(901) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Vs. SUNIL KHAN[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Appellate court powers — Appellate court can review, re-appreciate, and reconsider evidence but must remember presumption of innocence is doubled for accused after acquittal — If two reasonable views are possible, appellate court should not disturb acquittal. India Law Library Docid # 2432663
(902) RISHITA KAPUR AND ANOTHER Vs. VIJAY KAPUR AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125 — Maintenance — Children — Entitlement for maintenance extends only until the age of majority, unless the child suffers from a physical or mental abnormality or injury rendering them unable to maintain themselves. India Law Library Docid # 2432664
(903) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Vs. MOHINDER SINGH[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 279, 337, 338, 304-A — Rash and Negligent Driving — Appeal against Acquittal — Scope of Interference by High Court — High Court can interfere only if acquittal judgment is patently perverse, based on misreading/omission of material evidence, or no two reasonable views are possible, with only view consistent with guilt being plausible. India Law Library Docid # 2432665
(904) RAHISUDDIN KHAN Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Constitution Of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Habeas Corpus Petition — Maintainability — Child Custody Matters — Writ of habeas corpus is maintainable for securing the liberty of a minor and restoring custody when wrongfully deprived, even if a remedy under the Guardians and Wards Act exists. The writ court can grant custody of a minor to a guardian when wrongfully deprived, especially when another person is not India Law Library Docid # 2432694
(905) MOHAMMAD SALIM AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Administration of Justice — Abuse of Process — While prior judgments favoured adherence to guidelines and the Justice Wadhwa Committee Report, subsequent Division Bench rulings and High Court decisions have established that existing fair price shop licensees do not have a vested right to prevent the state from opening new shops, overriding earlier interpretations India Law Library Docid # 2432695
(906) MITHA LAL Vs. GOPILAL[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 102 — Second Appeal — Maintainability — Prohibition on second appeal in suits cognizable by Small Causes Courts when the subject matter does not exceed Rs. 3,000/— The nature of the suit is decisive, not the procedure employed — Suit for recovery of Rs. 2,850/— is cognizable India Law Library Docid # 2432696
(907) ANKUR AGRAWAL Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 12-09-2025 Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528BNSS — Inherent Powers of Court — Modification of Bail Conditions — High Court can modify bail conditions imposed by itself under Section 483 BNSS by invoking inherent powers under Section 528 BNSS, even if not expressly provided, to secure the ends of justice. This is because bail conditions are not final orders, and modification is permissible to prevent miscarriage of justice India Law Library Docid # 2432731
(908) PR.COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX-2 AND OTHERS Vs. M/S. EYGBS (INDIA) PVT. LTD.[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 10AA — Deduction in respect of profits and gains from undertaking in Special Economic Zones — Arm's Length Price (ALP) adjustment pursuant to Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) — Voluntary TP adjustment pursuant to APA eligible for deduction under Section 10AA — Proviso to Section 92C(4) inapplicable when income not enhanced by Assessing Officer — Voluntary declaration India Law Library Docid # 2432736
(909) N. PAVAN KUMAR Vs. M. RAMINENI[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Section 2(b) — Civil Contempt — Willful disobedience — Conduct of respondent in taking child to USA, and obtaining subsequent orders from foreign courts to prevent compliance with Indian High Court orders, held to be willful disobedience constituting contempt of court. India Law Library Docid # 2432998
(910) BIRJU RAM Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Acquittal — Appeal against — Scope of appellate court’s power — Appellate court can review, re-appreciate, and reconsider evidence, but must be hesitant to interfere with acquittal unless findings are perverse, illegal, or wholly unsustainable — Double presumption of innocence favors accused after acquittal. India Law Library Docid # 2433010
(911) DR. ILA GUPTA Vs. OM PRKAASH GUPTA AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — Appeal against decree of trial court — Plaintiff's suit for declaration, permanent injunction, and possession dismissed by trial court — Plaintiff preferred First Appeal — Appeal dismissed as meritless. India Law Library Docid # 2433020
(912) M/S.TRADING ENGINEERS (INTERNATIONAL) LTD. Vs. M/S. TRIMURTHI HITECH COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 7(5) — Arbitration clause in earlier agreement — Reference to earlier agreement in subsequent agreement does not automatically incorporate arbitration clause unless specifically referred to or intended for entire incorporation — General words of reference are insufficient — Subsequent India Law Library Docid # 2433052
(913) M/S. AJENDAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Chhattisgarh Madhyastham Adhikaran Adhiniyam, 1983 — Section 19 — Civil Revision — Order rejecting reference — Challenge to — Contractual dispute — Recovery of amount without adjudication — Applicant executed maintenance work contract, completed it, and received final bill. Respondents later demanded a sum of India Law Library Docid # 2433203
(914) SUBBULAKSHMI @ CHELLATHAI Vs. SMT. CHELLATHAYAMMAL (DIED) AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 12-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Substantial Question of Law — Perverse Judgment — Misconstruction of Documents — Appeal against concurrent findings of lower courts — Appellant failed to establish claim of oral partition and possession based on Will. India Law Library Docid # 2433111
(915) AJAY KUMAR BHRAMAR BAR RAY Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 — Section 85-B — Levy of damages — Discretionary power — Provision uses 'may recover', indicating discretion, not mandatory imposition — Subordinate legislation cannot override principal act — Damages not mandatory in all cases — Mens rea or actus reus is a necessary ingredient for levy of damages India Law Library Docid # 2433156
(916) SUBHENDU SEKHAR SAHU Vs. STATE OF ORISSA AND ANOTHER[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing criminal proceedings — Compromise between parties — Inherent power of High Court — Not to be exercised lightly for grave offences like rape — Nature and gravity of crime must be considered — Offences like rape have serious impact on society and are not private in natur India Law Library Docid # 2433157
(917) SHREYAS CONSTRUCTION Vs. AN INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 96 — Appeal against dismissal of suit — Re-evaluation of trial court's findings — First appeal court's duty to examine evidence and arrive at its own conclusions. India Law Library Docid # 2433132
(918) VIKAS ARYA Vs. SMT. SARITA JATARIYA[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Cruelty — No proof of cruelty established by appellant-husband, leading to dismissal of divorce petition by trial court. India Law Library Docid # 2433301
(919) NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. YATEENDRA PRAKASH DUBEY AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 12-09-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173(1) — Appeal against award of Claims Tribunal — Insurance company appealed award of compensation on grounds of limitation, lack of eye-witness, and incorrect income assessment — Appeal dismissed. India Law Library Docid # 2433302
(920) ABHISHEK SINGH Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 195A — Threatening any person to give false evidence — Ingredients of offense — Threat must be with the intent to cause the person to give false evidence as defined under Section 191 IPC — Mere threat to compel someone to withdraw a case or enter a compromise does not constitute an offense under Section 195A IPC. India Law Library Docid # 2433303