(861) SHRI SHAMARAM MAHANT AND OTHERS Vs. RAM DAYAL CHELA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 09-04-2025 Trusts — Public Religious Trust — Rajasthan Public Trusts Act, 1959 — A religious institution/Sampradaya running for centuries, having temples, disciples, and established traditions, falls within the definition of a public religious trust under the Act. India Law Library Docid # 2425411
(862) SAMDA DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. JAIPUR VIDYUT VITRAN NIGAM LTD. AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 09-04-2025 Tort Law — Compensation — Fatal Accident (Electrocution) — Assessment of Income — Minimum Wages as Basis — Where the claimants fail to adduce cogent evidence to prove the claimed income of the deceased (allegedly a skilled craftsman earning Rs. 21,000/- per month), but the trial court’s assessment (Rs. 5,200/- per month) is also found incorrect, the income should be assessed based on the minimum wages applicable to unskilled labour prevailing at the relevant time (Rs. 207/- per day in this case) India Law Library Docid # 2425431
(863) IFFCO TOKIO GENERAL INSURANCE CO LTD. Vs. SMT MOHARI DEVI AND ANOTHER[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 09-04-2025 Employees Compensation Act, 1923 — Section 30 — Scope of Appeal — Substantial Question of Law — Findings of Fact — An appeal to the High Court under Section 30 of the Employees Compensation Act, 1923, against an order of the Commissioner is maintainable only if a substantial question of law is involved — The High Court’s appellate jurisdiction under this section is limited and distinct from a regular first appeal under Section 96 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — The Commissioner is the last India Law Library Docid # 2425432
(864) SALEEM Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 09-04-2025 Criminal Law — Appreciation of Evidence — Eyewitness Testimony (Police Officials) — Unnatural Conduct — Reliability — The testimony of police constables claiming to be eyewitnesses to an acid attack becomes unreliable and unsafe for basing a conviction when their subsequent conduct is highly unnatural — Such unnatural conduct includes: (i) failing to apprehend the alleged assailant at the scene of the crime; (ii) neglecting to lodge a First Information Report (FIR) or report the incident promptl India Law Library Docid # 2425433
(865) RAJ MOTORS, KUTCHERY ROAD, AJMER AND OTHERS Vs. RAJKUMAR HUF[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 09-04-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 47 — Execution of Decree — Objections — Satisfaction from Security Furnished During Trial — Insufficiency of Security — Objections filed by the judgment debtor under Section 47 CPC, requesting the executing court to satisfy the decree from the security furnished during the trial instead of attaching other properties, are liable to be dismissed if the court finds that the security furnished is insufficient for the complete satisfaction of the decree. India Law Library Docid # 2425434
(866) RIYAZ Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 09-04-2025 Criminal Law — Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 302/34, 394, 396 — Arms Act, 1959 — Section 25(1-B)(B) — Conviction and Sentence — Appeal Against — Appeals challenging judgments of conviction and sentences for dacoity with murder, murder with common intention, robbery, and illegal possession of arms, arising out of the same sessions trial but decided by separate judgments due to one appellant absconding during the initial trial. India Law Library Docid # 2425461
(867) SMT. SWATI PATEL Vs. BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 09-04-2025 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) — Section 13(8) (Unamended and Amended) — Borrower’s Right to Redeem Secured Asset — Comparison with Section 60, Transfer of Property Act — The interplay between the borrower’s right to redeem under Section 13(8) of the SARFAESI Act (both unamended, applicable to pre-01.09.2016 sales, and amended) and the general right of redemption under Section 60 of the India Law Library Docid # 2425462
(868) KESAR SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. PRINCIPAL SECRETARY STATE OF M.P. AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 09-04-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 5-A — Hearing of Objections — Competent Authority — Delegation of Hearing — The requirement under Section 5-A(2) for the Collector to give the objector an opportunity of being heard personally or through pleader/authorized representative — Whether the hearing of objections by an Additional Collector, followed by a report to and decision/approval by the Collector/Commissioner, satisfies the statutory mandate — Principle that quasi-judicial power requiring pers India Law Library Docid # 2425463
(869) THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS Vs. SHYAMLAL[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 09-04-2025 Prison Law — M.P. Prisoners Release on Probation Act, 1954 — Sections 2, 9 — M.P. Prisoners Release on Probation Rules, 1964, Rule 3(F) — Eligibility for Release on Licence — Bar for Conviction under Prisoners Act, 1900, Section 31(A) [related to breach leading to S.31(D) conviction] — The interplay between the M.P. Prisoners Release on Probation Act, 1954, and the M.P. Prisoners Release on Probation Rules, India Law Library Docid # 2425516
(870) LATE SHRI RAMCHANDRA SHARMA (DECEASED) / TENANT THROUGH SUSHEELA Vs. SHANTI DEVI[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 09-04-2025 M.P. Accommodation Control Act, 1961 — Sections 23-A(b), 23-E, 23-J — Eviction of Tenant by Special Category Landlord — Bona Fide Requirement — Summary Procedure — The scope of a revision petition under Section 23-E against an order of eviction passed by the Rent Controlling Authority (RCA) in favour of a landlord falling under a special category defined in Section 23-J (widow, handicapped person) — The nature of summary procedure under Chapter III-A of the Act for India Law Library Docid # 2425517
