resigned, making fresh selection necessary (referencing Sudesh Kumar Goyal v. State of Haryana) — Finding: Evidence showed the selected candidate India Law Library Docid # 2436301
(503) KARAM CHAND Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 Service Law — Recovery of Excess Salary/Payment — Claim by retired teachers (Assistant Teacher/Headmaster) seeking refund of amounts recovered from their retiral dues (Gratuity) due to alleged erroneous pay fixation — Department admitted that excess payment was due to error in pay determination and not on account of fraud or involvement of the employee — Applicability of State of Punjab & others vs. Rafiq India Law Library Docid # 2436536
(504) SURESH KUMAR JAIN Vs. STATE (GOVT. OF NCT DELHI)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 Anticipatory Bail Application — Multiple Applications — Successive applications for anticipatory bail are not to be entertained, especially when the accused is absconding and not cooperating with investigations, and no significant change in circumstances or law has occurred since the rejection of earlier applications. India Law Library Docid # 2435124
(505) M/S SHREE BALAJEE ENTERPRISES AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S MAHASHIAN DI HATTI (MDH) PVT LTD[DELHI HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of Plaint on grounds of lack of territorial jurisdiction — Held, while the court must consider the content of the application, if the plaint raises a cause of action, even if disputed, the consequence of failure to prove jurisdiction would be return of plaint, not rejection. India Law Library Docid # 2435125
(506) BIJENDER SINGH Vs. GOVT. OF N.C.T. OF DELHI AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 Delhi Police (Punishment & Appeal) Rules, 1980 — Rule 15(2) — Preliminary enquiries — Cognizable offence disclosed — Approval for departmental enquiry or criminal prosecution — Rule requires prior approval of Additional Commissioner of Police regarding appropriate course of action — In this case, departmental enquiry India Law Library Docid # 2435126
(507) MD. MOFAZZULAR RAHMAN AND OTHERS Vs. MD. SARFARAZ ALAM AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 22 Rule 3 and Order 30 Rule 4 — Substitution of legal heirs — Partnership firm — Death of partner — Legal heirs unwilling to join firm — Partnership deed allows surviving partners to purchase deceased partner's share if heirs are unwilling — Death of partner does not automatically dissolve India Law Library Docid # 2435135
(508) ASHOK SARAF AND OTHERS Vs. ASANSOL DURGAPUR DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 2(1)(c)(vi) — "Commercial dispute" — Construction and infrastructure contracts, including tenders — A development agreement for a housing project involving the construction of roads, sewerage, and drainage systems, which arises from a tender process, falls under this category and constitutes a commercial dispute. The distinction between pure construction agreements and India Law Library Docid # 2435140
(509) SRI. RAMPADA JANA Vs. SRI. MANIKLAL SAMANTA[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955 — Sections 8 & 9 — Right of Pre-emption — Co-sharer — To claim pre-emption, the applicant must prove they are a co-sharer in the plot of land. If a plot of land is transferred with specific demarcation, the purchasers of different demarcated portions do not become co-sharers with each other. India Law Library Docid # 2435141
(510) JOGINDER SINGH Vs. SURJIT KAUR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 53A — Part performance — Protection of possession delivered in part performance of agreement to sell — For attracting this principle, there must be a contract to transfer for consideration of immovable property, in writing and signed by the transferor, from which terms can be ascertained; the transferee must have taken possession in part performance, done India Law Library Docid # 2435219
(511) ALLAUDDIN AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 10-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 243U — Duration of Municipalities — Mandatory nature of five-year term ("and no longer") — Term of Municipality is fixed for five years from the date of its first meeting and no longer; this period is mandatory and cannot be extended for any reason, except in exceptional circumstances like natural calamities/law and order breakdown, but such India Law Library Docid # 2435893
