(701) UNITED BANK OF INDIA (NOW PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK) Vs. SWAPAN KUMAR MULLICK AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-07-2025 Pension Regulations — Resignation Versus Voluntary Retirement — Forfeiture of service and disqualification for pension in case of resignation is distinct from voluntary retirement, which generally preserves retiral benefits. Resignation is a voluntary relinquishment that can be offered anytime, while voluntary retirement requires completion of prescribed service and employer acceptance. Substitution of India Law Library Docid # 2428308
(702) SABAVATH NEELAVATHY Vs. NOMULA ASHOK KUMAR GOUD AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 200, 202, 203, 482 — Complaint Case — Summoning Order — High Court Setting Aside — Magistrate took cognizance of offences under Sections 420, 506 IPC and Sections 3(1)(iv)(v)(x) of SC/ST (POA) Act based on protest petition treated as complaint — High Court set aside summoning India Law Library Docid # 2428310
(703) SARFARAZ AHMAD KHAN Vs. PARWEJ AHMAD KHAN AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 22-07-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of Pleadings — Allowing amendments to clarify existing pleas — Courts can allow amendments to pleadings even at a later stage if they are necessary to clarify existing pleas and do not fundamentally alter the nature of the suit India Law Library Docid # 2428201
(704) RAJASTHAN RAJASAV MANTRALYIK KARMCHARI SANGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 22-07-2025 Rajasthan Civil Services (Service Matters Appellate Tribunals) Act, 1976 — Section 4 — Scope of — Tribunal can hear appeals against orders affecting Government servants in their personal capacity — An association's collective grievance, common to all its members, is also maintainable before the Tribunal, as the association can espouse the cause of its members. India Law Library Docid # 2428680
(705) MALOOK SINGH BAHIA Vs. RAVINDER KAUR BAHIA AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-07-2025 Court Fees Act, 1870 — Ad valorem Court Fee — Challenge to Sale Deed executed through Power of Attorney — Plaintiff himself considered as executant when sale deed is executed through attorney — Plaintiff seeking to annul sale deed executed through attorney must pay ad valorem court fee on sale consideration — Requisite court fee India Law Library Docid # 2428947
(706) RAGHBIR SINGH Vs. SURTA RAM AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-07-2025 Succession Act, 1925 — Section 63 — Will — Proof of — Will propounded by plaintiff was scribed by a reputable lawyer and duly proved by him and attesting witnesses who were residents of the same village — Registered Will propounded by defendants was discarded by lower courts due to lack of respectable witnesses from the India Law Library Docid # 2428948
(707) UNITED INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. SMT. PARKASH KAUR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-07-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 149(1) — Liability of insurer — Breach of policy conditions by insured — Driver not possessing valid licence — Insurer liable to pay compensation to third party in first instance — Insurer entitled to recover amount from owner of vehicle for breach of contract. India Law Library Docid # 2428949
(708) SMT. RAJ BALA Vs. RAJESH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-07-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Enhancement of compensation — Claimant sought enhancement of compensation for injuries sustained in a motor vehicular accident — Tribunal awarded compensation, which claimant contended was on the lower side — Insurance Company argued that India Law Library Docid # 2428950
(709) ABDUL QAYUM Vs. ASHIK ALI ALIAS GUDDU AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-07-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Compensation — Enhancement — Appeal against inadequate compensation awarded by Tribunal for motor vehicular accident — Appellant, a fruit vendor, sustained grievous injuries including fracture femur, requiring hospitalization and surgery — Tribunal awarded Rs. 1,25,000/- for medical bills, pain and suffering, good diet/transportation, and loss of income for 4-5 India Law Library Docid # 2428951
(710) HOSHIAR SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 307, 452, 323, 324, 34 — Appeal against conviction and sentence, revision for enhancement of sentence and acquittal — Version and cross-version cases — Death of accused Hoshiar Singh — Abatement of proceedings against deceased accused — Release on probation granted to convicted co-accused — Revision for acquittal dismissed — Offences related to assault and house trespass. India Law Library Docid # 2428952
