(701) JASWANT KAUR Vs. KARAMJIT KAUR AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 27-11-2025 Will — Proof of Will — Suspicious Circumstances — Exclusion of Natural Heirs — A Will is executed to alter the ordinary mode of succession and will naturally result in reducing or depriving the share of natural heirs — The fact that natural heirs (mother and minor daughter in this case) have been excluded or given a lesser share, without anything more, is not itself a suspicious circumstance, especially when the bequest is in favour of India Law Library Docid # 2436916
(702) PANKAJ SHARMA Vs. PARMOD BANSAL[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 27-11-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 16 — Suit for Specific Performance of Agreement to Sell — Readiness and Willingness — Denial of agreement by defendant — If defendant denies execution of Agreement to Sell, they are generally debarred from raising the defense that the plaintiff was not ready and willing to perform the contract — The issue of readiness and willingness, in such cases, remains primarily between the India Law Library Docid # 2436917
(703) STATE OF PUNJAB Vs. JOBANPREET SINGH @ JOBAN AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 27-11-2025 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of Delay — Criminal Appeals filed by State of Punjab against bail orders — Significant delays (206 to 230 days) in filing appeals — Delay attributed to lengthy departmental procedure and obtaining sanction — Procedure timeline shows unexplained substantial gaps between obtaining certified copy, receiving legal opinion/sanction (Sept 2023) and actual filing (March 2024) — Delay not India Law Library Docid # 2436918
(704) SHASHI OBEROI Vs. YASHPAL CHAWLA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 27-11-2025 Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 — Section 14(1)(e) — Eviction on ground of bona fide requirement — Burden of proof and essentials — Landlady must demonstrate that the requirement is real, genuine, honest, and sincere, devoid of deceit and falsehood, and not merely a wish or fanciful desire India Law Library Docid # 2435949
(705) SHRI SURENDER BASOYA Vs. SHRI SANJEEV JOON[DELHI HIGH COURT] 27-11-2025 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 2(1)(c) — Commercial Dispute — Suit for cancellation of Sale Deed and Agreement to Sell — Determination of commercial suit nature — A suit qualifies as a 'commercial suit' if it falls under the definition of India Law Library Docid # 2435950
(706) M/S FIRE IMMUNE SYSTEMS Vs. M/S ELESCO TRADERS PVT. LTD[DELHI HIGH COURT] 27-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 29 Rule 1 — Suits by or against corporation — Authorization to institute suit — Requirements — Order 29 Rule 1 permits a Director or principal officer of a corporation to sign and verify pleadings, as the holding of such office is prima facie sufficient to permit institution of proceedings — Where a Director (PW-1) deposed on oath and produced a Board Resolution India Law Library Docid # 2435951
(707) PADAVALA GANGA RAJU AND OTHER Vs. RUDRA TECHNO FEEDS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 27-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 8 read with Section 151 — Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Application for filing Additional Written Statement (AWS) — Applicability of Commercial Courts Act — Where a suit relates to commercial transactions and is transferred to a Commercial Court, the provisions of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015, including the amendments to CPC, apply. (Paras 9, India Law Library Docid # 2436116
(708) RAMESH Vs. UNION OF INDIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-11-2025 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Bail — Commercial Quantity — Prolonged Incarceration — Relief granted despite seizure of 'commercial quantity' (360.95 kgs. of Ganja exceeding 20 kgs.) — Appellant arrested on 11.11.2021 and in custody since then — Charges not framed due to two absconding accused — Appellant being the owner of the truck but not present at the spot of seizure India Law Library Docid # 2436145
(709) S. RAMAKRISHNAN Vs. REVENUE DIVISIONAL OFFICER, THOOTHUKUDI DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-11-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 436(2) (erstwhile Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389) — Suspension of sentence pending appeal — Life imprisonment — Principles governing grant of suspension — Considerations for suspension of life imprisonment differ from fixed sentences; Appellate Court must assess whether there is anything palpable or on the face of the record India Law Library Docid # 2436146
(710) MEENAKSHI Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-11-2025 Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of Cheque — Appellate Proceedings — Cancellation of Bail — Appearance of Accused — Pendency of Appeal — Where the appellate court, after suspending the sentence and granting bail, subsequently cancels bail and issues a Non-Bailable Warrant (NBW) against the India Law Library Docid # 2436170
