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(81) K. KIRUBAKARAN Vs. STATE OF TAMIL NADU[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 366 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 6 — Conviction and sentence — Marriage between appellant and victim during pendency of appeal — Wife's affidavit expressing desire for happy family life — Father of victim has no objection to quashing proceedings — Supreme Court's power under Article 142 of the Constitution of India invoked to
India Law Library Docid # 2434700

(82) ANGAMMAL (DIED) THR. LRS. AND OTHERS Vs. M. SELVARAJ AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 28-10-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 and Order 41 Rule 1 — Appeal against dismissal of partition suit — Crucial issue is date of death of original owner Angamoopan — Plaintiffs claimed death in 1960 (after Hindu Succession Act, 1956), defendants claimed in 1939 (before Act) — Death certificate (Ex.A-3) obtained after suit filed and based on Judicial Magistrate's order, not on independent inquiry — Judicial Magistrate lacks jurisdiction to issue such orders for delayed registration of de
India Law Library Docid # 2434769

(83) VALLIAMMAL AND OTHERS Vs. N. LAKSHMI AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 28-10-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — Appeal from original decree — Partition suit — Trial Court dismissed plaintiffs' suit for partition — Appellants contended that the dismissal was wrong as their right and relationship were admitted and dismissal was based on ouster — Court held that plaintiffs failed to prove redemption of mortgage, and their claim for partition was not sustainable.
India Law Library Docid # 2434770

(84) DIVISIONAL MANAGER, UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. S. VIJAYA MARY AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 28-10-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeals to High Court — Appeals against award of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Insurance company challenging award, claimants seeking enhancement — Both appeals considered together.
India Law Library Docid # 2434771

(85) MUTHULAKSHMI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 28-10-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 and Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 — Habeas Corpus Petitions — Detention Orders — Grounds for quashing — Non-supply of relied-upon documents — Detenus are entitled to receive all documents that form the basis of the detention order to make an effective representation — Documents merely referred to
India Law Library Docid # 2434772

(86) HDFC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD Vs. JYOTHI MADHAVAN U.[KERALA HIGH COURT] 28-10-2025
Insurance Law — Life Insurance Proposal — Acceptance — Duty of Insurer to Communicate Decision — Failure to communicate rejection within stipulated time renders delay unreasonable and violates principles of good faith.
India Law Library Docid # 2434858

(87) DEV KARAN MAHALA AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of plaint — Allegations of fraud and coercion in sale of property — Trial Court rejecting plaint on ground of limitation — High Court upholding rejection — Supreme Court observing that issues of fraud and coercion need detailed examination and cannot be summarily rejected on limitation grounds if pleaded factually
India Law Library Docid # 2434891

(88) RAJNEESH KUMAR PANDEY AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
National Capital Territory of Delhi — Appointment of Contractual Teachers — Inclusion of Qualifying Test — Delhi Government's proposal to administer a qualifying test to over 1400 contractual teachers to assess their competence in teaching specially-abled children — Proposal met with opposition from counsel representing the teachers — Court directs Delhi Government to
India Law Library Docid # 2434892

(89) STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS Vs. PURNA CHANDRA BIRUA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Delay and Laches — Writ Petition dismissed by High Court solely on grounds of delay and laches — Supreme Court found delay of one and a half years not to be "gross" — Held that the matter required consideration on merits, and the High Court
India Law Library Docid # 2434895

(90) GAURAV KOHLI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE of HARYANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT of INDIA] 28-10-2025
Administrative Law — Natural Justice — Audi Alteram Partem — High Court’s directions affecting parties’ civil suits — Such directions issued without joining affected parties and affording them an opportunity to be heard are unsustainable.
India Law Library Docid # 2434896

(91) HEENA THAPA Vs. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 173, 193 — Charge Sheet — Common Charge Sheet in multiple FIRs — Accused individually charge-sheeted in one FIR despite multiple FIRs being lodged — Court found no irregularity where an accused was only framed/charge-sheeted in respect of a second FIR, not a first FIR where they were not involved — Discretionary
India Law Library Docid # 2434897

