(21) MANMOHAN GAIND Vs. NEGOLICE INDIA PVT. LTD[DELHI HIGH COURT] 11-11-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Cheque given as security — Cheque issued as security can mature for presentation if a legally enforceable debt or liability crystallizes later, and the drawer fails to repay. The onus is on the accused to prove otherwise with cogent evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2435121
(22) SIMARDEEP SINGH ARORA AND OTHER Vs. STATE (N.C.T OF DELHI) AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 11-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 188 — Offence committed outside India — Proviso to Section 188 not attracted if part of the offence was committed in India — Indian courts can try offences not committed entirely outside India, without prior sanction from the Central Government. India Law Library Docid # 2435122
(23) RAMAN KHANDELAWAL Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 11-11-2025 Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 — Sections 16, 45 — Admission to MBBS — PwD candidates — Exclusion from merit list — Exclusion of petitioners from PwD merit list for MBBS admission based on functional ineligibility by Medical Board — Petitioners challenged exclusion claiming it was arbitrary and contrary to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and NEET UG-2025 guidelines — Court found the exclusion justified based on functional assessment by a competent India Law Library Docid # 2435179
(24) BUDH SINGH Vs. AMRIT LAL @ AMRIT PAL SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 11-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of plaint — Application for amendment filed after commencement of trial and cross-examination of a witness allowed — Amendment necessary for effective adjudication and to avoid multiplicity of proceedings — Dispossession occurred during pendency of suit — India Law Library Docid # 2435217
(25) SMT. SUKHWINDER KAUR Vs. SANDEEP KAUR & OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 11-11-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 20 — Specific Performance of Contract of Sale — Readiness and Willingness — Suit for specific performance of a contract for sale of property is an equitable remedy and is at the discretion of the court. The court must exercise this discretion based on sound judicial principles. The buyer must demonstrate not only presence at the registration office but also the availability of India Law Library Docid # 2435218
(26) RIYAS Vs. P. N. SHINOSH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claims Tribunal — Enhancement of compensation — High Court enhanced compensation awarded by Claims Tribunal for a 14-year-old minor student who suffered 77.1% permanent disability due to a motor accident. Supreme Court reviewed the calculation of compensation. India Law Library Docid # 2435075
(27) NANDKUMAR @ NANDU MANILAL MUDALIAR Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 504, 324 — Conviction for murder and causing insult with intent to provoke breach of peace — Appeal against High Court judgment confirming conviction — Appellant convicted for murder and causing insult, acquitted of voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means — Case India Law Library Docid # 2435076
(28) AKULA NARAYANA Vs. THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 147 — Insurance policy — Statutory policy — Coverage of gratuitous passengers — A gratuitous passenger, other than the driver, cleaner, or conductor, is not considered a third party under a statutory policy, meaning the insurer is not liable for their injuries. India Law Library Docid # 2435077
(29) R. RAJENDRAN Vs. KAMAR NISHA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 112 — Presumption of legitimacy — Conclusive proof of legitimacy of a child born during a valid marriage — Can only be rebutted by proving non-access between spouses at the time the child could have been conceived — Presumption favours legitimacy and law frowns upon illegitimacy — Burden to India Law Library Docid # 2435078
(30) MITC ROLLING MILLS PRIVATE LIMITED AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S. RENUKA REALTORS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 13(1A) — Appealability of orders — Order rejecting plaint under Order VII Rule 11 CPC is a decree and is appealable under Section 13(1A) of CCA, 2015 — Proviso to Section 13(1A) restricting appeals to those in Order XLIII CPC applies only to interlocutory orders and not to a decree like rejection of plaint. India Law Library Docid # 2435079
