(221) DEVANAND SRIVASTAV Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-11-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Sections 8(c), 20(b)(ii)(c) — Bail application — Rejection by High Court set aside — Supreme Court granted bail considering the totality of circumstances, nature of the crime, and the fact that the appellant was in custody since 10.09.2023. (Paras 3, 4, 6, 9) India Law Library Docid # 2436153
(222) SHUBHAM Vs. STATE OF UP[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Suspension of Sentence during Pendency of Appeal — Convict sentenced to 5 years rigorous imprisonment appeals to High Court — Application for suspension of sentence rejected by High Court — Supreme Court grants leave and allows appeal for suspension of sentence — Factors considered include appellant's period of incarceration (nearly three years) and unlikelihood of the High Court appeal being heard India Law Library Docid # 2436154
(223) SHANKARLAL PALIWAL Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Bail — Pre-arrest interim protection — Confirmation of — Where Supreme Court previously granted interim anticipatory bail to the appellant subject to conditions, and subsequently, during the appeal hearing, it was undisputed that the appellant fully complied with all conditions (cooperated with investigation, did not threaten witnesses, and did not try to influence the investigation), the interim order was India Law Library Docid # 2436156
(224) ARVIND KUMAR Vs. BAR COUNCIL OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-11-2025 Writ Jurisdiction — Alternative Remedy — Challenge to disciplinary action (suspension from legal practice) and bar association election invalidity — High Court declining to interfere with matter of suspension when statutory appeal is pending and interim protection granted by Appellate Authority — High Court declining to adjudicate election dispute when regulations provide for remedy through election petition before a India Law Library Docid # 2436161
(225) G.APPAJI RAO Vs. D SATHEMMA DIED AND OTHERS BY LRS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 21-11-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 16(c) — Specific Performance of Agreement of Sale — Readiness and Willingness — Requirement to aver and prove continued readiness and willingness to perform part of contract from date of contract to date of hearing — Where time for performance (3 months) was stipulated in the agreement (Ex.A-2), the plaintiff's failure to pay the balance consideration or issue notice India Law Library Docid # 2436184
(226) ROUF AHMAD GANIE AND ANOTHER Vs. UT OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 21-11-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Section 37 — Bail — Ingredients and mandatory nature — Section 37 imposes cumulative conditions for granting bail in cases involving commercial quantity: (i) Public Prosecutor must be given opportunity to oppose, and (ii) The court must be satisfied there are reasonable grounds for believing the accused is not guilty, and (iii) The accused is not likely to India Law Library Docid # 2436246
(227) SHAHNAWAZ AHMAD DAR Vs. U.T OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 21-11-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Section 37 — Bail — Commercial Quantity — Twin Conditions — Where an offense involves commercial quantity of contraband, the statutory bar under Section 37 applies, requiring the court to be satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing the accused is not guilty and is unlikely to commit any offense while on bail (Section 37(1)(b)(ii)) — The India Law Library Docid # 2436247
(228) YASIR AMIN KHANDAY AND ANOTHER Vs. UT OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 21-11-2025 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 — Section 28 (Special Courts) — Designation of Special Courts — Plea that Principal Sessions Judge, Kulgam, lacked jurisdiction as Special Court rejected because Government Notification dated June 25, 2018, designated all Principal Sessions Judges in J&K as Special Courts to try POCSO offences — Similarly, Public Prosecutors were appointed as Special Public India Law Library Docid # 2436248
(229) MST KHATI Vs. ABDUL RASHID SALROO[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 21-11-2025 J&K Transfer of Property Act, 1977 — Section 138 — Transfer of Immovable Property — Registered Document Mandatory — Requirement for valid transfer — Section 138 mandates that no transfer of immovable property (in the Province of Kashmir) is valid unless it is in writing, registered, and registration is complete — No person shall take possession or commence building unless the transfer is valid under India Law Library Docid # 2436249
(230) IQBAL SINGH Vs. DURGA DEVI AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 21-11-2025 J&K Right of Prior Purchase Act — Right of Pre-emption — Nature of Right — Right of pre-emption is a statutory, secondary, or remedial right of substitution, not of re-purchase, requiring the pre-emptor to acquire the whole property; it is inherently a very weak right, looked upon with distaste by courts as it interferes with freedom to alienate property, and can be defeated by all legitimate means. India Law Library Docid # 2436263
