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2025 KLT OnLine 3237

Practice and Procedure -- Whether the order dismissing an application to restore the Original Petition - invoking the provisions of Order IX Rule 9 of the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), accompanied by an application to condone the delay can be challenged by filing original petition before the High Court.

Devan Ramachandran,M.B. Snehalatha

Shahabeen Hameed v. Muhammed Ajnas

27th October, 2025

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2025 KLT OnLine 3140 (SC)

Penal Code 1860, S.300 -- When there was no provocation, Exception 1 was certainly not applicable.

Dipankar Datta,Augustine George Masih

Kotresh v. State of Karnataka

17th October, 2025

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2025 KLT OnLine 3148 (SC)

Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act 1971 (Kerala), S.3(1) & 3(2) -- Sections 3(2) and 3(3) essentially aim to spare bona fide agricultural lands from vesting, even if they formally fell within the definition of private forest. 

Aravind Kumar,N.V. Anjaria

Jameela v. State of Kerala

15th October, 2025

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2025 KLT OnLine 3126 (SC)

Motor Vehicles Act 1988, S.166 -- Allowances cannot be excluded from the computation of salary to arrive at the multiplicand.

Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha,Manoj Misra

Manorma Sinha v. Manager, Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd.

15th October, 2025

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2025 KLT OnLine 3113 (SC)

Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, Ss.3( 2)(v) &  8(c) -- Section 8(c) of the SC/ST Act clearly indicates that the acquaintance of the accused with the family of the victim is enough to presume that the accused was aware of the caste and identity of the victim, unless proved otherwise.

B.V. Nagarathna,K.V. Viswanathan

Shivkumar @ Baleshwar Yadav v. State of Chhattisgarh

14th October, 2025

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2025 KLT OnLine 3151 (SC)

Employees Compensation Act 1923, S.19 -- Section 19 of the 1923 Act enables the Commissioner to determine as to who would be liable to pay the compensation and, therefore, it can determine the liability of an insurer.

Manoj Misra,N. Kotiswar Singh

Alok Kumar v. New India Assurance Co. Ltd.

9th October, 2025

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2025 KLT OnLine 1866

Arbitration and Conciliation (Court) Rules 1997 (Kerala), R.11 -- Civil P.C. 1908, O.XLI R.27 -- Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, S.34 -- The scheme of Section 34 being complete code by itself and summary in nature and further that the power of the District Court to interfere with the arbitral award being limited, there is no reason to hold that the person seeking to set aside the award is entitled to produce additional evidence which will enable him to sustain his claim under Section 34.

A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar,Easwaran S.

M/s. Panchamy Pack (P) Ltd. v. Travancore Devaswom Board

11th April, 2025

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