(641) MR. KARTIK YOGESHWAR CHATUR AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 20-11-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 106 and Section 107 — Power of Investigating Agency to Debit Freeze Bank Account — Interpretation of BNSS provisions vis-à-vis Cr.P.C. (Section 102) — An Investigating Agency lacks the power under Section 106 of the BNSS (akin to Section 102 Cr.P.C.) to attach or debit freeze a bank account, even if amounts resulting from alleged cyber fraud have been credited India Law Library Docid # 2437006
(642) SUNDER LAL AND OTHERS Vs. CHOLAR RAM[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 10 and Section 16(c) (Pre-amendment) — Specific Performance of Contract — Execution of Agreement to Sell — Readiness and Willingness — Proof of Execution — Concurrent findings — Genuineness of agreement to sell (Ex. P-1) affirmed based on consistent testimony of typist and attesting witness, corroboration by prior judicial admission of execution by defendant in an earlier India Law Library Docid # 2436903
(643) PAWAN KUMAR Vs. STATE OF U.T. CHANDIGARH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 279 and 304-A — Rash and Negligent Driving Causing Death — Proof — Conviction based on consistent testimony of eyewitness (PW-1) proving the petitioner drove the offending truck in a rash and negligent manner, hit the deceased from behind, and ran over his head — Postmortem report confirming crush injury to head and skull fractures consistent with being run over by a heavy vehicle — India Law Library Docid # 2436904
(644) RANJEET BANSAL Vs. SANDEEP[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 (Dishonour of Cheque) — Criminal Revision — Compromise and Compounding of Offence — The offence under Section 138 of the NI Act, being primarily related to a civil wrong, is specifically made compoundable under Section 147 of the Act — Parties are permitted to compound the offence even at the stage of criminal revision proceedings before the High Court, based India Law Library Docid # 2436905
(645) RAMAN WADHWA Vs. SATNAM SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Indian Stamp Act, 1899 — Sections 2(14), 33, and 35 — Impounding and Validation of Documents — Original Document vs. Photocopy — Only the original instrument, as defined under Section 2(14) of the Act, can be impounded and subsequently validated upon payment of deficient stamp duty and penalty under Section 35 — A photocopy or a copy of an instrument, even if admitted as secondary evidence, cannot be impounded or validated for the purposes of stamping; admitting India Law Library Docid # 2437101
(646) ARVINDERA ELECTRICALS Vs. GREATER MOHALI AREA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 5, Section 23(4), Section 25, Section 34, and Section 37 — Judicial Intervention — Maintainability of Petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, 1950 — Challenge to a Procedural Order of Arbitrator allowing Counter-Claim beyond the six-month period prescribed under Section 23(4) — Section 5 mandates minimum judicial intervention in India Law Library Docid # 2437102
(647) OM PARKASH AND OTHERS Vs. DALIP SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948 (Act of 1948) — Sections 21(4), 42, and 44 — Jurisdiction of Civil Court — Validity of Consolidation Authority's Orders — The jurisdiction of the Civil Court is barred only during the pendency of proceedings under the Act of 1948 or where the issue is expressly adjudicated by consolidation authorities — Once the scheme of consolidation is closed, the Consolidation Tribunal becomes functus officio, and any India Law Library Docid # 2437103
(648) BAL SINGH (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LEGAL HEIRS Vs. THE HAFED PESTICIDES PLANT AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Service Law — Appointment and Termination — Temporary/Contractual Appointment — Right to Post — Plaintiff appointed as Driver on daily wages (DC rates) for successive short terms (89, 89, and 50 days) with express condition allowing termination without notice at any time — Acceptance of such terms renders the engagement purely contractual and temporary — Employee under such terms has no right to seek renewal or regularization as a matter of right, nor a right to continue India Law Library Docid # 2437104
(649) MANDHIR SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Civil Suit — Claim for Pensionary Benefits, Gratuity, and GP/EP Fund — Limitation and Nature of Benefits — Appellant, an employee deemed in service until superannuation (1985) despite absence from 1977-78 (no departmental proceedings initiated), filed suit in 1991 for retiral benefits — Trial Court granted pension but restricted it to 38 months before suit filing, denied gratuity as time-barred, but granted GP/EP Fund (confining interest up to 1985) — High Court holds that pension and India Law Library Docid # 2437105
(650) JASWANT SINGH Vs. RAJWINDER SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of Delay — Regular Second Appeal — Inordinate delay of 672 days — Requirement of 'sufficient cause' — Explanation that the delay was due to the original Trial Court file being misplaced by the counsel's clerk and only recovered during Diwali cleaning is vague, self-serving, and unsupported by an affidavit of the clerk, correspondence, or evidence of steps taken to obtain certified copies — The law assists the vigilant, not those who sleep India Law Library Docid # 2437106
