(1) ROUSANARA BEGUM Vs. S.K. SALAHUDDIN @ SK SALAUDDIN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-12-2025 Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 — Section 3(1)(d) — Right to property given at marriage — Divorced Muslim Woman — The Act allows a divorced woman to claim all properties given to her before, at the time of, or after marriage by her relatives, friends, the husband, or his relatives/friends — The objective of the Act is to secure the financial protection and dignity of a Muslim India Law Library Docid # 2436175
(2) COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, CENTRAL EXCISE & SERVICE TAX, RAJKOT Vs. NARSIBHAI KARAMSIBHAI GAJERA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-12-2025 Central Excise Act, 1944 — Section 2(f) (prior to amendment by Act 18 of 2017) — Manufacture — Exemption Notification No.5/98-CE, Entry No.106 — Eligibility for exemption — Manufacture includes series of processes; entire chain of activities must be considered — Where multiple units undertake distinct processes which are 'integrally connected' and form a 'continuous chain' to convert raw material (grey India Law Library Docid # 2436176
(3) TUHIN KUMAR BISWAS @ BUMBA Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 227 — Discharge of Accused — Principles for deciding discharge application — Standard of proof for framing charge — The Court, at the stage of framing charge, must sift the evidence to determine if there is a "sufficient ground for proceeding"; a prima facie case must be established — If two views are possible and one gives rise to "suspicion only, as distinguished India Law Library Docid # 2436177
(4) JYOTI BUILDERS Vs. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-12-2025 Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971 — Section 14(1) — Mandamus to acquire land — Power of State Government to acquire land for Slum Rehabilitation Scheme — Preferential Right of Owner — The power of the State Government to acquire land under Section 14 read with Section 3D(c)(i) of the Slum Act is subject to the preferential right of the owner to redevelop India Law Library Docid # 2436178
(5) KOTHURI NARASIMHARAO Vs. KONDABALU RATTAIAH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 02-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Scope of Interference — High Court cannot interfere with concurrent findings of fact by the First Appellate Court unless such findings are erroneous, contrary to mandatory law, settled legal position by the Apex Court, based on inadmissible evidence, or without any evidence — The power of the High Court in second appeal is limited to India Law Library Docid # 2436180
(6) CHANDAN PASI AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF THE BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 313 — Examination of Accused — Object and Scope — Non-compliance with mandatory requirement — Fair Trial — The object of Section 313 CrPC is to ensure a fair trial by providing the accused with an opportunity to explain all incriminating circumstances appearing in the prosecution evidence against them personally — It is a mandatory, non-negotiable India Law Library Docid # 2436114
(7) TENNETI MEENAKSHI RAJASEKHAR Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-12-2025 Andhra Pradesh Municipal Corporations Act, 1955 — Sections 452(1) and 461(1) — Unauthorized Construction — Complaint by neighbor — Deviations from Sanctioned Plan — Compounding and Regularization — Where construction deviations are claimed to be minor (less than 10% of constructed area) and within permissible limits for compounding under GOMs.No.119, the authorities must first determine the extent of deviation before ordering demolition — Petitioners (builders) India Law Library Docid # 2436118
(8) MOTOR AND GENERAL FINANCE LIMITED Vs. DIRECTOR GENERAL AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 28-11-2025 Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (ESI Act) — Section 82(2) — Appeal to High Court — Scope — An appeal under Section 82(2) is confined strictly to substantial questions of law — Findings of fact recorded by the Employees Insurance Court (EIC) regarding the nature of the establishment, wage records, admissibility of documents, and credibility of witnesses are outside the scope of interference unless India Law Library Docid # 2435948
(9) L.K. PRABHU @ L. KRISHNA PRABHU (DIED) THROUGH LRs Vs. K.T. MATHEW @ THAMPAN THOMAS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 38 Rule 5, Rule 8, Rule 10 — Order 21 Rule 58 — Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 53 — Attachment before judgment — Scope of — Effect on prior transfer — Property already transferred by registered sale deed prior to institution of suit cannot be subject to attachment before judgment under Order 38 Rule 5 CPC — Essential condition for Order 38 Rule 5 is that India Law Library Docid # 2435985
(10) HINDUSTAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LTD. THROUGH ITS AUTHORISED SIGNATORY YOGESH DALAL Vs. BIHAR RAJYA PUL NIRMAN NIGAM LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-11-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6) — Appointment of Arbitrator — Power of High Court to Review/Recall - Scope of Judicial Intervention — An order passed under Section 11 appointing an arbitrator is judicial in nature, but the High Court's review jurisdiction over such an order is highly circumscribed and must be limited to correcting a patent or procedural error; it cannot be exercised to revisit findings of law or re-interpret the arbitration agreement based on a subsequent India Law Library Docid # 2435986
