(261) M YERRAMMA AND ANOTHER Vs. SABAVATTU SURESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Determination of Multiplier — Deceased Minor — The selection of the multiplier is based on the age of the deceased and not on the age of the dependants — Tribunal’s decision to adopt multiplier based on the age of the deceased’s mother (43 years, leading to multiplier of 14) held improper — Multiplier of 18 (as per Sarla Verma & Others vs. Delhi Transport India Law Library Docid # 2436216
(262) M/S. ARISTO LABORATORIES PVT. LTD. Vs. UT of J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 14-11-2025 Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 — Sections 18(a)(i), 27(d), 32, 36-A — Jurisdiction to Try Offences — Offence punishable under Section 27(d) (imprisonment up to two years) falls under Chapter IV of the Act — Section 36-A provides for summary trial by a Judicial Magistrate First Class specially empowered by the State Government for offences punishable with imprisonment not exceeding three years (except certain India Law Library Docid # 2436253
(263) SHER-E-KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES Vs. M/S. SIEMENS PVT. LTD.[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 14-11-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1997 (J&K) — Section 34 — Setting aside of Arbitral Award — Scope of Judicial Review — The power of the Court to interfere with an arbitral award is extremely limited, restricted to the grounds enumerated in Section 34 of the Act of 1997 — The Court does not act as a court of appeal and cannot re-appreciate evidence or correct errors of fact — An arbitrator is the ultimate arbiter of the India Law Library Docid # 2436254
(264) JAVAID AHMAD BHAT Vs. UT OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 14-11-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Section 37 — Bail — Ingredients and satisfaction of — Offences involving commercial quantity of contraband — The Public Prosecutor must be given an opportunity to oppose bail and the Court must be satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the accused is not guilty of such offence and is not likely to commit any offence while on bail — Strict India Law Library Docid # 2436255
(265) AKHAND PRAKASH SHAHI Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 14-11-2025 Service Law — Simultaneous Proceedings — Criminal and Departmental Inquiry — Principles Governing — Departmental proceedings and criminal case can proceed simultaneously; no legal bar exists — Stay of departmental inquiry is desirable only if the criminal charge is of grave nature, involves complicated questions of law and fact, and conducting the inquiry would prejudice the employee’s defense in the criminal trial — India Law Library Docid # 2436256
(266) UT OF J&K AND ORS. Vs. PARVEZ AHMED[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 14-11-2025 Contempt of Courts Act, 1997 (J&K) — Section 20 — Limitation for initiating contempt proceedings — Rejection of application seeking dismissal of contempt petition as time-barred — Writ Court directed reconsideration of regularization case on 05.10.2015 — Contempt petition filed on 05.02.2021 (after 5 years) — Application for dismissal on ground of limitation (one year under Section 20) rejected by Writ Court India Law Library Docid # 2436267
(267) SUNITA DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. BHUVNESH KUMAR KUKRETI AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173, 166, 145(g), 147, 167 — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) — Maintainability of Claim Petition — Driver/Conductor as 'Third Party' — Effect of IMT Endorsement No. 40 and Additional Premium — Tribunal dismissed claims under Section 166 holding them non-maintainable due to IMT Endorsement No. 40, restricting liability to Workmen's Compensation Act (WCA) rates, India Law Library Docid # 2436545
(268) JINCHONG LIAO AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 281 — Framing of Charge — Language Barrier — Right to Fair Trial — Where the accused does not understand the court's language (Hindi/English) and the Trial Court had previously recognized the necessity of an interpreter (Chinese), the subsequent framing of charge without the interpreter's assistance and without explaining the accusation in a language understood by India Law Library Docid # 2436546
(269) SMT. ANNU SHARMA ALIAS SWATI Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125 — Interim Maintenance — Commencement Date — Mandate of Rajnesh v. Neha — Maintenance should ordinarily be granted from the date of the application unless the Court records specific, cogent reasons for granting it from a later date — Family Court granting maintenance from the date of the order (25.02.2025) instead of the date of application (06.04.2019) without India Law Library Docid # 2436547
(270) ANNAPOTTU AMMAL (DIED) AND OTHERS Vs. TAMILMANI AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 14-11-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 16 — Legitimacy of Children of Void Marriage — Scope of Rights — Children born of a void marriage are conferred legitimacy under Section 16(1) — Such children are entitled to a share in the self-acquired and absolute property of their parents, and also in the property falling to the share of their parents upon partition of ancestral property — They are not entitled to claim partition during the India Law Library Docid # 2436755
