(121) TILAK RAJ AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 26-11-2025 Service Law — Regularization of Services — Contract Employees — Claim for regularization by contract workers engaged through contractors by Airport Authority of India (AAI) seeking parity with previously regularized employees — Initial regularization of 12 workers based on Parliamentary Standing Committee recommendations as a "onetime measure" due to continuous work during peak militancy India Law Library Docid # 2436244
(122) SANJEEV KUMAR Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 26-11-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Sections 8, 21, 22, and 37 — Criminal Procedure Code (Cr.PC) — Section 389 — Suspension of Sentence and Bail Pending Appeal — Criteria under Section 37 NDPS Act — Where the recovered quantity (10 kg of heroin) is commercial, bail/suspension of sentence is restricted by the mandate of Section 37 NDPS Act, requiring the Appellate Court to India Law Library Docid # 2436261
(123) DR. ARUN PRAKASH BUKHARIA Vs. THE STATE OF M.P. AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 26-11-2025 Service Law — Pension — Qualifying Service — Counting of Ad-hoc Service — Madhya Pradesh Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1976 — Rule 15-A (Unamended) — Rule 15-A required ad-hoc service to qualify for pension if appointment was against a regular post and regularization occurred without interruption in service — Petitioner, an ad-hoc lecturer from 1977, whose services were regularized in 1987 and retired in 2009, sought inclusion of ad-hoc period for pension — Breaks of two or three days India Law Library Docid # 2436385
(124) CHANDRESH RATHORE Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 26-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226, Articles 14 and 16 — Public Employment and Recruitment — Reduction in Advertised Posts — Power of Recruiting Authority — Challenge to reduction of Assistant Engineer (Civil) posts from 302 to 289 after preliminary and mains examinations were conducted — Advertised posts were subject to revision/reduction as per Clause 6(i) of the advertisement — Reduction permissible when appointments cannot exceed sanctioned India Law Library Docid # 2436386
(125) SMT MAHESHWARI Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 26-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Compassionate Appointment — Eligibility — Deceased employee was initially a daily wager, later classified as a permanent employee (Sthai Karmi) under circular dated 07.10.2016 — Claim for compassionate appointment by widow — Policy/Circulars dated 29.09.2014 and 31.08.2016 require the deceased employee to be a regular employee appointed against India Law Library Docid # 2436387
(126) SRI ADRUSHYA KADESHWARA SWAMIJI Vs. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 25-11-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 163 (Corresponding to Section 144 of the erstwhile Code of Criminal Procedure) — Power to Issue Prohibitory Order — Scope and Limitations — The power under Section 163 BNSS (Section 144 CrPC) is an extraordinary, executive power intended to address urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger for the immediate India Law Library Docid # 2435895
(127) G.R. SELVARAJ (DEAD), THROUGH LRS. Vs. K.J. PRAKASH KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 21 Rule 90(3) — Execution Sale — Setting aside sale on ground of irregularity — Statutory bar against judgment debtor — Scope and application of Order 21 Rule 90(3) CPC (inserted w.e.f. 01.02.1977) — No application to set aside sale shall be entertained on any ground which the applicant could have taken on or before the date the proclamation of sale was drawn up — Mandates vigilance by judgment debtor India Law Library Docid # 2435913
(128) RAJEEV KUMAR GUPTA AND OTHERS Vs. BHANU PRATAP SHARMA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Contempt of Court — Initiating Contempt Proceedings — Non-Implementation of Court Order — Where a judgment dated 14-15.01.2020 of the Supreme Court pertaining to Civil Appeal No. 1567/2017 was allegedly not implemented by the State of Karnataka, and the alleged contempt was deemed a continuing one — Supreme Court prima facie found that no sincere effort was made by State officers to India Law Library Docid # 2436064
(129) RAJNEESH KUMAR PANDEY AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Education Law — Appointment of Educators — Special Educators — Qualifications — Supreme Court addressing confusion regarding mandatory qualifications for Special Educators, specifically pertaining to Teacher’s Eligibility Test (TET) and Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) qualification — Issue arising from prior differing impressions and State notifications omitting TET requirement — India Law Library Docid # 2436066