(231) AKSHAY KUMAR JAIN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF M.P. AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 21-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 43 Rule 1(r) — Appeal against rejection of temporary injunction (Order 39 Rules 1 & 2) — Scope of Appellate Court’s Jurisdiction — The appellate court reviewing a discretionary order (grant or refusal of temporary injunction) will not substitute its own discretion unless the trial court's discretion was exercised arbitrarily, capriciously, perversely, or ignored settled India Law Library Docid # 2436392
(232) DEEPMALA DAWAR Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 21-11-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Judicial Review — Public Employment — Eligibility Criteria and Cut-off Dates — Petitioner, successful in written examination for Assistant Professor, denied interview opportunity for failing to submit Ph.D. degree before the stipulated document verification cut-off date due to delay by the awarding University (Respondent No.4) — Recruitment advertisement India Law Library Docid # 2436393
(233) SWAMI PRAKASHANAND Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 21-11-2025 U.P. Control of Goondas Act, 1970 — Section 2(b), 3(1) — Initiation of proceedings — Quashing — Statutory requirement — The Act confers extraordinary and preventive powers intended to curb 'habitual offenders' whose conduct poses a continuing danger to public order; these powers must be exercised with circumspection and based on material India Law Library Docid # 2436559
(234) RAMESH CHANDRA SHARMA (SINCE DECEASED) Vs. UTTARAKHAND TRANSPORT CORPORATION (UTC) AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 21-11-2025 Service Law — Termination and Reinstatement — Continuity of Service — Payment of Gratuity — Claim for gratuity for entire service period and benefit of Assured Career Progression (ACP) following reinstatement with continuity in service ordered by Labour Court, which was upheld by High Court save for reduction of back wages — Where termination order is set aside and employee is reinstated with continuity of service, the India Law Library Docid # 2436560
(235) MANISH GUPTA Vs. KEWAL RATAN AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 21-11-2025 Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 — Section 21(1)(a) — Bona Fide Requirement — Adult Member Theory — Landlord sought release of commercial shop for daughter to start independent boutique business — Rejection by lower courts based on daughter pursuing studies at time of application and availability of alternate accommodation — Held, the requirement of an adult family India Law Library Docid # 2436561
(236) SHEETAL Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 21-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 306 (Abetment of suicide) read with Section 107 (Abetment of a thing) — Essential ingredients — To sustain a charge under Section 306 IPC, it must be proved that the accused contributed to the suicide by a direct or indirect act of instigation or incitement, which must be in close proximity to the commission of India Law Library Docid # 2436562
(237) THANJAI P.N. CHEZHIAN Vs. T. SRINIVASAN AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 21-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(d) — Rejection of Plaint — Grounds — When suit is allegedly barred by law (Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988) — Plaint making controversial averments, especially those falling under statutory exceptions, cannot be rejected summarily — Suit property purchased by husband in name of wife — Averment that purchase was benami and not for wife's India Law Library Docid # 2436660
(238) RAJMAN @ RAMESH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 21-11-2025 Criminal Law — Murder (Section 302 IPC) — Conviction based on Circumstantial Evidence — Appreciation of Evidence — To sustain conviction based on circumstantial evidence, all circumstances must be cogently and firmly established, unerringly pointing towards the guilt of the accused, and forming a complete chain leaving no escape from the conclusion that the crime was committed by the accused, incapable of explanation on India Law Library Docid # 2436661
(239) SHANMUGAM Vs. STATE[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 21-11-2025 Criminal Law — Murder — Conviction under Section 302 IPC — Marital discord and suspicion of fidelity as motive — Deceased and accused married for 19 years, separated due to fidelity suspicion and frequent quarrels — Accused habitually consumed alcohol and created problems — Prosecution established motive through evidence of deceased’s India Law Library Docid # 2436732
(240) K. THANGAVEL Vs. R. SENTHIL[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 21-11-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque for insufficiency of funds — Defence — Revision filed against concurrent lower court judgments confirming conviction — Accused did not deny the issuance of the cheque, the signature on the cheque, or the dishonour of the same — Allegation by accused that complainant lacked capacity to lend large sum and that there was no legally enforceable India Law Library Docid # 2436733