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(21) V.M. SAUDAGAR (DEAD) THROUGH LEGAL HEIRS Vs. THE DIVISIONAL COMMERCIAL MANAGER, CENTRAL RAILWAY AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-10-2025
Service Law — Dismissal from service — Challenge to — Appellant, a Traveling Ticket Examiner, dismissed for demanding illegal gratification, possessing excess cash, failure to recover fare difference, and forging duty card pass — Departmental enquiry held, but primary complainant not examined, and other complainants' statements not supporting charges — Enquiry Officer found all charges proved —
India Law Library Docid # 2434481

(22) NOVENCO BUILDING AND INDUSTRY A/S Vs. XERO ENERGY ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-10-2025
Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 12A — Pre-Institution Mediation — Expression ‘contemplates any urgent interim relief’ — Interpretation in context of intellectual property rights infringement — Delay in filing suit does not negate urgency in cases of continuing infringement — Urgency must be assessed based on ongoing injury and public interest in preventing deception — High Court erred in
India Law Library Docid # 2434482

(23) SRI SAI SAPTHAGIRI SPONGE PVT. LTD. Vs. STATE (GNCT OF DELHI)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 27-10-2025
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Quashing of proceedings — Cheques issued as security and not for consideration — Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) clearly stated cheques were for security purposes to show banks and not for deposit — Complainant failed to read the complete terms of MOU in isolation and misinterpreted it to claim cheques were
India Law Library Docid # 2434579

(24) P S JAYAKUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 27-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 499, 500, 34 — Criminal Defamation — Essential Ingredients — To constitute defamation, there must be an imputation concerning a person, made with intent to harm reputation, or knowledge/belief that it will harm reputation — A company, being an artificial entity, lacks the intention
India Law Library Docid # 2434586

(25) MR.SAMPRAS ANTHONY Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 25-10-2025
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 64 — Rape — Quashing of proceedings — Consensual sex versus rape — Meeting on dating app — Physical intimacy alleged to be non-consensual after withdrawal of consent — Petitioner claims chats demonstrate consensual acts — Court's duty to distinguish between breach of promise to marry and false promise — Mere disappointment in a relationship does not
India Law Library Docid # 2434540

(26) MR.FAKIRAPPA HATTI Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 25-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376, 417, 323, 506 — Rape, Cheating, Assault, Criminal Intimidation — Quashing of Proceedings — Section 482 Cr.P.C. — Consensual relationship — Breach of promise to marry — False promise — Supreme Court held that a consensual sexual relationship for three years between parties, even if there was a promise of marriage that was not fulfilled, does not constitute rape or cheating — The complainant, who was already married with three children, cannot
India Law Library Docid # 2434541

(27) RAJU APPASAB GHEND AND OTHER Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 25-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304-B — Dowry death — Essential ingredients are: death of a woman caused otherwise than under normal circumstances within seven years of marriage; victim subjected to cruelty or harassment by husband or relative in connection with demand for dowry; husband or relative deemed to have caused her death — Presumption arises under Section 113B of Evidence Act if
India Law Library Docid # 2434555

(28) DENABOINA LAVAN KUMAR Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 25-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 386, 420, 468, 471, 447, 427, 506 read with 34 — Quashing of FIR — allegations of forged documents, land mutation, and threats — Held, prima facie ingredients of the said sections are attracted — Pendency of civil suits not a ground to quash criminal proceedings — Investigation at nascent stage should not be stifled — Court should exercise power under Section 482 Cr.P.C.
India Law Library Docid # 2434624

(29) MUNIREDDY REDDY Vs. REGISTRAR OF CO OPERATIVE SOCIETIES AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 23-10-2025
Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959 — Disqualification of Director — Surety for loan — Petitioner, a Director and President of a Co-operative Society, stood as surety for a loan. The principal borrower defaulted. The Petitioner sought to retire as surety unilaterally. The Society's Board passed a resolution allowing the Petitioner's retirement. Subsequently, the Petitioner was disqualified as a Director
India Law Library Docid # 2434542

(30) SMT. MEERA M.R Vs. SRI GANGADHARA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 23-10-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 1 Rule 10 and Section 151 — Impleading party — Will proceedings — Caveatable interest — A person claiming interest adverse to the testator, like claiming occupancy rights to the property subject to the Will, and who is not an heir by succession, cannot be impleaded as a party respondent to oppose the grant of Letter of Administration — Such a person does not
India Law Library Docid # 2434543

