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(1) BAI AVABAI HORMUSJI TATA TRUST Vs. SHERNAZ FAROUKH LAWYER AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-05-2026
Succession Act, 1925 — Section 247 — Administrator pendente lite — Powers and duties — Court-appointed administrator is an officer of the Court, subject to its immediate control and direction, similar to a receiver — While not distributing the estate, the administrator has all rights and powers of a general administrator other than
India Law Library Docid # 2444155

(2) PRAKASH CHAND (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS. Vs. AMAR NATH (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-05-2026
Adoption Custom — No formalities required for adoption among Brahmins in Nurpur per Kangra customary law. [Paras 19-20]
India Law Library Docid # 2444179

(3) RAJENDER SINGH Vs. STATE OF H.P.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-05-2026
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 397 — Revisional jurisdiction — Scope of — High Court cannot re-appreciate evidence unless perversity is shown — Revisional powers are limited to correcting patent defects, errors of jurisdiction, or law — Not to act as an appellate court.
India Law Library Docid # 2444180

(4) SUPRIYA KUMARI M.C. Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-05-2026
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Medical negligence — Allegations of negligence against an anaesthetist for patient's death post-surgery — Supreme Court found that the High Court failed to consider the expert panel report properly and that statements of the
India Law Library Docid # 2444156

(5) COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, KANDLA, GUJARAT Vs. M/S RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-05-2026
Customs Tariff Act, 1962 — Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 — Classification of Imported Goods — "n-Hexane" — Whether classifiable as Petroleum Oil under CTH 2710.00 and CETH 2710.12 or as a Pure Hydrocarbon under CTH 2901.10 and CETH 2901.90 — Held, n-Hexane is a separately chemically defined compound and thus
India Law Library Docid # 2444157

(6) RAJ KUMAR DAS (D) THR. LRS. Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-05-2026
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 163A — Claim for compensation for permanent disability — Where the claim petition was dismissed by the Tribunal and affirmed by the High Court for failure to prove the accident, the Supreme Court held that the proceedings under the Act are summary in nature and claims are to be decided on 'preponderance of probabilities', not proof beyond reasonable doubt — The
India Law Library Docid # 2444158

(7) GOUR ACHARJEE Vs. THE STATE OF TRIPURA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-05-2026
Criminal Law — Murder and Dowry Death — Homicidal Nature of Death — Medical Evidence — Injuries on chest, jaw, and head, absence of typical ligature mark, abrasion, ecchymosis, inflammatory signs, congestion in conjunctiva, eyelids, face, nose, oropharynx, laryngopharynx, and tongue, non-protruded tongue, absence
India Law Library Docid # 2444159

(8) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS Vs. M/S KUNDLAS LOH UDYOG .[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-05-2026
Industrial Policy — Concessional Electricity Charges — Interpretation of Clause 16(a) and 16(b) of Industrial Policy, 2019 — Clause 16(a) intended for new industrial enterprises, Clause 16(b) for existing industrial enterprises undertaking substantial expansion — Doctrine of promissory estoppel not applicable when a benefit was
India Law Library Docid # 2444160

(9) ARTI MEHTA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-05-2026
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR and criminal proceedings — In matrimonial disputes, allegations of cruelty and harassment often implicate entire family — Criminal law cannot be used for venting personal grievances or settling familial scores without specific, legally sustainable allegations — Mere familial association or failure to support complainant is
India Law Library Docid # 2444161

(10) MALLIKA Vs. R. NALLATHAMBI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-05-2026
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 31 — First Appellate Court's judgment — Compliance with mandatory requirements of Order 41 Rule 31 of the CPC is substantial rather than technical, and the substance of the judgment and the manner of dealing with the controversy are more significant than the form of points framed.
India Law Library Docid # 2443995

(11) PAPAN SARKAR @ PRANAB Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-05-2026
Criminal Law — Murder Trial — Circumstantial Evidence — Admissibility and Reliability of Evidence — Court emphasized the need for each piece of circumstantial evidence to be strong and credible to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
India Law Library Docid # 2443996

(12) BHAGAT SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-05-2026
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 174 (now Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 194) — Inquest proceedings — Scope and purpose — Inquest is a preliminary inquiry to ascertain the apparent cause of death and not to record detailed accounts of the incident or names of accused persons.
India Law Library Docid # 2443997

(13) MOHSEEN Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-05-2026
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 82, 439 — Arms Act, 1959 — Sections 3, 25, 27 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 324, 452, 504, 506, 307 — Bail — Cancellation of — Supreme Court's previous order directing surrender — Accused failing to surrender and absconding — Initiation of
India Law Library Docid # 2443998

(14) VIJAYAKUMAR Vs. STATE OF TAMIL NADU, REPRESENTED BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-05-2026
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 506 Part II and 503 — Criminal Intimidation — Imputing unchastity — Threat to upload a video of a woman bathing on social media amounts to threatening to impute unchastity, violating her privacy, dignity, and sexual autonomy.
India Law Library Docid # 2443999

(15) ROSHAN LAL Vs. THE STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-05-2026
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 307 — Attempt to Murder — Essential ingredients are intention/knowledge to commit murder and an overt act in pursuance of that intention/knowledge. The nature of the injury is a relevant consideration, but not determinative; intention can be inferred from circumstances like weapons used, motive, etc.
India Law Library Docid # 2444000

(16) MUKESH AND OTHERS Vs. GHANSHYAM AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 22-05-2026
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(d) and Order 23 Rule 3A — Rejection of plaint — Bar of suit to set aside a compromise decree — If a compromise decree is challenged on grounds that are not intrinsically about the lawfulness of the compromise itself, such as fraud in obtaining the decree, a separate civil suit might be maintainable if the original court is not equipped to handle such
India Law Library Docid # 2444001

(17) GARGI DASH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 22-05-2026
Odisha Land Reforms Act, 1960 — Section 6 — Raiyat’s rights — Permanent, heritable, and transferable rights — Lands settled for agricultural purposes under a lease — Such raiyats are entitled to hold land with permanent, heritable, and transferable rights, subject to limitations.
India Law Library Docid # 2444002

(18) M/S HASSAN ROADS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. J&K ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION AGENCY (ERA) AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 22-05-2026
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6) — Appointment of Arbitrator — Petitioner filed petition seeking appointment of Arbitrator due to disputes arising from construction contract — Respondents raised objections regarding authorization and invocation of arbitration clause — Court considered these
India Law Library Docid # 2444003

(19) DEEPALI PATEL Vs. STATE OF MEGHALAYA[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 22-05-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 and 12 — Maintainability of Writ Petition — A writ petition under Article 226 is maintainable against a private body if it is discharging a public function or public duty — The impartation of education is considered a public function, making educational institutions, even private ones,
India Law Library Docid # 2444004

(20) GAUTAM TAHILRAMANI AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-05-2026
Leasehold Property Rights and Partition — A partition decree between co-lessees of a leasehold property, especially one granted by the government, does not split the tenancy or create independent leasehold estates binding on the lessor, as the lease is generally considered indivisible and governed by its specific terms and the Government Grants Act, 1895.
India Law Library Docid # 2444005

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