(711) M/S. NEW GEE ENN & SONS AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 27-11-2025 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Jammu and Kashmir Goods and Services Act, 2017 (J&K GST Act, 2017) — Cross-LoC Trade — Nature of Trade — The cross-Line of Control (LoC) trade, established as a Confidence Building Measure between India and Pakistan and regulated by the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) of 2008, constituted trade between the then State of Jammu and Kashmir (now Union India Law Library Docid # 2436238
(712) DENTAL COUNCIL OF INDIA Vs. INSHA ASHRAF BHAT AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 27-11-2025 Special Scholarship Scheme (SSS) 2014-15 — Eligibility and Admission — Students from erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir sought admission under SSS — Revised guidelines mandated admission only through centralized counseling and college allotment by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) — Private respondents admitted themselves to BDS course without sponsorship or allotment by India Law Library Docid # 2436239
(713) STATE OF J AND K Vs. MUZAFFAR AHMAD MALIK AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 27-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) — Section 378 (Appeal in case of acquittal) — Standard of Appellate Review — An appellate court should be slow to interfere with a judgment of acquittal unless it is contrary to evidence, palpably erroneous, or reflects a view that could not reasonably have been taken by the trial court — If two views are possible on the evidence, the one favouring the accused must be adopted — Interference India Law Library Docid # 2436240
(714) SHER MOHD AND OTHERS Vs. THE UT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 27-11-2025 Jammu & Kashmir Land Revenue/Acquisition — Writ Petition (Article 226) — Delay and Laches — Land Acquisition Matters — Appellants claimed entitlement to ownership rights and compensation for acquired state land based on Government Orders from 1958 and 1966, where acquisition process concluded in 1993, and writ petition was filed much later — Right to Property (Article 300A) considered a India Law Library Docid # 2436260
(715) SURESH SAHU AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR (NOW JHARKHAND)[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 313 (now Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), Section 351) — Examination of Accused — Defective Examination — Purpose of Section 313/351 BNSS is to inform the accused of every incriminating circumstance appearing against him in the prosecution evidence and seek his explanation — Omission to put material circumstances specifically to the India Law Library Docid # 2436282
(716) RADHELAL RAWAT AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 27-11-2025 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 — Section 528 — Quashing of First Information Report (FIR) — Based on Compromise — Offences under Sections 308(2), 308(5), 308(7), and 61(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) — Allegations involving "honey trap" conspiracy, blackmail, extortion, and threat of false implication in a rape case — High Court declined to quash the FIR despite India Law Library Docid # 2436381
(717) IN RE SUO MOTU Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 27-11-2025 Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 — Sections 3(1), 3(2), 3(3), 3(4) — Termination of Pregnancy — Consent of Pregnant Person — Rape Victim — Pregnancy exceeding 24 weeks — SOP Guidelines issued by High Court Division Bench — The SOP procedures for reference to Medical Board and High Court for termination of pregnancy exceeding 24 weeks cannot be enforced and are not required to be carried out if the prosecutrix/victim, or her guardian (in case of a minor), refuses India Law Library Docid # 2436382
(718) VISHAL BAMORIYA Vs. PUNJAB AND SIND BANK AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 27-11-2025 Service Law — Transfer — Judicial Review — Scope of Interference — High Courts' interference under Article 226 of the Constitution of India in matters of employee transfer is extremely limited; interference is warranted only if the transfer order is vitiated by mala fides, issued in violation of any mandatory statutory India Law Library Docid # 2436383
(719) SYED HABIB SHAH ALIAS NAWAB MIYAN (DIED) THROUGH LRS SYED IRFAN Vs. MST. MUMTAZ JAHAN BEGUM AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 27-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — First Appeal — Power of First Appellate Court— Scope and Duty — The first appeal is a valuable right, opening the whole case for rehearing on facts and law — The Appellate Court must apply its mind consciously, record findings, and give reasons on all issues and contentions — While reversing a finding of the Trial Court, the Appellate Court must closely examine the Trial Court's reasoning and provide its own detailed reasons for India Law Library Docid # 2436384
(720) M/S IFFCO-TOKIO GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. P. RAMASAMY AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 27-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 (1)(c) — Motor Accidents Claims — Liability of Insurer — Driver of Insured Vehicle — Status of "Tort-feasor" and "Unpaid Driver/Relative" — Deceased driver (Chellamuthu), a relative of the owner and employee of State Transport Corporation, caused accident by rash and negligent driving, resulting in his and his wife's death — Claim by his dependents rejected against insurer India Law Library Docid # 2436647