(101) STATE OF J AND K Vs. MUZAFFAR AHMAD MALIK AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 27-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) — Section 378 (Appeal in case of acquittal) — Standard of Appellate Review — An appellate court should be slow to interfere with a judgment of acquittal unless it is contrary to evidence, palpably erroneous, or reflects a view that could not reasonably have been taken by the trial court — If two views are possible on the evidence, the one favouring the accused must be adopted — Interference India Law Library Docid # 2436240
(102) SHER MOHD AND OTHERS Vs. THE UT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 27-11-2025 Jammu & Kashmir Land Revenue/Acquisition — Writ Petition (Article 226) — Delay and Laches — Land Acquisition Matters — Appellants claimed entitlement to ownership rights and compensation for acquired state land based on Government Orders from 1958 and 1966, where acquisition process concluded in 1993, and writ petition was filed much later — Right to Property (Article 300A) considered a India Law Library Docid # 2436260
(103) SURESH SAHU AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR (NOW JHARKHAND)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 313 (now Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), Section 351) — Examination of Accused — Defective Examination — Purpose of Section 313/351 BNSS is to inform the accused of every incriminating circumstance appearing against him in the prosecution evidence and seek his explanation — Omission to put material circumstances specifically to the India Law Library Docid # 2436282
(104) RADHELAL RAWAT AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 27-11-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 — Section 528 — Quashing of First Information Report (FIR) — Based on Compromise — Offences under Sections 308(2), 308(5), 308(7), and 61(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) — Allegations involving "honey trap" conspiracy, blackmail, extortion, and threat of false implication in a rape case — High Court declined to quash the FIR despite India Law Library Docid # 2436381
(105) IN RE SUO MOTU Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 27-11-2025 Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 — Sections 3(1), 3(2), 3(3), 3(4) — Termination of Pregnancy — Consent of Pregnant Person — Rape Victim — Pregnancy exceeding 24 weeks — SOP Guidelines issued by High Court Division Bench — The SOP procedures for reference to Medical Board and High Court for termination of pregnancy exceeding 24 weeks cannot be enforced and are not required to be carried out if the prosecutrix/victim, or her guardian (in case of a minor), refuses India Law Library Docid # 2436382
(106) VISHAL BAMORIYA Vs. PUNJAB AND SIND BANK AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 27-11-2025 Service Law — Transfer — Judicial Review — Scope of Interference — High Courts' interference under Article 226 of the Constitution of India in matters of employee transfer is extremely limited; interference is warranted only if the transfer order is vitiated by mala fides, issued in violation of any mandatory statutory India Law Library Docid # 2436383
(107) SYED HABIB SHAH ALIAS NAWAB MIYAN (DIED) THROUGH LRS SYED IRFAN Vs. MST. MUMTAZ JAHAN BEGUM AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 27-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — First Appeal — Power of First Appellate Court— Scope and Duty — The first appeal is a valuable right, opening the whole case for rehearing on facts and law — The Appellate Court must apply its mind consciously, record findings, and give reasons on all issues and contentions — While reversing a finding of the Trial Court, the Appellate Court must closely examine the Trial Court's reasoning and provide its own detailed reasons for India Law Library Docid # 2436384
(108) KANHAIYA LAL THROUGH SPA HOLDER Vs. DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 26-11-2025 Letters Patent Appeal (LPA) — Scope of Interference — Dismissal of Writ Petition — Maintainability — Appeal filed against the dismissal of a writ petition claiming proprietary and easementary rights over an adjacent plot of land and challenging the Delhi Development Authority's (DDA) actions; the appellate court found that the Single Judge had meticulously dealt with all contentions and dismissed India Law Library Docid # 2435952
(109) SHANKAR Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 26-11-2025 Criminal Law — Appeal against Conviction — Gang Rape (Sections 376D/34 IPC) and POCSO Act (Sections 4/6/10) — Conviction upheld — Child victim’s testimony found consistent, natural, and trustworthy regarding involvement of appellant (one of three perpetrators) in gang rape — Consistency maintained across initial statements (Section 161 CrPC, though initially naming appellant as 'third India Law Library Docid # 2435953
(110) JHANKAR BANQUETS THROUGH ITS PARTNER MR. MAHESH KAPOOR Vs. DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY[DELHI HIGH COURT] 26-11-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(5), 11(6), 11(6A), and Section 7 — Appointment of Arbitrator — Existence of Arbitration Agreement — Lease Deed Clause 21 and Licence Deed Clause 19 — Clauses providing for disputes to be decided by Vice Chairman (VC), DDA, whose decision shall be final and binding — These clauses fulfil the requirements of Section 7 as they are in writing, India Law Library Docid # 2435954
