(161) JYOTSNA DEVI Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-09-2025 Education Law — Recruitment Rules — Applicability of — Selection process initiated under Assam Government Aided Junior College Management Rules, 2001 — Advertisement did not stipulate age limit — Government condoned appellant's overage — Subsequent approval of appointment — High Court relying on Assam Secondary Education (Provincialisation) Service Rules, 2003, which prescribed age India Law Library Docid # 2433177
(162) EBC PUBLISHING (P) LTD AND ANOTHER Vs. RUPA PUBLICATIONS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED[DELHI HIGH COURT] 25-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rule 1 and 2 — Temporary Injunction — Application seeking interim and temporary injunction against defendant — Infringement of distinctive trade dress, get-up, and overall presentation of plaintiffs' 'COAT POCKET edition' of the Constitution of India Bare Acts. India Law Library Docid # 2433308
(163) SHRI ONGDI SHERPA Vs. SHRI NIM TEMBA SHERPA AND OTHERS[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 25-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Substantial Question of Law — Court Witness Evidence — Whether the learned First Appellate Court by ignoring material evidence given by Court Witness No.1, Surja Maya Sunwar, endorsed the finding of the Learned Trial Court? India Law Library Docid # 2433410
(164) SHREE NAGAR RAM LILA MAHOTSAV Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-09-2025 Religious Festivals and School Playgrounds — Resolution of Conflict — The Court requested the High Court to impress upon the District Administration to identify an alternative suitable site for religious festivals to ensure the exclusive use of the school playground by students, involving stakeholder consultation and proposal submission. India Law Library Docid # 2433535
(165) M/S NETSITY SYSTEMS PVT. LTD. Vs. STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 437/438 — Bail and Anticipatory Bail — Factors to consider when granting or cancelling bail — Conduct of the accused, including undertakings made before higher courts, is crucial and should not be overlooked. Simply filing a chargesheet is not sufficient grounds for automatic grant of bail, especially when the accused has a history of dubious conduct and has previously misled courts. India Law Library Docid # 2433461
(166) CHANDRASHEKHAR AND OTHERS Vs. GANGAVVA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 25-09-2025 Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961 — Sections 4, 21, 24 — Tenancy rights — Will — Bequest of tenanted land — Land vested with the government — Occupancy rights granted to tenant — Whether a bequest under a Will is an assignment and barred by Section 21 — Held, Section 21 must be read with Section 24 — Bests are India Law Library Docid # 2433698
(167) M/S SPAZECLUB PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S VENUS COTSPIN PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 25-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 15 Rule 5 — Striking off defence for failure to deposit admitted rent — Provisions require defendant to deposit admitted rent and monthly amount due throughout the continuation of the suit — Failure to do so may lead to striking off defence — Commercial Court correctly applied this rule. India Law Library Docid # 2433922
(168) BEANT KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. SHREE SANATAN DHARAM SABHA (REGD.)[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 25-09-2025 East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 — Section 13 — Punjab Religious Premises and Land (Eviction and Rent Recovery) Act, 1997 — Section 12 — Jurisdiction of Rent Tribunal — Bar of Jurisdiction — Petitioners contending that eviction petition under Act of 1949 is not maintainable as jurisdiction is barred by Act India Law Library Docid # 2433923
(169) GURNEK SINGH Vs. BALBIR SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 25-09-2025 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Appeal filed with a delay of 4 days — Application for condonation of delay allowed, reasons mentioned in the application supported by affidavit. India Law Library Docid # 2433934
(170) BALJINDERPAL SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. INDERJIT KAUR OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 25-09-2025 Civil Procedure — Suit for possession — Maintainability — Plaintiff's suit for possession was dismissed as defendant's possession was based on a Consent Decree that was never challenged by the plaintiffs. Held, suit for possession without challenging the decree is not maintainable. India Law Library Docid # 2433935
(171) THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, FOOD CIVIL SUPPLIES AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, PUNJAB AND OTHERS Vs. VARINDER KUMAR JAIN[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 25-09-2025 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Not a matter of generosity or benevolence, but requires sufficient cause — Pursuit of substantial justice cannot prejudice the opposite party — Law of limitation is substantive, not merely technical, and promotes finality in litigation. India Law Library Docid # 2433936
