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(201) GOUTAM DUTT Vs. NAMITA BUSFORE & KUMARI RUMPA BUSFORE[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 29-10-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 — Appeal — Remand of suit — First Appellate Court set aside Trial Court's judgment and remanded suit for amendment of pleadings and adducing further evidence — High Court found no irregularity in the First Appellate Court's order for remand, noting that ownership of the suit property was
India Law Library Docid # 2435148

(202) DR. VINAY SUREN Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 29-10-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 173(3) and 173(8) — Further investigation after filing final report — Held permissible — No bar to further investigation even after filing of a final report — Investigating agency can submit further reports with additional evidence based on such investigation before the Magistrate.
India Law Library Docid # 2435170

(203) MANJIT SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. MOHAN SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-10-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 8 Rule 1 and Order 8 Rule 10 — Written Statement — Filing period — Provisions are directory, not mandatory — Court has discretion to extend time for filing, even beyond 90 days, for good reasons — Delay can be condoned if unintentional and bona fide, especially when case is at initial stage and
India Law Library Docid # 2435252

(204) KAPOOR SINGH Vs. JAG RAM AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-10-2025
Punjab Courts Act, 1918 — Section 41 — Regular Second Appeal — Treated as appeal under Section 41 of Punjab Courts Act, 1918, not Section 100 CPC, in Punjab and Haryana High Court — No question of law required to be framed.
India Law Library Docid # 2435253

(205) SURJIT SINGH (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS. Vs. MAHINDER SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-10-2025
Limitation Act, 1963 — Article 65 and Section 27 — Adverse Possession — Elements of Adverse Possession — Possession must be adequate in continuity, publicity, and extent — Claimant must prove date of commencement of adverse possession, openness, continuity, and necessary animus possidendi — Mere long possession without proof of
India Law Library Docid # 2435254

(206) ABHISHEK SINGH PANWAR Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 279, 337, 338 — Rash and negligent driving causing hurt and grievous hurt — Revision petition against conviction and sentence — Petitioner admitted conviction on merits — Prayer confined to sentence and seeking benefit of probation — Held, petitioner's age, lack of criminal antecedents, prompt action
India Law Library Docid # 2435255

(207) PARVEEN @ PARVEEN KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 323, 325, 506 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 360, 361 — Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 — Sections 3, 4 — Conviction upheld on merits — Petitioner seeks probation — Concurrent findings of fact against petitioner — Petitioner does not assail conviction on merits — Plea confined to
India Law Library Docid # 2435256

(208) RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. AFZAL AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-10-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Appeal against award — Sole issue for determination is quantum of compensation awarded — Appellant insurance company contends award is on higher side, respondents (Claimants) argue it is on lower side and have filed separate appeal for enhancement —
India Law Library Docid # 2435257

(209) AFZAL Vs. YOGESH KUMAR AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-10-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Awards — Enhancement of compensation — Held, the compensation awarded by the Tribunal was on the lower side and deserved to be enhanced.
India Law Library Docid # 2435258

(210) EPC CONSTRUCTIONS INDIA LIMITED THROUGH ITS LIQUIDATOR - ABHIJIT GUHATHAKURTA Vs. M/S MATIX FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 7 — Initiate Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process — Financial Creditor — Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares (CRPS) — Held to be investment, not debt — CRPS holders are not creditors — Cannot initiate CIRP under Section 7 of IBC.
India Law Library Docid # 2434580

(211) STATE ELECTION COMMISSION Vs. SHAKTI SINGH BARTHWAL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Supreme Court Rules of Practice — Conduct of Counsel — Duty to Court — Counsel must respect the Court's indication to refrain from further submissions once the Court has indicated its mind — Continued insistence after the Court expresses its inclination serves no purpose and affects the decorum of proceedings — A balance must be struck between the advocate's duty to the client and the Court — Orderly
India Law Library Docid # 2434581

(212) STATE OF KERALA Vs. SUNI @ SUNIL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 195A — Threatening any person to give false evidence — Offence committed in relation to a court proceeding — Cognizable offence — Police can register FIR and investigate — Section 195(1)(b)(i) CrPC requiring complaint by Court does not apply.
India Law Library Docid # 2434582

(213) P. SOMARAJU Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) — Appeal against High Court judgment reversing acquittal — Supreme Court to reconsider evidence when Trial Court's finding is perverse or unreasonable — High Court should not disturb acquittal if two reasonable conclusions are possible — Interference only when Trial Court’s view is perverse, based on misreading or
India Law Library Docid # 2434584

(214) OM PAL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P (NOW STATE OF UTTARAKHAND)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 149, 307 — Appeals against conviction and sentence for murder and attempt to murder by High Court — Supreme Court's power of interference under Article 136 is wide but to be exercised sparingly in concurrent findings of fact, unless there is manifest illegality, grave miscarriage of justice, perversity or misreading of evidence.
India Law Library Docid # 2434585

(215) SMT. ROSHNI DEVI Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 28-10-2025
Telangana Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Dacoits, Drug-Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Land Grabbers, Spurious Seed Offenders, Insecticides Offenders, Fertilizer Offenders, Food Adulteration Offenders, Fake Document Offenders, Scheduled Commodities Offenders, Forest Offenders, Gaming Offenders, Sexual Offenders, Explosive Substances Offenders, Arms
India Law Library Docid # 2434623

(216) M/S. MAKEMYTRIP (INDIA) PVT. LTD. Vs. SARWAN KUMAR SHARMA AND ANOTHER[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 28-10-2025
Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Deficiency in service — Flight reschedulement — Duty to inform — Travel agent's role — Complainants booked flights with a travel agent (petitioner) for GoAir. Flight was rescheduled earlier. Complainants arrived at the airport based on the original booking time and missed the flight, incurring costs for new tickets. They filed a complaint alleging deficiency in service. The petitioner travel agent argued
India Law Library Docid # 2434656

(217) K. KIRUBAKARAN Vs. STATE OF TAMIL NADU[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 366 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 6 — Conviction and sentence — Marriage between appellant and victim during pendency of appeal — Wife's affidavit expressing desire for happy family life — Father of victim has no objection to quashing proceedings — Supreme Court's power under Article 142 of the Constitution of India invoked to
India Law Library Docid # 2434700

(218) ANGAMMAL (DIED) THR. LRS. AND OTHERS Vs. M. SELVARAJ AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 28-10-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 and Order 41 Rule 1 — Appeal against dismissal of partition suit — Crucial issue is date of death of original owner Angamoopan — Plaintiffs claimed death in 1960 (after Hindu Succession Act, 1956), defendants claimed in 1939 (before Act) — Death certificate (Ex.A-3) obtained after suit filed and based on Judicial Magistrate's order, not on independent inquiry — Judicial Magistrate lacks jurisdiction to issue such orders for delayed registration of de
India Law Library Docid # 2434769

(219) VALLIAMMAL AND OTHERS Vs. N. LAKSHMI AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 28-10-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — Appeal from original decree — Partition suit — Trial Court dismissed plaintiffs' suit for partition — Appellants contended that the dismissal was wrong as their right and relationship were admitted and dismissal was based on ouster — Court held that plaintiffs failed to prove redemption of mortgage, and their claim for partition was not sustainable.
India Law Library Docid # 2434770

(220) DIVISIONAL MANAGER, UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. S. VIJAYA MARY AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 28-10-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeals to High Court — Appeals against award of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Insurance company challenging award, claimants seeking enhancement — Both appeals considered together.
India Law Library Docid # 2434771