(121) THANGADURAI Vs. SWAMIDOSS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 30-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Cheque dishonour — Compounding of offences — Criminal revision petition filed after conviction and dismissal of appeal — Parties entered into compromise outside court — Entire compensation and costs paid — High Court can compound offence exercising inherent powers to secure ends of justice, even at appellate or revision stage — Object of Act is India Law Library Docid # 2434841
(122) STATE OF KERALA Vs. SUBRAMANIAN NAMBOOTHIRI[KERALA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 307, 323, 324, 34 — Appeal against acquittal — High Court powers — Appellate court can review evidence thoroughly and reverse acquittal if trial court's findings are perverse, based on misreading or non-reading of evidence, or lead to grave miscarriage of justice. India Law Library Docid # 2434854
(123) ANIL K EMMANUEL Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 216 (BNSS Section 239) — Addition of charge — Public prosecutor's application to add charge — Maintainability — Courts have the power to alter or add charges even after evidence is adduced and arguments are heard, provided no prejudice is caused to the accused — Even an informant or victim can seek alteration/addition of charge, therefore a India Law Library Docid # 2434855
(124) MUHAMMAD SHAREEF. C AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Kerala Registration of Marriages (Common) Rules, 2008 — Rule 11 — Registration of second marriage of a Muslim man when first wife is alive — Requirement of notice to first wife — Constitution of India — Articles 14 and 15 — Equality before law and prohibition of discrimination — Although Muslim Personal Law permits polygamy under certain conditions, registration of a second marriage India Law Library Docid # 2434856
(125) PAWAN KUMAR Vs. SURBHI KHATANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 1 — Transfer Petition — Divorce proceedings — Mediation successful — Parties arrived at a settlement agreement for dissolution of marriage and withdrawal of all pending cases against each other — Settlement includes lump sum payment to wife and terms regarding custody and visitation of minor child — Supreme Court India Law Library Docid # 2434887
(126) KIRAN DEEP KAUR @ KIRAN BALA Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2025 Civil Procedure — Compensation — Vicarious Liability — State's responsibility — While the State may not be vicariously liable in a strict legal sense for actions of its employees that cause death, the court can award compensation in the interest of justice, especially in cases involving official weapons and delayed response to victim's pleas. India Law Library Docid # 2434888
(127) PADMAVATHY Vs. THAMARAVARDHINI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2025 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Applicability of amendments — Suit for partition — Conflict between earlier judgments of Supreme Court on the effect of amendments — Supreme Court decided the issue in Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma & Ors. — High Court's judgment passed before Vineeta Sharma was available — Supreme Court set aside High Court's judgment and India Law Library Docid # 2434889
(128) DIRECTOR GENERAL, ALL INDIA RADIO Vs. PURUSHOTHAMAN C. & ORS. ETC. ETC[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2025 Administrative Law — Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) — Powers of CAT — CAT is empowered to direct the implementation of a scheme within a specified timeframe. India Law Library Docid # 2434893
(129) TASTE’L FINE FOODS PVT. LTD. Vs. UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2025 Insurance Law — Fire Insurance Policy — Claim Assessment — Standard Fire & Special Perils Policy — Fire incident occurred in industrial unit damaging building, machinery, and stock — Insurance company appointed surveyors to assess loss — Surveyors' report detailed damage to various components and stocks — National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) India Law Library Docid # 2434894
(130) SURESH KUMAR Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Suspension of Sentence — Appellant convicted under NDPS Act, 1985, Section 8/18(c) and sentenced to ten years rigorous imprisonment — Criminal appeal pending for two years — Appellant in custody for approx. two years and five months — Co-convict released on bail by High Court citing no likelihood of final India Law Library Docid # 2434908
(131) RAJ BAHADUR Vs. STATE OF U.P AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Regular Bail — Rejection by High Court — Appeal to Supreme Court — Supreme Court allowed appeal and set aside High Court's order — Appellant to be released on bail on terms and conditions imposed by trial court — Appeal arose from rejection of regular bail prayer of appellant in connection with FIR alleging conspiracy to India Law Library Docid # 2434925
(132) M/S RAM HARI MOTORS PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE BANK OF INDIA[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Sections 14(1), 101, 96, 94 — Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 138, 141 — Moratorium effect on criminal proceedings — The moratorium under IBC, intended to provide a breathing space for a corporate debtor to reorganize financial affairs, does not extend to criminal proceedings, particularly those under Section 138 of the NI Act. Such proceedings are India Law Library Docid # 2434936
(133) UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER Vs. KIRAN BALA AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal against award of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Award of compensation — Undertaking by deceased — Undertaking by a deceased person for themselves does not bar their family members from claiming compensation for death in a motor accident — Such undertaking by the deceased on behalf of dependents is not valid. India Law Library Docid # 2434937
(134) SHRI MANSHA RAM Vs. SHRI AMAR NATH (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS. SH. ASHOK KUMAR AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 65 — Secondary Evidence — Conditions for leading secondary evidence are not discretionary but must be met — Trial Court erred in allowing application for secondary evidence without satisfying the parameters of Section 65. India Law Library Docid # 2434941
(135) RAJESH GANJHU @ RAJESH KUMAR GANJHU Vs. UNION OF INDIA THROUGH NATIONAL INVESTIGATING AGENCY, NEW DELHI[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 — Section 43-D(5) — Bail — Prohibition on grant of bail — Statutory restrictions on bail do not prevent constitutional courts from granting bail on grounds of violation of fundamental rights — Court's power to grant bail can be harmonised with statutory restrictions — Rigours of statutory provisions weaken when trial is unlikely to be completed within a India Law Library Docid # 2435114
(136) M/S. TATA BRICKS COMPANY Vs. RAJASTHAN STATE POLLUTION[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Environmental Law — Imposition of Environmental Compensation by State Pollution Control Board — Competence — Lack of Statutory Backing — Held, State Pollution Control Boards can impose environmental compensation only after necessary subordinate legislation in the form of Rules and Regulations is notified, detailing the principles and procedure and incorporating principles of natural justice. India Law Library Docid # 2435159
(137) SURAJ MAL MEENA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 30-10-2025 Constitution of Rajasthan, 1950 — Article 14 and 16 — Right to fair chance in public employment — Candidates have a right to fair competition for public posts as enshrined in Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India. India Law Library Docid # 2435171
(138) MOHAMED SAMEER KHAN Vs. STATE REPRESENTED BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 449, 376, 394 — Appeal against High Court's upholding of conviction and sentence — Case based on circumstantial evidence — Absence of direct evidence connecting appellant to offense — Falsely implicated — Prosecution failed to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt — No scientific evidence linking appellant — Important witnesses not associated in India Law Library Docid # 2434637
(139) JEMABEN Vs. THE STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Appeal against High Court conviction — Trial Court acquitted, High Court convicted appellant for murder — Prosecution case rested mainly on dying declarations — Defence argued discrepancies in dying declarations and other evidence — Trial Court acquitted giving benefit of doubt due to discrepancies in three dying declarations — High Court relied India Law Library Docid # 2434638
(140) ANNAMALAI Vs. VASANTHI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 10 and Section 14 — Specific Performance — Discretionary Relief — Time Essence of Contract — Agreement for Sale — Plaintiff paid over 90% of consideration and additional amount, demonstrating readiness and willingness; defendants accepting additional payment waived right to forfeit earnest money for non-payment within six months — Non-issuance of notice India Law Library Docid # 2434639