(271) VIJAYALAKSHMI AND OTHERS Vs. MOHAMMED BILAL AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 14-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 32 Rule 15 — Person of Unsound Mind — Procedure for Suits — Essential procedure under Order 32 Rule 15 for suits by or against a person of unsound mind, requiring judicial determination of incapacity and appointment of a guardian, is mandatory — Failure of appellants (plaintiffs in original suit) to follow this procedure, either at the trial stage or during appeal, precludes them India Law Library Docid # 2436756
(272) YASHEER ARAFATH Vs. STATE OF TAMIL NADU[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 14-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Seized Vehicle — Release of vehicle pending trial — Three-wheeler auto seized in connection with NDPS Act case (possession of Ganja) — Trial Court dismissed application for return of vehicle — Revision Petition filed to set aside dismissal and release vehicle — High Court held that keeping seized vehicles in open yard for long periods leads to damage (converting it to junk) and causes financial India Law Library Docid # 2436757
(273) SUBBATHAL (DIED) AND OTHERS Vs. NARAYANASAMY AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 21 Rule 101, Sections 47, 115, 151, Order 20 Rule 4(2), Order 21 Rule 16 — Civil Revision Petition — Execution Application (EA) by third parties claiming settled possession — Dismissal of EA by executing court challenged — Claim of Revision Petitioners is based on long-term possession of a portion of undivided property (eastern half, S.F.No. 289/1) purchased by India Law Library Docid # 2436758
(274) RAMRAO TUKARAM PATIL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Writ Jurisdiction — Constitutional Discretion — Clean Hands Doctrine — A litigant approaching the High Court seeking extraordinary relief under writ jurisdiction (Article 226) must act with complete honesty, fairness, and transparency, and must make full disclosure of all material facts — The writ jurisdiction is discretionary and based on equity; if a litigant suppresses material facts, makes false India Law Library Docid # 2436892
(275) SANTRA DEVI Vs. SHAKUNTALA DEVI[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Revisional jurisdiction — Exercise of power challenging dismissal of application for leading secondary evidence — High Court upheld the dismissal of the application for secondary evidence, finding that the new plea sought to be supported by the evidence was impermissible under law and the India Law Library Docid # 2436898
(276) MOOL RAJ AND OTHERS Vs. RAJ DULARI AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 43 — Transfer by unauthorized person who subsequently acquires interest in property transferred — Exception to protection under Section 43 — Where the transferee (defendant) admits in the written statement that the transferor's father (Swaraj) was the admitted owner of the property at the time of sale (1980), the defendant is deemed to have known that the vendors (Swaraj's India Law Library Docid # 2436899
(277) DALIP KAUR AND OTHERS Vs. SWINDERJIT SINGH(Since Deceased) Through LRs[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 16(c) — Specific Performance of Agreement to Sell — Readiness and Willingness — Proof — Plaintiff's readiness and willingness established by tendering payment for second installment, providing bank statements and cheque, and remaining present at Sub-Registrar's office on stipulated dates — Defendants' admission in cross-examination that their reluctance to execute the sale India Law Library Docid # 2436900
(278) BIR MATI AND ANOTHER Vs. MEHAR SINGH (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LR[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 107 and Order 41 Rule 27 — Production of Additional Evidence in Appeal — Guiding Principles — The Appellate Court should generally confine its adjudication to the record of the Trial Court; however, it has discretion to admit additional evidence if it is indispensable for a just and complete adjudication of the controversy, especially under Order 41 Rule India Law Library Docid # 2436901
(279) PUNJAB STATE POWER CORPORATION LTD AND OTHERS Vs. BALDEV SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Service Law — Dismissal based on Criminal Conviction — Subsequent Acquittal — Reinstatement — Treatment of period of absence — Employee dismissed following conviction under IPC Sections 279/427/304-A; subsequently acquitted in appeal (based on compromise) — Reinstated, but period of absence (from dismissal to acquittal) treated as non-duty, and period (acquittal to joining) treated as leave due — India Law Library Docid # 2436902
(280) SMT. POONAM SINHA Vs. BASHANT SINHA[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 13-11-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(i) (Adultery) and Section 13(1)(i-a) (Cruelty) — Divorce — Ground of Adultery and Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage — Husband sought divorce alleging wife was living in an adulterous relationship with another person since 2015 — Wife acknowledged leaving the matrimonial home and living with another person as his wife; police closure report confirms this — Single act of sexual intercourse outside marriage is sufficient to invoke the provision for dissolv India Law Library Docid # 2435845