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(141) HARIBHAU @ BHAUSAHEB DINKAR KHARUSE AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 149, 302, 307 — Unlawful Assembly and Vicarious Liability — High Court correctly reversed acquittal based on misappreciation of evidence by Trial Court, specifically overlooking credibility of injured eyewitnesses and legal effect of active participation in unlawful assembly
India Law Library Docid # 2434640

(142) REKHA MINOCHA Vs. AMIT SHAH MINOCHA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125 — Maintenance — Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Section 12, 21, 22 — Matrimonial dispute — Wife filed for maintenance — Trial court awarded maintenance and compensation — Appellate court upheld — High Court partly set aside compensation and dismissed Section 125 CrPC application — Supreme Court
India Law Library Docid # 2434699

(143) K. NAGENDRA Vs. THE NEW INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025
Motor Vehicles Act — Section 149 — Liability of insurer — Deviation from route — Accident occurred while offending vehicle was outside permitted route — High Court applied 'pay and recover' principle — Insurance company directed to pay award and recover from owner — Held, High Court's order justified — Purpose of insurance is to shield owner from liability, denying compensation is unjust to victim — However, insurer acts within contract bounds and should not pay for claims outside agreement
India Law Library Docid # 2434636

(144) K. GANESAN Vs. MS. S. SELVI[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 29-10-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96, Order 41 Rule 1 — First Appeal — Plaintiff filed suit for specific performance of Sale Agreement and injunction, alternatively for refund of advance amount with interest — Trial Court dismissed suit — High Court upheld dismissal of specific performance and injunction but granted alternate relief of refund of advance amount.
India Law Library Docid # 2434766

(145) M. GANESAMOORTHY Vs. G. REGINAMARY[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 29-10-2025
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Compounding of offence — Compromise — After conviction and dismissal of appeal, parties entered into a compromise — High Court allowed compounding and set aside conviction and sentence, considering the object of NI Act is primarily compensatory and not punitive, and the spirit of compromise.
India Law Library Docid # 2434767

(146) R. BANUMATHI Vs. CHIEF EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, VELLORE DISTRICT AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 29-10-2025
Service Law — Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) — Estate — Nomination — Benefits under CPS are part of the deceased employee’s estate. Unlike non-contributory pension schemes, CPS amounts are quantified and can be diverted from natural succession. Nomination for CPS benefits does not confer absolute ownership on the nominee, who acts as a mere trustee. Legal heirs are entitled to claim these benefits
India Law Library Docid # 2434768

(147) THE LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA Vs. MAHESWARI AND OTHER[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 29-10-2025
Insurance Law — Repudiation of claim — Non-disclosure of material facts — Insured died in a motor accident, not due to any pre-existing medical condition — Prior accident and medical treatment not related to the cause of death after seven and three years respectively — Non-disclosure of these past events for policies taken subsequently does not amount to suppression of material facts that would influence a
India Law Library Docid # 2434835

(148) KORANIL YUSAF Vs. V.A FIROZ AND OTHER[KERALA HIGH COURT] 29-10-2025
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque for insufficiency of funds — Appeal by complainant against acquittal — Accused borrowed Rs. 3,75,000 and issued cheque — Cheque dishonoured — Accused acquitted by Sessions Court — Grounds for appeal by complainant and defence arguments — Trial court convicted accused, Sessions Court acquitted — Complainant argued signature on cheque not disputed and presumption under Sections 139 and 118 should apply — Defence argued complaint
India Law Library Docid # 2434857

(149) THE COMMISSIONER, NAGPUR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND OTHERS Vs. LALITA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025
Civil Death — Presumption of Death — General Rule — A person is presumed dead only after seven years from the date they went missing, unless there is specific evidence to the contrary. The decree of civil death declares a person presumed dead after seven years of disappearance but does not fix a precise date of death.
India Law Library Docid # 2434882

