(581) ALI HAIDER SHAH Vs. STATE OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 18-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 190(1)(a) & 190(1)(b) — Cognizance of offences — When closure report is filed and Magistrate disagrees, Magistrate can either treat protest petition as a complaint under Section 190(1)(a) and follow procedure of Chapter XV CrPC, or take cognizance under Section 190(1)(b) based on case dairy alone, but not mix both. India Law Library Docid # 2434129
(582) TUFAIL AHMAD ZARGAR Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 18-09-2025 Preventive Detention — Grounds for Detention — Vagueness and Lack of Specificity — Order of detention quashed as grounds were vague, imaginary, and lacked specific allegations or references to past conduct, making them insufficient for preventive detention under the Public Safety Act. India Law Library Docid # 2434134
(583) SEEMA GUPTA Vs. STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Indian Succession Act, 1925 — Section 290 & Schedule VII — Letters of Administration — Form prescribed — Mandatory compliance — Power to issue Letters of Administration must be exercised as prescribed by law, and other modes are forbidden — Deviation from statutory form by additions, deletions or modifications is impermissible — Undermines legislative mandate and creates inconsistency — Appeal India Law Library Docid # 2434240
(584) K Vs. STATE NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Sections 6, 16, 17, 21 — Abetment by parent — Conviction and Sentence — Appeal challenging conviction of mother (appellant) for abetting the repeated penetrative sexual assault on her minor daughter by a co-accused — Appellant’s conduct, including silencing the victim, beating her when she resisted, directing her to submit to the co-accused for financial reasons, and permitting the co-accused to sleep between them on the same be India Law Library Docid # 2434241
(585) ABID SHIRAZ MERCHANT Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 43 — Appeals from orders — Temporary Injunction — Appellate jurisdiction in appeal against discretionary order — Appellate court should not interfere with the trial court’s discretion unless it was exercised arbitrarily, capriciously, or perversely, or ignored settled legal principles — Appellate court cannot re-evaluate material to reach a different conclusion if the trial court's India Law Library Docid # 2434367
(586) TALAKSHI M. SHAH (DELETED SINCE DECEASED) Vs. KUM. PRAVINA PURUSHOTTAMDAS NAGARAWALLA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 54 — Agreement for sale — Does not create interest or title in immovable property. Conveyance Deed — Unregistered — Does not transfer title. India Law Library Docid # 2434368
(587) KRISHANABAI BHAUSAHEB GORE AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Maharashtra Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1947 — Section 31A — Correction of clerical or arithmetical mistakes in a consolidation scheme — Power can be exercised to correct genuine errors, even after a long period, provided the original scheme was not properly enforced and the erroneous entries remain on paper. India Law Library Docid # 2434369
(588) MOHAMMAD ULLAH KARIMI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Sections 12, 29, 20(1)(d), 20(2), 20(3) — Maintenance — Residence — Revision against appellate court order directing brothers to pay maintenance and permit residence — Revision allowed — Held, respondent failed to establish by documentary evidence entitlement to maintenance or residence from brothers under DV Act, Section 125 Cr.P.C., or India Law Library Docid # 2434604
(589) NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. HUKAM SINGH RAWAT AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal From Order — Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal Award — Dependency — Compensation Claimants who are brothers of the deceased are considered legal representatives and entitled to file a claim petition, even if married and living separately, especially in the context of Indian families where joint living arrangements and financial interdependence are common. The fact that names are registered separately in a village family register India Law Library Docid # 2434605
(590) MOHD. ABBAS Vs. M/S NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal against award of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Owner appealing award fastening liability on him to recover compensation from him — Tribunal awarded compensation and allowed insurer to recover amount from owner — Appeal filed by owner. India Law Library Docid # 2434606
