(81) KAMLI AND OTHERS Vs. BOBY CHAUHAN AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeals to Supreme Court — Appeals against Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (MACT) awards — High Court has power to decide all issues on merits, including those not decided by the MACT, to avoid further harassment to claimants, especially when the accident occurred long ago. India Law Library Docid # 2434083
(82) USHA CHAUDHARY AND OTHERS Vs. RAJ PRAKASH[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-10-2025 Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control Act, 1987 — Section 14 — Eviction petition — Subletting — Partnership deed created to camouflage subletting — Not a defence against eviction — Partnership deed's clauses making sub-tenant solely liable for rent and also liable to pay monthly sum to tenant indicated a scheme to circumvent the Act. India Law Library Docid # 2434084
(83) GURDEV SINGH Vs. UT OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 07-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 436-A — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 479 — Bail for Undertrial Prisoners — Applicant charged under NDPS Act, arrested on 11.12.2019, eligible for bail after completing half of minimum punishment as per Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee guidelines — Trial court erroneously applied maximum period of imprisonment under BNSS, India Law Library Docid # 2434099
(84) KANU RAMA MORI AND OTHER Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder) and 364/365 — Kidnapping/Abduction — Applicability — Essential elements of murder and culpable homicide not amounting to murder discussed — Mere infliction of injury likely to cause death does not automatically constitute murder if intention to kill is not proven beyond doubt — Court must differentiate between the two based on intention and India Law Library Docid # 2434136
(85) SANJAY GOPALBHAI ASHAR AND OTHERS Vs. RAMALAXMI PURUSHOTTAMBHAI DAVE AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-10-2025 Bombay Rents, Hotels and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 — Section 29(2) — Revision application against Appellate Court's judgment — Tenant filed appeal against dismissal of landlord's suit, arguing terrace was part of rented premises — Landlord's suit dismissed by Trial Court, tenant did not file counterclaim — Appellate Court dismissed tenant's appeal — Held, a party must be aggrieved by a India Law Library Docid # 2434137
(86) RAMESHBHAI ZAVERBHAI PRAJAPATI Vs. DAHIBEN WD/O SHAKRABHAI AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Sections 100, Order 7 Rule 11(a) and (d) — Second Appeal — Rejection of Plaint — Concurrent findings of fact by lower courts — High Court’s power in second appeal is limited to substantial questions of law — Where concurrent findings are neither erroneous nor perverse, re-appreciation of facts and evidence is not warranted — Rejection of plaint by Trial Court under Order 7 Rule 11(a) and (d) confirmed by Appellate Court was upheld as no substantial India Law Library Docid # 2434138
(87) PRAJAPATI CHHAGANBHAI GAJAJIBHAI Vs. DEPUTY COLLECTOR AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-10-2025 Mamlatdar's Courts Act, 1906 — Section 19(2) — Personal inspection by Mamlatdar — Requirement of due notice and presence of parties — Failure by Mamlatdar to conduct personal inspection as per Section 19(2) after due notice and in presence of parties vitiates proceedings. India Law Library Docid # 2434139
(88) BHERU SINGH Vs. SMT. SEEMABAI[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 06-10-2025 M.P. Accommodation Control Act, 1961 — Section 23-A and 23-J — Eviction application by widow landlord — Widow status and death of husband not challenged — Landlord falls under Section 23-J(iii) — Eviction for bona fide requirement is permissible. India Law Library Docid # 2433846
(89) SMT. BABITA MOR Vs. CENTRAL MADHYA PRADESH GRAMIN BANK[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 — Section 4(6)(b)(ii) — Forfeiture of gratuity for offence involving moral turpitude — Requires conviction by a competent court — Dismissal from service based on departmental proceedings alone is insufficient to forfeit gratuity under this section unless a criminal offence involving moral turpitude is proven in a court of law. India Law Library Docid # 2433847
(90) RADHESHYAM Vs. DEVKUMAR[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 06-10-2025 Registration Act, 1908 — Section 49 and Section 17(2)(vi) — Effect of non-registration of documents — Requirement of registration of decree — Decree passed by court does not require compulsory registration as per Section 17(2)(vi) of the Registration Act, 1908, except in cases of compromise decrees involving property not subject matter of the suit or creating new rights — In the present case, an ex-parte India Law Library Docid # 2433848
