(681) UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER Vs. KIRAN BALA AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal against award of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Award of compensation — Undertaking by deceased — Undertaking by a deceased person for themselves does not bar their family members from claiming compensation for death in a motor accident — Such undertaking by the deceased on behalf of dependents is not valid. India Law Library Docid # 2434937
(682) SHRI MANSHA RAM Vs. SHRI AMAR NATH (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS. SH. ASHOK KUMAR AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 65 — Secondary Evidence — Conditions for leading secondary evidence are not discretionary but must be met — Trial Court erred in allowing application for secondary evidence without satisfying the parameters of Section 65. India Law Library Docid # 2434941
(683) RAJESH GANJHU @ RAJESH KUMAR GANJHU Vs. UNION OF INDIA THROUGH NATIONAL INVESTIGATING AGENCY, NEW DELHI[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 — Section 43-D(5) — Bail — Prohibition on grant of bail — Statutory restrictions on bail do not prevent constitutional courts from granting bail on grounds of violation of fundamental rights — Court's power to grant bail can be harmonised with statutory restrictions — Rigours of statutory provisions weaken when trial is unlikely to be completed within a India Law Library Docid # 2435114
(684) SURAJ MAL MEENA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 30-10-2025 Constitution of Rajasthan, 1950 — Article 14 and 16 — Right to fair chance in public employment — Candidates have a right to fair competition for public posts as enshrined in Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India. India Law Library Docid # 2435171
(685) HARNAM KAUR AND ANOTHER Vs. CHAND KAUR (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Section 14(1) and 14(2) — Property of female Hindu — Absolute ownership vs. limited estate — Will creating a restricted life estate — Sub-section (2) is an exception to sub-section (1) — Applies when property is acquired by gift, will, or other instrument prescribing a restricted estate, and the India Law Library Docid # 2435259
(686) MUNICIPAL COUNCIL, REWARI Vs. SANJAY JAIN AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Punjab Courts Act, 1918 — Section 41 — Regular Second Appeal — Scope — Second appeals in Punjab and Haryana are treated under this section, not Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure — No substantial question of law arises in such appeals, as per established legal position. India Law Library Docid # 2435260
(687) RADHA DEVI Vs. KHARATI LAL[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Specific Performance — Agreement to Sell — Plaintiff's readiness and willingness — Plaintiff's son, as Power of Attorney Holder, is competent to depose about plaintiff's readiness and willingness. Where the defendant denies the agreement itself, they cannot later raise the defense that the plaintiff was India Law Library Docid # 2435261
(688) GURMUKH SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Compounding of offence — Settlement between parties — High Court can quash conviction and acquit accused if parties have genuinely settled their dispute, even after conviction and dismissal of appeal — Such power stems from inherent jurisdiction to prevent abuse of process and secure justice — Compromise should not India Law Library Docid # 2435262
(689) NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. RAM RATI AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Appeal against award — Contributory negligence — Motorcyclist carrying two pillion riders — Insurance company's contention that motorcyclist was negligent due to carrying two pillion riders — Held, such violation of law (carrying more than one India Law Library Docid # 2435263
(690) SANDEEP KUMAR Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Criminal Appeal — Conviction and Sentence — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376 (Rape), Section 365 (Kidnapping or abducting) — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Sections 3 and 4 (Penetrative Sexual Assault and Punishment) — Appeal against conviction where appellant was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment under IPC and POCSO Act sections — India Law Library Docid # 2435865
(691) AJAY UPADHAYAY Vs. UCO BANK AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) — Sections 13(2), 13(3A), 13(4), 13(8) — Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002 — Rules 8(1), 9(3), 9(4) — Auction Sale Challenge — Mandatory Provisions — The requirement under Section 13(3A) obligating the secured creditor to consider and respond to the borrower's India Law Library Docid # 2435866
(692) UNITED INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. MALTI DEVI AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 30-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173(1) — Claim for Compensation — Accident — Deceased driving a borrowed motorcycle — Status of driver vis-à-vis owner and insurance liability — When the deceased borrows and drives a vehicle, he steps into the shoes of the owner — Claim under the insurance policy is limited to the extent of the premium paid for "Personal Accident Cover for Owner-Driver" — The deceased, being in the shoes of the owner, is not a 'third party' for the purpose of general liability India Law Library Docid # 2435704
(693) MUNNA SIDDIQUI Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Criminal Law — Appeal against acquittal — Section 372 CrPC against acquittal under Section 306 IPC (Abetment of suicide) — Principles governing appellate court interference — An appeal against acquittal requires the appellate court to find illegality, perversity, or error of law/fact in the trial court's decision; mere possibility of a contrary view does not justify reversal — If two views on evidence are possible, the view favoring India Law Library Docid # 2435705
(694) CHARAN H.V. Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 — Section 483 (equivalent to Section 439 CrPC) — Regular Bail — Detention beyond initial remand period without fresh order — Non-production of accused before Magistrate during extension of judicial custody — Where initial remand order expires and no fresh remand order is passed, merely noting the next date of production without an order continuing custody renders India Law Library Docid # 2435878
(695) NARENDER SINGH Vs. NIWAS NAUTIYAL AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 29-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 200/202 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 500 (Defamation) — Quashing of Summoning Order and Criminal Proceedings — Mechanical passing of summoning order — Applicant, appointed as Invigilator, reported irregularities in the examination process of Respondent's institute to the authorized India Law Library Docid # 2436495
(696) MAHANT SUKDEV MUNI Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 29-10-2025 Criminal Procedure — Investigation — Transfer of Investigation to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) — Grounds for Transfer — Missing Person Case (Section 365 IPC) — Where the victim has been missing for eight years despite multiple investigating agencies (State Police, CBCID) failing to trace whereabouts, and investigation was found to be careless and inconclusive by the High Court, the conscience of the Court is shaken, India Law Library Docid # 2436496
(697) THE LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA Vs. MAHESWARI AND OTHER[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 29-10-2025 Insurance Law — Repudiation of claim — Non-disclosure of material facts — Insured died in a motor accident, not due to any pre-existing medical condition — Prior accident and medical treatment not related to the cause of death after seven and three years respectively — Non-disclosure of these past events for policies taken subsequently does not amount to suppression of material facts that would influence a India Law Library Docid # 2434835
(698) GOUTAM DUTT Vs. NAMITA BUSFORE & KUMARI RUMPA BUSFORE[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 29-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 — Appeal — Remand of suit — First Appellate Court set aside Trial Court's judgment and remanded suit for amendment of pleadings and adducing further evidence — High Court found no irregularity in the First Appellate Court's order for remand, noting that ownership of the suit property was India Law Library Docid # 2435148
(699) K. GANESAN Vs. MS. S. SELVI[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 29-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96, Order 41 Rule 1 — First Appeal — Plaintiff filed suit for specific performance of Sale Agreement and injunction, alternatively for refund of advance amount with interest — Trial Court dismissed suit — High Court upheld dismissal of specific performance and injunction but granted alternate relief of refund of advance amount. India Law Library Docid # 2434766
(700) M. GANESAMOORTHY Vs. G. REGINAMARY[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 29-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Compounding of offence — Compromise — After conviction and dismissal of appeal, parties entered into a compromise — High Court allowed compounding and set aside conviction and sentence, considering the object of NI Act is primarily compensatory and not punitive, and the spirit of compromise. India Law Library Docid # 2434767