Himachal Pradesh High Court Monthly Digest: August 2025

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 108 to 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 142NOMINAL INDEX:Mahesh Thakur v/s State of H.P. & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 108Sanjay Kumar v/s State of H.P. & Others.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 109United India Insurance Company v/s Sita Devi & Others., United India Insurance Company v/s Joginder Singh & Others.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 110Archana Sharma v/s State of H.P. & Others.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 111Yashaswini Aggarwal v/s Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 112Tikender Singh Panwar v/s State of H.P. & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 113State of H.P. v/s Anu Bala & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 114Sh. Rajinder Kumar Sen & Others v/s State of H.P. & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 115Punam Gupta and another v/s State of H.P. & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 116State of H.P. V/s Nitya Nand & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 117V (a juvenile) v/s State of H.P.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 118Sh. Mukhtyar Singh V/s Gyan Singh & Others.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 119A.Aditya & others v/s State of H.P. & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 120Salman Khan v/s State of H.P. & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 121Dr. Daljit Singh v/s State of H.P. & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 122Sh. Kishori Lal and another v/s Smt.Darshna Devi., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 123Abhishek Sharma v/s State of H.P. & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 124State of H.P. V/s Manav Sharma., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 125Kamini Sharma v/s State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 126Puran Prakash Goel & another v/s Chaman Lal Vaidya., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 127Smt. Nalini Vidya v/s The Mandi Urban Co-operative Bank Limited., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 128Krishan Kumar Kasana V/s State of H.P. & another.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 129Yog Raj V/s State of H.P. & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 130Digvijay Singh V/s State of H.P.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 131Nek Singh Dogra State of H.P. & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 132Sant Ram v/s State of H.P. & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 133Hoshiar Singh V/s State of H.P. & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 134Susheela Rana V/s State of H.P & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 135Smt. Ganga Jogta v/s Shri Nand Lal (deceased) through his legal heirs.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 136Himachal Pradesh Polytechnic Teachers Welfare Associate & another V/s State of H.P. & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 137Suleman V/s State of H.P.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 138Sh. Balbir Singh V/s State of H.P. & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 139State of H.P. v/s Ghambo Devi.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 140Rishi Kumar vs. State of Himachal Pradesh.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 141Chet Ram versus The State of H.P.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 142NDPS Act | Not Permissible To Detain Person On Presumption That Blood Sample May Indicate Presence Of Heroin: HP High Court Grants BailCase Name: Mahesh Thakur v/s State of H.P. & Ors.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 108The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that a person cannot be kept in custody merely on the assumption that the blood sample sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory might reveal traces of heroin or that some incriminating substance would be found.Denying the State's submission that blood samples sent by the police to forensics were likely to indicate the presence of heroin, Justice Rakesh Kainthla remarked: “A person cannot be detained in custody based on the assumption that some incriminating substance would be found against him. The police have to connect the person with the commission of a crime before his detention can be justified.”HP Land Revenue Act | Financial Commissioner Can't Interfere With Order Set Aside By District Collector Without Declaring It Illegal: High CourtCase Name: Sanjay Kumar v/s State of H.P. & Others.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 109The Himachal Pradesh High Court has quashed an order passed by the Financial Commissioner, holding that he had exceeded his jurisdiction by relying on irrelevant and non-existent material and by interfering with the Collector's decision without declaring any legal infirmity or perversity.Setting aside the decision of the Financial Commissioner, Justice Satyen Vaidya held that“The Financial Commissioner while passing the impugned order has exceeded his jurisdiction by basing his opinion on irrelevant and non-existent material and also by interfering with the order of District Collector without declaring it to be illegal or perverse.”Overloading Passenger Vehicle Did Not Lead To Accident, Not A Breach Of Policy: HP High Court Directs Insurance Company To Pay CompensationCase Name: United India Insurance Company v/s Sita Devi & Others., United India Insurance Company v/s Joginder Singh & OthersCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 110The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that overloading of a passenger vehicle is not a violation or fundamental breach of the terms of the insurance policy unless it is related to the cause of the accident.Relying on the decision of Supreme Court in National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Swaran Singh, 2004 which held that the breach on the part of the insured must show that the accident or damage that occurred was due to the breach.Justice Vivek Singh Thakur remarked: “So far as overloading of one extra person is concerned, it is not a...

Himachal Pradesh High Court Monthly Digest: August 2025

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