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(941) HDFC BANK LIMITED Vs. NARAYANAN POTTY V AND OTHER[KERALA HIGH COURT] 11-09-2025
Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) — Section 13(2), 17 — Kerala High Court Act, 1958 — Section 5(i) — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order VII Rule 11 — Appeals against order of Single Judge allowing restoration of repossessed vehicle — Disposal of earlier writ petition with clear directions for payment and consequences of
India Law Library Docid # 2433005

(942) SANJAY KUMAR Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 11-09-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 read with Section 34 and Section 27 of the Arms Act — Appeal against acquittal — Mismatch between ocular evidence (FIR) and medical evidence (post-mortem report) regarding number of gunshot injuries — Non-examination of independent witnesses despite being listed in charge sheet — Witnesses who supported prosecution were close relatives of the deceased and their testimony was
India Law Library Docid # 2433011

(943) BRAJ KISHORE SHARMA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 11-09-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 307, 326, 324, 452, 34 — Trial Court conviction for offences including attempt to murder, voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons, voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons, and house-trespass after preparation for hurt alleges victim was assaulted by accused on the previous enmity — Appeal filed against the conviction and sentence. Victim’s daughter, a 7-year-old child, and victim herself were the alleged eye-witnesses. The prosecution withhe
India Law Library Docid # 2433012

(944) SMT. MUKTA SONI Vs. GOKUL PRASAD (DIED) THROUGH LRS.[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 11-09-2025
Indian Succession Act, 1925 — Section 63 — Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (as modified) and Indian Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 68 — Will — Due Execution and Attestation — For a Will to be legally valid, the testator must sign it, or it must be signed by another on their behalf, and it must be attested by at least two witnesses who have seen the testator sign or received acknowledgment and have signed in the testator's
India Law Library Docid # 2433204

(945) MANOJ KUMAR SAHOO AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF ODISHA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 11-09-2025
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 50 — Conditions under which search of persons shall be conducted — Mandatory nature of Section 50 — Strict compliance required.
India Law Library Docid # 2433158

(946) RANKANIDHI NAYAK AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ODISHA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 11-09-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302/34, 341/34 — Murder and Wrongful Restraint — Appeal against conviction — Appellants convicted by trial court for murder and wrongful restraint — Court re-appraises evidence, examines ocular and medical testimony, and addresses defence contentions.
India Law Library Docid # 2433179

(947) BASANT YADAV AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 11-09-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) — Appeal against conviction — Offence under Section 302/34 IPC — Homicidal death — Postmortem report confirming death by strangulation — Death held to be homicidal in nature.
India Law Library Docid # 2433205

(948) KAWASI LAKHMA AND OTHERS Vs. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 11-09-2025
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 — Sections 3 and 4 — Bail Application — Applicant seeking bail — Alleged involvement in liquor scam as Excise Minister — CBI/EOW predicate offence registration based on ED information under Section 66(2) of PMLA not illegal — ED not acting as complainant for predicate offence.
India Law Library Docid # 2433206

(949) M/S HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LTD THROUGH RAJEEV SINGH Vs. COMMERCIAL TAXES DEPARTMENT[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 11-09-2025
Madhya Pradesh Value Added Tax Act, 2002 — Schedule II, Part II, Entry 19A — Drugs and Medicines — White Petroleum Jelly IP grade manufactured and sold under a valid drug license is classifiable as 'Drugs and Medicines'.
India Law Library Docid # 2433299

(950) SMT RUCHI MATHUR Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 11-09-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Jurisdiction — Scope — Disputed questions of fact — Payment of salary — Petitioner claiming salary for period after September 2021 — Respondent stating petitioner did not work after September 2021 — Contention based on unofficial order-sheets — Held, dispute regarding actual working period is a question of fact not adjudicable in writ
India Law Library Docid # 2433300

(951) BIMAL RAJAK Vs. PARMILA DEVI AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 11-09-2025
Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Sections 106, 107 — Kirayanama (Rent Agreement) — Unregistered and Unilateral — Validity of — Held, an unregistered and unilateral Kirayanama may be relied upon for collateral purposes to establish the nature of possession and the landlord-tenant relationship, even if not admissible to prove the creation of tenancy itself.
India Law Library Docid # 2433325

