(501) SAMEEL DEEN Vs. STATE OF H.P.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 15-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 221 and 237 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 307 and 326 — Conviction for lesser offence (Section 326 IPC) when charged with gravest offence (Section 307 IPC) — Where the facts proved in evidence indicate the commission of a different, lesser offence for which the accused might have been charged (e.g., Section 326 IPC instead of Section 307 IPC), India Law Library Docid # 2437997
(502) DHARMENDER Vs. PREM CHAND AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 15-12-2025 Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control Act, 1987 — Section 14(2)(i), Third Proviso — Eviction for non-payment of rent — Statutory right to avoid eviction — Tenant must pay the amount of rent due within 30 days from the date of the Rent Controller's eviction order — Subsequent payment of arrears made after 30 days, even if made pursuant to an interim direction by a higher court (Appellate Authority/High India Law Library Docid # 2437987
(503) K.AMUTHA @ ROUCCOUMANIAMMALLE Vs. SOUNDIRAMMAL @ INDIRANIAMMAL (DIED) AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 15-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 13 Rule 3 read with Section 151 — Eschewing of Document — Admissibility of Unregistered/Insufficiently Stamped Document (Family Arrangement) — Objection regarding insufficient stamp duty cannot be raised once the document (Ex-B.15, alleged Family Arrangement Agreement) is marked without objection from the opposing party; the objection is India Law Library Docid # 2438120
(504) THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Vs. S.SOMASUNDARAM(DECEASED) AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 15-12-2025 Freedom Fighters Pension Scheme — Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme, 1980 (SSS Scheme) — Central Scheme vs. State Scheme — Eligibility Criteria — Scope of Judicial Review — The SSS Scheme is a welfare scheme and a concession, which must be implemented strictly according to the stipulated terms and conditions — High Courts, in exercise of powers of judicial review, cannot expand India Law Library Docid # 2438121
(505) DALMIA CEMENT (BHARAT) LIMITED Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 15-12-2025 Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act) — Section 10B — Mining Lease — Grant of Lease — Major Minerals — Statutory requirement for grant of mining leases for major minerals is by way of public auction only, barring exceptions under Section 10A or Section 17A of the MMDR Act — Applications for mining lease filed prior to 2015 amendment requiring auction are subject to compliance with current statutory provisions — Authorities directed to India Law Library Docid # 2438122
(506) ARCELOR MITTAL NIPPON STEEL INDIA LTD. Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 15-12-2025 Odisha Public Demands Recovery Act, 1962 - Section 64 - Limitation Act, 1963 - Section 5 - Certificate Officer - Condonation of delay - Petition denying liability. — Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 is applicable to proceedings under the OPDR Act. The Certificate Officer can condone delay in filing a petition denying liability even India Law Library Docid # 2438208
(507) JAMIR MIYA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF ODISHA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 15-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 167(2) — Default bail — Chargesheet filing — Chemical examination report — Filing of chargesheet without chemical examination report in NDPS cases does not automatically vitiate, but court should be cautious and demand such report for framing charges. India Law Library Docid # 2438209
(508) BASANTI SAHOO Vs. RAMADEBI ROUTRAY AND ANOTHER[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 15-12-2025 Odisha Panchayat Samiti Act, 1959 — Sections 44-A and 45-B — Election Petition — Maintainability — Election of Chairman can be challenged under Section 44-A, irrespective of any action under Section 45-B. This is supported by various High Court judgments, which also clarify that a "member" under Section 44-A includes the Chairman. India Law Library Docid # 2438207
(509) NEELAKANTESHVAR AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (KALABURAGI BENCH)] 15-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 198(1) and 190(1)(b) — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 494 (Bigamy) — Cognizance of Offence — Police Report — Prohibition — Offence under Section 494 IPC is non-cognizable and falls under Chapter XX of IPC, which requires cognizance only upon a complaint by the aggrieved person. India Law Library Docid # 2438254
(510) ROCKY ABHRAHAM Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-12-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 32, 136, 142 — Quashing of FIR and proceedings — Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 — Sections 39, 49, 51 — NRI passenger arrested at airport for alleged possession of deer horn — Subsequent forensic report confirming the recovered item was a Reindeer horn (Rangifer Tarandus), which is not a protected or prohibited animal under the Act's schedules — Held, continued prosecution India Law Library Docid # 2437479
(511) THE DIRECTOR OF TOWN PANCHAYAT AND OTHERS Vs. M. JAYABAL AND ANOTHER ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-12-2025 Service Law — Compassionate Appointment — Nature of right — Appointment on compassionate bases is a concession, not a matter of right, and serves as an exception to the general rule of public employment under Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India — Core objective is to enable the dependent family to tide over sudden financial crisis following the death of the employee, providing relief against India Law Library Docid # 2436750
