(521) PUNJAB STATE CIVIL SUPPLIES CORPORATION LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. MULKH RAJ[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 04-12-2025 Service Law — Promotion — Retrospective Promotion — Entitlement to financial benefits/arrears of pay — Employee granted retrospective promotion but denied monetary benefits by promotion order on the basis of 'no work, no pay' principle — Concurrent findings of fact by Trial Court and Appellate Court that employee's inability to work on the promoted post was due to inaction, delays, and administrative lapses on the part of the employer (PUNSUP), and not due to any fault of the India Law Library Docid # 2436934
(522) CHARAN DASS (DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS Vs. PUNJAB STATE AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 04-12-2025 Service Law — Temporary Employee — Termination of Service — Justification — Termination of a temporary employee is governed by the terms of the contract of service, which can stipulate termination without assigning any cause at any time — Where the termination order is innocuous, stating only that services are 'no longer India Law Library Docid # 2436935
(523) GURMUKH SINGH Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 04-12-2025 Criminal Revision — Modification of Sentence — Scope — Petitioner convicted under Sections 279, 337, and 304-A of the Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Conviction affirmed, but prayer confined to reduction of sentence to the period already undergone — Incident occurred in 2008, resulting in 17 years of protracted trial and agony — Petitioner had already undergone 9 months of imprisonment against a total sentence of 1 year — Mitigating factors considered: long pendency of the case (17 years), India Law Library Docid # 2436936
(524) STATE Vs. M/S MODERN LABORATORIES[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (GOA BENCH)] 04-12-2025 Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 — Sections 23, 25(3), 25(4) — Procedure for taking samples and conclusive evidence of test reports — Mandate of Section 23 requires an Inspector to divide drug sample into four portions: one for the person from whom taken, one for Government Analyst, one for court, and one for the manufacturer/person disclosed under Section 18-A — Section 25(3) establishes the Government Analyst's India Law Library Docid # 2437181
(525) NEERAJ KUMAR @ NEERAJ YADAV Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 319 — Summoning of Additional Accused — Nature and Scope of Power — The power under Section 319 CrPC is extraordinary and discretionary, intended to be exercised sparingly, but it is an enabling provision aimed at ensuring that no guilty person escapes the process of law — The prerequisite for its exercise is that it must appear from the evidence India Law Library Docid # 2436277
(526) BPL LIMITED Vs. MORGAN SECURITIES AND CREDITS PRIVATE LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-12-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 31(7)(a) and (b) — Power of Arbitral Tribunal to grant interest — Party Autonomy — Pre-award (pendente lite) interest — Section 31(7)(a) mandates that the Arbitral Tribunal’s discretion to award interest on the sum awarded (from date cause of action arose till date of award) is subject to the agreement between the parties ("unless otherwise agreed by the India Law Library Docid # 2436278
(527) THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER Vs. TAGHAR VASUDEVA AMBRISH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-12-2025 Goods and Services Tax (GST) — Exemption Notification — Notification No. 9/2017- Integrated Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 — Entry 13 — Exemption on services by way of renting of residential dwelling for use as residence — Renting residential property as hostel to students/working professionals — Conditions for exemption: renting service, residential dwelling, and use as residence — The term "residential dwelling" is not defined under GST laws but refers to any residential India Law Library Docid # 2436279
(528) BHASKAR GOVIND GAVATE (NOW DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LEGAL HEIRS. Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-12-2025 Contempt of Court — Initiating contempt proceedings — Clear and unequivocal terms of the underlying order — A Contempt Petition can be dismissed summarily only if the underlying order, the non-compliance of which is alleged, is genuinely unclear, ambiguous, or susceptible to two equally reasonable interpretations — Where the High Court dismissed a Contempt Petition holding that the underlying order was capable of two interpretations, but the Supreme Court found, upon reading the order India Law Library Docid # 2436280
(529) M/S.KRK EDUCATION TRUST REP. BY ITS MANAGING TRUSTEE MR.K.R.ILANGHOVAN Vs. MR. D. PREM, PROPRIETOR, M/S.D SQUARE, TIRUCHIRAPALLI[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 04-12-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Setting aside/Modification of Arbitral Award — Scope of judicial intervention — High Court cannot sit in appeal over the arbitral award and interfere with findings that are based on appreciation of evidence, unless there is perversity or patent illegality — Arbitral Tribunal's finding regarding reduction in construction rate for ground and first floors India Law Library Docid # 2436679
(530) ASHISH RANGARI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 04-12-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304-A — Causing death by negligence — Construction site accident — Death due to electrocution — Alleged negligence of construction company officials (Project Head, Site Engineer, Foreman, Supervisor, Contractor) for continuing construction under live 11 K.V. overhead electric lines without taking safety precautions and failing to shift lines despite permission and India Law Library Docid # 2437468
