(1) SHRIBADAMATHRELIGIOUS ENDOWMENT SITAMAU AND OTHERS Vs. DEEPAKGIRI AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 18-11-2025 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of Delay — Second Appeal (First Appellate Court dismissed the appeal on merits) — Principles for considering Condonation of Delay — Courts must adopt a liberal, pragmatic, and justice-oriented approach, but technical considerations are not dispensed with entirely; the explanation for delay must show sufficient cause and lack of gross negligence or bad faith/lack of bona India Law Library Docid # 2435656
(2) NITIN Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 17-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 141 and Order 41 Rule 17 — Applicability to Writ Proceedings — Proceedings under Article 226 of Constitution of India are explicitly excluded from the scope of "proceedings" defined under the Explanation to Section 141 CPC (Miscellaneous proceedings) — Consequently, the procedural provisions of CPC, including principles governing dismissal of appeals for India Law Library Docid # 2435655
(3) ANUPAL Vs. CHAIRMAN CUM MANGING DIRECTOR (CMD) AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Compassionate Appointment — Eligibility — Married Daughter — Policy requiring exclusion of married daughters for compassionate appointment is violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India, following the precedent set by the Full Bench in Meenakshi Dubey vs. M.P. Poorva Kshetra Vidyut Vitran Com. Ltd. India Law Library Docid # 2435660
(4) R.R. DASS Vs. GENERAL MANAGER (H.R.D.) AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Service Law — Disciplinary action — Central Bank of India Officer Employees' (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1976 (1976 Regulations) — Competency of Disciplinary Authority — Whether an Assistant General Manager (AGM), Scale V, is competent to impose major penalty of compulsory retirement on a Branch Manager, Scale II — Regulation 5(3) of 1976 Regulations and the Schedule thereto — Disciplinary India Law Library Docid # 2435657
(5) SUBHASH GURJAR Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 311(2) — Dismissal from Service — Necessity of Departmental Enquiry (DE) — Protection afforded to public servants against arbitrary dismissal, removal, or reduction in rank mandates holding a proper inquiry or giving a hearing — Exceptions under Proviso to Article 311(2) Clauses (a), (b), and (c) allow dispensing with DE only under specific conditions (conviction in criminal case, India Law Library Docid # 2435658
(6) SHANTANU BAJPAYEE Vs. DHRAMENDRA AGRAWAL AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 14-11-2025 Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 — Section 307(5) — Unauthorized Construction — Setting aside Trial Court order — Application under Section 307(5) for demolition of illegal construction — High Court found that the respondents had engaged in new construction without obtaining necessary building permission, contrary to their claim of mere repair work — Inspection report by Municipal Commissioner indicating the building was 7-8 years old (consistent with new construction timeline) and India Law Library Docid # 2435659
(7) SHYAMA VERMA Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 13-11-2025 Service Law — Regularization and Seniority — Appointment on Daily Wage Basis — Petitioner appointed as daily wager earlier than Respondent Nos. 4 and 5; juniors (Respondents 4 and 5) were regularized earlier — Petitioner's regularization granted with a condition (Condition No. 8) denying seniority and arrears of monetary benefits — High Court in earlier litigation (WP No. 4803/2011) struck down Condition No. 8 as India Law Library Docid # 2435661
(8) TUSHAR @ NANDI @ ANAND Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 13-11-2025 Madhya Pradesh Rajya Suraksha Adhiniyam, 1990 — Sections 5(a), 5(b), 8(1), 9 — Externment Order — Validity — Requirements for passing externment order — Necessary conditions under Section 5(b) require reasonable grounds to believe the person is engaged in or about to engage in specific offences (involving force or violence or under Chapters XII, XVI or XVII, or Sections 506 or 509 IPC) AND that witnesses are India Law Library Docid # 2435662
(9) BHUPINDER KAUR ALIAS BHUPINDER KAUR BOPARAI Vs. DIAMON SANDHU ALIAS SUKHDEEP SINGH SANDHU AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 12-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(b) — Rejection of plaint — Court fees — Where a non-executant of a sale deed sues for a declaration that the deed is invalid and not binding on them, and they are in possession, only a fixed court fee is payable, not ad valorem. India Law Library Docid # 2435216
(10) JARNAIL SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 12-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 450, 376, 302, 201 — House-trespass to commit offence punishable with imprisonment for life, Rape, Murder, Causing disappearance of evidence of offence or giving false information — Conviction based on circumstantial evidence — The court must be satisfied that the evidence clearly establishes each link in the chain, and the entire chain rules out any reasonable India Law Library Docid # 2435221
