(201) THE DIRECTOR GENERAL, CISF AND OTHERS Vs. KUDIPUDI SURI BABU AND ANOTHER[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Service Law — Disciplinary Proceedings — Misconduct — Bigamy — CISF Rules, 2001 — Rule 18(b) — Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 — Rule 21 — Contracting a second marriage while the first marriage is subsisting constitutes a violation of service rules and a grave misconduct for a member of a disciplined force (CISF) — The defense that the second marriage was due to pressure from parents is not a India Law Library Docid # 2436202
(202) SHRIRAM GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. G. CHIRANJEEVI NAIDU AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim for compensation — Rash and negligent driving — Burden of proof — Claimant's evidence (claimant and eye-witnesses) explicitly stated accident occurred due to rash and negligent driving of the offending lorry driver — Appellant Insurance Company failed to adduce any evidence (including failing to examine the driver of the offending vehicle) to disprove the India Law Library Docid # 2436203
(203) THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LTD Vs. ASHISH AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Assessment of income for students — Tribunal can assess earning capacity based on the nature of the professional course and future prospects, not just minimum wages. India Law Library Docid # 2435132
(204) DHANU GHOSH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302/34 — Murder and Acts Done by Several Persons in Furtherance of Common Intention — Conviction based on eyewitness testimonies and medical evidence — Court affirmed conviction and sentence for murder. India Law Library Docid # 2435142
(205) ATAM PARKASH Vs. ALLAHABAD BANK[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of plaint — Application allowed by Civil Judge and affirmed by Additional District Judge — Revision petition filed against — Civil Court’s jurisdiction barred under Section 34 of SARFAESI Act, 2002 unless specific allegations of fraud are made with particulars to India Law Library Docid # 2435210
(206) M/S CHOLAMANDALAM INVESTMENT AND FINANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. RAJENDER KAUR[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Supervisory jurisdiction — High Court can interfere if the trial court's order is palpably illegal and without jurisdiction. India Law Library Docid # 2435211
(207) M/S ENGINEERS MECH (INDIA) PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. MRS. USHA GUPTA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order XLI Rule 27 — Additional Evidence — Application for appointment of Local Commissioner for demarcation allowed by appellate court — Held, demarcation is essential for just decision in boundary dispute cases and assists in fair conclusion — Allowing such application does not amount to filling up lacuna or court collecting evidence for plaintiff — Trial court should have India Law Library Docid # 2435212
(208) GURJIT SINGH Vs. TEJPAL SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Evidence Act, 1872 — Sections 61, 63, 64, 65 — Indian Evidence Act, 1872, Section 65 — Secondary evidence of documents — Requirements for admission — Primary evidence is the document itself; secondary evidence includes certified copies and other copies — Section 65 outlines the specific circumstances under which secondary evidence is admissible, such as when the original is in possession of an India Law Library Docid # 2435213
(209) JALANDHAR IMPROVEMENT TRUST AND OTHERS Vs. SHOURYA TOWERS PRIVATE LIMITED[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 5, 23(4), 25(b) — Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 226, 227 — Civil Revision Petition — Maintainability and Entertainability — Judicial interference in arbitral proceedings — Principles of minimal judicial intervention, party autonomy, and speedy dispute resolution — High Court to exercise supervisory jurisdiction under Article 227 sparingly and only in India Law Library Docid # 2435214
(210) M/S HARYANA CHEMICALS Vs. HARYANA STATE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Punjab Courts Act, 1918 — Section 41 — Scope of Second Appeal — Second appeals in Punjab and Haryana are to be treated under Section 41 of the Punjab Courts Act, 1918, not Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure — This limits the scope of interference to substantial questions of law. India Law Library Docid # 2435215
(211) SURESH Vs. SIDDARAMA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (KALABURAGI BENCH)] 06-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173(1) — Motor Accident Claim — Appeal against dismissal of claim petition — Discrepancies in evidence and unexplained delay in lodging FIR — Claimant met with accident on 22.12.2013, but complaint (Ex.P1) lodged on 15.01.2014, resulting in 24 days inordinate and unexplained delay India Law Library Docid # 2435897