(651) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, ZILLA PARISHAD AURANGABAD AND OTHERS Vs. AMBADAS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 20-11-2025 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of Delay — Review Petition — "Sufficient Cause" — Application by local self-government (Zilla Parishad officials) to condone delay of 3 years and 3 months in filing Review Petition — Grounds cited: financial implications, need for "policy decision" by local self-government, and "clumsy and time consuming" decision-making process — Held, mere fact that applicant is a local self-government does not exempt it from showing "sufficient cause" — Law of li India Law Library Docid # 2437119
(652) TARACHAND Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 20-11-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 19 — Previous sanction for prosecution — Competent Authority — The validity of the sanction to prosecute a public servant is a matter going to the root of the case — Sanction must be granted by the authority competent to remove the public servant from office — Where the Police Head Constable (appellant) was appointed by the Commissioner of Police, Brihanmumbai (or a superior officer) and the sanction to prosecute was accorded by the Commissioner of India Law Library Docid # 2437122
(653) MUSSTT. MANJILA KHATUN Vs. STATE OF ASSAM[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304 Part-II — Culpable Homicide Not Amounting to Murder — Ingredient — To sustain conviction under Section 304 Part-II, the prosecution must establish that the act was done with the knowledge that it was likely to cause death — Where medical evidence indicates that the injury found (1" x 1") was survivable with timely care and death occurred due to lack of proper treatment 29 hours later, the essential ingredient regarding knowledge of likely outcome of death is India Law Library Docid # 2437290
(654) ANIL Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY AND SECRETARY EDUCATION[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 20-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 23 — Prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labour (Begar) — Non-payment of salary as "forced labour" or "Begar" — Withholding of monthly salary of Assistant Teachers and Physical Education Teacher by the State authorities for a period of 19 months, despite their continuous service, constitutes a violation of Article 23 (prohibiting India Law Library Docid # 2435892
(655) WALNUT PICTURES Vs. RAJYESH KUMAR PATNI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 13-A (Summary Judgment) — Applicability and scope — Appeal against decreeing of suit allowing application under Order 13-A — Summary judgment applies if a party has no real prospect of succeeding or defending the claim, and there is no compelling reason against disposal before oral evidence (Order 13-A Rule 3) — The statutory India Law Library Docid # 2435965
(656) GAURAV DIXIT Vs. PRIYANKA SHARMA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Cruelty — Standard of Proof — Mental Cruelty — Family Court erred by assessing incidents of alleged cruelty (verbal abuse, threats of suicide, withdrawal from cohabitation, desertion) in isolation rather than cumulatively — Sustained pattern of abusive and humiliating behavior, including persistent threats and refusal of cohabitation, constitutes mental cruelty India Law Library Docid # 2435966
(657) KAKARALA RAJU Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Criminal Law — Dacoity (Section 391 Indian Penal Code, 1860) — Essential ingredients — Dacoity requires five or more persons conjointly committing or attempting to commit robbery — Absence of the term "conjoint commission of offence" in the charge sheet is not fatal if the evidence on record, including witness testimony and material objects, clearly substantiates that the accused persons acted India Law Library Docid # 2436185
(658) Y P REDDY Vs. CENTRAL INDUSTRIAL SECURITY FORCE[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Service Law — Disciplinary Proceedings — Judicial Review — Scope — Misconduct of sleeping while on duty in a hypersensitive unit (SDSC SHAR) — Punishment of compulsory retirement — High Court's power of judicial review is limited to reviewing the manner in which the decision was made, checking for compliance with natural justice and statutory rules, and ensuring findings are based on India Law Library Docid # 2436186
(659) THE APSRTC, REP.BY ITS VICE CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR MUSHEERABAD, HYDERABAD Vs. CHINTALA ARUNA KUMARI[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 168 (Award of just compensation) — Fatal Accident Claim — Quantum of Compensation — Negligence — Evidence established accident occurred due to rash and negligent driving of the APSRTC bus driver based on eye witness testimony (PW-2) and Police investigation (FIR/Charge Sheet, Ex.A1, A9) — Finding on negligence by the Tribunal upheld. India Law Library Docid # 2436187
(660) MUNGAMURI PEDA THIRUPATHAIAH AND OTHERS Vs. SMT PERLA LEELAVATHI[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 26 Rule 9 — Commissions to make local investigations — Appointment of Advocate Commissioner — Purpose of appointment — A Court Commissioner should not be appointed for the purpose of collecting evidence on behalf of either party, especially in a suit for permanent injunction, at the initial stage before evidence is completed — Appointment of India Law Library Docid # 2436188