(461) DR. DHARMENDRA KUMAR Vs. BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY THR. ITS VICE CHANCELLOR. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 27-11-2025 Civil Procedure — Appeals (Civil) — Maintainability and Disposal — Appeals arising from a selection process for Assistant Professor posts in a University — Appellants having secured appointments to higher posts (with one as Associate Professor in a different University) during the pendency of the appeal — Appellants stating they are no longer interested in prosecuting the appeals — Appeals disposed of as having become infructuous due to subsequent change in circumstances. (Paras 1, 2, India Law Library Docid # 2437427
(462) KAVYA KIRAN Vs. VISHAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-11-2025 Civil Procedure — Settlement Agreement — Mediation — Divorce by Mutual Consent — Where a Transfer Petition referring the matter to the Supreme Court Mediation Centre results in a Settlement Agreement between the parties (husband and wife), and the terms include dissolution of marriage by mutual consent and payment of a permanent alimony amount by the husband to the wife towards full and final settlement India Law Library Docid # 2436100
(463) SK. MD. ANISUR RAHAMAN Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Cancellation of Bail — Murder trial (Section 302 IPC) — Accused granted bail by Supreme Court subject to stringent conditions (confinement to Kolkata, daily attendance at Police Station) — Application for cancellation of bail moved by victim's relative alleging breach of conditions, witness intimidation, and resultant unfair trial — Background of trial India Law Library Docid # 2435919
(464) NEW DELHI NATURE SOCIETY THROUGH VERHAEN KHANNA Vs. DIRECTOR HOTRICULTURE DDA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-11-2025 Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 — Section 38H(6) — Captive Animal Management and Translocation — Cancellation of Zoo Recognition and Translocation — Controversy surrounding the proposed translocation of deer from A.N. Jha Deer Park (New Delhi) to wildlife sanctuaries in Rajasthan and Delhi on pretext of overcrowding, following cancellation of the Park’s recognition by Central India Law Library Docid # 2435920
(465) J AND K SERVICE SELECTION BOARD AND ANOTHER Vs. SUDESH KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-11-2025 Service Law — Recruitment — Change in Evaluation Criteria — Arbitrariness — Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) issued notification for Foresters (minimum qualification 10+2 with Science) — Initial criteria allotted 25 points for B.Sc. Forestry — Criteria changed after interviews were completed, dividing B.Sc. Forestry into 3-year (20 points) and 4-year courses (25 points) — Held, India Law Library Docid # 2436126
(466) OM PRAKASH @ MOHIT SINGH Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-11-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Suspension of Sentence and Bail Pending Appeal — Principles Governing Grant — Conviction under Sections 489A to 489D of IPC (printing fake currency) resulting in 10-year sentence — Appellant filing appeal before High Court (Cr.A No.6056/2021) — Consideration for suspension of sentence after multiple rejections by High Court — Supreme Court allows appeal and India Law Library Docid # 2436150
(467) CHATRA PAL Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-11-2025 Criminal Procedure — Appeals pending for over 15 years — Listing and disposal progress — Supreme Court monitors progress in listing and disposal of old criminal appeals pending before the Allahabad High Court (including the Lucknow Bench) — High Court officials report on listability of matters more than fifteen years old, affirming paper books preparation and listing before appropriate Benches within three India Law Library Docid # 2437429
(468) SAHAB SINGH (D) THROUGH LRs. Vs. DIRECTOR GENERAL, RPF, RAIL BHAWAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-11-2025 Railway Protection Force (RPF) Rules, 1987 — Rule 153 — Disciplinary proceedings — Misconduct — Suppression of involvement in criminal case and failure to intimate arrest and detention — Allegation of misconduct proven in inquiry — However, the punishment of dismissal from service held to be disproportionate, particularly considering the appellant had completed approximately seventeen years India Law Library Docid # 2437490
(469) SIVANMALAI SUBRAMANIASWAMY DEVASTHANAM REP. BY ITS EXECUTIVE OFFICER Vs. S. MUTHUSAMY GOUNDER (DEAD) BY LRS. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-11-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Substantial Question of Law — Jurisdiction of High Court — High Court must exercise jurisdiction under Section 100 only where correct and appropriate substantial questions of law arise at the time of admission — Where prior proceedings under the Tamil Nadu Inam (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari), Act, 1963 culminated in favour of the Appellant, and the High Court, acting as an Appellate Tribunal, reserved India Law Library Docid # 2437586