(952) TATA STEEL LIMITED Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 11-09-2025
Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 — Section 8(5) — Transportation of middlings/coal by-products — Captive consumption — Whether additional amount is attracted — Held, clarification required from higher authority concerning the definition and applicability of captive use, especially concerning tolling arrangements and ownership of power generation plants. The writ petition was disposed
India Law Library Docid # 2433326

(953) MAHRU MAHTO Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 11-09-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 313 — Statement of accused — Sufficiency of questions put to accused — Circumstances and evidence that come from witnesses must be put to the accused — It is not fatal if the name of the witness is not mentioned in the question, as long as the substance of the evidence against the accused is presented.
India Law Library Docid # 2433327

(954) POOJA SHARMA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 11-09-2025
Compassionate Appointment — Rejection of application — Forged documents — Petitioner's mother's application for compassionate appointment was rejected due to submission of a forged Class V marksheet from 1976 — The rejection order was not challenged by the mother during her lifetime or by the petitioner afterwards — Petitioner's subsequent application, based on her mother's original claim, was also rejected.
India Law Library Docid # 2432712

(955) BHANWAR SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. BHOM SINGH AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 11-09-2025
Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 — Sections 88, 188, 53, 223, 224 — Revenue Suits — Principles of Natural Justice — Opportunity of Hearing — Suit dismissed for non-prosecution, then restored by S.D.O. without an application for restoration, citing non-appearance of counsel for defendants, but judgment pronounced before the next scheduled date without hearing arguments from defendants — Lower appellate authorities (RAA and Board of Revenue) failed to consider these procedural irregularities
India Law Library Docid # 2432713

(956) M/S RAM NATH AND CO. Vs. MUNICIPAL BOARD, SURATGARH AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 11-09-2025
Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 1959 — Section 271(2) — Limitation for suits against municipality — Section 271(2) applies only to acts done or purportedly done in an "official capacity" — An illegal act by a municipality or its official cannot be considered as done in official capacity — Therefore, the six-month limitation period under Section 271(2) does not apply to illegal actions.
India Law Library Docid # 2432714

(957) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. SUGAN KHAN @ SHOKAT KHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 11-09-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302/34 — Murder — Acquittal — Criminal Appeals — State's appeal against acquittal from murder charge — Accused convicted for lesser offences — Accused not liable for murder if death is due to intervening causes like septicemia, toxemia, delayed treatment, or medical complications, rather than direct act of accused — Prosecution must prove accused's act as direct and proximate cause of
India Law Library Docid # 2432698

(958) KHADIJA AND OTHERS Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 11-09-2025
Jammu and Kashmir Migrant Immovable Property (Preservation, Protection and Restraint on Distress Sales) Act, 1997 — Sections 4, 5, 7 — Order for eviction by District Magistrate — Appeal against such order under Section 7 — Petitioners sought to bypass statutory appeal remedy by filing a writ petition, claiming the remedy was time-barred and not efficacious — Court held that while the limitation period had expired, the
India Law Library Docid # 2434064

(959) MST. HAJIRA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 11-09-2025
J&K Land Revenue Act, 1996 (Samvat 2006) — Section 121 — Procedure when question of title arises in Settlement Proceedings — Collector's power to decide title summarily is binding until set aside by Civil Court decree — Record-of-rights to be corrected in accordance with decree after application to Collector — Revenue authorities cannot alter ownership on basis of civil court judgment where title was not declared in
India Law Library Docid # 2434065

(960) HARPREET RANA Vs. SAMEER KOUL[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 11-09-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 (now 528 BNSS) — Inherent powers of High Court — Quashing of complaint and proceedings — Complaint filed with ulterior motive and personal grudge — Allegations in complaint are absurd and improbable — High Court can exercise inherent powers to prevent abuse of process of court and secure ends of justice.
India Law Library Docid # 2434063