(61) XXXX CCL THR HIS FATHER NATURAL GUARDIAN GOBIND SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 10-09-2025 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 — Section 12 — Bail of juvenile — Conditions for denial — Release of a juvenile on bail shall not be if there are reasonable grounds for believing that release is likely to bring the juvenile into association with known criminals, expose them to danger, or defeat the ends of justice — Provisions intended for reformation but bail cannot be granted routinely, requiring consideration of all facts and circumstances of the case. India Law Library Docid # 2432563
(62) ANKIT YADAV Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 10-09-2025 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 — Section 12 — Bail of Juvenile — Conditions for denial of bail — “Ends of justice” — Release on bail is ordinarily mandated unless there are reasonable grounds for believing that release would bring the juvenile into association with known criminals, expose them to danger, or def India Law Library Docid # 2432564
(63) GURDHYAN SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. VIRENDRA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 10-09-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Compensation for motor accident — Deceased was homemaker aged 59 years — Claimants contended that her notional income should be assessed as a skilled worker, citing Kirti & Anr. Vs. Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. — Court accepted contention based on Supreme Court judgment India Law Library Docid # 2432565
(64) DESH RAJ DHINGRA Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 10-09-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Section 24(2) — Lapse of acquisition — Petitioner sought release of land under Section 24(2) of the 2013 Act on grounds of non-possession and non-payment of compensation — Petitioner had not raised any objections under Section 5A of the 1894 Act against the acquisition — India Law Library Docid # 2432566
(65) GANPAT LAL Vs. STATE[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 10-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Alteration of conviction — Section 304 Part I — Culpable homicide not amounting to murder — Appellant convicted for murder, appealed for conviction under Section 304 Part I — Evidence showed quarrel over money for alcohol, spontaneous assault with scissors, single fatal blow to the neck — No premeditation, motive, or undue advantage taken — Incident India Law Library Docid # 2432715
(66) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. BRIJ LAL AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 10-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 498-A, 304-B, 302 — Dowry harassment, death due to dowry, murder — Appeal against acquittal — The prosecution failed to prove the case against the accused beyond reasonable doubt — The trial court's judgment was detailed, reasoned, and justified — No error of law or fact was shown to warrant interference by the appellate court. India Law Library Docid # 2432716
(67) BASTI RAM AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 10-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 323, 304 Part II — Appeal against conviction for murder and causing hurt — Conviction for causing hurt (Section 323 IPC) by accused Nos. 2-4 not pressed and dismissed — Accused No. 1 convicted under Section 302 IPC for murder and Section 323 IPC for causing hurt. India Law Library Docid # 2432717
(68) MATA KITAB KAUR MEMORIAL WELFARE SOCIETY Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 10-09-2025 National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) Recognition — B.A. B.Ed./B.Sc. B.Ed Course — Petitioner institution obtained recognition from NCTE but State denied NOC due to land conversion issue. India Law Library Docid # 2432718
(69) MS. TISA ROBINSON AND OTHERS Vs. NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 10-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 226 & 227 — Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023 (PGMER-2023) — Admissions to postgraduate medical courses — Validity of — Petitioners admitted to postgraduate courses by colleges directly, without participating in or being allotted seats through the prescribed counselling process — National Medical Commission (NMC) regulations mandate India Law Library Docid # 2432740
(70) MAHA MINERAL MINING & BENEFICATION PVT. LTD. Vs. MADHYA PRADESH POWER GENERATING CO. LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-09-2025 Tender — Clause 5(D) — Past Experience Criteria — Bidder allowed to use past experience of previous Consortium or JV proportionate to its share — Not submitted JV agreement itself — Submission of work execution certificate stating proportionate share sufficient — NIT did not expressly mandate submission of JV agreement to prove proportionate share — Clarification could have been sought by tendering authority if doubt — Disqualification for non-submission of JV agreement not India Law Library Docid # 2432514