(212) SOMA KUMHAR Vs. NILABAR SINGH MUNDA AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Chhota Nagpur Tenancy Act, 1908 — Raiyat's Power to Settle Land/Issue Hukumnama — Validity of Sada Hukumnama — A raiyat (tenant/recorded tenant) generally does not have the power to execute a Hukumnama (instrument of settlement) concerning the tenanted property; such power rests with the landlord/Jamindar. A settlement made through a Sada Hukumnama issued by a raiyat India Law Library Docid # 2435538
(213) VINOD JEPH Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 06-11-2025 Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 — Section 38(1) and 38(3) read with Rule 22 of Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Rules, 1996 — Disqualification of elected member — Mandatory procedure for inquiry not followed — Order of disqualification passed without comprehensive inquiry and opportunity for cross-examination violates principles of natural justice and due process — Such disqualification cannot be based on preliminary findings. India Law Library Docid # 2435178
(214) VIRENDRA GUPTA Vs. SMT. LAXMI DEVI[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Control Act, 1961 — Sections 23, 23-A, 23-D(1), 23-D(3), and 23-J — Eviction of tenant on ground of bonafide need for non-residential purpose — Summary procedure — Landlord falling under special categories (e.g., widow, divorced wife) — Presumption of bonafide need — Section 23-D(3) provides a presumption of bonafide need in favor of the landlord which must be rebutted by the tenant — Where the landlord falls under a special category like a widow (S. 23-J), the proce India Law Library Docid # 2435670
(215) BABULAL SONI (DIED AND DELETED LRS OF APPELLANT) Vs. SMT. PUNAI BAI AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — First Appeal — Scope of Interference — Appreciation of evidence — When a finding of fact is recorded by the trial court mainly on the appreciation of oral evidence, it should not be lightly disturbed unless the trial court’s approach in appraising the evidence is erroneous, contrary to established principles of law, or unreasonable — Appellate court possesses same powers India Law Library Docid # 2435838
(216) JAWAHAR CHANDRA Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302 (Murder) and 201 (Causing disappearance of evidence of offence) — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Principles of Proof — The conviction in a case based on circumstantial evidence must rest upon a complete, cogent, and unbroken chain of circumstances pointing unerringly towards the guilt of the accused, excluding every other hypothesis except the India Law Library Docid # 2435839
(217) ASHOK KUMAR UBRANI Vs. RAMESHWAR PRASAD TIWARI DEAD LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Substantial Question of Law — Concurrent Findings of Fact — Where both the Trial Court and the First Appellate Court, upon appreciation of evidence and provisions of law including Section 54 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, concurrently hold that the plaintiff is India Law Library Docid # 2435840
(218) SMT. SHARADAMMA AND OTHERS Vs. RANJITH AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 14 — Currency of Driving Licences — Grace Period for Renewal — Applicability — The proviso to unamended Section 14 extended the validity of a driving licence by 30 days from its expiry date for the purpose of renewal, meaning the licence continued to be effective for this period — Where the accident occurred within 8 days of the expiration date (Expired on April 16, 2018; India Law Library Docid # 2435884
(219) G. SREEKANTH Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 482 (read with specific sections of the erstwhile Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, applicable to anticipatory bail proceedings in this context, although not explicitly mentioned in the operative section 482 reference) — Application for pre-arrest bail under Section 482 BNSS in a case involving alleged offenses under Sections 318(2) and 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya India Law Library Docid # 2436204
(220) STATE OF A.P. Vs. DONAMPUDI SAMUEL AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 372, 374(2), 378(4) — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of Appellate Interference — The Appellate Court must bear in mind the presumption of innocence, which is bolstered by the acquittal judgment — Interference is warranted only in exceptional circumstances where the findings are perverse (contrary to evidence), the approach is patently illegal leading to miscarriage of India Law Library Docid # 2436205