(161) MS. FARAH DEEBA Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 29-07-2025 Constitution of India — Article 226 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — High Court's power to quash proceedings is an exception, not a rule — Appreciation of evidence is not permissible at the stage of quashing — Court should not conduct a mini-trial. India Law Library Docid # 2428120
(162) MUJIBODDIN HAKIMODDIN AND OTHERS Vs. SHAMSHUDDIN NIJAMODDIN[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 29-07-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 21 Rule 32 — Execution of prohibitory injunction — Explanation to sub-rule (5) allows enforcement by directing recovery of possession when judgment-debtor disobeys the decree — This means a prohibitory injunction decree can be treated as a decree for possession for the purpose of execution India Law Library Docid # 2428121
(163) SALIM BAIG Vs. SAYYAD NAWID[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 29-07-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rule 1 — Temporary Injunction — Admissibility of unstamped document — An unstamped or insufficiently stamped instrument cannot be admitted in evidence for any purpose, including collateral purposes, unless stamp duty and penalty are paid as per Section 35 of the Indian Stamp Act. Courts India Law Library Docid # 2428122
(164) NARENDRA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 29-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 498-A — Cruelty by husband or "relative" of the husband — Definition of "relative" — Supreme Court held that "relative" implies a status conferred by blood, marriage, or adoption — A friend of the husband does not fall within this definition. India Law Library Docid # 2428123
(165) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. BHEEMA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 29-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Principles — Appellate Court can re-appreciate evidence but cannot overturn acquittal if trial court’s view is possible — Interference only if guilt is proved beyond reasonable doubt and no other conclusion is possible — Acquittal strengthens presumption of innocence. India Law Library Docid # 2428674
(166) SMT. PUNAM KUNWAR Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 29-07-2025 Rajasthan Compassionate Appointment of Dependants of Deceased Government Servants Rules, 1996 — Rule 2(c)(ii) and 2(c)(iii) — Notification dated 28.10.2021 amending rules — Amended rules not applicable retrospectively to cases where the death of the government servant occurred before the amendment came into effect. India Law Library Docid # 2428675
(167) VISHAL Vs. DINESH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-07-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim for compensation — Appeal against award of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Enhancement of compensation — Appellant sustained injuries in road accident — Tribunal awarded Rs. 21,600/- — Appellant sought enhancement based on disability certificate, other heads of compensation not considered by Tribunal. India Law Library Docid # 2428913
(168) RAJENDER SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-07-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 54 — Appeals against award of Reference Court — Enhancement of compensation — Landowners seeking enhancement of compensation for acquired land for construction of a minor. India Law Library Docid # 2428914
(169) IN RE: SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 28-07-2025 Constitution of India — Article 21-A (Right to Education) — Safety and well-being of school going children — Court took suo motu cognizance based on media reports and UDISE data highlighting dilapidated school infrastructure, leading to loss of life and injury to children India Law Library Docid # 2428278
(170) CHHAGAN LAL AND OTHERS Vs. RAM CHANDRA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 28-07-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal against Motor Accident Claims Tribunal's decision — Challenge to dismissal of claim petition — Deceased died due to cardio pulmonary arrest following intracranial hemorrhage — Tribunal dismissed claim solely based on "no visible physical injury" remark in post-mortem report — High Court found the Tribunal failed to consider other crucial evidence in the post-mortem report, specifically the mention of "frontal hematoma of 25x10 cm" India Law Library Docid # 2428577
(171) LUNKAD MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 28-07-2025 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 133A — Survey proceedings — The petitioners alleged that the survey was conducted in excess of the authority conferred by Section 133A, involving unlawful entry into residential premises, seizure of records beyond scope, and recording of statements under coercion. India Law Library Docid # 2428115
(172) SAIFAN HUSSAIN NADAF AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 28-07-2025 Maharashtra Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1947 — Section 35 — Power to call for proceedings — State Government or Commissioner can examine orders of subordinate officers without prescribed limitation period for the purpose of satisfying legality or propriety of the order. Mentioning of a wrong provision (Section 257 of M.L.R. Code instead of Section 35 of the Act) does not vitiate the order. India Law Library Docid # 2428119
(173) SUJAY KUMAR MAHTO @ MITHUN Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 28-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 125 — Maintenance — Subsequent events — Remarriage of claimant — A claimant's remarriage during the pendency of a revision application is a subsequent development that cannot be considered in the revision itself. The parties are at liberty to approach the India Law Library Docid # 2428200
(174) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. MANGILAL AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 28-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378(3)(1) — Appeal against acquittal — Higher courts are reluctant to interfere with an acquittal unless the trial court's reasoning is flawed, legally erroneous, or based on a perverse approach to the facts, leading to a miscarriage of justice. India Law Library Docid # 2428676
(175) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. RAKAMA[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 28-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Appeal against acquittal — Grounds for interference — Higher courts are generally reluctant to interfere with an acquittal order unless it is based on flawed reasoning, legally erroneous, or involves a perverse approach to facts, leading to a miscarriage of justice. India Law Library Docid # 2428677
(176) PURANRAM Vs. LRS OF KHETARAM AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 28-07-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Powers of High Court — High Court cannot interfere with concurrent findings of fact by lower courts if they are based on proper appreciation of evidence and not perverse. India Law Library Docid # 2428678
(177) KRISHAN KUMAR AND ANOTHER Vs. JAMANA DEVI[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 28-07-2025 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 65 — Secondary Evidence — Admissibility — When allowed — Court can permit leading secondary evidence if non-availability of original document is sufficiently and properly explained and the party seeking to lead secondary evidence is not at fault for its non-production. India Law Library Docid # 2428915
(178) VISHU MIDDHA AND OTHERS Vs. SHREE GURUDWARA SINGH SABHA (REGD.) ABOHAR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 28-07-2025 East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 — Section 13(3)(a)(i) — Bonafide necessity — Landlord is the best judge of their requirements — Tenant cannot dictate how the landlord should utilize the property — Court should not interfere unless the need is disproved by cogent evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2428916
(179) NISHAN SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 28-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction unsustainable — Medical evidence showing cause of death as septicaemia, developing about a month after the injury, and not directly attributable to the alleged axe blow — Initial FIR and challan under Sections 323, 324, 325 IPC, with Section 302 added belatedly without direct medical link. India Law Library Docid # 2428917
(180) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. NO. 13742023 EX NK MILAP CHAND AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 28-07-2025 Army Pensions Regulations, 1961 – Regulations 179, 280 – Disability Pension – Re-employment in Defence Security Corps (DSC) – Entitlement of discharged personnel to disability pension, including service element and disability element, even if service period is less than 15 years, if disability is attributable to or aggravated by military service. India Law Library Docid # 2428918