(41) PAWAN KUMAR Vs. SURBHI KHATANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 1 — Transfer Petition — Divorce proceedings — Mediation successful — Parties arrived at a settlement agreement for dissolution of marriage and withdrawal of all pending cases against each other — Settlement includes lump sum payment to wife and terms regarding custody and visitation of minor child — Supreme Court India Law Library Docid # 2434887
(42) KIRAN DEEP KAUR @ KIRAN BALA Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2025 Civil Procedure — Compensation — Vicarious Liability — State's responsibility — While the State may not be vicariously liable in a strict legal sense for actions of its employees that cause death, the court can award compensation in the interest of justice, especially in cases involving official weapons and delayed response to victim's pleas. India Law Library Docid # 2434888
(43) PADMAVATHY Vs. THAMARAVARDHINI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2025 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Applicability of amendments — Suit for partition — Conflict between earlier judgments of Supreme Court on the effect of amendments — Supreme Court decided the issue in Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma & Ors. — High Court's judgment passed before Vineeta Sharma was available — Supreme Court set aside High Court's judgment and India Law Library Docid # 2434889
(44) DIRECTOR GENERAL, ALL INDIA RADIO Vs. PURUSHOTHAMAN C. & ORS. ETC. ETC[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2025 Administrative Law — Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) — Powers of CAT — CAT is empowered to direct the implementation of a scheme within a specified timeframe. India Law Library Docid # 2434893
(45) 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
(46) 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
(47) 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
(48) 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
(49) 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
(50) 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
(51) MOHAMED SAMEER KHAN Vs. STATE REPRESENTED BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 449, 376, 394 — Appeal against High Court's upholding of conviction and sentence — Case based on circumstantial evidence — Absence of direct evidence connecting appellant to offense — Falsely implicated — Prosecution failed to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt — No scientific evidence linking appellant — Important witnesses not associated in India Law Library Docid # 2434637
(52) JEMABEN Vs. THE STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Appeal against High Court conviction — Trial Court acquitted, High Court convicted appellant for murder — Prosecution case rested mainly on dying declarations — Defence argued discrepancies in dying declarations and other evidence — Trial Court acquitted giving benefit of doubt due to discrepancies in three dying declarations — High Court relied India Law Library Docid # 2434638
(53) ANNAMALAI Vs. VASANTHI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 10 and Section 14 — Specific Performance — Discretionary Relief — Time Essence of Contract — Agreement for Sale — Plaintiff paid over 90% of consideration and additional amount, demonstrating readiness and willingness; defendants accepting additional payment waived right to forfeit earnest money for non-payment within six months — Non-issuance of notice India Law Library Docid # 2434639
(54) HARIBHAU @ BHAUSAHEB DINKAR KHARUSE AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 149, 302, 307 — Unlawful Assembly and Vicarious Liability — High Court correctly reversed acquittal based on misappreciation of evidence by Trial Court, specifically overlooking credibility of injured eyewitnesses and legal effect of active participation in unlawful assembly India Law Library Docid # 2434640
(55) REKHA MINOCHA Vs. AMIT SHAH MINOCHA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125 — Maintenance — Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Section 12, 21, 22 — Matrimonial dispute — Wife filed for maintenance — Trial court awarded maintenance and compensation — Appellate court upheld — High Court partly set aside compensation and dismissed Section 125 CrPC application — Supreme Court India Law Library Docid # 2434699
(56) K. NAGENDRA Vs. THE NEW INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act — Section 149 — Liability of insurer — Deviation from route — Accident occurred while offending vehicle was outside permitted route — High Court applied 'pay and recover' principle — Insurance company directed to pay award and recover from owner — Held, High Court's order justified — Purpose of insurance is to shield owner from liability, denying compensation is unjust to victim — However, insurer acts within contract bounds and should not pay for claims outside agreement India Law Library Docid # 2434636
(57) K. GANESAN Vs. MS. S. SELVI[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 29-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96, Order 41 Rule 1 — First Appeal — Plaintiff filed suit for specific performance of Sale Agreement and injunction, alternatively for refund of advance amount with interest — Trial Court dismissed suit — High Court upheld dismissal of specific performance and injunction but granted alternate relief of refund of advance amount. India Law Library Docid # 2434766
(58) M. GANESAMOORTHY Vs. G. REGINAMARY[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 29-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Compounding of offence — Compromise — After conviction and dismissal of appeal, parties entered into a compromise — High Court allowed compounding and set aside conviction and sentence, considering the object of NI Act is primarily compensatory and not punitive, and the spirit of compromise. India Law Library Docid # 2434767
(59) R. BANUMATHI Vs. CHIEF EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, VELLORE DISTRICT AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 29-10-2025 Service Law — Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) — Estate — Nomination — Benefits under CPS are part of the deceased employee’s estate. Unlike non-contributory pension schemes, CPS amounts are quantified and can be diverted from natural succession. Nomination for CPS benefits does not confer absolute ownership on the nominee, who acts as a mere trustee. Legal heirs are entitled to claim these benefits India Law Library Docid # 2434768
(60) THE LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA Vs. MAHESWARI AND OTHER[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 29-10-2025 Insurance Law — Repudiation of claim — Non-disclosure of material facts — Insured died in a motor accident, not due to any pre-existing medical condition — Prior accident and medical treatment not related to the cause of death after seven and three years respectively — Non-disclosure of these past events for policies taken subsequently does not amount to suppression of material facts that would influence a India Law Library Docid # 2434835