(31) V. PRADEEP AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 23-10-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14, 16, 21 — Regularization of service — Contract employees — Petitioner appointed as Junior Engineer (Electrical)/Contract Manager in 2011, having completed 13 years of service — Respondents rejecting regularization claim — Petitioner arguing appointment was legal, contravening conditions of service regulations, principles of natural justice, and constitutional
India Law Library Docid # 2434625

(32) METRRO WASTE HANDLING PVT. LTD. Vs. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 21-10-2025
Contract Law - Concession Agreement — Scope of Work — A petitioner challenged a tender invitation (NIT) arguing it breached their existing Concession Agreement. The court considered whether the NIT scope of work for collecting and transporting "mixed waste (under foul condition)" overlapped with the petitioner's
India Law Library Docid # 2434252

(33) INHABITANTS OF BLOCK HARWAN Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 17-10-2025
Panchayati Raj Act, 1989 and Control of Building Operations Act, 1988 — Jurisdiction — Interpretation of Government Orders — Areas under jurisdiction of LCMA excluded from Panchayati Raj Act for building permissions — Held, Government Order dated 01.04.2022 clearly states that Government Order No. 11-RD&PR of 2022 dated 22.01.2022 (under Panchayati Raj Act) is not applicable in areas falling under the
India Law Library Docid # 2434067

(34) ATOMBERG TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LTD. Vs. EUREKA FORBES LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-10-2025
Patents Act, 1970 — Section 106 — Groundless threat of infringement — Independent cause of action — The suit for groundless threat of infringement under Section 106 of the Patents Act, 1970, has an independent cause of action from a suit for infringement, as a negatory provision present in the earlier 1911 Act was deleted in the 1970 Act. Prior to 1970 Act, a suit for groundless threats would not apply if an
India Law Library Docid # 2434052

(35) SANJAY KUMAR MISHRA AND OTHERS Vs. DISTRICT JUDGE, AMBEDKAR NAGAR (U.P.)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-10-2025
Service Law — Appointment — Vacancies — Advertisement — Increased or decreased vacancies — Rule permitting appointment from wait list — Interpretation of "reasonable dimension" for wait list — Appointments made in excess of advertised vacancies justified if within reasonable period and proportion to notified vacancies, provided specific conditions in rules are met.
India Law Library Docid # 2434053

(36) STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS Vs. ANISUR RAHMAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-10-2025
Service Law — Retirement Age — Parity — Doctors practising allopathy versus indigenous medicine (Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Unani etc.) — Whether can be treated equally for service conditions, specifically retirement age and pay scales — Supreme Court refers the matter to a larger Bench for an authoritative pronouncement due to divergence of opinion and ambiguity.
India Law Library Docid # 2434054

(37) RAJENDRA BIHARI LAL AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-10-2025
Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 — Section 4 (unamended) — Person competent to lodge FIR — Essential Nature — Prohibition Act is a special legislation and its procedure must be followed, overriding general CrPC provisions for FIR registration by police — Prior to 2024 Amendment, Section 4 restricted FIR lodging to aggrieved persons or their relatives by blood,
India Law Library Docid # 2434055

(38) PRIDE FORAMER S.A. @ HASH COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-10-2025
Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 37(1) and Section 71 — Business Expenditure — Carrying on Business — A temporary lull in business or failure to secure a new contract does not amount to cessation of business if the assessee's conduct evinces an intention to continue business, such as through continuous correspondence and bidding for new contracts.
India Law Library Docid # 2434056

(39) KOTRESH @ KOTRAPPA Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Section 304 Part-II — Culpable homicide not amounting to murder — Sentence — Appeal against High Court’s reduction of sentence from 10 years to 8 years rigorous imprisonment — Appellant was 20 years old at the time of the incident — Victim was an innocent intervenor — Supreme Court held that the sentence imposed by the High Court was balanced and principled and did not warrant
India Law Library Docid # 2434057

(40) KANNAIYA Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-10-2025
Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302 read with Section 34 — Murder — Appeal against conviction — Appellants convicted by trial court and conviction upheld by High Court — Supreme Court re-appreciated evidence — Prosecution relied on two alleged eyewitnesses — One eyewitness, Puniya (PW-12), gave a version contradictory to FIR regarding genesis and place of occurrence; failed to assist victim;
India Law Library Docid # 2434058