(1) MANASH KAMAL BEZBORUAH Vs. M/S BOKAHOLA TEA COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-07-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 16, 5, 34 & 37 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Supervisory jurisdiction over orders of Arbitral Tribunal — Rejection by Tribunal of application under S. 16 (raised as Order 7 R. 11 r/w O. I R. 10(2) and S. 151 CPC application) seeking deletion of non-signatories from array of parties — Maintainability of revision petition under Art. 227 against such order — Held, remedy against rejection India Law Library Docid # 2447582
(2) VENKATESHA AND ANOTHER Vs. K.M. VENKATAMUNIYAPPA (D) THR. LRS. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second appeal — Scope — First appellate court reversed reasoned findings of trial court based on conjectural comparison of boundaries and inference not founded on pleadings or evidence — High Court, instead of testing legality of reversal, independently re-appraised facts and introduced Section 43 India Law Library Docid # 2447583
(3) JASPAL SINGH Vs. ASHWANI KUMAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-07-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 23 — Earnest money/refund clause — Effect on availability of specific performance — Agreement to Sell providing that if Sale Deed could not be executed "due to certain reason", vendor would refund earnest money — High Court construed this as an option to walk away from the bargain, barring specific performance — Held, erroneous; clause records bare consequence of non-execution India Law Library Docid # 2447584
(4) AMIT KATYAL Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-07-2026 Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 — Sections 44(1), 43 & 46 — Territorial jurisdiction of Special Court — Transfer of PMLA prosecution — Prosecution complaint filed at Gurugram where 'proceeds of crime' were acquired/attached, though part of proceeds (cash, jewellery, vehicles, FDs) also seized/attached at Delhi and connected scheduled India Law Library Docid # 2447585
(5) R. VERONICA AND ANOTHER Vs. RUDRAYANI DEVAKI(D) THROUGH LRS. S. SATHA KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second appeal — Formulation of substantial question of law — Mandatory requirement — High Court allowing second appeal without formulating any substantial question of law as required by S. 100 read with Or. 42 R. 2 CPC — Held, formulation of substantial question of law is a condition precedent to admission and hearing of second appeal; judgment rendered without India Law Library Docid # 2447586
(6) MAHINDER AND OTHERS Vs. PURAN SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-07-2026 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Section 22 — Applicability to agricultural land — Held, applicable — Preferential right of Class I heirs to acquire a co-heir's share on proposed transfer applies equally to agricultural land; S. 22 is a succession-based, not a transfer-based, provision India Law Library Docid # 2447587
(7) GULFAM @ IMRAN Vs. NCT DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-07-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 12 and 11(iv) — Indian Penal Code, 1872 — Section 354D — Stalking and sexual harassment of a minor — Accused repeatedly followed a 17-year-old girl despite her clear disinterest, with the intent to threaten and sexually harass her, constituting the offences of India Law Library Docid # 2447601
(8) DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Vs. SATISH KUMAR[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-07-2026 Land Acquisition and Allotment Policy — Entitlement to alternative plot — Recommendations for allotment of alternative plots are subject to availability and do not confer a vested right, especially when policies are revised or updated prior to actual allotment — The right is merely to be considered for such allotment based on India Law Library Docid # 2447602
(9) XXX Vs. YYY[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-07-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 24 — Interim Maintenance — Appeal as continuation of Original Proceeding — An appeal filed under Section 19 of the Family Courts Act is a continuation of the original matrimonial proceeding — Therefore, the word "proceeding" in Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, India Law Library Docid # 2447603
(10) RAJARAM FOOD PRODUCTS INDIA LIMITED Vs. THE JOINT DISTRICT REGISTRAR (CLASS-1) AND COLLECTOR OF STAMPS, NASHIK AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 14-07-2026 Registration Act, 1908 — Section 17(2)(xii) and Section 89(4) — Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958 — Article 16 of Schedule I — Sale Certificate — Auction Sale — A sale certificate issued in a public auction sale by a liquidator under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) is exempt from compulsory registration — Only a copy needs India Law Library Docid # 2447606
(11) MONARCH ORCHID CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING LTD. Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 14-07-2026 Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 — Section 154B-7 — Membership in Housing Society — Auction purchaser cannot claim membership without clearing past maintenance dues of previous owner — The law mandates payment of society dues for a transfer of share or interest to be effective, and this applies to auction sales India Law Library Docid # 2447607