(11) KULBIR @ ANKU Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 12-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302 and 324 — Murder and causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means — Appeal against conviction — Court assessed evidence of injured witnesses, medical reports, post-mortem examination, and recovery of weapon — Held, evidence proved guilt beyond reasonable doubt. India Law Library Docid # 2435222
(12) JAYANT KUMAR MAHATO @ JAYAN KUMAR MAHATO AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHER[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-11-2025 B.N.S.S., 2023 — Section 528 (formerly Section 482 Cr.P.C.) — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Offences under Section 498A/34 IPC and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act — Matrimonial/family dispute — Compromise between parties — High Court's inherent power to quash proceedings when dispute between offender and victim is settled— Case involves a private marital dispute where the India Law Library Docid # 2435539
(13) AJIT KUMAR SENGUPTA (DECEASED) THER LRS. Vs. SMT. MANASHI SENGUPTA BHADRA[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 11-11-2025 Probate — Application for grant of probate — Will challenged as vague, false, forged, and fabricated — Signatures and initials allegedly false and forged — Opposition based on testator's alleged lack of sound mind, undue influence, and coercion — Plaintiff's case is that the Will was duly executed and attested and that the testator had severed ties with India Law Library Docid # 2435134
(14) SUSHIL KUMAR DAS Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ORS.[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 11-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 498A, 302, 201, 34 — Cruelty, Murder, Causing disappearance of evidence, Common intention — Appeal against acquittal — Court can re-appreciate evidence in appeal against acquittal but should not interfere unless order is based on misreading of evidence or erroneous understanding of law, and if two plausible India Law Library Docid # 2435138
(15) JYOTSNA GHOSH Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 11-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 341/376 — Appeal by de-facto complainant against acquittal — Trial court judgment not based on evidence — Trial court misappreciated evidence — Victim was deaf and dumb — Probability of false implication is low — Prosecution established guilt — Trial court erred in acquittal — India Law Library Docid # 2435139
(16) BUDH SINGH Vs. AMRIT LAL @ AMRIT PAL SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 11-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of plaint — Application for amendment filed after commencement of trial and cross-examination of a witness allowed — Amendment necessary for effective adjudication and to avoid multiplicity of proceedings — Dispossession occurred during pendency of suit — India Law Library Docid # 2435217
(17) SMT. SUKHWINDER KAUR Vs. SANDEEP KAUR & OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 11-11-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963, Section 20 — Specific Performance of Contract of Sale — Readiness and Willingness — Suit for specific performance of a contract for sale of property is an equitable remedy and is at the discretion of the court. The court must exercise this discretion based on sound judicial principles. The buyer must demonstrate not only presence at the registration office but also the availability of India Law Library Docid # 2435218
(18) HEMANT GUPTA Vs. ISHWAR CHAND[DELHI HIGH COURT] 11-11-2025 Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 — Section 14(1)(e) and Section 25B — Eviction petition — Bona fide requirement — Landlord's claim for eviction based on his unemployed son's need to open a general store — Tenant's defence alleging son was employed and alternative accommodation existed — Court held that photographs and India Law Library Docid # 2435118
(19) THE STATE (GNCT OF DELHI) Vs. SHUBHAM GUPTA AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 11-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal in case of acquittal — Leave to appeal — Delay in filing — Condonation — Court to adopt pragmatic approach considering facts of the case, especially in matters of murder, and balance technicalities against merits. India Law Library Docid # 2435119
(20) CHHOTE LAL Vs. THE STATE (GOVT. OF NCT) DELHI)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 11-11-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 415(2) & 528; Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) & 482 — Appeal against Judgment of Conviction and Order on Sentence — Conviction for offences under Sections 354/354A(2) IPC and Section 10 of POCSO Act — While challenging the conviction, appellant argued about age of victim and discrepancies in statements — Court India Law Library Docid # 2435120