(981) GURDHYAN SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. VIRENDRA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 10-09-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Compensation for motor accident — Deceased was homemaker aged 59 years — Claimants contended that her notional income should be assessed as a skilled worker, citing Kirti & Anr. Vs. Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. — Court accepted contention based on Supreme Court judgment India Law Library Docid # 2432565
(982) DESH RAJ DHINGRA Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 10-09-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Section 24(2) — Lapse of acquisition — Petitioner sought release of land under Section 24(2) of the 2013 Act on grounds of non-possession and non-payment of compensation — Petitioner had not raised any objections under Section 5A of the 1894 Act against the acquisition — India Law Library Docid # 2432566
(983) MOHD JAFFER SHEIKH Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 10-09-2025 Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 — Section 8 — Preventive Detention — Grounds for detention — Detaining authority must inform the detenu of the time limit within which they can make a representation against the detention order, as this is a constitutional right guaranteed under Article 22(5) of the Constitution of India. Failure to do so vitiates the detention order India Law Library Docid # 2432536
(984) MS. TISA ROBINSON AND OTHERS Vs. NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 10-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 226 & 227 — Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023 (PGMER-2023) — Admissions to postgraduate medical courses — Validity of — Petitioners admitted to postgraduate courses by colleges directly, without participating in or being allotted seats through the prescribed counselling process — National Medical Commission (NMC) regulations mandate India Law Library Docid # 2432740
(985) DR. SHIVANANDAPPA DODDAGOUDAR Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 10-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 226 & 227 — Writ of Certiorari & Mandamus — Medical reimbursement — Denial of claim based on hospital name change — Petitioner sought quashing of rejection orders and direction for reimbursement of medical expenses. India Law Library Docid # 2432785
(986) VICTIM X Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 10-09-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 413 — Appeal against acquittal — Standard of review — Appellate court should interfere with an acquittal only if the trial court's finding is perverse or wholly unsustainable, not merely because another view is possible. India Law Library Docid # 2433013
(987) NALLA BALU @ DURGAM SHASHIDHAR GOUD Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 10-09-2025 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) — Section 192 (Wanton provocation with intent to cause riot) — Mere offensive language without intent to cause rioting is insufficient. Section 352 BNS (Intentional insult to provoke breach of peace) — Requires proof of grave and sudden provocation and calculated remarks. Section 353(1)(b) BNS (Statements conducing to public mischief) — Penalises circulation of false or incendiary statements causing public alarm, enmity or hatred. Section 356(2) India Law Library Docid # 2433033
(988) SATYAVAN K. PANDA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 10-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 226 & 227 — Writ Jurisdiction — Alternate Remedy — Doctrine of Alternate Remedy is not a rigid rule and can be departed from if facts are easily ascertainable from the record, to provide timely justice and preserve faith in the judicial process. India Law Library Docid # 2433181
(989) SATYAJIT SWAIN Vs. UNION OF INDIA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 10-09-2025 Railways Act, 1989 — Section 123(c) and 124-A — Untoward Incident — Accidental Falling of Passenger — Compensation — Held, an accidental fall inside a train compartment causing death is an "untoward incident" under Section 123(c), interpreting the phrase "falling of a passenger from a train carrying passengers" liberally, in line with the beneficial object of the legislation and Supreme Court judgments. India Law Library Docid # 2433182
(990) JAYANTA BORAH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 10-09-2025 Service Rules — Interpretation of — Posts of Accountant not included in cadre — Equivalence in pay scale does not make a post a feeder post for promotion — Unless rules permit, equivalence in pay or duties performed does not create a feeder category for promotion. India Law Library Docid # 2433119
(991) DR. AMIYA KUMAR MOHANTY Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 10-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 226 & 227 — Regularization of service — Assistant Surgeon — Ad-hoc/contractual appointment — Petitioner appointed on ad-hoc basis in 1992, continued on contractual basis thereafter — Service book, GPF, GIS accounts opened, pay fixation and increments granted — State sought service particulars for regularization of doctors with 5 years of service — Petitioner's case not considered India Law Library Docid # 2433180
(992) HOLLY CROSS HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 10-09-2025 Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 — Section 1(5) — Applicability to educational institutions — Notification extending Act to educational institutions held valid — Court's interpretation of "or otherwise" in Section 1(5) to include educational institutions as "establishments" was supported by various High Court judgments and Supreme Court pronouncements. India Law Library Docid # 2433207
(993) JUVENILE CONFLICTED WITH LAW (SIC) CHILD IN CONFLICT WITH LAW [S.2(13) OF JJ ACT] Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 10-09-2025 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 — Sections 15 & 18 — Child in conflict with law for heinous offence — Sentencing — A child in conflict with law who commits a heinous offence and is found fit for trial can be sentenced to a maximum period of three years in a place of safety. India Law Library Docid # 2433208
(994) BRANCH MANAGER, SHRIRAM GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. MOHAN KANHAI AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 10-09-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Liability of Insurer — Held, where a vehicle is duly insured and no conditions of the insurance policy have been breached, the insurer remains liable to pay compensation even if the vehicle's registration has not been transferred to the subsequent purchaser who was in possession and control of the offending vehicle. India Law Library Docid # 2433209
(995) PURUSHOTTAM AGRAWAL Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 10-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 319 — Power to summon additional accused — Exercise of power requires evidence adduced before the court during inquiry or trial, not just material from charge-sheet or case diary — Material collected during investigation cannot be used as evidence for summoning under Section 319. India Law Library Docid # 2433210
(996) VIJAY SINGH SONDHIYA DECEASED THROUGH LEGAL HAEIR SMT. RAMKALA BAI AND OTHERS Vs. DARYAV BAI AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 10-09-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173(1) — Appeals against award of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Mandatory deposit of Rs. 25,000/- — Appeals not maintainable if this amount is not deposited. India Law Library Docid # 2433298
(997) TASHI PINTSO LEPCHA Vs. STATE OF SIKKIM[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 10-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376 read with Section 4 of the POCSO Act — Appeal against conviction for sexual assault — Grounds for appeal include failure to prove victim's minority, lack of proof of penetrative sexual assault, and inconsistencies in victim's statement — Court examines evidence related to victim's age, medical examination report, forensic reports, and victim's testimony — Prosecution must prove its case beyond reasonable doubt. India Law Library Docid # 2433403
(998) PREM PRAKASH Vs. UNION OF INDIA THROUGH THE DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 10-09-2025 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 — Sections 3 and 4 — Offence of money laundering — Framing of charge — Discharge application rejection — High Court's revisional power — Principles of discharge versus framing of charge — Prima facie case — Court's role at discharge stage is to ascertain if there is a prima facie case, not to conduct a mini-trial or weigh evidence conclusively. India Law Library Docid # 2433328
(999) KASHI MAHATO Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 10-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 read with Section 34 — Murder — Conviction for murder — Appeal against — Appellant convicted along with a co-convict for murder — Plea that main overt act attributed to co-convict and not appellant — Informant not an eye-witness — Key prosecution witness admitted to being under duress and forced to give statement — Witness only provided 'last seen' theory and nothing implicating the appellant — Evidence not showing involvement of appellant — Conviction based India Law Library Docid # 2433329
(1000) RAMANIKA KISKU Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 10-09-2025 Letters Patent Appeal — Order of Single Judge — Dismissal of Writ Petition — Appellant sought appointment as Trained Graduate Teacher (TGT) — Claimed Scheduled Tribe (ST) status — Caste certificate issued by Bihar, not Jharkhand — Advertisement conditions regarding caste certificates not met — Single Judge rightly dismissed the petition — Appeal dismissed. India Law Library Docid # 2433330