(781) RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD Vs. SUNITA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Compensation — Deduction of Ex-Gratia Financial Assistance — Haryana Compassionate Assistance to Dependents of Deceased Government Employees Rules, 2006 (2006 Rules) — The entire amount of ex-gratia financial assistance received or receivable by dependents under the 2006 Rules, equivalent to loss of pay and allowances, must be deducted from the India Law Library Docid # 2437054
(782) SHARDA DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. ASMEET SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accident Claims — Compensation — Enhancement of Compensation — Assessment of Deceased's Income — Reliability of Salary Slip — Where contemporaneous salary slip (Ex. Pl/2) indicating Rs. 5,494/- monthly income was produced, and the insurance company’s claim of resignation was weakened by the employer’s admission of lacking a resignation letter (despite contesting the employment continuation), the Tribunal erred India Law Library Docid # 2437055
(783) ARPIT KUMAR AGRAWAL Vs. SARIKA AGRAWAL[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(i-a) (Cruelty) — Dissolution of Marriage — Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage — Long separation coupled with one spouse's admitted unwillingness to continue the marital relationship constitutes mental cruelty — Where the parties have lived separately for over eleven years (since May 2014) and the wife admits her unwillingness to resume the matrimonial bond and subsequently India Law Library Docid # 2435846
(784) KUMARIL HIRWANI Vs. VISHNU SOREN[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 (Dishonour of cheque for insufficiency of funds) — Section 139 (Presumption in favour of holder) — Appeal against acquittal — Trial Court convicted accused for dishonour of cheque (Rs. 1,50,000) under Section 138 NI Act; Sessions Court acquitted him — High Court re-examined the basis of acquittal by Sessions Court — Requisite presumption under Section 139 arises India Law Library Docid # 2435847
(785) BIR MATI AND ANOTHER Vs. MEHAR SINGH (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LR[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 107 and Order 41 Rule 27 — Production of Additional Evidence in Appeal — Guiding Principles — The Appellate Court should generally confine its adjudication to the record of the Trial Court; however, it has discretion to admit additional evidence if it is indispensable for a just and complete adjudication of the controversy, especially under Order 41 Rule India Law Library Docid # 2436901
(786) PUNJAB STATE POWER CORPORATION LTD AND OTHERS Vs. BALDEV SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Service Law — Dismissal based on Criminal Conviction — Subsequent Acquittal — Reinstatement — Treatment of period of absence — Employee dismissed following conviction under IPC Sections 279/427/304-A; subsequently acquitted in appeal (based on compromise) — Reinstated, but period of absence (from dismissal to acquittal) treated as non-duty, and period (acquittal to joining) treated as leave due — India Law Library Docid # 2436902
(787) MD. AFTAR HUSSAIN @ AFTAR HUSSAIN Vs. STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 — Section 6 (Aggravated penetrative sexual assault) — Alteration of Charge/Conviction — Offence committed on child: Need for proof of age — Where the prosecution failed to exhibit the victim's birth certificate, preventing proof of the exact age of the victim at the time of the incident, conviction under Section 6 of POCSO Act read with Section 5(m) (aggravated penetrative sexual assault on a child below twelve years) cannot be sustai India Law Library Docid # 2437299
(788) ALL ASSAM ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOLS' ASSOCIATION AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Constitutional Law — Vires of Legislation — The Assam Non-Government Educational Institutions (Regulation and Management) Act, 2006 — Challenge to the Act on grounds of unreasonableness, arbitrariness, and violation of Article 14 of the Constitution — Primary thrust of challenge is unbridled power given to the Director of School Education and requirement for registration of schools — Act's objective is to regulate the establishment and management of non-Government educational institutions, India Law Library Docid # 2437300
(789) SRI. GANGADHAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959 (KCS Act, 1959) — Section 21(3) — Change of Delegate for Voting in Elections — Requirements — Section 21(3) requires a resolution for changing a nominated delegate to be passed by a two-thirds majority of members present and voting, and must include "substantial reasons" — Where the initial delegate (Respondent No.6) declined to represent the Society, this constitutes a India Law Library Docid # 2435923
(790) MR. GILBERT VAS AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964 — Sections 128 & 135 — Mutation of Revenue Records — Decree of Civil Court — Compromise Final Decree for Partition — Obligation of Revenue Authorities — Section 128 mandates reporting acquisition of rights (including by partition/decree), while Section 135 requires revenue records to be amended in accordance with a civil court's declaration — A final compromise decree India Law Library Docid # 2435924
