(1) ARCIS CLEAN ENERGY PVT. LTD Vs. PARSHVA INNOVATION[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-10-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6) — Appointment of Arbitrator — Territorial Jurisdiction — Seat vs. Venue of Arbitration — High Court appointed an arbitrator under Section 11(6) in respect of disputes arising out of a Franchise Agreement — Impugned order questioned on the ground that the Delhi High Court lacked territorial jurisdiction as the juridical seat of arbitration was in Goa — Held: Determination of whether a place is a "seat" or a mere "venue" requires an evaluation India Law Library Docid # 2455427
(2) HEMANT D. SHAH HUF AND ANOTHER Vs. CHITTARANJAN D. SHAH HUF AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-10-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11 — Reference of non-signatories to arbitration — Concept of 'Veritable Party' — Prima facie determination by Referral Court — Non-signatory partners claiming rights through subsequent partnership deeds over the subject asset of the firm — If the disputed retirement deed of the appellants is held invalid, parties revert to the earlier partnership deed containing the arbitration clause, thereby India Law Library Docid # 2455428
(3) HARDEV CONSTRUCTION PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-10-2026 Government Contracts and Tenders — Tender Process — Submission of Bid Security — E-payment vs. Physical Original — Rejection on hyper-technical grounds — Appellant’s bid was rejected for non-submission of the physical original of the Bid Security, despite having paid via e-payment gateway and uploading the digital receipt along with the tender document — Clause 2.20.6(ii) of Request For Proposal (RFP) required physical delivery of the form India Law Library Docid # 2455429
(4) HARAMANI SAHOO AND OTHERS Vs. LALITA NAYAK AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of pleadings post commencement of trial — Exercise of judicial discretion — Appellants sought amendment of plaint to incorporate foundational facts and challenge a compromise decree passed in a separate suit concerning a portion of the suit property, after learning about it through certified copies obtained in 2020 — Trial Court and High Court rejected the amendment application on grounds of delay, limitation, and lack of due diligen India Law Library Docid # 2455432
(5) UNION OF INDIA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY AND OTHERS Vs. SGT GIRISH KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-10-2026 Armed Forces / Pension — Disability Pension and Arrears — Scope of Precedential Relief — Application for clarification of common judgment regarding grant of disability pension and broad-banding benefits with arrears — Clarified that the judgment rendered in the specific context of re-computation/broad-banding for ex-servicemen cannot be construed to automatically grant disability India Law Library Docid # 2455434
(6) M. PREMA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU REP BY ITS SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2026 Service Law — Seniority — Inter se Seniority between Direct Recruits, Special Appointees, and Compassionate Appointees — Tamil Nadu State and Subordinate Services Rules, 1955, Part II, Rule 10(a)(i) & Rule 48 — Special Absorption Rules, 1987, Clause 10 — Inter se seniority dispute between Direct recruits selected through competitive examination, Special appointees appointed on temporary basis under Rule 10(a)(i) and subsequently regularised, and Compassionate appointees — High Court held Direct India Law Library Docid # 2455035
(7) SULTAN SINGH (DEAD) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS Vs. THE FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2026 Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954 — Section 51(2)(a)(ii) read with Section 53 — Succession to Bhumidhari rights of Hindu female/widow — Transformation of limited interest into absolute estate — Interplay with Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (HSA) — Deceased female Bhumidhar (Khajano) inherited a limited life estate in the subject agricultural holding prior to the commencement of the Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954 — Upon the enactment of the HSA, 1956, by virtue of Section 14(1) read with the Explanation the India Law Library Docid # 2455036
(8) CHARMING RUPON Vs. STATE OF MEGHALAYA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 6 — Rape of minor suffering from intellectual disability — Benefit of Doubt — Re-appreciation of evidence — Unexplained delay of 10 days in lodging FIR — Star prosecution witnesses (child victim and her cousin) completely failed to identify the accused before the Court and admitted that the name of the accused was supplied by victim's mother — Victim admitted to being instructed by Special Public Prosecutor prior to giving testimony India Law Library Docid # 2455037
(9) SH. VIJAY BAHADUR AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 09-10-2026 Railways Act, 1989 — Sections 2(29) and 124-A — Compensation claim — Bona fide passenger — Non-recovery of train ticket — Burden of proof — Tribunal dismissed the claim petition primarily on the ground that no ticket was recovered from the deceased — Held, mere absence or non-recovery of a ticket from the deceased does not, by itself, negate bona fide passenger status where the claimants discharge the initial burden through sworn testimony — The burden thereafter shifts upon the Railways to prov India Law Library Docid # 2455097
(10) MRS. RADHA GOYAL Vs. GAURAV GOYAL[DELHI HIGH COURT] 09-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(b) — Court-Fees Act, 1870 — Section 7(iv)(b) and Schedule II Article 17(vi) — Suit for partition — Valuation and court fees — Plaintiff claimed fixed court fee alleging joint possession — Holistic reading of plaint revealed plaintiff was not in physical possession of any suit property, necessitating payment of ad-valorem court fees — Despite repeated opportunities and specific court directions to separately value each relief and pay deficit cour India Law Library Docid # 2455103
