(301) MAJU SUSAN BABU Vs. SUNIL MATHEW[KERALA HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Divorce Act, 1869 — Section 10(1)(x) — Cruelty as a ground for divorce — Wife sought divorce on grounds of mental and physical cruelty — Court considered the allegations of suspicion, monitoring of movements, and restriction of communication as severe mental cruelty — Held that unfounded suspicion by a husband constitutes serious mental cruelty, destroying mutual trust, self-respect, and mental peace of the India Law Library Docid # 2434864
(302) NIRBHAI SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. DARSHAN SINGH @ DARSHAN SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173(2) — Appeal against award of Claims Tribunal — Amendment and interpretation — Provision prohibits appeals if amount in dispute is less than one lakh rupees — Petitioners attempted to circumvent this statutory bar by filing a revision petition under Article 227 of the Constitution — This is not permitted as it seeks to bypass a specific legal prohibition. India Law Library Docid # 2435191
(303) VED PARKASH AND ANOTHER Vs. FAKIR CHAND AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 151 — Condonation of delay — Application for condonation of delay of 70 days in refiling the appeal — Allowed for reasons mentioned in the application supported by affidavit of learned counsel. India Law Library Docid # 2435192
(304) KRISHAN SINGH Vs. KULDIP SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Sufficient cause — Courts should adopt a liberal approach, but substantial justice requires that negligence, inaction, or lack of bona fides cannot be imputed to the party seeking condonation — There is no straitjacket formula, and each case must be decided on its own facts — Inordinate delay generally attracts the doctrine of prejudice, requiring a stricter approach. India Law Library Docid # 2435193
(305) GURBACHAN KAUR (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND ANOTHER Vs. AJIT SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 110-A — Motor Accidents Claim Tribunal — Appeal against dismissal of claim petition — Deceased travelling in a bus that collided with a tractor-combine harvester — Bus turned turtle and caught fire, causing death — Claimants alleged rash and negligent driving by bus driver — Tribunal dismissed claim, finding no negligence on bus driver's part — High Court found bus driver failed to India Law Library Docid # 2435194
(306) ORIENTAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. KANTA RANI AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Award — Quantum of compensation — Appeal against — Appellant insurance company contended compensation awarded by Tribunal was on the higher side — Sole issue for determination confined to quantum of compensation — Detailed narration of facts not required for brevity. India Law Library Docid # 2435195
(307) EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, PHED CITY DIVISION II KOTA RAJATSHAN AND OTHERS Vs. SACHDEVA METAL WORKS AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 15-10-2025 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (MSMED Act) — Section 18 — Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Overriding effect — MSMED Act, being a special law, prevails over the Arbitration Act, a general law, in matters of dispute resolution for MSMEs, including provisions related to arbitration. India Law Library Docid # 2435164
(308) RAHUL SINGH PARMAR Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 15-10-2025 Compassionate Appointment — Eligibility — Policy Clause 4.1 — Policy dated 29.09.2014, Clause 4.1 stipulates that if any eligible member of the deceased employee's family is already in Government service, no other family member is entitled to compassionate appointment — The objective of compassionate appointment is to protect the family from penury on the death of the sole breadwinner India Law Library Docid # 2435678
(309) SANTOSHI LAL BATHAM Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 15-10-2025 M.P. Civil Services (Classification, Control & Appeal) Rules, 1966 — Rule 27 — Consultation with Public Service Commission (PSC) — Scope and Necessity — When Appellate Authority decides to reduce the penalty, it is not required to refer the matter to the PSC for concurrence, as reducing the punishment does not "adversely affect" the delinquent employee; consultation is only necessary in cases where the decision adversely affects the civil servant (e.g., enhancement of punishment). (Paras India Law Library Docid # 2435679
(310) SAHABLAL AND OTHERS Vs. SHEKH JIBRAEEL AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 15-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Motor Accident Claims — Compensation for Death of a Child — In case of a minor child's death in a motor accident, the notional income of the deceased child must be considered as Rs. 30,000/- per annum, as settled by the Supreme Court in Kishan Gopal vs. Lala — Compensation calculation methodology requires applying a multiplier of 15 and adding 40% towards future prospects, without any deduction for personal expenses — Conventional heads of compensation (L India Law Library Docid # 2435680
