(1) SADDAM @ ATAUR REHMAN IN JUDICIAL CUSTODY Vs. STATE NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 25-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302, Section 304 Part II, Section 299 & Section 300 — Re-appreciation of evidence — Nature of offence — Conviction altered from Section 302 IPC to Section 304 Part II IPC — The appellants were convicted under Section 302/34 IPC for causing the death of an elderly victim using a wooden danda — On appeal, held that the alleged weapon was not a deadly weapon and six out of seven injuries were simple contusions/abrasions — The post-mortem India Law Library Docid # 2449996
(2) M/S TATA STEEL LIMITED Vs. UNION OF INDIA THROUGH THE SECRETARY MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-08-2026 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (CGST Act) — Section 74 — Invocation of extended period of limitation — Requirements — Allegation of fraud, willful misstatement, or suppression of facts — Show Cause Notice (SCN) issued for FY 2018–19 to 2020–21 invoking Section 74 based on audit objections regarding mismatch of Input Tax Credit (ITC) and short payment of tax — Assessee challenged India Law Library Docid # 2450097
(3) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PORT OF BOMBAY[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-08-2026 Customs Act, 1962 — Section 45(1), Section 45(3) & Section 13 — Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 — Sections 42 & 43 — Declaration of Major Port Trust as "custodian" under Customs Act — Scope of saving clause vs. non obstante clause — Commissioner of Customs issued Notification declaring Major Port Trust (MbPT) as custodian under Section 45(1) and holding it liable for duty on pilfered goods under Section 45(3) — High Court quashed the notification holding it ultra vires — Held, India Law Library Docid # 2450098
(4) HARAKCHAND RAVJI SHAH AND OTHERS Vs. CHANDRAKANT KANTILAL BOTADKAR AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 25-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 8, Section 24 — Presidency Small Cause Courts Act, 1882 — Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 — Section 33 — Applicability of transfer power to Small Causes Court at Mumbai — Section 8 CPC expressly extends Section 24 CPC to Presidency Small Cause Courts — In Greater Mumbai, absence of Civil Judge Senior Division courts renders Section 33(2)(a) transfer provisions under Rent Act inapplicable — Application under Section 24 CPC is the legitimate remedy to India Law Library Docid # 2450186
(5) SHAH CONSTRUCTIONS CO. LTD. Vs. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF GREATER MUMBAI AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 25-08-2026 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888 — Section 351 — Unauthorized construction — Claim of protection based on pre-1962 datum line — Failure of proof — Petitioner challenged notices and demolition orders issued by Municipal Corporation for unauthorized structures — Petitioner claimed protection alleging structures existed prior to 1st April 1962 datum line — Court held petitioner failed to produce any sanctioned plan or acceptable document demonstrating existence, nature, or area of origi India Law Library Docid # 2450196
(6) SHIVMOORAT KUSHWAHA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 25-08-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 9 — Railway Board Circular No. 11 of 2022 — Clause 8.1 — Interpretation of contract duration — Contract awarded for operation and management of AC Waiting Hall for five years — Contractor sought extension for another five years citing heavy investment and invoking Clause 8.1(v) — Held, contract falls under Clause 8.1(iii) prescribing a 5-year duration and not Clause 8.1(v) dealing with Pay-&-Use Toilets — Contractor cannot claim extension as a mat India Law Library Docid # 2450197
(7) QWIK SUPPLY CHAIN PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. CRPL INFRA PRIVATE LIMITED[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 25-08-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 7 and 11 — Arbitration clause — Interpretation — Use of word "may" — Commercial Agreement contained detailed multi-tier dispute resolution mechanism culminating in binding arbitration — Respondent contended clause was non-mandatory due to word "may" — Held, word "may" cannot be read in isolation — Reading clause as a whole showed a completed arrangement for arbitration — Word "may" grants option to either party to initiate agreed arbitration proce India Law Library Docid # 2450198
(8) BHAGWAT GOVINDRAO ZAMBRE AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 25-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Selection Process — Indefeasible right to appointment — Right of selected candidates — Unfilled vacancies — Settled legal position that inclusion in a merit list or participation in a selection process does not confer an indefeasible right to be appointed — The State is under no legal obligation to fill all advertised vacancies — Unless recruitment rules specify otherwise, the employer has the right not to fill up vacancies or cancel recruitment for va India Law Library Docid # 2450175
(9) REJI BABY Vs. SUBI MARY AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-08-2026 Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Quashing of Proceedings — Valid Settlement Agreement — Effect of relinquishment of claims — Respondent No. 1-wife voluntarily executed a Settlement Agreement and filed an affidavit waiving all monetary claims, including maintenance, following which a mutual consent divorce decree was granted — Subsequent initiation of India Law Library Docid # 2449988
