(141) CONST. AMAR SINGH Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-08-2025 Disciplinary Proceedings — Charges — Proof — Constable found 12 kms from camp when permitted to visit hospital — Detained by civilians due to unwarranted activities affecting reputation of Force — Charge of leaving camp without permission not proved, but being found at distant residential colony instead of hospital and subsequent detention sufficiently proved conduct unbecoming of member of Armed India Law Library Docid # 2432058
(142) M/S. TARACHAND LOGISTIC SOLUTIONS LIMITED Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-08-2025 Andhra Pradesh Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1963 — Section 3 — Levy of tax — Requirement of motor vehicle being used or kept for use in a ‘public place’ — ‘Public place’ defined under Section 2(34) of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 as a road, street, way or other place to which public has a right of access — Visakhapatnam Steel Plant premises, being a restricted area with controlled access, not a public place India Law Library Docid # 2432059
(143) RAJMUNI, WD/O LATE SANJU NAYAK Vs. C. G. STATE CIVIL SUPPLIER CORPORATION LIMITED AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 29-08-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor accident claim — Dependents — Entitlement to compensation — A legal representative's entitlement to compensation is based on dependency, not solely on their status as a legal heir — The Motor Vehicles Act is a benevolent legislation requiring a liberal interpretation to include all dependents who have suffered loss due to a death in a motor accident, not India Law Library Docid # 2432143
(144) PRAKASH CHANDRA SHARMA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH THROUGH COLLECTOR, RAIPUR, FOR LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER AND SUB DIVISIONAL OFFICER (REVENUE), RAIPUR (CG)[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 29-08-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 23(1) — Determination of Market Value — Principles from Supreme Court judgments like Barla Ram Reddy — Market value to be based on comparable sale instances proximate to Section 4 notification date, considering land's condition and potentiality India Law Library Docid # 2432144
(145) MS. TANVI CHATURVEDI Vs. MS. SMITA SHRIVASTAVA AND ANR.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 29-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order I Rule 10(2) — Impleadment of paramour in divorce proceedings — Necessary and proper party — Allegations of adultery require impleadment of alleged paramour for natural justice and complete adjudication — Impleadment is not merely procedural but a substantive safeguard India Law Library Docid # 2432145
(146) RAHUL @ SHIV Vs. STATE (NCT OF DELHI)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 29-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 392, 394, 397 — Robbery, Robbery with hurt, Robbery with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt — Conviction upheld — Evidence from eyewitnesses identifying appellant and attributing role of using knife during robbery, corroborated by apprehension and recovery of stolen items and weapon, with no material contradictions or plausible defence, establishes prosecution India Law Library Docid # 2432146
(147) SULTAN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 311 — Power to recall and re-examine witness — Court can recall and re-examine any person already examined if their evidence appears essential for a just decision — Object is to arrive at truth, subserve cause of justice, and uphold truth, not to help prosecution or defence — Allows Court to obtain best available evidence for justice India Law Library Docid # 2432147
(148) ASHOK KUMAR AND OTHER Vs. AJMER VIDYUT VITRAN NIGAM LIMITED AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 29-08-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Petition — Termination of Services — Forged Educational Documents — Petitioners appointed as Junior Accountant based on B.Com. qualification — Services terminated on grounds of submitting false and forged qualification documents — Verification from Magadh University revealed petitioners never admitted or studied in the affiliated college and university never issued any degree — Termination considered as cancellation of India Law Library Docid # 2432148
(149) ZYDUS WELLNESS PRODUCTS LTD. Vs. KARNAL FOODS PACK CLUSTER LIMITED AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 29-08-2025 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 12A — Pre-institution mediation — Mandatory compliance — Failure to comply with Section 12A and filing suit without pre-institution mediation leads to rejection of plaint under Order VII Rule 11(d) CPC. India Law Library Docid # 2432149
(150) BHAN SINGH (DECEASED) AND OTHERS Vs. THAKUR SINGH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 29-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of Pleadings — Application for amendment of plaint filed at the stage of final arguments — Held that amendment cannot be allowed after commencement of trial unless it is shown that in spite of due diligence, the matter could not be raised before commencement of trial — Plaintiff's failure to provide plausible reasons for delayed application and lack of due India Law Library Docid # 2432150
