(141) 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
(142) 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
(143) 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
(144) 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
(145) 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
(146) 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
(147) 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
(148) 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
(149) 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
(150) 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
(151) 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
(152) SRI ADRUSHYA KADESHWARA SWAMIJI Vs. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 25-11-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 163 (Corresponding to Section 144 of the erstwhile Code of Criminal Procedure) — Power to Issue Prohibitory Order — Scope and Limitations — The power under Section 163 BNSS (Section 144 CrPC) is an extraordinary, executive power intended to address urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger for the immediate India Law Library Docid # 2435895
(153) 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
(154) 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
(155) 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
(156) 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
(157) 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
(158) 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
(159) 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
(160) 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