(161) PUNYA KANTA DAS Vs. STATE OF ASSAM[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 01-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304 Part I — Conviction for culpable homicide not amounting to murder — Accidental discharge during scuffle — Evidence suggests the firearm was discharged during a scuffle between the accused and the deceased, with no intention to cause death or bodily injury likely to cause death — Medical evidence shows a single entry wound, and the forensic ballistic report confirms the India Law Library Docid # 2432211
(162) SAPNA Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 01-09-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 8/20/60 — Seizure of vehicle — Release of vehicle pending trial — No specific bar under NDPS Act for interim release of seized vehicles — Courts can invoke general powers under Sections 451 and 457 of CrPC for return of seized vehicles — Trial court has discretion to release vehicle interim, but power must be exercised according to facts of each case. India Law Library Docid # 2432344
(163) ANJUMAN ISHAAT-E-TALEEM TRUST Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-09-2025 Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act) — Applicability to minority educational institutions — Constitutional validity — Interpretation of Article 21A and Article 30(1) of the Constitution — Harmonious construction required — RTE Act aims at universal elementary education, a fundamental right — Minority rights under Article 30(1) are not absolute and are subject to reasonable regulation in the interest of education and national goals — India Law Library Docid # 2432450
(164) MUKESH GAKKHAR AND OTHERS Vs. LAXMINARAYAN SAHU AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-09-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Compensation for death and injury — Enhancement of compensation — Deceased's future prospects calculated at 50% instead of 30% as per Pranay Sethi judgment for age group 40-50 years — Multiplier of 11 used instead of 13 as per Sarla Verma judgment for age group 46-50 years — Funeral expenses and loss of estate awarded at Rs. 5,000/- each, should be Rs. 18,150/- as per India Law Library Docid # 2432523
(165) NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. KALABAI AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 01-09-2025 Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 (now Employee's Compensation Act) — Section 30 — Appeal against order of Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation — Insurance Company disputing liability — Deceased injured in accident while operating a thresher attached to and propelled by a tractor — Tractor was insured, thresher was insured separately with limited coverage — Held, insurance company liable as the tractor, which India Law Library Docid # 2432524
(166) SHAMAS DIN Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 01-09-2025 Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 — Preventive Detention — Grounds of Detention — Representation against detention — Detaining authority's duty to inform detenue of right to make representation to detaining authority itself — Failure to so inform vitiates detention — Mere communication of right to represent to Government is insufficient. India Law Library Docid # 2432546
(167) KESAR SINGH (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS. Vs. HARJEET SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 01-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 14 Rule 15(1) read with Section 151 — Issues framed incorrectly — Burden of proof — In a suit for declaration wherein plaintiffs claim ownership by inheritance and defendant claims ownership based on a Will, the defendant who propounds the Will has the burden of proving its validity. A lower court order directing the defendant to lead evidence first when the plaintiffs have India Law Library Docid # 2432675
(168) SARASWATI Vs. ROSHNI DEVI[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 01-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of pleadings — Amendment permissible after commencement of trial only if due diligence is established — Plaintiff sought amendment after trial commenced and 5 witnesses were examined — Amendment sought to challenge mutation and revenue entries, changing the nature of the suit from injunction to declaration — Plaintiff failed to demonstrate due diligence in discovering the mutation earlier — Such India Law Library Docid # 2432676
(169) RAHUL AND ANOTHER Vs. AJMER SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 01-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of Written Statement — Trial stage — Proviso to Order 6 Rule 17 states ordinarily no amendment of pleadings permitted once trial commences — Petitioners failed to show cause for delay in filing amendment application — Petitioners attained majority in 2018 and 2019 respectively, but filed application in September 2024, indicating an India Law Library Docid # 2432677
(170) TEHAL SINGH Vs. BALDEV SINGH (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS AND ORS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 01-09-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 16(c) — Readiness and Willingness — Plaintiff seeking specific performance must plead and prove continuous readiness and willingness to perform essential terms of contract — Onus is on plaintiff — "Readiness" refers to financial capacity, "willingness" refers to conduct — Plaintiff's claims regarding source of funds were evasive and contradictory (bank accounts, India Law Library Docid # 2432688
(171) HEERA LAL MEHTO Vs. STATE OF H.P. AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 363, 366, 376; Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 6 — Regular bail — Petitioner sought bail after being in custody for approximately two years and three months — Trial not likely to conclude soon, with many prosecution witnesses yet to be examined — Prima facie, prosecution story appeared doubtful — Delay in trial not attributable to the petitioner — Continued India Law Library Docid # 2432151
(172) M/S. KKK HYDRO POWER LIMITED Vs. HIMACHAL PRADESH STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-08-2025 Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 86(1)(B) — Regulation of Electricity Purchase — Price Determination — Price Agreements for Purchase of Electricity necessarily require review and approval of State Commission — Not a matter of Private Negotiation. India Law Library Docid # 2432055
(173) STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS Vs. EX. C. SATPAL SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-08-2025 Disciplinary Proceedings - Dismissal from Service — Unauthorized Absence — Departmental Inquiry — Show Cause Notice — Past Conduct — Rule 16. 2(1) Punjab Police Rules, 1934 — Respondent, a Constable, was dismissed from service for unauthorized absence — A departmental inquiry was conducted, and a chargesheet was issued — The respondent was given an opportunity to cross — India Law Library Docid # 2432056
(174) SMT. BHAGWATI DEVI Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 498-A — Cruelty by husband or relatives of husband — Dowry demand — Conviction based solely on uncorroborated statements of interested witnesses with no independent or medical evidence to prove cruelty or dowry demand — Complaint did not mention dowry demand by appellant — Wife’s family witnesses gave contradictory statements and admitted no dowry demand at the India Law Library Docid # 2432057
(175) 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
(176) 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
(177) 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
(178) 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
(179) 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
(180) 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