(561) T. PERUMAL NADAR (DIED) THR. LRS. Vs. P. RAJENDRA CHORIDA AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 25-11-2025 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 16(c) — Suit for specific performance of agreement of sale — Readiness and willingness of purchaser (Plaintiff) — Essential condition — Continuous readiness and willingness from date of execution until date of decree must be proved — Mere pleading is insufficient; requires proof of having means/funds (availability of consideration) and willingness to perform — Conduct of India Law Library Docid # 2436657
(562) M. PREMKUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. P. MURUGAN AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 25-11-2025 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Section 8 — Nature of property inherited by son from father after 1956 — Absolute property vs. Ancestral/Coparcenary property — Property that was the self-acquired property of the grandfather (Pitchiah) and was inherited by his son (1st defendant) upon his death after 1956 devolves under Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act — Such property becomes the absolute property of the son (1st India Law Library Docid # 2436658
(563) MRS. YEJJAPURAPU HEMA Vs. YEJJAPURAPU RAMANA[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-11-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Dissolution of Marriage (Divorce) — Cruelty (Mental and Physical) — Scope and Definition — Cruelty, whether physical or mental, is difficult to define precisely; it depends on the way of life, social, economic conditions, customs, and traditions of the parties — Causes warranting separation must be grave and weighty, showing an absolute impossibility for discharging marital India Law Library Docid # 2436181
(564) K.LAKSHMI NARASAIAH ACHARI Vs. KAMARI SIRISHA[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-11-2025 Family Law — Child Custody — Paramount Consideration of Welfare of Minor — Courts deciding child custody disputes (under Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 or Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956) must prioritize the interest and welfare of the minor child as paramount — It is not the superior right of either parent that governs the adjudication — Relevant factors include the child's desire, presence of a India Law Library Docid # 2436182
(565) DR. OM PRAKASH SHARMA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 25-11-2025 Service Law — Promotion — Creation of promotional avenues — Power of Judiciary — High Court declines to issue mandamus directing State to amend M.P./C.G. Class III Service Recruitment and Promotion (Mahavidyalaya Shakha) Rules, 1974, to create promotional avenues for Laboratory Technicians — Creation or abolition of posts, structuring of cadres, and amendment of statutory recruitment rules India Law Library Docid # 2437518
(566) SMT. BIRANCHI BAI SIRDAR AND OTHERS Vs. GANGESHWAR RAM AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 25-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 (1)(c) and Section 168 — Compensation for death — Legal Representatives and Dependency — Parents of a deceased married daughter are "legal representatives" and are entitled to compensation for loss of dependency under Section 166 of the Act, not being limited to non-pecuniary heads or no-fault compensation — The concept of 'legal representative' is wider than the India Law Library Docid # 2437519
(567) ARUN KUMAR VAISHNAV @ CHANKY Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 25-11-2025 Criminal Law — Appeal against Conviction — Murder, Kidnapping for Ransom, Kidnapping, and Causing Disappearance of Evidence (IPC Sections 302, 364A, 363, 201) — Circumstantial Evidence — Requirement of complete and unbroken chain linking the accused unerringly to the crime — Court finding prosecution failed to prove case beyond reasonable doubt due to severe deficiencies in evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2437520
(568) SURESH JAIN Vs. RP CHAUDHARY, HUF, THROUGH KARTA RAMPRAKASH CHAUDHARY[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 25-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rule 2A — Contempt proceedings for violating interim injunction — Construction activity — Interim order restrained 'new constructions only' and 'alienation' after 02.07.2019 — Allegation of violation must be proven beyond reasonable doubt — Complainant failed to provide evidence of existing building position (prior to 02.07.2019) or specific new construction after India Law Library Docid # 2437717
(569) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. KADAVABHAI UKABHAI PAGHADAL[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 25-11-2025 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 - Sections 4, 6, 11, 54 - Compensation - Determination of Market Value - Evidence of Sale Instances vs. Agreements to Sell - Challenge to quantum of enhanced compensation awarded by Reference Court upon remand - Lands acquired for irrigation project were agricultural lands with low development potential - Reference Court erroneously based compensation primarily on India Law Library Docid # 2437853
(570) STATE OF GUJARAT THRO' COLLECTOR Vs. SAVITABEN MANUBHAI PRAJAPATI AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 25-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — First Appeal — Suit for Compensation — Death by Electrocution in Government Residential Quarter — Police Constable residing in quarter allotted in Police Line, Umreth, died due to electrocution from a live open electric wire on 02.09.1989 — Legal heirs filed suit against State/Collector for compensation alleging negligence in maintaining electrical India Law Library Docid # 2437854
