(241) SANDEEP KUMAR Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Criminal Appeal — Conviction and Sentence — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376 (Rape), Section 365 (Kidnapping or abducting) — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Sections 3 and 4 (Penetrative Sexual Assault and Punishment) — Appeal against conviction where appellant was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment under IPC and POCSO Act sections — India Law Library Docid # 2435865
(242) AJAY UPADHAYAY Vs. UCO BANK AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) — Sections 13(2), 13(3A), 13(4), 13(8) — Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002 — Rules 8(1), 9(3), 9(4) — Auction Sale Challenge — Mandatory Provisions — The requirement under Section 13(3A) obligating the secured creditor to consider and respond to the borrower's India Law Library Docid # 2435866
(243) UNITED INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. MALTI DEVI AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 30-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173(1) — Claim for Compensation — Accident — Deceased driving a borrowed motorcycle — Status of driver vis-à-vis owner and insurance liability — When the deceased borrows and drives a vehicle, he steps into the shoes of the owner — Claim under the insurance policy is limited to the extent of the premium paid for "Personal Accident Cover for Owner-Driver" — The deceased, being in the shoes of the owner, is not a 'third party' for the purpose of general liability India Law Library Docid # 2435704
(244) MUNNA SIDDIQUI Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Criminal Law — Appeal against acquittal — Section 372 CrPC against acquittal under Section 306 IPC (Abetment of suicide) — Principles governing appellate court interference — An appeal against acquittal requires the appellate court to find illegality, perversity, or error of law/fact in the trial court's decision; mere possibility of a contrary view does not justify reversal — If two views on evidence are possible, the view favoring India Law Library Docid # 2435705
(245) CHARAN H.V. Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 — Section 483 (equivalent to Section 439 CrPC) — Regular Bail — Detention beyond initial remand period without fresh order — Non-production of accused before Magistrate during extension of judicial custody — Where initial remand order expires and no fresh remand order is passed, merely noting the next date of production without an order continuing custody renders India Law Library Docid # 2435878
(246) THE LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA Vs. MAHESWARI AND OTHER[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 29-10-2025 Insurance Law — Repudiation of claim — Non-disclosure of material facts — Insured died in a motor accident, not due to any pre-existing medical condition — Prior accident and medical treatment not related to the cause of death after seven and three years respectively — Non-disclosure of these past events for policies taken subsequently does not amount to suppression of material facts that would influence a India Law Library Docid # 2434835
(247) GOUTAM DUTT Vs. NAMITA BUSFORE & KUMARI RUMPA BUSFORE[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 29-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 — Appeal — Remand of suit — First Appellate Court set aside Trial Court's judgment and remanded suit for amendment of pleadings and adducing further evidence — High Court found no irregularity in the First Appellate Court's order for remand, noting that ownership of the suit property was India Law Library Docid # 2435148
(248) K. GANESAN Vs. MS. S. SELVI[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 29-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96, Order 41 Rule 1 — First Appeal — Plaintiff filed suit for specific performance of Sale Agreement and injunction, alternatively for refund of advance amount with interest — Trial Court dismissed suit — High Court upheld dismissal of specific performance and injunction but granted alternate relief of refund of advance amount. India Law Library Docid # 2434766
(249) M. GANESAMOORTHY Vs. G. REGINAMARY[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 29-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Compounding of offence — Compromise — After conviction and dismissal of appeal, parties entered into a compromise — High Court allowed compounding and set aside conviction and sentence, considering the object of NI Act is primarily compensatory and not punitive, and the spirit of compromise. India Law Library Docid # 2434767
(250) R. BANUMATHI Vs. CHIEF EDUCATIONAL OFFICER, VELLORE DISTRICT AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 29-10-2025 Service Law — Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) — Estate — Nomination — Benefits under CPS are part of the deceased employee’s estate. Unlike non-contributory pension schemes, CPS amounts are quantified and can be diverted from natural succession. Nomination for CPS benefits does not confer absolute ownership on the nominee, who acts as a mere trustee. Legal heirs are entitled to claim these benefits India Law Library Docid # 2434768
