(921) S.G. MITTAL ENTERPRISES PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. THE SATARA SAHAKARI BANK LTD. AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Companies Act, 2013 — Section 10, Section 12, Section 425; Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Section 60(5) — Maintainability of Contempt Petition in High Court for non-compliance with National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) Order under IBC — Jurisdiction of NCLT to punish for contempt — NCLT established under Companies Act, 2013, acts as Adjudicating Authority under IBC — India Law Library Docid # 2438021
(922) HOSHANG JEHANGIR KHAN AND OTHERS Vs. KHUSHROO BEHRAMSHAW MOGAL[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Bombay High Court (Original Side) Rules, Chapter XXVI (Testamentary and Intestate Jurisdiction) — Rule 403, Rule 436 — Testamentary Petition — Caveat — Dismissal of Caveat at threshold — Maintainability of Interim Application for dismissal— The preliminary objection that a Testamentary Petition must automatically convert to a Suit upon filing of a Caveat, precluding threshold dismissal India Law Library Docid # 2438022
(923) VASANTDADA PATIL PRATISHTHAN THROU. THE REGISTRAR AND ANOTHER Vs. BHARATI ASHOK MANDHARE AND ANOTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Maharashtra Public Universities Act, 2016 — Section 81(1) — Right of Appeal — Termination of employment — Jurisdiction of School Tribunal — Employee's right to appeal against dismissal/termination is a substantive statutory right under Section 81(1) of the Universities Act, explicitly conferred "Notwithstanding anything contained in any law or contract for the time being in force." — This non-obstante India Law Library Docid # 2438023
(924) THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD Vs. D.J SHUKLA AND COMPANY[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971 — Section 7 — Damages for unauthorised occupation — Termination of Tenancy — Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Sections 106, 111(a) & (h), 116 — Suit premises initially under lease deed for 3 years (1970-1973) — Subsequent occupation continued on month-to-month basis after expiry of initial term by efflux of time — In absence of India Law Library Docid # 2438024
(925) MILAN COOPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LIMITED Vs. THE PUNE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 — Section 126 — Acquisition of Reserved Land — Acquisition by Agreement — Voluntary surrender of land reserved for a public purpose (shopping centre) in a sanctioned development plan in exchange for a waiver of the statutory requirement (retaining 10% net plot area as open space) — Nature of Consideration — Consideration need not be India Law Library Docid # 2438025
(926) M/S. MOHINI RESORTS PVT. LTD. Vs. SHANKAR GODAJI GORE AND ANOTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Execution Proceedings — Impleadment of Third Party — Application for Impleadment (Exhibit-295) in Darkhast (Execution Application) — Third party (Respondent No.2) sought impleadment as a Decree Holder based on her rights as a legal heir of the original Decree Holder (Dinkar Balkrishna Vaidya) — Original execution relates to property allotted to one branch India Law Library Docid # 2438026
(927) STEPHEN NOEL D'SOUZA AND ANOTHER Vs. SADASHIV RAKHMAJI BODAKE (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS. AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Transfer of Property — Agreement to Sale — Specific Performance — Lack of Readiness and Willingness — Plaintiffs (non-agriculturists) sought specific performance of agreement to sale against Defendant (owner of ancestral agricultural land) for a total consideration of Rs. 7,61,000/-; initial payment of Rs. 1,51,100/- received by Defendant — Agreement required Defendant to clear existing bank loan (charge on land) and obtain subdivision/sale permission from Collector, payment of India Law Library Docid # 2438027
(928) IPCA LABORATORIES LIMITED Vs. ANROSE PHARMA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Trade Marks — Infringement and Passing Off (Pharmaceuticals) — Permanent Injunction — Plaintiff is registered proprietor and prior user of trade mark "ZERODOL" for medicinal/pharmaceutical preparations since 2003 — Defendant using mark "ZEROVOL–P" for identical goods (pain relief/management) — Marks held to be visually and phonetically virtually identical, creating imminent likelihood of confusion, especially as goods are medicines (calling for a stricter test of India Law Library Docid # 2438028
(929) ASEAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. STATE BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 (a) and (d) — Rejection of Plaint — Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 12-A — Mandatory compliance of pre-institution mediation — The suit was filed (presented) on July 31, 2021, and registered on December 18, 2021 — The jurisdictional High Court declaration making Section 12-A mandatory (Deepak Raheja) was on October 1, 2021 — The Supreme Court declaration (Patil Automation) making Section 12-A mandatory was effective India Law Library Docid # 2438030
