(1) HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED Vs. KWICK LIVING (I) PRIVATE LIMITED[DELHI HIGH COURT] 10-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 19(1)(a) — Commercial Disparagement and Commercial Free Speech — Scope of actionable disparagement — A mere derogatory or unfavourable comparison inherent in comparative advertising does not constitute an actionable wrong — Comparative advertising amounts to commercial disparagement in law only when the impugned act contains falsehood, misrepresentation, or deception leading to injury to a competitor's reputation or intellectual property — Unfavourable compa India Law Library Docid # 2451712
(2) 3S AND OUR HEALTH SOCIETY Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 & 47 — Right to Health — Front-of-Package Labelling (FoPL) on packaged foods — Public Health Mandate — Primary duty of the State to take affirmative steps to protect public health and facilitate informed decision-making for consumers — Right to life under Article 21 encompasses right to health — High in Fat, Sugar or Salt (HFSS) and Ultra-Processed Foods (UPF) have scientifically substantiated nexus with non-communicable diseases — State obligated to intr India Law Library Docid # 2451720
(3) DAKSCHINANCHAL VIDYUT VITRAN NIGAM LTD Vs. VIDUT LOKPAL, UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-09-2026 Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 56(2) — Limitation for recovery of electricity charges — Minimum Consumption Guarantee Charges (MCGC) — Demand raised after a gap of nine years — Appellant raised a demand in 2007 towards MCGC for the period February 1998 to September 1998 in respect of an additional load offered to, but not accepted or availed by, the consumer — Electricity Ombudsman set aside the demand on the grounds of lack of consumer consent, non-release of load, and being time-barred under India Law Library Docid # 2451721
(4) PYNCHEMALANGAKI BAREH Vs. STATE OF MEGHALAYA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-09-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) — Section 3 & 4 — Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 — Section 94 — Age determination of minor victim — Evidentiary value of Baptismal Certificate — Investigation agency did not obtain school date of birth certificate, matriculation certificate, or birth certificate issued by a municipal authority/panchayat, nor was an ossification test conducted under Section 94 of JJ Act — Prosecution relied solely on a Bap India Law Library Docid # 2451722
(5) BHAG SINGH (D) THR. MAHANT KASHMIR SINGH Vs. BASANT KAUR (D) THR. LRS. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-09-2026 Land Revenue & Property Law — Revenue Entries — Evidentiary Value — Entries in revenue records, including Jamabandis and Khasra Girdawaris, are primarily maintained for fiscal purposes and are admissible as evidence of possession, but they do not confer or extinguish title, nor do they constitute conclusive evidence of ownership — Description of possession in revenue records as "gair marusi bila lagan bawaja Dharam Arth" does not by itself establish an irrevocable India Law Library Docid # 2451723
(6) ABU SALEM ABDUL QAYOOM ANSARI Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-09-2026 Extradition Act, 1962 — Extradition Assurance and Computation of Period of Custody — Overlapping Sentences — Appellant convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in two separate TADA cases directed to run concurrently — Appellant contended that by combining undertrial period leading to later conviction and post-conviction period starting from earlier conviction, alongside earned remissions, he completed over 26 years — Held, selection of inconsistent bases results in an improper overlapping co India Law Library Docid # 2451724
(7) INDIAN KAYAKING AND CANOEING ASSOCIATION Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14 — Administrative Discretion and Judicial Review — Timely consideration of requests — Absence of an absolute or indefeasible right to obtain a favourable decision cannot be equated with the absence of a right to fair, reasonable, non-arbitrary, and timely consideration of a request — Executive authority must consider requests on relevant grounds, exclude extraneous considerations, and act within a reasonable time, especially in time-sensitive matters — A s India Law Library Docid # 2451725
(8) RAMANPREET KAUR Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ of Habeas Corpus — Child custody — Maintainability and scope — Writ of habeas corpus is maintainable for restoration of custody of a minor whose detention is illegal or without authority of law, even against a parent or where alternative statutory remedies under the Guardians and Wards Act or Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act are available — Primary consideration is determining whether detention is unlawful and whether the paramount welfare of t India Law Library Docid # 2451664
(9) KULWINDER SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 319 — Summoning of additional accused — Scope of power — Power under Section 319 is discretionary and extraordinary, to be exercised sparingly where strong and cogent evidence emerges during trial — Placement of a person in column No. 2 of the police report does not bar the court from summoning him if sufficient evidence appears against him during the trial — Deposition of an injured eye-witness specifically naming the accused and attributing a defi India Law Library Docid # 2451666
(10) V. SUMITRA REDDY AND ANOTHER Vs. K. RANGANADHA REDDY AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-09-2026 Partnership Act, 1932 — Sections 46, 47, and 48 — Dissolution of partnership at will — Winding up and settlement of accounts — Escalation in value of partnership land — Valuation of outgoing partner's share — Preliminary decree fixed the date of dissolution of partnership at will as 18.10.1983 — Date 18.10.1983 was relevant strictly for the ascertainment of profits and losses of the firm till dissolution, but has no relevance to the right of partners to receive the value in the residue of assets India Law Library Docid # 2451690