(150) COMMON CAUSE Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025
Mines and Minerals — Recovery of dues — The court expressed serious displeasure with the State of Odisha's recovery process of dues from defaulting lessees, noting a lack of essential data in their status report and granting them time to file a better report with concrete steps.
India Law Library Docid # 2434885

(151) AMAN KUMAR Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025
Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Offences under Sections 309(5), 109(1), 103 and 3(5) — Charge framing delays — Petition for regular bail — Petitioner accused of several offences and in custody since August 10, 2024 — Chargesheet filed September 30, 2024 — Charge not yet framed — Petitioner claims innocence and false implication — Delay in charge framing hindering progress of trial.
India Law Library Docid # 2434902

(152) RAJ KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376, 384, 506 — Rape, Extortion, Criminal Intimidation — FIR registered based on prosecutrix's complaint alleging acquaintance through Facebook, false representation, intoxication, rape, recording of obscene photos/videos, and subsequent demands for money under threat — Prosecution case gist.
India Law Library Docid # 2434903

(153) VIRENDRA Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 147, 148, 504, 302/149, 307/149, 323/149 — Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1932 — Section 7 — Conviction for offences — Appeal to High Court — Application for suspension of sentence rejected — Supreme Court granted leave to appeal and suspended sentence of appellant — Reasons for suspension include parity with co-accused enlarged on bail, appellant’s custody period exceeding 11 years, and the appeal likely to take considerable
India Law Library Docid # 2434907

(154) RAMNATH KORI AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302/149, 148, 147 — Conviction and sentence to life imprisonment — Appeal pending before High Court — Application for suspension of sentence rejected — Present appeal filed challenging rejection — Supreme Court grants leave to appeal.
India Law Library Docid # 2434909

(155) STATE OF H.P. AND OTHERS Vs. KANTA SHARMA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025
Service Law — Recruitment — Special Educators — State informed that 245 posts of Special Educators have been created and will be filled — Proposal for service conditions and status of School under consideration by Cabinet for decision. (Para 2)
India Law Library Docid # 2434911

(156) RAVINDRA BHASKAR JAYWANT Vs. SANDEEP ASHOK BANSUDE AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Interference by High Court — High Court should not interfere with a bail order granted by a Magistrate merely because the order lacked detailed reasoning, especially when the alleged offences are triable by the Magistrate.
India Law Library Docid # 2434912

(157) SOHANSINH JANAKSINGH @ MOHABBATSINGH YADAV Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Grant of Bail — appellant is father-in-law of deceased, alleged to have conspired to kill deceased for insurance policy benefit — Deceased died in road accident allegations of strangulation and pushing under vehicle did not find support from post-mortem report, injuries ante-mortem relatable to accident — Appellant's son, not
India Law Library Docid # 2434914

(158) JYOTIKA BHALLA Vs. AMAN MISHRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025
Civil Procedure — Transfer Petition — Settlement Agreement — Parties resolved disputes through mediation, leading to a Settlement Agreement signed by them, their counsel, and the mediator — Supreme Court upheld the agreement and dissolved the marriage in exercise of jurisdiction under Article 142 of the Constitution.
India Law Library Docid # 2434917

(159) MD. MOFIZUDDIN Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Suspension of Sentence — Appeal against High Court order rejecting suspension of sentence — Co-accused with similar case granted suspension of sentence — Appellant has undergone significant incarceration and has a weak prosecution case with no likelihood of early hearing of appeal — Supreme Court grants suspension of sentence pending appeal.
India Law Library Docid # 2434922

(160) APRAJITA SINGH Vs. PRASHANT SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 33 — Settlement Agreement — Parties reaching amicable settlement before mediation centre — Settlement agreement recorded and signed by parties, lawyers, and mediator — Terms of settlement include dissolution of marriage, quashing of FIR, withdrawal of pending matters, payment of alimony and maintenance, return of specific articles, deletion of photos/videos, and mutual non-interference in future lives — Court takes notice of initial payment and outlines s
India Law Library Docid # 2434931