(981) NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. MAHESHWARI DEVI AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-12-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 (Claim Petition for Negligence) and Section 163A (Structured Formula Compensation) — Negligence — Determining Factor — When Claim Under Section 166 Fails to Prove Negligence — Tribunal finding that deceased motorcyclist failed to prove rash/negligent driving by truck driver because truck was stationary and hit from behind — Held, such finding is inconsistent with law (Archit Saini) — Improper or wrongful parking of a vehicle is India Law Library Docid # 2437316
(982) STATE Vs. KAMAL[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Appeal Against Acquittal — Standard of Review — Scope of Interference — An order of acquittal cannot be set aside merely because a different view is possible — The Appellant-State must demonstrate illegality or perversity in the findings, or that the conclusion ignores material evidence — Absent such demonstration, the High Court will not interfere with the reasoned judgment of the Trial Court. India Law Library Docid # 2437317
(983) DR D K MODI Vs. V K MODI AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of Plaint — Scope — A plaint can only be rejected if it fails to disclose a cause of action, based strictly on the grounds listed under Order 7 Rule 11, and not on matters concerning the merits of the case or the eventual relief India Law Library Docid # 2437318
(984) MAMTA DAS Vs. PUNEET DAS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 47 Rule 1 — Review Jurisdiction — Scope — Review is maintainable only for error apparent on the face of the record, discovery of new and important matter, or for any other sufficient reason analogous to the foregoing — It is not a forum for re-agitating the matter on merits, seeking a rehearing of issues already adjudicated, or India Law Library Docid # 2437319
(985) AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA Vs. SHRISTI INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-12-2025 Aircraft Act, 1934 — Rules, Notifications, Height Restriction for Safeguarding Aircraft Operations Rules, 2015 (2015 Notification) — Airports Authority of India (AAI) — Grant/Rejection of No Objection Certificate (NOC) for building height near aerodrome — Judicial Review — Scope — Technical Determinations — Court's function is supervisory, ensuring action is within statutory mandate, adheres to natural justice, and avoids arbitrariness/perversity — Reassessment of technical conclusions (e.g., cl India Law Library Docid # 2437320
(986) RABARI BHARMIBEN MURU Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 24-12-2025 Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RFCTLARR) Act, 2013— Section 54 — Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Land Acquisition Process — Applicability of New Act — Where the award under Section 11 of the old Act (Land Acquisition Act, 1894) was passed after the new Act (Land Acquisition Act, 2013) came into force (i.e., after 01.01.2014) — The award must India Law Library Docid # 2437660
(987) RAMNIKLA AND CO THRU CHETAN RAMNIKLAL MEHTA AND OTHERS Vs. PARESHKUMAR SHANKARLAL TRIVEDI[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 24-12-2025 Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 (Rent Act) — Section 13(1)(b) and Explanation — Eviction — Erection of Permanent Structure by Tenant — Definition of “Permanent Structure” — Tenant constructing a partition wall (10 ft. high, 20 ft. wide, 9 inch thick) with brick and mortar on a cement foundation, annexed to existing walls, replacing an old tin sheet partition due to corrosion — The construction of such a wall, particularly one that cannot be removed without using a India Law Library Docid # 2437661
(988) PARESH RASIKLAL MODI Vs. RAMESHBHAI JADAVBHAI PATEL AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 24-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(d) — Rejection of Plaint — Barred by Limitation — Suit for Specific Performance, Cancellation, and Declaration — Limitation Act, 1963, Article 54, 58, 59 — Agreement to Sell (Banakhat) fixed specific date (31.05.2011) for execution of sale deed and stipulated forfeiture if payment/execution not done by that date — Plaintiff waited nine years and six months India Law Library Docid # 2437662
(989) ARPAN KUMAR PUJARI Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 24-12-2025 Transfer — Incident of Service — An order of transfer is generally considered an incident of service and employees do not have a vested right to remain at a particular posting. India Law Library Docid # 2438148
(990) TRUPTIMAYEE BASTIA AND OTHERS Vs. SUBHALAXMI MISHRA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 24-12-2025 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 106 — Notice to quit — Requirements for validity — Requirements for issuing notice to quit and its service on tenant — Effect of tenant’s refusal to accept notice compared to receipt by other tenants — Tenants continuing possession after notice are tenants-at-sufferance, liable for eviction. India Law Library Docid # 2438149
