(1) MOHD SHAHZAD KAMAL Vs. NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 — Section 21(4) — Scope of appellate jurisdiction in bail appeals — Admissibility of subsequent events and evidence — Prosecution objected to appellate court considering witness testimonies recorded before the Trial Court after the impugned bail rejection order — Held, the High Court as an appellate forum possesses the jurisdiction to examine subsequent developments, including newly recorded evidence — Where the appeal remained pending for over two years t India Law Library Docid # 2454294
(2) M/S A.G. ENTERPRISES Vs. UNION OF INDIA & ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 6(2)(b) — Bar on parallel proceedings — "Same subject matter" — Scope and applicability — Mere commonality of a supplier or an assessee in proceedings initiated by State and Central GST authorities does not attract the statutory bar under Section 6(2)(b) — Identity of subject matter requires factual verification of specific tax periods, transactions, invoices, precise Input Tax Credit amounts, and allegations in the respective show-cause notices India Law Library Docid # 2454301
(3) ROY PORUTHOOKKARAN AND ANOTHER Vs. ELIZABATH @ THANKA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(d) — Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 2(1)(c) and Section 6 — Rejection of plaint — Commercial dispute filed before ordinary civil court — Scope of statutory bar — Commercial Courts Act does not create an express or implied embargo barring the institution of civil suits, but merely establishes a specialized regime and designated forums for commercial disputes — A commercial suit retains all attributes of a civil suit — Since no statutory pr India Law Library Docid # 2454258
(4) M/S AWADHESH SINGH GAUTAM Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH & ORS.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-09-2026 Contract Law — Standard Bidding Document — Clause 44.1 and Clause 53.1(ii) of General Conditions of Contract — Clause 4.1 of Special Conditions of Contract — Cross-contract recovery — Alleged overpayment under earlier contracts sought to be recovered by deducting running bills of subsequent independent contracts — Permissibility — Held, none of the contractual clauses authorized cross-contract deduction — Clause 4.1 governing technical audit mandates opportunity of hearing, approval of Chief Exe India Law Library Docid # 2454263
(5) ORRIS INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. RAKESH KUMAR GUPTA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-09-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 9, Section 65 — Power of Adjudicating Authority to recall CIRP admission order — Fraud and collusion — Existence of debt and default constitutes a jurisdictional fact for initiating CIRP — Parties invoking statutory insolvency jurisdiction are under a public law obligation not to deceive or mislead the tribunal — Fraud in public law corrupts the adjudication process — Where admission of a Section 9 petition is procured fraudulently in collusion betw India Law Library Docid # 2454264
(6) STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER Vs. SAINABA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-09-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 proviso (b) — General Clauses Act, 1897 — Section 27 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 114 — Statutory demand notice — Presumption of service — Notice sent by registered post to correct address of drawer was received by his mother — Held, "giving of notice" is distinct from "receipt of notice" — Mandatory requirement of proviso (b) to Section 138 is complied with once notice is properly addressed, pre-paid, and dispatched by registered post — Complaina India Law Library Docid # 2454265
(7) STERLING HOLIDAY RESORTS LIMITED Vs. M/S P.M. ASSOCIATES AND ORS.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-09-2026 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Rules 8 and 9 of Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002 — Mandatory Nature of Procedure — Auction Sale — Procedural safeguards in Rules 8 and 9 are mandatory and must be strictly followed. Solicitation and receipt of bids during an operative restraint order of the DRAT is illegal and devoid of legal effect. Applying the maxim actus curiae neminem gravabit, the period during which the restr India Law Library Docid # 2454266
(8) AJAY KUMAR @ DOCTOR Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Criminal Procedure / Bail — Consideration of Gravity vs Prima Facie Material — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 103(1), 309(4), 310(3), 317(3), 61(2), 3(5) — Arms Act, 1959 — Sections 25 and 27 — Robbery and murder — Role attributed of conducting reconnaissance — Gravity of offence is a vital consideration during bail, but courts must broadly analyze the evidentiary material collected to ascertain whether it prima facie connects the accused to the alleged crime — Alleged recovery of Rs. India Law Library Docid # 2454289
(9) SURAJ KUMAR Vs. THE STATE (GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI) AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 6, 29 and 30 — Penal Code, 1860 — Section 376AB — Rebuttal of statutory presumption — Foundational facts — Held, statutory presumptions under Sections 29 and 30 of the POCSO Act do not arise automatically upon mere registration of a case or dispense with the objective judicial appreciation of evidence — Prosecution must first establish foundational facts constituting the offence through credible and reliable evidence before the bur India Law Library Docid # 2454290
(10) RAVINDER KUMAR AHUJA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF NCT DELHI AND ORS.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent powers — Quashing of chargesheet — Mini-trial impermissible — Defence material of unimpeachable character — Scope of interference — Petitioners sought quashing of gang-rape chargesheet relying on Call Detail Records and entry-exit registers to establish alibi — Held, inherent powers cannot be exercised to conduct a mini-trial or appreciate competing evidence — Proceedings can be quashed at threshold only where defence material is of s India Law Library Docid # 2454291
