(1) A.P. STATE WAKF BOARD THROUGH CHAIRPERSON Vs. JANAKI BUSAPPA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-04-2026 Wakf Act, 1995 — Section 83(9) — Revision — Jurisdiction — High Court in revision re-appreciated entire evidence, substituted its own findings, disregarded crucial material like recitals in partition deed and admissions of a party, and wrongly shifted onus on defendant — Such re-appreciation beyond scope of revisional powers — Impugned judgment unsustainable. India Law Library Docid # 2442709
(2) SIVARAMAN NAIR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — Abuse of process of law — Scope of inherent powers under Section 482 CrPC to prevent abuse of process or secure ends of justice — Court must exercise caution in matrimonial disputes to prevent misuse of legal provisions and harassment of innocent family members, especially when allegations are generalised and sweeping without concrete evidence India Law Library Docid # 2442710
(3) STATE OF PUNJAB Vs. SUKHWINDER SINGH @ GORA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-04-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 37(1)(b)(ii) — Grant of bail in commercial quantity cases — Twin Conditions — Mandatory nature — High Court must record satisfaction on reasonable grounds for believing accused is not guilty and not likely to commit offence while on bail — Failure to record satisfaction vitiates bail order India Law Library Docid # 2442711
(4) VINAY RAGHUNATH DESHMUKH Vs. NATWARLAL SHAMJI GADA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of pleadings — Permissibility while considering grant of leave to amend a plaint — Court can examine the merits/demerits of the case — Landlord filed suit for eviction based on bonafide need and other grounds — During appeal, landlord died — Legal heirs sought to amend plaint to incorporate their bonafide need, including that of appellant's wife and son — Trial Court dismissed the suit — Appellate Bench allowed amendment, directing issue o India Law Library Docid # 2442721
(5) HOME CARE RETAIL MARTS PVT. LTD. Vs. HARESH N. SANGHAVI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 9 — Petition under Section 9 at post-award stage by unsuccessful party — Maintainability — Bombay, Delhi, Madras and Karnataka High Courts held such petitions not maintainable — Telangana, Gujarat and Punjab & Haryana High Courts held such petitions maintainable — Supreme Court held that any party to an arbitration agreement, including an unsuccessful party, can invoke Section 9 at the post-award stage, overruling the former judgments India Law Library Docid # 2442722
(6) ANJANI TECHNOPLAST LTD. Vs. SHUBH GAUTAM[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-04-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Sections 7, 3(10), 5(7), 5(8) — Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) — Admission of petition — Appeal against NCLAT order setting aside NCLT order and directing admission of Section 7 petition — Held, IBC is not a debt recovery legislation but for reorganisation and insolvency resolution — Initiation of CIRP as a substitute for execution of a civil India Law Library Docid # 2442638
(7) OM PRAKASH CHHAWNIKA @ OM PRAKASH CHABNIKA @ OM PRAKASH CHAWNIKA Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 87, 200, 202 — Anticipatory Bail — Private Complaint — Scope of Police Power — In a private complaint, once cognizance is taken and process is issued, the court typically issues summons — The police have no power to arrest the accused unless a non-bailable warrant is issued by the court along with the summons — Even during a magisterial inquiry ordered under India Law Library Docid # 2442640
(8) SUNIL KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 23-04-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 20 & 29 — Grant of regular bail — Petitioner arrested on basis of co-accused's disclosure statement — Commercial quantity of contraband recovered from co-accused, not petitioner — Petitioner's arrest solely on disclosure statement of co-accused raises question of legality — FIR registered about a year ago, trial not commenced, prosecution evidence yet to begin, 38 witnesses to be examined India Law Library Docid # 2442716
(9) PREM LATA BUSHAHRI Vs. M/S HIMACHAL PRADESH COMMERCIAL CORPORATION[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 23-04-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Revision against conviction — Accused admitted signature on cheque — Presumption of cheque issued for consideration — Accused failed to rebut presumption — Plea of blank cheque security not proved — Complainant not proved to be money lender — All ingredients of offence satisfied by Trial Court — Appellate Court upheld conviction — Revision court’s scope limited to India Law Library Docid # 2442717
(10) DEEPAK SHARMA Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 23-04-2026 Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Bail — Conditions — Accused incarcerated for over two years and four months — Prima facie doubt about prosecution's case — No cogent material to suggest likelihood of tampering with evidence or influencing witnesses — Prolonged incarceration violates Article 21 of the Constitution India Law Library Docid # 2442718
