(941) TASTE’L FINE FOODS PVT. LTD. Vs. UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2025 Insurance Law — Fire Insurance Policy — Claim Assessment — Standard Fire & Special Perils Policy — Fire incident occurred in industrial unit damaging building, machinery, and stock — Insurance company appointed surveyors to assess loss — Surveyors' report detailed damage to various components and stocks — National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) India Law Library Docid # 2434894
(942) SURESH KUMAR Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Suspension of Sentence — Appellant convicted under NDPS Act, 1985, Section 8/18(c) and sentenced to ten years rigorous imprisonment — Criminal appeal pending for two years — Appellant in custody for approx. two years and five months — Co-convict released on bail by High Court citing no likelihood of final India Law Library Docid # 2434908
(943) RAJ BAHADUR Vs. STATE OF U.P AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Regular Bail — Rejection by High Court — Appeal to Supreme Court — Supreme Court allowed appeal and set aside High Court's order — Appellant to be released on bail on terms and conditions imposed by trial court — Appeal arose from rejection of regular bail prayer of appellant in connection with FIR alleging conspiracy to India Law Library Docid # 2434925
(944) M/S RAM HARI MOTORS PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE BANK OF INDIA[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Sections 14(1), 101, 96, 94 — Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 138, 141 — Moratorium effect on criminal proceedings — The moratorium under IBC, intended to provide a breathing space for a corporate debtor to reorganize financial affairs, does not extend to criminal proceedings, particularly those under Section 138 of the NI Act. Such proceedings are India Law Library Docid # 2434936
(945) UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER Vs. KIRAN BALA AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal against award of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Award of compensation — Undertaking by deceased — Undertaking by a deceased person for themselves does not bar their family members from claiming compensation for death in a motor accident — Such undertaking by the deceased on behalf of dependents is not valid. India Law Library Docid # 2434937
(946) SHRI MANSHA RAM Vs. SHRI AMAR NATH (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS. SH. ASHOK KUMAR AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 65 — Secondary Evidence — Conditions for leading secondary evidence are not discretionary but must be met — Trial Court erred in allowing application for secondary evidence without satisfying the parameters of Section 65. India Law Library Docid # 2434941
(947) RAJESH GANJHU @ RAJESH KUMAR GANJHU Vs. UNION OF INDIA THROUGH NATIONAL INVESTIGATING AGENCY, NEW DELHI[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 — Section 43-D(5) — Bail — Prohibition on grant of bail — Statutory restrictions on bail do not prevent constitutional courts from granting bail on grounds of violation of fundamental rights — Court's power to grant bail can be harmonised with statutory restrictions — Rigours of statutory provisions weaken when trial is unlikely to be completed within a India Law Library Docid # 2435114
(948) SURAJ MAL MEENA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 30-10-2025 Constitution of Rajasthan, 1950 — Article 14 and 16 — Right to fair chance in public employment — Candidates have a right to fair competition for public posts as enshrined in Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India. India Law Library Docid # 2435171
(949) HARNAM KAUR AND ANOTHER Vs. CHAND KAUR (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Section 14(1) and 14(2) — Property of female Hindu — Absolute ownership vs. limited estate — Will creating a restricted life estate — Sub-section (2) is an exception to sub-section (1) — Applies when property is acquired by gift, will, or other instrument prescribing a restricted estate, and the India Law Library Docid # 2435259
(950) MUNICIPAL COUNCIL, REWARI Vs. SANJAY JAIN AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Punjab Courts Act, 1918 — Section 41 — Regular Second Appeal — Scope — Second appeals in Punjab and Haryana are treated under this section, not Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure — No substantial question of law arises in such appeals, as per established legal position. India Law Library Docid # 2435260
(951) RADHA DEVI Vs. KHARATI LAL[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Specific Performance — Agreement to Sell — Plaintiff's readiness and willingness — Plaintiff's son, as Power of Attorney Holder, is competent to depose about plaintiff's readiness and willingness. Where the defendant denies the agreement itself, they cannot later raise the defense that the plaintiff was India Law Library Docid # 2435261
(952) GURMUKH SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Compounding of offence — Settlement between parties — High Court can quash conviction and acquit accused if parties have genuinely settled their dispute, even after conviction and dismissal of appeal — Such power stems from inherent jurisdiction to prevent abuse of process and secure justice — Compromise should not India Law Library Docid # 2435262
(953) NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. RAM RATI AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Appeal against award — Contributory negligence — Motorcyclist carrying two pillion riders — Insurance company's contention that motorcyclist was negligent due to carrying two pillion riders — Held, such violation of law (carrying more than one India Law Library Docid # 2435263
(954) SANDEEP KUMAR Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Criminal Appeal — Conviction and Sentence — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376 (Rape), Section 365 (Kidnapping or abducting) — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Sections 3 and 4 (Penetrative Sexual Assault and Punishment) — Appeal against conviction where appellant was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment under IPC and POCSO Act sections — India Law Library Docid # 2435865
(955) AJAY UPADHAYAY Vs. UCO BANK AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) — Sections 13(2), 13(3A), 13(4), 13(8) — Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002 — Rules 8(1), 9(3), 9(4) — Auction Sale Challenge — Mandatory Provisions — The requirement under Section 13(3A) obligating the secured creditor to consider and respond to the borrower's India Law Library Docid # 2435866
(956) UNITED INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. MALTI DEVI AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 30-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173(1) — Claim for Compensation — Accident — Deceased driving a borrowed motorcycle — Status of driver vis-à-vis owner and insurance liability — When the deceased borrows and drives a vehicle, he steps into the shoes of the owner — Claim under the insurance policy is limited to the extent of the premium paid for "Personal Accident Cover for Owner-Driver" — The deceased, being in the shoes of the owner, is not a 'third party' for the purpose of general liability India Law Library Docid # 2435704
(957) MUNNA SIDDIQUI Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Criminal Law — Appeal against acquittal — Section 372 CrPC against acquittal under Section 306 IPC (Abetment of suicide) — Principles governing appellate court interference — An appeal against acquittal requires the appellate court to find illegality, perversity, or error of law/fact in the trial court's decision; mere possibility of a contrary view does not justify reversal — If two views on evidence are possible, the view favoring India Law Library Docid # 2435705
(958) CHARAN H.V. Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 — Section 483 (equivalent to Section 439 CrPC) — Regular Bail — Detention beyond initial remand period without fresh order — Non-production of accused before Magistrate during extension of judicial custody — Where initial remand order expires and no fresh remand order is passed, merely noting the next date of production without an order continuing custody renders India Law Library Docid # 2435878
(959) MORAGUDI JAYA PRASADA REDDY AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 145, 397, 401 — Disputes concerning Immovable Property — Jurisdiction of Executive Magistrate — The invocation of Section 145 Cr.P.C. by an Executive Magistrate is impermissible and amounts to judicial impropriety when a dispute concerning the same immovable property is already sub judice before a competent Civil Court (O.S. No. 219/2022 was pending for India Law Library Docid # 2436231
(960) KOLLU RAVEENDRA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Penal Code (IPC), 1860 — Section 188 — Disobedience to Order Duly Promulgated by Public Servant — Invocation of Section — Essential ingredients for prosecution under S. 188 IPC: (i) an order promulgated by a lawfully empowered public servant; (ii) knowledge of the order by the accused; (iii) disobedience of the order; and (iv) the disobedience causing or tending to cause obstruction, annoyance, danger to life/health, or India Law Library Docid # 2436232