(11) MAHESWAR @ MAHESH KANDA Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 09-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 154 — Unexplained delay in lodging FIR — Absence of medical evidence linking assault to death — Incident occurred on 16-05-2020, victim died on 29-05-2020, and FIR was filed on 11-06-2020 — Explanation that delay was caused by post-death ceremonies did not explain inaction prior to death — Prosecution failed to produce medical records or examine treating doctors from three hospitals — Witness testified deceased India Law Library Docid # 2455154
(12) SHAILENDRA BULANI Vs. STATE OF M.P. AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 09-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 420, 406, 294 and 506 — Quashing of FIR and charge-sheet — Property transaction — Complainant alleged non-execution of sale deed despite paying advance consideration under an alleged agreement to sell — Record revealed that a prior agreement to sell regarding a portion of the same plot had already been executed in favour of petitioner's mother, wherein the complainant was an attesting witness — High Court hel India Law Library Docid # 2455172
(13) HARIKISHAN PARIHAR Vs. SUMAN[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 09-10-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 28 and Section 13(1-A) — Appeal against decree of divorce — Maintainability on merits after contracting second marriage — Respondent wife sought dismissal of appeal on the ground that appellant husband contracted a second marriage after the decree of divorce — Appellant did not refute the allegation and conceded not pressing the appeal on merits — Held, challenge against the decree of divorce stood relinquished in view of the appellant's second marriage, restri India Law Library Docid # 2455185
(14) MANISH KHANDELWAL AND OTHERS Vs. DEEPAK KUMAR AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 09-10-2026 Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, 1959 — Section 158(3) and Section 165(7-b) — Transfer of Bhumiswami land — Requirement of permission — Rejection of mutation application on ground that land was Government/patta land transferred without Collector's permission — Held, requirement of prior permission for transfer under Section 158(3) read with Section 165(7-b) was introduced via Amendment Act, 1992 w.e.f. 28.10.1992 — Predecessors had acquired Bhumiswami rights prior to the 1992 amendment — Conseq India Law Library Docid # 2455196
(15) CHANDERLAL NAVLANI (DEAD) THROUGH HIS LRS. Vs. MADHUSUDAN (DEAD) THROUGH HIS LRS.[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 09-10-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Sections 16(c) and 20 — Contract Act, 1872 — Section 55 — Specific performance of agreement to sell immovable property — Time as essence of contract — Readiness and willingness — Presumption is that time is not the essence of a contract for sale of immovable property unless explicitly agreed — Mere specification of a date for completion does not make time fundamental — Plaintiff demonstrated continuous readiness and willingness through prompt newspaper publication and India Law Library Docid # 2455202
(16) SRI. K.R.PRADEEP AND ANOTHER Vs. THE INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT AND ANOTHER[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 09-10-2026 Wealth Tax Act, 1957 — Section 35B and Section 35(O) — Prosecution for failure to furnish returns — Default in filing returns by due date — Petitioner contended that prosecution could not be launched without prior regular assessment, determination of net wealth, or statutory notice under Sections 14(2) and 17 — Held, prosecution under Section 35B can be initiated once a taxpayer defaults in filing returns within the due date — Issuance of notice or prior assessment is not a prerequisite — Under India Law Library Docid # 2455292
(17) A.CHIDAMBARAM Vs. STATE REP.BY, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 09-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 175(3) — Scope of jurisdiction — Direction for investigation — The jurisdiction conferred upon a Magistrate under Section 175(3) of BNSS is neither adjudicatory nor determinative. The Magistrate is not empowered to appreciate evidence, determine admissibility of documents, assess competing probabilities, or conduct a mini-trial at this threshold stage. The statutory function is strictly confined to determining whether the complaint, read as a wh India Law Library Docid # 2455295
(18) ANNAPURNA SWADISHT LIMITED Vs. GEF FOODS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 09-10-2026 Trade Marks Act, 1999 — Section 29(2)(b) — Infringement and deceptive similarity — Phonetic identity — Cognate and allied goods — Plaintiff registered the trademark "ANNAPOORNA" for spices and mixes, whereas defendant used "ANNAPURNA" / "ANNAPURNA SWADISHT" for packaged snacks — Marks held phonetically identical — Even though plaintiff's goods require cooking while defendant's are ready-to-eat, the goods are allied foodstuffs sold through similar channels to the same class of consumers — Ordinar India Law Library Docid # 2455297
(19) C. DHANALAKSHMI Vs. G. LALITHA AND ANOTHER[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 09-10-2026 Indian Succession Act, 1925 — Section 63(c) — Indian Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 68 — Proof of execution of Will — Testamentary capacity — Suit for grant of Letters of Administration — One attesting witness examined as the other had died — Witness testified that he saw the testatrix sign the Will and thereafter attested it along with the other witness — Testatrix managed her day-to-day affairs till death and specifically excluded her son while referencing an earlier Will executed in his favour India Law Library Docid # 2455303
(20) R.RAVI Vs. THE STATE REP.BY ITS THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 09-10-2026 Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Regulation of Supply and Distribution) Order, 2000 — Clause 4(1)(b) and Clause 7(1)(c) — Essential Commodities Act, 1955 — Section 7(1)(a)(ii) — Possession of empty LPG cylinders — Allegation of unauthorized storage — Clause 4(1)(b) prohibits storage or transportation of cylinders filled with LPG in non-upright positions and has no application to empty cylinders — Clause 7(1)(c) permits possession of cylinders by distributors and consumers — Petitioner held subsisting di India Law Library Docid # 2455309