(621) NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. SMT. SANGEETA SAH AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Motor Accident Claims — Liability of Insurer — Breach of Policy Condition — Driving Licence — Where the driver's licence had expired before the accident and was renewed only after the accident, the driver did not possess a valid and effective licence on the date of the accident, constituting a technical breach of the policy condition. India Law Library Docid # 2436511
(622) SATHISH KUMAR Vs. INSPECTOR OF POLICE, ALL WOMEN POLICE STATION, CUDDALORE[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Application and Constitutionality — Conviction under Section 5(l) read with Section 6 of POCSO Act quashed — Alleged occurrence date (August 2012) fell before the POCSO Act (effective from November 14, 2012) came into force — Conviction for an act committed before the law was enforced violates Article 20(1) of the India Law Library Docid # 2436663
(623) NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT VANNIYAKULA KSHATRIYA SANGAM Vs. M. RADHAKRISHNAN AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 07-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 47 (Questioning Executability of Decree) — Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975 — Section 18, 20(1), 20(2), 21 — Executability of Decree against Registered Society — Non-compliance with Section 20(1) (Representation of Society) — Where a suit was filed and decreed against a registered society, but the society was not represented by its Committee or India Law Library Docid # 2436664
(624) ABDUL BASIR Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Grant of regular bail pending trial — Factors for consideration — Appellant incarcerated for over three and a half years — Charges not yet framed despite submission of charge-sheet against eighteen accused — Four co-accused granted bail, eight reported absconding — Prolonged period of incarceration without commencement of trial, even when co-accused India Law Library Docid # 2435439
(625) GUR CHARAN SINGH Vs. HARVINDER SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Transfer of Suit — Guardians and Wards Act, 1980 — Transfer Petition (Civil) No. 1413/2025 — Guardianship case (G.W.O.P./50/2025) filed by father (Respondent No. 1) under Sections 7, 8, 9, 10 and 25 of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1980, pending before I Additional Family Court, Charminar, Hyderabad — Petitioner (maternal grandfather), India Law Library Docid # 2435442
(626) RAM KUMAR @ RAMU Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Suspension of Sentence and Bail — Principles for grant — Conviction under Sections 498A and 304B of Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, with sentence of simple imprisonment for life — Appellant in custody since April 8, 2014 — Criminal India Law Library Docid # 2435444
(627) AMIT Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Consideration for grant — Appellant apprehended arrest concerning offences under Sections 406, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Supreme Court, considering the facts and circumstances of the case, and notably that the appellant had already joined and was cooperating with the investigation, inclined India Law Library Docid # 2435617
(628) P. ANJANAPPA (D) BY LRs Vs. A.P. NANJUNDAPPA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Partition Suit — Release Deeds — Validity of Release Deeds — Release deed executed for consideration operates immediately to divest a coparcenary interest, not dependent on further implementation — Silence in a later document does not negate a concluded, registered relinquishment. Oral partition, even if unregistered, is admissible for collateral purposes of proving severance of joint status, explaining possession, recording arrangements, and evidencing subsequent India Law Library Docid # 2434961
(629) POONAM Vs. DULE SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1961 — Section 22(1)(d) — Declaring election void — Improper acceptance of nomination — Non-disclosure of criminal conviction in affidavit — Conviction under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, with one-year imprisonment sentence, not disclosed in affidavit filed under Rule 24-A of M.P. Nagar Palika Nirvachan India Law Library Docid # 2434962
(630) VIKRAM BHALCHANDRA GHONGADE Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 22, Rule 6 — Effect of death of party between conclusion of hearing and pronouncement of judgment — Judgment pronounced after death is valid — However, if a party to an appeal dies before the appeal is heard, the appeal cannot be decided in their absence without bringing their legal heirs on record India Law Library Docid # 2434963
(631) PREETHA KRISHNAN AND OTHERS Vs. THE UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal — Compensation — Calculation of compensation — Split multiplier — Generally not to be applied — Retirement from service is not an exceptional circumstance justifying split multiplier — Age of deceased is the criterion for multiplier and does not allow India Law Library Docid # 2434973
(632) RAM KUMAR @ RAMU Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH RESPONDENT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Suspension of sentence — Appeal pending — Appellant convicted for offences under Sections 498A & 304B of Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3 & 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Imprisonment for life since 2014 — Appeal filed in 2021 — Prospect of early hearing remote — Co-convicts released on bail — Suspension of sentence and release on bail granted considering these factors. India Law Library Docid # 2435050
(633) PAL SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Anticipatory Bail — Supreme Court granted anticipatory bail to the appellant who was a retired Army Officer, apprehending arrest in connection with offences under IPC and POCSO — Appellant had alleged filing of a vexatious and false complaint due to his raising voice against embezzlement of funds — Chargesheet had been filed, and appellant India Law Library Docid # 2435051
(634) MOHAMMADALI ANSARAHMAD KHAN Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Determination of Compensation — Applicability — Court deferred decision on whether to apply the 1894 Act or the 2013 Act for compensation, pending clarification on the nature of the land India Law Library Docid # 2435053
(635) NISHA SAH Vs. BRIJESH PRASAD @ PRASAD BRIJESH RAVINDRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Family Law — Settlement Agreement — Mutual Consent Divorce — Supreme Court Mediation Centre — Parties arrived at an amicable settlement before the Supreme Court Mediation Centre, reducing it into writing and signing it. India Law Library Docid # 2435055
(636) K. GOPALAKRISHNA PILLAI Vs. SHEEJA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Specific Performance of Agreement to Sell — Plaintiff claimed specific performance of an agreement to sell dated 7.7.1993, alleging payment of Rs. 2.90 lakh as earnest money out of a total sale consideration of Rs. 3 lakh. The original owner sold the property to a second purchaser on 22.7.1993. Trial Court decreed the suit for specific performance. High Court reversed the decree, finding no evidence of earnest money India Law Library Docid # 2435056
(637) SANDIP @ DIPU @ DIKU Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 307, 326, 323 read with Sections 114 and 34 — Conviction and sentence — Suspension of sentence pending appeal — Appellant convicted and sentenced to ten years' rigorous imprisonment — High Court rejected prayer for suspension of sentence — Appeal pending before Supreme Court since 2024 and unlikely to be heard soon — Injury alleged to have been caused by appellant was on India Law Library Docid # 2435066
(638) MANISH @ BOXER Vs. THE STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 394 and 397 — Conviction and sentence — Appeal — High Court affirmed conviction and sentence awarded by Trial Court — Supreme Court found no case for interference with conviction — Appreciated evidence of prosecution witnesses and found findings of fact to be concurrent, not India Law Library Docid # 2435070
(639) THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LTD Vs. ASHISH AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Assessment of income for students — Tribunal can assess earning capacity based on the nature of the professional course and future prospects, not just minimum wages. India Law Library Docid # 2435132
(640) DHANU GHOSH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302/34 — Murder and Acts Done by Several Persons in Furtherance of Common Intention — Conviction based on eyewitness testimonies and medical evidence — Court affirmed conviction and sentence for murder. India Law Library Docid # 2435142