(11) M. K. CONSTRUCTION Vs. MAJ. GEN. HOSHIAR SINGH (RETD) AND ANR.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 37 and Section 34 — Scope of appellate interference — Circumscribed jurisdiction — Jurisdiction under Section 37 is narrower than Section 34, and the appellate court cannot sit in appeal over factual findings, independently assess merits, or re-appreciate evidence — Appellate review is confined to examining whether the Section 34 court exercised its jurisdiction within permissible limits — A reasonable interpretation of contractual terms by the ar India Law Library Docid # 2454292
(12) SHARJEEL IMAM AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 — Section 43D(5) — National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 — Section 21(4) — Regular bail — Specific conditions imposed by Supreme Court — Binding nature — Supreme Court had previously rejected bail to appellants, identifying them as core conspirators and masterminds, while granting liberty to renew bail plea strictly upon examination of protected witnesses or expiry of one year, whichever is earlier — Appellants sought bail prior to the stipulated time India Law Library Docid # 2454296
(13) KRISHNA AND ORS. Vs. RING MIDWAYS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE AND ORS.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Delhi School Education Act, 1973 — Sections 20(1) and 24(4) — Takeover of school management by Administrator — Direction to hand over possession of leased land to lessor — Management of the school was taken over by Lieutenant Governor for three years — While Takeover Order was operative, Single Judge directed school management to hand over vacant possession of the land to lessor — Held, since takeover order remained in force and management vested in the Administrator, the school management was n India Law Library Docid # 2454297
(14) THE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ORS Vs. SHRI HARI SINGH & ORS.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 3A — Condonation of delay by Government — Sufficiency of explanation versus length of delay — Appellants sought condonation of delay ranging from 1182 to 1436 days in filing appeals — Held, length of delay is not determinative if explanation is genuine, reasonable, and sufficient — State furnished a continuous, date-specific chronology demonstrating multi-tiered departmental examination, administrative approvals, India Law Library Docid # 2454298
(15) ARVIND GUPTA Vs. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DELHI AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Delhi Development Authority — Leasehold to Freehold Conversion Scheme — Levy of Misuse Charges — Interplay between 1996 Circular and Subsequent Circulars — Commercial misuse of residential premises continued after applying for conversion — Held, mere filing of a conversion application does not extinguish the liability to pay misuse charges for continuing misuse — Clause 7(ii) of the 1996 Circular prescribes conditions for converting property with permissible misused area, whereas Subsequent Circ India Law Library Docid # 2454299
(16) VIJAY BISHNOI Vs. COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965 — Rule 14(3) — Competition Act, 2002 — Section 13 — Disciplinary Proceedings — Approval of Charge Memorandum — Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved the Draft Chargesheet before forwarding it for first-stage advice to Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) — CVC concurred without suggesting any changes — Charge memorandum subsequently issued was identical to the approved draft — Held, where the CVC suggests no alteratio India Law Library Docid # 2454300
(17) BALASAHEB KARBHARI UPHADE AND OTHERS Vs. TAHASILDAR, DINDORI AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 29-09-2026 Mamlatdars' Courts Act, 1906 — Section 5 — Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966 — Section 143 — Scope of summary jurisdiction — Removal of obstruction versus creation of new road — Section 5 confers summary jurisdiction to remove obstructions caused to an already existing road or customary way — Mamlatdar cannot create a new road or grant a fresh right of way merely because a party lacks alternative access — Power to grant a new right of way over agricultural boundaries resides exclusively under India Law Library Docid # 2454011
(18) BOMBAY GARAGE AHMEDABAD LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. JP ISCON PRIVATE LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 2 Rule 2 — Bar of suit — Omission to sue for one of several reliefs — Plaint in subsequent suit seeking specific performance based on an oral agreement — Plaintiff had previously instituted a suit for permanent injunction against alienation of suit property based on the same cause of action — Said earlier suit was withdrawn seeking liberty to file a fresh suit — Held, a subsequent suit claiming specific performance is barred by Order 2 Rule 2 when no leav India Law Library Docid # 2454043
(19) SANJAY BADAYA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Grant of Regular Bail — Pre-trial Incarceration — Prolonged Delay in Trial — Chargesheets filed and investigation complete qua the appellants — Evidence predominantly rests on voluminous documentary records and electronic trails already in safe custody of investigating agency — Trial yet to commence due to pending investigation against co-accused, absconding accused, and recent grant of sanction for prosecution — P India Law Library Docid # 2454044
(20) SURINDER AHUJA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-09-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 23(1) First Clause — Determination of market value — Spatial contiguity, project-wide parity, and suburban potential — Acquisition of land across six contiguous villages for the construction of Aspal Extension Drain — Reference Court enhanced the market value to Rs. 5,00,000/- per acre relying on the 1996 Sultanpur benchmark (Ex. PW-7/1) and local evidence establishing that the acquired land fell within 5 km of municipal limits ("Special Village" classificati India Law Library Docid # 2454041