(61) BHARAT FOOD AND AGRO PRODUCTS AND OTHERS Vs. M/S BAPU ASSA RAM JI & COMPANY AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 06-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of Plaint — Guidelines for allowing amendment — Amendments are permissible if essential for proper adjudication, bona fide, do not cause irreparable prejudice, avoid multiplicity of litigation, do not fundamentally change the suit's nature, and are not barred by limitation. India Law Library Docid # 2428882
(62) RAJ BALA AND ANOTHER Vs. UJAGAR SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 06-08-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Compensation for road accidents — Enhancement of compensation — Deceased was a 21-year-old computer engineering student with a bright future — Tribunal awarded Rs. 3,00,000/- — Held, notional income of deceased to be assessed at Rs. 12,000/- per month in view of Supreme India Law Library Docid # 2428883
(63) STATE OF CHHATTISGARH Vs. MUCHAKI DEVA AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Standard of appreciation of evidence — Appellate court must be slow in reversing acquittal, as presumption of innocence is strengthened, requiring thorough scrutiny on accepted legal parameters India Law Library Docid # 2428355
(64) RAMPURHAT PSC SLEEPERS LIMITED Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 11 — Admission of Appeals — Hearing under Rule 11 is not for admission but to ascertain if appeal can be dismissed without hearing respondent; it's mandatory, not optional. Appeals against orders not exempted by Appellate Side Rules must be posted for hearing under Order 41 Rule 11. India Law Library Docid # 2428356
(65) BINOD KUMAR BAWRI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 420 and 405 and 120B — Criminal Conspiracy — Quashing of Proceedings — Abuse of Process — Allegations of cheating, criminal breach of trust, and conspiracy against directors/chairman of a company for non-payment of dues by a third party arose from a commercial transaction to which the directors had no direct involvement - The court found no India Law Library Docid # 2428357
(66) JAI PRAKASH JAISWAL AND ANOTHER Vs. THE OFFICIAL LIQUIDATOR AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 80 — Notice to Public Officer — Applicability to Official Liquidator — Official Liquidator is a Public Officer under Section 2(17) of CPC — Suit against Official Liquidator requires two months' prior notice — Non-compliance leads to bar of suit unless leave granted under Section 80(2) — Withdrawal of suit with liberty to sue afresh under Order 23 Rule India Law Library Docid # 2428358
(67) SMITA JINA Vs. AMIT KUMAR JINA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 12 Rule 6 — Judgment on admissions — Power to pronounce judgment on admissions — Exercise of power requires clear, unambiguous, and unequivocal admissions — Admissions must leave no room for doubt or interpretation — Power to be exercised with circumspection India Law Library Docid # 2428359
(68) HUSSAIN AHMED Vs. STATE (NCT) OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 415, 528 — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 394/397/411/34 — Arms Act — Section 25 — Robbery with hurt and use of deadly weapon — Conviction upheld based on consistent ocular testimony, corroborative medical evidence, and recovery of weapon. India Law Library Docid # 2428360
(69) PUNAM GUPTA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF H.P. AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 H.P. Land Revenue Act, 1954 — Section 163-A — Constitutional validity — Regularisation of encroachment on Government land — Section 163-A, which permits regularisation of encroachments on Government land, is manifestly arbitrary and unconstitutional. The provision allows for the legalisation of illegalities and contradicts the principal statute's aim of preventing and removing encroachments. Such a India Law Library Docid # 2428361
(70) SHIV KUMAR Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Constitution of India, Article 226 — Writ Petition — Public Employment — Compassionate Appointment — Termination of Service — Concealment of Material Fact — Petitioner claimed compassionate appointment following father's death in harness — Mother was already employed in government service — Petitioner did not disclose this fact in the application — Petitioner was appointed, served for a considerable period, and was even promoted — Authorities sought to terminate service India Law Library Docid # 2428347
