(481) M/S ANVITA AUTO TECH WORKS PVT. LTD. Vs. M/S AROUSH MOTORS AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 8 Rule 1 — Limitation for filing Written Statement in Commercial Suits — Extension of time due to COVID-19 pandemic — Supreme Court’s suo motu order excluded period from 15.03.2020 to 28.02.2022 for computing limitation — Even if statutory period of 120 days expired, if it fell within the excluded period, defendant should be allowed to file Written India Law Library Docid # 2433664
(482) RAJNI AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Railways Act, 1989 — Section 124-A — "No-fault" liability for untoward incidents — Compensation is payable if the victim is a "passenger" — Explanation (ii) to Section 124-A defines "passenger" to include a person who has purchased a valid ticket — Mere non-recovery of a ticket from the victim is not fatal if a credible prima facie case is established — Burden then shifts to the Railways to disprove India Law Library Docid # 2433665
(483) CHENNAI METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Vs. DR. KAMALA SELVARAJ[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Town and Country Planning — Open Space Reservation (OSR) charges — Exemption — Plot size below 3000 square metres — Held exempt from OSR charges. India Law Library Docid # 2433666
(484) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. PARMESHWAR RAMLAL JOSHI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 (Corresponding to Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 528) — Inherent power of High Court — Recall or review of own judgment — Criminal courts do not have the power to recall or review their own judgments, except for correcting clerical errors under Section 362 CrPC (Section 403 BNSS) — Invoking inherent powers to bypass India Law Library Docid # 2433667
(485) HIND SAMACHAR LTD. (DELHI UNIT) Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 149(2) — Insurance — Liability of insurer — "Pay and recover" directions — Fake driving licence — For insurer to avoid liability, it must prove not only that the driver's licence was fake, but also that the owner (insured) deliberately breached the policy by entrusting the vehicle to such a driver. India Law Library Docid # 2433668
(486) DASHWANTH Vs. STATE OF TAMIL NADU[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 207 and 313 — Fair Trial — Right to Defence — Trial court convicted the appellant without providing him with copies of relied-upon documents, and appointed a legal aid counsel only after framing charges. Prosecution evidence commenced within four days of the appointment, with the entire evidence being recorded in about one and a half months. This haste and lack India Law Library Docid # 2433669
(487) RAJESH KUMAR PRASAD Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7, 13(1)(b) & 13(2) — Bail — Appeal against rejection of bail by High Court — Supreme Court granted leave to appeal and set aside the impugned order — Appellant ordered to be released on bail subject to terms and conditions imposed by the trial court, including diligent attendance at proceedings — Breach of bail conditions may lead to cancellation of India Law Library Docid # 2433697
(488) SATENDRA PARMAR AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 08-10-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ petitions challenging modification of compassionate appointment orders — Insertion of condition for consolidated wages for three years and subsequent regularization — Petitioners argued that such a condition cannot be imposed as it is not provided in the compassionate appointment policy — Held, modifications are permissible if India Law Library Docid # 2433842
(489) DEEPAK@ GOLU Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302/34 & 201 — Murder and Causing disappearance of evidence of offence — Conviction based on circumstantial evidence — Requirement for conviction — Facts must be consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused and not explainable on any other hypothesis. India Law Library Docid # 2433843
(490) ORAN SINGH Vs. BHOOPAT SINGH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, 1959 — Section 131 — Dispute relating to access route for cultivators — Tehsildar's jurisdiction extends to granting access through customary routes not necessarily recorded in village records (wajib-ul-arz) — Focus is on previous custom and convenience of parties, not established easements under general law. India Law Library Docid # 2433844
(491) ROOPKISHORE DAS STUDENT OF DAYARAM DAS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 08-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rules 1 & 2 — Temporary Injunction — Dismissal of application by trial court and confirmation by appellate court — Petitioner sought declaration of title and permanent injunction regarding property claiming ownership through a student-teacher tradition — Lower courts dismissed the application, finding no material to prove petitioner's ownership and India Law Library Docid # 2433845
(492) PARDEEP CHOPRA AND ANOTHER Vs. MEENU KAPOOR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 Punjab Courts Act, 1918 — Section 41 — Second Appeal — Scope — In Punjab and Haryana, second appeals are treated as appeals under Section 41 of the Punjab Courts Act and not Section 100 of CPC — No question of law requires framing for such appeals based on Supreme Court's pronouncements. India Law Library Docid # 2433891
(493) HARWINDER SINGH @ HARVINDER SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. JASVIR SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of Cheque — Compounding of offence — Settlement between parties — High Court quashed conviction after parties reached amicable settlement, despite conviction by Magistrate and dismissal of appeal by Sessions Court — Relying on Supreme Court judgments allowing compounding at all stages and inherent powers of High Court to prevent India Law Library Docid # 2433900
(494) GURMEL KAUR AND OTHERS Vs. ELECTION TRIBUNAL AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 Election Tribunal — Recount of votes — Order for recounted votes must be reasoned and based on prima facie satisfaction supported by evidence, not mere allegations or narrow victory margins. India Law Library Docid # 2433941
(495) NIRMAL SINGH Vs. SATPAL KANWAR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 152 — Amendment of judgments, decrees or orders — Clerical or arithmetical mistakes and errors from accidental slips or omissions — Correction is permissible at any time either by court's own motion or on application of a party — Non-mentioning of two additional issues, which were framed and pertained to core allegations of fraud and mental soundness, in the list of India Law Library Docid # 2433942
(496) NARENDRA MAHALA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 08-10-2025 Medical Admission — Fee Deposit — Condonation of Delay — A petitioner sought condonation of a few hours' delay in depositing the remaining MBBS course fees due to the recent demise of his great-grandmother and intervening public holidays, arguing that his security deposit should not be forfeited. The court considered the petitioner's impoverished background and the limited timeframe for depositing fees, which included holidays. India Law Library Docid # 2433963
(497) PRITI KALLA Vs. JAI NARAIN VYAS UNIVERSITY, JODHPUR AND OTHER[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 University Ordinances — Study Leave and Extra Ordinary Leave — Interpretation of Ordinance 327 regarding grant, extension, and conversion of study leave and the conditions for Extra Ordinary Leave (EOL). The petitioner's initial study leave for post-graduation was extended, but subsequent requests for study leave for PhD and conversion of absence to EOL were denied based on university rules and her service India Law Library Docid # 2433992
(498) GRAM PANCHAYAT THALADKA Vs. AMAR SINGH AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 1 Rule 10 — Impleadment of parties — Appeal stage — Application for impleadment as intervener in appeal dismissed by Appellate Court — Trial Court had allowed impleadment as intervener and permitted petitioner to adduce evidence on behalf of Gram Panchayat, though not as a party to suit — petitioner's application for impleadment in appeal rejected as belated and India Law Library Docid # 2433993
(499) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. NANU AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of interference — Appellate Court can interfere with an acquittal order only if the trial court's view is legally implausible, perverse, or based on misreading of evidence, and no other reasonable view is possible. The appellate court must address all reasons for acquittal and demonstrate an illegality or error. India Law Library Docid # 2433994
(500) KRISHI UPAJ MANDI SAMITI, SRI GANGA NAGAR Vs. AUTHORITY UNDER THE SHOPS AND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT ACT, SRI GANGANAGAR AND OTHER[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 08-10-2025 Rajasthan Shops and Commercial Establishment Act, 1958 — Section 28A — Termination of service — Exemption for 'Offices' of local authorities — Employee working in Market Yard is not covered by exemption applicable to offices — Employee working as Chowkidar in Market Yard should be governed by the Act of 1958. India Law Library Docid # 2433995