(561) SUKHDEV YADAV @ PEHALWAN Vs. STATE OF (NCT OF DELHI) & OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 read with Section 34 — Life imprisonment defined — Sentence modified to life imprisonment for 20 years of actual imprisonment without remission — Prisoner completed 20 years of actual incarceration — Entitlement to release upon completion of sentence irrespective of India Law Library Docid # 2428619
(562) SURESH SUNDERDAS HARPALANI AND ANOTHER Vs. DAYAL SUNDERSAD HARPALANI AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 29-07-2025 Succession Act, 1925 — Section 63 — Due execution of Will — Requirements include testator signing in presence of two witnesses, and witnesses attesting in testator's presence — Plaintiffs failed to prove due execution due to inconsistencies in attesting witnesses' testimonies and suspicious circumstances surrounding the will's preparation and execution. India Law Library Docid # 2428212
(563) SANTHOSH KARUNAKARAN Vs. OMBUDSMAN CUM ETHICS OFFICER, KERALA CRICKET ASSOCIATION AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Kerala Cricket Association Byelaws, Section 15(4)(s) — Impleadment of parties — Non-impleadment of District Cricket Associations in an application to frame model bye-laws for cricket associations — Ombudsman rejected the application for non-impleadment — High Court affirmed the rejection — Supreme Court found the India Law Library Docid # 2428097
(564) S. MOHAMMED HAKKIM Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Contract Act, 1872 — Section 2(d) — Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal — Compensation — Notional Income Future Prospects — Multiplier — Contributory Negligence — Attendant Charges — Future Medical Expenses — Loss of Marital Prospects — Discomfort — Extra Nourishment — Medical Bills — Motor Accident — Amputation — Functional Disability — In a motor accident case involving a young engineering student who suffered amputation of his leg due to the negligence of India Law Library Docid # 2428098
(565) RAISUDDIN Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 29-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 363, 366, 376 — Kidnapping, Abduction, Rape — Acquittal — Appeal against acquittal — Reappreciation of evidence — School certificate for age determination — Genuineness of certificate — Lack of supporting evidence from school — Adverse inference — Ossification India Law Library Docid # 2428276
(566) CHANDRA KANT RAMAWAT Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 29-07-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 2018 — Section 17A — Prior approval for inquiry/investigation against public servant — Exception for arrest on the spot — Accusation of demanding gratification for settling a complaint — Co-accused caught red-handed accepting bribe on behalf of both — Recorded conversation between co-accused and petitioner indicating complicity — Section 17A approval not required for cases India Law Library Docid # 2428277
(567) IBRA @ IBRAN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 29-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Suspension of Sentence — Bail Pending Appeal — Suspension of sentence is a discretion of the court based on totality of facts and circumstances, not on merits of the case — Appellant convicted for offences under IPC and Arms Act — Appellant had served substantial part of sentence — Appellant had no criminal antecedents except for cases disposed India Law Library Docid # 2428578
(568) LAXMI Vs. GORDHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 29-07-2025 Indian Succession Act, 1925 — Sections 372, 384 — Succession Certificate — Grant of — Scope of inquiry — Court granting succession certificate can consider documents executed by deceased, including a Will, even if its validity is challenged in separate proceedings — Court only needs to determine who is best entitled to receive the amount based on available documents, not to definitively decide the Will's India Law Library Docid # 2428579
(569) SMT. MAMTA PATHAK Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 29-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302 — Murder — Circumstantial evidence — Chain of circumstances must be complete and only point towards the guilt of the accused. Conviction cannot be sustained if circumstances are explainable on any other hypothesis. India Law Library Docid # 2428116
(570) MS. FARAH DEEBA Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 29-07-2025 Constitution of India — Article 226 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — High Court's power to quash proceedings is an exception, not a rule — Appreciation of evidence is not permissible at the stage of quashing — Court should not conduct a mini-trial. India Law Library Docid # 2428120
(571) MUJIBODDIN HAKIMODDIN AND OTHERS Vs. SHAMSHUDDIN NIJAMODDIN[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 29-07-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 21 Rule 32 — Execution of prohibitory injunction — Explanation to sub-rule (5) allows enforcement by directing recovery of possession when judgment-debtor disobeys the decree — This means a prohibitory injunction decree can be treated as a decree for possession for the purpose of execution India Law Library Docid # 2428121
(572) SALIM BAIG Vs. SAYYAD NAWID[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 29-07-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rule 1 — Temporary Injunction — Admissibility of unstamped document — An unstamped or insufficiently stamped instrument cannot be admitted in evidence for any purpose, including collateral purposes, unless stamp duty and penalty are paid as per Section 35 of the Indian Stamp Act. Courts India Law Library Docid # 2428122
(573) NARENDRA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 29-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 498-A — Cruelty by husband or "relative" of the husband — Definition of "relative" — Supreme Court held that "relative" implies a status conferred by blood, marriage, or adoption — A friend of the husband does not fall within this definition. India Law Library Docid # 2428123
(574) IL & FS FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED Vs. ADHUNIK MEGHALAYA STEELS PRIVATE LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 7 — Application under — Limitation — Whether barred by limitation — Financial Creditor filed application under Section 7 of IBC arguing that entries in the respondent’s Balance Sheet for FY 2019-20 constituted a valid acknowledgment of debt under Section 18 of the India Law Library Docid # 2428130
(575) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. BHEEMA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 29-07-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Principles — Appellate Court can re-appreciate evidence but cannot overturn acquittal if trial court’s view is possible — Interference only if guilt is proved beyond reasonable doubt and no other conclusion is possible — Acquittal strengthens presumption of innocence. India Law Library Docid # 2428674
(576) SMT. PUNAM KUNWAR Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 29-07-2025 Rajasthan Compassionate Appointment of Dependants of Deceased Government Servants Rules, 1996 — Rule 2(c)(ii) and 2(c)(iii) — Notification dated 28.10.2021 amending rules — Amended rules not applicable retrospectively to cases where the death of the government servant occurred before the amendment came into effect. India Law Library Docid # 2428675
(577) SUKHDEV YADAV @ PEHALWAN Vs. STATE OF (NCT OF DELHI) AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 53 and 57 — Life Imprisonment — Sentence of twenty years actual imprisonment without remission — Interpretation of “life imprisonment” in context of fixed term — Prisoner entitled to release upon completion of fixed term India Law Library Docid # 2428718
(578) VISHAL Vs. DINESH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-07-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim for compensation — Appeal against award of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Enhancement of compensation — Appellant sustained injuries in road accident — Tribunal awarded Rs. 21,600/- — Appellant sought enhancement based on disability certificate, other heads of compensation not considered by Tribunal. India Law Library Docid # 2428913
(579) RAJENDER SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 29-07-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 54 — Appeals against award of Reference Court — Enhancement of compensation — Landowners seeking enhancement of compensation for acquired land for construction of a minor. India Law Library Docid # 2428914
(580) GAJANAN DATTATRAY GORE Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-07-2025 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 406, 408, 420, 467, 468, 471, 504, 506 read with 34 — Bail Conditions — Undertaking to Deposit Funds — Breach of Undertaking — Cancellation of Bail — Abuse of Process of Law — Imposing financial deposit as a condition for bail when an accused voluntarily offers it and then reneges on it is deprecated. India Law Library Docid # 2428332