(101) ENVITECH CONSULTANTS INDIA PVT LTD Vs. RUDRABHISHEK ENTERPRISES LIMITED AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 (a) and (d) — Rejection of Plaint — Applicable principles — Power to reject a plaint is a drastic one and conditions must be strictly adhered to — Court must look only at the averments in the plaint and documents annexed; defendant’s defense or arguments in the application are irrelevant — Allegations in the plaint must be taken as correct for deciding the India Law Library Docid # 2435957
(102) SH. GAURAV KHATTAR Vs. SH. VIRENDER AGGARWAL[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 114 read with Order XLVII Rule 1 — Review Petition — Grounds for Review — Alleged error apparent on the face of the record and discovery of new and important evidence — Standard for 'new and important evidence' (Aadhar Card and Bank Passbook showing different address) — Where documents (proof of address) claimed to be new evidence were at all times India Law Library Docid # 2435958
(103) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S OASYS CYBERNATICS PVT. LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Government Contracts and Tenders — Letter of Intent (LoI) — Legal Nature — An LoI is ordinarily a precursor to a contract, indicating intent to enter into a future agreement, but does not itself create a concluded contract or vested, enforceable rights unless the necessary preconditions are satisfied — A bidder's commercial expectation that a contract will follow an LoI is not a juridical entitlement — If the LoI explicitly India Law Library Docid # 2435914
(104) SAMADHAN S/O SITATRAM MANMOTHE Vs. STATE OF MAHARASTHRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 528 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376, 376(2)(n), and 507 — Allegation of rape based on false promise of marriage — Relationship continued for three years; physical relations established multiple times — Complainant, an educated and married woman, engaged in the relationship voluntarily and without protest or complaint until the break-up — Lodging of FIR three months after the last physical contact, subsequent to the India Law Library Docid # 2435868
(105) INDER CHAND BAGRI Vs. JAGADISH PRASAD BAGRI AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent powers of High Court — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Scope — Principles for quashing FIR or complaint under Section 482 CrPC, including where allegations, taken at face value, do not constitute any offence, or where the proceeding is manifestly attended with mala fide or maliciously instituted with an ulterior motive (referring to State of India Law Library Docid # 2435869
(106) LIVEIN AQUA SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. HDFC BANK LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Section 7 — Application by Financial Creditor — Rejection for technical defects — Affidavit Verification — Whether an application under Section 7 of the IBC, verified later than the date of the supporting affidavit, is liable to be rejected at the threshold — Mere filing of a 'defective' affidavit (e.g., dated before application verification) does not render the India Law Library Docid # 2435870
(107) ANIKET KUMAR Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Power of Supreme Court to pass directions — Dissolution of Marriage by Mutual Consent — Where parties filed a joint application for directions under Article 142 of the Constitution to dissolve marriage by mutual consent based on a comprehensive settlement, the Supreme Court, acknowledging the efforts for amicable resolution, granted divorce by mutual consent India Law Library Docid # 2436057
(108) THE STATE OF PUNJAB Vs. BAWA SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Jurisdiction and Scope — Power of High Court / Sessions Court while granting bail — Observations / Directions regarding penal action against investigating officers — High Court directed that if the accused were acquitted, the recovery of contraband would be deemed to be effected from and charged upon the police officers who signed the India Law Library Docid # 2436089
(109) KEYUR HARISHBHAI PATEL Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Regular Bail — Factors for consideration — Allegation of recovery of contraband from co-accused's factory where appellant was present — Appellant lacked control or ownership of factory; mere presence not sufficient for complicity — Co-accused granted bail by Supreme Court — Appellant incarcerated for over two years while trial incomplete — Considering co India Law Library Docid # 2436149
(110) THE CHENNAI METROPOLITAN CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LIMITED Vs. S. LAKSHMI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Allotment of Land — Failure to Deliver Possession — Refund vs. Alternate Plot — Appellant executed sale deed in 2006 but failed to hand over physical possession due to discrepancy between allotted land on paper and actual ground availability after demarcation/provision for roads — Single Judge directed refund of Rs. 10,89,000/- with 18% interest p.a. OR allotment of alternate site of comparable value — Division Bench India Law Library Docid # 2436158
