(681) NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. TODETI SUBRAMANYAM AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Motor Accident Claims — Appeal against compensation award — Liability of Insurer — Goods Transport Vehicle carrying passengers — Violation of Policy Conditions — Where Insurer alleges violation of policy conditions (goods vehicle used for passengers) to deny liability, the onus rests on the Insurer to prove such violation — Failure of Insurer to examine the owner of the India Law Library Docid # 2436206
(682) DR. SANJAY GUPTA AND OTHERS Vs. KULDEEP GUPTA[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Inherent Jurisdiction to Quash Proceedings (Section 482 Cr.P.C.) — Quashing of Complaint and Cognizance Order — Medical Negligence Allegations — A complaint alleging medical negligence and other offenses (Sections 420, 109, 427, 504, 506, 540 RPC) against doctors in a hospital situated in Jammu was filed before a Judicial Magistrate First Class in Mendhar (Poonch District) — India Law Library Docid # 2436269
(683) PREETI GAUTAM AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of Criminal Proceedings — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) Sections 306 (Abetment of Suicide), 504 (Intentional Insult to Provoke Breach of Peace), 506 (Criminal Intimidation) — Application for quashing charge sheet and cognizance order — Scope of Section 482 — Court may quash proceedings where, even if material is taken on face value, essential India Law Library Docid # 2436508
(684) KAMAL DEEP Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 309 — Attempt to commit suicide — Essential ingredients — Difference between preparation and attempt — Revisionist convicted for attempting suicide by pouring kerosene and holding a matchbox — Finding that no overt act towards self-destruction was committed and act did not cross stage of preparation — Only smell of kerosene noted by doctor; no external injury or poisoning — Independent India Law Library Docid # 2436509
(685) A.VIVEKANANTHAN Vs. STATE REP. BY INSPECTOR OF POLICE[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 (Murder) and Section 294(b) (Obscene acts and songs) — Conviction and Sentence — Appeal challenging conviction for rigorous life imprisonment under Section 302 IPC and one month simple imprisonment under Section 294(b) IPC — Case based on motive (husband suspecting wife's fidelity), eyewitness testimony, medical evidence, and evidence of India Law Library Docid # 2436665
(686) WASEEM Vs. STATE REPRESENTED BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KUNIYAMUTHUR POLICE STATION, COIMBATORE.[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 (Murder) — Conviction challenged in appeal — Evidence rested on circumstantial evidence and testimony of minor child (P.W.3) — Reliability of child witness — P.W.3 (minor daughter) alleged to have seen father throttling mother, but failed to disclose this crucial information immediately to P.W.1 (grandmother) or P.W.2 (aunt) when body was discovered, only India Law Library Docid # 2436666
(687) THANDAVARAYAN (DIED) BY LRS AND OTHERS Vs. PARANIDARAN AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 06-11-2025 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 58(c) — Mortgage by Conditional Sale vs. Outright/Conditional Sale — Deed (Ex.B1) executed with condition for reconveyance upon repayment of specified amount within 11 years, and restraint on transferring patta before 11 years' expiry or default, qualifies as a 'mortgage by conditional sale' under Section 58(c) — This interpretation is supported by the India Law Library Docid # 2436668
(688) H.D. LOKESHAIAH DEAD BY LRS. Vs. SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 05-11-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Reference to Civil Court (Section 18) — Enhancement of Compensation — Finality of Lis — Doctrine of Finality (Henderson Doctrine) — Where the original claimant withdrew the entire compensation amount redetermined by the Reference Court and did not appeal within his lifetime, the lis attained finality and the claim for inadequacy of compensation cannot generally be re-agitated by legal representatives through a belated appeal India Law Library Docid # 2435929
(689) ABDUL SATTAR AND OTHERS Vs. KARNATAKA STATE BOARD OF WAQF AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 05-11-2025 Waqf Act, 1995 — Section 32(2)(g) — Powers and functions of the Waqf Board — Removal of Mutawallis/Managing Committee members — Only the Karnataka State Board of Waqf (Waqf Board) has the legal authority under Section 32(2)(g) of the Waqf Act, 1995, to appoint or remove "mutawallis" (which includes members of the Managing India Law Library Docid # 2435875
(690) VEMULA VEERA SWAMY Vs. STATE OF A.P.[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-11-2025 Criminal Law — Criminal Appeal — Re-appreciation of Evidence — Appellate Court's Duty — In an appeal against a judgment of conviction and sentence, the Appellate Court is duty-bound to re-appreciate the evidence and form its own conclusion on the reliability of the evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2436207
