(181) SHRIRAM GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. SURINDER SINGH AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 09-05-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166 — Claim Petition — Compensation for injuries and permanent disablement — Insurer’s appeal challenging quantum — Claimant’s age 48 years at time of accident — 35% permanent physical impairment found by Medical Board — Medical Expert cross-examined India Law Library Docid # 2425882
(182) ICONIC IP INTERESTS LLC Vs. M/S SHIV TEXTILES[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 09-05-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of plaint — Absence of cause of action — Trademark infringement suit — Suit filed by prior registered user against subsequent user — Allegations of infringement based on use of potentially infringing mark and issuance of legal notices — Plaint and attached documents demonstrating alleged infringing goods sold through website registered in USA with trademark registered in USA — No evidence to show purposeful availment of jurisdiction by def India Law Library Docid # 2426052
(183) CHANDRAKANT GANGADAS SANGHAVI AND ANOTHER Vs. HANSABEN DHIRAJLAL JADGA DIED THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 09-05-2025 Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 (Rent Act) — Section 29 — Civil Revision Application — Concurrent Findings — Challenge to judgment confirming eviction decree — Object of revisional power is to ensure findings are according to law, not to re-appreciate evidence like an appellate court — Intervention warranted only if findings are perverse, based on no evidence, misreading India Law Library Docid # 2426053
(184) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. VISHNUBHAI @ GABBAR PRAHLADBHAI DANTANI AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 09-05-2025 . Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 380, 457, 413, 114 — Theft in dwelling house, house-breaking by night for theft, dishonestly receiving stolen property, and abetment — Conviction based on circumstantial evidence — Admissibility of confession made to police officer — Section 25 of Evidence Act prohibits admissibility — Section 26 requires presence of Magistrate for confession while in police custody — Confession India Law Library Docid # 2426054
(185) BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD. Vs. RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD.[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 09-05-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Supervisory Jurisdiction of High Court — Power to interfere with orders of subordinate courts — Exercise of power justified to keep subordinate courts within the bounds of their authority — Exercised to correct serious procedural irregularities arising from application of wrong provisions of law India Law Library Docid # 2426094
(186) VISHNU @ GABBAR PRAHALADBHAI DANTANI Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 09-05-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 380 — Theft in dwelling house — Essential ingredients are commitment of theft, in a building used as a human dwelling or custody of property — Prosecution must prove accused committed theft, the building was used for dwelling or property custody, and the theft occurred within. India Law Library Docid # 2426095
(187) MONISH CHHABRA Vs. STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 09-05-2025 Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Sections 2(f), 12, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 — Domestic relationship — Shared household — Quashing of proceedings — Brother-in-law residing abroad — Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. — Maintainability — Allegations of instigation and involvement in domestic violence by brother-in-law residing in Singapore — Petitioner brother of aggrieved person’s husband, thus related by marriage and falling within definition of “domestic India Law Library Docid # 2426151
(188) NIZAME UDDIN BARBHUIYA AND OTHERS Vs. DEBASISH DUTTA AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 09-05-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — Penal Code, 1860 — Section 420 — Cheating — Dishonour of cheque — Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Distinct offences — Whether prosecution under Section 420 IPC and Section 138 NI Act can proceed simultaneously — Conflicting judgments of Supreme Court — Binding precedent — Ingredients of Section 420 IPC — Failure to establish dishonest intention from inception — Abuse of process — Challenge to revisional orde India Law Library Docid # 2426152
(189) RITU RAMCHIARY Vs. STATE OF ASSAM[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 09-05-2025 Criminal Law — Murder — Evidence — Eyewitness testimony — Trustworthiness — Unshaken testimony of immediate relative (sister of accused and daughter-in-law of deceased) as eyewitness is reliable, especially when corroborated by other evidence India Law Library Docid # 2426153
(190) DILIP ROY Vs. STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 09-05-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 354 — Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty — Evidence of victim — Corroboration — Delay in lodging FIR — Effect of — Contradictions in evidence — Material contradictions vs. minor discrepancies — Sole testimony of victim — Reliability — Whether conviction can be based on sole testimony of victim if consistent — Absence of motive for false implication — Evidence of victim suffering India Law Library Docid # 2426154
