(381) ANAND SHANKARRAO KOLHATKAR AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 21-11-2025 Maharashtra Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Denotified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis) Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Special Backward Category (Regulation of Issuance and Verification of) Caste Certificate Act, 2000 (Act of 2000) — Sections 6(1) and 6(3) — Vires/Constitutional Validity — Jurisdiction of State Legislature to mandate caste certificate verification for Central Government employees or India Law Library Docid # 2436999
(382) 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
(383) 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
(384) 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
(385) 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
(386) 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
(387) WALNUT PICTURES Vs. RAJYESH KUMAR PATNI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 13-A (Summary Judgment) — Applicability and scope — Appeal against decreeing of suit allowing application under Order 13-A — Summary judgment applies if a party has no real prospect of succeeding or defending the claim, and there is no compelling reason against disposal before oral evidence (Order 13-A Rule 3) — The statutory India Law Library Docid # 2435965
(388) GAURAV DIXIT Vs. PRIYANKA SHARMA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Cruelty — Standard of Proof — Mental Cruelty — Family Court erred by assessing incidents of alleged cruelty (verbal abuse, threats of suicide, withdrawal from cohabitation, desertion) in isolation rather than cumulatively — Sustained pattern of abusive and humiliating behavior, including persistent threats and refusal of cohabitation, constitutes mental cruelty India Law Library Docid # 2435966
(389) SRC COMPANY INFRA PVT. LTD. Vs. GULBARGA ELECTRICITY SUPPLY COMPANY LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-11-2025 Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 86(1)(f) — Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) — Tariff Dispute — Appellant's petition before Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) seeking higher tariff (Rs. 9.56 per unit) under PPA dismissed; KERC set tariff at Rs. 5.67 per unit — Appeal against KERC order rejected by India Law Library Docid # 2436069
(390) MADRAS BAR ASSOCIATION Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-11-2025 Constitutional Law — Validity of Statutory Provisions — Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Appointment — Chartered Accountants — Eligibility for Appointment as Accountant/Technical Member (ITAT) — Requirement of 25 years experience/practice declared invalid and unconstitutional — Analogy applied from previous judgment (MBA (IV)) regarding advocates — Such rigid experience India Law Library Docid # 2436083
(391) PAWAN KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. RAJASTHAN STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Contributory Negligence — Standard of Proof — High Court reducing motor accident compensation by 40% based on alleged contributory negligence of deceased — Supreme Court holds that benefit of doubt regarding contributory negligence must be given to the deceased when no deliberate or willful conduct constituting negligence is established — Finding of contributory India Law Library Docid # 2436099
(392) SHUKLA PRASAD Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 147, 302 read with Section 149 — Murder — Appreciation of evidence — Reliability of prosecution witnesses (PWs 1, 2, and 3) — Multiple material contradictions between witnesses' trial testimonies and First Information Report (FIR) and Merg Intimation (Exhibit P/1) — PW-1's significant improvement in testimony (claiming to be eyewitness in chief-examination vs. stating in India Law Library Docid # 2436101
(393) C.M. MEENAKSHI Vs. ARCHBISHOP OF BANGALORE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(a) and (d) — Rejection of Plaint — Grounds for rejection — Application for rejection of plaint on grounds of no cause of action, bar by limitation, res judicata (due to earlier dismissed/withdrawn suits), and bar under Order II Rule 2 (non-inclusion of reliefs in earlier suits) — Trial Court allowed the application rejecting the plaint — High Court set aside the India Law Library Docid # 2436113
(394) UTTAR PRADESH STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION THROUGH ITS REGIONAL MANAGER Vs. R.K. SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-11-2025 Service Law — Termination of Conductor — Labour Court’s Award — Reinstatement with Back-wages — Validity of Domestic Inquiry — Where a domestic inquiry is found vitiated due to the employer's failure to provide the workman with a due opportunity of hearing, the employer must be given an India Law Library Docid # 2436123
(395) BANABIHARI MISHRA Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) — Quashing of Proceedings — Principles Governing Quashing — High Court quashed criminal proceedings (FIR and subsequent proceedings including cognizance) solely based on an affidavit by the Opposite Party stating misunderstanding and intent not to proceed further against the petitioner — Supreme Court held that the order did not meet the principles laid down in State of India Law Library Docid # 2436131
(396) MANISH YADAV Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Regular Bail — Consideration — Grant of bail when complicity is primarily based on co-accused's confessional statement and lack of recovery of incriminating material from the accused — High Court rejected bail — Supreme Court allowed the appeal, noting that nothing incriminating was recovered from the appellant and complicity was based solely on the India Law Library Docid # 2436133
(397) M/S. DEEP CONSTRUCTION AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-11-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Suspension of sentence — Condition of deposit — High Court required petitioner (convicted by two lower courts) to deposit Rs. 35 lakhs (in addition to interim compensation paid under Section 143A) for suspension of sentence during criminal revision — Petitioner argued that the complaint was defective (not lodged by payee but India Law Library Docid # 2436136
(398) FAIZALKHAN @ ZOYEBKHAN BADSHAHKHAN PATHAN Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-11-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Sections 8(C), 20(b)(ii)(A), 22(a), 22(b) and 29 — Bail — Grant of bail after previous misuse — Appellant previously granted bail; non-bailable warrants issued due to non-appearance; subsequently arrested — Supreme Court granting appellant "one more opportunity" for India Law Library Docid # 2436139
(399) GULAM FAREED Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-11-2025 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 132 — Bail application — Tax Evasion — Bail granted despite seriousness of offence and reliance on supporting evidence against systematic network for tax evasion — Consideration of factors like nature of evidence (documentary/electronic, already seized), identity of witnesses (tax department officers, reducing risk of influencing them), maximum sentence (five years, India Law Library Docid # 2436148
(400) MADHYA PRADESH JUDGES ASSOCIATION Vs. HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-11-2025 Service Law — Judicial Officers — Superannuation Age — Enhancement — Challenge to rejection by High Court (administrative side) of representation to enhance superannuation age of Judicial Officers in Madhya Pradesh — State Government increased superannuation age of all its employees to 62 years — Petitioner-Association India Law Library Docid # 2436155