(941) PATTAYAN SREEKANTH Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 120B — Criminal Conspiracy — Essential ingredients — Agreement between two or more persons to do an illegal act or a legal act by illegal means — Mere suspicion or circumstantial evidence not sufficient to prove conspiracy beyond reasonable doubt, especially when the accused is the son of India Law Library Docid # 2434863
(942) MAJU SUSAN BABU Vs. SUNIL MATHEW[KERALA HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Divorce Act, 1869 — Section 10(1)(x) — Cruelty as a ground for divorce — Wife sought divorce on grounds of mental and physical cruelty — Court considered the allegations of suspicion, monitoring of movements, and restriction of communication as severe mental cruelty — Held that unfounded suspicion by a husband constitutes serious mental cruelty, destroying mutual trust, self-respect, and mental peace of the India Law Library Docid # 2434864
(943) NIRBHAI SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. DARSHAN SINGH @ DARSHAN SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173(2) — Appeal against award of Claims Tribunal — Amendment and interpretation — Provision prohibits appeals if amount in dispute is less than one lakh rupees — Petitioners attempted to circumvent this statutory bar by filing a revision petition under Article 227 of the Constitution — This is not permitted as it seeks to bypass a specific legal prohibition. India Law Library Docid # 2435191
(944) VED PARKASH AND ANOTHER Vs. FAKIR CHAND AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 151 — Condonation of delay — Application for condonation of delay of 70 days in refiling the appeal — Allowed for reasons mentioned in the application supported by affidavit of learned counsel. India Law Library Docid # 2435192
(945) KRISHAN SINGH Vs. KULDIP SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Sufficient cause — Courts should adopt a liberal approach, but substantial justice requires that negligence, inaction, or lack of bona fides cannot be imputed to the party seeking condonation — There is no straitjacket formula, and each case must be decided on its own facts — Inordinate delay generally attracts the doctrine of prejudice, requiring a stricter approach. India Law Library Docid # 2435193
(946) GURBACHAN KAUR (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND ANOTHER Vs. AJIT SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 110-A — Motor Accidents Claim Tribunal — Appeal against dismissal of claim petition — Deceased travelling in a bus that collided with a tractor-combine harvester — Bus turned turtle and caught fire, causing death — Claimants alleged rash and negligent driving by bus driver — Tribunal dismissed claim, finding no negligence on bus driver's part — High Court found bus driver failed to India Law Library Docid # 2435194
(947) ORIENTAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. KANTA RANI AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Award — Quantum of compensation — Appeal against — Appellant insurance company contended compensation awarded by Tribunal was on the higher side — Sole issue for determination confined to quantum of compensation — Detailed narration of facts not required for brevity. India Law Library Docid # 2435195
(948) M.C. MEHTA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-10-2025 Environmental Law — Pollution Control — Firecrackers — Right to Life vs. Right to Profession — Balancing Exercise — While commercial interests and festive spirit cannot override health and environmental concerns, total prohibition of firecrackers may be unreasonable if alternatives causing less pollution exist. Court must balance livelihood of industry workers with public health. India Law Library Docid # 2434015
(949) M. JAMEELA Vs. THE STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER ETC[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-10-2025 Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1971 — Sections 3(1), 3(2), 3(3) — Exemption from vesting — Lands under bona fide cultivation — Test is whether land was under cultivation on the appointed day (10.05.1971) — Evidence of clearing, planting, registration with commodity boards, payment of land and plantation taxes, and official recognition in land reform proceedings established that the entire 37.50 acres were under bona fide coffee and cardamom plantation prior to India Law Library Docid # 2434483
(950) EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, PHED CITY DIVISION II KOTA RAJATSHAN AND OTHERS Vs. SACHDEVA METAL WORKS AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 15-10-2025 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (MSMED Act) — Section 18 — Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Overriding effect — MSMED Act, being a special law, prevails over the Arbitration Act, a general law, in matters of dispute resolution for MSMEs, including provisions related to arbitration. India Law Library Docid # 2435164
