(1) SRI SUJIT DAS AND OTHERS ETC. Vs. UNION OF INDIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-11-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 22(2) — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 57 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 58 — Mandatory 24-hour timeline — Commencement of arrest — The conjunctive phrase "arrested and detained in custody" under Article 22(2) means the 24-hour timeline to produce an arrestee before a Magistrate commences immediately upon actual detention when personal liberty is curtailed, and not from the formally recorded time of arrest — The Constitution do India Law Library Docid # 2458390
(2) SAU. KAMALBAI WAMAN PATIL Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-11-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 302 and 34 — Charge of common intention — Acquittal of co-accused — Propriety of convicting sole accused for substantive offence — Accused persons were conjointly charged under Section 302 read with Section 34 without an independent charge under Section 302 simpliciter — High Court upheld acquittal of three co-accused but convicted the appellant alone under Section 302 — Held, when co-accused are acquitted, constructive liability fails — Convicting a sole accused unde India Law Library Docid # 2458391
(3) RAMA PANDEY AND OTHERS Vs. RAM LAL (DEAD) THROUGH LR. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-11-2026 Uttar Pradesh Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953 — Section 19 — Consolidation scheme — Allotment of chaks — Displacement of original tenure holders — Commercial roadside land — Purpose of consolidation proceedings is not to dislodge original tenure holders from their prime commercial land and allot it to strangers having no pre-existing right or holding — High Court correctly set aside the Deputy Director of Consolidation's India Law Library Docid # 2458387
(4) G. PAZHANIVEL Vs. S. THILAGAVATHY[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-11-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 7 Rule 11, Order 4 Rules 1 and 2 — Rejection of plaint — Stage of exercise of power — Rejection prior to registration of suit — Power under Order 7 Rule 11 can be exercised at any stage of proceedings commencing from presentation of the plaint, including before registration or issuance of summons, and at any time prior to conclusion of trial — Formal registration of a plaint does not confer invulnerability, as maintainability can always be questioned under Orde India Law Library Docid # 2458388
(5) M.MUKTESWARA RAO AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-11-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 17A and Section 7 — Scope of prior approval — Allegation of demanding illegal gratification — Petitioner, a police officer, sought quashing of FIR on ground of non-compliance with Section 17A — Held, prior approval under Section 17A applies strictly to offences relatable to a recommendation made or decision taken in discharge of official functions or duties — Demand for illegal gratification to exclude accused persons from a murder case constitutes a India Law Library Docid # 3000105
(6) GONGATI KARUNAKAR AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-11-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 69 — Promise to marry — Breach of promise distinguished from false promise — Complainant and accused, both majors, were in a consensual romantic and physical relationship — Accused subsequently refused marriage — Held, establishing physical relations based on a promise to marry does not ipso facto constitute an offence — To vitiate consent, the accused must have made a false promise from the very inception solely to secure consent without intending to fulf India Law Library Docid # 3000106
(7) DR M PRAVEEN RAJ AND ANOTHER Vs. SRI DR T CHANDRA SEKHARA RAO AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-11-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Education — Resumption of Ph.D — studies — Temporary discontinuation due to securing State Government employment — University rejected petitioner's resumption request citing lapse of time under internal regulations — Neither UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Awards of M.Phil/Ph.D — Degree) Regulations, 2009 nor ICAR Common Academic Regulations prescribe a rigid maximum time limit for completion of Ph.D — - ICAR regulations only prescribe a minim India Law Library Docid # 3000107
(8) K. MANOGNA KUMAR AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-11-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 156(3), 154(1) and 154(3) — Forwarding private complaint for police investigation — Mandatory compliance with Priyanka Srivastava guidelines — Magistrate mechanically forwarded complaint under Section 156(3) without verifying prior exhaustion of remedies under Sections 154(1) and 154(3) and without insisting on supporting affidavit — Held, power under Section 156(3) cannot be exercised routinely or mechanically without applying judicial mind — Requ India Law Library Docid # 3000109
(9) JAI BALAJI INDUSTRIES LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. NEMICHAND NAHER AND ANOTHER[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 05-11-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 29 Rule 1 — Companies Act, 2013 — Sections 9 and 2(54) — Authority to institute suit on behalf of company — Maintainability — Suit filed by plaintiff describing himself as Managing Director — No Board resolution, power of attorney, or Articles of Association produced to establish authorization to institute proceedings — Order 29 Rule 1 merely enables signing and verification of pleadings, but does not confer authority to institute a suit — An incorporated India Law Library Docid # 3000127
(10) HRIDAY NARAYAN SONI Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 05-11-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Delay and Laches — Challenge to recruitment and appointment — Petitioner challenged appointment order dated 06.03.2019 after an unexplained delay of nearly seven years in 2026 — Petitioner had knowledge of the appointments since 2019 — Reopening a concluded recruitment process after an inordinate delay would prejudice and unsettle the established service rights of appointed candidates — Extraordinary writ jurisdiction cannot be exercised to entertain s India Law Library Docid # 3000134
