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(401) NUTULAPATI RAVIKANTH Vs. NUTULAPATI NARAYANA RAO (DIED) THR. LRS.[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of Delay — Bringing Legal Representatives on Record — Sufficient Cause — Consideration of sufficiency of cause for delay (herein 635 days) in applying under Order 22, Rule 4 CPC, based on asserted lack of awareness of a respondent’s death, particularly in contexts involving strained familial relations and alleged non-intimation by opposing counsel India Law Library Docid # 2424895
(402) M. DANIAL PRATAP AND ANOTHER Vs. SRI R. VENKAT RAO[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Substantial Question of Law — Requirement for admission of a second appeal hinges entirely on the existence of a substantial question of law; mere appreciation of facts, documentary evidence, or challenge to concurrent findings of fact by lower courts does not suffice — The onus is on the appellant to demonstrate such a question. India Law Library Docid # 2424896
(403) SHRI LOVEE NARULA Vs. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT, GOVT OF INDIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Bail — Interim Bail — Extension — Humanitarian Grounds vs. Bail Condition Violation — Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, S.45 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Where interim bail was granted on medical grounds related to the petitioner’s father who subsequently passed away, the Court may extend the interim bail for a limited period on humanitarian grounds, considering the petitioner’s need to perform post-cremation rituals and support his grieving mother — Such ex India Law Library Docid # 2424938
(404) ASSOCIATED BROADCASTING COMPANY PVT. LTD. Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Judicial Review — Interim Orders of Specialized Tribunals (TDSAT) — Scope of Interference — The High Court’s power of judicial review under Article 226 against orders, particularly interim orders, of specialized tribunals like the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) is supervisory and circumscribed — Interference is generally not warranted unless there is a serious dereliction of duty, flagrant violation of fundamental principles India Law Library Docid # 2424939
(405) PRITAM SINGH SINCE DECEASED THROUGH HIS LR REPRESENTED BY S BAKSHISH SINGH Vs. STATE OF GNCT OF DELHI AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) — Sections 244, 245 & 246 — Warrant Case Instituted Otherwise than on Police Report — Discharge/Framing of Charge — Evidence Considered — In a warrant trial instituted otherwise than on a police report, the Magistrate considers discharge (Section 245) or framing of charge (Section 246) only on the basis of evidence recorded under Section 244 Cr.P.C. (post-summoning, pre-charge evidence adduced by prosecution) — Evidence recorded during the pre-summoning st India Law Library Docid # 2424995
(406) STATE Vs. MANISH YADAV[DELHI HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) — Sections 227 & 228 — Framing of Charge/Discharge — Principles — Prima Facie Case — The standard for framing charges requires the court to evaluate the material and documents produced by the prosecution to determine if, taken at face value, they disclose the existence of all ingredients constituting the alleged offence(s) — The court must sift and weigh the evidence for this limited purpose, identify if a prima facie case is made out, and proceed to frame India Law Library Docid # 2424996
(407) RAHUL ALIAS PUNEET ALIAS PHILLIPS Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Delhi Prison Rules, 2018 — Rules 1197, 1200 & 1223 — Furlough — Eligibility and Considerations — Overcoming Past Adverse Incident — Grant of first furlough to a life convict despite rejection by competent authority based on re-arrest in multiple cases during a previous emergency parole (Covid-19 period) — High Court considered the totality of circumstances, emphasizing the petitioner’s conduct subsequent to the incident cited for denial — Factors weighing in favour of grant include: (i) Sustaine India Law Library Docid # 2424997
(408) DR. ANU NAYYAR Vs. THE STATE OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERITORY OF DELHI AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) — Section 482 — Quashing of Proceedings — Medical Negligence (Section 304A IPC) — Supplementary Charge Sheet Based Solely on Medical Council Findings — Criminal proceedings initiated via a supplementary charge sheet and consequent summoning order under Sections 304A IPC etc., against a Radiologist (Petitioner), based solely on the findings/observations of the Medical Council of India’s (MCI) Ethics Committee regarding ‘deficiency of service’ or ‘unethical India Law Library Docid # 2424998
(409) UOI Vs. JASBIR SINGH[DELHI HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Scope of Judicial Review — Findings of Fact — Delay in Contract Execution — The Court, while examining a challenge to an arbitral award under Section 34, cannot reappreciate evidence or substitute its view for that of the arbitrator on findings of fact, such as the attribution of delay in the execution of a works contract — Interference is warranted only if the finding is based on no evidence, is perverse (such that no reasonable person could India Law Library Docid # 2424999
(410) JYOTI Vs. DARSHANA RANI (NOW DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 144 — Restitution — Applicability upon Setting Aside of Ex Parte Decree — The doctrine of restitution enshrined in Section 144 CPC is squarely applicable when a party obtains possession of property in execution of an ex parte decree, and subsequently, that ex parte decree is set aside and the suit is ultimately dismissed — The court which passed the original decree is obligated, upon application by the party dispossessed under the ex parte decree, to cause r India Law Library Docid # 2425067