(111) SUSHIL KUMAR JAIN Vs. KIRAN CHADHA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 26-11-2025 Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 — Section 14(1)(e) — Eviction Petition — Bona Fide Requirement — Revision Petition — Scope of Interference — Unchallenged findings by the Rent Controller regarding the landlady's bona fide requirement and lack of alternative accommodation are deemed admitted during the revision proceedings, thus narrowing the scope of the challenge. India Law Library Docid # 2435955
(112) SK. MD. ANISUR RAHAMAN Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Cancellation of Bail — Murder trial (Section 302 IPC) — Accused granted bail by Supreme Court subject to stringent conditions (confinement to Kolkata, daily attendance at Police Station) — Application for cancellation of bail moved by victim's relative alleging breach of conditions, witness intimidation, and resultant unfair trial — Background of trial India Law Library Docid # 2435919
(113) NEW DELHI NATURE SOCIETY THROUGH VERHAEN KHANNA Vs. DIRECTOR HOTRICULTURE DDA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-11-2025 Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 — Section 38H(6) — Captive Animal Management and Translocation — Cancellation of Zoo Recognition and Translocation — Controversy surrounding the proposed translocation of deer from A.N. Jha Deer Park (New Delhi) to wildlife sanctuaries in Rajasthan and Delhi on pretext of overcrowding, following cancellation of the Park’s recognition by Central India Law Library Docid # 2435920
(114) KAVYA KIRAN Vs. VISHAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-11-2025 Civil Procedure — Settlement Agreement — Mediation — Divorce by Mutual Consent — Where a Transfer Petition referring the matter to the Supreme Court Mediation Centre results in a Settlement Agreement between the parties (husband and wife), and the terms include dissolution of marriage by mutual consent and payment of a permanent alimony amount by the husband to the wife towards full and final settlement India Law Library Docid # 2436100
(115) ANKEM VENKATA SWAMY Vs. IMMANNI SRIRAMACHANDRA MURTHY AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 26-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 47 — Execution Application (E.A.) determining rights of Defendant 2 — Scope of C.R.P. — Where the Hon’ble Supreme Court modified a decree, stating that the plaintiff could not proceed against the rights of Defendant 2 (Petitioner), but granted Defendant 2 the liberty to approach the executing court to determine his right, the Defendant 2’s objection application under India Law Library Docid # 2436117
(116) J AND K SERVICE SELECTION BOARD AND ANOTHER Vs. SUDESH KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-11-2025 Service Law — Recruitment — Change in Evaluation Criteria — Arbitrariness — Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) issued notification for Foresters (minimum qualification 10+2 with Science) — Initial criteria allotted 25 points for B.Sc. Forestry — Criteria changed after interviews were completed, dividing B.Sc. Forestry into 3-year (20 points) and 4-year courses (25 points) — Held, India Law Library Docid # 2436126
(117) OM PRAKASH @ MOHIT SINGH Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Suspension of Sentence and Bail Pending Appeal — Principles Governing Grant — Conviction under Sections 489A to 489D of IPC (printing fake currency) resulting in 10-year sentence — Appellant filing appeal before High Court (Cr.A No.6056/2021) — Consideration for suspension of sentence after multiple rejections by High Court — Supreme Court allows appeal and India Law Library Docid # 2436150
(118) MRS. SHABEENA IBRAHIM Vs. MIR USMAN DISOOKI[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 26-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 181(4) — Jurisdiction of Criminal Court — Offences of Criminal Misappropriation and Criminal Breach of Trust — Scope — Offence can be inquired into or tried by a court within whose local jurisdiction the offence was committed, or any part of the property subject to the offence was received, retained, or was required to be returned or accounted for by the accused — Where the India Law Library Docid # 2436241
(119) BASHARAT AHMAD SHORA AND OTHERS Vs. UT OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 26-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Successive Bail Applications — Maintainability before Superior Court — Rejection of a bail application by an inferior court (e.g., Sessions Court/Trial Court) does not operate as a bar for the High Court (Superior Court) to entertain a successive bail application under the relevant corresponding provisions (Section 439 Cr.P.C./Section 483 BNS) based on the same facts India Law Library Docid # 2436242
(120) NAGRAJ V Vs. UT OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 26-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Bail — Principles Governing Grant of Bail — Factors to be considered — Nature of the alleged offence, severity of punishment, apprehension of tampering with witnesses, possibility of fleeing from justice, antecedents, and public interest are crucial factors — The "bail is the rule and jail is the exception" principle must be enforced by courts, especially when investigation is complete and chargesheet is filed India Law Library Docid # 2436243