(591) M/S BABU RAM JAGDISH PRASAD AND ANOTHER Vs. SMT. SHAIL NAGALIA AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 U.P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 — Section 21(1)(a) — Bona fide requirement of landlord — Eviction proceedings — Scope of Article 227 — High Court's supervisory jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution of India is neither appellate nor intended for re-examination of factual findings. Interference is warranted only if a subordinate authority acts without India Law Library Docid # 2434607
(592) SMT. KALAWATI (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS Vs. PRADEEP KUMAR AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 U.P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 — Section 21(1)(a) — Release Application — Landlord-Tenant relationship — Prescribed Authority's jurisdiction — Proceedings under Section 21(1)(a) are summary in nature and limited to examining if the petitioner is a landlord and the need is bona fide, not adjudicating intricate questions of title. India Law Library Docid # 2434608
(593) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. SHOORBIR SINGH NEGI[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Civil Service Rules — Recovery of dues — Recovery of alleged penal rent from a Group 'C' employee after retirement is impermissible if it causes undue hardship or is arbitrary, especially when the employee has retired or is due to retire soon. India Law Library Docid # 2434609
(594) THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. SMT. SAJIYA KHANAM AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 18-09-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeals — Power to review award — Uttarakhand Motor Vehicles Rules, 2011, Rule 223 — Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC), Order XLVII Rule 1 — Proceedings before Claims Tribunal are not subject to review on merits, as CPC Order XLVII Rule 1 is expressly excluded — India Law Library Docid # 2434610
(595) KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD LIMITED Vs. M/S POOJA MILK FOODS (P) LTD[KERALA HIGH COURT] 17-09-2025 Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 42(5) — Consumer Grievance Redressal Forum (CGRF) — Licensee's right to challenge CGRF orders — CGRF is an institutional grievance redressal forum, part of the licensee's decision-making framework — Licensee is bound by CGRF's orders, and cannot challenge them via writ petition unless the order is passed without jurisdiction or in excess of authority, or is a India Law Library Docid # 2433000
(596) DILIP SHANKAR GANG JAIN Vs. REHMATH A.R[KERALA HIGH COURT] 17-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 65 — Purchaser's title — Vesting of title relates back to the date of sale upon confirmation — When a prior sale is confirmed, title vests from the date of the sale, even if the confirmation occurred after a subsequent sale. India Law Library Docid # 2433001
(597) MALLA JAGGA RAO Vs. THE WORD TEACHER COOPERATIVE HOUSE BUILDING SOCIETY LTD, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY WTCBS LAYOUT AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Scope of Interference — High Court cannot substitute its opinion for the First Appellate Court unless findings are erroneous, contrary to law, or based on no evidence — Re-appreciation of evidence is not permitted if First Appellate Court exercised its discretion judicially. India Law Library Docid # 2433043
(598) SUNKARA PAWAN KUMAR @ CHINNA @ SUNKARA Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389(1) — Suspension of Sentence and Grant of Bail — Appeal Against Conviction of Murder and Offences Under SC/ST Act — Appellant sought bail and suspension of sentence pending disposal of appeal against conviction for murder, wrongful confinement, kidnapping, and offences under SC/ST Act — High Court dismissed the appeal, confirming the conviction and sentence, finding the prosecution proved the guilt beyond a reasonable India Law Library Docid # 2433044
(599) G.ADENNA Vs. A RAGHAVENDRA CHOWDARY[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 151 CPC — Interlocutory Applications — Temporary Injunction and amendment of plaint — Applications filed for temporary injunction to restrain alienation of suit property and to amend the plaint to include a prayer for refund of advance amount with interest — These applications are ancillary to the main appeal. India Law Library Docid # 2433045
(600) KARLAPALEM VENKATA KRISHNA GOKUL Vs. KARLAPALEM VENKATA NAGABHUSHANA RAO[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 20, Rule 5 and Order 14, Rule 2 — Trial Court judgment — Failure to decide each issue with reasons, discuss evidence of all witnesses, and address primary relief (cancellation of Will) — Judgment did not conform to mandatory requirements of CPC — Trial Court acted mechanically without applying its mind to facts and issues — Judgment is vitiated and amounts to no judgment in the eyes of law — Such a judgment deprives a party of the right to India Law Library Docid # 2433046