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(981) MULCHANDBHAI ISHWARBHAI PATEL AND OTHERS Vs. GAUTTAMBHAI BABARBHAI PATEL AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 19-11-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of Plaint — Limitation — Suit for cancellation of Sale Deed and consequential reliefs — Where the plaintiff executes a registered Sale Deed and subsequently files a suit for its cancellation, the right to sue for cancellation under Article 59 of the Limitation Act, 1963 accrues on the date of registration, as the plaintiff is deemed to have knowledge
India Law Library Docid # 2437870

(982) SHARADBHAI GUNVANTBHAI JANI Vs. DAKSHAGAURI SHARADBHAI JANI D/O SHIVSHANKARBHAI JAKOLBHAI PANDYA[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 19-11-2025
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13 (Divorce) — Section 13B (Divorce by mutual consent) — First Appeal against refusal to grant divorce — Irretrievable breakdown of marriage — Mutual settlement during appeal proceedings — Parties separated shortly after marriage (since 2018) with no possibility of reunion (approx. six years separation) — Power of High Court to grant decree of divorce by mutual
India Law Library Docid # 2437871

(983) RAJNEESH KUMAR PANDEY AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-11-2025
Education — Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) — Special Educators for Children with Special Needs (CwSN) — Requirement of TET qualification for appointment of Special Educators — Supreme Court directing Union of India to obtain instructions on whether TET is a mandatory qualification nationally for Special Educators, especially since one State (Uttar Pradesh) prescribed it — Court also seeking clarity
India Law Library Docid # 2436067

(984) RANIMOL AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-11-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 200 — Private Complaint after Police Closure Report — Abuse of Process of Law — Filing a private complaint under Section 200 Cr.P.C. by the same informant, relating to the same occurrence and against the same accused (who were dropped from the initial investigation after a detailed investigation and negative report), amounts to a gross abuse and misuse of
India Law Library Docid # 2436068

(985) SHAHID ALAM Vs. ARUN KUMAR YADAV @ BALMIKI YADAV AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-11-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Res Judicata — Consideration of Plea — The plea of res judicata is a valuable right inherent in a person who raises it and must be considered on its own merits, preferably at the very first instance, to prevent misuse and abuse of the process of the Court by re-agitating matters already decided — Failure of the High Court to apply judicial mind to the plea and instead holding
India Law Library Docid # 2436070

(986) LAL CHANDRA RAM Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-11-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Setting Criminal Law in Motion — Locus Standi — General Principle — Anyone can set or put the criminal law into motion, including by filing a complaint, unless the statue creating the offense explicitly indicates a contrary restriction on the eligibility of the complainant — The power to file an FIR or a complaint is not restricted to specific authorities, even if
India Law Library Docid # 2436075

(987) SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA Vs. D. SUNDARARAJAN ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-11-2025
Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 — Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) — Appeal to Supreme Court — Dismissal — The Supreme Court found no error, specifically no error of law, committed by the Securities Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai in passing the impugned order dated May 18, 2023, and accordingly dismissed the Civil Appeals filed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India.
India Law Library Docid # 2436093

(988) V. VENKATAGIRI Vs. STATE AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 18-11-2025
Contract Act, 1872 — Section 196 — Ratification of Agent's unauthorized acts — Effect of Ratification — When an agent executes a Sale Deed without proper authority, and the Principal subsequently executes a Deed of Ratification (Confirmation of Sale), the ratification validates the agent's act retrospectively, as if it had been performed with prior authority — Once ratified, the original sale deed becomes the principal instrument
India Law Library Docid # 2436752

(989) PRASHANT Vs. DR. GANESH[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 18-11-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 250 — Compensation for accusation without reasonable cause — Scope and Applicability — Section 250 is invoked only where there is no reasonable ground for making the accusation, implying malice, frivolousness, or ulterior motive on the part of the complainant — Mere failure of the complainant to prove the case (resulting in acquittal) or existence of discrepancies in
India Law Library Docid # 2437005

(990) BHANDARI INTERSTATE CARRIERS Vs. IMPROVEMENT TRUST LUDHIANA AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 18-11-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 read with Section 151 — Amendment of Plaint — Petitioner filed a suit for mandatory injunction to execute a sale deed — Subsequent events (One Time Settlement Policy, deposit of amounts, possession, and execution of agreement to sell) occurred during the suit's pendency, leading the petitioner to seek amendment to incorporate these facts and add the relief of specific performance — Amendment
India Law Library Docid # 2437065