(711) JAGJIT SINGH @ JAGDISH SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-07-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 22-C — Offence relating to Alprazolam tablets — Bail — Juvenile Justice — Petitioner, a juvenile, was apprehended with a co-accused from whom contraband (14,400 Alprazolam tablets) was recovered — Petitioner contended nothing recovered from his conscious possession and India Law Library Docid # 2428953
(712) PARAMJIT KAUR AND OTHERS Vs. GURCHARAN SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-07-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Enhancement of compensation — Appeal against award — Scope of appeal limited to quantum of compensation — Court to consider established legal principles for calculating compensation. India Law Library Docid # 2428954
(713) OM PRAKASH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 21-07-2025 Rajasthan Police Service Rules, 1954 - Promotion eligibility - Requisite experience - Petitioner promoted to Head Constable in vacancy year 2005-06 - Considered for promotion to Assistant Sub Inspector for vacancy year 2011-12 - Denied opportunity to appear in qualifying exam for 2011-12 due to alleged lack of five years experience as Head Constable - Court finds denial untenable as petitioner had completed requisite service prior to the 2011-12 promotion process, based on India Law Library Docid # 2428727
(714) KHURSHEED AHMAD CHOHAN Vs. UNION OF TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND OTHERS ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 154 — Registration of FIR — Mandatory under Section 154 CrPC when information discloses commission of a cognizable offence — No preliminary inquiry is permissible in such cases except to ascertain if cognizable offence is disclosed or not — Police officer cannot avoid duty of registering FIR if cognizable offence is disclosed — Action must be taken against erring officers who do not register FIR. India Law Library Docid # 2427980
(715) TAMIL NADU HOUSING BOARD, REP. BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR AND OTHERS Vs. S. GANESAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2025 Contract Law — Allotment of Property — Breach of contract by bidder — Failure to make initial deposit — Cancellation of allotment — Plea for revocation and subsequent compliance — Board's revised demand and bidder's continued default — Judicial intervention and directions — Non-compliance with court orders — Public property management — Prioritization of public interest over individual claims India Law Library Docid # 2428068
(716) CANARA BANK Vs. SANJEEV KUMAR SHARMA AND OTHERS[DEBTS RECOVERY TRIBUNAL-II, DELHI] 21-07-2025 Debts Recovery Tribunal — Withdrawal of Original Application (OA) — Court permission required — A bank seeking to withdraw an OA must obtain permission from the Tribunal. India Law Library Docid # 2428091
(717) NIKITA JAGGANATH SHETTY @ NIKITA VISHWAJEET JADHAV Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Exceptional Remedy — High Court erred in granting pre-arrest bail when allegations were grave and accused had criminal antecedents — Anticipatory bail is an extraordinary remedy that should not be granted routinely, requiring strong reasons and cautious discretion for serious offences, as it can lead to miscarriage of justice or India Law Library Docid # 2427977
(718) VICTIM ‘X’ Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2025 Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 – Section 15A(3) – Victim’s Right to be Heard – Bail granted by High Court without impleading or hearing the victim is in violation of the statutory mandate of Section 15A(3) of the SC/ST Act. India Law Library Docid # 2427978
(719) METPALLI LASUM BAI (SINCE DEAD) AND OTHERS Vs. METAPALLI MUTHAIH(D) BY LRS.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2025 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Property devolving upon death of coparcener — Where landholder died intestate prior to 1949, properties devolved upon his legal heirs according to the law prevalent at that time. India Law Library Docid # 2427979
(720) ANUP TIRKEY Vs. SANJAY TIRKEY AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 21-07-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of Pleadings — Allowing amendment to withdraw admission at the fag end of trial — Held, erroneous — Once an admission is made in a written statement, it cannot be withdrawn through an amendment, particularly when the suit is nearing conclusion and the amendment would prejudice the case of the other party. India Law Library Docid # 2428018