(141) MAYARANI PAIN Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 85, 108, 3(5) — Anticipatory Bail — Petitioner apprehending arrest in connection with FIR for offences under these sections — Petitioner is mother-in-law of complainant — Interim protection granted subject to cooperation with investigation — Granted anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds and sureties, subject to India Law Library Docid # 2434915
(142) ANSARULLA AJIMULLA KHAN @ LALA Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 8(c) and 21 — Bail — Appellant arrested in connection with offences under the Act — High Court's order granting bail challenged — Supreme Court considered totality of circumstances and period of incarceration (over 1 year 8 months) — Supreme Court inclined to grant bail on terms to be fixed by the Trial Court. India Law Library Docid # 2434924
(143) THE DIRECTOR, BHARATHIDASAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND ANOTHER Vs. DR. C.N.S. RAMNATH BABU AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Employment Law — Reinstatement — Employee termination — Where an order of termination is quashed, but the issues raised against the employee are serious, reinstatement might not be the appropriate remedy. Instead, full monetary reimbursement is a suitable alternative to compensate for any loss suffered, preventing irreparable harm. India Law Library Docid # 2434926
(144) THE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. SMT. PHUL BHANU BIBI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Recovery from officers — High Court directing recovery of awarded compensation from erring officers of Insurance Company — Supreme Court set aside this direction — Reason: Officers were not made parties nor heard, violating principles of natural justice — Compensation amount itself maintained. India Law Library Docid # 2434932
(145) DIPIKA AGARWAL (NEE KHAITAN) Vs. RISHI AGARWAL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Transfer Petition — Transfer of Matrimonial Suit — Supreme Court satisfied that transfer is appropriate based on allegations in petition without delving into merits — Divorce petition pending in West Bengal transferred to Family Court in New Delhi — Transfer shall not hinder mediation proceedings — Transferee court to continue proceedings India Law Library Docid # 2434933
(146) HIMACHAL PRADESH ROAD AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORP. LTD Vs. M/S C & C CONSTRUCTION LTD.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 31-10-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 & 37 — Scope of interference by Courts — High Court cannot re-appreciate evidence in an arbitration appeal and should not sit as a court of appeal unless the award is patently illegal or suffers from perversity or is against the fundamental policy of Indian law, justice, or morality. India Law Library Docid # 2434935
(147) KOUSTAV BAGCHI Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 31-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 199(2) (Corresponding to Section 222(2) Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023) — Prosecution for defamation of a public functionary in discharge of public functions — Complaint by Public Prosecutor against an Advocate and politician for posting excerpts from a book on social media and making India Law Library Docid # 2435147
(148) MUDI SINGH Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 31-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376 and 493 — Rape and Co-habitation caused deceitfully, respectively — Appeal against conviction — Victim was major and in love relationship with accused — Cohabitation occurred over a period with expressed intention of marriage, but non-fulfillment of promise doesn't automatically make it rape India Law Library Docid # 2435149
(149) LALIT KUMAR PANWAR Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 31-10-2025 Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 2009 — Section 73-B — Revocation of allotment and cancellation of lease deed — Power of Municipality — Municipality has power to initiate action under Section 73-B even if patta (lease deed) is registered, if it was obtained by misrepresentation, fraud, or in contravention of law. India Law Library Docid # 2435160
(150) JAI SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT, JODHPUR AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 31-10-2025 Rajasthan High Court Staff Service Rules, 2002, Rule 4-A (as amended by Order dated 05.12.2002) — Recruitment by promotion for Assistant Stamp Reporter and Court Fee Examiners — Eligibility — Interpretation of "officials in the equivalent or above grade" — Held, eligibility is based on grade, not exclusively on cadre — India Law Library Docid # 2435172
(151) ORION CONMERX PVT. LTD. Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2025 Insurance Law — Fire Insurance — Accidental Fire — Cause of fire is immaterial if the insured is not the instigator and there is no fraud. The objective of fire insurance is to indemnify the insured against loss by fire. India Law Library Docid # 2434698
(152) DEVARAJ RENGAN Vs. ESWARAN[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 30-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Compounding of offence — Offences under Section 138 of NI Act are compoundable — Parties entered into a Memorandum of Compromise and settled the dispute amicably — Full settlement amount paid by demand draft — Conviction and sentence stands annulled. India Law Library Docid # 2434764
(153) EROS INTERNATIONAL MEDIA LTD. Vs. REELS ENTERTAINMENT PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 9 — Applications for interim measures post award — Maintainability — Award became final in 2021, but no steps taken for enforcement until an execution petition was filed in September 2025 — Applications under Section 9 filed in October 2025 — Held not maintainable as the award was ripe for enforcement and the applicant had delayed significantly in pursuing India Law Library Docid # 2434765
(154) THANGADURAI Vs. SWAMIDOSS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 30-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Cheque dishonour — Compounding of offences — Criminal revision petition filed after conviction and dismissal of appeal — Parties entered into compromise outside court — Entire compensation and costs paid — High Court can compound offence exercising inherent powers to secure ends of justice, even at appellate or revision stage — Object of Act is India Law Library Docid # 2434841
(155) STATE OF KERALA Vs. SUBRAMANIAN NAMBOOTHIRI[KERALA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 307, 323, 324, 34 — Appeal against acquittal — High Court powers — Appellate court can review evidence thoroughly and reverse acquittal if trial court's findings are perverse, based on misreading or non-reading of evidence, or lead to grave miscarriage of justice. India Law Library Docid # 2434854
(156) ANIL K EMMANUEL Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 216 (BNSS Section 239) — Addition of charge — Public prosecutor's application to add charge — Maintainability — Courts have the power to alter or add charges even after evidence is adduced and arguments are heard, provided no prejudice is caused to the accused — Even an informant or victim can seek alteration/addition of charge, therefore a India Law Library Docid # 2434855
(157) MUHAMMAD SHAREEF. C AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Kerala Registration of Marriages (Common) Rules, 2008 — Rule 11 — Registration of second marriage of a Muslim man when first wife is alive — Requirement of notice to first wife — Constitution of India — Articles 14 and 15 — Equality before law and prohibition of discrimination — Although Muslim Personal Law permits polygamy under certain conditions, registration of a second marriage India Law Library Docid # 2434856
(158) PAWAN KUMAR Vs. SURBHI KHATANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 1 — Transfer Petition — Divorce proceedings — Mediation successful — Parties arrived at a settlement agreement for dissolution of marriage and withdrawal of all pending cases against each other — Settlement includes lump sum payment to wife and terms regarding custody and visitation of minor child — Supreme Court India Law Library Docid # 2434887
(159) KIRAN DEEP KAUR @ KIRAN BALA Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2025 Civil Procedure — Compensation — Vicarious Liability — State's responsibility — While the State may not be vicariously liable in a strict legal sense for actions of its employees that cause death, the court can award compensation in the interest of justice, especially in cases involving official weapons and delayed response to victim's pleas. India Law Library Docid # 2434888
(160) PADMAVATHY Vs. THAMARAVARDHINI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2025 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Applicability of amendments — Suit for partition — Conflict between earlier judgments of Supreme Court on the effect of amendments — Supreme Court decided the issue in Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma & Ors. — High Court's judgment passed before Vineeta Sharma was available — Supreme Court set aside High Court's judgment and India Law Library Docid # 2434889