(930) FAISAL KHAN Vs. LEENA PAULOSE[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Suit for Recovery of Possession, Arrears of Rent, Damages for Unlawful Use and Occupation, GST, and Future Mesne Profits — Termination of Tenancy — Default in Rent Payment — Plaintiff/Landlord seeking vacant possession and monetary relief from Defendant/Tenant after termination of lease India Law Library Docid # 2438101
(931) GREAT EASTERN SHIPPING COMPANY LTD. Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Customs Act, 1962 — Customs Duty — Exemption Notifications — Notification No. 12/2012-Cus — Serial No. 462 — Vessels — Conversion from foreign-going run to coastal run — Levy of Countervailing Duty (CVD) — The critical date for attracting customs duty and subsequent conditions (like payment of duty upon conversion) is the date of import of the vessel as 'goods' — Notification No. 12/2012 is prospective in application, not retrospective — Vessels imported prior to the notification's date India Law Library Docid # 2438104
(932) PENNURIMAI IYAKKAM AND OTHERS Vs. MANAGING DIRECTOR, TAMIL NADU URBAN HABITAT DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Tamil Nadu Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1971 — Eviction Notices — Challenge by alleged encroachers — Demolition and Reconstruction — Scope of Judicial Review — Notified Slum Area — Petitioners (encroachers) challenged eviction notices issued by Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board (TNUHDB) for demolition and reconstruction of dilapidated slum buildings — Petitioners are 'encroachers' occupying border areas/vacant lands, not 'allottees' or original slum dwellers India Law Library Docid # 2438105
(933) ABHISHWETA @ ABHISWETA MISHRA Vs. ASHOK KUMAR MISHRA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 1 Rule 10 — Addition of parties — Necessary party — Daughter claiming share in ancestral property — Daughter of plaintiff born through first wife sought to be impleaded as defendant in partition suit — Trial court rejected prayer assuming she would derive share through plaintiff — High Court held daughter's right is undeniable and her presence is necessary to settle India Law Library Docid # 2438147
(934) NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. MASTER FREWIN SEBY DE MELO AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-01-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 149(2) — Insurer's right to contest claim — Law settled by three-Judge Bench in Shila Datta’s case — Insurer, when impleaded as a party-respondent in the claim petition, is entitled to contest the claim on all available grounds, not being restricted to grounds available under Section 149(2) of the Act. India Law Library Docid # 2438180
(935) MANOJ KUMAR Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Service Law — Recruitment — Advertisement Conditions — Non-Creamy Layer (NCL) certificate is a mandatory requirement for claiming reservation under Extremely Backward Class (EBC) category. India Law Library Docid # 2438192
(936) AAYISHA MUHSIN Vs. PRINCIPAL SECRETARY PRINCIPAL REGISTRAR GENERAL AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Special Marriage Act, 1954 and Kerala Registration of Marriage (Common) Rules, 2008 — Name change in Marriage Certificate — Petitioner married under Special Marriage Act, 1954 and subsequently changed her name after converting to Islam — Marriage certificate issued with her original name — Authorities refused to change name citing Rule 13 of Rules 2008, which prohibits major changes — Court invoked India Law Library Docid # 2438263
(937) GOVIND RAM JAISWAL Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Service Law — Absorption — Higher post to lower post — Absorption of an employee serving on a higher post onto a lower post is unsustainable. India Law Library Docid # 2438347
(938) NOUSHAD Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Supreme Court grants anticipatory bail to the appellant by setting aside the High Court's order rejecting the bail application — Appellant directed to furnish cash security and two sureties, cooperate with the trial, not misuse liberty, and not influence witnesses or tamper with evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2438362
(939) SUBHAM KUMAR GUPTA @ SHUBHAM KUMAR GUPTA Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389(1) — Suspension of sentence and grant of bail pending appeal — Appellant convicted under Section 302/120B IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment — Appeal pending before High Court — Interlocutory Application for suspension of sentence and bail dismissed by High Court — Supreme Court considers the appellant's period of custody and the India Law Library Docid # 2438374
(940) MALKARI RADHA BAI AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304-B and 498-A — Dowry death and Cruelty by husband or relatives — Appeal against conviction — Prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt — Evidence of alleged harassment and dowry demands not substantiated by reliable corroboration — Initial report to police did not mention key allegations later improved upon during evidence — Convictions and sentences set aside. India Law Library Docid # 2438445