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(101) DHARMINDER SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-04-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Section 420 — Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property — Essential ingredients — Fraudulent or dishonest inducement to deliver property or consent to retain property, or intentional inducement to do or omit to do an act which causes or is likely to cause damage to the deceived person’s body, mind, reputation, or property — Intention to
India Law Library Docid # 2425889

(102) SANTOSH KUMAR Vs. ASSISTANT SECRETARY/ DEPUTY SECRETARY/ SECRETARY, INSURANCE OMBUDSMAN, LUCKNOW AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 29-04-2025
Insurance Act, 1938 — Section 45 — Repudiation of Policy — An insurer can repudiate a life insurance policy within three years from its inception/revival/rider date on grounds of fraud or material misstatement/suppression — After three years, repudiation is permissible only on the ground of fraud, the burden of proving which lies heavily on the insurer.
India Law Library Docid # 2425303

(103) INDRA AND OTHERS Vs. JAGDISH CHANDRA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 29-04-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 & 168 — Compensation — Death of Student (MBBS) — Assessment of Notional Income — Future Prospects — When assessing compensation for the death of a young, meritorious student pursuing a professional course like MBBS, Tribunals must adopt a realistic, holistic, and just approach, moving beyond rigid arithmetical calculations or minimum wage standards — The assessment should factor in the deceased’s high academic achievements (like clearing competitive exams l
India Law Library Docid # 2425423

(104) SATPAL SINGH Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 29-04-2025
Border Security Force Act, 1968 — Section 11(2) — Border Security Force Rules, 1969 — Rules 17, 22 & 177 — Dismissal vs. Termination — Interpretation of Rule 22 — Show Cause Notice — A critical distinction exists between ‘termination of service’ (a broader, potentially non-punitive cessation) and ‘dismissal from service’ (a punitive penalty for misconduct barring future government employment and pension) — Rule 22(1) of the BSF Rules, 1969, explicitly provides for issuing a show cause notice whe
India Law Library Docid # 2425424

(105) GIRIRAJ PRASAD SHARMA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 29-04-2025
Service Law — Regularization of Services — Irregular vs. Illegal Appointments — Interpretation of Uma Devi Judgment — Legitimate Expectation — Articles 14 & 21, Constitution of India — Employees who have rendered long and continuous service (10-30 years) on various posts, whose initial appointments were irregular but not illegal (including ad-hoc, part-time, or without formal appointment letters, but against sanctioned posts), and who completed ten years of service on or before 08.07.2009 (the d
India Law Library Docid # 2425464

(106) AMIT Vs. SHRI GANESH RAJ BANSAL AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 29-04-2025
Representation of the People Act, 1951 — Sections 81, 83, 87 & 100 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order VII Rule 11 — Election Petition — Rejection at Threshold — Requirement of Material Facts and Cause of Action — An Election Petition, being a statutory right and governed by the self-contained code of the RP Act, must strictly comply with Sections 81 and 83 thereof — It must contain a concise statement of all material facts on which the petitioner relies to establish the grounds under Section 1
India Law Library Docid # 2425465

(107) STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS Vs. BHIYA RAM VISHNOI[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 29-04-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 42 Rule 1 — Review — Error Apparent on the Face of Record — Misapplication of Precedent — A review petition is maintainable when there is an error apparent on the face of the record, such as the erroneous application of a legal precedent by the Court (both Single Judge and Division Bench) to the facts of the case, where the facts of the case under consideration are clearly distinguishable from the facts of the case laying down the precedent — Wrongful reliance
India Law Library Docid # 2425466

(108) MANJEET DEORA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 29-04-2025
Administrative Law — Legitimate Expectation — Scholarship Schemes — Conditions for Invoking Doctrine — The doctrine of legitimate expectation arises when a representation or promise is made by an administrative authority, either expressly or impliedly, or if a regular and consistent past practice gives room for such expectation — For a petitioner to successfully claim legitimate expectation regarding a scholarship, there must be a clear promise or representation by the authorities that was not s
India Law Library Docid # 2425480

(109) MAMAN SINGH Vs. ROHITASH SINGH AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 29-04-2025
Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 — Section 251(A) — Jurisdiction of Revenue Courts — Suits Concerning Agricultural Land and Ways Therein — A suit pertaining to a ‘way’ or path located within agricultural land falls under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Revenue Courts as per the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 — If the subject matter of a suit filed in a Civil Court is essentially a dispute over such a way, which is part of agricultural land, the Civil Court lacks jurisdiction to adjudicate the
India Law Library Docid # 2425481

(110) SHYAMLAL ALIAS BABLU ALIAS PAPPU PANDEY Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 29-04-2025
Criminal Law — Circumstantial Evidence — Hostile Witnesses — Extra-Judicial Confession Not Proved — In a case based on circumstantial evidence, where the prime witnesses (PW-3, son of PW-4, to whom the FIR was attributed, and PW-4, the aunt to whom an extra-judicial confession was allegedly made by the appellant) turn hostile and do not support the prosecution’s case regarding the confession or the appellant’s involvement in the murder and burial of the deceased, the very genesis of the prosecut
India Law Library Docid # 2425540