(951) RAHUL SINGH PARMAR Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 15-10-2025 Compassionate Appointment — Eligibility — Policy Clause 4.1 — Policy dated 29.09.2014, Clause 4.1 stipulates that if any eligible member of the deceased employee's family is already in Government service, no other family member is entitled to compassionate appointment — The objective of compassionate appointment is to protect the family from penury on the death of the sole breadwinner India Law Library Docid # 2435678
(952) SANTOSHI LAL BATHAM Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 15-10-2025 M.P. Civil Services (Classification, Control & Appeal) Rules, 1966 — Rule 27 — Consultation with Public Service Commission (PSC) — Scope and Necessity — When Appellate Authority decides to reduce the penalty, it is not required to refer the matter to the PSC for concurrence, as reducing the punishment does not "adversely affect" the delinquent employee; consultation is only necessary in cases where the decision adversely affects the civil servant (e.g., enhancement of punishment). (Paras India Law Library Docid # 2435679
(953) SAHABLAL AND OTHERS Vs. SHEKH JIBRAEEL AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Motor Accident Claims — Compensation for Death of a Child — In case of a minor child's death in a motor accident, the notional income of the deceased child must be considered as Rs. 30,000/- per annum, as settled by the Supreme Court in Kishan Gopal vs. Lala — Compensation calculation methodology requires applying a multiplier of 15 and adding 40% towards future prospects, without any deduction for personal expenses — Conventional heads of compensation (L India Law Library Docid # 2435680
(954) DHANMOTI PATEL Vs. ARKHIT[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 54 — Registration Act, 1908 — Section 17 — Sale of Immovable Property and Transfer of Title — A transfer of ownership in immovable property valued at Rs. 100 or more can only be effected by a registered conveyance deed (sale deed) in compliance with Section 54 of the T.P. Act and India Law Library Docid # 2435855
(955) URARAN DAS BANJARE Vs. SUKHBAI AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Scope of Interference — Concurrent Findings of Fact — The High Court can interfere in a second appeal only on a substantial question of law — Findings of fact recorded by the lower courts are binding and not liable to be interfered with unless they are perverse (i.e., based on no evidence, contrary to law, or where no reasonable person India Law Library Docid # 2435856
(956) TULSI RAM SAHU (DIED) THROUGH LRS Vs. NOHAR SINGH SONWANI (SAHU) AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 22(1)(b) and 22(2) — Suit for Specific Performance — Alternative Relief of Refund of Earnest Money — Requirements — Section 22(2) mandates that the relief of refund of earnest money or deposit, under Section 22(1)(b), shall not be granted unless it has been specifically claimed in the plaint — This requirement is mandatory and cannot be treated as a general or other India Law Library Docid # 2435857
(957) DR. JAYA THAKUR AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of pleadings — Notice issued on application for amendment of writ petition and on amended writ petition itself — Court directed issuance of notice. India Law Library Docid # 2434256
(958) ASHA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 14-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 439 — Bail — Grant of bail for preparation of defence — The right to prepare a defence and gather evidence is crucial for a fair trial, and continued incarceration after prosecution evidence has concluded can hinder this — Therefore, grant of bail for defence preparation, at the appropriate stage and after considering all relevant factors, is a critical safeguard to India Law Library Docid # 2434359
(959) VARUN KUMAR ALIAS SONU Vs. THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 363, 366, 376, 377 — Kidnapping, Abduction, Rape, Unnatural Offences — Appeal against High Court judgment convicting appellant after trial court acquittal — Dispute centered on evidence and credibility of victim — High Court’s re-appreciation of evidence and conviction upheld. India Law Library Docid # 2433944
(960) ALAN MERVYN ARTHUR STEPHENSON Vs. J. XAVIER JAYARAJAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-10-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(5) — Appointment of Arbitrator — Partnership deed with arbitration clause — Limitation period — Claim for recovery of amounts paid under partnership agreement — Purchase of land occurred on 04.05.2016 — Amounts paid prior to this date were alleged to have not India Law Library Docid # 2433945