(11) MAHESH KUMAR THAKUR Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 05-11-2026 Service Law — Suspension — Teacher Rationalization and Transfer — Failure to join transferred place — Petitioner, a Teacher, was declared surplus and transferred, but could not join due to domestic difficulties and was placed under suspension — Contention that ninety days lapsed without any reasoned order extending suspension and inquiry was completed, yet suspension continued for over ten months — Petitioner submitted a representation seeking revocation of suspension which remained undecided by India Law Library Docid # 3000135
(12) GULSHAN WADHWANI Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 05-11-2026 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 — Section 94 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Determination of age of victim — Sequence of documentary evidence — Prosecution relied solely on a birth certificate issued six years after the alleged birth date without examining its author or establishing its source — No school record or matriculation certificate produced despite victim having attended school — Victim had passed Class XI in the year of the incide India Law Library Docid # 3000142
(13) ANUJ @ AMBUZ @ CHHAVINDER KUMAR Vs. STATE NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 05-11-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Determination of Age — Admissibility of School Records — Victim's age established as approximately 10 years on date of incident via school admission form, municipal birth certificate, and admission register — Contention that school principal did not independently verify age held meritless — Court is not expected to conduct a roving inquiry into correctness of documents maintained in regular course of business — No reason for parents to reco India Law Library Docid # 3000153
(14) NAVRATAN Vs. THE STATE (NCT OF DELHI) & ANR.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 05-11-2026 POCSO Act, 2012 — Section 6 — Appreciation of child witness testimony — Allegation of tutoring — Delay in lodging FIR — Victim, aged eight years, gave a cogent and consistent account of penetrative sexual assault — Minor discrepancies regarding events preceding the assault do not displace the specific allegation of penetration — Tutoring cannot be inferred merely on suggestions without supporting material — Delay of eleven days stood satisfactorily explained where the victim, threatened by the a India Law Library Docid # 3000154
(15) UNITY SMALL FINANCE BANK Vs. RESILIENT INNOVATIONS PVT LTD AND ORS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 05-11-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 9 — Shareholders Agreement — Reserved Matters — Ad interim injunction against tabling Board Agenda — Appellant proposed to table Agenda Item 18 to increase authorized share capital and amend Memorandum of Association to enable conversion of warrants into Compulsorily Convertible Preference Shares — Respondent refused consent — Clause 6.11(d) read with Clause 8 of the Shareholders Agreement barred taking up any Reserved Matter without prior written India Law Library Docid # 3000155
(16) SH. KULWANT SINGH Vs. PARAMJEET SINGH AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 05-11-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 — Suit for Recovery — Proof of Promissory Note and Financial Capacity — Dismissal of suit by Trial Court for non-examination of family members to prove source of funds and attesting witness to promissory note — Held, erroneous — Defendants admitted in written statement and cross-examination taking loan, signing promissory notes, and paying interest till 2013 — Once execution of promissory note and receipt of loan are admitted, non-examination of source India Law Library Docid # 3000156
(17) SH. SUKANT VAID Vs. SMT. NIRMALA SINGH[DELHI HIGH COURT] 05-11-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 11 and Section 96 — Suit for Possession and Permanent Injunction — Conclusiveness of prior judgment — Appellant's earlier suit challenging the registered Sale Deed dated 15.02.2008 executed in favor of Respondent was dismissed and attained finality without any appeal — Appellant admitted in cross-examination that he neither challenged the said dismissal nor the antecedent registered title documents in the chain of title — Held, having failed to assail t India Law Library Docid # 3000157
(18) BAIJANTI DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 05-11-2026 Railways Act, 1989 — Section 2(29), Section 123(c)(2) and Section 124-A — Bona fide passenger — Non-recovery of ticket during inquest — Initial burden of proof — Claimants produced a valid combined journey ticket purchased by a co-passenger and explained its subsequent delivery to the police — Relying on Union of India v — Rina Devi, the Court held that the initial burden stands discharged and shifts to the Railways — Mere absence of a ticket on the person of the deceased does not negate bona fi India Law Library Docid # 3000158
(19) BHUPESH KUMAR DHINGRA & ORS. AND OTHERS Vs. RAJEEV BEHL[DELHI HIGH COURT] 05-11-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 9 and 37 — Scope of appellate interference — Grant of interim relief — Appeal against Single Judge's order restraining creation of third-party rights — Well-settled that an appellate court will not interfere with the discretionary exercise of the court of first instance merely because an alternative view is possible — Interference is justified only when discretion is exercised arbitrarily, capriciously, perversely, or contrary to established prin India Law Library Docid # 3000159
(20) YASHPAL AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE (GOVT. OF N.C.T. OF DELHI) AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 05-11-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 read with Section 34 — Circumstantial evidence — Discarding of eye-witness testimony — Duty of prosecution — Once the sole purported eye-witness is found unreliable and his testimony is discarded, the prosecution's case rests entirely on circumstantial evidence — In cases dependent on circumstantial evidence, the chain of circumstances must be completely established so as to exclude every hypothesis other than the guilt of the accused — Failure of the prosecu India Law Library Docid # 3000160