(981) PUSHPA TIWARI Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Pension Rules — Counting of past service in private school — Government absorbed teachers from private schools — Previous circular allowed counting of past service if CPF contributions were returned with interest — Later circular withdrew this benefit — Court held later circular could not be applied retrospectively to those absorbed before its issuance to avoid unfairness and protect legitimate expectations. India Law Library Docid # 2433287
(982) CHAKARDHARI SUREKA Vs. PREM LATA SUREKA THROUGH SPA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-09-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 37 — Appeal against order under Section 34 — pendency of appeal does not halt execution proceedings. India Law Library Docid # 2433435
(983) M/S RADHIKA TRADERS AND OTHERS Vs. M/S ASHTALAXMI TRADING COMPANY AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-09-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Appeal against acquittal — Complainant’s right to appeal — A complainant in a case under Section 138 of the Act is entitled to maintain an appeal against an order of acquittal without seeking leave of the court, by taking benefit of the proviso to Section 372 of CrPC. India Law Library Docid # 2433436
(984) GOPI MAHTO Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 161 — Statement to police — Hostile witness — Contradictions in testimony — Trial court failure to appreciate material contradictions. India Law Library Docid # 2433388
(985) NEPURI DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302 read with Section 34 — Murder — Conviction challenged — Trial court convicted appellants for murder based on FIR and witness testimonies — Appeals filed against conviction — High Court scrutinizes evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2433389
(986) RAFFIQUL ISLAM Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304B — Dowry Death — Essential Ingredients — Proof required — Court needs to establish that death was caused by burns or bodily injury or otherwise than under normal circumstances, occurred within seven years of marriage, deceased was subjected to cruelty or harassment by husband or his relatives soon before death, and such cruelty or harassment was related to dowry India Law Library Docid # 2433390
(987) AINUL HODA @ HUDA MIAN AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302/34 — Murder and Common Intention — Appeal against conviction and sentence for murder — Sole eye-witness account found to be shaky, contradictory, and lacking in material particulars — Defence successfully highlighted discrepancies concerning the genesis, manner, and place of occurrence, as well as specific overt acts attributed to each appellant — Absence of corroboration India Law Library Docid # 2433391
(988) THE MANAGING COMMITTEE, CONTAI RAHAMANIA HIGH MADRASAH AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-09-2025 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 32 — Writ Jurisdiction — Reconsideration of judgment — Petitioners sought reconsideration of a previous Supreme Court judgment, claiming it violated Article 30 rights — Held, judicial decisions, due to their nature and finality, cannot offend fundamental rights, as authoritatively held by a Constitution Bench — Therefore, a writ petition seeking to overturn a previous India Law Library Docid # 2433432
(989) GURVINDER SINGH Vs. JASBIR SINGH @ JASVIR SINGH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Anticipatory Bail Proceedings — Recall/Restoration of dismissed order — A judge cannot recall or restore an order that has already been passed and dismissed an application for anticipatory bail. Once an order dismissing such an application is passed, the proceedings are concluded and cannot be revived. India Law Library Docid # 2433433
(990) NARESH DILAWARI Vs. CHARANJIT SINGH OBEROI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-09-2025 Evidence Act, 1872 — Forgery — Investigation — Court directed CBI to investigate the genuineness of a B.Com degree claimed by the petitioner, after an official from Magadh University reported it as forged. India Law Library Docid # 2433434
(991) JAMEELA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-09-2025 Penal Code, 1860 – Sections 195-A and 506-B – Conviction under Section 195-A IPC set aside as the said Section was inserted after the commission of the offense – High Court erred in applying the provision retrospectively. India Law Library Docid # 2432711
(992) PARDEEP KUMAR AND ANOTHER Vs. SMT. SANTOSH AGGARWAL AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 151 — Permission to place documents on record — Application allowed subject to just exceptions. India Law Library Docid # 2433875
(993) JARNAIL SINGH Vs. CHARANJIT SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 1 Rule 10 — Impleadment of parties — Subsequent purchasers — Applicants purchased property after the suit was filed, from subsequent purchasers themselves, not from the original vendor — Applicants not necessary or proper parties — Their title depends on original purchasers who did not defend their title in lower courts — Applicants cannot fight for others' cause at this stage India Law Library Docid # 2433876
(994) LBS CONVENT SCHOOL Vs. CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 15-09-2025 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) — Affiliation Bye-Laws — Provisions regarding de-affiliation, downgrading, and shifting of students — Interpretation and application of bye-laws in cases of alleged deficiencies and violations — Considerations for differential treatment of similarly situated schools. India Law Library Docid # 2433951
(995) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. DHARAMVEER AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 15-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of interference — An appellate court can interfere with an acquittal order only if the trial court's view is perverse, based on misreading of evidence, or if no other reasonable view is possible other than the guilt of the accused. If the trial court's view is a India Law Library Docid # 2433952
(996) JAIPUR VIDHYUT VITRAN NIGAM LIMITED Vs. M/S. COMPUCON SOFTWARE LTD.[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 15-09-2025 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 37 — Objections to arbitral award — Lack of arbitration clause — Held that once the High Court appointed the arbitrator and examined the existence of an arbitration clause, and the arbitrator also held that an arbitration clause exists, the Commercial Court examining objections under Section 34 of India Law Library Docid # 2433953
(997) MAN SINGH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 15-09-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 193 — Taking cognizance of offence by Court of Session — Committal by Magistrate — Sessions Court's power to summon additional accused — A Sessions Court, after a case has been committed to it by a Magistrate under Section 209 Cr.P.C., has full power to take cognizance of the offence as a court of original jurisdiction — The embargo under Section 193 is lifted upon India Law Library Docid # 2433954
(998) SHRI RAMESH KUMAR Vs. SHRI GAUTAM SINGH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Himachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, Section 67 — Appeal against Gram Panchayat order — Jurisdiction of Appellate Court — An appeal against an order or decree of a Gram Panchayat Bench, registered as a civil case, is maintainable before the Judicial Magistrate/Sub-Judge. India Law Library Docid # 2434089
(999) CHAIRMAN, INDIAN OIL CORPORATION, NEW DELHI Vs. ZAREENA AKHTER AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 15-09-2025 Contract Law — Lease and Dealership Agreements — Independence of Agreements — A lease agreement for land and a dealership agreement for a retail outlet are distinct and independent contracts, even if entered into simultaneously by the same parties. India Law Library Docid # 2434131
(1000) PRITI SARAF Vs. AJAY SHARMA AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 15-09-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96, Order XLI, Order I Rule 10, Order XII Rule 6 — Regular First Appeal against an eviction suit decree and dismissal of impleadment application — Appellant, wife of a Director of tenant company, sought impleadment in eviction suit claiming right of residence in shared household — Impleadment application dismissed and suit decreed ex-parte against tenant company — India Law Library Docid # 2434286