(130) UNION OF INDIA Vs. RADHA YADAV[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Railways — Safety Issues — Directions to Union of India (Railways) — Review of Railways' report highlighting issues concerning system and passenger safety — Supreme Court directs initial focus to be on safety of tracks and railway crossings — Railways directed to file a better affidavit focusing on two specific issues (items no. 3 and 7 of the submitted report) where no definite timelines were provided for proposed India Law Library Docid # 2436072
(131) INDER PAL SINGH Vs. AJAY VIR SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 — Sections 8(2) and 8(3) — Disposal of minor's immovable property by natural guardian — Voidable nature of transaction — Agreement to Sell of minor's share in property by natural guardian (father) without court permission — Minor's right to repudiate transaction after attaining majority — India Law Library Docid # 2436073
(132) NARENDRA PRATAP SINGH Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Assessment of Loss of Earning Capacity — Claimant (Driver), aged 32, suffered 50% disability in right leg due to 3-inch shortening following an accident in 1996 — Tribunal awarded Rs. 4,08,000/- for loss of earning capacity using Rs. 4,000/- monthly income and multiplier 17 — High Court reduced compensation drastically, holding that renewal of transport vehicle India Law Library Docid # 2436078
(133) RAVI @ RAVICHANDRAN Vs. STATE REPRESENTED BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Applicability — An accused cannot be charged or convicted under the POCSO Act for an offence committed before the date the Act came into force (November 14, 2012). India Law Library Docid # 2436081
(134) RAMESH SHARMA AND OTHERS Vs. COLLECTOR / DISTRICT MAGISTRATE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 — Sections 7A, 11, 13 — Summary Eviction — Jurisdiction — Title Dispute — Appreciating Revenue Records — Maintainability of summary eviction proceedings under Section 7A hinges on whether the land is "Shamlat Deh" or vests in proprietors; if appellants prove exclusive possession of their forefathers on specified khasra numbers, a title dispute India Law Library Docid # 2436085
(135) RAJENDRA PRASAD MAHIPAL AND OTHERS Vs. NAND KISHORE AGARWAL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 163-A — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) — Compensation Award — Reversal by High Court — Refund of Compensation Amount — Principles of Equity — Where MACT awarded compensation under Section 163-A (₹1,90,000/-) which was received by claimants but subsequently set aside by High Court holding the application not maintainable, India Law Library Docid # 2436092
(136) C/M ZILA MAHILA SAMITI Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Societies Registration Act, 1860 — Societies in Uttar Pradesh — Governing Body Composition — Colonial Mindset — Challenge to composition of Zila Mahila Samiti, Bulandshahar, where bye-laws (amended) designated the District Magistrate's wife as President, sidelining elected members — Supreme Court notes that this structure reflects India Law Library Docid # 2436097
(137) CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATION BSNL Vs. KAMAL SHANKAR SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Industrial Disputes — Termination of Service — Reinstatement and Back Wages — Extreme Delay in Raising Dispute — Workman reinstated with 50% back wages by Labour Court after raising industrial dispute 13 years post-termination — High Court upheld award — Supreme Court, considering the workman's age (approx. 59 years and near superannuation) and delay in raising dispute, settled the matter by awarding a lump India Law Library Docid # 2436102
(138) KONKAN RAILWAY CORPORATION LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. S.D. MANOHARA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Service Law — Resignation — Withdrawal of Resignation — Review Petition — Konkan Railway Corporation (employer) challenged the judgment allowing employee's appeal based on two 'apparent errors': (i) Communication of resignation acceptance letter (dated 15.04.2014) to the employee on 16.04.2014, and (ii) Employee not reporting to duty on 19.05.2014 — Supreme Court held that the India Law Library Docid # 2436112
(139) HARISH Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Excise Act — Quashing of FIR — Second FIR on identical facts and occurrence — Principles of law — Where two FIRs (No. 126/2012 and No. 127/2012) were lodged on the same day for the same incident and under the same legal provisions, the lodging of the second FIR is an infraction of settled principles of law and an abuse of the process of India Law Library Docid # 2436138
(140) MRS. YEJJAPURAPU HEMA Vs. YEJJAPURAPU RAMANA[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-11-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Dissolution of Marriage (Divorce) — Cruelty (Mental and Physical) — Scope and Definition — Cruelty, whether physical or mental, is difficult to define precisely; it depends on the way of life, social, economic conditions, customs, and traditions of the parties — Causes warranting separation must be grave and weighty, showing an absolute impossibility for discharging marital India Law Library Docid # 2436181