(1) Nagalla Veera ...Appellants Vs. Smt. Nagumothu Vijaya Lakshmi...Respondent D.D 11/12/2024

Civil Law - Promissory Notes – Validity and Binding Nature – Burden of Proof – Promissory Notes Upheld – The plaintiff successfully established the execution of five promissory notes totaling ₹2,50,000 by the defendant at Gudivada, corroborated by testimonies of scribe and attestors – The defendant failed to substantiate his claim of repayment or prove that the prom...

ANDHRA PRADESH # FIRST APPEAL NO. 170 OF 2006 Docid 2024 LEJ Civil AP 168016

(2) Pradeep Kumar Lalit Kumar Pandya ...Applicant Vs. Harisingh J. Kapadia And Others ...Respondents D.D 11/12/2024

Rent Law - Transmission of Tenancy Rights – Section 7(15)(d), Maharashtra Rent Control Act – Relationship and Residence as Family – Claim Rejected – The applicant sought recognition as a tenant after the death of the original tenant, claiming to have resided with the deceased as a family member – The Trial Court and Appellate Court held that the applicant, being the s...

BOMBAY # CIVIL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 333 OF 2023 Docid 2024 LEJ Civil Bom 138772

(3) Om Prakash Saxena & Others...Petitioners Vs. State of West Bengal & Another...Respondents D.D 11/12/2024

Civil Law - Employees’ Provident Fund Act – Quashing of Proceedings – Limitation Bar Applied – Proceedings Quashed – The petitioners challenged criminal proceedings alleging non-filing of provident fund returns, citing limitation and prior dissolution of their establishment – Held: Cognizance taken beyond the statutory limitation period under Section 468 CrPC re...

CALCUTTA # C.R.R. 3772 of 2017, C.R.R. 2963 of 2017, and C.R.R. 3054 of 2017 Docid 2024 LEJ Crim Cal 312835

(4) Dr. Thahiya Thasleem V.S. & Dr. Riya Elizabeth George ...Petitioners Vs. State of Kerala, The Director of Health Services, The Director of Medical Education Kerala, Kerala State Medical Councils, National Medical Commission, Union of India, Secretary to Government, Ministry of External Affairs, Odessa National Medical University, Ukraine ...Respondents D.D 11/12/2024

Civil Writ - Foreign Medical Graduates – Requirement of CRMI for Two Years – Judicial Deference to Expert Bodies – The petitioners challenged Note 3 in provisional registration certificates requiring two years of CRMI, asserting they completed offline training and examinations during the pandemic – The respondents cited Supreme Court decisions and National Medical Commissio...

KERALA # Writ Petition (Civil) WP(C) No. 30673 of 2024 Docid 2024 LEJ Civil Kerl 970134

(5) Prem Kumar and Others ...Appellants Vs. Subhash Chand and Others ...Respondents D.D 11/12/2024

Civil Law - Bar under Section 49 of U.P.C.H. Act – Applicability – Suit Not Maintainable – The Court found that the sale deed was executed during ongoing consolidation operations, and subsequent rights of the appellants were adjudicated by the consolidation authorities under Section 12 – Held: The suit challenging the sale deed is barred under Section 49, as it involves mat...

ALLAHABAD # SECOND APPEAL NO. 512 OF 2000 Docid 2024 LEJ Civil Allh 156313

(6) Atul Kumar Singh @ Atul Rai...Applicant Vs. State of U.P. through Principal Secretary...Opposite Party D.D 10/12/2024

Territorial Jurisdiction – Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. – Cause of Action Partially Arising in Lucknow – Application Dismissed – The applicant challenged the cognizance order and chargesheet on the grounds that no part of the cause of action arose in Lucknow, where the case was filed – Held: Part cause of action arose within the territorial jurisdiction of Lu...

ALLAHABAD # APPLICATION U/S 482 NO. 5495 OF 2023 Docid 2024 LEJ Crim Allh 426986

(7) Yelamanchili Rambabu and Another ...Appellants Vs. State of Andhra Pradesh ...Respondent D.D 10/12/2024

Conviction Based on Dying Declaration – Omnibus Accusations – Reversal of Conviction – The trial court convicted accused Nos. 1 and 2 under Section 302 IPC based on the sole reliance on the dying declaration of the deceased. The dying declaration (Ex.P8) attributed a vague and omnibus accusation to both the accused for pouring kerosene and setting the deceased on fire – Hel...

ANDHRA PRADESH # CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 607 OF 2017 Docid 2024 LEJ Crim AP 929231

(8) Sujit ...Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent D.D 10/12/2024

Criminal Procedure – Discharge Application – Prima Facie Case Established – Rejection Upheld – The petitioner, an advocate, sought discharge in a case involving forgery, conspiracy, and transfer of government land based on disputed mutation entries. Both the Magistrate and Sessions Judge rejected the discharge application, citing prima facie evidence of the petitioner&rsquo...

BOMBAY # CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1123 OF 2024 Docid 2024 LEJ Crim Bom 850474

(9) Sk. Md. Yasin & Others...Appellants Vs. Sk. Asraf Ali (since deceased) represented by Asmani Begum & Others...Respondents D.D 10/12/2024

Presumption of Joint Ownership – Application of Mohammedan Law – Appeal Allowed – The appellant claimed exclusive ownership of seven properties, while the respondent asserted joint ownership inherited from their father. Both lower courts relied on the concept of a "karta" and presumption of joint ownership akin to Hindu law principles – Held: Under Mohammedan law,...

CALCUTTA # SECOND APPEAL NO. 339 OF 1986 Docid 2024 LEJ Civil Cal 383051