(201) SAKSHI ARHA Vs. THE RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-04-2025 Service Law — Recruitment — Rajasthan Judicial Service Rules, 2010 — Reservation — OBC-NCL/MBC-NCL/EWS — Cut-off Date for Eligibility — Certificate Validity — The eligibility of a candidate claiming reservation benefits under categories like Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer) [OBC-NCL], Most Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer) [MBC-NCL], or Economically Weaker Section [EWS], whose status is dynamic and dependent on current socio-economic criteria, must be established as existing on the cu India Law Library Docid # 2424375
(202) ANNAYA KOCHA SHETTY (DEAD) THROUGH LRS Vs. LAXMIBAI NARAYAN SATOSE SINCE DECEASED THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-04-2025 Evidence Act, 1872 — Sections 91 & 92 — Interpretation of Written Agreements (Deeds) — Exclusion of Oral Evidence — The terms of a written contract, grant, or disposition of property must primarily be ascertained from the document itself — Oral evidence contradicting, varying, adding to, or subtracting from the terms of such a written instrument is inadmissible between the parties, unless the situation falls within the specific exceptions provided in the Provisos to S. 92 (such as fraud, mistake India Law Library Docid # 2424376
(203) STATE OF KARNATAKA Vs. SRI CHANNAKESHAVA.H.D. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-04-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 17 (Second Proviso) & Section 13(1)(b) — Investigation of Disproportionate Assets — Order of Superintendent of Police — Preliminary Enquiry — The second proviso to Section 17 mandates that an investigation into an offence under Section 13(1)(b) (disproportionate assets) requires an order from a police officer not below the rank of Superintendent of Police (SP) — However, this provision does not explicitly require the SP to conduct a separate prelimina India Law Library Docid # 2424377
(204) KARAN SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-04-2025 Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 1988 (as amended by Act of 2012) — Section 9 — Sentence for failure to surrender after parole — Applicability of Amendment Act, 2012 — Retrospectivity — The amendment to S. 9 by the Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Amendment Act, 2012 (w.e.f. 01.10.2012), which introduced a minimum sentence of two years, is not applicable retrospectively — Where the offence of failing to surrender after parole was committed (17.06.2010) an India Law Library Docid # 2424447
(205) THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU Vs. THE GOVERNOR OF TAMILNADU AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-04-2025 Governor's Powers under Article 200 are Limited and Exclusive — When presented with a Bill, the Governor must choose one of only three mutually exclusive options under the substantive part of Article 200: assent, withhold assent, or reserve for Presidential consideration. India Law Library Docid # 2424501
(206) HARDYAL INDER SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-04-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Factors Considered — Prolonged Investigation & Cooperation — Anticipatory bail may be granted where the investigation against the appellant has remained incomplete for a considerable period (over two and a half years), even after an initial closure report was rejected and further investigation ordered, particularly when coupled with the fact that the appellant has joined the investigation when called upon (thrice in this instance) India Law Library Docid # 2424552
(207) AWADHESH SINGH THAKUR Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Chhattisgarh Minor Mineral Rules, 2015 — Rule 23-A (inserted w.e.f. 23.03.2016) — Applications for Quarry Lease filed before Amendment — Ineligibility — As per Rule 23-A(2)(a) of the Rules of 2015, all applications for the grant of a quarry lease received prior to the commencement of the Amendment Rules (i.e., before 23.03.2016) became ineligible upon the coming into force of the amendment. An application filed on 06.05.2015, therefore, became ineligible by operation of law, and its rejection ba India Law Library Docid # 2424713
(208) KAVILAS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302 — Circumstantial Evidence — Last Seen Theory — Time Gap — In a case based on circumstantial evidence, the circumstance of ‘last seen together’ is a relevant factor, but conviction cannot be based solely on it, especially when there is a significant time gap between when the accused and deceased were last seen together and when the deceased was found dead — A substantial gap weakens the probative value of the last seen evidence, as it does not exclude the possibilit India Law Library Docid # 2424714
(209) ARJUN DEVANGAN Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Chhattisgarh Excise Act, 1915 — Section 34(2) — Illegal Possession of Liquor — Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt — Independent Witnesses Turning Hostile — In a prosecution for illegal possession of liquor under the Excise Act, where independent seizure witnesses (PW-1, PW-2) do not support the prosecution case regarding the time, place, and manner of seizure from the accused, and there are material contradictions between their testimonies and that of the investigating police officer (PW-7), the pros India Law Library Docid # 2424715
(210) SANTOSH KUMAR CHOUHAN AND ANOTHER Vs. NATWAR SHARMA AND ANOTHER[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Compensation — Dependency — Claim by Married Siblings — Adult siblings (brother and sister) of a deceased person, who are married and maintain their own separate families, are generally not considered dependents for the purpose of awarding compensation for loss of dependency under the Motor Vehicles Act, unless specific evidence is adduced to prove their financial dependency on the deceased’s income — Mere assertion of dependency is insufficient, especial India Law Library Docid # 2424716