(411) NISHA SHARMA Vs. BIMALJEET KAUR @ JASVIR KAUR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 2 Rule 2 — Bar of Suit — Requirements for Establishing Plea — Identity of Cause of Action — To successfully invoke the bar under Order 2 Rule 2 CPC, the defendant bears the burden of establishing, not merely by inference but through satisfactory proof: (i) that the second suit is in respect of the same cause of action as the previous suit; (ii) that based on that cause of action, the plaintiff was entitled to more than one relief in the earlier suit; and (iii) India Law Library Docid # 2425068
(412) SURJIT SINGH Vs. JASDEV SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Hindu Law — Joint Family Property — Ancestral/Coparcenary Property — Burden and Standard of Proof — The burden lies heavily upon the party asserting that a property is ancestral or coparcenary joint Hindu family property — This must be established through cogent and reliable evidence, demonstrating inheritance through the requisite unbroken line of succession for necessary generations — Mere oral testimonies or scanty revenue records, in the absence of corroborative documentary evidence establis India Law Library Docid # 2425069
(413) VEENA RANI Vs. SURAJ BANSAL[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 16(c) — Readiness and Willingness — Burden and Standard of Proof — The onus to plead and prove continuous readiness and willingness to perform the essential terms of the contract, from the date of the contract up to the date of the decree, lies squarely and mandatorily upon the plaintiff seeking specific performance — This includes demonstrating financial capacity (“readiness”) and the intent to perform (“willingness”) — Merely proving presence at the Sub-Regi India Law Library Docid # 2425070
(414) PARMA NAND AND ANOTHER Vs. SMT. RAJPAL KAUR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Adverse Possession — Burden and Nature of Proof — Essential Elements — The plea of adverse possession is fundamentally fact-based, requiring the party asserting it (typically the defendant) to discharge a heavy burden of proof through proper pleadings and cogent evidence — Mere assertion of long possession is insufficient; the claimant must establish the co-existence of all classic requirements: possession that is adequate in continuity (nec vi), adequate in publicity (nec clam), and adverse to India Law Library Docid # 2425071
(415) THE STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS Vs. RAM SINGH AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Tort Law — Medical Negligence — Failed Sterilization (Vasectomy) — Proof — The failure of a sterilization operation (vasectomy) does not automatically constitute medical negligence — Given that sterilization methods are not 100% infallible and have a known statistical failure rate due to natural causes, negligence must be specifically proven against the operating surgeon — Mere occurrence of pregnancy post-operation is insufficient to establish liability in tort — The competence of the surgeon, India Law Library Docid # 2425072
(416) SURAJ BHAN AND OTHER Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 34, 302, 307 — Common Intention — Shared Motive and Concerted Action — Where multiple accused (related as brothers) arrive together armed with different weapons, share a common motive (dispute over loan recovery), and participate in a concerted attack resulting in death and injury, common intention under Section 34 IPC is established for offences under Sections 302 and 307 IPC — It is not necessary for each accused to inflict a fatal blow; participation in furtherance India Law Library Docid # 2425073
(417) TEHSEEN POONAWALLA Vs. THE STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-04-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Imposition of Costs on Petitioner/Accused — Permissibility — Once the High Court, exercising its powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C., arrives at a finding that absolutely no offence is made out against the accused persons and consequently quashes the First Information Report (FIR) and proceedings arising therefrom, there is no justification or legal basis for imposing costs upon the successful petitioners — The High Court ought to fol India Law Library Docid # 2425105
(418) RAJIV NATH Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Criminal Law — Circumstantial Evidence — Standard of Proof — Panchsheel Principles — In a case resting solely on circumstantial evidence, the prosecution must establish a chain of evidence so complete as to leave no reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence of the accused and must demonstrate that, in all human probability, the act was done by the accused — The circumstances must be fully established, consistent only with the guilt of the accused, conclusive in nature, and India Law Library Docid # 2425114
(419) MUKHTIAR SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 107 & 306 — Abetment of Suicide — Essential Ingredients — Mens Rea and Positive Act — To sustain a charge under Section 306 IPC, the prosecution must establish a prima facie case demonstrating, first, that the deceased committed suicide, and second, that the accused abetted this suicide within the meaning of Section 107 IPC — Abetment requires a clear mens rea (intention) to commit the offence and involves a mental process of instigating the deceased or intentionally India Law Library Docid # 2425115
(420) SURENDRA AGARWALA Vs. INDIRA GUPTA AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Hindu Law — Mitakshara School — Joint Family Property — Partition Suit — Nucleus — Burden of Proof — Suit filed by a son against his siblings for partition and administration of assets of the deceased father and the Agarwala family — Plaintiff claimed the main business and various other properties/assets were joint family properties acquired from family corpus/funds generated from the main business — Defendants contended that the main business became the sole proprietorship of Defendant No. 2 a India Law Library Docid # 2425158