(901) MADHYA PRADESH JUDGES ASSOCIATION Vs. HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-11-2025 Service Law — Judicial Officers — Superannuation Age — Enhancement — Challenge to rejection by High Court (administrative side) of representation to enhance superannuation age of Judicial Officers in Madhya Pradesh — State Government increased superannuation age of all its employees to 62 years — Petitioner-Association India Law Library Docid # 2436155
(902) IN RE: ISSUE RELATING TO DEFINITION OF ARAVALLI HILLS AND RANGES[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-11-2025 Environmental Law — Aravalli Hills and Ranges — Definition and Conservation — Supreme Court accepts recommendations of Committee of Experts (CEC) regarding the definition of Aravalli Hills and Ranges as given by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in the context of the region's conservation and protection. India Law Library Docid # 2436165
(903) AKBAR Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-11-2025 Capital Punishment — Appeal against Death Sentence — Review of Sentencing — Supreme Court granted leave to appeal and stayed the execution of the death sentence awarded to the appellant (Akbar) — Directed summoning of original records from Trial Court and High Court, and supply of translated records to the parties. India Law Library Docid # 2436168
(904) DEEPAK KUMAR @ GOLU @ D. KUMAR Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-11-2025 Death Sentence — Stay of Execution — Supreme Court orders stay of execution of the death sentence awarded to the appellant pending appeal. India Law Library Docid # 2436169
(905) KAKARALA RAJU Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Criminal Law — Dacoity (Section 391 Indian Penal Code, 1860) — Essential ingredients — Dacoity requires five or more persons conjointly committing or attempting to commit robbery — Absence of the term "conjoint commission of offence" in the charge sheet is not fatal if the evidence on record, including witness testimony and material objects, clearly substantiates that the accused persons acted India Law Library Docid # 2436185
(906) Y P REDDY Vs. CENTRAL INDUSTRIAL SECURITY FORCE[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Service Law — Disciplinary Proceedings — Judicial Review — Scope — Misconduct of sleeping while on duty in a hypersensitive unit (SDSC SHAR) — Punishment of compulsory retirement — High Court's power of judicial review is limited to reviewing the manner in which the decision was made, checking for compliance with natural justice and statutory rules, and ensuring findings are based on India Law Library Docid # 2436186
(907) THE APSRTC, REP.BY ITS VICE CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR MUSHEERABAD, HYDERABAD Vs. CHINTALA ARUNA KUMARI[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 168 (Award of just compensation) — Fatal Accident Claim — Quantum of Compensation — Negligence — Evidence established accident occurred due to rash and negligent driving of the APSRTC bus driver based on eye witness testimony (PW-2) and Police investigation (FIR/Charge Sheet, Ex.A1, A9) — Finding on negligence by the Tribunal upheld. India Law Library Docid # 2436187
(908) MUNGAMURI PEDA THIRUPATHAIAH AND OTHERS Vs. SMT PERLA LEELAVATHI[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 26 Rule 9 — Commissions to make local investigations — Appointment of Advocate Commissioner — Purpose of appointment — A Court Commissioner should not be appointed for the purpose of collecting evidence on behalf of either party, especially in a suit for permanent injunction, at the initial stage before evidence is completed — Appointment of India Law Library Docid # 2436188
(909) SARWA ZAHOOR AND ANOTHER Vs. DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 20-11-2025 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) — Section 26(4) — Appeal to Appellate Tribunal — Power of Remand — The Appellate Tribunal, while exercising powers under Section 26(4) to "pass such orders thereon as it thinks fit, confirming, modifying or setting aside the order appealed against," is vested with the power to remand the matter back to the Adjudicating Authority — The expression "pass such orders thereon as it thinks fit" is of the widest amplitude and includes the power of India Law Library Docid # 2436250
(910) BUILDING OPERATION CONTROLLING AUTHORITY, MUNICIPAL AREA, JAMMU Vs. MRS. RATNO DEVI AND OTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 20-11-2025 Jammu & Kashmir Municipal Act, 2008 (1951 A.D.) — Sections 225, 229, 229(3) — Demolition Notice — Procedure — Strict Compliance — Where the Municipality issues notices to stop construction (Sec. 225) and alter/demolish (Sec. 229), subsequent demolition notice (Sec. 229(3)) requires strict adherence to the prescribed procedure; failure to dispute or deny the claim of the building owner that a building India Law Library Docid # 2436264
