(21) IN RE: SUMMONING ADVOCATES WHO GIVE LEGAL OPINION OR REPRESENT PARTIES DURING INVESTIGATION OF CASES AND RELATED ISSUES.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 — Section 179 — Summoning of Advocate by Investigating Agency — Advocate representing accused cannot be summoned directly to elicit case details as it violates advocate-client privilege and constitutional rights of the accused, unless specific exceptions under Section 132 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) apply. India Law Library Docid # 2434706
(22) UMA KANT AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 — Section 23 — Minimum qualifications for teachers — Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) — Amendment extending deadline for unqualified teachers to acquire minimum qualifications — Termination of teachers appointed before amendment for not possessing TET at the time of appointment — Held: Termination erroneous as India Law Library Docid # 2434707
(23) M.C. MEHTA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Public Interest Litigation (PIL) — Environmental Protection — Monitoring Committee — Powers and Scope — A PIL was filed concerning environmental issues in Delhi, leading to the appointment of a Monitoring Committee. The Supreme Court clarified that the committee was appointed to prevent misuse of residential premises for commercial purposes and not to interfere with residential premises used as such. India Law Library Docid # 2434708
(24) KIMBERLEY CLUB PVT. LTD. Vs. KRISHI UTPADAN MANDI PARISHAD AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Tender Conditions — Interpretation — Ambiguity — The terms of a tender must be clear and unambiguous — If a tendering authority intends for a specific document to be issued by a particular authority, it must be clearly stated in the tender conditions — Failure to do so may lead to rejection of the bid being deemed arbitrary and dehors the tender terms. India Law Library Docid # 2434709
(25) MANJULATA SAHU Vs. PRASANT KUMAR SAHU[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 9 and 13 — Transfer of proceedings — Two divorce proceedings were pending before different Family Courts, one filed by the wife under Section 9 and another filed by the husband under Section 13 — Wife sought transfer of husband's case to the court where her case was pending — Court allowed the transfer to ensure both cases are heard India Law Library Docid # 2434886
(26) BINO JOSEPH Vs. NEENA CHERIAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 142 — Powers of Supreme Court — Dissolution of marriage and quashing of cases — Parties reached a settlement, including mutual divorce and withdrawal of pending cases, and approached the Supreme Court for its decree under Article 142. The Court, finding the settlement to be voluntary and in the best interests of the parties and their children, allowed the prayers for divorce and quashing of cases, reiterating the importance of adherence to the settlement ter India Law Library Docid # 2434904
(27) SONIYA DEVI Vs. PANKAJ KUMAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 46, Rule 1 and Order II, Rule 2 — Transfer of Proceedings — Grounds for transfer — Inconvenience to petitioner — Held, considerable inconvenience caused by distance (1500 kms) to litigant from her place of residence justifies transfer in the interest of justice. India Law Library Docid # 2434905
(28) MAYARANI PAIN Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 85, 108, 3(5) — Anticipatory Bail — Petitioner apprehending arrest in connection with FIR for offences under these sections — Petitioner is mother-in-law of complainant — Interim protection granted subject to cooperation with investigation — Granted anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds and sureties, subject to India Law Library Docid # 2434915
(29) ANSARULLA AJIMULLA KHAN @ LALA Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 8(c) and 21 — Bail — Appellant arrested in connection with offences under the Act — High Court's order granting bail challenged — Supreme Court considered totality of circumstances and period of incarceration (over 1 year 8 months) — Supreme Court inclined to grant bail on terms to be fixed by the Trial Court. India Law Library Docid # 2434924
(30) THE DIRECTOR, BHARATHIDASAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND ANOTHER Vs. DR. C.N.S. RAMNATH BABU AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Employment Law — Reinstatement — Employee termination — Where an order of termination is quashed, but the issues raised against the employee are serious, reinstatement might not be the appropriate remedy. Instead, full monetary reimbursement is a suitable alternative to compensate for any loss suffered, preventing irreparable harm. India Law Library Docid # 2434926