(71) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. SAJIB ROY[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14 and 335 — Public service recruitment — Reserved candidates availing age relaxation — Migration to unreserved category — Office Memorandum dated 01.07.1998 bars migration of SC/ST/OBC candidates who availed age relaxation from consideration against unreserved vacancies — High Court erred in applying Jitendra Kumar Singh v. State of U.P. (2010) 3 SCC 119, India Law Library Docid # 2432515
(72) RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE AND OTHERS Vs. PREM CHAND KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-09-2025 Recruitment — Reserved Categories — Migration to Unreserved Category — Age and Physical Measurement Relaxation — Standing Order No. 85 dictates no migration if relaxation availed — Standing Order No. 78 permitted migration — Revised Directive No. 29 modified Standing Order No. 78 by applying Standing Order No. 85 — Where Standing Order No. 85 conflicts, it prevails — Those who India Law Library Docid # 2432516
(73) SIDDHARTH Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-09-2025 Advocates Act, 1961 — Section 35 — Professional misconduct — Expunction of remarks — High Court made adverse remarks against an Advocate for allegedly failing to disclose a relevant prior decision of a coordinate bench and implying that an Apex Court decision had overturned it — Advocate claimed omission was bona fide as he was not involved in the connected case where the prior decision was upheld, and India Law Library Docid # 2432505
(74) DEEP NURSING HOME AND ANOTHER Vs. MANMEET SINGH MATTEWAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-09-2025 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 2(1)(d) — Allegations of Medical Negligence and Deficiency in Service against Nursing Home and Doctor — State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (SCDRC) finds negligence — National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) reverses part of SCDRC's findings and places liability on Doctor for antenatal care, exonerating the Nursing Home. Supreme Court allowed appeal. India Law Library Docid # 2432506
(75) SMT. MANJULA AND OTHERS Vs. THE BRANCH MANAGER ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. BIJAPUR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-09-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Compensation claims — Quantum of compensation — Determination of income — High Court reduced income without reasoning — Court found established income of Rs. 6,000/- by Tribunal, but High Court reduced it to Rs. 5,500/- without justification — Deceased had diploma in Pharmacy, partnership in pharmaceutical distributorship, and association with cooperative bank — Although medical shop licence was cancelled, deceased's multifaceted business activities warra India Law Library Docid # 2432507
(76) KISAN VITHOBA AAKHADE (D) THROUGH LRS. AND OTHERS Vs. SURESH TUKARAM NERKAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — High Court can interfere in second appeal if findings of lower courts are perverse — Reversal of concurrent findings of fact by the High Court was justified on grounds of perversity in appreciation of evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2432508
(77) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. ALOK KUMAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-09-2025 Master Circular No. 29 dated 28.06.1991 — Railway Recruitment for Group 'C' posts — Initial training period is a prerequisite for absorption — Successful completion of training and passing of requisite tests are mandatory for retention in service — Candidates are to be warned at the time of recruitment about this condition. India Law Library Docid # 2432509
(78) GEETA Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 306 — Abetment of Suicide — Ingredients — To convict under Section 306 IPC, there must be a clear intention (mens rea) to commit the offence and an active or direct act that pushed the deceased to commit suicide seeing no option, with the intention being to push the deceased into such a position. Simple quarrels or heated exchanges in neighbourhood disputes do not India Law Library Docid # 2432510
(79) THE GENERAL MANAGER (P) CANARA BANK Vs. GANGANARASIMHAIAH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-09-2025 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 11A — Tribunal's power to reappreciate evidence — Tribunal cannot act as a court of appeal and substitute its own findings for those of the disciplinary authority; standard of proof in departmental proceedings is preponderance of probabilities, not beyond reasonable doubt. India Law Library Docid # 2432511
(80) H.S. PUTTASHANKARA Vs. YASHODAMMA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-09-2025 Karnataka Rent Act, 1999 — Section s. 43(1) & s. 3(e) — Landlord-tenant relationship — Proof — Prima facie evidence — Rent receipts signed by landlord are prima facie evidence of relationship — Court can proceed to hear the case based on such receipts — If genuineness of documents is doubted or lease is oral with denial, parties to be referred to civil court for declaration of rights. India Law Library Docid # 2432512