(1) ANIL AHLUWALIA Vs. STATE NCT OF DELHI AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 23-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 438(3) and 528 [Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 397(3) and 482] — Maintainability of petition under inherent powers after dismissal of revision — Statutory bar against second revision — What is explicitly prohibited by law under Section 438(3) BNSS cannot be granted backdoor entry by invoking inherent powers under Section 528 BNSS — High Court must exercise inherent powers sparingly and cautiously — Routine interference would re India Law Library Docid # 2453080
(2) JASWINDER SINGH (DEAD THROUGH LRS.) Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-09-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7, 13(1)(d) and 13(2) — Proof of demand and acceptance of illegal gratification — Proof of demand and acceptance of illegal gratification by a public servant is a sine qua non in order to establish guilt under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) of the Act — Mere possession and recovery of tainted currency notes from a public servant, in the absence of proof of demand, is not sufficient to establish an offence — Without evidence of demand for illegal gratificati India Law Library Docid # 2453043
(3) NORTH EASTERN ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION LIMITED (NEEPCO) Vs. ASTRA CONSTRUCTION PRIVATE LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-09-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 31(7) — Scope of arbitrator's power to award interest and impact of party autonomy — Section 31(7)(a) of the 1996 Act expressly subordinates the arbitrator's power to award interest to the parties' bargain through the opening words "unless otherwise agreed by the parties" — An express bar in the agreement suffices to exclude this power, even if it is not specifically addressed to the arbitrator's jurisdiction, marking a clear departure from the st India Law Library Docid # 2453045
(4) ΑΝΤΟΝΕTTO J D'SOUZA Vs. ALDILA BRAGANZA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Re-agitation of issue — Principle of 'issue estoppel' — Prior writ petition filed by accused challenging FIR and chargesheet was dismissed by Division Bench of High Court holding that prima facie material existed to frame charge — Accused subsequently filed another writ petition under Section 482 CrPC before Single Judge raising identical ground of non-production of original document without challenging earlier Division Bench order — Principle India Law Library Docid # 2453046
(5) MIHIR PRAKASH BAJORIA Vs. VIDUSHI JAIN BAJORIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rules 1 and 2 read with Section 151 — Anti-suit injunction — Grant of anti-suit injunction in foreign matrimonial proceedings — Parameters and principles — Restraint on wife from prosecuting pending divorce and financial proceedings before UK Family Court — Power of Indian courts to issue anti-suit injunction is governed by equitable principles and doctrine of comity of courts — Anti-suit injunction is a directive to the party over whom the court has p India Law Library Docid # 2453047
(6) GANAPATI (DEAD) BY HIS LRS Vs. PRABHAKAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-09-2026 Hindu Women's Rights to Property Act, 1937 — Section 3(2) read with Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Section 14(1) — Absolute ownership of widow — Propositus died in 1949 leaving behind his son from his first wife and his second wife — Widow/second wife possessed interest in husband's property by virtue of Section 3(2) of the 1937 Act — Right acquired by widow under 1937 Act is a pre-existing legal right that automatically enlarges and blossoms into absolute ownership upon enactment of Section 14(1) India Law Library Docid # 2453048
(7) RAJ KUMARI Vs. SANJAY KUMAR[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(i-a) — Mental Cruelty — Ground for divorce — Allegations of illicit relationship and infidelity — Respondent-wife made serious, unsubstantiated allegations that the appellant-husband was having an illicit relationship with his sister-in-law and lodged complaints with his Army superiors — Held, armed forces operate on strict discipline and moral standards — Sullying an officer's reputation before his superiors and colleagues directly attacks his dig India Law Library Docid # 2453052
(8) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Vs. BHAWAN SOOD[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of interference — Acquittal reinforces the presumption of innocence in favour of the accused. The appellate court is generally slow in disturbing findings of fact recorded by the trial court which had the advantage of observing witness demeanor. Interference is warranted only when the judgment under appeal is patently perverse, based on misreading or omission of material evidence, or causes a gross miscarri India Law Library Docid # 2453053
(9) HARI NARAYAN SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Service Law — Departmental Enquiry — Service of Notice — Obligation to inform change of address — Delinquent employee challenged proceedings on ground of non-communication of notices — Notices were dispatched to permanent and local addresses provided by employee at time of appointment, but returned unserved — Employer is duty-bound to communicate only at the address furnished in official records — If an employee changes residence, the obligation to intimate the employer rests squarely on him — D India Law Library Docid # 2453116
(10) JITENDRA PRATAP SINGH Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 154 and Section 482 — Constitution of India — Article 226 — Registration of cross-FIR — Maintainability of writ petition — Merely labelling a complaint as a counter-version arising out of the same occurrence does not automatically entitle the complainant to a direction for registration of a second FIR — Where the investigating agency conducted a verification exercise pursuant to CVC directions, examined relevant records, found no actionable material India Law Library Docid # 2453129