(571) VINOD KUMAR BHATIA Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-11-2025 Companies Act, 1956 — Section 630 — Wrongful withholding of company property by employee/ex-employee — Conviction for failure to vacate company quarter post-retirement — Scope of High Court's revisional jurisdiction — High Court, while exercising revisional jurisdiction, must assess correctness, legality, and propriety of findings below (concurrent findings of ASJ and ACMM) and should not re-appreciate evidence or interfere unless orders are wholly unreasonable or lead to India Law Library Docid # 2435956
(572) ENVITECH CONSULTANTS INDIA PVT LTD Vs. RUDRABHISHEK ENTERPRISES LIMITED AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 (a) and (d) — Rejection of Plaint — Applicable principles — Power to reject a plaint is a drastic one and conditions must be strictly adhered to — Court must look only at the averments in the plaint and documents annexed; defendant’s defense or arguments in the application are irrelevant — Allegations in the plaint must be taken as correct for deciding the India Law Library Docid # 2435957
(573) SH. GAURAV KHATTAR Vs. SH. VIRENDER AGGARWAL[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 114 read with Order XLVII Rule 1 — Review Petition — Grounds for Review — Alleged error apparent on the face of the record and discovery of new and important evidence — Standard for 'new and important evidence' (Aadhar Card and Bank Passbook showing different address) — Where documents (proof of address) claimed to be new evidence were at all times India Law Library Docid # 2435958
(574) MADAN MOHAN JOSHI Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 24-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Anticipatory Bail — Rejection — Grounds for rejection — Applicant sought anticipatory bail in connection with offenses under Sections 109, 190, 115(2), 191(2), 351(3), and 352 of B.N.S., 2023 — Court noted that Applicant successfully evaded arrest despite 23 raids and issuance of Non-Bailable Warrant (NBW) — Investigation revealed that Applicant may be the cause for gathering of a mob and India Law Library Docid # 2436634
(575) CHATRPAL @ RAVI @ LAMBU Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 24-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 384 — Evidence — Sufficiency of evidence in dacoity and voluntarily receiving stolen property cases — Conviction rested primarily on eyewitness testimony and recovery of stolen articles — Eyewitnesses (PW 1, PW 2, PW 7, PW 9) failed to identify the appellants in court and were declared hostile by the prosecution, casting serious doubt on their testimony and the entire prosecution India Law Library Docid # 2436635
(576) AMAL BAROI Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 24-11-2025 Criminal Law — Conviction — Standard of Proof — Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt — The prosecution must prove its case against the accused beyond reasonable doubt — Even in cases resting on circumstantial evidence, the chain of circumstances must be complete, pointing only to the guilt of the accused — Conviction cannot be based merely on inferences drawn from some statements of witnesses, especially when India Law Library Docid # 2436636
(577) SHARAYU Vs. SCHEDULED TRIBE CASTE CERTIFICATE SCRUTINY COMMITTEE AND ANOTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 24-11-2025 Caste Certificate — Verification — Invalidation of 'Halbi' Scheduled Tribe claim — Undisputed pre-constitutional documents (1925, 1932) showing petitioner's grandfather and cousin grandfather as 'Halbi' — Committee erred in rejecting claim based on a stray pre-constitutional entry (1929) of 'Koshti' for the petitioner's great great grandmother (paternal side's wife) — Pre-constitutional documents carry higher probative value — India Law Library Docid # 2437000
(578) STATE OF MAHARASHTRA Vs. SHRI NARAYAN[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 24-11-2025 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) — Demand and Acceptance of Bribe — Necessary ingredients — Failure of prosecution to prove initial demand along with approximate date/time, and subsequent demand — Mere inquiry by accused "whether he brought the amount" does not constitute 'demand' as required by law — When the prosecution fails to prove demand, mere India Law Library Docid # 2437007
(579) SHAZAIB SABIR PATEL Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 24-11-2025 Bhartiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 187 — Writ Petition seeking release of accused persons (cousin brothers) detained in prison without extension of Magisterial Custody Remand (MCR) after the initial period expired — Contention that continued detention without extension order violates Article 21 of the Constitution and Section 187 of BNSS, thus rendering detention illegal — Held, while judicial custody must be extended periodically by the Magistrate with application of India Law Library Docid # 2437177
(580) MINU SUBBA Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 24-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of First Information Report (FIR) and criminal proceedings — Quashing based on surrounding circumstances and age of person accused — FIR lodged under Sections 419/420/468 IPC for alleged forgery and cheating related to obtaining a Birth Certificate — Allegation that petitioner (Minu Subba) fraudulently obtained a Birth Certificate listing the Respondent No. 2 and her late husband as parents — Petitioner's India Law Library Docid # 2437286