(311) SUNIL KUMAR AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF H.P.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 397/401 — Revisional Jurisdiction — Scope — High Court in revision cannot re-evaluate evidence or substitute its own findings for those of lower courts unless there is a patent defect, error of jurisdiction, perversity, or gross unreasonableness. India Law Library Docid # 2434037
(312) URMILA DEVI Vs. STATE OF H.P. AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 372 — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of appellate court's power — Appellate court can review, re-appreciate, and reconsider evidence, but must remember double presumption of innocence for accused after acquittal by trial court — If two reasonable views are possible from evidence, acquittal should not be disturbed. India Law Library Docid # 2434038
(313) DR. BALRAJ SINGH Vs. CHANCELLOR, SRI KARAN NARENDRA AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 14-10-2025 Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University Act, 2013 — Sections 25-A(1) and 25-A(2) — Suspension of Vice-Chancellor — Chancellor’s power — Conditions precedent — Consultation with State Government — Notice to University — Opportunity to show cause — Order of suspension dated 07.10.2025 quashed for non-compliance with mandatory procedural requirements, including lack of consultation with State India Law Library Docid # 2433965
(314) MUZAFAR HUSSAIN FAROOQUI AND OTHERS Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 14-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 498-A — Cruelty by husband or relatives of husband — Quashing of FIR and Charge Sheet — Allegations primarily against husband only — Other family members roped in without specific allegations of active involvement — Court cautioned against implication of all family members in matrimonial disputes without concrete evidence — Proceedings quashed against family India Law Library Docid # 2434066
(315) RITIKA JAIN AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 14-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent powers of High Court to prevent abuse of process of court — Quashing of FIR — Allegations of forgery of will/codicil when validity of will/codicil is already sub judice before civil court — Civil suit for partition pending, civil applications disposed of, and parties referred to mediation — Criminal proceedings initiated on same subject matter India Law Library Docid # 2434076
(316) DR. SHYAM BIHARI Vs. NUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD. AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 14-10-2025 Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 — Section 4(2)(a) — Constitution of Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) — Presiding Officer — Interpretation of "woman employed at a senior level" — The Act requires a woman employee at a senior level to preside over the ICC. This does not mean she must be senior in rank to the person against whom allegations are made, but rather India Law Library Docid # 2434516
(317) RASHMIKANT ZAVERCHAND SHAH Vs. DHARMESH CHAPSI GHADA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 14-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 148(1) — Suspension of Sentence Pending Appeal — Deposit of Compensation — Power to direct deposit is discretionary, but should be exercised purposively to advance the object of Section 148 — Deposit is a rule; waiver is an exception for which special reasons are required to be assigned — Interpretation of 'may' as 'may' rather than 'shall' in this context, India Law Library Docid # 2434520
(318) NILESH MAGANLAL SHAH Vs. SUHAS CHAMPAKLAL DESAI AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 14-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 16 Rule 1 — Issuance of witness summons — Right of a party — A party to a suit has a right at any stage to apply for a witness summons to give evidence or produce documents. The court cannot refuse this application simply because it might cause delay. India Law Library Docid # 2434188
(319) BHIMJIBHAI KADVABHAI RUPARELIADECD.THROUGH HIS HEIRS AND OTHERS Vs. PATEL VALLABHBHAI KADVABHAI RUPARELIA[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 14-10-2025 Registration Act, 1908 — Section 17 — Compulsory Registration — Family Arrangement — Document recording a family arrangement already concluded, merely for purpose of record or information, does not require registration unless it is intended to be the instrument of title itself — A memorandum of what was agreed upon orally, which does not create or extinguish rights in immovable property, is not compulsorily registrable. India Law Library Docid # 2434189
(320) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. CHANDRIKABEN SUDHIRBHAI RATHOD[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 14-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 363, 302 — Kidnapping, Murder — Appeal against acquittal — Prosecution based on circumstantial evidence — Complainant (PW-1) turned hostile in chief examination and their testimony had contradictions with cross-examination — PW-4, key witness for "last seen together" theory, made improvements in his deposition compared to his police statement, making his India Law Library Docid # 2434190