(201) HARDEV SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 09-10-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 226/227 — Writ Petition for regularization — Petitioner sought regularization based on Supreme Court judgments and State policy claiming continuous service for over a decade — Petitioner was recruited as Home Guard/Volunteer and served for three decades as Driver/Gunman — State argued that petitioner was a volunteer under relevant Act and Rules and Home Guards India Law Library Docid # 2433897
(202) KULWANT SINGH Vs. JASWINDER KAUR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 09-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 151 and Order XVIII Rule 4 — Examination of witnesses through video conferencing — Application allowed despite respondents being declared proclaimed offenders — Held, this does not bar criminal proceedings and is permissible in civil cases if necessary facilities exist — No India Law Library Docid # 2433939
(203) DELHI CLOTH AND GENERAL MILLS CO. LTD. Vs. ASHA RANI AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 09-10-2025 East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 — Section 13(3)(a)(ii) — Eviction for landlord's own use or occupation — "Own use" to be interpreted broadly — Includes requirement for family members or dependents — Landlord is the best judge of their needs — Tenant cannot dictate alternative arrangements. India Law Library Docid # 2433940
(204) SAMPAT BAI @HAHS STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 09-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 read with Section 34 — Murder and common intention — appeals against conviction and sentence of life imprisonment — Prosecution failed to establish essential ingredients for death by poisoning — Lack of clear motive, proof of administering poison, possession of poison, and opportunity to administer poison — Post-mortem report inconclusive, cause of death uncertain — India Law Library Docid # 2433998
(205) BHIMA AND OTHER Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 09-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302 and 201 — Murder and Causing Disappearance of Evidence — Circumstantial Evidence — Burden of Proof — Prosecution failed to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt — No eyewitness — Circumstances did not form a complete chain — Lack of motive — Unreliable hearsay evidence — Doubtful extra-judicial confession — Infirmities in medical and recovery evidence — Benefit of doubt must go to the accused. India Law Library Docid # 2433999
(206) VACHNA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 09-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Proof beyond reasonable doubt — Ocular and medical evidence — Discrepancy between FIR and charge-sheet — Interested witness — Absence of external injuries despite alleged fatal blow — Possibility of death due to fall — Uncertainty regarding cause of death, favoring the accused. India Law Library Docid # 2434000
(207) PUNAM CHAND Vs. RAJASTHAN FERTILIZERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 09-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Scope — A Second Appeal under Section 100 CPC lies only on a substantial question of law. Pure questions of fact, based on the appraisal of evidence, are not grounds for interference in second appeal where both lower courts have concurrently decided the matter. India Law Library Docid # 2434001
(208) PRAKASH KUMAR Vs. BHIMARAM AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 09-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation for motor accident — Assessment of income — Tribunal erred in assessing income of claimant as unskilled labour at Rs. 3,000/- per month — Claimant was a motor mechanic running his own shop — Income Tax Returns (ITRs) reflecting higher income were erroneously discarded by the Tribunal — Held, ITRs are the most reliable evidence for assessing income. (Para India Law Library Docid # 2434002
(209) LRS. OF BHERA RAM AND OTHER Vs. KANHAIYA LAL AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 09-10-2025 Civil Procedure — Abatement of revision petition — Death of a respondent — Petition does not abate if other legal representatives are on record and were in possession, or if deceased respondent's daughters were not in possession. India Law Library Docid # 2434003
(210) NARSINGH NARAYAN AND OTHERS Vs. MAHESH[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 09-10-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 6 — Suit for possession — Trial Court erroneously decided issues on the basis of the will (ownership claim) when the suit was filed under Section 6 of the said Act — Issues of ownership and will are not to be considered in a suit under Section 6, which only deals with possession and dispossession within six months preceding the filing of the suit — Trial Court's India Law Library Docid # 2434004