(111) KARANARTHAM VIRAMAH FOUNDATION Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Companies Act, 2013 — Section 212(1)(c) — Investigation by Serious Fraud Investigating Office (SFIO) — Necessity and Conditions for direct investigation — For a valid order directing SFIO investigation, mandatory requirements include recording of reasons, demonstrable circumstances justifying SFIO involvement, and necessity of investigation being in public interest — Application seeking direction for SFIO investigation rejected where these conditions were not met. India Law Library Docid # 2436167
(112) GAJULA SIDDHARTHA Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-11-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 — Section 482 — Pre-arrest bail — Successive application after dismissal of earlier application — Maintainability — A successive bail application is maintainable, as an order refusing bail does not preclude another application on a later occasion, provided there are more materials, further developments, or different considerations; however, the subsequent India Law Library Docid # 2436183
(113) ABDUL KHALIQ SOFI Vs. MOHAMMAD SHAFI MIR AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 24-11-2025 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Registration Act, 1908 — Section 49, Proviso — Evidentiary value of unregistered documents — Receipt of part consideration for purchase of immovable property — An unregistered receipt documenting payment cannot be admitted as evidence of an agreement to sell/transfer immovable property, even for collateral purposes, unless the receipt itself contains covenants relating to the sale India Law Library Docid # 2436245
(114) DR. JAHANGIR AHMED Vs. DR. MANOJ SHARMA AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 24-11-2025 Service Law — Selection and Appointment — Registrar (Tenure Post) in Indira Gandhi Govt. Dental College (IGGDC), Jammu — Challenge to appointment by a candidate claiming higher merit based on computation of academic marks — Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) setting aside the appointment of the petitioner (Dr. Jahangir Ahmed) and directing the appointment of the respondent (Dr. Manoj India Law Library Docid # 2436262
(115) IRFAN Vs. STATE[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-11-2025 Criminal Law — Rape (IPC Section 376) and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO Act, Section 4) — Appeal against conviction — Appreciation of evidence of prosecutrix (victim) — Consistency of testimony — Allegations of rape against a victim aged less than 17 years by a building co-tenant — Victim's testimony India Law Library Docid # 2435959
(116) RAMESH CHANDRA AGARWAL Vs. DEVENDER YADAV AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 21-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of Plaint — Scope of Examination — The court, when considering an application under Order 7 Rule 11, must only examine the averments made in the Plaint and not the defense or disputed facts — Rejection is warranted only if the Plaint discloses no cause of action India Law Library Docid # 2435960
(117) SONALI JAIN Vs. DHEERAJ CHAUHAN AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 21-11-2025 Family Law — Custody of Minor — Best Interest and Welfare of Child — Paramount consideration is the minor’s physical, emotional, moral, and intellectual welfare, transcending the legal rights or emotional claims of the parents — Court must guard against the bitterness of matrimonial disputes clouding the judgment on the child's welfare. India Law Library Docid # 2435961
(118) MR. SUNNY SANGWAN Vs. DR. SAURABH SHANDILYA THROUGH HIS DULY CONSTITUTED ATTORNEY MR. NIKHIL PRASAD OJHA AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 21-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 8 Rule 1 — Written Statement — Timelines for filing — Extension of time beyond 90 days — Extension must be granted only in exceptional circumstances, by way of exception, and only if the defendant demonstrates bona fide reasons supported by credible material — Extension cannot be granted where delay stems from negligence, indifference, lack of India Law Library Docid # 2435962
(119) DEVENDER SINGH Vs. STATE[DELHI HIGH COURT] 21-11-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7, 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) — Demand and Acceptance of Illegal Gratification — Proof of demand is sine qua non for conviction — Mere proof of acceptance or recovery of currency notes without evidence of demand is insufficient to establish the offence — Conviction requires proof of prior demand for illegal gratification by the public servant as a fact in issue India Law Library Docid # 2435963
(120) MR. APPUTHA RAJ Vs. RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 21-11-2025 Education Law — Admission — Excess Admissions — M.Pharma (Drug Regulatory Affairs) — Cancellation of Admission — Student admitted under Management Quota removed after admission found to be in excess of sanctioned intake limit — College claimed excess admission due to technical glitch in ERP system — Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) is empowered to regulate pharmacy education under Pharmacy Act, 1948 — India Law Library Docid # 2435887