(521) ABDUL AAHAD @ AAHAD Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-04-2025 Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 482 (Anticipatory Bail) — Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) — Section 80 (Dowry death/Offences relating to death of wife soon after marriage) — Grant of Anticipatory Bail — Considerations — Petition for anticipatory bail in a case involving the death of the petitioner’s wife within a year of marriage – Allegations included demands for dowry, harassment, and death by strangulation — Forensic medical opinion based on photographs indicated s India Law Library Docid # 2425551
(522) SMT. KAMLA AND OTHERS Vs. RAMESH CHANDRA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 24-04-2025 M.P. Accommodation Control Act, 1961 — Section 12(1)(f) — Bonafide Requirement — Subsequent Events (Sale of Other Shops) — The bonafide requirement of a landlord for eviction under Section 12(1)(f) is to be judged primarily as pleaded — The sale of other shops by the landlord during the pendency of the eviction suit, especially if explained as due to financial need for starting the proposed business, does not automatically negate the bonafide requirement for the suit shop — The choice of the lan India Law Library Docid # 2425565
(523) M/S EMPIRE STEEL HOLDINGS THROUGH PROPRIETOR MRS. AKRITI MISHRA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 24-04-2025 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 29 — Cancellation of GST Registration — Physical Verification — Rule 25, GST Rules 2017 — Cancellation of GST registration with retrospective effect based on a physical verification finding the registered premises locked, without proper adherence to Rule 25 of GST Rules, 2017 (which requires verification in the presence of the person and uploading of GST REG-30), is arbitrary and unjustified — A visit note signed only by the inspecting officer, India Law Library Docid # 2425566
(524) VARUN TIWARI Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-04-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 498-A — Quashing of FIR — General and Omnibus Allegations — FIR and chargesheet under Section 498-A IPC are liable to be quashed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. / Section 528 BNSS when the allegations of cruelty and dowry demand are general, vague, and omnibus in nature, lacking specific details about the date, time, and nature of incidents — Mere incordial relations or quarrels between husband and wife, without specific instances constituting cruelty as defined under Sectio India Law Library Docid # 2425567
(525) BALVINDER SINGH SETHI Vs. INDRAJEET SINGH SETHI[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 24-04-2025 Stamp Act, 1899 — Section 2(15) — Instrument of Partition vs. Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) — A document that merely acknowledges a past oral partition or records a settlement of property already owned by individuals, and does not itself create, assign, limit, or extinguish any right, title, or interest in joint family property amongst co-owners, is a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) or a mere statement of fact, not an “instrument of partition” under Section 2(15) of the Indian India Law Library Docid # 2425568
(526) RAMAKANT VIJAYWARGIYA Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-04-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) / Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 427 Cr.P.C. / Section 467 BNSS — Concurrent Running of Sentences — Discretionary Power — Section 427(1) Cr.P.C. (now S. 467 BNSS) confers discretionary power upon the Court to direct that a subsequent sentence of imprisonment shall run concurrently with a previous sentence — This discretion must be exercised judiciously, considering the nature of the offence(s) and the overall facts and circumstanc India Law Library Docid # 2425569
(527) MANISH @ MAHESH SOLIYA Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 24-04-2025 M.P. Excise Act, 1915 — Sections 47-A and 47-D — Interim Custody of Vehicle (Supurdginama) — Jurisdiction of Criminal Court — The bar on the jurisdiction of a criminal Court under Section 47-D of the M.P. Excise Act, 1915, to make orders about the disposal or custody of a seized vehicle applies only after it has received an intimation from the Collector under Section 47-A(3)(a) about the initiation of confiscation proceedings — If an application for interim custody (supurdginama) under Sections India Law Library Docid # 2425570
(528) ARVIND KUMAR Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-04-2025 Service Law — Correction of Date of Birth — Casual Labour Card vs. Service Book Entry — When the initial Casual Labour Service Card, issued at the time of joining, records a specific date of birth and age consistent with the minimum entry age, and there is no overwriting or correction in the age column of that card, this entry is significant — If a different date of birth is subsequently and erroneously recorded in the main service book without supporting documentation, and departmental authorit India Law Library Docid # 2425571
(529) SURINDER KUMAR Vs. JAWAHAR LAL[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-04-2025 Constitution of India, Article 227 — Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 — Condonation of Delay — Liberal Approach for Substantial Justice — Interference by High Court — The High Court, exercising its power of superintendence under Article 227 of the Constitution, should be slow to interfere with an order of the lower appellate court condoning delay in filing an appeal, especially when the delay is explained by reasons such as old age, ill health (including heart problems requiring stenting), and th India Law Library Docid # 2425547
(530) HARSH KUMAR Vs. PUNJAB AGRO INDUSTRIES CORPORATION LIMITED[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-04-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 7 Rule 11(d) — Rejection of plaint — Suit barred by limitation — Determination — For deciding an application under Order 7 Rule 11(d) CPC for rejection of plaint on the ground that the suit is barred by any law (including limitation), only the averments made in the plaint are to be seen and considered — The court must construe the statement in the plaint and cannot look into the written statement or any other material — No evidence or merits of the India Law Library Docid # 2425548