(31) COMMISSIONER OF SERVICE TAX Vs. M/S ELEGANT DEVELOPERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Finance Act, 1994 — Sections 65(88), 65(105)(v) — Real Estate Agent — Definition — Taxability of services — Respondent engaged in purchasing land, identifying, demarcating, and facilitating transfer to a developer for a fixed rate per acre — Profit/loss margin based on difference between acquisition cost and fixed rate India Law Library Docid # 2435080
(32) K.S. MANJUNATH AND OTHERS Vs. MOORASAVIRAPPA@MUTTANNA CHENNAPPA BATIL, SINCE DECEASED BY HIS LRS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 14(c) and Section 16(c) — Agreement to Sell (ATS) — Termination — Determinable Contracts — Bona Fide Purchaser — Readiness and Willingness — Whether a suit for specific performance is maintainable without seeking a declaration that the termination of the ATS was invalid — Principles governing unilateral termination of a non-determinable agreement — The Supreme Court held that unilateral termination of a non-determinable agreement to India Law Library Docid # 2435081
(33) LIPI BOILERS LTD. Vs. THE COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE, AURANGABAD[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-11-2025 Central Excise Act, 1944 — Section 3 and Section 4 — Levy vs. Measurement — Central excise duty is levied on manufacture or production of goods (Section 3), while Section 4 provides the measure for calculating that duty — The measure of tax (Section 4) should not be confused with the nature of the tax itself — Including value of bought out items in assessable value is a measure for computation after excisability India Law Library Docid # 2435082
(34) SURESH KUMAR JAIN Vs. STATE (GOVT. OF NCT DELHI)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 Anticipatory Bail Application — Multiple Applications — Successive applications for anticipatory bail are not to be entertained, especially when the accused is absconding and not cooperating with investigations, and no significant change in circumstances or law has occurred since the rejection of earlier applications. India Law Library Docid # 2435124
(35) M/S SHREE BALAJEE ENTERPRISES AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S MAHASHIAN DI HATTI (MDH) PVT LTD[DELHI HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of Plaint on grounds of lack of territorial jurisdiction — Held, while the court must consider the content of the application, if the plaint raises a cause of action, even if disputed, the consequence of failure to prove jurisdiction would be return of plaint, not rejection. India Law Library Docid # 2435125
(36) BIJENDER SINGH Vs. GOVT. OF N.C.T. OF DELHI AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 Delhi Police (Punishment & Appeal) Rules, 1980 — Rule 15(2) — Preliminary enquiries — Cognizable offence disclosed — Approval for departmental enquiry or criminal prosecution — Rule requires prior approval of Additional Commissioner of Police regarding appropriate course of action — In this case, departmental enquiry India Law Library Docid # 2435126
(37) MD. MOFAZZULAR RAHMAN AND OTHERS Vs. MD. SARFARAZ ALAM AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 22 Rule 3 and Order 30 Rule 4 — Substitution of legal heirs — Partnership firm — Death of partner — Legal heirs unwilling to join firm — Partnership deed allows surviving partners to purchase deceased partner's share if heirs are unwilling — Death of partner does not automatically dissolve India Law Library Docid # 2435135
(38) ASHOK SARAF AND OTHERS Vs. ASANSOL DURGAPUR DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 2(1)(c)(vi) — "Commercial dispute" — Construction and infrastructure contracts, including tenders — A development agreement for a housing project involving the construction of roads, sewerage, and drainage systems, which arises from a tender process, falls under this category and constitutes a commercial dispute. The distinction between pure construction agreements and India Law Library Docid # 2435140
(39) SRI. RAMPADA JANA Vs. SRI. MANIKLAL SAMANTA[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955 — Sections 8 & 9 — Right of Pre-emption — Co-sharer — To claim pre-emption, the applicant must prove they are a co-sharer in the plot of land. If a plot of land is transferred with specific demarcation, the purchasers of different demarcated portions do not become co-sharers with each other. India Law Library Docid # 2435141
(40) VINAY AGGARWAL Vs. STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) AND OTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 10-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — Inherent powers of High Court — Petitioner challenged dismissal of his criminal complaint and subsequent upholding of that dismissal by revisional court. Held that the High Court has inherent powers to quash proceedings if the lower courts India Law Library Docid # 2435123