(871) LH OF DECD. POPATBHAI MERAMBHAI BHUPATBHAI POPATBHAI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 09-04-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Scope of interference — Concurrent findings of fact by trial court and first appellate court — High Court ordinarily will not interfere unless findings are perverse, arbitrary, shock the conscience, disrespect legal process, violate natural justice, or cause substantial injustice — Re-appreciation of evidence India Law Library Docid # 2426035
(872) N.P. PATEL AND CO. Vs. GUJARAT WATER SUPPLY SEWERAGE BOARD AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 09-04-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Special Civil Application — Challenge to Debarment Order — Scope of Judicial Review — Petition impugning order debarring petitioner from participating in tenders of respondent authority for three years — Debarment based on suppression of prior debamment by another Municipal Corporation in tender submission form — Petitioner, a constituent partner of a Joint Venture, claiming inadv India Law Library Docid # 2426036
(873) SRI. NITUL CHETIA Vs. STATE OF ASSAM[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 09-04-2025 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 125 — Maintenance — Arrears — Delay in challenging ex-parte maintenance order — Revisional Court dismissed condonation of delay application for lack of sufficient explanation — Petitioner’s claim of ignorance of proceedings and deduction refuted by evidence of prior High Court proceedings where petitioner admitted maintenance liability and sought installment payment of arrears — Taking contradictory India Law Library Docid # 2426230
(874) THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Vs. DINESH KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-04-2025 Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, 1959 — Sections 11 & 165(6)(ii) — Revenue Officers — Collector — Competence of Additional Collector — An Additional Collector is competent and possesses the requisite jurisdiction to grant permission for the transfer of land belonging to a member of an indigenous tribe under Section 165(6)(ii), where Section 11 includes 'Additional Collectors' within the class of 'Collector', and a specific, pre India Law Library Docid # 2424370
(875) RAKESH KUMAR VERMA Vs. HDFC BANK LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-04-2025 Contract Act, 1872 — S. 28 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — S. 20 — Contractual Clauses — Exclusive Jurisdiction — Validity — Parties to a contract, including an employment contract, are free to agree on conferring exclusive jurisdiction upon a specific court, thereby ousting the jurisdiction of other courts which might otherwise be competent under S. 20, CPC — Such a clause is valid and enforceable provided that: (i) it does not absolutely restrict a party from enforcing rights through usual lega India Law Library Docid # 2424371
(876) NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. SMT. SUNITA SHARMA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-04-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Deductibility — Haryana Compassionate Assistance to the Dependents of Deceased Government Employees Rules, 2006 — Financial assistance received or receivable by dependents of a deceased government employee under the Haryana Rules of 2006, specifically under the head equivalent to ‘pay and other allowances’ last drawn by the deceased, must be deducted/excluded while computing compensation for loss of income/dependency under the Motor India Law Library Docid # 2424372
(877) HYEOKSOO SON AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE FOR DAECHANG SEAT AUTOMOTIVE PVT. LTD. Vs. MOON JUNE SEOK AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-04-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR/Chargesheet — Scope of Power — The inherent power of the High Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to quash criminal proceedings must be exercised sparingly and with caution — The court cannot embark upon an inquiry into the reliability, genuineness, or veracity of the allegations made in the FIR or chargesheet, nor conduct a ‘mini-trial’ — The allegations must be taken at face value to determine if they prima facie constitute an offence a India Law Library Docid # 2424373
(878) M/S. CHATHA SERVICE STATION Vs. LALMATI DEVI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-04-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — S. 149 (pre-amendment 2019) — Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 — R. 9 — Driving Licence — Endorsement for Hazardous Goods — Breach of Policy Condition — Pay and Recover — The absence of a specific endorsement on the driver's transport vehicle licence, certifying completion of the training course prescribed under Rule 9 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, for driving a goods carriage carrying dangerous or hazardous goods, constitutes a fundamental breach of the India Law Library Docid # 2424374
(879) SAKSHI ARHA Vs. THE RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-04-2025 Service Law — Recruitment — Rajasthan Judicial Service Rules, 2010 — Reservation — OBC-NCL/MBC-NCL/EWS — Cut-off Date for Eligibility — Certificate Validity — The eligibility of a candidate claiming reservation benefits under categories like Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer) [OBC-NCL], Most Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer) [MBC-NCL], or Economically Weaker Section [EWS], whose status is dynamic and dependent on current socio-economic criteria, must be established as existing on the cu India Law Library Docid # 2424375
(880) ANNAYA KOCHA SHETTY (DEAD) THROUGH LRS Vs. LAXMIBAI NARAYAN SATOSE SINCE DECEASED THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-04-2025 Evidence Act, 1872 — Sections 91 & 92 — Interpretation of Written Agreements (Deeds) — Exclusion of Oral Evidence — The terms of a written contract, grant, or disposition of property must primarily be ascertained from the document itself — Oral evidence contradicting, varying, adding to, or subtracting from the terms of such a written instrument is inadmissible between the parties, unless the situation falls within the specific exceptions provided in the Provisos to S. 92 (such as fraud, mistake India Law Library Docid # 2424376