(441) DEEPAK KUMAR SAHU Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 376(2), 450 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 4 — Sexual assault on a minor — Evidence of prosecutrix — Conviction can be based solely on the prosecutrix's testimony if it inspires confidence — Corroboration of testimony of prosecutrix is not a requirement India Law Library Docid # 2428365
(442) ANURAG VIJAYKUMAR GOEL Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 498A — Cruelty by husband or relatives of husband — Allegations in FIR were vague, general, and filed one year after admitted separation of the parties — No specific instances of cruelty were mentioned — Criminal proceedings are liable to be quashed. India Law Library Docid # 2428366
(443) APEEJAY SCHOOL Vs. DHRITI DUGGAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Haryana School Education Act, 1995, Section 22 — Civil Court Jurisdiction — Ouster of jurisdiction by statute must be express or implied — Section 22 only ousts jurisdiction where Government or its officers have power to adjudicate — Recovery of fees by a school is not a power conferred on Government/authorities — Civil court jurisdiction not ousted in matters of reasonable fee recovery. India Law Library Docid # 2428367
(444) NARAYAN YADAV Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 25 — Confession made to police officer — Admissibility — First Information Report (FIR) lodged by accused himself containing confession — Held inadmissible in evidence against the maker as it is hit by Section 25 of the Act — Such confession cannot be used to corroborate medical evidence — Limited admissibility as evidence of conduct under Section 8 or for discovery under India Law Library Docid # 2428368
(445) THE MANAGING DIRECTOR BIHAR STATE FOOD AND CIVIL SUPPLY CORPORATION LIMITED AND ANOTHER Vs. SANJAY KUMAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6) — Scope of Enquiry — Referral Court’s duty is to confine its examination to the existence of an arbitration agreement, not to conduct a detailed inquiry into allegations of fraud or other disputes. India Law Library Docid # 2428369
(446) OPERATION ASHA Vs. SHELLY BATRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 92 — Suit for accounts of a public charitable trust — Leave to institute suit — Conditions for applicability — Three conditions must be fulfilled: (i) the trust must be for public purposes of a charitable or religious nature; (ii) there must be a breach of trust or a direction of the court is necessary for administration; and (iii) the relief claimed must be one of those India Law Library Docid # 2428370
(447) KALLU NAT ALIAS MAYANK KUMAR NAGAR Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 193 — Cognizance by Court of Session — Committal — Power to summon additional accused — A Court of Session, after a case is committed to it by a Magistrate, has the power under Section 193 CrPC to summon persons not named in the police report but whose complicity is evident from the material on record, without waiting for the stage of Section 319 India Law Library Docid # 2428371
(448) SHIV KUMAR Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Constitution of India, Article 226 — Writ Petition — Public Employment — Compassionate Appointment — Termination of Service — Concealment of Material Fact — Petitioner claimed compassionate appointment following father's death in harness — Mother was already employed in government service — Petitioner did not disclose this fact in the application — Petitioner was appointed, served for a considerable period, and was even promoted — Authorities sought to terminate service India Law Library Docid # 2428347
(449) SMT. MYLAM KALPANA Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 409, 477-A, 420 — Criminal breach of trust by public servant, Falsification of accounts, Cheating — For conviction under Section 409 IPC, property must be entrusted to the accused as a public servant and then misappropriated — Petitioner, a Stenographer, was not the custodian of cheques nor the authorized signatory for bank accounts — Allegations of misappropriation by fabricating cheques are unsubstantiated without evidence from bank officials or seizure India Law Library Docid # 2428348
(450) PAPERBOX COMPANY OF INDIA Vs. GOLDENSOURCE INTERNATIONAL PVT. LTD.[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Challenge to arbitral award — Scope of review limited to grounds specified in Section 34 and as interpreted by courts — Court should not interfere casually or cavalierly — Mere possibility of alternative view on facts or contract interpretation does not justify reversing findings of Arbitral Tribunal — Award should not be interfered with unless India Law Library Docid # 2428350