(11) SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA Vs. VEDANTA LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-09-2026 Securities and Exchange Board of India (Buyback of Securities) Regulations, 1998 — Regulations 14(3), 15B(8) — Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Market) Regulations, 2003 (PFUTP) — Regulations 2(1)(c), 3, 4 — Scope of inquiry under Regulation 15B(8) — Inter-relation between release/forfeiture of escrow amount under Buyback Regulations and allegation of fraud under PFUTP Regulations — Fulfilment of conditions India Law Library Docid # 2451691
(12) S.S. DAS Vs. UNION OF INDIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-09-2026 Service Law — Fundamental Rules — Rule 56(j) — Compulsory Retirement — Scope of Judicial Review — Arbitrariness and Malice in Law — Order of compulsory retirement issued under FR 56(j) retiring appellant prematurely from Indian Trade Service (ITS) — Upheld by CAT and High Court — Held: Scope of judicial review under FR 56(j) is restricted, but court can interfere if decision is arbitrary, perverse, or vitiated by malice in law — FR 56(j) cannot be invoked as a shortcut to avoid regular proceedin India Law Library Docid # 2451693
(13) DEEPU @ DEEPAK Vs. STATE[DELHI HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 232 — Mandatory compliance — Omission to hear accused under Section 232 after Section 313 examination — Effect on trial — Non-compliance with Section 232 Cr.P.C. does not ipso facto vitiate criminal proceedings unless the omission is shown to have resulted in serious and substantial prejudice to the accused — Where the accused made no claim or demonstration of any prejudice caused by such omission, trial court proceedings held not vitiated. India Law Library Docid # 2451696
(14) K.S.MANI Vs. THE BOARD, TAMIL NADU GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION LTD. AND ANOTHER[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Service Law — Disciplinary Proceedings — Disproportionate Assets — Proof of independent source of income of family members — Evidence Act, 1872, Section 106 — Preponderance of probabilities — Delinquent employee charged with acquiring assets disproportionate to known sources of income in his name and family members' names — Held, the burden of proving that delinquent's wife and son possessed independent sources of income rested exclusively on the delinquent under Section 106, as it was within hi India Law Library Docid # 2451702
(15) OIL & NATURAL GAS CORPORATION LTD. Vs. CENTRAL GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL-II AND ANOTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Territorial Jurisdiction — Offshore installations beyond 12 nautical miles — Applicability of labour laws — ONGC challenged CGIT jurisdiction over workmen deployed on rigs in high seas — Held, challenge rejected — Appointment letters were issued from Mumbai to Mumbai addresses, and all service, administrative, and disciplinary decisions were taken at Mumbai — Incidents on rigs were reported to Mumbai police — When contract of employment originates and is administe India Law Library Docid # 2451703
(16) NARENDRA JANARDAN MHATRE AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 9 — Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 4, 6, 11, 11A and 16 — Jurisdiction of Civil Court — Challenge to acquisition proceedings — Plaint cleverly drafted to avoid seeking explicit declaration of lapsing or recovery of possession, instead praying that no award was declared under Section 11 and land did not vest in Government — Held, the Land Acquisition Act is a complete code in itself and impliedly excludes Civil Court jurisdiction under Section 9 C India Law Library Docid # 2451704
(17) RAM PRAVESH THAKUR Vs. STATE OF N.C.T. OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 232 — Non-compliance of hearing provision — Effect on trial — Accused was not afforded a hearing under Section 232 after examination under Section 313(1)(b) — Held, omission to comply with Section 232 does not ipso facto vitiate the trial proceedings unless such omission is shown to have resulted in serious and substantial prejudice to the accused — Since the accused failed to plead or establish that any prejudice was caused by the non-compliance, t India Law Library Docid # 2451707
(18) SUKHMANDAR SINGH Vs. UNION OF INDIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Railways Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 — Section 23 — Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Beneficial legislation — Delay of 786 days in filing appeal — Appellant cited poverty, illiteracy, and lack of funds to seek timely legal advice — Railways Act, 1989 and Railways Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 are beneficial legislations intended to compensate victims of railway accidents — A liberal and justice-oriented approach must be adopted in condonation applications so genuine claims are India Law Library Docid # 2451711
(19) SRI GOPALAKRISHNA HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL Vs. THE JOINT DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 09-09-2026 Tamil Nadu Recognised Private Schools (Regulation) Act, 1973 — Section 23(b) — Nature of appellate proceedings — Principles of natural justice — Employee challenged school's rejection of salary during suspension before Joint Director under Section 23(b) pursuant to High Court directions — School contended proceedings were original, warranting strict adherence to natural justice — Held, the proceedings were appellate, summary in nature, and instituted with school's consent — Both parties were aff India Law Library Docid # 2451713
(20) KSHATRIYA NADAR GIRLS' HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL Vs. THE CHIEF EDUCATIONAL OFFICER AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 09-09-2026 Tamil Nadu Recognised Private Schools (Regulation) Rules, 1972 — Rule 15-A — Service Law — Probationer — Termination simpliciter — Validity — Respondent teacher was appointed on probation for two years, but services were terminated before completion on grounds of unsatisfactory performance — Single Judge set aside termination — Division Bench held that an innocuous termination of a probationer's service during probation does not carry stigma or penal consequence — Detailed disciplinary enquiry u India Law Library Docid # 2451714