(991) JUNU BEGUM AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 24-12-2025 Railways Act, 1989 — Section 124-A — Compensation for untoward incident — Bona fide passenger — Genuine journey ticket recovered from deceased prima facie establishes status as bona fide passenger — Law does not require direct or eyewitness evidence to prove boarding a specific train — Beneficial legislation acknowledges common lack of direct evidence in railway accidents. India Law Library Docid # 2438150
(992) HEIRS OF MANSUKHLAL PRABHASHANKAR JOSHI AND OTHERS Vs. NARENDRASINH KIRITSINH OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 24-12-2025 Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (MACT) — Compensation — Calculation of Notional Income and Future Prospects — Deceased was a Head-Constable, aged 41 years at the time of accident (1992) with a gross salary of Rs. 2,193/- per month (Net Rs. 2,173/-) — Tribunal's finding of Rs. 2,200/- per month salary affirmed — In line with Supreme Court principles (Sarla Verma and Pranay Sethi), 30% addition for future prospects applied, increasing monthly income to Rs. 2,860/-. India Law Library Docid # 2437663
(993) PAMIDIPATI SATYANARAYANA RAO (DIED) PER LRS. AND OTHERS Vs. NAVULURI SARASWATHI AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96, 100; Appeals — Suit for partition and permanent injunction — Two suits filed with related claims — O.S.No.15 of 1981 for partition, O.S.No.07 of 1981 for injunction — Trial Court decreed partition suit and dismissed injunction suit — Appeals filed against common judgment — Appeals heard together and disposed of by common judgment. India Law Library Docid # 2438465
(994) KOTARU SRINIVASA RAO AND OTHERS Vs. A.P. STATE WAKF BOARD HYD AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 27 — Additional evidence in Appellate Court — Appellate Court can allow additional evidence if it requires it to pronounce judgment, or for any other substantial cause, even if it can pronounce judgment without it, to ensure a more satisfactory judgment in the interest of justice. India Law Library Docid # 2438466
(995) GORLI ARJUNA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-12-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Sections 480 & 483 — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act), Section 37 — Bail — Commercial quantity of contraband — Rigour of Section 37 NDPS Act applies — Petitioners failed to satisfy twin conditions for bail — Gravity of offence and deleterious impact on society cannot be ignored. India Law Library Docid # 2438467
(996) PAMIDIPATI SATYANARAYANA RAO (DIED) PER LRS. AND OTHERS Vs. NAVULURI SARASWATHI AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-12-2025 Hindu Law — Joint Family Property — Composite Family — Claim of composite family and partition arrangement — Burden of proof of composite family arrangement lies on the plaintiff. Evidence such as living together and joint cultivation is insufficient to infer a composite family without an express agreement or conduct incompatible with individuality. India Law Library Docid # 2438468
(997) KOMMINENI LALITHA Vs. KOLASANI VEERAIAH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — High Court's power to interfere with findings of fact — High Court cannot substitute its opinion for the first appellate court's findings of fact unless they are erroneous, contrary to law, based on inadmissible evidence, or without evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2438469
(998) SKYCOM AND ANOTHER Vs. SHRI ASHWANI KUMAR AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 23-12-2025 Contempt of Court — Wilful Disobedience of Order — Interim Orders in Pending Writ Petition — Petitioner failed to comply with order directing the grant of permission for advertisement display subject to inspection and bank guarantee submission — MCD refused permission citing lack of mandatory registration as an 'Advertiser' under the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 (DMC Act) and Outdoor Advertisement Policy — Core dispute in the main Writ India Law Library Docid # 2437261
(999) NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA Vs. MS ASHOKA BUILDCON LTD[DELHI HIGH COURT] 23-12-2025 Contractor Suspension/Debarment — Judicial Review of Interim Orders — Inter-Court Appeal challenging Single Judge's directions to provide hearing and reasoned suspension order — Grounds are that such directions contradict Ministry/NHAI Circulars which do not mandate prior notice or reasoned order for temporary suspension — Single Judge's order permitting reply/hearing/reasoned order considered appropriate in the facts of the case, and the appeal is disposed of without interference with an accele India Law Library Docid # 2437262
(1000) VIVEK KUMAR Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 23-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) — Appeal against conviction — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 308, 452, 325 — Conviction for attempted culpable homicide (Section 308) and house trespass (Section 452) — Modification of conviction and sentence — Appellant's conviction under Section 308 IPC modified to Section 325 IPC (Voluntarily causing grievous hurt) upon finding lack of intention or knowledge to cause death — Conviction under India Law Library Docid # 2437263