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(1) IN RE : CORBETT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-11-2025
Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 — Section 38-V(4)(ii) and proviso to Section 33(a) — Tiger Safaris — prohibition in core or critical tiger habitat areas — permitted only on non-forest land or degraded forest land within the buffer, ensuring it is not part of a tiger corridor — establishment must be in conjunction with a fully operational rescue and rehabilitation centre for tigers.
India Law Library Docid # 2435386

(2) PRASHANT PRAKASH RATNAPARKI AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-11-2025
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 310(2) [IPC Section 395] — Dacoity — Accused entered school premises seeking specific files, forcibly took cheque book, letterheads, stamps, cash, and computer — Complainant later settled the dispute amicably and returned all items — Supreme Court held that the primary motive was retrieval of institutional files, not wrongful gain, thus lacking the dishonest intention required for theft, robbery, or dacoity — Complete restitution and amicable settlement
India Law Library Docid # 2435387

(3) RAJ KUMAR @ BHEEMA Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-11-2025
Evidence — Video Conference Deposition — Procedure for Confronting Witness — The Supreme Court clarified and directed that in cases where a witness's statement is recorded via video conferencing and a previous written statement is to be used for confrontation, a copy of the statement must be transmitted electronically to the witness, and the procedure under Sections 147 and 148 of the Bharatiya Sakshya
India Law Library Docid # 2435388

(4) KOLANJIAMMAL (D) THR LRS. Vs. THE REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER PERAMBALUR DISTRICT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-11-2025
Tamil Nadu Revenue Recovery Act, 1864 — Sections 37-A, 38 — Setting aside of sale — Statutory remedies for setting aside auction sale by deposit or challenging irregularity and fraud — Prescribed limitation period of 30 days from date of sale — Failure to avail remedy within time — Bar of limitation applies — Belated challenge
India Law Library Docid # 2435235

(5) GOVIND Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-11-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Arms Act, 1959 — Section 25 — Conviction solely based on recovery of weapon and FSL report — Insufficient when eyewitnesses turn hostile and do not support prosecution — Lack of independent witnesses — Recovery from a location accessible to other family
India Law Library Docid # 2435236

(6) DINESH KUMAR JALDHARI Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 9(m) and 10 — Sexual assault on a child below 12 years — Conviction based on the consistent testimony of the victim's mother (PW-3) and the victim's frightened behaviour in court when identifying the accused — Medical evidence, while not showing external
India Law Library Docid # 2435224

(7) UNION OF INDIA Vs. VIGIN K. VARGHESE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 37 — Bail — Grant of bail by High Court — Supreme Court sets aside High Court's bail orders for not properly applying Section 37 and ignoring crucial prosecution submissions.
India Law Library Docid # 2435225

(8) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. INDRAJ[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025
Administrative Law — Judicial Review — Scope of — High Court exceeded its jurisdiction by re-examining the merits of the case and the quantum of punishment after a due inquiry and admission of guilt by the employee.
India Law Library Docid # 2435226

(9) KOPARGAON SAHAKARI SAKHAR KARKHANA LTD (NOW KNOWN AS KARMAVEER SHANKARRAO KALE SHAHKARI SHAKHAR KARKHANA LTD.) Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025
Insurance Law — Boiler and Pressure Plant Policy — Exclusion Clause — Applicability — Repudiation of claim based on exclusion clause for defects due to deterioration, corrosion, and age — Court held that exclusion clause cannot defeat the main purpose of the insurance contract, which is to indemnify the policyholder against unforeseen events like accidents.
India Law Library Docid # 2435227

(10) M/S POLY MEDICURE LTD. Vs. M/S BRILLIO TECHNOLOGIES PVT. LTD[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025
Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 2(1)(d) — Definition of "consumer" — Commercial purpose — Company purchasing software for automating business processes — Purpose held to be augmenting efficiency and increasing profits — Not for earning livelihood by self-employment — Appellant not a consumer.
India Law Library Docid # 2435228