(11) AMIT CHOUBEY @ AMIT KUMAR CHOUBEY @ ANKIT CHOUBEY @ AJIT CHOUBEY AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[PATNA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304(A) read with Section 34 — Causing death by negligence — Accidental electrocution — Allegation against petitioners whose co-accused allegedly engaged deceased as a labourer — Investigation revealed that electrocution occurred due to non-insulated electric wire used by another co-accused to supply electricity via generator set to the village — Fellow labourers affirmed that death was accidental — Petitioners had no connection with supply or transmission of elec India Law Library Docid # 2453136
(12) VIKAS BHARDWAJ Vs. C. B. I.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 173, 239, 240 and 482 — Framing of charge — Standard of judicial scrutiny — Effect of closure reports — At the stage of framing charge, the court is not required to conduct a mini-trial or meticulously appreciate evidence, but only ascertain whether a prima facie case or grave suspicion exists — Mere submission of closure reports by the investigating agency does not bind the court if the record discloses sufficient material to proceed — Refusal of India Law Library Docid # 2453140
(13) NIKKI DEVI @ KHUSHBOO KUMARI Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 155(2) — Investigation into non-cognizable offences — FIR registered for offences under Section 171H IPC and Sections 125-A(1) and 125-A(3) of Bihar Panchayat Raj Act, 2006 — Mandatory statutory requirement — Police officer cannot assume power to investigate a non-cognizable case without obtaining an order of the competent Magistrate — The requirement under Section 155(2) CrPC cannot be bypassed — Since the State failed to demonstrate that any order India Law Library Docid # 2453142
(14) SHYAM SINGH Vs. UNION OF INDIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 — Section 23 — Condonation of delay — Delay of 775 days in filing appeal — Appellant, resident of a village, belonged to an economically weaker section, was illiterate, and suffered from paucity of funds, preventing timely legal advice — Considering the socio-economic condition of the appellant and the beneficial nature of the legislation, sufficient cause was shown — Delay condoned. India Law Library Docid # 2453151
(15) S. K. FINANCE LIMITED Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 22-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 497 and 503 — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Interim custody of seized vehicle — Loan agreement default — Scope of criminal court jurisdiction — Seized vehicle was hypothecated to petitioner-financier, who claimed interim custody on borrower defaulting on loan instalments — Dismissing claim, held, a criminal court exercising powers under Sections 497 and 503 is not the appropriate forum to execute terms of a civil contra India Law Library Docid # 2453085
(16) KALURAM @KALU Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 22-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 430 — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 8 read with Section 20(a)(i) — Suspension of sentence and grant of bail pending appeal — Cultivation of cannabis — Appellant convicted for cultivating 1,440 ganja plants weighing 12 quintals 34 kg — Offence involving commercial quantity — Crimes under NDPS Act have a devastating impact on society at large and interest of society is paramount — Considering gravity of offence and India Law Library Docid # 2453086
(17) MUNSHI SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 22-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 147, 148, 323/149, 324/149 and 307/149 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 320 — Non-compoundable offences — Validity of compromise — Appellants convicted for violent assault filed compromise application during appellate stage — Settlement verified as voluntary and free from coercion — Held, offences under Sections 147, 148, 324/149, and 307/149 IPC are non-compoundable under Section 320 CrPC — Statutory bar precludes formal acceptance of compromise India Law Library Docid # 2453087
(18) VISHNU Vs. SARPANCH GRAM PANCHAYAT AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 22-09-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 38 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Protection of Settled Possession — Injunction against true owner — Plaintiff occupied Gram Panchayat land initially under a temporary lease, raised a permanent RCC structure under permission from the Administrator, and carried on business — Even assuming the perpetual lease granted was unauthorized, the plaintiff was in settled possession — True owner or local authority cannot take the law into its own hand India Law Library Docid # 2453088
(19) STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA Vs. NORVIC SHIPPING NORTH AMERICA INC.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 2(1)(f), Section 2(2), Section 34 and Section 34(2-A) — International Commercial Arbitration — Scope of judicial review — Canadian respondent rendered the dispute an international commercial arbitration seated in India — Post-2015 amendment, the ground of patent illegality under Section 34(2-A) is unavailable to challenge an award arising out of an international commercial arbitration — Court under Section 34 cannot sit in appeal, re-appreciate ev India Law Library Docid # 2453091
(20) CHANDRAWATI SHAH Vs. RAJINDER KAUR[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 123 — Immovable Property — Validity of Oral Gift — Suit for possession — Defendant claimed ownership over the suit property on the basis of an alleged oral gift made out of love and affection decades prior — Held, under Section 123 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, a gift of immovable property can be effected only by a registered instrument signed by or on behalf of the donor and attested by at least two witnesses — The traditional Hindu law rule per India Law Library Docid # 2453097