(21) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S OASYS CYBERNATICS PVT. LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Government Contracts and Tenders — Letter of Intent (LoI) — Legal Nature — An LoI is ordinarily a precursor to a contract, indicating intent to enter into a future agreement, but does not itself create a concluded contract or vested, enforceable rights unless the necessary preconditions are satisfied — A bidder's commercial expectation that a contract will follow an LoI is not a juridical entitlement — If the LoI explicitly India Law Library Docid # 2435914
(22) VINOD KUMAR BHATIA Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-11-2025 Companies Act, 1956 — Section 630 — Wrongful withholding of company property by employee/ex-employee — Conviction for failure to vacate company quarter post-retirement — Scope of High Court's revisional jurisdiction — High Court, while exercising revisional jurisdiction, must assess correctness, legality, and propriety of findings below (concurrent findings of ASJ and ACMM) and should not re-appreciate evidence or interfere unless orders are wholly unreasonable or lead to India Law Library Docid # 2435956
(23) ENVITECH CONSULTANTS INDIA PVT LTD Vs. RUDRABHISHEK ENTERPRISES LIMITED AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 (a) and (d) — Rejection of Plaint — Applicable principles — Power to reject a plaint is a drastic one and conditions must be strictly adhered to — Court must look only at the averments in the plaint and documents annexed; defendant’s defense or arguments in the application are irrelevant — Allegations in the plaint must be taken as correct for deciding the India Law Library Docid # 2435957
(24) SH. GAURAV KHATTAR Vs. SH. VIRENDER AGGARWAL[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 114 read with Order XLVII Rule 1 — Review Petition — Grounds for Review — Alleged error apparent on the face of the record and discovery of new and important evidence — Standard for 'new and important evidence' (Aadhar Card and Bank Passbook showing different address) — Where documents (proof of address) claimed to be new evidence were at all times India Law Library Docid # 2435958
(25) IRFAN Vs. STATE[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-11-2025 Criminal Law — Rape (IPC Section 376) and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO Act, Section 4) — Appeal against conviction — Appreciation of evidence of prosecutrix (victim) — Consistency of testimony — Allegations of rape against a victim aged less than 17 years by a building co-tenant — Victim's testimony India Law Library Docid # 2435959
(26) BALAJI STEEL TRADE Vs. FLUDOR BENIN S.A. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-11-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6), Section 11(12)(a), Section 2(1)(f), Section 2(2) — Applicability of Part I, including Section 11, to International Commercial Arbitration (ICA) — Dispute arising from a Buyer and Seller Agreement (BSA) where Respondent No. 1 is foreign company (incorporated in Benin) — BSA stipulates arbitration “will take place in Benin” and is governed by India Law Library Docid # 2435695
(27) P.U. SIDHIQUE AND OTHERS Vs. ZAKARIYA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-11-2025 Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1965 (Act, 1965) — Sections 12 and 18 — Eviction for non-payment of rent — Procedure under Section 12 in Appeal against Section 12(3) eviction order — Whether the entire summary procedure under Section 12 must be repeated before the Rent Control Appellate Authority when challenging an eviction order passed under Section 12(3) — Held: A fresh application under Section 12(1) of the Act is not mandatory when challenging an eviction order India Law Library Docid # 2435697
(28) MR. APPUTHA RAJ Vs. RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 21-11-2025 Education Law — Admission — Excess Admissions — M.Pharma (Drug Regulatory Affairs) — Cancellation of Admission — Student admitted under Management Quota removed after admission found to be in excess of sanctioned intake limit — College claimed excess admission due to technical glitch in ERP system — Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) is empowered to regulate pharmacy education under Pharmacy Act, 1948 — India Law Library Docid # 2435887
(29) GODOLPHINE INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. UM PROJECTS LLP AND ANOTHER[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 21-11-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 37(1)(c) — Appeal challenging dismissal of Section 34 application — Grounds for setting aside Arbitral Award — Patent illegality — Failure to refer to every document or correspondence — An arbitral award must be informed by reasons (Section 31(3)) after appreciating and evaluating materials; however, it is not necessary for the Arbitral Tribunal to specifically refer to each and India Law Library Docid # 2435889
(30) ASKINS BIOFUELS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 21-11-2025 Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966 — Scope and Applicability — Standalone Distilleries and Jaggery Units — Applicability of Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966 to standalone distilleries manufacturing ethanol (Appellant 1, M/s. Askins) — Division Bench previously held that the Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966, as amended, does not apply to standalone distilleries established under notifications of the Ministry of India Law Library Docid # 2435891
