(921) C.M.DIVAKARAN [DIED] BY LRS AND OTHER Vs. K.S.BALAN AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 2 Rule 2 — Suit to include the whole claim — Omission to sue for relief — If a plaintiff omits to sue for a claim or intentionally relinquishes a portion of the claim, they cannot sue for that portion later — A prior suit for injunction was filed, but specific performance was not sought, despite the plaintiff having knowledge that the other party intended to sell the India Law Library Docid # 2434853
(922) SIVAN Vs. RAJU. P.V[KERALA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Employee's Compensation Act, 1923 — Section 8(1) — Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 — Section 22C — Settlement of compensation claims — Overriding effect of Legal Services Authorities Act — Provisions of Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 have overriding effect over inconsistent provisions of India Law Library Docid # 2434852
(923) M/S. MEHRA JEWEL PALACE PVT. LTD. Vs. MINISO LIFESTYLE PVT. LTD AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Contract Law — Lease Agreement — Force Majeure Clause — COVID-19 Pandemic — Court held that the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to the closure of business premises due to government orders, constituted a force majeure event under the lease deed, excusing the lessee from rent payment obligations for the period of closure. The court reasoned that the pandemic was an unforeseen and uncontrollable event, falling India Law Library Docid # 2434232
(924) MS. SWASTI OJHA Vs. SH. CHARANJIT RAMGARIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Contract Law — Privity of Contract — Evidence of contract — Where one party (defendant) engaged another party (plaintiff) for interior work, and a third party (M/s. Adsun Impex Pvt. Ltd.) owned the premises and initially engaged the defendant, but the defendant then assigned the work to the plaintiff, privity of contract is established between the defendant and the plaintiff, regardless of written agreements. India Law Library Docid # 2434233
(925) KHALIL SARVAR Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376, 506, 354B — Quashing of FIR — Inherent jurisdiction of High Court — Court can quash proceedings if they are manifestly frivolous, vexatious, or instituted with ulterior motive, constituting abuse of process of law. India Law Library Docid # 2434234
(926) AZAD MARKET RWA (REGD) Vs. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Letters Patent Appeal — Abuse of process of court — Residents Welfare Association (RWA) filing petitions regarding unauthorized construction — Single Judge imposing cost for misusing court process and filing petitions with oblique motives — Court found that RWA used particulars of an unregistered NGO. India Law Library Docid # 2434235
(927) SANDIP CHINTAMAN SAMANT Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 22-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 50 — Information to arrested person about grounds of arrest — Compliance — Arrested person must be informed of grounds of arrest as soon as may be — No specific form or written communication mandated in all cases — Substantial compliance with information being provided is India Law Library Docid # 2434486
(928) SUMITRA DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 19-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 34, 201 — Murder and Destruction of Evidence — Circumstantial Evidence — Prosecution failed to establish a complete chain of circumstances, including motive, presence at the scene of crime, and identification of cremated remains, leading to acquittal India Law Library Docid # 2433007
(929) KM. DEEPIKA RANI Vs. VINAY BANSAL[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 19-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(d) — Rejection of Plaint — Barred by Law — Application under Order 7 Rule 11(d) CPC requires consideration of plaint averments only, not defendant's defence — Court must read entire plaint to ascertain cause of action — If plaint discloses cause of action, it cannot be rejected on the mere possibility of plaintiff's failure to succeed. India Law Library Docid # 2433016
(930) RAMIREDDY PRATHAP KUMAR REDDY Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 19-09-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 109(1), 118, 3(5), 49 — Criminal Petition for pre-arrest bail — Petitioner sought pre-arrest bail directly from High Court without first approaching the Sessions Judge — Generally, aggrieved party should first approach the Sessions Court for pre-arrest bail — High Court may entertain such petitions India Law Library Docid # 2433042
(931) A.MOHANDOSS Vs. P.VIKASH KUMAR AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 19-09-2025 Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Section 12 — Punishment for contempt of court — Civil contempt — Breach of undertaking given to court amounts to civil contempt — Appellant breached undertaking to vacate premises, held guilty of civil contempt and sentenced to imprisonment and fine — Apology and withdrawal of subsequent litigations considered for modifying punishment. India Law Library Docid # 2433047