(531) RATTAN WATI AND OTHERS Vs. SAVITA CHOUDHARY AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-04-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order VII Rule 11 — Rejection of Plaint — Disclosure of Cause of Action — Scope of Enquiry — For deciding an application under Order VII Rule 11 CPC, only the averments made in the plaint can be considered, without examining evidence or the merits of the controversy — The defence taken by the defendant cannot be a ground for rejecting the plaint — If the plaint, read as a whole, discloses a cause of action, the application for rejection must India Law Library Docid # 2425549
(532) THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. SMT. ARUNA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-04-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Compensation in Death Case — Deceased Businessman, Aged 42 Years — Calculation of Compensation — Application of Future Prospects, Multiplier, and Conventional Heads — In a motor accident claim arising from the death of a 42-year-old businessman with an assessed annual income of Rs. 3,75,000/-, the compensation was re-assessed by — (i) adding 25% for future prospects as per National Insurance Company Limited Vs. Pranay Sethi; (ii) applying a multiplier of India Law Library Docid # 2425590
(533) ASHOK KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-04-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 and Section 147 — Compounding of Offences — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 320 — Compromise effected after conviction and dismissal of appeal — Revision petition against concurrent conviction under Section 138 NI Act — Parties effected compromise, and entire cheque amount paid to complainant who consented to nullification of proceedings — Held, an offence under Section 138 NI Act can be compounded under Section 147 NI Act even after conv India Law Library Docid # 2425591
(534) M/S VATIKA LIMITED Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-04-2025 Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (RERA Act) — Sections 40(1), 71, 81 — Haryana Land Revenue Act, 1887 — Sections 10, 27, 67 — Haryana Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Rules, 2017 — Rule 27 — Delegation of Powers — Execution of Orders — Validity of Notification vesting Adjudicating Officer with powers of Collector for executing recovery certificates issued by HRERA — Held, The impugned notification vesting the Adjudicating Officer (appointed under Section 71 of RERA Act India Law Library Docid # 2425592
(535) VIKRAM AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-04-2025 Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 — Sections 33, 34 — Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 — Sections 32, 33 — Reservation in employment — Post of Assistant Lineman/Groundsman — Eligibility of persons with disability of one leg — Advertisement confining reservation for Assistant Lineman to persons who are ‘deaf and hard of hearing’ challenged as contrary to Government of India Notification dated 29.07.2013 (identifying India Law Library Docid # 2425593
(536) VISHAV BHOOSHAN SOOD Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-04-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 173 (corresponding to Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 193) — Power of Magistrate to order further investigation — A Magistrate is competent to order further investigation after receipt of a report under Section 173 Cr.P.C., whether it recommends cancellation of FIR or otherwise. However, this power should be exercised only in exceptional and extraordinary circumstances where there is a serious defect or deficiency in the initial i India Law Library Docid # 2425594
(537) SMT NALIMA WARRAICH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-04-2025 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) — Section 195 and Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 174-A — Cognizance of Offence under Section 174-A IPC — Mandatory Requirement of Written Complaint by Public Servant — Section 195(1)(a)(i) Cr.P.C. bars a court from taking cognizance of any offence punishable under Sections 172 to 188 IPC (which includes Section 174-A IPC) unless there is a written complaint by the concerned public servant or their administrative superior — This provision is mandatory India Law Library Docid # 2425595
(538) AMTOJ SINGH Vs. SUKHCHAIN SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-04-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order XLI Rules 23, 23A and 25 — Power of Appellate Court to remand — Scope and limitations — Plaintiff challenged First Appellate Court’s order remitting specific performance suit to Trial Court after allowing defendant’s application to amend written statement — Amendment highlighted bifurcation of Khasra number, asserting that a part of the suit land was not in existence on the date of the agreement to sell — Held, an appellate court’s power to remand is regulated India Law Library Docid # 2425596
(539) KULWINDER SINGH Vs. NEETU RANI AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-04-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) — Section 125 — Interim Maintenance — Minor Child — Interim maintenance of Rs.10,000/- per month awarded to the minor child by the Family Court upheld — The object and purpose behind granting interim maintenance is to ensure that the dependent spouse and children are not reduced to destitution or vagrancy on account of failure of marriage — A just and careful balance must be struck to ensure that this provision does not degenerate into a weapon to punish t India Law Library Docid # 2425597
(540) M/S HANUMAN PAPER WORKS AND ANOTHER Vs. COMMISSIONER OF COMMERCIAL TAX[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 24-04-2025 Chhattisgarh Value Added Tax Act, 2005 — Section 55(2) — Reference Application — Non-submission of C-Form for Inter-State Sale — Assessing Authority treating inter-state sale as local sale and imposing tax and interest thereon due to non-submission of C-Form within prescribed time — Appellate authority and Tribunal upholding assessment — Tribunal rejecting application for reference under Section 55(1) — Power of authorities to extend time for submission of C-Form for sufficient cause — Tribunal India Law Library Docid # 2425666