(1) ARVIND KUMAR GOYAL Vs. NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 19-06-2026 Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Section 12(5) and Explanation — Contempt Proceedings — Nature of proceedings — Contempt proceedings are actions against an individual (in personam) and not against an authority or a body corporate. India Law Library Docid # 2447067
(2) NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA Vs. PROGRESSIVE CONSTRUCTIONS LIMITED[DELHI HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Ss. 34 and 37 — Scope of judicial review — Limits on appellate court under S. 37 — Court exercising jurisdiction under S. 37 cannot travel beyond the restrictions applicable under S. 34 — It cannot undertake an independent assessment of the merits of the award and must only ascertain whether the court below exceeded the scope of its power under S. 34 — India Law Library Docid # 2447016
(3) CHANDER MOHAN LALL Vs. DLF HOME DEVELOPERS LIMITED[DELHI HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Ss. 34 and 37 — Scope of judicial review — Interpretation of contract by arbitrator — Construction of the terms of a contract is primarily for the arbitrator to decide — Courts exercising jurisdiction under S. 34 will not interfere unless the arbitrator has construed the contract in a India Law Library Docid # 2447017
(4) YOGESH TANWAR Vs. STATE[DELHI HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Ss. 3, 5(m), 6, 9(l), 10 — Aggravated penetrative sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault — Child victim of approximately four years — Finger insertion — Under S. 3 of the POCSO Act, penetration "to any extent" is sufficient to constitute penetrative sexual assault — India Law Library Docid # 2447018
(5) COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION Vs. STATE OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 — S. 471 — Limitation — Nature of provision — Mandatory and substantive — Section 471 of the DMC Act provides that no person shall be liable to punishment for any offence against the Act or any Rule, Regulation or Bye-Law made thereunder, unless a complaint of such offence is made before a Municipal Magistrate within six months from: (a) the date of India Law Library Docid # 2447019
(6) AYAR GITABEN DINESHBHAI Vs. ELECTION COMMISSIONER AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Gujarat Panchayats Act, 1993 and Gujarat Panchayats Election Rules, 1994 — Election Petition — Recount of Votes — A written application for recounting of votes must be made to the Returning Officer immediately after the announcement of the total votes polled and before the declaration of the result, stating the grounds for the demand India Law Library Docid # 2447035
(7) KANTABEN AJITBHAI BALANI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506(2), 114 — FIR quashing application — Allegations against mother-in-law, father-in-law, and sister-in-law were omnibus and vague, lacking specific instances or roles — Sister-in-law resided separately in another city — Such generalised India Law Library Docid # 2447036
(8) SOLANKI (DARBAR) SURSANGJI SHIVJI Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 307 — Attempt to murder — Ingredients of intention or knowledge relating to commission of murder and doing of an act towards it are essential — Intention or knowledge, not the consequence, is material — Absence of necessary intent or knowledge would mean no offence under Section 307 is made out — India Law Library Docid # 2447037
(9) PRAKASH NARAYAN KAUMARYA Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7, 13(1)(d), 13(2] — Demand of illegal gratification — Essential ingredient for conviction — Absence of evidence proving demand renders conviction unsustainable, even if tainted currency is recovered. India Law Library Docid # 2447068
(10) DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL AND OTHERS Vs. CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Right to Information Act, 2005 — Section 2(h) — Public Authority — Definition — Test for inclusion in “public authority” hinges on ownership, control, or substantial financing by the government or its instrumentalities. India Law Library Docid # 2447069
(11) SMT. FULIYA DEVI Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 (Chhattisgarh) — Section 21 and Rules, 1994 (Chhattisgarh Panchayat) — Rule 3(3) — No-confidence motion against Sarpanch — Notice period — "Clear seven days" notice — Held, computed from date of issuance of notice, not service — Where notice was issued on 13.04.2026 for a meeting on India Law Library Docid # 2447070
(12) VIJAY Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code, 1959 — Section 165(6) — Restriction on transfer of tribal land — Permission by Collector required for sale of land by a tribal bhumiswami to a non-tribal — Such permission is not to be refused solely on the ground that the tribal bhumiswami will be left with less than 5 acres of land, if the India Law Library Docid # 2447071
(13) RAJESH SHARMA Vs. NORTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-06-2026 Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 — Section 59(d), 92 and 95(1) — Delhi Municipal Corporation Service (Control and Appeal) Regulations, 1959 — Regn. 7, Schedule — Disciplinary Authority — Competency of Commissioner to dismiss Group 'A' Officer — Substitution of Section 59(d) by Delhi Municipal Corporation India Law Library Docid # 2446965
(14) MANISHBHAI MAHESHBHAI CHAUDHARI Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 17-06-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 306 and 506 — Abetment of Suicide — Quashing of FIR — Court must find a clear mens rea and a positive act by the accused to instigate or aid in committing suicide; mere failure to fulfill a promise, especially concerning land with restricted tenure, does not constitute abetment. India Law Library Docid # 2447038
(15) PROJECT DIRECTOR , PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT, PALANPUR, K.P.S. CHAUHAN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 17-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 304 and 304A — Quashing of FIR — High Court's inherent powers under Section 482 CrPC can be exercised to prevent abuse of process of court or secure ends of justice, particularly when allegations do not prima facie constitute an offence or make out India Law Library Docid # 2447039
(16) RAKESHKUMAR RAMANBHAI GOHIL Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 17-06-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 306 (Abetment of Suicide) — Ingredients of offence — Mere fact that deceased remained under tension due to criminal proceedings initiated against him, or perceived social consequences thereof, does not establish abetment of suicide. India Law Library Docid # 2447040
(17) BACHIBA @ BASIBA NATWARSINH JASHVANTSINH SOLANKI AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 17-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 (Corresponding to Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 528) — Quashing of FIR — Inherent powers of High Court — Powers should be exercised sparingly but are justified when the FIR fails to make out essential ingredients of the alleged offence, to prevent abuse of process of law. India Law Library Docid # 2447041
(18) SHOWKAT AHMAD SEER Vs. UT OF JK[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 16-06-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376 — Attempt to commit rape — Conviction under Section 376 altered to Section 376/511 RPC — Medical evidence indicating no penetrative sexual assault, but injuries and expert opinion suggesting a sexual encounter without full penetration — Evidence showing torn pyjama, ejaculation, and rubbing of genital organ between thighs, leading to perineal laceration — India Law Library Docid # 2446970
(19) ASHISH AND OTHERS Vs. NATIONAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY OF INDIA[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 16-06-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34(3) — Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 14 — Application to set aside arbitration award — Statutory period of limitation is mandatory — Proviso allows for an additional 30 days only if sufficient cause is shown, but "not thereafter" — This phrase expressly excludes the application of Section 5 of the Limitation Act for condoning delays beyond this India Law Library Docid # 2447024
(20) THAKOR MANSUNGJI PRADHANJI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 16-06-2026 Land Revenue — Mutation of Entries — Suo Motu Proceedings — Delay and Laches — The court held that initiation of suo motu proceedings by the Collector after a significant delay of 11 years is beyond reasonable time and thus barred by delay and laches, rendering the impugned notice without jurisdiction. India Law Library Docid # 2447042