(531) JAI NARAIN VYAS UNIVERSITY, JODHPUR AND ANOTHER Vs. BHANWAR SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-12-2025 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Sections 25F (Procedure for retrenchment), 17B (Payment of full wages to workman pending proceedings in higher courts), 33C(2) (Recovery of money due from an employer) — Reinstatement and Regularization — Termination of workman (Junior Clerk) found illegal by Labour Court for non-compliance with Section 25F; reinstatement with 40% back wages directed — India Law Library Docid # 2437508
(532) KAMALA BAI (D) THROUGH LRS Vs. KANNA RAO (D) THR. LRS.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-12-2025 Succession Act, 1925 — Section 63(c) — Indian Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 68 — Proof of Will — Substitution of Legal Representatives (LRs) — Application for impleadment under Order 22 Rule 3 CPC based on a Will — Statutory requirement mandates examination of at least one attesting witness to prove execution of the Will — Where the sole attesting witness (PW-5) admits in cross-examination that he did India Law Library Docid # 2437510
(533) SHANKAR RAM Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHER[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 04-12-2025 Rajasthan Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1958 — Rule 32 — Disciplinary Enquiry — Evidence and Proof — Scope of Preliminary Enquiry — The purpose of a Preliminary Enquiry is only fact-finding to ascertain if a prima facie case exists; once a regular departmental enquiry is initiated, the charges must be proved independently through legally admissible evidence led during the formal proceedings — Findings of guilt cannot be based solely on the Preliminary Enquiry India Law Library Docid # 2437550
(534) SMT. ANAND KANWAR Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 04-12-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Jurisdiction — Writ of Mandamus — Adjudication of Disputed Facts/Intricate Questions — Entitlement to Family Pension — Rival Claims by two women asserting to be the legally wedded wife of the deceased employee, based on conflicting nominations in service records (CPF vs. PPO) — Writ Court cannot embark upon a detailed fact-finding inquiry India Law Library Docid # 2437551
(535) VIJAY UPADHYAY Vs. SMT. LALITA[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 04-12-2025 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 19 — Appeal against dismissal of application under Order IX Rule 13 read with Section 151 CPC — Setting aside ex-parte judgment and decree of divorce — Applicability of CPC — Provisions of CPC regarding issuance and service of summons are applicable to proceedings before Family Courts — Order 9 Rule 13 CPC — Setting aside ex-parte decree — Ex-parte divorce decree against appellant-husband set aside due to serious suspicion regarding India Law Library Docid # 2437552
(536) PRAKASH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 04-12-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Conviction — Evidence — Applicability of Section 302 IPC confirmed where the son (appellant) caused the death of his mother by strangulation — The forceful application of pressure on the vital and sensitive part (throat) of the deceased establishes the intention to cause death (or knowledge that such act was likely to cause death) — Manner of assault confirms India Law Library Docid # 2437553
(537) STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS Vs. BHANWAR SINQH UDAWAT[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 04-12-2025 Rajasthan Civil Services (Revised Pay Scale) Rules, 1987 and 1989 — Option/Re-option for Pay Scale — Limitation and Delay — Rules of 1987 were revised by Rules of 1989; employees had to opt to switch over or continue under Rules of 1987 — State granted a two-month window via Gazette Notification dated 20.11.1993 for employees to submit their option/re-option between Rules of 1987 and 1989 — Petitioner failed to exercise this option in 1993, continued under Rules of 1989, and India Law Library Docid # 2437554
(538) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. BHAWANI SINGH RAJAWAT AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 04-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 321 — Withdrawal from prosecution — Leave of High Court required for sitting/former MLAs/MPs — Following directions of Supreme Court in Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay vs. Union of India (2021) 20 SCC 599, High Court's leave is mandatory for withdrawal of prosecution against sitting or former MLAs/MPs. India Law Library Docid # 2437774
(539) PARVINDER SINGH Vs. NATIONAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY OF INDIA[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 04-12-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 29A(4) and 29A(5) — Extension of Mandate of Arbitrator — Sufficient Cause — Application for extension of time to conclude arbitral proceedings — Where the Arbitrator failed to conclude proceedings and deliver an Award within the statutory period, despite completion of pleadings, framing of issues, recording of evidence, and reservation of the matter for India Law Library Docid # 2437993
(540) BBMB THROUGH S.E. PONG DAM CIRCLE TALWARA TOWNSHIP AND ANOTHER Vs. ASHWANI KUMAR AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 04-12-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 54, Section 18, Section 23 — Appeal against enhanced compensation awarded by Reference Court for land acquired for Beas Dam Project (Pong Dam Reservoir) — Determination of Market Value — Market value is the price a willing purchaser pays a willing seller, considering existing advantages and potential possibilities, excluding advantage from the compulsory acquisition scheme — Market value determination must consider the India Law Library Docid # 2437990