(61) ABDUL QAYOOM Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 17-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent powers of High Court — Quashing of FIR — Allegations of mala fide intent and abuse of process — FIR registered due to civil dispute and personal vendetta — Court must apply circumspection in exercising inherent powers. India Law Library Docid # 2434095
(62) 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
(63) 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
(64) 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
(65) 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
(66) 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
(67) KU. PANCHASHILA UTTAM THORAT Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA,[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 17-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction appealed against — FIR lodged by accused herself stating she committed murder — FIR inadmissible as confession to police under Section 25 of Evidence Act — Conviction solely based on FIR and circumstantial evidence — Appeal entertained. India Law Library Docid # 2434373
(68) PARSHURAM SHANKAR UIKE Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 17-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Circumstantial evidence — Homicidal death — Prosecution must prove death was homicidal — Postmortem report showing multiple grievous head injuries and cause of death as hemorrhage and shock due to head injury, supported by witness testimony of victim found with bleeding injuries, establishes a homicidal death. India Law Library Docid # 2434374
(69) TUKARAM S/O REKHA (REKHU) RATHOD DIED AS PER L. RS. AND OTHERS Vs. SHAM BALKRISHANRAO SELUKAR, DIED, THROUGH HIS L.RS. AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 17-10-2025 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Section 22 — Preferential right to acquire property — Applicability — Intestate property — Joint family property — Right of preemption under Section 22 is available to Class I heirs — In an undivided joint family, where property devolves upon two or more Class I heirs, other Class I heirs have a preferential right to acquire the interest of a co-heir proposing to transfer it. India Law Library Docid # 2434377
(70) NEERAJ SHARAD GANGLA AND OTHERS Vs. MANTRI BUILDING CONDOMINIUM AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 17-10-2025 Limitation Act, 1963, Article 109 — Suit by Hindu governed by Mitakshara law to set aside father's alienation of ancestral property — Period of limitation is 12 years from when alienee takes possession — Property in question was ancestral property, father alienated undivided half share through Declaration and Deeds of Transfer — Time for filing suit began from date of execution of Deeds of Apartment, as India Law Library Docid # 2434525
(71) SUDHADEVI AND OTHERS Vs. MAHARASHTRA STATE WARE HOUSING CORPORATION[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 17-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 11, Explanation V and Order 20, Rule 12 — Res judicata and Mesne Profits — A claim for future mesne profits does not arise at the time of filing of the suit for possession, therefore, it is not covered by Section 11, Explanation V of the Code of Civil Procedure. A fresh proceeding for future mesne profits is maintainable even if the decree in the suit for possession is India Law Library Docid # 2434530
(72) MS. ARCHANA WANI Vs. INDIAN BANK (ERSTWHILE ALLAHABAD BANK) AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 17-10-2025 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) — Sections 13(2) and 13(4) — Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) — Appeal under Section 17 — Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Section 7 — Default in loan repayment — Recovery proceedings initiated under SARFAESI Act and IBC — Petitioner sought direction for disclosed benchmark for One Time Settlement (OTS) and to compel Bank to settle. Court held India Law Library Docid # 2434531
(73) 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
(74) 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
(75) 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
(76) BASAVARAJ Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 17-10-2025 Karnataka Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1957 — Rule 10(3) — Suspension — Application of mind — Requirement — Competent authority must examine relevant material, consider prima facie evidence, and then decide on suspension — Order of suspension cannot be mechanical. India Law Library Docid # 2434556
(77) 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
(78) 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
(79) 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
(80) 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