(621) RAJENDRA ROY Vs. STATE OF SIKKIM AND OTHERS[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 19(1)(g) and 21 — Fundamental Rights — Right to carry on business and Right to Life — Application for interim relief to suspend impugned orders and allow petitioner to continue business at usual location. India Law Library Docid # 2433407
(622) NIDHI DHAWAN Vs. ATUL GARG AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Supervisory jurisdiction — High Court interferes with concurrent orders of lower courts granting injunction when material misstatement of fact by plaintiff is discovered, affecting entitlement to relief. India Law Library Docid # 2433855
(623) HONEY SUDHIR AND ANOTHER Vs. ASHWANI BANSAL AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Rent Control Legislation — Assessment of Mesne Profits — Court must consider factors like age and construction of building, accessibility, parking, facilities, market conditions, and date of tenancy termination — Balance needs to be struck between landlord and tenant claims for a reasonable assessment. India Law Library Docid # 2433856
(624) GURDAS SINGH Vs. GURDEEP SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of Pleadings — Post commencement of trial — Proviso to Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment after commencement of trial is not permissible unless the party proves due diligence — Trial is deemed to commence when issues are settled and case is set for recording of evidence — Application for amendment filed after issues framed and India Law Library Docid # 2433857
(625) ANIL BANSAL AND ANOTHER Vs. HONEY SUDHIR AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Rent Control Legislation — Mesne Profits — Assessment — Appellate Rent Authority assessed mesne profits based on gold rate increase, leading to a fifteen-fold increase in rent, without considering property specifics like age, location, construction, and facilities — This was deemed arbitrary and lacking application of mind. India Law Library Docid # 2433858
(626) RAM KISHAN (DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS AND OTHERS Vs. RADHEY SHYAM AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Civil Procedure, 1908 — Section 100 — Punjab Courts Act, 1918 — Section 41 — Regular Second Appeal — Scope of — Second appeals in Punjab and Haryana are to be treated as appeals under Section 41 of the Punjab Courts Act, 1918, not under Section 100 CPC. No question of law is required to be framed in such appeals. India Law Library Docid # 2433868
(627) RAM SANEHI AND OTHERS Vs. MANOHAR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887 — Section 90 — Service of notice — Order obtained without proper service is illegal — Plaintiffs were not served with proper addresses in a previous case, and substituted service via newspaper was not permitted under the Act — This led to an ex-parte order, which was consequently invalidated. India Law Library Docid # 2433869
(628) SMT MUKESH AND OTHERS Vs. MEWA SINGH (DECEASED)THROUGH HIS LRS AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 CPC and Punjab Courts Act, 1918 — Section 41 — Scope of Second Appeal — Second appeals in Punjab and Haryana are to be treated as appeals under Section 41 of the Punjab Courts Act, 1918, not under Section 100 CPC — No question of law is required to be framed in such appeals. India Law Library Docid # 2433870
(629) DURGA DASS (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS. Vs. HIRA SINGH (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Specific performance of Agreement to Sell — Trial Court decreed suit for possession by way of specific performance of agreements to sell — First appellate Court dismissed appeal — Held, the two agreements to sell were proved by oral and documentary evidence — Plaintiff remained ready and willing to perform their part of the contract — Defendant failed to inform plaintiff about the decision of the pending civil case — Sale India Law Library Docid # 2433871
(630) BHAJNO ALIAS BHAJO Vs. HARBANS SINGH (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Succession Act, 1925 — Section 63 — Execution of Wills — Requirements for valid execution — Will must be signed by testator or someone on their behalf, and attested by at least two witnesses who have seen the testator sign or acknowledge signature, and sign in testator's presence — Examination of at least one attesting witness is required under Section 68 of Indian Evidence Act, 1872 — If suspicious circumstances exist, India Law Library Docid # 2433873
(631) JASPAL AND OTHERS Vs. HUKAM CHAND (DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LEGAL HEIRS AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 31 — Judgment of First Appellate Court — Requirement to determine points of controversy — Court should determine the points of controversy between the parties and then pass judgment — Failure to do so renders the judgment unsustainable. India Law Library Docid # 2433874
(632) DISTRICT BAR ASSOCIATION BANSWARA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 21 and 39A — Right to life and personal liberty, right to dignity, and access to justice — Provisions for adequate chambers for advocates are essential for effective access to justice and dignified professional practice. India Law Library Docid # 2433906
(633) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. SHAITAN SINGH AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302/149, 304 Part II/149, 148, 447 — Murder, Culpable Homicide Not Amounting to Murder, Unlawful Assembly, Criminal Trespass — Appeal against acquittal and conviction — Trial Court convicted some accused under Section 304 Part II/149, 148, 447 IPC and acquitted others. State India Law Library Docid # 2433907
(634) STATE OF RAJATHAN Vs. UMED SINGH AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 498-A, 304-B — Appeal against acquittal — Medical evidence confirmed death by strangulation and burning, implicating the husband — However, no connecting evidence found against other co-accused (mother-in-law and brother-in-law) — Husband died during pendency of India Law Library Docid # 2433908
(635) LALA RAM Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN, THROUGH PP[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302 and 120B — Murder and Criminal Conspiracy — Appeal against conviction and sentence — FIR lodged after an inordinate delay of more than one year without satisfactory explanation — Complainant and material prosecution witnesses turning hostile and not supporting the prosecution case — Prosecution heavily relying on FSL report, but the expert India Law Library Docid # 2433909
(636) MOHD. DIN Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K THROUGH SUPERINTENDENT JAIL KATHUA AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 16-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439(1)(a) — Bail — Grant or refusal of bail is a discretionary power of the court — Exercise of discretion must be judicious and cautious, adhering to established legal principles — Each case to be decided on its own merits — No hard and fast rules exist, but several factors are to be considered. India Law Library Docid # 2434126
(637) MOHD. KHALIL Vs. U. T. OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 16-09-2025 Road Construction — Alignment Dispute — Petitioner sought to compel construction of a highway as per an earlier survey and prevent changes to the alignment, alleging favoritism and risks of landslides. The court considered representations, an on-spot inspection, and a committee's detailed order. India Law Library Docid # 2434127
(638) HUMAIRA FAROOQ Vs. IRFAN GHULAM NABI[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 16-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent power of High Court — Quashing of complaint and summoning order — Abuse of process of law — Petitioner invoking inherent powers to quash a complaint under Sections 420, 506 IPC and the Magistrate's order taking cognizance and summoning the petitioner — Allegations of cheating and criminal intimidation — Court examined if essential India Law Library Docid # 2434132
(639) AJAY KUMAR GARG Vs. AMIT KUMAR AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of plaint — No cause of action disclosed — For the purpose of deciding an application under Order 7 Rule 11, the averments in the plaint must disclose a cause of action, and the defence of the defendant is not required to be examined at this stage. India Law Library Docid # 2434245
(640) NILESH GIRKAR Vs. ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED AND AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 16-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 10 and 11(a) — Return and Rejection of Plaint — A court cannot return a plaint in part and adjudicate it in part by returning the plaint for some defendants and rejecting it for others. Similarly, a plaint cannot be rejected in part under Order 7 Rule 11. The plaint must be rejected as a whole or not at all. India Law Library Docid # 2434246