(211) NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. GOPU AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-04-2025 Limitation Act, 1963 — Sections 6 & 2(l) — Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Legal Disability (Minority) — Extension of Limitation Period — Applicability to Appeals from MACT Award — The extension of limitation period granted under Section 6 of the Limitation Act, 1963, on account of legal disability (such as minority), applies only to the institution of a ‘suit’ or the making of an ‘application for the execution of a decree’ — Given that Section 2(l) explicitly states that a ‘suit’ does India Law Library Docid # 2424739
(212) KAMANURI NARASIMHA RAO Vs. STATE OF AP[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Sections 397 & 401 — Revisional Jurisdiction — Scope against Conviction — The High Court’s revisional jurisdiction under Sections 397 and 401 Cr.P.C., particularly against concurrent findings of conviction upheld by the appellate court, is circumscribed — The High Court will not act as a second appellate court to re-appreciate evidence — Interference is warranted only in exceptional cases involving manifest illegality, findings based on no evidence or overlooking India Law Library Docid # 2424828
(213) PRAMOD KUMAR TIWARI Vs. PREMLAL GAUTAM AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-04-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Deductibility of Family Pension — The amount of family pension received by the dependents of an employee, who died in a motor vehicle accident during the subsistence of his employment, is not deductible from the deceased's income when calculating the loss of dependency for determining compensation under the Act — The High Court's view affirming such deduction is set aside. India Law Library Docid # 2424849
(214) NUTULAPATI RAVIKANTH Vs. NUTULAPATI NARAYANA RAO (DIED) THR. LRS.[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of Delay — Bringing Legal Representatives on Record — Sufficient Cause — Consideration of sufficiency of cause for delay (herein 635 days) in applying under Order 22, Rule 4 CPC, based on asserted lack of awareness of a respondent’s death, particularly in contexts involving strained familial relations and alleged non-intimation by opposing counsel India Law Library Docid # 2424895
(215) M. DANIAL PRATAP AND ANOTHER Vs. SRI R. VENKAT RAO[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Substantial Question of Law — Requirement for admission of a second appeal hinges entirely on the existence of a substantial question of law; mere appreciation of facts, documentary evidence, or challenge to concurrent findings of fact by lower courts does not suffice — The onus is on the appellant to demonstrate such a question. India Law Library Docid # 2424896
(216) SHRI LOVEE NARULA Vs. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT, GOVT OF INDIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Bail — Interim Bail — Extension — Humanitarian Grounds vs. Bail Condition Violation — Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, S.45 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Where interim bail was granted on medical grounds related to the petitioner’s father who subsequently passed away, the Court may extend the interim bail for a limited period on humanitarian grounds, considering the petitioner’s need to perform post-cremation rituals and support his grieving mother — Such ex India Law Library Docid # 2424938
(217) ASSOCIATED BROADCASTING COMPANY PVT. LTD. Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Judicial Review — Interim Orders of Specialized Tribunals (TDSAT) — Scope of Interference — The High Court’s power of judicial review under Article 226 against orders, particularly interim orders, of specialized tribunals like the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) is supervisory and circumscribed — Interference is generally not warranted unless there is a serious dereliction of duty, flagrant violation of fundamental principles India Law Library Docid # 2424939
(218) PRITAM SINGH SINCE DECEASED THROUGH HIS LR REPRESENTED BY S BAKSHISH SINGH Vs. STATE OF GNCT OF DELHI AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) — Sections 244, 245 & 246 — Warrant Case Instituted Otherwise than on Police Report — Discharge/Framing of Charge — Evidence Considered — In a warrant trial instituted otherwise than on a police report, the Magistrate considers discharge (Section 245) or framing of charge (Section 246) only on the basis of evidence recorded under Section 244 Cr.P.C. (post-summoning, pre-charge evidence adduced by prosecution) — Evidence recorded during the pre-summoning st India Law Library Docid # 2424995
(219) STATE Vs. MANISH YADAV[DELHI HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) — Sections 227 & 228 — Framing of Charge/Discharge — Principles — Prima Facie Case — The standard for framing charges requires the court to evaluate the material and documents produced by the prosecution to determine if, taken at face value, they disclose the existence of all ingredients constituting the alleged offence(s) — The court must sift and weigh the evidence for this limited purpose, identify if a prima facie case is made out, and proceed to frame India Law Library Docid # 2424996
(220) RAHUL ALIAS PUNEET ALIAS PHILLIPS Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 08-04-2025 Delhi Prison Rules, 2018 — Rules 1197, 1200 & 1223 — Furlough — Eligibility and Considerations — Overcoming Past Adverse Incident — Grant of first furlough to a life convict despite rejection by competent authority based on re-arrest in multiple cases during a previous emergency parole (Covid-19 period) — High Court considered the totality of circumstances, emphasizing the petitioner’s conduct subsequent to the incident cited for denial — Factors weighing in favour of grant include: (i) Sustaine India Law Library Docid # 2424997