(251) KORANIL YUSAF Vs. V.A FIROZ AND OTHER[KERALA HIGH COURT] 29-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque for insufficiency of funds — Appeal by complainant against acquittal — Accused borrowed Rs. 3,75,000 and issued cheque — Cheque dishonoured — Accused acquitted by Sessions Court — Grounds for appeal by complainant and defence arguments — Trial court convicted accused, Sessions Court acquitted — Complainant argued signature on cheque not disputed and presumption under Sections 139 and 118 should apply — Defence argued complaint India Law Library Docid # 2434857
(252) DR. RONAK SHARMA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 29-10-2025 Service Law — Selection Process — Challenge to selection criteria — Writ Petition — Medical Officer recruitment during Covid-19 pandemic — Petitioners challenging the prescription of interview as the sole criterion for selection and the use of MBBS marks for shortlisting — Held, petitioners who participated in the selection process without protest are estopped from challenging the selection criteria after being unsuccessful — India Law Library Docid # 2435710
(253) VAISHALI CHATURVEDI Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 29-10-2025 Right of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 — Section 34(2) — Reservation — Interchanging of categories — Meaning of “carried forward” vacancy and "backlog post" — Vacancies identified in an earlier "recruitment year" but not advertised due to reasons like a pandemic (COVID-19) are considered "backlog vacancies" and "carried forward" vacancies for the purpose of Section 34(2) — This interpretation is necessary for harmonious construction of Section 34(2) and to give effect to the phrase "or for India Law Library Docid # 2435711
(254) NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. MAHILA MADEENA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 29-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173(1) — Miscellaneous Appeal by Insurance Company — Liability of Insurer — Use of Tractor in Breach of Policy Conditions — Deceased traveling on tractor registered for agricultural purposes used to carry a 'Barat' party — Policy did not cover gratuitous passengers, and no premium was paid for such passengers — Deceased, whether passenger or laborer, cannot be India Law Library Docid # 2435712
(255) DIWAKAR SINGH TOMAR Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 29-10-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Petition — Challenge to Candidature Cancellation — Assistant Professor (Commerce) — Necessary Qualification — Post-graduation in concerned subject (Commerce) or allied subjects (Accountancy, Management, Accounts Management) — Petitioner holding MBA in Tourism and Travel Management claiming qualification in 'Management' (allied India Law Library Docid # 2435713
(256) NAGENDRA SINGH GAHARWAR Vs. MANMOHAN AGRAWAL CHIEF EDITOR PUBLISHER AND PRINTER DAINIK BHASKER NEWS PAPER[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 29-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 292 & 293 — Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 — Sections 3, 4 & 6 — Quashing of criminal complaint/revision — Alleged offence concerning publication of an almost nude photograph of a woman in a newspaper advertisement — Test of obscenity — Contemporary community standards test must be applied, rather than the stricter Hicklin test — Obscenity must be judged from the India Law Library Docid # 2435714
(257) M/S RK PRODUCTS THROUGH ITS PROPRIETOR SMT. KUSUM MAHAJAN Vs. THE CHAIRMAN HIMACHAL PRADESH MICRO SMALL FACILITATION COUNCIL SHIMLA AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 29-10-2025 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 — Section 18(1) and 18(2) — Reference to Facilitation Council — Rejection on ground of limitation — The Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council cannot reject a reference filed under Section 18(1) of the Act on the ground of limitation, as conciliation India Law Library Docid # 2434940
(258) DR. VINAY SUREN Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 29-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 173(3) and 173(8) — Further investigation after filing final report — Held permissible — No bar to further investigation even after filing of a final report — Investigating agency can submit further reports with additional evidence based on such investigation before the Magistrate. India Law Library Docid # 2435170
(259) MANJIT SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. MOHAN SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 8 Rule 1 and Order 8 Rule 10 — Written Statement — Filing period — Provisions are directory, not mandatory — Court has discretion to extend time for filing, even beyond 90 days, for good reasons — Delay can be condoned if unintentional and bona fide, especially when case is at initial stage and India Law Library Docid # 2435252
(260) KAPOOR SINGH Vs. JAG RAM AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-10-2025 Punjab Courts Act, 1918 — Section 41 — Regular Second Appeal — Treated as appeal under Section 41 of Punjab Courts Act, 1918, not Section 100 CPC, in Punjab and Haryana High Court — No question of law required to be framed. India Law Library Docid # 2435253