(11) RAVINDER PANWAR AND OTHERS Vs. VARINDER AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 23-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Substantial question of law — Scope of — Rehearing of facts and law — Appellate court affirming findings of trial court need not restate evidence, general agreement with reasons ordinarily suffices, India Law Library Docid # 2442719
(12) MUNEGOWDA Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 22-04-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Writ Petition Jurisdiction — Disputed Questions of Fact — Whether writ court can entertain matters involving disputed facts — Supreme Court in Real Estate Agencies case held that writ court is empowered to restrain State and its instrumentalities and is not debarred from entertaining adjudications involving disputed questions of fact, though ordinarily it would not, as a matter of prudence, India Law Library Docid # 2442610
(13) ASHISH KUMAR CHATTERJEE Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 22-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226/227 — Writ of Certiorari — High Court's power is supervisory, not appellate — Does not review or reweigh evidence — Demolishes orders without jurisdiction or palpably erroneous — Does not substitute its own views — Refuses to upset illegal orders for substantial justice and equitable considerations. India Law Library Docid # 2442611
(14) SAKIL HOSSAIN Vs. THE STATE OF TRIPURA[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 22-04-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 37 — Bail — Recovery of Commercial Quantity — Application for bail was rejected because there were sufficient prima facie materials indicating the recovery of a commercial quantity of contraband from the accused, which meant that the twin conditions under Section 37 of the NDPS Act were not fulfilled for granting bail. India Law Library Docid # 2442612
(15) GHULAM NABI ALLAIE AND OTHERS Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 22-04-2026 Land Acquisition — Compensation — Government cannot dispossess citizens of their private property without following due process of law or paying adequate compensation, even if there is a delay in the landowner approaching the court — The right to property is a constitutional and human right, and the absence of a formal acquisition process or compensation for the occupied land means the state cannot deny the owner's claim. India Law Library Docid # 2442613
(16) RIJIED NONGPHLANG Vs. THE STATE OF MEGHALAYA AND OTHERS[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 22-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 173(8) — Further investigation — Procedure for filing supplementary charge sheet — Seizure and production of birth certificate of victim at a late stage of trial without following due procedure and without filing a supplementary charge sheet with advance notice to the accused is irregular and can cause prejudice. India Law Library Docid # 2442614
(17) CHAITANYA BAHUUDDESHIYA SHIKSHAN PRASARAK MANDAL AND OTHERS Vs. AUXILO FINSERVE PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-04-2026 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act), Section 13 — Default in repayment of financial assistance — Secured creditor entitled to take possession and auction secured asset (School premises) — Petitioners repeatedly failed to honour commitments and undertakings to repay debt, even after High Court and Supreme Court orders — India Law Library Docid # 2442600
(18) UNCHGAON VILLAGE PANCHAYAT Vs. KOLHAPUR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-04-2026 Jurisdiction of Civil Court — Challenge to Municipal Limits — Matters concerning the specification and alteration of municipal limits under Section 3 of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, 1949, are legislative in nature and cannot ordinarily be adjudicated by a Civil Court through a suit seeking declarations and injunctions — The High Court correctly held that the Civil Court lacked jurisdiction India Law Library Docid # 2442601
(19) UNION OF INDIA Vs. SIR SOBHA SINGH AND SONS PVT. LTD[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-04-2026 Government Grants Act, 1895 — Section 3 — Tenor of Grant — Overriding Effect — The Government Grants Act, 1895, and specifically Section 3, mandates that Government grants take effect according to their tenor, overriding any other rule of law, statute, or enactment to the contrary — This provision confers special statutory immunity and elevates the stipulations within the grant to a position of supremacy, meaning the terms of the grant prevail even if they are inconsistent with India Law Library Docid # 2442602
(20) THE SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU, AND OTHERS ETC. Vs. S. RAJA AND OTHERS ETC[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-04-2026 Public Interest Litigation and Administrative Inquiry — Scope of judicial review — Initially, a Public Interest Litigation sought an inquiry into alleged encroachments and illegal land transactions — The government formed a committee, leading to the High Court disposing of the PIL, finding its objective achieved — The builder's challenge to the inquiry was also dismissed by the High Court, stating it was too early India Law Library Docid # 2442603