(261) SUSHIL KUMAR JAIN Vs. KIRAN CHADHA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 26-11-2025 Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 — Section 14(1)(e) — Eviction Petition — Bona Fide Requirement — Revision Petition — Scope of Interference — Unchallenged findings by the Rent Controller regarding the landlady's bona fide requirement and lack of alternative accommodation are deemed admitted during the revision proceedings, thus narrowing the scope of the challenge. India Law Library Docid # 2435955
(262) SK. MD. ANISUR RAHAMAN Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Cancellation of Bail — Murder trial (Section 302 IPC) — Accused granted bail by Supreme Court subject to stringent conditions (confinement to Kolkata, daily attendance at Police Station) — Application for cancellation of bail moved by victim's relative alleging breach of conditions, witness intimidation, and resultant unfair trial — Background of trial India Law Library Docid # 2435919
(263) NEW DELHI NATURE SOCIETY THROUGH VERHAEN KHANNA Vs. DIRECTOR HOTRICULTURE DDA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-11-2025 Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 — Section 38H(6) — Captive Animal Management and Translocation — Cancellation of Zoo Recognition and Translocation — Controversy surrounding the proposed translocation of deer from A.N. Jha Deer Park (New Delhi) to wildlife sanctuaries in Rajasthan and Delhi on pretext of overcrowding, following cancellation of the Park’s recognition by Central India Law Library Docid # 2435920
(264) KAVYA KIRAN Vs. VISHAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-11-2025 Civil Procedure — Settlement Agreement — Mediation — Divorce by Mutual Consent — Where a Transfer Petition referring the matter to the Supreme Court Mediation Centre results in a Settlement Agreement between the parties (husband and wife), and the terms include dissolution of marriage by mutual consent and payment of a permanent alimony amount by the husband to the wife towards full and final settlement India Law Library Docid # 2436100
(265) ANKEM VENKATA SWAMY Vs. IMMANNI SRIRAMACHANDRA MURTHY AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 26-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 47 — Execution Application (E.A.) determining rights of Defendant 2 — Scope of C.R.P. — Where the Hon’ble Supreme Court modified a decree, stating that the plaintiff could not proceed against the rights of Defendant 2 (Petitioner), but granted Defendant 2 the liberty to approach the executing court to determine his right, the Defendant 2’s objection application under India Law Library Docid # 2436117
(266) J AND K SERVICE SELECTION BOARD AND ANOTHER Vs. SUDESH KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-11-2025 Service Law — Recruitment — Change in Evaluation Criteria — Arbitrariness — Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) issued notification for Foresters (minimum qualification 10+2 with Science) — Initial criteria allotted 25 points for B.Sc. Forestry — Criteria changed after interviews were completed, dividing B.Sc. Forestry into 3-year (20 points) and 4-year courses (25 points) — Held, India Law Library Docid # 2436126
(267) OM PRAKASH @ MOHIT SINGH Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Suspension of Sentence and Bail Pending Appeal — Principles Governing Grant — Conviction under Sections 489A to 489D of IPC (printing fake currency) resulting in 10-year sentence — Appellant filing appeal before High Court (Cr.A No.6056/2021) — Consideration for suspension of sentence after multiple rejections by High Court — Supreme Court allows appeal and India Law Library Docid # 2436150
(268) MRS. SHABEENA IBRAHIM Vs. MIR USMAN DISOOKI[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 26-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 181(4) — Jurisdiction of Criminal Court — Offences of Criminal Misappropriation and Criminal Breach of Trust — Scope — Offence can be inquired into or tried by a court within whose local jurisdiction the offence was committed, or any part of the property subject to the offence was received, retained, or was required to be returned or accounted for by the accused — Where the India Law Library Docid # 2436241
(269) BASHARAT AHMAD SHORA AND OTHERS Vs. UT OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 26-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Successive Bail Applications — Maintainability before Superior Court — Rejection of a bail application by an inferior court (e.g., Sessions Court/Trial Court) does not operate as a bar for the High Court (Superior Court) to entertain a successive bail application under the relevant corresponding provisions (Section 439 Cr.P.C./Section 483 BNS) based on the same facts India Law Library Docid # 2436242
(270) NAGRAJ V Vs. UT OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 26-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Bail — Principles Governing Grant of Bail — Factors to be considered — Nature of the alleged offence, severity of punishment, apprehension of tampering with witnesses, possibility of fleeing from justice, antecedents, and public interest are crucial factors — The "bail is the rule and jail is the exception" principle must be enforced by courts, especially when investigation is complete and chargesheet is filed India Law Library Docid # 2436243
(271) 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
(272) 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
(273) 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
(274) 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
(275) 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
(276) M/S. THE SILOAM CHRISTIAN AID MISSION PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. GNANANAMANI LOUIS (DIED) AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 26-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 14 Rule 1 & 2 — Framing and Determination of Issues — Requirement to decide all issues — Trial Court's judgment is not a judgment in the eye of law if it fails to indicate the issues framed and fails to state findings on each issue, even if fair issues were framed previously by the court — Court is mandated to pronounce judgment on all issues framed on material propositions of fact or India Law Library Docid # 2436652
(277) SMT. VIJAYA Vs. RAJKUMAR (DIED) THR. LRS.[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 26-11-2025 Hindu Law — Joint Family Property — Ancestral Property — Presumption — Properties acquired by father from his self-earned income, without the aid of any ancestral nucleus or surplus thereof, and purchased in the names of his wife and sons, are not considered ancestral property or joint family property — Such properties become the absolute properties of the respective individuals in whose names they stand — No India Law Library Docid # 2436653
(278) G. AMIRTHARAJ Vs. J. SELVARAJ[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 26-11-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of Cheque — Compounding of Offence — The offence under Section 138 NI Act is primarily a civil wrong and is compoundable under Section 147 NI Act, which has an overriding effect on the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code (or its successor, BNSS, 2023) regarding compounding. India Law Library Docid # 2436654
(279) MAHESH KUMAR Vs. DILBAG SINGH AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 26-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of Pleadings — Suit for declaration and permanent injunction that property is jointly owned — Amendment sought to add consequential relief of partition — Property claimed in the original plaint to be jointly owned by real brothers (plaintiff and defendant No. 1); specific prayer for declaration of joint ownership was made — Defendant No. 1 denied India Law Library Docid # 2436909
(280) BABLI Vs. RANGI RAM (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS. AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 26-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Scope of Second Appeal — Interference with Concurrent Findings of Fact — The jurisdiction of the High Court in a Second Appeal is limited to errors of law or procedure and does not extend to interfering with findings of fact, even if such findings appear erroneous, including findings based on documentary evidence — The Supreme Court precedent confirms that findings of fact India Law Library Docid # 2436910