(12) UNISTAR METALS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. GE POWER LIMITED[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 14-07-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11 — Appointment of Arbitrator — Jurisdiction — The clause stating that competent courts at the place of the buyer's registered office have exclusive jurisdiction for the order and implementation of arbitral awards determines the jurisdiction for a Section 11 application and the seat of arbitration. India Law Library Docid # 2447608
(13) DAULAT Vs. NARENDRA PARMAR AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 13-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 6 Rule 17 and Order 7 Rule 11 — Amendment vs. Rejection of Plaint — A pending application for amendment of pleadings under Order 6 Rule 17 CPC should generally be decided before an application for rejection of the plaint under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC, especially if the amendment seeks to address defects India Law Library Docid # 2447518
(14) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. BALI RAM NO. 850808321[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-07-2026 Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 — Section 47 — Non-discrimination in government employment — Employee acquiring disability during service — Mandatory obligation on employer to shift employee to alternate post with same pay and service benefits, or, failing that, to accommodate on supernumerary post till superannuation — Respondent, a India Law Library Docid # 2447570
(15) H.D.F.C. BANK LIMITED Vs. KISHORE K. MEHTA (DEAD) THR. LRS.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-07-2026 Presidency Towns Insolvency Act, 1909 — Section 9(2) — "Decree or order" — Whether includes a recovery certificate issued by a Debts Recovery Tribunal under the Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993 (pre-2016 amendment) — Held, no — Insolvency Act, being weighed with grave civil consequence of "civil death", must be strictly construed — Expression "decree or order" must bear the India Law Library Docid # 2447571
(16) PRASAD PANDURANG TAPKIR AND ANOTHER Vs. THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF TOWN PLANNING, PUNE DISTRICT, PUNE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-07-2026 Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 — Sections 37, 154 — Premium paid for additional Floor Space Index (FSI) — Refund of unutilized premium — Appellants paid premium for additional FSI to undertake group housing construction but subsequently abandoned the project in favour of plotting, without utilising the additional FSI — Refund claim rejected by authorities on ground that Development Control India Law Library Docid # 2447572
(17) MANJU SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. AVINASH SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-07-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor accident claims — Standard of proof — Preponderance of probabilities, and not proof beyond reasonable doubt as in criminal trials, is the applicable standard before a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Tribunal not a criminal court and must evaluate evidence pragmatically, keeping in view the beneficial object of the Act — Concurrent findings of Tribunal and High Court, India Law Library Docid # 2447573
(18) SABITRI DEY @ SWASTHI DEY AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-07-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14 and 21 — Foreigners Act, 1946 — Section 9 — Foreigners (Tribunals) Order, 1964 — Para 3 — Declaration of foreigner status in ex parte or effectively ex parte proceedings — Held, statutory burden under S. 9 of 1946 Act to prove non-foreigner status lies on proceedee, notwithstanding Evidence Act, 1872 — However, such burden does not relieve Tribunal of its own obligation to conduct India Law Library Docid # 2447574
(19) ALOK KOTAHWALA AND OTHERS Vs. JAIPUR METRO RAIL CORPORATION LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-07-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 5-A — Right to hearing — Nature of — Held, S. 5-A engrafts a mandatory safeguard being the only opportunity available to a landowner to object to necessity and suitability of acquisition — Right to hearing under S. 5-A(2) need not be separately demanded by objector; it is the duty of the Collector to fix a date and give notice of hearing — However, on facts, appellants having appeared India Law Library Docid # 2447575
(20) ASIA SUGAR & CHEMICAL CO., DEVANGERE Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-07-2026 Karnataka Sales Tax Act, 1957 — Exemption entries — Construction — Fifth Schedule Entry exempting "sugar" (subsequently described by reference to Column 3 of First Schedule to Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957) — Held, reference to the Excise Act was only to identify the commodity and did not import any origin-based restriction — Entry, prior to Karnataka Act 5 of 2001, contained India Law Library Docid # 2447576