(512) SITHARA N.S. AND OTHERS Vs. SAI RAM GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-12-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim Petition — Standard of Proof — In motor vehicle accident claims, the standard of proof is based on preponderance of probabilities, not proof beyond reasonable doubt — However, claimants must establish three elements: (i) occurrence of accident; (ii) involvement of the specific offending vehicle; and (iii) rash and negligent act of the driver — Mere occurrence of India Law Library Docid # 2436751
(513) MOKSH LATA Vs. MANOHAR LAL SOOD THR LRS AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 12-12-2025 Indian Partnership Act, 1932 — Dissolution of Partnership at Will (Section 43) — Notice of Dissolution vs. Notice of Retirement (Section 32) — Where a partnership is "at will," a notice served by one partner stating he is "not willing to continue the partnership business" and demanding immediate settlement of accounts and share in firm properties constitutes an unmistakable intention to dissolve the firm under Section 43, not merely to retire under Section 32; The firm stands dissolved from the India Law Library Docid # 2437069
(514) MANISH Vs. AZAD AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 12-12-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Compensation for Injuries — Enhancement — Principles of Just Compensation — The object of awarding damages is to make good the loss suffered as a result of the wrong done, in a fair, reasonable, and equitable manner; compensation must, to the extent possible, fully and adequately restore the claimant to the position prior to the accident — Heads under which compensation is awarded include Pecuniary Damages (treatment expenses, loss of India Law Library Docid # 2437070
(515) IRWIN EDMUND SEQUEIRA AND OTHERS Vs. SALE PROCEEDS OF MV KARNIKA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 12-12-2025 Admiralty Jurisdiction — Intervention in Suit in Rem — Bombay High Court (Original Side) Rules, 1980 — Rule 1086 — CPC, 1908 — Order 1 Rule 10 — Criteria for Intervention — Where a ship against which a suit in rem is brought is under arrest or money representing the proceeds of sale is in Court, a person with an "interest" in that ship or money may, with leave of the Judge, intervene in the suit (Rule 1086) — The existence of an interest in the vessel or sale proceeds is the true and only test f India Law Library Docid # 2437256
(516) SHRI. BHAGWAT SOPAN BANKAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 12-12-2025 Shree Shanaishwar Devasthan Trust (Shingnapur) Act, 2018 — Sections 3, 5, 36, 44, 48 — Appointment of Administrator — Validity — Appointment of Collector as Administrator on the same day the Act came into force (appointed day) — The statutory scheme contemplates the constitution of a Management Committee under Section 5 before the provision for appointment of an Administrator under Section 36 can be triggered — Section 36 is contingent upon the existing Committee (appointed under India Law Library Docid # 2437121
(517) BALAJI HANUMANT PAWAR Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR)] 12-12-2025 Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug-Ofenders and Dangerous Persons Act, 1981 (MPDA Act) — Section 3(1) — Preventive Detention — Challenge to Detention Order — Unexplained Delay — Proposal for detention submitted by Superintendent of Police to District Magistrate's office on 4th February, 2025; noting submitted to Additional District Magistrate on 21st February, 2025 — Finding that there was unexplained delay of approximately twenty days (from India Law Library Docid # 2437183
(518) SANJIB HAZARIKA Vs. MITALI HAZARIKA[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 12-12-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Power of Superintendence of High Court — Scope of Interference — High Court cannot ordinarily interfere with orders of subordinate courts/tribunals under Article 227 as if acting as a court of appeal, except to ensure courts remain within their authority or where there is patent perversity, gross/manifest failure of justice, or infringement of basic principles of natural justice — This jurisdiction India Law Library Docid # 2437273
(519) MD. ABDUL NOOR Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 12-12-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376(2)(i) — Repeal/Deletion of provision — Retrospective Effect — Conviction under Section 376(2)(i) IPC (read with POCSO Act) reversed to Section 376(1) IPC on grounds that Section 376(2)(i) Clause (i) was deleted by Act 22 of 2018 (w.e.f 21.04.2018), prior to the date of impugned judgment (16.12.2019) — Trial Court erred in applying a provision no longer in existence. India Law Library Docid # 2437274
(520) THE STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS Vs. DIPAK GOGOI AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 12-12-2025 Compassionate Appointment — Eligibility Cut-off — Office Memorandum dated 01.06.2015 (Assam) — Clause 1 invalidating compassionate appointment if deceased government employee had less than 3 years of service remaining at time of death — Constitutionality — Whether classification based on remaining service period is justified under Article 14 of the Constitution. India Law Library Docid # 2437275