(92) MOTILAL PATLE Vs. THE STATE OF CHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376(2)(f), 294, 506 Part-II, 323 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 6 — Conviction and sentence for rape of minor daughter, using abusive language, criminal intimidation, and causing hurt — Appeal against High Court's upholding of conviction and sentence — Appellant claimed false implication due to opposition to daughter's relationship, sought leniency based on being sole family provider and time
India Law Library Docid # 2434899

(93) CHAIRMAN, RAM MANOHAR LOHIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND OTHERS Vs. SUMAN SINGH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Interpretation of Government Orders — Beneficial Provisions — When a Government Order is beneficial in nature, it must be interpreted liberally to extend the intended benefits to the recipient. If two interpretations are possible, the one that further benefits the recipient should be preferred.
India Law Library Docid # 2434901

(94) NEETA SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 173(2) — Charge-sheet filed — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 504, 506, 406, 409 & 420 — Bail in anticipation of arrest — High Court rejected prayer for bail — Supreme Court grants leave and allows appeal setting aside High Court's order — Appellants to be released on bail on terms fixed by trial court — Court clarifies
India Law Library Docid # 2434918

(95) ASIF Vs. STATE OF U.P[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Suspension of Sentence — Special Leave Petition (Crl.) — Petitioner sought suspension of jail sentence arguing his case was not different from a co-accused whose sentence was already suspended — Court found the petitioner's situation to be similar to the co-accused — Accordingly, substantive jail sentence of the petitioner was suspended
India Law Library Docid # 2434921

(96) VAIBHAV DIGAMBER NIKAM AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 109, 309(4), 115(2), 352, 351(2), 351(3) and 3(5) — Arms Act, 1959, Sections 3, 4 and 25 — Bail — Allegations of attempting to disconnect water connection, assault, and fleeing scene — Appellants cooperated with investigation — Complicity in offence to be decided at trial — Appellants entitled to bail subject to conditions imposed by
India Law Library Docid # 2434923

(97) M/S HINDUSTAN PREFAB LIMITED Vs. NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY ODISHA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6) — Appointment of Arbitrator — Scope of power — When an arbitration agreement exists, the role of the Chief Justice or their designate under Section 11(6) is limited to examining, prima facie, the existence of such an agreement — Issues regarding sustainability of a claim or whether a cause of action has arisen are matters best
India Law Library Docid # 2434927

(98) T. SAIRAM AND OTHERS Vs. GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-10-2025
Administrative Law — Government Orders (GOs) — Setting aside of GO — Employees appointed under a GO were discharged, but a subsequent GO (G.O.Rt.No.1207) allowed them to continue in service as fresh appointees, based on compassionate and equitable considerations. The High Court set aside this subsequent GO. The Supreme Court, considering the affidavit of the State
India Law Library Docid # 2434934

(99) BHAG CHAND Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 28-10-2025
Service Law — Regularisation — Claim for work charge status — Eligibility criteria — Petitioner engaged as daily wager Beldar in 1995, services regularized in 2007 — Claimed work charge status from 2003 based on 8 years of continuous daily wage service — Mandays chart confirmed continuous service of over 240 days from 1995 till 2003 — Petitioner held entitled to work charge status from 01.01.2003 as per Supreme Court judgments in Surajmani and Ashwani Kumar cases. (Paras 5(i), 6, 10,
India Law Library Docid # 2434938

(100) GARGESH KUMAR Vs. ADITYA AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 28-10-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 140, 2(30) — No-fault liability for interim compensation — Driver vs. Registered Owner — Section 140 imposes joint and several liability on the owner(s) of the vehicle for interim compensation in case of death or permanent disablement arising from an accident — The owner, as defined in Section 2(30), means the person in whose name the motor vehicle stands registered —
India Law Library Docid # 2434939