(661) STATE OF RAJATHAN Vs. UMED SINGH AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 498-A, 304-B — Appeal against acquittal — Medical evidence confirmed death by strangulation and burning, implicating the husband — However, no connecting evidence found against other co-accused (mother-in-law and brother-in-law) — Husband died during pendency of India Law Library Docid # 2433908
(662) LALA RAM Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN, THROUGH PP[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302 and 120B — Murder and Criminal Conspiracy — Appeal against conviction and sentence — FIR lodged after an inordinate delay of more than one year without satisfactory explanation — Complainant and material prosecution witnesses turning hostile and not supporting the prosecution case — Prosecution heavily relying on FSL report, but the expert India Law Library Docid # 2433909
(663) MOHD. DIN Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K THROUGH SUPERINTENDENT JAIL KATHUA AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 16-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439(1)(a) — Bail — Grant or refusal of bail is a discretionary power of the court — Exercise of discretion must be judicious and cautious, adhering to established legal principles — Each case to be decided on its own merits — No hard and fast rules exist, but several factors are to be considered. India Law Library Docid # 2434126
(664) MOHD. KHALIL Vs. U. T. OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 16-09-2025 Road Construction — Alignment Dispute — Petitioner sought to compel construction of a highway as per an earlier survey and prevent changes to the alignment, alleging favoritism and risks of landslides. The court considered representations, an on-spot inspection, and a committee's detailed order. India Law Library Docid # 2434127
(665) HUMAIRA FAROOQ Vs. IRFAN GHULAM NABI[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 16-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent power of High Court — Quashing of complaint and summoning order — Abuse of process of law — Petitioner invoking inherent powers to quash a complaint under Sections 420, 506 IPC and the Magistrate's order taking cognizance and summoning the petitioner — Allegations of cheating and criminal intimidation — Court examined if essential India Law Library Docid # 2434132
(666) AJAY KUMAR GARG Vs. AMIT KUMAR AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of plaint — No cause of action disclosed — For the purpose of deciding an application under Order 7 Rule 11, the averments in the plaint must disclose a cause of action, and the defence of the defendant is not required to be examined at this stage. India Law Library Docid # 2434245
(667) NILESH GIRKAR Vs. ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED AND AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 10 and 11(a) — Return and Rejection of Plaint — A court cannot return a plaint in part and adjudicate it in part by returning the plaint for some defendants and rejecting it for others. Similarly, a plaint cannot be rejected in part under Order 7 Rule 11. The plaint must be rejected as a whole or not at all. India Law Library Docid # 2434246
(668) SMT UMA DEVI Vs. SATULA DEVI AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) — Order VII Rule 11 — Rejection of Plaint — Scope of powers — A plaint must be read comprehensively and holistically; rejection at the threshold under Order VII Rule 11 is permissible only if the requirements of the rule are strictly met — A Court is not entitled to reject a plaint in part — The pendency of a parallel Probate Petition concerning a Will that is challenged in the Civil Suit may be a India Law Library Docid # 2434285
(669) PRAJAKTA SIDDHESH PARALKAR Vs. SIDDHESH PARALKAR[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Family Court Act, 1984 — Sections 19, 25, 27 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Maintenance application wherein wife sought deposit of sale proceeds of a flat — High Court directing husband to deposit half of sale consideration after loan deduction — Husband's challenge dismissed by review and Supreme Court — Conduct of husband in misleading court and delaying compliance — Court emphasizing duty of India Law Library Docid # 2434366
(670) PRAMOD @ PINTYA Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 16-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Homicidal death — Post-mortem report indicating multiple chop wounds on the head caused by an axe, with medical opinion confirming death due to head injury and possibility of injuries being caused by the seized axe — Defense not disputing homicidal death — Point No. 1 India Law Library Docid # 2434500
(671) ASHISH Vs. SMT. MOHINI AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 16-09-2025 Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Section 2(a), 2(f), 2(s), 3, 12, 17 — Definition of 'aggrieved person', 'domestic relationship', 'shared household', 'economic abuse' — Right to reside in shared household — Applicability of Act to past relationships — The Act applies to women who are or have been in a domestic relationship and who allege domestic violence. This includes women who India Law Library Docid # 2434501
(672) HARIBHAU DNYANDEV CHEMTE Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 246, 318, 337, 339, 340 — Anticipatory Bail Application — Jurisdiction of Police Station — FIR lodged for preparing a forged order intended to affect criminal proceedings already initiated against the applicant — Held, the police station where the original FIR was registered has jurisdiction to investigate the FIR concerning the forged order, even if the forged order was produced India Law Library Docid # 2434484
(673) ROMELL HOUSING LLP AND OTHERS Vs. SAMEER SALIM SHAIKH AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 145 — Dispute concerning immovable property — Breach of peace — Object of Section 145 is to prevent breaches of peace by identifying and protecting the party in actual possession, not to decide ownership or title — This is a summary and preventive proceeding, provisional in effect, India Law Library Docid # 2434485
(674) SANJEEV RANA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 201, 120B read with Section 34 — Murder and destruction of evidence — Circumstantial evidence — Case based on circumstantial evidence must establish a complete chain of events pointing solely to the guilt of the accused — Factors to consider include motive, last seen theory, recovery of articles, and condition of the body — If the chain is not complete or India Law Library Docid # 2434600
(675) KANCHAN SETIYA Vs. NITIN SETIYA[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13 (1) (i-a) — Divorce — Cruelty — Allegations of harassment, torture, assault for dowry, picking quarrels, and expelling from matrimonial home — Respondent denied allegations of cruelty and claimed appellant insisted on staying in parental home and became cruel — Court found general allegations of cruelty unsubstantiated by evidence — False allegations of India Law Library Docid # 2434601
(676) M/S KUMAON ROSIN INDUSTRIES Vs. COMMISSIONER, STATE GOODS AND SERVICES TAX AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 169 — Mode of service of notice — Registration cancelled — Assessee not expected to monitor GST portal indefinitely — Proper service required through valid alternative modes. India Law Library Docid # 2434602
(677) MS. XXXX Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 — Section 3 and 5 and Rule 3A(a)(i) of MTP Rules, 2003 — Termination of pregnancy beyond 24 weeks — Allowed only if Medical Board diagnoses substantial foetal abnormalities or termination is necessary to save life of pregnant woman or her grave mental/physical health injury — Medical Board opined that termination of 30-week pregnancy would adversely affect mother and fetus, India Law Library Docid # 2432692
(678) DAL SINGH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 430(2) — Suspension of Sentence — Bail pending appeal — Applicant convicted for life imprisonment — Submitted that approximately 10 years of sentence has been undergone and no likelihood of early hearing of appeal — Relied on Supreme Court directions in Sonadhar v. State of Chhattisgarh and Saudan Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh — Held that High Courts should India Law Library Docid # 2432693
(679) SRI H.S. GAURAV AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ of Mandamus — Judicial review of State decision — Petitioners challenged the State's decision to invite an individual as Chief Guest for a religious festival inauguration — Held, the decision was a policy matter of the State and not subject to judicial review on the grounds of offending religious sentiments. India Law Library Docid # 2432735
(680) PUJYAM SESHANJANEYA RAJESH AND ANOTHER Vs. NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166, 163A — Motor Accident Claim — Liability of Insurer — Burden of Proof — Driving License — Where an Insurance Company alleges that the driver of the offending vehicle did not possess a valid driving license, the burden is on the Insurance Company to prove this fact with cogent evidence — Mere denial or a weak report without examination of the concerned officer or India Law Library Docid # 2432995