(941) 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
(942) 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
(943) 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
(944) 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
(945) 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
(946) 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
(947) 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
(948) 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
(949) 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
(950) 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
(951) 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
(952) 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
(953) 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
(954) 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
(955) 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
(956) THE BUNDI CENTRAL COOPERATIVE BANK LTD. Vs. MAHARAJ SHRI AMARDAS JI KHAKI SMRITI SANSTHAN AND OTHERS[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 26-11-2025 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Deficiency in Service — Bank Customer Deposit — Embezzlement by Bank Employee — Where complainants deposited amounts in their bank accounts, received deposit receipts bearing the bank's official stamp and cashier's initials, and obtained corresponding passbook entries, the bank is liable for deficiency in service even if the amount was subsequently embezzled by a bank employee and not reflected in the bank's official records. India Law Library Docid # 2437369
(957) BAJAJ ALLIANZ GIC LTD. Vs. SMT. SOVANA CHATTERJEE AND OTHERS[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 26-11-2025 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 2(1)(d) [and Consumer Protection Act, 2019 — Section 2(7)] — ‘Consumer’ — Beneficiary of services — Scope of ‘Consumer’ definition includes a beneficiary of services, availed with the approval of the person who hires or avails the services, even if the beneficiary is not directly privy to the contract of insurance — Deceased account holder, benefiting from an accidental insurance policy taken by the Bank (OP-1) for account holders, and his India Law Library Docid # 2437370
(958) MRS. SAVITRI DEVI Vs. DR. N.N. KHANNA AND OTHERS[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 26-11-2025 Consumer Protection — Medical Negligence — Standard of Proof — General Principles — A doctor is not negligent if acting in accordance with acceptable medical norms, unless evidence from a medical body of skilled persons suggests accepted principles were not followed — Liability arises only if conduct falls below the standard of a reasonably competent practitioner in the field — Mere error of judgment, accident, mischance, misadventure, or error in choosing between two India Law Library Docid # 2437371
(959) CHATRA PAL Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Appeals pending for over 15 years — Listing and disposal progress — Supreme Court monitors progress in listing and disposal of old criminal appeals pending before the Allahabad High Court (including the Lucknow Bench) — High Court officials report on listability of matters more than fifteen years old, affirming paper books preparation and listing before appropriate Benches within three India Law Library Docid # 2437429
(960) SAHAB SINGH (D) THROUGH LRs. Vs. DIRECTOR GENERAL, RPF, RAIL BHAWAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-11-2025 Railway Protection Force (RPF) Rules, 1987 — Rule 153 — Disciplinary proceedings — Misconduct — Suppression of involvement in criminal case and failure to intimate arrest and detention — Allegation of misconduct proven in inquiry — However, the punishment of dismissal from service held to be disproportionate, particularly considering the appellant had completed approximately seventeen years India Law Library Docid # 2437490