(781) BEENA SAH AND OTHERS Vs. DEEPA SAH AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 26-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 43 Rule 1(r) — Appeal against order of temporary injunction — Partition Suit — Co-ownership — Temporary injunction against a co-owner is generally impermissible unless there is ouster, denial of title, or exclusion for a statutory period. India Law Library Docid # 2434672
(782) THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. SMT. LAXMI AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 26-09-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 , Section 166 , Section 3 , Section 149(2) , Section 15 — Appeal against award of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Insurer's liability — Driver's license validity — "Pay and Recover" doctrine — Facts indicate a genuine dispute regarding the renewal of the driver's license at the time of the accident. The owner presented renewal documents that appeared to validate the India Law Library Docid # 2434673
(783) GAURAV AGARWAL Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 26-09-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque for insufficient funds — Cheque reported lost and payment stopped prior to alleged issuance date — Subsequent presentation and dishonour cannot form basis of offence under Section 138 as there was no valid issuance. India Law Library Docid # 2434674
(784) ODELA SATYAM AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Clubbing of FIRs — Multiple FIRs arising from same cause of action and modus operandi — Generally, clubbing of FIRs across different states is not permissible due to different jurisdictions and potential complexities in investigation and trial necessitating presence of witnesses from various locations. India Law Library Docid # 2434748
(785) SMT. CHANDRA KALA AND OTHERS Vs. ICICI LOMBARD MOTOR INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-09-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 — Quantum of compensation — Assessment of income — Deceased was a mason earning Rs. 400 per day — Tribunal adopted Rs. 189 per day due to lack of documentary proof — High Court confirmed this — Supreme Court held that for a coolie, minimum wage was Rs. 4,500 in 2004, and with annual increase, in 2014, it would be Rs. 9,500 per month — Ascertained monthly income of India Law Library Docid # 2434749
(786) RAMAR Vs. THE DIVISIONAL MANAGER, NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-09-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166 & 168 — Compensation for injury — Assessment of monthly income — High Court reduced income based on a previous case where no evidence was led, but in the present case, claimant's witnesses testified about daily earnings of Rs. 600-1000 — Tribunal's adoption of Rs. 11,000 per month as income was deemed appropriate. India Law Library Docid # 2434750
(787) MRS. BHARATHI RADHAKRISHNAN Vs. REMA VASUDEVAN AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 26-09-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 9 — Interim injunction — Demolition of scheduled property — Court noted that property was already demolished and superstructure no longer existed — Application for interim injunction closed as no further orders could be passed. India Law Library Docid # 2434763
(788) M/S. JAIN STEELS INDUSTRIES Vs. M/S. LARSEN & TOUBRO LTD.[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 26-09-2025 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 — Section 18 — Jurisdiction of Facilitation Council — Supplier's place of business confers jurisdiction on the Council — Even if arbitration agreement specifies a different seat, the Council at the supplier's location can entertain the claim. India Law Library Docid # 2434784
(789) P. KRISHNAMOORTHY Vs. V. RAYAR[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 26-09-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 16(c) — Readiness and Willingness to perform contract — Essential terms — Plaintiff failed to prove possession of balance sale consideration and active steps to acquire funds — Mere averment is insufficient, proof required — Plaintiff's admission of not having funds and father holding them, coupled with lack of evidence of father's commitment to lend, defeats claim for specific performance. India Law Library Docid # 2434785
(790) M/S. EAGLE FLASK INDUSTRIES (P) LIMITED Vs. M/S. TAMIL NADU SMALL INDUSTRIES CORPORATION LIMITED[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 26-09-2025 Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960 — Section 29 — Exemption from Act — Landlord seeking eviction by approaching Rent Controller waives the benefit of exemption available under Section 29, which is granted by notification and is a benefit conferred, not a statutory bar like Section 30. India Law Library Docid # 2434787
(791) SABAREESAN Vs. PERIYASAMY PADAIYATCHI[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 26-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 23 Rule 1 — Withdrawal of suit with liberty to file fresh suit — Requirements for grant of leave — Plaintiff must demonstrate a formal defect in the suit leading to its failure or provide sufficient grounds for instituting a fresh suit — Grant of leave is discretionary and requires caution and India Law Library Docid # 2434788
(792) MR. PRAVEEN RAJ JAYACHANDRAN Vs. M/S. FUSION VR[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 26-09-2025 Copyright Act, 1957 — Protection of Ideas vs. Expression — The Act protects the expression of an idea, not the idea itself. Materials showing visualization and expression of concepts and applications are protected. India Law Library Docid # 2434789
(793) AMUDHAVALLI AND OTHERS Vs. HDFC ERGO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-09-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 147 — Insurance of Motor Vehicles — Liability of insurer — Goods vehicle carrying fare-paying passenger — A goods vehicle is not allowed to carry passengers for hire or reward — Breach of policy condition — Deceased travelling in a goods vehicle as a fare-paying passenger amounts to a fundamental breach of policy conditions — Insurer is not liable to India Law Library Docid # 2434808
(794) S.NAVAS Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHER[KERALA HIGH COURT] 26-09-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2] — Demand and acceptance of illegal gratification — Corrupt or illegal means or abuse of position to obtain pecuniary advantage — The prosecution must prove a prior demand and subsequent acceptance of illegal gratification to establish guilt — Mere acceptance or recovery of money is insufficient without proof of demand — The India Law Library Docid # 2434849
(795) SANJAY KEDIYA Vs. SAROJ KEDIYA AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 32 Rule 15 — Persons of unsound mind — Appointment of next friend — Mandatory enquiry — Court must conduct an enquiry to satisfy itself that a person is incapable of protecting their own interest due to mental infirmity before appointing a next friend or guardian. Mechanical appointment without enquiry is illegal. India Law Library Docid # 2433197
(796) BUDHRAM SINGH @ LALLU Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2025 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 4 — Rape — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 366 (kidnapping, abduction or inducement to cause person to remain in order to subject her to intercourse) and 302 (murder) — Appeal against conviction — Conviction by trial court based on circumstantial evidence — Prosecution failed to prove essential ingredients of offences — Age of victim — No clinching or India Law Library Docid # 2433198
(797) ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE Vs. JHARKHAND STATE INFORMATION COMMISSION AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 25-09-2025 Right to Information Act, 2005 — Section 2(h) — 'Public Authority' — Definition — Ownership, control, or substantial financing by appropriate Government — College receiving grant-in-aid from State Government is a public authority. India Law Library Docid # 2433314
(798) SANJABIJ TARI Vs. KISHORE S. BORCAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-09-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 138, 139, 118 — Dishonour of cheque — Presumptions — Scope — Once execution/signature admitted, presumption arises that cheque was for consideration and discharge of legally enforceable debt — Burden initially on accused to rebut by raising probable defence — Mere plea of complainant’s financial incapacity, without documentary or India Law Library Docid # 2433172
(799) SINGAMASETTY BHAGAVATH GUPTHA AND ANOTHER Vs. ALLAM KARIBASAPPA (D) BY LRS./ALLAM DODDABASAPPA (D) BY LRS. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-09-2025 Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920 — Section 37 — Proceedings on annulment — The validity of acts done by a court or receiver before annulment of adjudication of insolvency depends on whether the sales and dispositions of property and payments made were "duly made." If these acts are found to be not duly made, Section 37 will not protect them. India Law Library Docid # 2433173
(800) DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Vs. CORPORATION BANK AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-09-2025 Lease Agreement — Mortgage Clause — Prior written consent from Lieutenant Governor required for mortgage of the leased plot — DDA's right to unearned increase and pre-emptive purchase. India Law Library Docid # 2433174