(512) VIJAYAKUMAR DESHMUKH Vs. THE COMMISSIONER OF EXCISE AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (KALABURAGI BENCH)] 10-11-2025 Karnataka Excise (General Condition of Licences) Rules, 1967 — Rule 17-A — Transfer of Licence upon Death of Licensee — Precondition for transfer — Rule 17-A permits the transfer of a licence to a legal heir upon the death of the licensee, but this transfer presupposes the "existence of a licence at the time of death of the licence holder." — Where the licence holder ceased to renew the licence decades before India Law Library Docid # 2435896
(513) VINAY AGGARWAL Vs. STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) AND OTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — Inherent powers of High Court — Petitioner challenged dismissal of his criminal complaint and subsequent upholding of that dismissal by revisional court. Held that the High Court has inherent powers to quash proceedings if the lower courts India Law Library Docid # 2435123
(514) PRATAP PATEL ALIAS PRATAP SINGH Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 Criminal Law — Murder — Conviction solely based on Circumstantial Evidence (Last Seen Theory) — Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302 — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Section 374(2) — Prosecution case rested on "last seen together" theory, recovery of weapon (axe) based on appellant's memorandum (Section 27, Evidence Act), and forensic evidence — Assessment of evidence showed that witnesses India Law Library Docid # 2435664
(515) NEW INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. SMT. SUKRANIYA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 2(28) — Definition of 'Motor Vehicle' — Jurisdiction of Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (MACT) — Excavators/Earth Moving Machines — Whether an excavator is a 'motor vehicle' under the Act and falls under MACT jurisdiction — An earth moving machine (excavator/poclain) adapted for use on roads, duly registered with the Transport Department, and bearing a valid registration India Law Library Docid # 2435665
(516) RAMAAVATAR @ RAMOTAR PRAJAPATI AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 Railways Act, 1989 — Section 124-A — Untoward incident — Claim for compensation — Death while crossing railway tracks — Even if deceased crossed railway tracks unauthorizedly, claim for compensation may be maintainable if death occurred due to an “untoward incident” and Railway Administration failed in its statutory duty to ensure safety by preventing unauthorized access to tracks — Contributory negligence or unauthorized entry alone does not automatically absolve Railway India Law Library Docid # 2435666
(517) BINU SENGAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 10-11-2025 Representation of the People Act, 1950 — Section 13-B(2) — Representation of the People Act, 1951 — Section 159 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 324(1), 324(6), 327, 51-A(d) — Appointment of Booth Level Officer (BLO) — Anganwadi Workers (Aaganwadi Karyakarta) challenge appointment as BLOs citing impact on primary duties (ICDS, nutrition provision) and non-regular employment status — Contention that instructions from Women & Child Development Department (seeking India Law Library Docid # 2435667
(518) CHRISTIAN WOMANS BOARD OF MISSION AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 Leasehold Property — Renewal of Lease — Discretionary nature — Conditionality — Renewal of a lease for government land is not an inherent or automatic right of the lessee; it is a discretionary act of the lessor (State), contingent upon the lessee’s fulfillment of the lease terms and compliance with the public/charitable purpose of the grant — Where a lessee (Christian Woman’s Board of Mission/UCNITA) is found to be in persistent breach of lease conditions, including unauthorized alienation/sale India Law Library Docid # 2435842
(519) MICHAEL MAHESH CHRIS SALDANHA Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 Arms Rules, 2016 — Rule 25 (1) (b) — Grant of licence to legal heirs — Transfer of firearm and licence during lifetime of licensee — Condition precedent for seeking transfer — Rule 25 (1) (b) allows transfer of a firearm licence to a nominated legal heir if the existing licensee has attained the age of 70 years or has held the firearm for 25 years, whichever is earlier — The conditions for such transfer are the satisfaction of other India Law Library Docid # 2435876
(520) ARUMILLI KASI VISWANADHAM Vs. RIMMALAPUDI KRISHNA VENI AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Interference with finding of fact — High Court cannot ordinarily interfere with findings of fact arrived at by the first appellate Court (the final Court of facts) unless such findings are erroneous, contrary to mandatory provisions of law, contrary to settled position of law based on Apex Court pronouncements, or based upon inadmissible evidence or without evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2436196