(71) SMT. MYLAM KALPANA Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 409, 477-A, 420 — Criminal breach of trust by public servant, Falsification of accounts, Cheating — For conviction under Section 409 IPC, property must be entrusted to the accused as a public servant and then misappropriated — Petitioner, a Stenographer, was not the custodian of cheques nor the authorized signatory for bank accounts — Allegations of misappropriation by fabricating cheques are unsubstantiated without evidence from bank officials or seizure India Law Library Docid # 2428348
(72) PAPERBOX COMPANY OF INDIA Vs. GOLDENSOURCE INTERNATIONAL PVT. LTD.[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Challenge to arbitral award — Scope of review limited to grounds specified in Section 34 and as interpreted by courts — Court should not interfere casually or cavalierly — Mere possibility of alternative view on facts or contract interpretation does not justify reversing findings of Arbitral Tribunal — Award should not be interfered with unless India Law Library Docid # 2428350
(73) SUD CHEMIE INDIA PVT. LTD. Vs. KOTAK & COMPANY LIMITED AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Maharashtra Rent Control Act 1999 — Exemption — Section 3(1)(b) exempts premises let or sublet to certain entities, including multinational companies. This exemption pertains to the premises itself, not the relationship between the parties India Law Library Docid # 2428351
(74) SUDHAMA DEVI Vs. M/S. DD KHOSLA TRANPORT PVT. LIMITED AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal — Condonation of delay — Appellant seeking condonation of 555 days delay in filing appeal with reason of having no knowledge of appealate remedy for modification of award — Held, this is not a sufficient reason to condone such extraordinary delay. India Law Library Docid # 2428378
(75) USHA SHARMA AND OTHERS Vs. MOHD JAVIR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Quantum — Enhanced determination — Claimant appellants challenged the assessment of deceased's monthly income as Rs. 10,300/- and 50% deduction for personal expenses — Evidence showed deceased was paying monthly EMIs of Rs. 39,376/- for loans — Supreme Court in Gurpreet Kaur case held that EMI payments clearly establish earning capacity — Deceased's income assessed India Law Library Docid # 2428379
(76) RAVI KUMAR SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Section 2(s), Section 19, Section 20, Section 23 — "Shared Household" — Definition — Aggrieved person's right to residence — Elements to consider: intention of parties, nature of living, nature of household — Casual living or fleeting visits do not constitute shared household — Property claimed as shared household was not lived in by the aggrieved person with any India Law Library Docid # 2428383
(77) AISHA KHATOON @ PAHARI Vs. THE STATE OF MEGHALAYA[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 37 — Application for bail — Petitioner arrested for possession of intermediate quantity of heroin — Trial at its evidence stage, with some witnesses examined — Court considers general bail principles, criminal antecedents, and societal interest against individual rights — Court found no inordinate delay in the trial. India Law Library Docid # 2428387
(78) MEGHALAYA GOLF PROMOTERS SOCIETY Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 136 — Appeal to Supreme Court — Interference with High Court order — High Court rightly found the disaffiliation order arbitrary and violative of natural justice — Impugned order set aside and quashed — Direction issued for fresh examination of the matter with an opportunity to present the case. India Law Library Docid # 2428388
(79) SHRI SANASAM SHAMUNGOU SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER/ COLLECTOR, LAND ACQUISITION OF IMPHAL EAST DISTRICT, IMPHAL EAST, MANIPUR AND OTHERS[MANIPUR HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 18 — Reference to Court — Acceptance of compensation under protest — State's contention that reference was illegal because award was accepted without protest rejected as record showed acceptance was under protest. India Law Library Docid # 2428389
(80) N. PARANGO SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MANIPUR[MANIPUR HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Ministry of Women & Child Development Guidelines — Delegation of Recruitment Power — Ministry's letter dated 14.3.2018 suggested delegating power to District Magistrates/Collectors for Anganwadi Workers/Helpers recruitment across the country, initially in 115 Aspirational Districts. India Law Library Docid # 2428390