(31) THE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. SMT. PHUL BHANU BIBI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Recovery from officers — High Court directing recovery of awarded compensation from erring officers of Insurance Company — Supreme Court set aside this direction — Reason: Officers were not made parties nor heard, violating principles of natural justice — Compensation amount itself maintained. India Law Library Docid # 2434932
(32) DIPIKA AGARWAL (NEE KHAITAN) Vs. RISHI AGARWAL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-10-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Transfer Petition — Transfer of Matrimonial Suit — Supreme Court satisfied that transfer is appropriate based on allegations in petition without delving into merits — Divorce petition pending in West Bengal transferred to Family Court in New Delhi — Transfer shall not hinder mediation proceedings — Transferee court to continue proceedings India Law Library Docid # 2434933
(33) HIMACHAL PRADESH ROAD AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORP. LTD Vs. M/S C & C CONSTRUCTION LTD.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 31-10-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 & 37 — Scope of interference by Courts — High Court cannot re-appreciate evidence in an arbitration appeal and should not sit as a court of appeal unless the award is patently illegal or suffers from perversity or is against the fundamental policy of Indian law, justice, or morality. India Law Library Docid # 2434935
(34) ORION CONMERX PVT. LTD. Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2025 Insurance Law — Fire Insurance — Accidental Fire — Cause of fire is immaterial if the insured is not the instigator and there is no fraud. The objective of fire insurance is to indemnify the insured against loss by fire. India Law Library Docid # 2434698
(35) DEVARAJ RENGAN Vs. ESWARAN[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 30-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Compounding of offence — Offences under Section 138 of NI Act are compoundable — Parties entered into a Memorandum of Compromise and settled the dispute amicably — Full settlement amount paid by demand draft — Conviction and sentence stands annulled. India Law Library Docid # 2434764
(36) EROS INTERNATIONAL MEDIA LTD. Vs. REELS ENTERTAINMENT PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 9 — Applications for interim measures post award — Maintainability — Award became final in 2021, but no steps taken for enforcement until an execution petition was filed in September 2025 — Applications under Section 9 filed in October 2025 — Held not maintainable as the award was ripe for enforcement and the applicant had delayed significantly in pursuing India Law Library Docid # 2434765
(37) THANGADURAI Vs. SWAMIDOSS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 30-10-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Cheque dishonour — Compounding of offences — Criminal revision petition filed after conviction and dismissal of appeal — Parties entered into compromise outside court — Entire compensation and costs paid — High Court can compound offence exercising inherent powers to secure ends of justice, even at appellate or revision stage — Object of Act is India Law Library Docid # 2434841
(38) STATE OF KERALA Vs. SUBRAMANIAN NAMBOOTHIRI[KERALA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 307, 323, 324, 34 — Appeal against acquittal — High Court powers — Appellate court can review evidence thoroughly and reverse acquittal if trial court's findings are perverse, based on misreading or non-reading of evidence, or lead to grave miscarriage of justice. India Law Library Docid # 2434854
(39) ANIL K EMMANUEL Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 216 (BNSS Section 239) — Addition of charge — Public prosecutor's application to add charge — Maintainability — Courts have the power to alter or add charges even after evidence is adduced and arguments are heard, provided no prejudice is caused to the accused — Even an informant or victim can seek alteration/addition of charge, therefore a India Law Library Docid # 2434855
(40) MUHAMMAD SHAREEF. C AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 30-10-2025 Kerala Registration of Marriages (Common) Rules, 2008 — Rule 11 — Registration of second marriage of a Muslim man when first wife is alive — Requirement of notice to first wife — Constitution of India — Articles 14 and 15 — Equality before law and prohibition of discrimination — Although Muslim Personal Law permits polygamy under certain conditions, registration of a second marriage India Law Library Docid # 2434856