(172) RATTAN SINGH (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LR Vs. MANGE RAM AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 25-09-2025 Land Revenue Act / Punjab Courts Act — Right of Pre-emption — Co-ownership — The appellant claimed to be a co-owner before the sale, thus preventing the respondent's right of pre-emption. The lower courts ruled against this, but the High Court found that the appellant was indeed a co-owner based on earlier land records. The bifurcation of land records in a later Jamabandi was found to be erroneous, and India Law Library Docid # 2433937
(173) COL. AMARDEEP SINGH (RETD.) Vs. ANUPAMDEEP KAUR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 25-09-2025 Indian Succession Act, 1925 — Section 63 — Execution of Will — Attestation — Critical for a Will to be validly attested by two or more witnesses, each of whom must have seen the testator sign or affix their mark, or seen another person sign on the testator's behalf in their presence and by their direction. Witness must also sign in the testator's presence. In this case, one attesting witness's statement that he signed India Law Library Docid # 2433938
(174) GURMEL SINGH Vs. BHOLA SINQH ALIAS SUKHDEV SINQH AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 25-09-2025 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 58(c) — Mortgage by conditional sale — Ingredients — Transaction is a mortgage by conditional sale if there is an ostensible sale, a condition that on default of payment the sale shall become absolute or on payment the sale shall become void or the buyer shall retransfer, and this condition is embodied in the same document as the sale — Held, the document in India Law Library Docid # 2433980
(175) SMT. NIRMALA MEENA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 25-09-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 13(1)(c)(d), 13(2), 13(1)(e) and IPC, 1860 — Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 109 — Prosecution Sanction — Challenge to — Petitioner sought quashing of order granting prosecution sanction — Allegations of misappropriation of wheat and disproportionate assets — Previous departmental inquiry recommended exoneration — Another FIR resulted in a negative final report India Law Library Docid # 2433981
(176) JEEVARAM Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 25-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 173(8) — Further Investigation — Charge-sheet was filed wherein investigation against the driver of a white swift car was kept pending under Section 173(8) Cr.P.C. — This indicated that the investigation was not complete — Trial court erred in making adverse observations and directing inquiry against Investigating Officer for alleged wilful negligence and India Law Library Docid # 2433982
(177) BHARAT SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 25-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14, Article 16(1) — Equality before law, Right to equality of opportunity — Writ petition challenging amendment to Rajasthan Public Service Commission (Ministerial and Subordinate Services) Rules, 1999, specifically Rule 6A concerning compassionate appointment for dependents of armed force personnel — Petitioner sought appointment based on grandfather's death in India Law Library Docid # 2433983
(178) MUKHRAM SWAMI Vs. REGISTRAR, CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES, RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 25-09-2025 Rajasthan Cooperative Societies Act, 2001 — Section 57(1) — Surcharge proceedings — Delay in initiation — Petitioner challenged proceedings initiated under Section 57(1) of the Act of 2001 alleging embezzlement in 2009-2010, arguing that the proceedings were time-barred as Section 57 provides a six-year limitation period for inquiry from the date of the act or omission, or two years from the date of India Law Library Docid # 2433984
(179) LRS OF PURAKH SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. NARENDRA SINGH AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 25-09-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal against award of Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal — Appeal filed under Section 173 challenging the award partly allowing the claim petition and awarding compensation — Appeal concerning calculation of compensation for a homemaker deceased in a road accident. India Law Library Docid # 2433985
(180) NABAKISHORE BARIK Vs. BRAHMAHARI SHANKAR DASH[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 24-09-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Cheque admitted in evidence without objection — Signature on cheque not disputed at the time of marking it as an exhibit — Subsequent application to send cheque for handwriting expert opinion rejected — Held, proper procedure would have been to file application under Section 45 of the Evidence Act, 1872, for expertise opinion, as the cheque had already India Law Library Docid # 2433145