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(261) RAVI PASHI AND OTHERS Vs. RAJESHWAR SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-07-2025
Civil Procedure, 1908 — Section 100 CPC, Section 115 — Second Appeal Scope — In Punjab and Haryana High Court, second appeals are treated under Section 41 of Punjab Courts Act, 1918, not Section 100 CPC — Supreme Court judgments in Pankajakshi (Dead) through LRs and Kirodi (since deceased) through his LR and Satender and others confirm this position — No question of law needs to be framed in
India Law Library Docid # 2428944

(262) ORIENTAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. ANSHUL BHAN AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-07-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166, 168 — Compensation — Motor accident — Appeal and Cross-objections challenging award of compensation — Claimant suffered injuries in a road accident due to rash and negligent driving of the offending car — Insurance company denied the accident and injuries — Held that the trial court correctly assessed the accident and negligence of the driver — Insurance company's contention of
India Law Library Docid # 2428945

(263) KULDEEP SINGH Vs. SURENDER SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-07-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Enhancement of compensation — Appeal against award of Tribunal for compensation in motor vehicular accident case — Appeal filed for enhancement of compensation granted to claimant for injuries sustained — Sole issue for determination is quantum of
India Law Library Docid # 2428946

(264) JASVIR SINGH Vs. IQBAL KAUR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-07-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6, Rule 17 — Amendment of Pleadings — Application rejected for amendment of plaint to add alternative prayer for specific performance and mandatory injunction — Trial Court correctly held that the proposed amendment seeks to introduce a time-barred claim and would change the nature of the
India Law Library Docid # 2428937

(265) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND ANOTHER Vs. BHAJAN LAL AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-07-2025
National Highways Act, 1956 — Interest on compensation — Compulsory acquisition of land — Held, interest on compensation accrues from the date the land vests absolutely in the Central Government under Section 3D(2), as this is the date the State gains the right to possess the land and the landowner's right to compensation becomes due. (Paras
India Law Library Docid # 2428938

(266) GADDI SUTHRE SHAH (DHARAMSHALA SUTHEREAN) Vs. PARMESHVARI DASS (NOW DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-07-2025
East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 — Section 13 — Ejectment petition — Filing of — Tenant admitted landlord-tenant relationship — Tenant cannot question the authority of the landlord or the title of the landlord.
India Law Library Docid # 2428939

(267) LEELA DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. AMAR CHAND[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 22-07-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 47 Rules 1 & 2, Section 151 — Review of order allowing secondary evidence — Delay — Grounds for review — Held, review application filed after 18 years without satisfactory explanation for delay, and without grounds meeting requirements of Order 47, Rules 1 & 2 CPC, was rightly dismissed.
India Law Library Docid # 2428726

(268) RANDHIR JAIN Vs. SAI TRADERS AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-07-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 21 — Execution of Decree — Objections — Re-agitation of matters already decided — Petitioner filed third-party objections which were dismissed, subsequent appeal and Execution Second Appeal (ESA) were also dismissed, and review application was dismissed — Petitioner then filed a second set of objections raising the same grounds — Held, filing a second objection petition on the same grounds after the matter had attained finality in higher courts without challeng
India Law Library Docid # 2428024

(269) MANGILAL DECEASED THROUGH LRS RADHA BAI AND OTHERS Vs. PAWAN SINGH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 22-07-2025
Registration Act, 1908 — Section 17 and Section 49 — Effect of non-registration of documents required to be registered.

