(61) NANKI BAI SEN Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 12-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against Acquittal — Standard of Review — An appellate court should be cautious and slow in interfering with a trial court’s judgment of acquittal, recognizing the trial court’s advantage in observing witness demeanor and the strengthening of the presumption of innocence in favor of the accused upon acquittal (double presumption) — Interference is justified only India Law Library Docid # 2435843
(62) SMT. MAGLINCE JOHN Vs. SHRI THOMAS JOHN[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 12-11-2025 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 19(1) — Appeal against Judgment and Decree of Family Court — Divorce Act, 1869 — Sections 10(ix) (Desertion) and 10(x) (Cruelty) — Grounds for Dissolution of Marriage — Appeal filed by wife challenging the decree of divorce granted to the husband on grounds of desertion and cruelty — Findings of the Family Court upheld based on the evidence that the parties were living separately for a India Law Library Docid # 2435844
(63) 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
(64) 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
(65) 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
(66) 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
(67) RAM AVTAR Vs. STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 12-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302/34 — Murder — Circumstantial Evidence — Conviction based on ‘last seen’ circumstance and extra-judicial confession by co-accused — Last Seen Theory — Evidence of multiple prosecution witnesses (sons of the deceased and neighbour) confirming that the deceased was last seen consuming India Law Library Docid # 2435979
(68) MOHSIN AHMAD Vs. STATE (GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 12-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 451/34 and 308/34 — Conviction — Appellate stage — Offence relating to house trespass and attempt to commit culpable homicide not amounting to murder — High Court upholding Trial Court’s findings of guilt based on consistent testimonies of victim and eyewitnesses, and corroborating evidence of weapons recovered — Appeals not pressed on merits, prayer confined India Law Library Docid # 2435980
(69) 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
(70) 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
(71) 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
(72) 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
(73) 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
(74) 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
(75) 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
(76) 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
(77) MANMOHAN GAIND Vs. NEGOLICE INDIA PVT. LTD[DELHI HIGH COURT] 11-11-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Cheque given as security — Cheque issued as security can mature for presentation if a legally enforceable debt or liability crystallizes later, and the drawer fails to repay. The onus is on the accused to prove otherwise with cogent evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2435121
(78) SIMARDEEP SINGH ARORA AND OTHER Vs. STATE (N.C.T OF DELHI) AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 11-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 188 — Offence committed outside India — Proviso to Section 188 not attracted if part of the offence was committed in India — Indian courts can try offences not committed entirely outside India, without prior sanction from the Central Government. India Law Library Docid # 2435122
(79) RAMAN KHANDELAWAL Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 11-11-2025 Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 — Sections 16, 45 — Admission to MBBS — PwD candidates — Exclusion from merit list — Exclusion of petitioners from PwD merit list for MBBS admission based on functional ineligibility by Medical Board — Petitioners challenged exclusion claiming it was arbitrary and contrary to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and NEET UG-2025 guidelines — Court found the exclusion justified based on functional assessment by a competent India Law Library Docid # 2435179
(80) GIRRAJ SHARMA Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 11-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of First Information Report (FIR) and consequential proceedings — Inherent powers of High Court — High Court can exercise its power under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to quash criminal proceedings to prevent abuse of process of court or to secure the ends of justice, particularly when the allegations, even if taken at face value, do not prima facie constitute India Law Library Docid # 2435663