(191) RAJIV PURI Vs. AMIT SHARMA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-05-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 151 — Settlement between parties — Appeals arising from High Court orders regarding occupational charges/rent fixation — Parties reaching amicable settlement during pendency of appeals — Settlement terms include tenant vacating premises, handing over possession, withdrawal of pending litigation by both parties, and landlord not claiming arrears of rent, mesne profits, or user charges — Settlement also provides for treated exclusion from Delhi Rent Control Act India Law Library Docid # 2426252
(192) UMASHANKAR YADAV AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH, THROUGH CHIEF SECRETARY AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-05-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Scope of interference by High Court — Refusal to quash FIR/Chargesheet for offences under Ss. 186 and 353 IPC — Duty of High Court — Appellants, associated with an NGO, accompanied labour officials for a raid concerning bonded/child labour — Difference of opinion arose regarding the place and manner of recording statements of rescued labourers — Appellants allegedly took labourers away before their statements could India Law Library Docid # 2425492
(193) MURUGANANDAM Vs. MUNIYANDI (DIED) THROUGH LRS.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-05-2025 Registration Act, 1908 — Section 49, Proviso — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 7 Rule 14(3) — Specific Performance — Admissibility of unregistered agreement — An unregistered agreement of sale, photocopy filed with plaint, was sought to be brought on record as original — Lower courts dismissed the application citing non-registration and non-stamping — The proviso to S.49 of the Registration Act allows such a document India Law Library Docid # 2425493
(194) MAHENDRA MAGRURAM GUPTA AND ANOTHER Vs. RAJDAI SHAW AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-05-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 43 Rule 1; Order 41 Rule 33 — Appeal against Order refusing Interim Injunction — The High Court, in an appeal arising from an order refusing the grant of interim injunction (under Order 43, Rule 1 read with Order 41, Rule 33 CPC), travels beyond its jurisdiction by dismissing substantive prayers of the suit itself. India Law Library Docid # 2425494
(195) STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER Vs. GAURAV KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-05-2025 Environmental Law — Sand Mining — Regulatory Framework — Zero Tolerance for Unauthorized Activities — The law and regulations governing sand mining must be unequivocally upheld, demanding zero tolerance for unauthorized activities and strict adherence to these regulations is non-negotiable — Absolute standards, tough policies, strict enforcement, and quick accountability are compelling for effective regulatory control due to the severe ecological impact of unregulated sand mining. India Law Library Docid # 2425495
(196) DISHA KAPOOR Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-05-2025 Civil Procedure, 1908 — Order 41 Rule 27 — Additional Evidence — Admissibility of Scholar Register at Appellate Stage — Relevance to Paternity Dispute — The appellate court committed a material illegality by rejecting an application under Order XLI Rule 27 CPC to bring on record a scholar register — The appellant's father's name at the time of school admission in 1976, was considered relevant, especially when coupled with the effect of an adoption deed relied upon by the defendant, for pronounci India Law Library Docid # 2425496
(197) M. SEETHARAMA @ SEETHARAMA GOWDA Vs. THE MANAGER FUTURE GENERAL INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-05-2025 Motor Accident Claims — Compensation — Pain and Suffering — Enhancement — Where the appellant suffered multiple injuries including fractures to the right femur, right clavicle, right tibia and fibula with vascular compromise, leading to a Syme’s amputation (ankle joint, preserving heel pad for weight bearing), the compensation for pain and suffering awarded by the High Court at Rs. 1,20,000/- was India Law Library Docid # 2425497
(198) MEENA GARG AND ANOTHER Vs. NAVITA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-05-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 & Section 115 — Rejection of plaint — Grounds of insufficient court fee and limitation — Maintainability of revision by defendant — Where plaintiffs (non-executants) filed suit for declaration (challenging sale deeds dated 01.08.2017 and 17.03.2022 as fraudulent and not binding) and claimed joint possession, and defendants (petitioners) sought rejection of India Law Library Docid # 2425632
(199) PARMAL SINGH Vs. JASWINDER KUMAR AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-05-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 138 & 147 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 528 (corresponding to Section 482 CrPC, 1973) — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 320 (corresponding to Section 359 BNSS) — Compounding of offence under Section 138 NI Act — Permissibility after conviction and dismissal of appeal — Where petitioner (convicted under Section 138 NI Act and appeal dismissed) and complainant entered into out-of-court settlement (compromise deed Ann India Law Library Docid # 2425633
(200) SANKESHIYA DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. KULWINDER SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-05-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim Petition — Enhancement of Compensation — Deceased skilled worker — Tribunal assessed monthly income at Rs.6,682/- — Insurance Company agreed before Lok Adalat that deceased be treated as skilled worker; minimum wages for skilled worker were Rs.9,854/- per month — High Court re-assessed income at Rs.9,854/- — Deduction (1/4th), multiplier (16), and future prospects (40% as per Pranay Sethi) applied by Tribunal maintained — India Law Library Docid # 2425634