(901) SATYENDRA KUMAR Vs. UNION OF INDIA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Central Industrial Security Force Rules, 2001 — Rule 34, Rule 36, Rule 55 — Disciplinary action — Penalty — Compulsory retirement — Disproportionate penalty — Charge of disobedience for not attending counselling — Imposition of major penalty like compulsory retirement or reduction in pay by multiple stages for failing to attend counselling, which was advisory in nature, is disproportionate. Minor penalty like India Law Library Docid # 2433154
(902) AMARESH SARKAR Vs. CUTTACK DURGABARI SAMITY, REPRESENTED THROUGH ITS SECRETARY GAUTAM MUKHERJI AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 151 and Order 18 Rule 3 — Consolidation of suits for trial — Analogous trial does not legally amount to consolidation — Suits maintain their independent identities — Allows for rebuttal evidence, subject to court's satisfaction — Trial court rightly allowed one party to adduce further evidence in the other suit after closure of initial evidence, considering distinct issues and prayers. India Law Library Docid # 2433155
(903) ALI MD. ZAIED ALSHID Vs. MUSSTT. BABITA KHATUN[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 — Section 3(1) — Maintenance, deferred Mehr, return of property — Wife’s claim for maintenance during Iddat and post-Iddat period, deferred Mehr, and return of dowry articles — Lower Courts’ orders examined — High Court’s previous remand for reassessment of fair and reasonable maintenance provision — Sessions Judge's determination of Rs. 2,00,000/- for future maintenance and direction for return of dowry articles or their value — Petitione India Law Library Docid # 2433118
(904) LRS OF DECD THAKOR PUNJAJI MANAJI LILAJI AND OTHERS Vs. LRS OF DECD THAKOR MANGAJI NATHAJI AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Challenging concurrent findings of lower courts — Appeal dismissed at admission stage as devoid of substantial question of law. India Law Library Docid # 2433134
(905) ASHOK KUSHWAHA AND OTHERS Vs. SMR. KAMLA KUSHWAHA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 15-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of Pleadings — Liberal Approach — Courts should adopt a liberal approach in granting amendments to pleadings, provided they are necessary for determining the real controversy between the parties and do not cause injustice or prejudice to the other side. India Law Library Docid # 2433285
(906) SMT. RANI KUSHWAHA Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 15-09-2025 Service Law — Anganwadi Sahayika — Cancellation of Appointment — Respondent no. 5 was terminated for absenteeism, but later succeeded in appeal before Commissioner for reinstatement — Appellant was appointed subsequently during the pendency of litigation — Cancellation of appellant's appointment on reinstatement of respondent no. 5 was justified. India Law Library Docid # 2433286
(907) PUSHPA TIWARI Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Pension Rules — Counting of past service in private school — Government absorbed teachers from private schools — Previous circular allowed counting of past service if CPF contributions were returned with interest — Later circular withdrew this benefit — Court held later circular could not be applied retrospectively to those absorbed before its issuance to avoid unfairness and protect legitimate expectations. India Law Library Docid # 2433287
(908) GOPI MAHTO Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 161 — Statement to police — Hostile witness — Contradictions in testimony — Trial court failure to appreciate material contradictions. India Law Library Docid # 2433388
(909) NEPURI DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302 read with Section 34 — Murder — Conviction challenged — Trial court convicted appellants for murder based on FIR and witness testimonies — Appeals filed against conviction — High Court scrutinizes evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2433389
(910) RAFFIQUL ISLAM Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304B — Dowry Death — Essential Ingredients — Proof required — Court needs to establish that death was caused by burns or bodily injury or otherwise than under normal circumstances, occurred within seven years of marriage, deceased was subjected to cruelty or harassment by husband or his relatives soon before death, and such cruelty or harassment was related to dowry India Law Library Docid # 2433390
(911) AINUL HODA @ HUDA MIAN AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302/34 — Murder and Common Intention — Appeal against conviction and sentence for murder — Sole eye-witness account found to be shaky, contradictory, and lacking in material particulars — Defence successfully highlighted discrepancies concerning the genesis, manner, and place of occurrence, as well as specific overt acts attributed to each appellant — Absence of corroboration India Law Library Docid # 2433391
(912) PARDEEP KUMAR AND ANOTHER Vs. SMT. SANTOSH AGGARWAL AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 151 — Permission to place documents on record — Application allowed subject to just exceptions. India Law Library Docid # 2433875
(913) JARNAIL SINGH Vs. CHARANJIT SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 1 Rule 10 — Impleadment of parties — Subsequent purchasers — Applicants purchased property after the suit was filed, from subsequent purchasers themselves, not from the original vendor — Applicants not necessary or proper parties — Their title depends on original purchasers who did not defend their title in lower courts — Applicants cannot fight for others' cause at this stage India Law Library Docid # 2433876
(914) SHRI RAMESH KUMAR Vs. SHRI GAUTAM SINGH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Himachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, Section 67 — Appeal against Gram Panchayat order — Jurisdiction of Appellate Court — An appeal against an order or decree of a Gram Panchayat Bench, registered as a civil case, is maintainable before the Judicial Magistrate/Sub-Judge. India Law Library Docid # 2434089
(915) PRITI SARAF Vs. AJAY SHARMA AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96, Order XLI, Order I Rule 10, Order XII Rule 6 — Regular First Appeal against an eviction suit decree and dismissal of impleadment application — Appellant, wife of a Director of tenant company, sought impleadment in eviction suit claiming right of residence in shared household — Impleadment application dismissed and suit decreed ex-parte against tenant company — India Law Library Docid # 2434286
(916) JYOTI ABHIJEET KANDAGE Vs. ABHIJEET NARAYAN KANDAGE AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Sections 12 and 26 — Transfer of proceedings — Family Court jurisdiction — Relief under Sections 18-22 of DV Act can be sought in Family Court — Magistrate's court proceedings can be transferred to Family Court if they pertain to reliefs under Sections 18-22. India Law Library Docid # 2434365
(917) RIYAZ @ BABLU SATTAR MUJAWAR Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction based on eyewitness and dying declaration — Acquittal — Eyewitness (PW-1) unreliable due to prolonged detention at police station, raising suspicion of statement being recorded under coercion. India Law Library Docid # 2434371
(918) SMT. SAYEEDA SHABBIR MUKADAM Vs. STATE OF MAHARARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Writ Petition — Investigation — Accidental death — Allegation of encounter killing — Petitioner failed to establish a case for grant of reliefs sought. India Law Library Docid # 2434372
(919) AVANIKA FILMS LLP Vs. ABHAY VERMA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Contract Law — Enforcement of Negative Covenant — Personal Services — An interim injunction to enforce a negative covenant will not be granted if it amounts to enforcing a contract for personal services, which is generally prohibited under Section 41(e) of the Specific Relief Act, 1963, and can lead to restraint of trade under Section 27 of the Indian Contract Act. India Law Library Docid # 2434489
(920) RAM BHARAT Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 15-09-2025 Factories Act, 1948 — Section 92 — Section 32(a) — Offence relating to floors, stairs, and means of access — Fatal accident in factory due to a fragile wooden plank used as a walkway — Occupier's duty to provide safe means of access — Contravention of Section 32(a) is punishable under Section 92 — Trial Court did not India Law Library Docid # 2434499