(91) DILESH RAJ BORANA Vs. M/S. UDHOG MANDIR[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of Plaint — Jurisdiction — Where essential ingredients for jurisdiction are not met, the plaint can be rejected. In trademark infringement cases, Section 134(2) of the Trademarks Act, 1999 allows suits to be filed where the plaintiff resides or carries on business, even if the cause of action did not arise there. India Law Library Docid # 2433986
(92) M/S. ZONEX INDUSTRIES Vs. KUNAL CHOUDHARY AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Trademarks Act, 1999 — Section 124 — Stay of proceedings where validity of trademark registration is questioned — Where rectification proceedings for a trademark are pending before the competent forum, a suit for infringement of that trademark must be stayed until the rectification proceedings are finally decided — This includes ancillary issues like punitive damages and rendition of accounts. India Law Library Docid # 2433987
(93) JYOTI RAJPUROHIT AND OTHERS Vs. RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT, JODHPUR, THROUGH ITS REGISTRAR GENERAL AND ANOTHER[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Administrative Law — Judicial Review — Scope of Interference — Courts generally should not re-examine expert committee reports on examination matters, especially when dealing with academic subjects like Hindi grammar, as judges are not experts. India Law Library Docid # 2433988
(94) SUMAN Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 430 — Suspension of Sentence — Conviction based on recovery of medicine wrapper and utensil from kitchen — Held insufficient for conviction without further incriminating evidence — Prosecution must prove case beyond reasonable doubt. India Law Library Docid # 2433989
(95) LALU RAM DANGI Vs. MADAN LAL SINGHVI AND OTHER[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Compounding of offence — Parties have settled the matter and the entire outstanding amount has been paid — Revision petition allowed on the basis of compromise. India Law Library Docid # 2433996
(96) LALU RAM DANGI Vs. MADAN LAL SINGHVI[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Compounding of offence — Parties have settled the matter and compensation has been paid — High Court allowed the revision and quashed conviction and sentence subject to payment of cost as per Supreme Court guidelines. India Law Library Docid # 2434050
(97) MARLENE JHAN AND OTHERS Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 06-10-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Jurisdiction — Maintainability — Disputed questions of fact — Serious disputes regarding title and location of property — Writ petition is not the appropriate forum for adjudication of such complex factual matters requiring evidence — Proper remedy lies in a civil suit. India Law Library Docid # 2434069
(98) RANDHIRSINHJI GIRJOJIRAO DHAMDHERE AND ANOTHER Vs. LEGAL HEIRS OF DECD. AJITSINHRAO RAMCHANDRARAO DHAMDHORE AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 54 — Sale — Agreement to Sell (ATS) — An agreement to sell immoveable property does not, by itself, create any interest in the property. Ownership or transferable interest can only be created by a registered sale deed. India Law Library Docid # 2434142
(99) BABUBHAI MADHABHAI SAVANI AND OTHERS Vs. REVABEN WD/O MAGANBHAI DAHYABHAI PATEL DECEASED LITIGANT THROUGH LEGAL HEIRS/ REPRESTENTATIVES AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 43, Rule 1 — Appeal from order — Rejection of injunction application — Trial court's decision — High Court will not interfere with the trial court's decision to refuse an injunction if the reasons provided are not erroneous or perverse, especially when the appeal is based on principles rather than facts. India Law Library Docid # 2434140
(100) DEVUBEN MANSINGBHAI GADHAVI Vs. JANTIBHAI BHAGVANBHAI[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 06-10-2025 Registration Act, 1908 — Section 17 — Compulsory registration of documents — "Bana-chitthi" or agreement to sell immovable property worth Rs. 100 or more requires registration — Unregistered "Bana-chitthi" cannot be used as evidence of a transaction affecting immovable property, nor can it be used to claim protection of possession under Section 53A of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Suit for India Law Library Docid # 2434141