(470) ASHRAF Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 26-11-2025 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 279 and 304A — Rash and Negligent Driving Causing Death — Conviction affirmed but sentence modified — Supreme Court, considering the total facts and circumstances, while affirming conviction, converted the sentence from simple imprisonment (as imposed by High Court) to imprisonment till the rising of the Court and significantly enhanced the total fine amount from Rs. India Law Library Docid # 2437588
(471) RAJEEV KUMAR GUPTA AND OTHERS Vs. BHANU PRATAP SHARMA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Contempt of Court — Initiating Contempt Proceedings — Non-Implementation of Court Order — Where a judgment dated 14-15.01.2020 of the Supreme Court pertaining to Civil Appeal No. 1567/2017 was allegedly not implemented by the State of Karnataka, and the alleged contempt was deemed a continuing one — Supreme Court prima facie found that no sincere effort was made by State officers to India Law Library Docid # 2436064
(472) RAJNEESH KUMAR PANDEY AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Education Law — Appointment of Educators — Special Educators — Qualifications — Supreme Court addressing confusion regarding mandatory qualifications for Special Educators, specifically pertaining to Teacher’s Eligibility Test (TET) and Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) qualification — Issue arising from prior differing impressions and State notifications omitting TET requirement — India Law Library Docid # 2436066
(473) UNION OF INDIA Vs. RADHA YADAV[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Railways — Safety Issues — Directions to Union of India (Railways) — Review of Railways' report highlighting issues concerning system and passenger safety — Supreme Court directs initial focus to be on safety of tracks and railway crossings — Railways directed to file a better affidavit focusing on two specific issues (items no. 3 and 7 of the submitted report) where no definite timelines were provided for proposed India Law Library Docid # 2436072
(474) INDER PAL SINGH Vs. AJAY VIR SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 — Sections 8(2) and 8(3) — Disposal of minor's immovable property by natural guardian — Voidable nature of transaction — Agreement to Sell of minor's share in property by natural guardian (father) without court permission — Minor's right to repudiate transaction after attaining majority — India Law Library Docid # 2436073
(475) NARENDRA PRATAP SINGH Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Assessment of Loss of Earning Capacity — Claimant (Driver), aged 32, suffered 50% disability in right leg due to 3-inch shortening following an accident in 1996 — Tribunal awarded Rs. 4,08,000/- for loss of earning capacity using Rs. 4,000/- monthly income and multiplier 17 — High Court reduced compensation drastically, holding that renewal of transport vehicle India Law Library Docid # 2436078
(476) RAVI @ RAVICHANDRAN Vs. STATE REPRESENTED BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Applicability — An accused cannot be charged or convicted under the POCSO Act for an offence committed before the date the Act came into force (November 14, 2012). India Law Library Docid # 2436081
(477) RAMESH SHARMA AND OTHERS Vs. COLLECTOR / DISTRICT MAGISTRATE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 — Sections 7A, 11, 13 — Summary Eviction — Jurisdiction — Title Dispute — Appreciating Revenue Records — Maintainability of summary eviction proceedings under Section 7A hinges on whether the land is "Shamlat Deh" or vests in proprietors; if appellants prove exclusive possession of their forefathers on specified khasra numbers, a title dispute India Law Library Docid # 2436085
(478) RAJENDRA PRASAD MAHIPAL AND OTHERS Vs. NAND KISHORE AGARWAL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 163-A — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) — Compensation Award — Reversal by High Court — Refund of Compensation Amount — Principles of Equity — Where MACT awarded compensation under Section 163-A (₹1,90,000/-) which was received by claimants but subsequently set aside by High Court holding the application not maintainable, India Law Library Docid # 2436092
(479) C/M ZILA MAHILA SAMITI Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Societies Registration Act, 1860 — Societies in Uttar Pradesh — Governing Body Composition — Colonial Mindset — Challenge to composition of Zila Mahila Samiti, Bulandshahar, where bye-laws (amended) designated the District Magistrate's wife as President, sidelining elected members — Supreme Court notes that this structure reflects India Law Library Docid # 2436097
(480) CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATION BSNL Vs. KAMAL SHANKAR SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-11-2025 Industrial Disputes — Termination of Service — Reinstatement and Back Wages — Extreme Delay in Raising Dispute — Workman reinstated with 50% back wages by Labour Court after raising industrial dispute 13 years post-termination — High Court upheld award — Supreme Court, considering the workman's age (approx. 59 years and near superannuation) and delay in raising dispute, settled the matter by awarding a lump India Law Library Docid # 2436102