(691) ANBU ILLAM Vs. JOHN BENNET[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 05-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — Appeal against Common Judgment and Decree — Recovery of Money — Construction Contracts — Cross Suits — Suit by Contractor (O.S. No. 194 of 2009) for recovery of dues for construction work decreed, and Suit by Employer (O.S. No. 130 of 2012) for recovery of alleged excess payment dismissed — Appellate Court upheld Trial Court's findings India Law Library Docid # 2436669
(692) RAVI @ RAVICHANDRAN Vs. STATE REPRESENTED BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 05-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction based on circumstantial evidence — Chain of evidence — Requirements for conviction in circumstantial cases (Supreme Court guidelines cited) include establishing a complete chain of events leading solely to the conclusion of guilt; if any doubt creeps in, the benefit must go to the accused; mere strong suspicion is insufficient for proof. India Law Library Docid # 2436670
(693) MUNNA PRASAD @ SANJIV PRASAD Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2022 — Section 30(a) — Anticipatory Bail — Consideration for grant — Petitioner apprehending arrest in connection with FIR under the Prohibition Act — Where Court, after issuing interim protection not to take coercive steps subject to cooperation, finds that the petitioner has participated and cooperated in the investigation, it is appropriate to confirm the India Law Library Docid # 2435449
(694) VILLAGERS OF KHANPUR VILLAGE REPD BY BISWAJIT MONDAL AND OTHERS Vs. SHI SRI RAI BAGHINI DHARMA THAKUR REPD BY BIJOYA MONDAL AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 04-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 151 — Inherent powers of court — Police help sought for implementing injunction order — Trial court allowed police help without considering objection of defendant and application for receiver — High court modified order by appointing special officers to supervise sale of bamboo bushes and India Law Library Docid # 2435143
(695) YAAD ALI DHALI @ YEAD ALI DHALI Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 04-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376 — Rape — Conviction — Appeal — Court must be satisfied that the prosecution has brought home the charges beyond reasonable doubt — In this case, significant discrepancies and contradictions in the victim's testimony, coupled with a perfunctory investigation, failed to inspire confidence — India Law Library Docid # 2435144
(696) AJMERA RAMULU Vs. B CHANDRAKALA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 04-11-2025 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 19 — Appeal against judgment of Family Court — Preliminary issue — Maintainability of petition under Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Dispute as to whether marriage solemnized as per Hindu rites or customary tribal rites — Court's duty to determine applicability of Hindu Marriage Act based on evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2434877
(697) JASCENT NAKALUNGI Vs. NARCOTIC CONTROL BUREAU[DELHI HIGH COURT] 04-11-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Sections 8/21/23/29 — Bail Application — Recovery of commercial quantity of contraband (Heroin and Cocaine) — Applicant is alleged to have actively participated in illicit drug trafficking and criminal conspiracy — Voluntary statement under Section 67 of NDPS Act implicates the applicant — Applicant is a foreign national, posing India Law Library Docid # 2434878
(698) SADIQ B. HANCHINMANI Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 156(3) — Magistrate's power to direct investigation — A Magistrate can direct investigation under Section 156(3) after applying their mind and finding sufficient material to suggest a cognizable offence, without necessarily taking cognizance of the offence — Such a direction is a preliminary step to allow the police to exercise their power of investigation — The High Court's quashing of such a direction based India Law Library Docid # 2434879
(699) U.P. STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION THROUGH ITS CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER Vs. KASHMIRI LAL BATRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 88 — Inter-State Reciprocal Transport Agreement — Chapter VI overrides Chapter V — Schemes under Chapter VI (approved schemes and notified routes) prevail over agreements under Section 88. India Law Library Docid # 2434880
(700) ICICI LOMBARD GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD Vs. AYITI NAVANEETHA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166(3) — Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal and High Courts — Prohibition on dismissing claim petitions on grounds of limitation during pendency of connected Supreme Court matters. (Para 5) India Law Library Docid # 2434974