(991) PUNJAB STATE POWER CORPORATION LIMITED Vs. EMTA COAL LTD.[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 18-11-2025
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 36 — Enforcement of Arbitral Award — Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) — Section 47 — Objections to Execution — An Arbitral Award is enforceable as a decree of a Civil Court under Section 36(1) of the Act — Objections to execution of an award, akin to those under Section 47 CPC, are maintainable, although within a narrow compass, restricted generally to grounds of jurisdictional infirmity or the award being void or a nullity —
India Law Library Docid # 2437066

(992) RAM MILAN Vs. GAGANDEEP SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 18-11-2025
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order VI Rule 17 — Amendment of pleadings — Revision against rejection of application for amendment of plaint — Amendment sought was replacement of a wrongly named deceased defendant with his wife (Harjit Kaur) on the ground of typographical mistake — Application filed within 22 days of plaint filing and before framing of issues (i.e., before trial commencement) — High Court set aside the
India Law Library Docid # 2437067

(993) BALDEV SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. AJIT SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 18-11-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Second Appeal — Concurrent Findings of Fact — Suit for declaration and permanent injunction based on Oral Partition — Where both lower courts concurrently decree the suit for declaration and injunction based on an oral partition, and the findings are supported by evidence, including admissions by defendants and proof that the partition was acted upon, the concurrent
India Law Library Docid # 2437068

(994) AMARJIT SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 18-11-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 279 (Rash driving) and Section 337 (Causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) — Conviction and sentence — Revision against concurrent findings of conviction upheld by Appellate Court (acquittal under Section 304-A IPC maintained) — Petitioner not pressing challenge on merits but confining to quantum of sentence considering long pendency of case (12
India Law Library Docid # 2437092

(995) BALRAJ SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 18-11-2025
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Arms Act, 1959 — Section 27 — Conviction upheld — Related/Interested Witness — Competency and Reliability — The testimony of witnesses, even if related to the deceased, is not automatically unreliable; relatives are often the most natural witnesses, and their evidence can be relied upon if it is consistent, trustworthy, and inspires confidence — A close relative is not an "interested" witness unless they have a direct interest or
India Law Library Docid # 2437093

(996) HIRAMAN NIVRUTTI TUPE AND OTHERS Vs. SOU. VIJAYMALA VINAYAK BAZARE AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 18-11-2025
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 115 — Revisionary Jurisdiction — Setting aside Ex-Parte Decree — Condonation of Delay — High Court's power to interfere with Trial Court's discretion — Interference with an order condoning delay is warranted when the Trial Court's decision is perverse, based on erroneous factual assumptions, or applies wrong parameters — Where the applicant's explanation for delay is "concocted" and lacks bonafides, the order condoning the delay must be set
India Law Library Docid # 2437161

(997) DR. SANGEETA DUTTA Vs. STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 18-11-2025
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 — Section 483 (equivalent to former CrPC Section 439) — Regular Bail — Principles Governing Grant of Bail — While facing serious charges (Sections 307, 325, POCSO Act, JJ Act, etc.), prolonged judicial incarceration pending trial (over 2.5 years) where only 15 out of 74 witnesses have been examined constitutes undue delay — Right to Speedy Trial (Article 21 of the Constitution) — Long incarceration militates against fundamental right to life and li
India Law Library Docid # 2437293

(998) SRI SATYA NARAYAN SARMAH Vs. STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 18-11-2025
Essential Commodities Act, 1955 — Section 7 — Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Regulation of Supply and Distribution) Order, 2000 — Clause 7(1)(c) (Prohibition against unauthorized possession of LPG equipment) — Misuse of domestic LPG cylinders for commercial purposes — Conviction upheld. The prosecution successfully proved the unauthorized and illegal possession of domestic gas cylinders and a regulator intended for commercial use, violating Clause 7(1)(c) of the LPG Order, 2000, which is
India Law Library Docid # 2437294

(999) NIRENDRA BARMAN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ASSAM[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 18-11-2025
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 401 and 397 — Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 342 (Wrongful confinement) and 506 (Criminal intimidation) — Conviction and Sentence — Revision Petition — Allegation of illegal confinement of management staff by workers union members (Petitioners) for 16 hours in factory premises — Lower Appellate Court partly confirming conviction under Sections 342/506 IPC and setting aside conviction under Section 147 IPC (Rioting) — Material contradictions found in p
India Law Library Docid # 2437295

(1000) LOKOPRIYA GOPINATH BORDOLOI REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH Vs. M/S. GREEN ALLIANCE ENGINEERING SERVICES PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 18-11-2025
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (MSMED Act) — Sections 2(d), 2(n), 15, 17, 18, 24 — Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Arbitration Agreement — Overriding Effect of MSMED Act — Dispute Resolution — The MSMED Act, being a special law regulating disputes regarding delayed payments to Micro and Small Enterprises, overrides the general provisions of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, especially in view of Section 24 and the non-obstante clauses in
India Law Library Docid # 2437296