(111) JOGINDER SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-04-2025
Easements Act, 1882 — Section 15 — Easementary rights against Government land — Period of enjoyment — Plaintiffs claiming easementary right over green belt and road for over 20 years by opening doors, windows etc. towards them — Such claim is unsustainable as S. 15 requires continuous enjoyment for 30 years to acquire easement against Government land — Twenty years of use falls short of this statutory requirement, rendering the easementary plea meritless.
India Law Library Docid # 2425563

(112) AMIN LAL AND OTHERS Vs. HAR NARAIN AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-04-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — O 41, Rule 1 — Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 10 — Appeal — Power of Appellate Court to make out a new case — Suit for specific performance of agreement to sell decreed by trial court — First Appellate Court modified decree to refund of earnest money on the ground that suit property was vague as boundaries were not given in agreement, a plea not taken by defendants in written statement — Held, First Appellate Court erred in making out a new case not pleade
India Law Library Docid # 2425564

(113) SHAGAN LAL Vs. DIDAR SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-04-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 & Section 140 — Compensation for injuries — Enhancement — Claimant aged 40, photographer earning Rs. 10,000/- p.m., suffered 60% permanent disability (mal-united fractures of R-humerus and ulna with restricted movements) in motor accident — Tribunal awarded Rs. 3,01,011/- — On appeal, High Court enhanced compensation to Rs. 23,11,011/- applying settled principles — Monthly income taken as Rs. 10,000/-, future prospects @ 25% added, making annual income Rs.
India Law Library Docid # 2425606

(114) KARAMBIR AND ANOTHER Vs. SURESH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-04-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 163-A & Section 147 — Liability of Insurer — Death of person accompanying goods in goods carriage — Deceased travelling in goods vehicle to take care of dowry articles loaded therein at instance of bridegroom’s father — Tribunal held deceased to be gratuitous passenger and fastened liability on owner/driver — High Court reversed, holding deceased was not gratuitous passenger but an authorized representative of owner of goods (bridegroom’s father), travelling fo
India Law Library Docid # 2425607

(115) MASTER ADITYA BENIWAL Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-04-2025
Education Law — Admissions — Sainik School — Change of Category after application and selection — Petitioner, a minor represented by mother, applied for Sainik School admission, filled “General” category in form (though father was Defence Personnel), was selected under General category and allotted Sainik School, Rewari — Later sought change to “Ward of Defence Personnel” category to get admission in another Sainik School based on revised merit — Respondents rejected claim as (i) terms of advert
India Law Library Docid # 2425608

(116) RAJA REKHI Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-04-2025
Constitution of India — Art. 226 — Habeas Corpus — Child Custody — Maintainability of writ petition by uncle for release of minor nephew from mother’s custody — Where 12-year-old detenu (nephew of petitioner) was residing with his father, and mother (respondent No.4, ordinarily resident in Australia) allegedly took him away from habitual residence while father was abroad, and guardianship petition was already pending between parents before Family Court, habeas corpus petition by uncle is not mai
India Law Library Docid # 2425609

(117) CHITRASEN RATH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 29-04-2025
Writ Petition — Scope of — Article 226 of the Constitution of India — Extraordinary jurisdiction — Petitioners, primarily Society Managers, seeking interference against non-lifting of procured paddy by respondent authorities as per government guidelines and policy — Paddy not lifted within prescribed or extended deadlines, resulting in storage issues, exposure to elements, and loss of quantity and quality due to driage — Petitioners seeking directive to lift remaining paddy and adjustment for lo
India Law Library Docid # 2425663

(118) SHIVANI MISRI Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 29-04-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Petition — Mandamus — Certiorari — Challenge to arbitrary disqualification from appointment — Prayer for recruitment — Quashing of advertisement and disqualification order — Petitioner, a blind woman with 100% disability, pursuing legal remedies against cancellation of candidature for Junior Executive (Law) post after being declared
India Law Library Docid # 2425845

(119) M/S SDS INFRACON PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 28-04-2025
Stamp Act, 1899 — Section 23 — Instruments Reserving Interest — Section 23 categorically provides that an instrument is not chargeable with a higher stamp duty merely because it expressly makes interest payable along with the principal amount — The duty is chargeable only on the principal amount as if no mention of interest had been made.
India Law Library Docid # 2425271

(120) DHEER SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 28-04-2025
Evidence Act, 1872 — Testimony of Related Witness — The evidence of a witness cannot be discarded solely on the ground that they are related to the deceased or interested; however, such testimony requires scrutiny with greater care and caution — If found credible and consistent, it can form the basis of conviction.
India Law Library Docid # 2425304