(211) JAGAT RAM Vs. STATE OF H.P.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 09-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 324 — Causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means — Conviction for offence under Section 324 IPC — Appeal against — Victim’s testimony corroborated by previous statement to police and medical evidence — Medical examination revealed incised wound consistent with a sharp-edged weapon — Clothes of victim found torn with blood stains, ruling out fall as India Law Library Docid # 2434092
(212) MOHAN LAL SHARMA Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 09-10-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Delay and Laches — Inordinate delay in approaching the court, if not satisfactorily explained, can lead to dismissal of writ petition, as delay defeats equity. The court exercises extraordinary and equitable jurisdiction and must assess if the lis should be entertained at a belated stage. India Law Library Docid # 2434100
(213) JAMMU CENTRAL COOPERATIVE BANK LTD. Vs. STATE AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 09-10-2025 J&K Cooperative Societies Act, 1960 (Act of 1960) — Section 63 — Arbitration of disputes — Service dispute between a cooperative society and an employee terminated from service is not a dispute touching the business or management of the society and therefore not arbitrable under Section 63. India Law Library Docid # 2434101
(214) MAN SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 09-10-2025 Jammu & Kashmir Lambardari Act, 1972 and Rules, 1980 — Term of office of Lambardar — A Lambardar's term is limited to 5 years or until they reach the age of 60, whichever comes first — This applies to both elected and appointed Lambardars — Appellants, having crossed the age of 60, were ineligible to continue in their posts, regardless of whether their appointments were temporary or otherwise. India Law Library Docid # 2434102
(215) M/S. GAUTAM SARABHAI Vs. NAVINBHAI RAICHANDBHAI THAKKER AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 09-10-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Supervisory jurisdiction of High Court — Re-appreciation of evidence — High Court's power under Article 227 is limited and does not permit re-appreciation of evidence unless gross illegality, irregularity, or jurisdictional error, or perversity in findings of lower courts is pointed India Law Library Docid # 2434199
(216) YOUSEF AND OTHER Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 09-10-2025 Bombay High Court Appellate Side Rules, 1960, Chapter I Rule 2(h)(ii) and Chapter XVII Rule 18(4) — Jurisdiction of Division Bench vs. Single Judge — Applications seeking quashing of FIR, CR, or Charge Sheet are exclusively within the domain of the Division Bench, regardless of whether filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. or with the aid of Articles 226/227 of the Constitution. India Law Library Docid # 2434381
(217) ESKAY HOSPITALITY SERVICES INDIA PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. M/S. STERLING HOSPITALITY[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 09-10-2025 Partnership Act, 1932 — Section 69(2) — Bar to suit by unregistered firm — Conditions for attracting the bar — Suit must be by an unregistered firm against a third party to enforce a right arising from a contract entered into by the firm with that third party in the course of its business dealings — If the suit is for enforcement of a statutory India Law Library Docid # 2434511
(218) DESHMUKH ENTERPRISES THROUGH PROMOTER DILIP SUDHAKAR DESHMUKH Vs. PARAMOUNT PARK D TENANT CO-OP HOUSING SOCIETY LTD. PARTNERSHIP CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LTD. AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 09-10-2025 Maharashtra Ownership Flats (Regulation of the promotion of construction, sale, management and transfer) Act, 1963 (MOFA) — Section 10(2) and Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act — Registration of Society — Jurisdictional defect — Deed of Declaration — Promoter's obligation — Society registered by authority without India Law Library Docid # 2434513
(219) MADHUKAR BHOLARAM HATWALNE, (BEING DEAD THROUGH L.RS.) AND OTHERS Vs. YESHWANT BHOLARAM HATWALNE, (BEING DEAD THROUGH L.RS.) AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 09-10-2025 Easements Act, 1882 — Section 60 (b) — Irrevocable Licence — Requirements — For a licence to be irrevocable under Section 60 (b), the licensee must have executed a work of permanent character **acting upon the licence**. Mere construction of a permanent structure is not sufficient; it must be proven that the India Law Library Docid # 2434528
(220) SHAKUNTALA Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (KALABURAGI BENCH)] 09-10-2025 Karnataka Prisons (Amendment) Act, 2022 — Section 58 — Violation of parole conditions — Failure to surrender — Convict granted parole and further extension failed to surrender on expiry of extended period — Trial Court and Appellate Court convicted the petitioner and confirmed the sentence — High Court found no grounds to interfere with concurrent findings of both courts — Petitioner failed to provide India Law Library Docid # 2434561