(1) 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
(2) 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
(3) 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
(4) 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
(5) 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
(6) 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
(7) KAPADAM SANGALAPPA AND OTHERS Vs. KAMATAM SANGALAPPA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 92 — Representative suit — Long-standing dispute over religious rituals and custody of deity idols and paraphernalia between two sects — First suit dismissed, appeal also dismissed — District Judge observed that a fresh suit could be filed in a representative capacity under Section 92 CPC for proper management of endowment — Subsequent suit filed in representative capacity during pendency of which a compromise decree was passed — High Court rightly set India Law Library Docid # 2435152
(8) HEMANT GUPTA Vs. ISHWAR CHAND[DELHI HIGH COURT] 11-11-2025 Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 — Section 14(1)(e) and Section 25B — Eviction petition — Bona fide requirement — Landlord's claim for eviction based on his unemployed son's need to open a general store — Tenant's defence alleging son was employed and alternative accommodation existed — Court held that photographs and India Law Library Docid # 2435118
(9) THE STATE (GNCT OF DELHI) Vs. SHUBHAM GUPTA AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 11-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal in case of acquittal — Leave to appeal — Delay in filing — Condonation — Court to adopt pragmatic approach considering facts of the case, especially in matters of murder, and balance technicalities against merits. India Law Library Docid # 2435119
(10) CHHOTE LAL Vs. THE STATE (GOVT. OF NCT) DELHI)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 11-11-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 415(2) & 528; Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) & 482 — Appeal against Judgment of Conviction and Order on Sentence — Conviction for offences under Sections 354/354A(2) IPC and Section 10 of POCSO Act — While challenging the conviction, appellant argued about age of victim and discrepancies in statements — Court India Law Library Docid # 2435120
(11) MANMOHAN GAIND Vs. NEGOLICE INDIA PVT. LTD[DELHI HIGH COURT] 11-11-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Cheque given as security — Cheque issued as security can mature for presentation if a legally enforceable debt or liability crystallizes later, and the drawer fails to repay. The onus is on the accused to prove otherwise with cogent evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2435121
(12) SIMARDEEP SINGH ARORA AND OTHER Vs. STATE (N.C.T OF DELHI) AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 11-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 188 — Offence committed outside India — Proviso to Section 188 not attracted if part of the offence was committed in India — Indian courts can try offences not committed entirely outside India, without prior sanction from the Central Government. India Law Library Docid # 2435122
(13) RAMAN KHANDELAWAL Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 11-11-2025 Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 — Sections 16, 45 — Admission to MBBS — PwD candidates — Exclusion from merit list — Exclusion of petitioners from PwD merit list for MBBS admission based on functional ineligibility by Medical Board — Petitioners challenged exclusion claiming it was arbitrary and contrary to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and NEET UG-2025 guidelines — Court found the exclusion justified based on functional assessment by a competent India Law Library Docid # 2435179
(14) RIYAS Vs. P. N. SHINOSH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claims Tribunal — Enhancement of compensation — High Court enhanced compensation awarded by Claims Tribunal for a 14-year-old minor student who suffered 77.1% permanent disability due to a motor accident. Supreme Court reviewed the calculation of compensation. India Law Library Docid # 2435075
(15) NANDKUMAR @ NANDU MANILAL MUDALIAR Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 504, 324 — Conviction for murder and causing insult with intent to provoke breach of peace — Appeal against High Court judgment confirming conviction — Appellant convicted for murder and causing insult, acquitted of voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means — Case India Law Library Docid # 2435076
(16) AKULA NARAYANA Vs. THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 147 — Insurance policy — Statutory policy — Coverage of gratuitous passengers — A gratuitous passenger, other than the driver, cleaner, or conductor, is not considered a third party under a statutory policy, meaning the insurer is not liable for their injuries. India Law Library Docid # 2435077
(17) R. RAJENDRAN Vs. KAMAR NISHA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 112 — Presumption of legitimacy — Conclusive proof of legitimacy of a child born during a valid marriage — Can only be rebutted by proving non-access between spouses at the time the child could have been conceived — Presumption favours legitimacy and law frowns upon illegitimacy — Burden to India Law Library Docid # 2435078
(18) MITC ROLLING MILLS PRIVATE LIMITED AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S. RENUKA REALTORS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 13(1A) — Appealability of orders — Order rejecting plaint under Order VII Rule 11 CPC is a decree and is appealable under Section 13(1A) of CCA, 2015 — Proviso to Section 13(1A) restricting appeals to those in Order XLIII CPC applies only to interlocutory orders and not to a decree like rejection of plaint. India Law Library Docid # 2435079
(19) COMMISSIONER OF SERVICE TAX Vs. M/S ELEGANT DEVELOPERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Finance Act, 1994 — Sections 65(88), 65(105)(v) — Real Estate Agent — Definition — Taxability of services — Respondent engaged in purchasing land, identifying, demarcating, and facilitating transfer to a developer for a fixed rate per acre — Profit/loss margin based on difference between acquisition cost and fixed rate India Law Library Docid # 2435080
(20) K.S. MANJUNATH AND OTHERS Vs. MOORASAVIRAPPA@MUTTANNA CHENNAPPA BATIL, SINCE DECEASED BY HIS LRS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 14(c) and Section 16(c) — Agreement to Sell (ATS) — Termination — Determinable Contracts — Bona Fide Purchaser — Readiness and Willingness — Whether a suit for specific performance is maintainable without seeking a declaration that the termination of the ATS was invalid — Principles governing unilateral termination of a non-determinable agreement — The Supreme Court held that unilateral termination of a non-determinable agreement to India Law Library Docid # 2435081