(661) MR. M. SEEDIABBA AND OTHERS Vs. MANGALORE ELECTRICTY SUPPLY COMPANY LIMITED (MESCOM) AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 31-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Jurisdiction of Civil Court — Electricity Act, 2003 — Sections 126, 127 and 145 — Bar to jurisdiction of Civil Court — Demand notice issued by Electricity Board (MESCOM) for unauthorized use of electricity (running a hostel under commercial tariff LT-3 instead of domestic tariff LT-2(a)) — Such issue falls under "unauthorized use of electricity" India Law Library Docid # 2435934
(662) MAVERICK MOTORS LLP AND OTHERS Vs. ROHITH MURTHY[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 31-10-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(5) & (6) — Appointment of Sole Arbitrator — Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) Agreement — Statutory Arbitration Clause — Even if an LLP Agreement lacks an express arbitration clause, disputes between partners that cannot be resolved under the agreement must be referred India Law Library Docid # 2435885
(663) 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
(664) MOHAMMAD ASHRAF WANI AND OTHERS Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 30-10-2025 Targeted Public Distribution System (Control) Order, 2015 — J&K S.O. 41 of 2023 — Validity of Policy Decision — Fair Price Shops (FPS) Dealers — Challenge to reduction in allocated ration tickets, imposition of renewal fee, and maximum age limit (65 years) for dealers — S.O. 41 issued pursuant to Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and National Food Security Act, 2013 to reorganize the PDS network and ensure food security (public interest) — The primary object of the SO is maintaining supply India Law Library Docid # 2436305
(665) MS. SABIYA TARIQ Vs. UT OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 30-10-2025 Writ Jurisdiction — Applicability in Contractual Matters — Claim for Compensation Against Government — Appellant claimed compensation for investments made in a Nursing Home taken over by Government, based on an agreement with a private Trust (Respondent No. 2) — Official Respondents were not parties to the agreement — High Court affirmed that, in the absence of privity of India Law Library Docid # 2436306
(666) SHANU PRAKASH Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Service Law — Recruitment — Educational Qualification — Equivalence of Degrees — Post of District Tourism Officer — Advertisement prescribed Graduation in Tourism/Hotel Management or equivalent qualification — Petitioner holding B.Sc. in Hospitality and Hotel Administration — Public Service Commission denied permission to appear in Mains Exam alleging lack of requisite qualification — High Court directed India Law Library Docid # 2436497
(667) UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. Vs. SRI SANJAY PANDEY (MINOR) AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 (Appeal) read with Section 166 (Claim Petition) — Motor Accident Claim — Negligence — Proof of Accident and Negligence — Appellant-Insurance Company challenging award alleging fabrication, delay in lodging FIR, and collusion — Tribunal relying on consistent eyewitness testimony of the injured claimant (PW1) and contemporaneous medical evidence — Finding of Rash and India Law Library Docid # 2436498
(668) MAHANT YOGI LAXMI Vs. GYANENDRA SINGH BISHT[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 (Dishonour of Cheque) — Revision against concurrent conviction and sentence — Scope of Revisional Jurisdiction — Limited jurisdiction does not permit re-appreciation of evidence unless findings are manifestly unreasonable, perverse, or based on a clear misreading of material — Interference justified only for procedural irregularity or gross miscarriage of justice — India Law Library Docid # 2436499
(669) 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
(670) 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
(671) MORAGUDI JAYA PRASADA REDDY AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 145, 397, 401 — Disputes concerning Immovable Property — Jurisdiction of Executive Magistrate — The invocation of Section 145 Cr.P.C. by an Executive Magistrate is impermissible and amounts to judicial impropriety when a dispute concerning the same immovable property is already sub judice before a competent Civil Court (O.S. No. 219/2022 was pending for India Law Library Docid # 2436231
(672) KOLLU RAVEENDRA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Penal Code (IPC), 1860 — Section 188 — Disobedience to Order Duly Promulgated by Public Servant — Invocation of Section — Essential ingredients for prosecution under S. 188 IPC: (i) an order promulgated by a lawfully empowered public servant; (ii) knowledge of the order by the accused; (iii) disobedience of the order; and (iv) the disobedience causing or tending to cause obstruction, annoyance, danger to life/health, or India Law Library Docid # 2436232
(673) 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
(674) 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
(675) 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
(676) 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
(677) 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
(678) 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
(679) 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
(680) 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