(932) ARUL KUMAR @ ARUNKUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE REP. BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 19-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 147, 148, 294(b), 436, 302 read with 149 — Murder and related charges — Appeals against conviction and sentence — Court considered multiple discrepancies in prosecution evidence, including contradictions in eye-witness testimonies regarding the place of occurrence and the nature of injuries versus weapons used, failure to examine independent witnesses, unexplained delay in FIR transmission, and doubts regarding the inclusion of certain accused (A11-A14) India Law Library Docid # 2433048
(933) M/S. A.T.M. CONSTRUCTIONS (P) LTD. Vs. M/S. BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD. AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 19-09-2025 Limitation Act, 1963 — Article 55 — Continuing breach — Plaintiff claims damages for wrongful occupation after lease expiry — Leased property not vacated by lessee — Breach of contractual and statutory obligation to hand over possession on lease determination considered a continuing breach — Limitation period runs from when the breach ceases — Suit filed within specified period from cessation of breach is within time. India Law Library Docid # 2433049
(934) MURLIDHAR VERMA (DEAD) THROUGH LRS. Vs. SMT. BUNDA BAI VERMA AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 19-09-2025 Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Section 6; Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 16 — Coparcenary Property — Daughter's Rights — Amendment Act of 2005 confers coparcener status on daughters by birth, with same rights and liabilities as sons — These rights are effective from 9.9.2005, subject to savings for dispositions before 20.12.2004. The father coparcener need not be living on 9.9.2005 for the daughter to claim rights. India Law Library Docid # 2433200
(935) S.SREEKUMAR Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 19-09-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 7 and Section 13(1)(d) r/w Section 13(2] — Essential ingredients to prove offences — Demand and acceptance of bribe are necessary — Proof of demand is sine qua non — Mere recovery of money or acceptance without proof of demand is insufficient — Acquittal justified when essential ingredients not proved. India Law Library Docid # 2433112
(936) RIMLY GOGOI SAIKIA Vs. STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 19-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 156(3) — Complaint Case — Registration of — Court directed registration of a complaint case after a protest petition was filed against the final report submitted by the police, which had exonerated the accused police personnel. The Court found that serious accusations were made by the informant and ordered the complaint case to be registered and the records of the police case to be tagged with it. India Law Library Docid # 2433114
(937) JINNAT ALI Vs. STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 19-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 376, Section 448; POCSO Act, 2012 — Section 6 — Rape, House-trespass, Sexual intercourse with a person in shelter, Punishment — Conviction for offences under POCSO Act and IPC — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Plea of juvenility raised — Ossification test conducted to ascertain appellant's age — Conflicting reports from Medical Board — Supreme Court precedents on age determination and ossification tests — Margin of error in age ascertainment from India Law Library Docid # 2433115
(938) SURESHKUMAR BHAVANISHANKAR RAVAL AND ANOTHER Vs. MANISH DHEBARBHAI PATEL[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 19-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Supervisory jurisdiction — Interference not warranted merely because a second view is possible — Court should not interfere with every order passed by a lower court — Interference is justified only in cases of patent illegality or manifest injustice. India Law Library Docid # 2433136
(939) PRAMOD JAIN AND OTHERS Vs. CHARUMITRA DANGIWALA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 19-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Supervisory jurisdiction of High Court — Maintainability of petition — Petition under Article 227 lies against order of tribunal when no further appeal or revision is available — Order of State Commission in execution proceedings has no further appeal or revision — Therefore, High Court can exercise its supervisory India Law Library Docid # 2433297
(940) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Vs. RAMESH CHAND[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 19-09-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7, 13(1)(d) and 13(2] — Demand and acceptance of illegal gratification — Essential ingredients — Proof of demand is crucial — Mere recovery of bribe money is insufficient without proof of demand — Presumption under Section 20 is only attracted if demand is proven — Factual matrix indicated strained relations between complainant and accused, leading to possibility of false India Law Library Docid # 2434025