(21) KAVYA KIRAN Vs. VISHAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-11-2025 Civil Procedure — Settlement Agreement — Mediation — Divorce by Mutual Consent — Where a Transfer Petition referring the matter to the Supreme Court Mediation Centre results in a Settlement Agreement between the parties (husband and wife), and the terms include dissolution of marriage by mutual consent and payment of a permanent alimony amount by the husband to the wife towards full and final settlement India Law Library Docid # 2436100
(22) 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
(23) 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
(24) G.R. SELVARAJ (DEAD), THROUGH LRS. Vs. K.J. PRAKASH KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 21 Rule 90(3) — Execution Sale — Setting aside sale on ground of irregularity — Statutory bar against judgment debtor — Scope and application of Order 21 Rule 90(3) CPC (inserted w.e.f. 01.02.1977) — No application to set aside sale shall be entertained on any ground which the applicant could have taken on or before the date the proclamation of sale was drawn up — Mandates vigilance by judgment debtor India Law Library Docid # 2435913
(25) RAJEEV KUMAR GUPTA AND OTHERS Vs. BHANU PRATAP SHARMA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Contempt of Court — Initiating Contempt Proceedings — Non-Implementation of Court Order — Where a judgment dated 14-15.01.2020 of the Supreme Court pertaining to Civil Appeal No. 1567/2017 was allegedly not implemented by the State of Karnataka, and the alleged contempt was deemed a continuing one — Supreme Court prima facie found that no sincere effort was made by State officers to India Law Library Docid # 2436064
(26) RAJNEESH KUMAR PANDEY AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Education Law — Appointment of Educators — Special Educators — Qualifications — Supreme Court addressing confusion regarding mandatory qualifications for Special Educators, specifically pertaining to Teacher’s Eligibility Test (TET) and Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) qualification — Issue arising from prior differing impressions and State notifications omitting TET requirement — India Law Library Docid # 2436066
(27) UNION OF INDIA Vs. RADHA YADAV[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Railways — Safety Issues — Directions to Union of India (Railways) — Review of Railways' report highlighting issues concerning system and passenger safety — Supreme Court directs initial focus to be on safety of tracks and railway crossings — Railways directed to file a better affidavit focusing on two specific issues (items no. 3 and 7 of the submitted report) where no definite timelines were provided for proposed India Law Library Docid # 2436072
(28) INDER PAL SINGH Vs. AJAY VIR SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 — Sections 8(2) and 8(3) — Disposal of minor's immovable property by natural guardian — Voidable nature of transaction — Agreement to Sell of minor's share in property by natural guardian (father) without court permission — Minor's right to repudiate transaction after attaining majority — India Law Library Docid # 2436073
(29) NARENDRA PRATAP SINGH Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Assessment of Loss of Earning Capacity — Claimant (Driver), aged 32, suffered 50% disability in right leg due to 3-inch shortening following an accident in 1996 — Tribunal awarded Rs. 4,08,000/- for loss of earning capacity using Rs. 4,000/- monthly income and multiplier 17 — High Court reduced compensation drastically, holding that renewal of transport vehicle India Law Library Docid # 2436078
(30) RAVI @ RAVICHANDRAN Vs. STATE REPRESENTED BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Applicability — An accused cannot be charged or convicted under the POCSO Act for an offence committed before the date the Act came into force (November 14, 2012). India Law Library Docid # 2436081
(31) RAMESH SHARMA AND OTHERS Vs. COLLECTOR / DISTRICT MAGISTRATE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 — Sections 7A, 11, 13 — Summary Eviction — Jurisdiction — Title Dispute — Appreciating Revenue Records — Maintainability of summary eviction proceedings under Section 7A hinges on whether the land is "Shamlat Deh" or vests in proprietors; if appellants prove exclusive possession of their forefathers on specified khasra numbers, a title dispute India Law Library Docid # 2436085
(32) RAJENDRA PRASAD MAHIPAL AND OTHERS Vs. NAND KISHORE AGARWAL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 163-A — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) — Compensation Award — Reversal by High Court — Refund of Compensation Amount — Principles of Equity — Where MACT awarded compensation under Section 163-A (₹1,90,000/-) which was received by claimants but subsequently set aside by High Court holding the application not maintainable, India Law Library Docid # 2436092
(33) C/M ZILA MAHILA SAMITI Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Societies Registration Act, 1860 — Societies in Uttar Pradesh — Governing Body Composition — Colonial Mindset — Challenge to composition of Zila Mahila Samiti, Bulandshahar, where bye-laws (amended) designated the District Magistrate's wife as President, sidelining elected members — Supreme Court notes that this structure reflects India Law Library Docid # 2436097
(34) CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATION BSNL Vs. KAMAL SHANKAR SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Industrial Disputes — Termination of Service — Reinstatement and Back Wages — Extreme Delay in Raising Dispute — Workman reinstated with 50% back wages by Labour Court after raising industrial dispute 13 years post-termination — High Court upheld award — Supreme Court, considering the workman's age (approx. 59 years and near superannuation) and delay in raising dispute, settled the matter by awarding a lump India Law Library Docid # 2436102
(35) KONKAN RAILWAY CORPORATION LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. S.D. MANOHARA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Service Law — Resignation — Withdrawal of Resignation — Review Petition — Konkan Railway Corporation (employer) challenged the judgment allowing employee's appeal based on two 'apparent errors': (i) Communication of resignation acceptance letter (dated 15.04.2014) to the employee on 16.04.2014, and (ii) Employee not reporting to duty on 19.05.2014 — Supreme Court held that the India Law Library Docid # 2436112
(36) HARISH Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Excise Act — Quashing of FIR — Second FIR on identical facts and occurrence — Principles of law — Where two FIRs (No. 126/2012 and No. 127/2012) were lodged on the same day for the same incident and under the same legal provisions, the lodging of the second FIR is an infraction of settled principles of law and an abuse of the process of India Law Library Docid # 2436138
(37) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S OASYS CYBERNATICS PVT. LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Government Contracts and Tenders — Letter of Intent (LoI) — Legal Nature — An LoI is ordinarily a precursor to a contract, indicating intent to enter into a future agreement, but does not itself create a concluded contract or vested, enforceable rights unless the necessary preconditions are satisfied — A bidder's commercial expectation that a contract will follow an LoI is not a juridical entitlement — If the LoI explicitly India Law Library Docid # 2435914
(38) SAMADHAN S/O SITATRAM MANMOTHE Vs. STATE OF MAHARASTHRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 528 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376, 376(2)(n), and 507 — Allegation of rape based on false promise of marriage — Relationship continued for three years; physical relations established multiple times — Complainant, an educated and married woman, engaged in the relationship voluntarily and without protest or complaint until the break-up — Lodging of FIR three months after the last physical contact, subsequent to the India Law Library Docid # 2435868
(39) INDER CHAND BAGRI Vs. JAGADISH PRASAD BAGRI AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent powers of High Court — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Scope — Principles for quashing FIR or complaint under Section 482 CrPC, including where allegations, taken at face value, do not constitute any offence, or where the proceeding is manifestly attended with mala fide or maliciously instituted with an ulterior motive (referring to State of India Law Library Docid # 2435869
(40) LIVEIN AQUA SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. HDFC BANK LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-11-2025 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Section 7 — Application by Financial Creditor — Rejection for technical defects — Affidavit Verification — Whether an application under Section 7 of the IBC, verified later than the date of the supporting affidavit, is liable to be rejected at the threshold — Mere filing of a 'defective' affidavit (e.g., dated before application verification) does not render the India Law Library Docid # 2435870