(10) HAFIZ RASHID AHMED CHOUDHURY Vs. KRIPANATH MALLAH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-08-2026 Representation of the People Act, 1951 — Section 81(3) — Requirements of proper attestation — Distinction in rubber stamps used — Attestation of copies supplied to the respondent had varying rubber stamps ("attested to be true copy" on certain pages and "certified to be true copy" on others) — Held, Section 81(3) requires that the election petition be accompanied by true copies attested by the petitioner under his own signature — No particular form of attestation is prescribed; India Law Library Docid # 2449989
(11) PUNJABI ACADEMY AND ANOTHER Vs. AVTAR SINGH AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Delhi School Education Rules, 1973 — Rule 101(1) & Rule 101(2) — Fixation of salary of part-time teachers — Parity with regularly appointed teachers — Writ petitioners were engaged as part-time Punjabi teachers by Punjabi Academy and deployed in schools run by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for decades on a meager monthly remuneration. Held, under Rule 101(2) of the Delhi School Education Rules, 1973, the salary and allowances admissible to a part-time teacher must be one-half (50%) of India Law Library Docid # 2449997
(12) ARVIND MALIK Vs. STATE NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 144 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 188 — Orders for tenant verification — Non-retrospective operation — The ACP issued a preventive notification under Section 144 CrPC prohibiting landlords from letting out accommodations without furnishing tenant details to the police, effective for 60 days from 05.07.2019 to 02.02.2019 — On India Law Library Docid # 2449998
(13) AMIT GUPTA Vs. SANDEEP GUPTA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(d) — Rejection of Plaint — Limitation — Mixed question of law and fact — Triable issues — Rejection of a plaint under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC is a drastic power to terminate a civil action at the threshold and must be exercised with circumspection. Where the plaintiff relies upon continuous TDS deductions credited to their account with the Income Tax India Law Library Docid # 2449999
(14) IDBI BANK LTD. Vs. SHARANJEET KAUR[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act) — Section 28 — Interplay with Service Rules — Independence and Interdependence — Section 28 of the POSH Act provides that its provisions are in addition to and not in derogation of any other law — Governing Service Rules are not subordinate to the POSH Act — The employer retains independent authority to take disciplinary action or enforce service rules regarding attendance and conduct — However, India Law Library Docid # 2450000
(15) CHANDER MOHAN SETHI Vs. M/S SUNEJA CARD EMPORIUM PVT LTD[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Supervisory Jurisdiction — Setting Aside Interlocutory Orders under Order XV-A CPC — Advanced Stage of Trial — When a suit for possession, arrears of rent, and damages has reached its final stage and the defendant undertakes not to lead any defence evidence, interlocutory orders fixing/modifying monthly rent/occupational charges under Order India Law Library Docid # 2450001
(16) HARINDER SINGH SODHI Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-08-2026 Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1998 — Valuation of Property — Industrial vs. Commercial Use — Criteria for Stamp Duty Determination — The core issue involved whether a property subject to a gift deed should be treated as 'industrial' or 'commercial' for stamp duty computation — The High Court had held the property to be commercial on the ground that both manufacturing and sales took place on the premises and that it was not situated in a designated industrial area — The Supreme India Law Library Docid # 2450099
(17) SIMRAN KAUR @ SEEMA RANI Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7 and 13 — Grant of regular bail — Extortion and corruption — Parity and delay in trial — Accused allegedly colluded with police officials to settle an unrecorded rape complaint upon receiving money — Co-accused already granted bail by coordinate Bench — Investigation complete and trial taking time with only 3 out of 16 witnesses examined — Petitioner in custody for over 8 months — No indicatio India Law Library Docid # 2450205
(18) BALA Vs. U.T. CHANDIGARH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 22(5) — Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 — Section 3 — Preventive Detention — Right to make representation — Delay in informing detenu — Petitioner detained under Section 3 of PITNDPS Act — Apprised of statutory right to make a representation to Central Government after an unexplained delay of 45 days — Article 22(5) casts an affirmative constitutional obligation on detaining authorities to inform detenu a India Law Library Docid # 2450216
(19) M/S ARLINGTON SPINNING & WEAVING MILLS LTD. Vs. BHAWANI DASS SINCE DECEASED THROUGH HIS LRS AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 28 — Decree for specific performance — Deposit of balance sale consideration — Time period prescribed in decree attached only to obligation of defendants to execute and register sale deed — No timeframe stipulated for plaintiff to deposit balance purchase money — Petitioner argued decree-holder's rights stood extinguished after three months — Held, a period fixed for performance of obligation by judgment-debtor cannot be imported as a limitation on decree-hold India Law Library Docid # 2450227
(20) RANJIT SINGH SANDHU Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 22 and 29 — Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 — Interplay between NDPS Act and Drugs and Cosmetics Act — Applicability of NDPS Act on licensed chemists — Possession of psychotropic drugs at unlicensed premises — Held, provisions of the NDPS Act are in addition to, and not in derogation of, the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. Mere holding of a drug licence or possession of purchase bills does not exclude the applicability of the NDPS Act if drug India Law Library Docid # 2450238