(451) SUD CHEMIE INDIA PVT. LTD. Vs. KOTAK & COMPANY LIMITED AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Maharashtra Rent Control Act 1999 — Exemption — Section 3(1)(b) exempts premises let or sublet to certain entities, including multinational companies. This exemption pertains to the premises itself, not the relationship between the parties India Law Library Docid # 2428351
(452) SUDHAMA DEVI Vs. M/S. DD KHOSLA TRANPORT PVT. LIMITED AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal — Condonation of delay — Appellant seeking condonation of 555 days delay in filing appeal with reason of having no knowledge of appealate remedy for modification of award — Held, this is not a sufficient reason to condone such extraordinary delay. India Law Library Docid # 2428378
(453) USHA SHARMA AND OTHERS Vs. MOHD JAVIR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Quantum — Enhanced determination — Claimant appellants challenged the assessment of deceased's monthly income as Rs. 10,300/- and 50% deduction for personal expenses — Evidence showed deceased was paying monthly EMIs of Rs. 39,376/- for loans — Supreme Court in Gurpreet Kaur case held that EMI payments clearly establish earning capacity — Deceased's income assessed India Law Library Docid # 2428379
(454) RAVI KUMAR SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Section 2(s), Section 19, Section 20, Section 23 — "Shared Household" — Definition — Aggrieved person's right to residence — Elements to consider: intention of parties, nature of living, nature of household — Casual living or fleeting visits do not constitute shared household — Property claimed as shared household was not lived in by the aggrieved person with any India Law Library Docid # 2428383
(455) AISHA KHATOON @ PAHARI Vs. THE STATE OF MEGHALAYA[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 37 — Application for bail — Petitioner arrested for possession of intermediate quantity of heroin — Trial at its evidence stage, with some witnesses examined — Court considers general bail principles, criminal antecedents, and societal interest against individual rights — Court found no inordinate delay in the trial. India Law Library Docid # 2428387
(456) MEGHALAYA GOLF PROMOTERS SOCIETY Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 136 — Appeal to Supreme Court — Interference with High Court order — High Court rightly found the disaffiliation order arbitrary and violative of natural justice — Impugned order set aside and quashed — Direction issued for fresh examination of the matter with an opportunity to present the case. India Law Library Docid # 2428388
(457) SHRI SANASAM SHAMUNGOU SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER/ COLLECTOR, LAND ACQUISITION OF IMPHAL EAST DISTRICT, IMPHAL EAST, MANIPUR AND OTHERS[MANIPUR HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 18 — Reference to Court — Acceptance of compensation under protest — State's contention that reference was illegal because award was accepted without protest rejected as record showed acceptance was under protest. India Law Library Docid # 2428389
(458) N. PARANGO SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MANIPUR[MANIPUR HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Ministry of Women & Child Development Guidelines — Delegation of Recruitment Power — Ministry's letter dated 14.3.2018 suggested delegating power to District Magistrates/Collectors for Anganwadi Workers/Helpers recruitment across the country, initially in 115 Aspirational Districts. India Law Library Docid # 2428390
(459) BISHAMBER Vs. DWARKI AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 05-08-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of plaint — Application for amendment seeking to challenge a prior judgment and decree and mutation, which were not challenged in the original suit — Amendment would change the nature of the suit and amount to a de novo trial — Defendants would lose a valid defence and plaintiffs would withdraw a clear admission that conferred a right on the other side — Amendment disallowed. India Law Library Docid # 2428391
(460) AJAZ AHMED Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 05-08-2025 Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 — Section 8(3)(b) — Preventive Detention — Grounds of Detention — Reliance on Past Conduct — Validity — Detention order based on cases registered in prior years (2022, 2023) can be valid if there is a live and proximate link to the need for preventive detention to maintain public India Law Library Docid # 2428392