(911) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. ARUN KALMODIYA[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 20-11-2025 Service Law — Recruitment — Sub Inspector in Delhi Police/Central Armed Police Forces — Physical Standard Test (PST) — Minimum Height Requirement — Requirement of 170 cm for male candidates (General Category) as per advertisement (Para 12.10.1) — Candidate measured at 169.6 cm — Applicability of "rounding off" provision in Uniform Guidelines for Medical Examination Test (Clause 2(d)) — Held, the "rounding off" provision (0.5 cm or more rounded to next higher cm) prescribed India Law Library Docid # 2436398
(912) VISHAL KHANDURI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125 — Interim Maintenance — Quantum of Maintenance — Nature and Purpose — Section 125 is a measure of social justice designed to prevent destitution and must be interpreted liberally — Sufficiency of means or proof of actual income should not be approached with hyper-technical rigidity — Maintenance is compensatory, meant to enable the wife to live with dignity consistent India Law Library Docid # 2436557
(913) SANJAY KASHYAP Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Criminal Law — Conviction and Sentencing — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 504 (Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 506 (Criminal intimidation), and 509 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) — Setting aside of conviction — Appellant convicted initially based on evidence primarily related to a scuffle and subsequent alleged consumption of poison by the victim — High Court found significant contradictions and improvisations in the statements India Law Library Docid # 2436558
(914) VICTIM FATHER Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Stay of Conviction — Distinction between Suspension of Sentence and Stay of Conviction — Parameters for consideration are "totally different" — Stay of conviction should not be granted unless an "exceptional case" is made out, or it amounts to the "rarest of the rare" case — High Court erred in granting stay of conviction solely on the ground that the application for suspension of sentence India Law Library Docid # 2437566
(915) KULDEEP SINGH CHOUDHARY AND OTHERS Vs. RAJASTHAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, THROUGH ITS SECRETARY AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 — Section 37(1) — Food Safety and Standards Rules, 2011 — Rule 2.1.3 — Appointment/Qualification of Food Safety Officer (FSO) — Requirement of Training — Distinction between 'Selection' and 'Appointment' — The qualification for FSO, including mandatory training (Rule 2.1.3.1(iii)), must be possessed on the date the Commissioner of Food Safety issues India Law Library Docid # 2437727
(916) GOPAL SINGH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Medical Education — NEET-UG Eligibility — National Medical Commission (NMC) Public Notice dated 22.11.2023 and Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023 — Requirement of Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology, and English in qualifying examination — The erstwhile requirement of continuous study of Biology in Class 11th and 12th was repealed prospectively by the 2023 Regulations — NMC India Law Library Docid # 2437728
(917) DEEPAKBHAI NANUBHAI JOBANPUTRA Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Gujarat Land Revenue Code, 1879 — Section 65 — Conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural (NA) use — Essential requirement for NA Permission — The key requirement under Section 65 is that the applicant must be an 'occupant' of the land which is assessed or held for agricultural purposes — It is not required that the applicant must prove clear title or ownership; being recorded as an occupant in India Law Library Docid # 2437858
(918) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. ISMILE JUSABBHAI CHAVDA[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Powers of Appellate Court — If two reasonable conclusions are possible on the basis of the evidence on record, the appellate court should not disturb the finding of acquittal recorded by the trial court — Acquittal further strengthens the presumption of innocence available to the accused — Appellate court can only overturn acquittal if it finds that the guilt of the accused was proved beyond a reasonable doubt and no India Law Library Docid # 2437859
(919) SANTOSHKUMAR TUNGNATH MISHRA Vs. LHS OF DECD. MATAPRASAD ORIPRASAD SHUKLA AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — First Appeal — Suit for Declaration and Possession — Burden of Proof — Where the appellant-defendant raises contentions in the written statement (e.g., bar of res judicata, lack of jurisdiction, tenancy claim) but fails to adduce oral evidence to substantiate these pleadings, the appellant is deemed to have failed to discharge the burden of proof, India Law Library Docid # 2437860
(920) RAMBHAI CHAGANBHAI MODHVADIYA Vs. RAJUBHAI CHAGANBHAI MODHVADIYA[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 20-11-2025 Civil Procedure — First Appeal — Challenge to order setting aside probate certificate — Limited prayer for remanding the matter for full-fledged trial — Where a probate certificate is set aside, the application for grant of probate must be decided as a suit after a full-fledged trial, considering the submissions and evidence of both parties, following the precedent set by the Apex Court in Manibhai Amaidas Patel v. India Law Library Docid # 2437861