(11) IN RE: SARANDA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-11-2025
Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 — Section 18, 26A — Declaration of sanctuary — State Government's failure to act on National Green Tribunal directions to consider declaring Saranda Forest area as a sanctuary and notifying Eco-Sensitive Zone — Supreme Court directs State to file affidavit explaining delay — Proposal for Saranda Wildlife Sanctuary and Sasangdaburu Conservation Reserve submitted by State —
India Law Library Docid # 2435229

(12) SANJAY TIWARI Vs. YUGAL KISHORE PRASAD SAO AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-11-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 8 Rule 6A — Counter-claim — Specific wording of the rule states that a counter-claim shall be against the plaintiff — It cannot be directed against a co-defendant — While a counter-claim can be based on a different cause of action than the suit, it must be incidental or connected to the suit's cause of action.
India Law Library Docid # 2435180

(13) BHUPINDER KAUR ALIAS BHUPINDER KAUR BOPARAI Vs. DIAMON SANDHU ALIAS SUKHDEEP SINGH SANDHU AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 12-11-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(b) — Rejection of plaint — Court fees — Where a non-executant of a sale deed sues for a declaration that the deed is invalid and not binding on them, and they are in possession, only a fixed court fee is payable, not ad valorem.
India Law Library Docid # 2435216

(14) JARNAIL SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 12-11-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 450, 376, 302, 201 — House-trespass to commit offence punishable with imprisonment for life, Rape, Murder, Causing disappearance of evidence of offence or giving false information — Conviction based on circumstantial evidence — The court must be satisfied that the evidence clearly establishes each link in the chain, and the entire chain rules out any reasonable
India Law Library Docid # 2435221

(15) KULBIR @ ANKU Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 12-11-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302 and 324 — Murder and causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means — Appeal against conviction — Court assessed evidence of injured witnesses, medical reports, post-mortem examination, and recovery of weapon — Held, evidence proved guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
India Law Library Docid # 2435222

(16) AJIT KUMAR SENGUPTA (DECEASED) THER LRS. Vs. SMT. MANASHI SENGUPTA BHADRA[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 11-11-2025
Probate — Application for grant of probate — Will challenged as vague, false, forged, and fabricated — Signatures and initials allegedly false and forged — Opposition based on testator's alleged lack of sound mind, undue influence, and coercion — Plaintiff's case is that the Will was duly executed and attested and that the testator had severed ties with
India Law Library Docid # 2435134

(17) SUSHIL KUMAR DAS Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ORS.[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 11-11-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 498A, 302, 201, 34 — Cruelty, Murder, Causing disappearance of evidence, Common intention — Appeal against acquittal — Court can re-appreciate evidence in appeal against acquittal but should not interfere unless order is based on misreading of evidence or erroneous understanding of law, and if two plausible
India Law Library Docid # 2435138

(18) JYOTSNA GHOSH Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 11-11-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 341/376 — Appeal by de-facto complainant against acquittal — Trial court judgment not based on evidence — Trial court misappreciated evidence — Victim was deaf and dumb — Probability of false implication is low — Prosecution established guilt — Trial court erred in acquittal —
India Law Library Docid # 2435139

(19) K. SUBRAMANIAM (DIED) THROUGH LRS K.S. BALAKRISHNAN AND OTHERS Vs. M/S KRISHNA MILLS PVT.LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-11-2025
Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960 — Section 10(2)(i) — Wilful default in payment of rent — Eviction sought on the ground of wilful default — Lessee challenged fair rent fixation but did not seek stay of its operation — Payments made belatedly after protracted litigation — Conduct inconsistent with bona
India Law Library Docid # 2435150

(20) SURENDRA KOLI Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-11-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 164 — Confession — Admissibility — Curative jurisdiction — Inconsistency in judgments on identical evidence — Petitioner convicted and sentenced to death based on a confession recorded under Section 164 CrPC and recoveries under Section 27 Evidence Act — Subsequently, in
India Law Library Docid # 2435151