(31) M/S. DNA ENTERTAINMENT NETWORKS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 21-11-2025 Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 — Sections 3(1), 8B, and 8C — Constitution of Commission — Role of Commission — Judicial Review of Inquiry Report — A One Member Commission appointed under Section 3(1) to inquire into a stampede during a victory celebration was primarily a 'fact finding body' tasked with ascertaining facts, reasons/responsible parties for the tragedy, and suggesting precautionary measures, not India Law Library Docid # 2435882
(32) RAMESH CHANDRA AGARWAL Vs. DEVENDER YADAV AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 21-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of Plaint — Scope of Examination — The court, when considering an application under Order 7 Rule 11, must only examine the averments made in the Plaint and not the defense or disputed facts — Rejection is warranted only if the Plaint discloses no cause of action India Law Library Docid # 2435960
(33) SONALI JAIN Vs. DHEERAJ CHAUHAN AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 21-11-2025 Family Law — Custody of Minor — Best Interest and Welfare of Child — Paramount consideration is the minor’s physical, emotional, moral, and intellectual welfare, transcending the legal rights or emotional claims of the parents — Court must guard against the bitterness of matrimonial disputes clouding the judgment on the child's welfare. India Law Library Docid # 2435961
(34) MR. SUNNY SANGWAN Vs. DR. SAURABH SHANDILYA THROUGH HIS DULY CONSTITUTED ATTORNEY MR. NIKHIL PRASAD OJHA AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 21-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 8 Rule 1 — Written Statement — Timelines for filing — Extension of time beyond 90 days — Extension must be granted only in exceptional circumstances, by way of exception, and only if the defendant demonstrates bona fide reasons supported by credible material — Extension cannot be granted where delay stems from negligence, indifference, lack of India Law Library Docid # 2435962
(35) DEVENDER SINGH Vs. STATE[DELHI HIGH COURT] 21-11-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7, 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) — Demand and Acceptance of Illegal Gratification — Proof of demand is sine qua non for conviction — Mere proof of acceptance or recovery of currency notes without evidence of demand is insufficient to establish the offence — Conviction requires proof of prior demand for illegal gratification by the public servant as a fact in issue India Law Library Docid # 2435963
(36) ROBERT LALCHUNGNUNGA CHONGTHU @ R L CHONGTHU Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF NDIA] 20-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent powers of High Court — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Arms Act, 1959 — Section 13(2A) — Prosecution of public servant (IAS officer/District Magistrate) for alleged irregularities in issuing arms licenses and criminal conspiracy (Sections 109, 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B IPC and Section 30 Arms Act) — Delay in investigation India Law Library Docid # 2435645
(37) JALGAON DISTRICT CENTRAL COOP. BANK LTD. Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-11-2025 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) — Priority of Debts — Section 26E — When two enactments contain non-obstante clauses, the provision incorporated later in time prevails; however, if one enactment creates a statutory 'first charge', that charge prevails over the general 'priority' conferred by the later non-obstante clause — India Law Library Docid # 2435647
(38) BHARAT KANTILAL DALAL (DEAD) THROUGH LR. Vs. CHETAN SURENDRA DALAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-11-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Execution of Arbitral Award — Letters Patent Appeal (LPA) — Maintainability — Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), 1908 — Order 21 Rule 22 — Execution proceedings against legal representatives — The Act is a self-contained code restricting judicial interference — An order passed by a Single Judge in the course of executing an arbitral award is traceable to the Act, not the CPC; therefore, a Letters Patent Appeal against such an order is not maintainable India Law Library Docid # 2435649
(39) ANIL Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY AND SECRETARY EDUCATION[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 20-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 23 — Prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labour (Begar) — Non-payment of salary as "forced labour" or "Begar" — Withholding of monthly salary of Assistant Teachers and Physical Education Teacher by the State authorities for a period of 19 months, despite their continuous service, constitutes a violation of Article 23 (prohibiting India Law Library Docid # 2435892
(40) AMISH BAJAJ AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 528 (erstwhile Section 482 CrPC) — Quashing of FIR — Matrimonial Offences — Compromise — FIR registered under IPC Sections 498A/406/34 (and Section 354 against one petitioner) arising out of matrimonial dispute — Marriage dissolved by mutual consent divorce and matter amicably settled between the parties before Mediation India Law Library Docid # 2435964