(521) NARENDRA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 29-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 498-A — Cruelty by husband or "relative" of the husband — Definition of "relative" — Supreme Court held that "relative" implies a status conferred by blood, marriage, or adoption — A friend of the husband does not fall within this definition. India Law Library Docid # 2428123
(522) IL & FS FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED Vs. ADHUNIK MEGHALAYA STEELS PRIVATE LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 7 — Application under — Limitation — Whether barred by limitation — Financial Creditor filed application under Section 7 of IBC arguing that entries in the respondent’s Balance Sheet for FY 2019-20 constituted a valid acknowledgment of debt under Section 18 of the India Law Library Docid # 2428130
(523) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. BHEEMA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 29-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Principles — Appellate Court can re-appreciate evidence but cannot overturn acquittal if trial court’s view is possible — Interference only if guilt is proved beyond reasonable doubt and no other conclusion is possible — Acquittal strengthens presumption of innocence. India Law Library Docid # 2428674
(524) SMT. PUNAM KUNWAR Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 29-07-2025 Rajasthan Compassionate Appointment of Dependants of Deceased Government Servants Rules, 1996 — Rule 2(c)(ii) and 2(c)(iii) — Notification dated 28.10.2021 amending rules — Amended rules not applicable retrospectively to cases where the death of the government servant occurred before the amendment came into effect. India Law Library Docid # 2428675
(525) SUKHDEV YADAV @ PEHALWAN Vs. STATE OF (NCT OF DELHI) AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 53 and 57 — Life Imprisonment — Sentence of twenty years actual imprisonment without remission — Interpretation of “life imprisonment” in context of fixed term — Prisoner entitled to release upon completion of fixed term India Law Library Docid # 2428718
(526) VISHAL Vs. DINESH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-07-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim for compensation — Appeal against award of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Enhancement of compensation — Appellant sustained injuries in road accident — Tribunal awarded Rs. 21,600/- — Appellant sought enhancement based on disability certificate, other heads of compensation not considered by Tribunal. India Law Library Docid # 2428913
(527) RAJENDER SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-07-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 54 — Appeals against award of Reference Court — Enhancement of compensation — Landowners seeking enhancement of compensation for acquired land for construction of a minor. India Law Library Docid # 2428914
(528) GAJANAN DATTATRAY GORE Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 406, 408, 420, 467, 468, 471, 504, 506 read with 34 — Bail Conditions — Undertaking to Deposit Funds — Breach of Undertaking — Cancellation of Bail — Abuse of Process of Law — Imposing financial deposit as a condition for bail when an accused voluntarily offers it and then reneges on it is deprecated. India Law Library Docid # 2428332
(529) SHRI SHRI SWAMI SAMARTH CONSTRUCTION AND FINANCE SOLUTION AND ANOTHER Vs. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF NKGSB CO-OP. BANK LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-07-2025 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 — Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Constitution of India, Article 32 — Framework for Revival and Rehabilitation of MSMEs — Interpretation of Framework — Bank's obligation to identify incipient stress vs. MSME's obligation to proactively seek revival — Framework requires MSME to voluntarily initiate proceedings by apprehending business failure and supporting with an affi India Law Library Docid # 2428333
(530) CHIRAG SEN AND ANOTHER ETC. Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 420, 468, 471 — Cheating, Forgery, Using Forged Document — Essential Ingredients — Complaint based on a GPF nomination form from 1996 failed to establish fraudulent intent or any act attributable to the accused; it did not override statutory birth certificates, nor did it prove falsification by the accused — No evidence of dishonest inducement, wrongful gain, or loss — India Law Library Docid # 2428066
(531) MANOHAR AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-07-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 18 — Maharashtra Industrial Development Act, 1961 — Compensation — Enhancement of — While determining market value, the highest bona fide sale exemplar should generally be considered, not an average of varying sale prices, unless prices have only marginal variations — Averaging of sale instances with significantly different prices is impermissible India Law Library Docid # 2428067
(532) DAIVSHALA AND OTHERS Vs. ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-07-2025 Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923 (EC Act) & Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (ESI Act) — Section 3 of EC Act & Section 2(8) of ESI Act — “Arising out of and in the course of employment” — Interpretation of — Accidents during commuting to or from workplace. India Law Library Docid # 2428099
(533) CHHAGAN LAL AND OTHERS Vs. RAM CHANDRA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 28-07-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal against Motor Accident Claims Tribunal's decision — Challenge to dismissal of claim petition — Deceased died due to cardio pulmonary arrest following intracranial hemorrhage — Tribunal dismissed claim solely based on "no visible physical injury" remark in post-mortem report — High Court found the Tribunal failed to consider other crucial evidence in the post-mortem report, specifically the mention of "frontal hematoma of 25x10 cm" India Law Library Docid # 2428577
(534) CANARA BANK (ERSTWHILE SYNDICATE BANK) Vs. JAI KUMAR MITTAL[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 28-07-2025 Consumer Protection Act, 2019 — Deficiency in service — Fixed Deposits — Non-renewal — Bank failed to provide justification for the interest rate applied on matured and lapsed Fixed Deposits, leading to a finding of deficient service by the Commission, despite challenges to the State Commission's order. India Law Library Docid # 2428108
(535) LUNKAD MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 28-07-2025 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 133A — Survey proceedings — The petitioners alleged that the survey was conducted in excess of the authority conferred by Section 133A, involving unlawful entry into residential premises, seizure of records beyond scope, and recording of statements under coercion. India Law Library Docid # 2428115
(536) SAIFAN HUSSAIN NADAF AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 28-07-2025 Maharashtra Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1947 — Section 35 — Power to call for proceedings — State Government or Commissioner can examine orders of subordinate officers without prescribed limitation period for the purpose of satisfying legality or propriety of the order. Mentioning of a wrong provision (Section 257 of M.L.R. Code instead of Section 35 of the Act) does not vitiate the order. India Law Library Docid # 2428119
(537) SUJAY KUMAR MAHTO @ MITHUN Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 28-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 125 — Maintenance — Subsequent events — Remarriage of claimant — A claimant's remarriage during the pendency of a revision application is a subsequent development that cannot be considered in the revision itself. The parties are at liberty to approach the India Law Library Docid # 2428200
(538) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. MANGILAL AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 28-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378(3)(1) — Appeal against acquittal — Higher courts are reluctant to interfere with an acquittal unless the trial court's reasoning is flawed, legally erroneous, or based on a perverse approach to the facts, leading to a miscarriage of justice. India Law Library Docid # 2428676
(539) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. RAKAMA[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 28-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Appeal against acquittal — Grounds for interference — Higher courts are generally reluctant to interfere with an acquittal order unless it is based on flawed reasoning, legally erroneous, or involves a perverse approach to facts, leading to a miscarriage of justice. India Law Library Docid # 2428677
(540) PURANRAM Vs. LRS OF KHETARAM AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 28-07-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Powers of High Court — High Court cannot interfere with concurrent findings of fact by lower courts if they are based on proper appreciation of evidence and not perverse. India Law Library Docid # 2428678