(11) A A ESTATES PRIVATE LIMITED THROUGH ITS RESOLUTION PROFESSIONAL HARSHAD SHAMKANT DESHPANDE AND ANOTHER Vs. KHER NAGAR SUKHSADAN CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-11-2025 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Section 14 — Moratorium — Applicability to terminated Development Agreements — Development Agreement constitutes ‘asset’ or ‘property’ of Corporate Debtor only if it creates subsisting proprietary, possessory or legally enforceable right — Termination of Development Agreement based on Corporate Debtor's persistent and prolonged non-performance, occurring prior to initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP), is India Law Library Docid # 2435987
(12) YOGENDRA PAL SINGH Vs. RAGHVENDRA SINGH ALIAS PRINCE AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 439(2) — Cancellation of Bail — Locus Standi — An aggrieved party, including the complainant or father of the deceased, has the requisite locus standi to seek cancellation/annulment of bail granted to the accused, as the power under Section 439(2) Cr.P.C. may be invoked not only by the State but also by any aggrieved party. India Law Library Docid # 2435988
(13) JAI BALAJI INDUSTRIES LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. M/S HEG LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-11-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138, Section 142(2), Section 142A — Territorial Jurisdiction for cheque dishonour cases (post-2015 Amendment) — Account Payee Cheques — Jurisdiction for complaints under Section 138 concerning cheques 'delivered for collection through an account' (Account Payee Cheques) lies exclusively with the court having local jurisdiction over the branch of the bank where the payee maintains the account (payee's home branch) — This position is anchored India Law Library Docid # 2435989
(14) RAHUL RAMESH WAGH Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-11-2025 Local Body Elections — Maharashtra — Reservation Limit — Supreme Court directs that elections for Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats where the election process has already commenced (40 Municipal Councils and 17 Nagar Panchayats with reservation exceeding 50%) may proceed as per the notified schedule, but the result shall be subject to the final outcome of the pending proceedings concerning the 50% reservation limit. India Law Library Docid # 2436096
(15) SAGAR Vs. STATE OF UP AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Grant of bail on ground of parity — Scope and limits — Parity cannot be the sole ground for granting bail — While assessing parity, the focus must be on the specific role, position, and similar acts performed by the accused compared to the co-accused granted bail, not merely their involvement in the same offence — Bail order must reflect application of India Law Library Docid # 2436111
(16) PALLA CHENCHU HARIKALA Vs. BYSANI SATISH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 28-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 47 Rule 1 — Review Jurisdiction — Scope — A judgment is open to review if there is a mistake or an error apparent on the face of the record or for any sufficient reason analogous to the grounds specified in the Rule — Review is not an appeal in disguise; it cannot be used to re-agitate or re-argue questions already decided or to correct mere erroneous decisions — The India Law Library Docid # 2436119
(17) A.V.SRIDHAR REDDY AND OTHERS Vs. CH RAMANAIAH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 28-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96, Order 21 Rule 34 — Appeal against decrees — Scope of appeal against findings — Suit for Permanent Injunction — Specific Performance Decree and Execution — In a suit for permanent injunction, when title is seriously disputed (especially for vacant site), the court must examine title incidentally although the suit is not for declaration; possession follows title (de India Law Library Docid # 2436120
(18) SMT. BODA SUBBALASKHMI Vs. CHODISETTI SATYANARAYANA AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 28-11-2025 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 8 — Operation of transfer — Property sold (Upstair building/First floor) — Balcony (Covered Varanda Portion) — Whether balcony is implicitly included in the transfer of the main building — Section 8 mandates that unless a different intention is expressed or necessarily implied, a transfer of property passes all interests the transferor is capable of passing in the India Law Library Docid # 2436121
(19) STATE OF A.P.DIST.COLLECTOR EG DIST AND OTHERS Vs. B NARASIMHA MURTHY[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 28-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Interference with Land Acquisition Proceedings — Maintainability of Suit — Substantial Question of Law — Civil Court Jurisdiction — When evidence indicates that the land in dispute was not acquired by the Government, the apprehension that the Civil Court lacks jurisdiction to entertain a suit against land acquisition India Law Library Docid # 2436122
(20) SUJATA BORA Vs. COAL INDIA LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-11-2025 Persons with Disabilities — Recruitment — Management Trainee (Personnel and HR) — Visually Handicapped (VH) category — Dispute regarding extent of visual disability and whether it meets 'benchmark disability' criteria — Petitioner claimed 60-70% visual disability; Respondent claimed 30% disability — Ascertaining functional disability — Supreme Court directed the Director of All India Institute of India Law Library Docid # 2436125