(791) SRI. H.R. GOPALAPPA Vs. SRI. D. VENKATACHALAPATHI AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Framing of Substantial Questions of Law — Divergent findings by Trial Court and First Appellate Court — Suit for Declaration and Permanent Injunction — Trial Court dismissed the suit — First Appellate Court reversed the finding and granted declaration of ownership but dismissed permanent injunction — Scope of Second Appeal involves analyzing legality India Law Library Docid # 2435925
(792) ANUPAL Vs. CHAIRMAN CUM MANGING DIRECTOR (CMD) AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Compassionate Appointment — Eligibility — Married Daughter — Policy requiring exclusion of married daughters for compassionate appointment is violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India, following the precedent set by the Full Bench in Meenakshi Dubey vs. M.P. Poorva Kshetra Vidyut Vitran Com. Ltd. India Law Library Docid # 2435660
(793) R.R. DASS Vs. GENERAL MANAGER (H.R.D.) AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Service Law — Disciplinary action — Central Bank of India Officer Employees' (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1976 (1976 Regulations) — Competency of Disciplinary Authority — Whether an Assistant General Manager (AGM), Scale V, is competent to impose major penalty of compulsory retirement on a Branch Manager, Scale II — Regulation 5(3) of 1976 Regulations and the Schedule thereto — Disciplinary India Law Library Docid # 2435657
(794) SUBHASH GURJAR Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 311(2) — Dismissal from Service — Necessity of Departmental Enquiry (DE) — Protection afforded to public servants against arbitrary dismissal, removal, or reduction in rank mandates holding a proper inquiry or giving a hearing — Exceptions under Proviso to Article 311(2) Clauses (a), (b), and (c) allow dispensing with DE only under specific conditions (conviction in criminal case, India Law Library Docid # 2435658
(795) SHANTANU BAJPAYEE Vs. DHRAMENDRA AGRAWAL AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 14-11-2025 Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 — Section 307(5) — Unauthorized Construction — Setting aside Trial Court order — Application under Section 307(5) for demolition of illegal construction — High Court found that the respondents had engaged in new construction without obtaining necessary building permission, contrary to their claim of mere repair work — Inspection report by Municipal Commissioner indicating the building was 7-8 years old (consistent with new construction timeline) and India Law Library Docid # 2435659
(796) FRILL INFRA DEVELOPERS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. COLLECTOR OF STAMPS AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Stamp Act, 1899 — Section 50(3) — Refund of Stamp Duty — Limitation — Applicability of Section 50(3) of the Act, which prescribes a six-month limitation period for refund applications when an instrument has been executed, is not mandatory when the entitlement for refund arises under Section 49 and the transaction failed due to fraud — Section 50(3) is not couched in prohibitory terms and does not India Law Library Docid # 2435974
(797) DEEPIKA TALWAR AND ANOTHER Vs. SHALINI CHODHARY SHARMA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 104 read with Order XLIII Rule 1 — Appeal against dismissal of application under Order 39 Rule 4 (Modification of Interim Order) — Property Dispute — Interim Injunction regarding access to terrace — Appellants/Defendants seeking modification of Trial Court Order allowing Respondent/Plaintiff to install a door and retain keys for terrace access — Trial Court dismissed modification application but granted liberty to appellants' tenants to apply India Law Library Docid # 2435975
(798) M/S. ARISTO LABORATORIES PVT. LTD. Vs. UT of J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 14-11-2025 Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 — Sections 18(a)(i), 27(d), 32, 36-A — Jurisdiction to Try Offences — Offence punishable under Section 27(d) (imprisonment up to two years) falls under Chapter IV of the Act — Section 36-A provides for summary trial by a Judicial Magistrate First Class specially empowered by the State Government for offences punishable with imprisonment not exceeding three years (except certain India Law Library Docid # 2436253
(799) SHER-E-KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES Vs. M/S. SIEMENS PVT. LTD.[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 14-11-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1997 (J&K) — Section 34 — Setting aside of Arbitral Award — Scope of Judicial Review — The power of the Court to interfere with an arbitral award is extremely limited, restricted to the grounds enumerated in Section 34 of the Act of 1997 — The Court does not act as a court of appeal and cannot re-appreciate evidence or correct errors of fact — An arbitrator is the ultimate arbiter of the India Law Library Docid # 2436254
(800) JAVAID AHMAD BHAT Vs. UT OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 14-11-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Section 37 — Bail — Ingredients and satisfaction of — Offences involving commercial quantity of contraband — The Public Prosecutor must be given an opportunity to oppose bail and the Court must be satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the accused is not guilty of such offence and is not likely to commit any offence while on bail — Strict India Law Library Docid # 2436255