(681) JUNU BEGUM AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 24-12-2025 Railways Act, 1989 — Section 124-A — Compensation for untoward incident — Bona fide passenger — Genuine journey ticket recovered from deceased prima facie establishes status as bona fide passenger — Law does not require direct or eyewitness evidence to prove boarding a specific train — Beneficial legislation acknowledges common lack of direct evidence in railway accidents. India Law Library Docid # 2438150
(682) PAMIDIPATI SATYANARAYANA RAO (DIED) PER LRS. AND OTHERS Vs. NAVULURI SARASWATHI AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96, 100; Appeals — Suit for partition and permanent injunction — Two suits filed with related claims — O.S.No.15 of 1981 for partition, O.S.No.07 of 1981 for injunction — Trial Court decreed partition suit and dismissed injunction suit — Appeals filed against common judgment — Appeals heard together and disposed of by common judgment. India Law Library Docid # 2438465
(683) KOTARU SRINIVASA RAO AND OTHERS Vs. A.P. STATE WAKF BOARD HYD AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 27 — Additional evidence in Appellate Court — Appellate Court can allow additional evidence if it requires it to pronounce judgment, or for any other substantial cause, even if it can pronounce judgment without it, to ensure a more satisfactory judgment in the interest of justice. India Law Library Docid # 2438466
(684) GORLI ARJUNA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-12-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Sections 480 & 483 — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act), Section 37 — Bail — Commercial quantity of contraband — Rigour of Section 37 NDPS Act applies — Petitioners failed to satisfy twin conditions for bail — Gravity of offence and deleterious impact on society cannot be ignored. India Law Library Docid # 2438467
(685) PAMIDIPATI SATYANARAYANA RAO (DIED) PER LRS. AND OTHERS Vs. NAVULURI SARASWATHI AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-12-2025 Hindu Law — Joint Family Property — Composite Family — Claim of composite family and partition arrangement — Burden of proof of composite family arrangement lies on the plaintiff. Evidence such as living together and joint cultivation is insufficient to infer a composite family without an express agreement or conduct incompatible with individuality. India Law Library Docid # 2438468
(686) KOMMINENI LALITHA Vs. KOLASANI VEERAIAH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — High Court's power to interfere with findings of fact — High Court cannot substitute its opinion for the first appellate court's findings of fact unless they are erroneous, contrary to law, based on inadmissible evidence, or without evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2438469
(687) C VENKATA JYOTHI Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-12-2025 Registration Act, Section 22-A(1)(c) — Prohibited list of documents — Inclusion of property owned by religious endowments — Requirements — Property can be placed in prohibited list only if transferred by sale, gift, exchange, or lease exceeding ten years, executed by persons not statutorily empowered — mere letter from Commissioner of Endowments without proof or declaration of temple property is insufficient. India Law Library Docid # 2438489
(688) SKYCOM AND ANOTHER Vs. SHRI ASHWANI KUMAR AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 23-12-2025 Contempt of Court — Wilful Disobedience of Order — Interim Orders in Pending Writ Petition — Petitioner failed to comply with order directing the grant of permission for advertisement display subject to inspection and bank guarantee submission — MCD refused permission citing lack of mandatory registration as an 'Advertiser' under the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 (DMC Act) and Outdoor Advertisement Policy — Core dispute in the main Writ India Law Library Docid # 2437261
(689) NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA Vs. MS ASHOKA BUILDCON LTD[DELHI HIGH COURT] 23-12-2025 Contractor Suspension/Debarment — Judicial Review of Interim Orders — Inter-Court Appeal challenging Single Judge's directions to provide hearing and reasoned suspension order — Grounds are that such directions contradict Ministry/NHAI Circulars which do not mandate prior notice or reasoned order for temporary suspension — Single Judge's order permitting reply/hearing/reasoned order considered appropriate in the facts of the case, and the appeal is disposed of without interference with an accele India Law Library Docid # 2437262
(690) VIVEK KUMAR Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 23-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) — Appeal against conviction — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 308, 452, 325 — Conviction for attempted culpable homicide (Section 308) and house trespass (Section 452) — Modification of conviction and sentence — Appellant's conviction under Section 308 IPC modified to Section 325 IPC (Voluntarily causing grievous hurt) upon finding lack of intention or knowledge to cause death — Conviction under India Law Library Docid # 2437263
(691) SHAHID YOUSUF Vs. NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY[DELHI HIGH COURT] 23-12-2025 National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 (NIA Act) — Section 21(1), 21(3), 21(4) — Appeal against Order Framing Charge — Maintainability — An appeal lies from any judgment, sentence or order, not being an interlocutory order (Section 21(1)) — Revision is completely barred (Section 21(3)) — The term "interlocutory order" as interpreted under the Criminal Procedure Code (Cr.P.C.), where an Order framing Charge is considered an "intermediate order" India Law Library Docid # 2437264