B. Loan Agreement vs. Mortgage Deed — A document primarily acknowledging a loan transaction and ensuring repayment is considered a loan agreement and does not require registration. However, if it also
India Law Library Docid # 2428025

(270) AMALOR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Vs. THE BRANCH HEAD CANARA BANK HONG KONG BRANCH AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 22-07-2025
Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) — Generally — Scope of Jurisdiction — Loan sanctioned by a foreign branch of an Indian bank secured by Indian property — SARFAESI Act applies even if loan agreement specifies foreign law and jurisdiction, as statutory rights cannot be contracted out of to avoid public policy provisions
India Law Library Docid # 2428028

(271) ASHWINBHAI PREMJIBHAI VISPARA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 22-07-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498A and 306 — Cruelty and abetment to suicide — Conviction for cruelty and abetment to suicide against husband and mother-in-law — Appeal against conviction — Allegations solely based on a single incident on the day of the deceased's death, where she was asked not to assign domestic work to her brother-in-law's son who was learning tailoring — Dying declaration and evidence
India Law Library Docid # 2428036

(272) SARFARAZ AHMAD KHAN Vs. PARWEJ AHMAD KHAN AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 22-07-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of Pleadings — Allowing amendments to clarify existing pleas — Courts can allow amendments to pleadings even at a later stage if they are necessary to clarify existing pleas and do not fundamentally alter the nature of the suit
India Law Library Docid # 2428201

(273) RAJASTHAN RAJASAV MANTRALYIK KARMCHARI SANGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 22-07-2025
Rajasthan Civil Services (Service Matters Appellate Tribunals) Act, 1976 — Section 4 — Scope of — Tribunal can hear appeals against orders affecting Government servants in their personal capacity — An association's collective grievance, common to all its members, is also maintainable before the Tribunal, as the association can espouse the cause of its members.
India Law Library Docid # 2428680

(274) MALOOK SINGH BAHIA Vs. RAVINDER KAUR BAHIA AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-07-2025
Court Fees Act, 1870 — Ad valorem Court Fee — Challenge to Sale Deed executed through Power of Attorney — Plaintiff himself considered as executant when sale deed is executed through attorney — Plaintiff seeking to annul sale deed executed through attorney must pay ad valorem court fee on sale consideration — Requisite court fee
India Law Library Docid # 2428947

(275) RAGHBIR SINGH Vs. SURTA RAM AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-07-2025
Succession Act, 1925 — Section 63 — Will — Proof of — Will propounded by plaintiff was scribed by a reputable lawyer and duly proved by him and attesting witnesses who were residents of the same village — Registered Will propounded by defendants was discarded by lower courts due to lack of respectable witnesses from the
India Law Library Docid # 2428948

(276) UNITED INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. SMT. PARKASH KAUR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-07-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 149(1) — Liability of insurer — Breach of policy conditions by insured — Driver not possessing valid licence — Insurer liable to pay compensation to third party in first instance — Insurer entitled to recover amount from owner of vehicle for breach of contract.
India Law Library Docid # 2428949

(277) SMT. RAJ BALA Vs. RAJESH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-07-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Enhancement of compensation — Claimant sought enhancement of compensation for injuries sustained in a motor vehicular accident — Tribunal awarded compensation, which claimant contended was on the lower side — Insurance Company argued that
India Law Library Docid # 2428950

(278) ABDUL QAYUM Vs. ASHIK ALI ALIAS GUDDU AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-07-2025
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Compensation — Enhancement — Appeal against inadequate compensation awarded by Tribunal for motor vehicular accident — Appellant, a fruit vendor, sustained grievous injuries including fracture femur, requiring hospitalization and surgery — Tribunal awarded Rs. 1,25,000/- for medical bills, pain and suffering, good diet/transportation, and loss of income for 4-5
India Law Library Docid # 2428951

(279) HOSHIAR SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-07-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 307, 452, 323, 324, 34 — Appeal against conviction and sentence, revision for enhancement of sentence and acquittal — Version and cross-version cases — Death of accused Hoshiar Singh — Abatement of proceedings against deceased accused — Release on probation granted to convicted co-accused — Revision for acquittal dismissed — Offences related to assault and house trespass.
India Law Library Docid # 2428952

(280) JAGJIT SINGH @ JAGDISH SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-07-2025
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 22-C — Offence relating to Alprazolam tablets — Bail — Juvenile Justice — Petitioner, a juvenile, was apprehended with a co-accused from whom contraband (14,400 Alprazolam tablets) was recovered — Petitioner contended nothing recovered from his conscious possession and
India Law Library Docid # 2428953