(41) PANKAJ KALIA Vs. HARBHAJAN SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Civil revision — Challenging order allowing application for additional evidence — Held, High Court may interfere if Civil Judge's decision is perverse or suffers from material illegality/irregularity. India Law Library Docid # 2433879
(42) VASDEV (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS Vs. HARKRISHAN SINGH (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 21 Rule 95 — Possession of court auction purchaser — Sale certificate is evidence of title, not creator of title — Title vests in auction purchaser upon confirmation of sale — Plaintiff became absolute owner upon confirmation of auction sale. (Paras 15, 16, 17, 29) India Law Library Docid # 2433929
(43) MANDEEP KAUR AND ANOTHER Vs. HARPREET SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of plaint — Deficient court fee — Application for dismissal of suit due to insufficient court fee was allowed by the trial court — High Court found no infirmity in the impugned order. India Law Library Docid # 2433880
(44) ARVIND GUPTA @ ARVIND KUMAR GUPTA AND ANOTHER Vs. SHRI SATYA NARAIN BHAGWAN TRUST, REWARI AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-09-2025 Haryana Urban (Control of Rent and Eviction) Act, 1973 — Section 13 — Eviction petition — Order of Rent Controller — Challenge to order refusing to recall previous order wherein tenant's counsel stated no further evidence to be led except proving a document by secondary evidence — High Court found it unacceptable that parties or counsel were unaware of the recorded statement for a long period — Tenants barred from India Law Library Docid # 2433881
(45) SARABJIT KAUR AND OTHERS Vs. BALJIT KAUR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 1 Rule 10 — Impleading parties — Trial court allowed application to implead a subsequent purchaser as a party in a suit challenging a sale deed — Court held that the purchaser was a transferee pendente lite and bound by the doctrine of lis pendens, therefore, not a necessary or proper party. India Law Library Docid # 2433882
(46) BIKRAMJIT SINGH Vs. VARUN KUMAR AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of pleadings — Proviso — Trial commenced — Amendment after commencement of trial — Not allowed unless due diligence shown — Issues framed and case set for recording evidence signifies commencement of trial — Amendment application filed after issues framed, without showing due diligence, is hit by proviso and cannot be allowed. India Law Library Docid # 2433883
(47) M/S. OBEROI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Vs. M/S. NITASHA CONSTRUCTION[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 151 — Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Court can condone delay in filing appeals for valid reasons and a period of 177 days was condoned. India Law Library Docid # 2433930
(48) SURJIT KAUR (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HER LRS Vs. PAWAN KUMAR AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section relatable to appeal (implied) — Regular Second Appeal — Scope limited, especially in Punjab and Haryana High Court — Appeals treated under Section 41 of Punjab Courts Act, 1918, not Section 100 CPC — No question of law strictly required to be framed, but court examines for India Law Library Docid # 2433931
(49) JAWAHAR SINGH (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS Vs. LAL SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-09-2025 Civil Procedure — Regular Second Appeal — Scope — In Punjab and Haryana, second appeals are treated as appeals under Section 41 of the Punjab Courts Act, 1918, not under Section 100 CPC. No question of law is required to be framed for such appeals. India Law Library Docid # 2433932
(50) RAM VISHAL PATERIYA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 27-09-2025 M.P. Work Charged and Contingency Paid Employees Pension Rules, 1979 — Definition of Permanent Employee & Commencement of Qualifying Service — Employees paid on monthly basis, even if described as daily rated, are considered temporary contingency paid employees and can be considered permanent contingency paid employees for pension purposes upon completing 15 years of service. India Law Library Docid # 2433276
(51) M/S HI-TECH HERITAGE LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. KRISHNA SINGH AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 26-09-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 34 — Suit for Declaration — Maintainability — A suit for declaration that a sale deed is void ab initio is maintainable even without a prayer for cancellation of the deed, as the plaintiff, not being an executant of the deed, is not obligated to sue for its cancellation, and can treat it as non-existent if it does not bind them. India Law Library Docid # 2433312
(52) CHANDRAKANT OJHA Vs. CHANCHALA KUMARI[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 26-09-2025 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 19(1) — Appeal against Family Court judgment — Appeal filed after delay of 207 days — Condonation of delay sought on grounds of father's illness, financial crunch, and time taken to obtain certified copy — Court emphasized that condonation is an exception and requires sufficient cause and bona fide — Held that father's illness and financial crunch not sufficient explanation India Law Library Docid # 2433313
(53) NIKITA AND OTHERS Vs. BALRAM AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 26-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Revisionary jurisdiction of High Court — Power to supervise subordinate courts — High Court can interfere if lower appellate court order is contrary to settled legal principles, passed without proper appreciation of evidence or causes irreparable prejudice. India Law Library Docid # 2433284
(54) MD. MUKTAR MOMIN Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 26-09-2025 Jharkhand Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2004 — Rule 54(6) — Interpretation of — Power to impose penalty — District Mining Officer's authority to impose penalty under Rule 54(6) is derived from Section 21(5) of the MMDR Act, 1957, read with relevant notifications empowering State functionaries. India Law Library Docid # 2433310
(55) JHARKHAND URJA VIKAS NIGAM LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. M/S DEW CONCRETE PRIVATE TILES LIMITED AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 26-09-2025 Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 126 and 127 — Assessment and Appeal — Proceedings under Section 126 for unauthorized use of electricity, culminating in a final assessment order, are subject to an appeal under Section 127. This statutory scheme provides a complete code for addressing such grievances. India Law Library Docid # 2433311
(56) NAVEEN YADAV Vs. STATE NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 26-09-2025 Bail Application — offence under Section 69 of BNS — Applicant incarcerated for over 1 month — Seeks regular bail — FIR alleges false promise of marriage, sexual exploitation, and dowry demand — Applicant claims innocence, falsely implicated, and highlights contradiction from complainant’s WhatsApp message — Reliance on Supreme Court judgments stating consensual relationship with genuine India Law Library Docid # 2433701
(57) ADVANCE INDIA PROJECTS LTD. Vs. POONAM GUPTA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 26-09-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 36(2) — Stay of arbitral award — Deposit of amount — Principles of Order 41 Rule 5 of CPC are to be considered, but not strictly applicable — Court has discretion to pass a reasonable order for deposit of undisputed amount — Deposit is to secure the award amount, not to reflect India Law Library Docid # 2433920
(58) BHUPINDER SINGH Vs. KULWINDER SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 26-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Challenge to order of Appellate Court modifying Trial Court order regarding water usage from electric motor connection — Petitioner seeking setting aside of order allowing respondent's appeal and modifying interim injunction order. India Law Library Docid # 2433921
(59) HARINDER SINGH Vs. PUNJAB STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 26-09-2025 Punjab Courts Act, 1918 — Section 41 — Regular Second Appeal — Grounds for challenging a judgment — Appeal filed challenging lower courts' decisions on legality of administrative orders — Lower appellate court upheld one order while setting aside others — Cross-appeal not filed by respondent — Court confined to the issue of legality of the order upheld by the lower appellate court. India Law Library Docid # 2433933
(60) SANJAY KEDIYA Vs. SAROJ KEDIYA AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 32 Rule 15 — Persons of unsound mind — Appointment of next friend — Mandatory enquiry — Court must conduct an enquiry to satisfy itself that a person is incapable of protecting their own interest due to mental infirmity before appointing a next friend or guardian. Mechanical appointment without enquiry is illegal. India Law Library Docid # 2433197