(161) 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
(162) 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
(163) 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
(164) 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
(165) 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
(166) 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
(167) 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
(168) 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
(169) 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
(170) 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
(171) HARNAM KAUR AND ANOTHER Vs. CHAND KAUR (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Section 14(1) and 14(2) — Property of female Hindu — Absolute ownership vs. limited estate — Will creating a restricted life estate — Sub-section (2) is an exception to sub-section (1) — Applies when property is acquired by gift, will, or other instrument prescribing a restricted estate, and the India Law Library Docid # 2435259
(172) MUNICIPAL COUNCIL, REWARI Vs. SANJAY JAIN AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Punjab Courts Act, 1918 — Section 41 — Regular Second Appeal — Scope — Second appeals in Punjab and Haryana are treated under this section, not Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure — No substantial question of law arises in such appeals, as per established legal position. India Law Library Docid # 2435260
(173) RADHA DEVI Vs. KHARATI LAL[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Specific Performance — Agreement to Sell — Plaintiff's readiness and willingness — Plaintiff's son, as Power of Attorney Holder, is competent to depose about plaintiff's readiness and willingness. Where the defendant denies the agreement itself, they cannot later raise the defense that the plaintiff was India Law Library Docid # 2435261
(174) GURMUKH SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Compounding of offence — Settlement between parties — High Court can quash conviction and acquit accused if parties have genuinely settled their dispute, even after conviction and dismissal of appeal — Such power stems from inherent jurisdiction to prevent abuse of process and secure justice — Compromise should not India Law Library Docid # 2435262
(175) NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. RAM RATI AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Appeal against award — Contributory negligence — Motorcyclist carrying two pillion riders — Insurance company's contention that motorcyclist was negligent due to carrying two pillion riders — Held, such violation of law (carrying more than one India Law Library Docid # 2435263
(176) 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
(177) 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
(178) 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
(179) 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
(180) 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