(692) SURANJAN SAHA Vs. RUMPA SAHA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 23-12-2025 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 19 — Appeal against order of Family Court — Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 24 — Maintenance Pendente Lite — Interim maintenance order of Rs. 25,000/- each for wife and minor daughter upheld, where Husband's net monthly income was Rs. 1,44,932/-- Family Court did not err in assessing maintenance considering the Husband's substantial admitted income India Law Library Docid # 2437265
(693) HARJIT SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. SARDAR RAWEL SINGH DEAD THR LRS AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 23-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Dismissal of Suit Without Trial — Concealment of Material Facts and Violation of Undertaking — Propriety — Dismissal of a partition suit solely on grounds of Plaintiffs' alleged concealment of material facts (execution of side agreements concerning suit property) and violation of a previous undertaking, without permitting parties to lead evidence and adjudicate substantive claims on merits (title, ownership, share extent) is premature, disproportionate, and leg India Law Library Docid # 2437266
(694) PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY AND OTHERS Vs. MURTAZA AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 23-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — First Appeal — Challenge to Trial Court's Decree — Recovery Suit for Sale Price — Failure to Prove Jural Relationship or Supply of Goods — The appellant (defendant institute) challenged the decree passed by the trial court in a civil suit for recovery of Rs. 1,85,977/- for supply of paint and other goods; the High Court found that the plaintiff (respondent No. 1) failed to India Law Library Docid # 2437416
(695) AYODHYA SINGH Vs. HEERAMANI (DIED) THROUGH LRS. AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 23-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 34 — Second Appeal — Scope of Relief — Granting Relief Beyond Pleadings and Prayer — Suit for Declaration and Possession — Where plaintiff sought declaration of title and possession only over a small constructed house (45x15 sq. ft.) within a larger area (18 dismil), but the First Appellate Court granted a decree declaring title over the entire 18 dismil of land — Held that granting relief not prayed for in the India Law Library Docid # 2437417
(696) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. TUKNA BUDHIYA DAS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 23-12-2025 Criminal Law — Murder and Rape — Circumstantial Evidence — Conviction based on circumstantial evidence requires chain of circumstances to be firmly established, unerringly pointing to the guilt of the accused, and incapable of explanation on any other hypothesis other than guilt (Jaharlal Das v. State of Orissa cited) — Suspicion, however strong, cannot take the place of legal proof. India Law Library Docid # 2437664
(697) ASHOKBHAI DESAIBHAI PATEL Vs. THE SPECIAL SECRETARY (APPEALS) AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 23-12-2025 Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879 — Section 135B — Mutation Entries — Nature and Scope — Mutation entries in revenue records are primarily for fiscal purposes (collection of taxes and revenue) and do not establish, extinguish, or confer legal title or civil rights over property — Title disputes regarding ownership, inheritance, or partition must be resolved exclusively by a competent Civil Court, not by revenue authorities. India Law Library Docid # 2437665
(698) UNION OF INDIA Vs. GAJANAN RAMBHAU PATIL[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 23-12-2025 Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 — Section 23 — Appeal against judgment and award of compensation under Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 — Challenge to compensation awarded for injuries sustained by a passenger due to fall from a running train — Tribunal's finding that the incident was an 'untoward incident' under Section 123(c)(2) and did not fall under the exceptions in Section 124-A upheld — Liberal interpretation of beneficial legislation followed. India Law Library Docid # 2437666
(699) PATEL VINODRAY LALJI BUTANI Vs. UJIBEN LAVJI-DECD. AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 23-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Substantial Question of Law — A Second Appeal is only maintainable if it involves a substantial question of law — A substantial question of law must be debatable, not previously settled by law or binding precedent, and must have a material bearing on the decision of the case concerning the rights of the parties — Mere application of decided law or appreciation of India Law Library Docid # 2437667
(700) MAGANBHAI MAVJIBHAI PATEL Vs. TALSHIBHAI LAXMANBHAI VIRADIYA AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 23-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Maintainability — "Decree" vs. "Order" — An order passed by the District Judge permitting the unconditional withdrawal of a Miscellaneous Civil Application filed under Section 5 of the Limitation Act for condonation of delay in preferring a Regular Civil Appeal is an 'Order' within the meaning of Section 2(14) of CPC, and not a 'Decree' as India Law Library Docid # 2437668