(301) DR. MAHENDRA KUSHWAHA Vs. POOJA KUSHWAHA[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-11-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 10 (Judicial Separation) and Section 13(1)(ia) (Cruelty) — Grounds for Judicial Separation — Husband filed for judicial separation alleging cruelty based on suppression of wife's pre-marital disease (Epilepsy/seizures) and subsequent false allegations of conspiracy against him and his mother; Trial Court dismissed the application — Held, failure to disclose suffering from seizures/Epilepsy prior to marriage, coupled with baseless allegations (that India Law Library Docid # 2436388
(302) PRABHAT KISHORE Vs. SMT. RUKMANI DEVI[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 25-11-2025 Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 (U.P. Act No. 13 of 1972) — Section 21(1)(a) — Release Application — Amendment of Pleadings — Bona fide requirement — Tenant (Petitioner) sought amendment to written statement to introduce pleadings concerning Landlord's (Respondent's) subsequent conduct, including sale deeds and dealings with properties India Law Library Docid # 2436512
(303) PANCHAL RANJAN Vs. SMT. SHIVANI[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 25-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125 — Ex Parte Maintenance Order — Recall of Ex Parte Order — Section 126(2) — Grounds for ‘Sufficient Cause’ — Husband working as Constable (Fire) with CISF, posted outside State (Tamil Nadu) — Non-appearance on first date (05.10.2023) due to alleged non-sanction of required leave — Proceeding ex parte and subsequent maintenance order India Law Library Docid # 2436513
(304) RASHIDA Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND & OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 25-11-2025 Uttarakhand Panchayati Raj Act, 2016 — Sections 8(1)(q), 8(5), and 138(1)(d)(iii) — Disqualification of Member, Gram Panchayat on grounds of educational qualification — Where a Member of Gram Panchayat filed nomination based on an affidavit and transfer certificate asserting passing of 8th Standard from a specific school, which subsequently proved to be fake, the Member is rightly disqualified India Law Library Docid # 2436514
(305) NATHU SINGH SODHA Vs. ASHOK NARUKA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 25-11-2025 Upon perusal of the case file and the impugned order, this Court finds that the petitioner had issued the cheque in question, which was returned unpaid due to insufficient funds in his account. The petitioner is facing trial for the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act before the learned trial Court. An application was filed by the petitioner seeking referral of the cheque to the State Forensic Science Laboratory, Rajasthan for comparison of handwriting, on the ground that India Law Library Docid # 2436625
(306) SAUKAR SINGH RAWAT Vs. DIRECTOR, SECONDARY EDUCATION AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 25-11-2025 Service Law — Seniority — Challenge to Seniority List — Availability of alternate remedy — Jurisdiction of Writ Court — Where determination of seniority by the Committee of Management is appealable before the Regional Additional Director of Education, the proper course for the aggrieved party is to approach the appellate authority. India Law Library Docid # 2436637
(307) V. SAHAYA ANTONY Vs. VASUKI AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 25-11-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Specific Performance of Agreement of Sale — Partial Enforcement — Agreement executed by one co-owner (mother/First Defendant) regarding entire property, part of which belonged to another co-owner (daughter/Second Defendant) who was not party to agreement — Agreement can be enforced only for the share of the executant co-owner — Specific performance granted only for 16.5 cents India Law Library Docid # 2436656
(308) T. PERUMAL NADAR (DIED) THR. LRS. Vs. P. RAJENDRA CHORIDA AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 25-11-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 16(c) — Suit for specific performance of agreement of sale — Readiness and willingness of purchaser (Plaintiff) — Essential condition — Continuous readiness and willingness from date of execution until date of decree must be proved — Mere pleading is insufficient; requires proof of having means/funds (availability of consideration) and willingness to perform — Conduct of India Law Library Docid # 2436657
(309) M. PREMKUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. P. MURUGAN AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 25-11-2025 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Section 8 — Nature of property inherited by son from father after 1956 — Absolute property vs. Ancestral/Coparcenary property — Property that was the self-acquired property of the grandfather (Pitchiah) and was inherited by his son (1st defendant) upon his death after 1956 devolves under Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act — Such property becomes the absolute property of the son (1st India Law Library Docid # 2436658
(310) 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
(311) 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
(312) 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
(313) 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
(314) SAMADHAN S/O SITATRAM MANMOTHE Vs. STATE OF MAHARASTHRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 528 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376, 376(2)(n), and 507 — Allegation of rape based on false promise of marriage — Relationship continued for three years; physical relations established multiple times — Complainant, an educated and married woman, engaged in the relationship voluntarily and without protest or complaint until the break-up — Lodging of FIR three months after the last physical contact, subsequent to the India Law Library Docid # 2435868
(315) INDER CHAND BAGRI Vs. JAGADISH PRASAD BAGRI AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent powers of High Court — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Scope — Principles for quashing FIR or complaint under Section 482 CrPC, including where allegations, taken at face value, do not constitute any offence, or where the proceeding is manifestly attended with mala fide or maliciously instituted with an ulterior motive (referring to State of India Law Library Docid # 2435869
(316) LIVEIN AQUA SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. HDFC BANK LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Section 7 — Application by Financial Creditor — Rejection for technical defects — Affidavit Verification — Whether an application under Section 7 of the IBC, verified later than the date of the supporting affidavit, is liable to be rejected at the threshold — Mere filing of a 'defective' affidavit (e.g., dated before application verification) does not render the India Law Library Docid # 2435870
(317) ANIKET KUMAR Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Power of Supreme Court to pass directions — Dissolution of Marriage by Mutual Consent — Where parties filed a joint application for directions under Article 142 of the Constitution to dissolve marriage by mutual consent based on a comprehensive settlement, the Supreme Court, acknowledging the efforts for amicable resolution, granted divorce by mutual consent India Law Library Docid # 2436057
(318) THE STATE OF PUNJAB Vs. BAWA SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Jurisdiction and Scope — Power of High Court / Sessions Court while granting bail — Observations / Directions regarding penal action against investigating officers — High Court directed that if the accused were acquitted, the recovery of contraband would be deemed to be effected from and charged upon the police officers who signed the India Law Library Docid # 2436089
(319) KEYUR HARISHBHAI PATEL Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Regular Bail — Factors for consideration — Allegation of recovery of contraband from co-accused's factory where appellant was present — Appellant lacked control or ownership of factory; mere presence not sufficient for complicity — Co-accused granted bail by Supreme Court — Appellant incarcerated for over two years while trial incomplete — Considering co India Law Library Docid # 2436149
(320) THE CHENNAI METROPOLITAN CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LIMITED Vs. S. LAKSHMI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Allotment of Land — Failure to Deliver Possession — Refund vs. Alternate Plot — Appellant executed sale deed in 2006 but failed to hand over physical possession due to discrepancy between allotted land on paper and actual ground availability after demarcation/provision for roads — Single Judge directed refund of Rs. 10,89,000/- with 18% interest p.a. OR allotment of alternate site of comparable value — Division Bench India Law Library Docid # 2436158