(151) SUSHMA KUMARI AND OTHERS Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR[JAMMU AND KASHMIR HIGH COURT] 29-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Matrimonial dispute — FIR registered for offences under Sections 323, 341, 506, 34 IPC — Allegation by petitioners that FIR is a counterblast to matrimonial litigations and motivated by malice — FIR lodged after a delay of three years — Prior complaint found to be false and concocted on inquiry — Held, while quashing of FIR is an exception, it India Law Library Docid # 2432152
(152) MOHD. NAZIR Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 29-08-2025 Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 — Section 8(4) — Approval of detention order by Government — If detention order is made by an officer mentioned in sub-section (2), it must be reported to the government with grounds and particulars, and it remains in force for only twelve days unless approved by the government — Detention order not approved by the government within twelve days loses its force and becomes India Law Library Docid # 2432153
(153) ZUBAIR RAMZAN GANIE Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 29-08-2025 Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act, 1988 (PITNDPS Act) — Detention Order — Grounds for Detention — Violation of Bail Conditions — Non-compliance with Constitutional Mandate — Petitioner challenged detention order arguing lack of material showing continuation of illicit activities after bail and failure to supply essential reports (Daily Diary Report, surveillance reports) — Held, India Law Library Docid # 2432154
(154) ABDUL WAHAB ANSARI Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 29-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Abuse of process of law — Inordinate delay in investigation infringing right to speedy trial under Article 21 of Constitution — Petitioner retired from service, investigation pending for nine years — Continuation of proceedings amounts to abuse of process. India Law Library Docid # 2432157
(155) MD. ABUL BASHAR @ ABDUL BASHAR Vs. STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 29-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Circumstantial Evidence — Case based on circumstantial evidence — Establishing chain of circumstances — Accused and deceased were the only inmates in the house — Noise heard from the house — Accused found with dagger inside the house where the deceased was found injured — Post-mortem report confirms multiple wounds — Failed to establish unsoundness of India Law Library Docid # 2432158
(156) RAJESH BAG Vs. STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 29-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 374(2) — Appeal against conviction — Appellants conviction under Sections 354 and 448 IPC — Trial Court relied solely on prosecutrix testimony, which was found contradictory and lacked corroboration from other witnesses or medical evidence — Appeal allowed as conviction was based on shaky India Law Library Docid # 2432159
(157) ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. SMTI. PUTALI DAS AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 29-08-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeals against orders of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Insurance Company's liability — Driver's license — When insurance company fails to produce cogent evidence to prove that the driver did not possess a valid driving license, the Tribunal is justified in holding the insurance company India Law Library Docid # 2432160
(158) RINA BORA Vs. STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 29-08-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Petition — Cancellation of Land Allotment — Natural Justice — Allotment allotted to petitioner's deceased husband — Cancellation order based on non-response to a letter addressed to the deceased is invalid — Subsequent allotment to a third party is also invalid as it is consequential to the void India Law Library Docid # 2432161
(159) BADRUL HOQUE Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 29-08-2025 Evidence Act, 1872 — Sections 65B, 76, 77 — Admissibility of Certified Copies of Voters' Lists — Rejection of exhibits on the ground of not being proved under Section 65B(4) of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, when they are certified copies of public documents prepared in accordance with Sections 76 and 77, is an error. India Law Library Docid # 2432162
(160) S.R. KOLI Vs. M.P. KHADI TATHA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 29-08-2025 Administrative Law — Delegation of Powers — Compulsory Retirement — Withdrawal — A State Government's approval of compulsory retirement does not create a vested right preventing the Board of Directors from withdrawing the order without further state approval, especially when the Act does not mandate state India Law Library Docid # 2432135