(81) MANSA RAM AND OTHERS Vs. JASMER SINGH AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 03-11-2025 Pre-emption — Right of pre-emption — Nature of — A weak right, which can be overcome by legitimate means such as waiver or estoppel enacted by the preemptor. India Law Library Docid # 2435265
(82) HARYANA STATE THROUGH COLLECTOR, HISAR AND ANOTHER Vs. RAJA RAM[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 03-11-2025 Punjab Courts Act, 1918 — Section 41 — Regular Second Appeal — Power to dispose of common judgments and decrees — Appeals arising from common judgments and identical questions of law and fact can be decided collectively by way of a single, composite judgment for judicial economy and consistency. India Law Library Docid # 2435266
(83) USHA CHOPRA AND OTHERS Vs. LIC AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 03-11-2025 Insurance Act, 1938 — Section 45 — Policy not to be called in question after three years — Contract of life insurance is based on the principle of "utmost good faith" (uberrima fides) — Silence on a material fact that could affect the risk is considered a breach of this good faith — Insured is required to make truthful declarations regarding health in the proposal form, especially for non-medical policies where the India Law Library Docid # 2435267
(84) BALDEV SINGH Vs. ICICI LOMBARD GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 03-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Compensation — Liability of owner and insurer — Accident occurred at 2 PM, insurance policy commenced at 4:28 PM on the same day — Vehicle was not insured at the time of the accident — Tribunal rightly held the owner liable for compensation. India Law Library Docid # 2435268
(85) RAMESH PAL AND OTHERS Vs. IDFC FIRST BANK LIMITED AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 03-11-2025 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) — Section 17(1) — Application to Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) — Limitation Act, 1963 — Applicability of Section 5 (Condonation of Delay) and Sections 4 to 24 (Computation of Period) — The DRT is the only competent forum for the borrower to challenge measures taken by a secured creditor under Section 13(4) and seek restoration of property, as the jurisdiction of Civil Courts is barr India Law Library Docid # 2435703
(86) STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ORS Vs. NARESH CHANDRA PATEL[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 01-11-2025 Teacher Grade III, Level-I recruitment — Candidate's claim for consideration based on graduation mark-sheet after initial application based on Senior Secondary qualification — Court held non-disclosure of graduation qualification at the time of application and subsequent belated claim to be invalid grounds for relief. India Law Library Docid # 2435161
(87) SURENDRA SHARMA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 01-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent powers of High Court — Quashing adverse remarks — High Court can exercise inherent powers to expunge adverse remarks against an individual, including a police officer, to prevent abuse of process or secure ends of justice, but this power is exceptional and to be exercised in exceptional cases. India Law Library Docid # 2435173
(88) M/S DAULAT AND CO. AND OTHER Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 01-11-2025 Central Excise Act, 1944 — Sections 11A(1)(a), 11A(4) — Show cause notice — Limitation — Petitioners challenged show cause notice on grounds that it was beyond limitation and issued under the wrong Act — Petitioners claimed to be traders, not manufacturers, receiving goods from others and collecting GST — Authorities alleged petitioners misrepresented themselves as manufacturers and evaded GST — India Law Library Docid # 2435174
(89) KOUSTAV BAGCHI Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 31-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 199(2) (Corresponding to Section 222(2) Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023) — Prosecution for defamation of a public functionary in discharge of public functions — Complaint by Public Prosecutor against an Advocate and politician for posting excerpts from a book on social media and making India Law Library Docid # 2435147
(90) MUDI SINGH Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 31-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376 and 493 — Rape and Co-habitation caused deceitfully, respectively — Appeal against conviction — Victim was major and in love relationship with accused — Cohabitation occurred over a period with expressed intention of marriage, but non-fulfillment of promise doesn't automatically make it rape India Law Library Docid # 2435149
(91) HIMACHAL PRADESH ROAD AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORP. LTD Vs. M/S C & C CONSTRUCTION LTD.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 31-10-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 & 37 — Scope of interference by Courts — High Court cannot re-appreciate evidence in an arbitration appeal and should not sit as a court of appeal unless the award is patently illegal or suffers from perversity or is against the fundamental policy of Indian law, justice, or morality. India Law Library Docid # 2434935
(92) LALIT KUMAR PANWAR Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 31-10-2025 Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 2009 — Section 73-B — Revocation of allotment and cancellation of lease deed — Power of Municipality — Municipality has power to initiate action under Section 73-B even if patta (lease deed) is registered, if it was obtained by misrepresentation, fraud, or in contravention of law. India Law Library Docid # 2435160
(93) JAI SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT, JODHPUR AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 31-10-2025 Rajasthan High Court Staff Service Rules, 2002, Rule 4-A (as amended by Order dated 05.12.2002) — Recruitment by promotion for Assistant Stamp Reporter and Court Fee Examiners — Eligibility — Interpretation of "officials in the equivalent or above grade" — Held, eligibility is based on grade, not exclusively on cadre — India Law Library Docid # 2435172
(94) SATISH SONDHIYA Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 31-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction challenged on appeal — Prosecution case rested on the accused/appellant allegedly running over the deceased with an Innova Car after a prior dispute at a petrol pump — Non-conduction of Test Identification Parade — Identification of the accused driver and the offending vehicle (Innova Car) held highly doubtful due to lack of standard identification India Law Library Docid # 2435706
(95) ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. SMT. SHARDA DEVI AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 31-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173(1) — Motor Accident Claims — False Implication of Vehicle — Delay in FIR — Evidentiary Value of Medical Record (MLC) — Where claimants rely on an MLC report (Ex. P-9), which states the injury was caused by a "head-on collision with another motorcycle," and this document is signed by the deceased's son (AW-1), the claimants cannot selectively discard this content; they are duty-bound to explain how the insured car was implicated despite the medical record India Law Library Docid # 2435709
(96) THANGADURAI Vs. SWAMIDOSS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 30-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Cheque dishonour — Compounding of offences — Criminal revision petition filed after conviction and dismissal of appeal — Parties entered into compromise outside court — Entire compensation and costs paid — High Court can compound offence exercising inherent powers to secure ends of justice, even at appellate or revision stage — Object of Act is India Law Library Docid # 2434841
(97) DEVARAJ RENGAN Vs. ESWARAN[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 30-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Compounding of offence — Offences under Section 138 of NI Act are compoundable — Parties entered into a Memorandum of Compromise and settled the dispute amicably — Full settlement amount paid by demand draft — Conviction and sentence stands annulled. India Law Library Docid # 2434764
(98) EROS INTERNATIONAL MEDIA LTD. Vs. REELS ENTERTAINMENT PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 9 — Applications for interim measures post award — Maintainability — Award became final in 2021, but no steps taken for enforcement until an execution petition was filed in September 2025 — Applications under Section 9 filed in October 2025 — Held not maintainable as the award was ripe for enforcement and the applicant had delayed significantly in pursuing India Law Library Docid # 2434765
(99) STATE OF KERALA Vs. SUBRAMANIAN NAMBOOTHIRI[KERALA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 307, 323, 324, 34 — Appeal against acquittal — High Court powers — Appellate court can review evidence thoroughly and reverse acquittal if trial court's findings are perverse, based on misreading or non-reading of evidence, or lead to grave miscarriage of justice. India Law Library Docid # 2434854
(100) ANIL K EMMANUEL Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 216 (BNSS Section 239) — Addition of charge — Public prosecutor's application to add charge — Maintainability — Courts have the power to alter or add charges even after evidence is adduced and arguments are heard, provided no prejudice is caused to the accused — Even an informant or victim can seek alteration/addition of charge, therefore a India Law Library Docid # 2434855