(1) GOVERDHAN Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-11-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 306 — Abetment of suicide — Burden of proof — Prosecution must stand on its own legs and establish guilt of accused beyond reasonable doubt — It cannot derive strength from perceived weakness in defence or treat failure of accused to specifically deny a circumstance under Section 313 CrPC as substitute for proof. India Law Library Docid # 2458018
(2) SHEKAPPA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-11-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 143, 148, 302, 323, 341 read with 149 — Appeal against acquittal — Murder of two persons by multiple accused armed with axes during intervening night — Trial Court acquitted accused by discarding crucial evidence, glorifying non-essential aspects, and misreading testimony — High Court reversed acquittal, finding judgment wholly unreasonable and perverse — Supreme Court concurred, holding that no two views were possible and guilt of appellants was clearly established b India Law Library Docid # 2458019
(3) N. SRIDHAR REDDY Vs. THE STATE OF A.P. THROUGH SECRETARY AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-11-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Sections 13 and 14 — Recognition of foreign matrimonial decree — Foreign decree of divorce obtained on ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage — Validity in India — Marriage solemnized under Hindu law in India cannot be dissolved on a ground not statutorily recognized under Indian matrimonial law — Foreign decree failing to satisfy conditions of Section 13 of CPC and principles laid down in Y. Narasimha Rao cannot be accorded automatic recognition — Husba India Law Library Docid # 2458020
(4) TEKLAL KUMAR DAS Vs. THE SECRETARY[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 03-11-2026 Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 — Combined Geo-Scientist Examination 2022 — Rejection of candidature — Functional classification versus medical fitness — Petitioner cleared all examination stages for Geophysicist post and was declared "Fit" under PH category with 55% disability in both legs by Central Standing Medical Board — Ministry rejected candidature since notification prescribed one leg or one arm affected — Central Administrative Tribunal dismissed challenge — Held, Tribunal India Law Library Docid # 2458095
(5) SOPAN HARIBHAU ATHSHERE Vs. THE SUPERINTENDENT ENGINEER AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 03-11-2026 Electricity Act, 2003 — Sections 126, 127, 135(1A), and 154(5) — Theft of electricity — Assessment of charges — Interplay between unauthorized use and theft — Procedure applicable — Held, Section 135 does not prescribe an independent assessment mechanism. All cases of electricity theft constitute unauthorized use under Section 126. The expression "assessed amount" in the third proviso to Section 135(1A) means the amount assessed under Section 126. Such assessment is subject to appeal under Secti India Law Library Docid # 2458096
(6) MR. AJAY MANHARLAL SHAH AND OTHERS Vs. MR. RASESH BIPIN JAIN AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 03-11-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(d) — Rejection of plaint — Belated application — Stage of proceedings — Plaint was rejected on limitation after plaintiff's evidence concluded and defendants' evidence commenced, nearly nineteen years after suit was instituted — Held, the object of Order 7 Rule 11 is to nip defective litigation in the bud at the outset — Entertaining an application for rejection when trial has substantially progressed to an advanced stage defeats the provision's India Law Library Docid # 2458097
(7) DR. (MRS.) GULSHAN DARIUS DASTUR AND OTHERS Vs. MRS. PERVIN ADIL JASSWALA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 03-11-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 Proviso — Amendment of Written Statement after commencement of trial — Due diligence — Jurisdictional requirement — Trial Court allowed defendant's post-trial amendment application on the premise that it was necessitated in response to documents produced by plaintiff's witness — Held, once trial commences, establishing due diligence is a mandatory jurisdictional fact — Facts sought to be pleaded concerning defendant's marriage, Bangalore residen India Law Library Docid # 2458098
(8) RAMDAS BABAN KATE Vs. DIVISIONAL JOINT CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES, PUNE DIVISION, PUNE[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 03-11-2026 Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 — Sections 154B-8(2) and 154B-23 — Disqualification of Managing Committee member — Non-supply of documents — Whether disqualification is automatic — Held, disqualification under Section 154B-23 for breach of Section 154B-8(2) is not automatic or mandatory upon every technical failure — The Registrar exercises adjudicatory powers and cannot act mechanically — While determining whether a member is held "responsible", the Registrar must consider mitigati India Law Library Docid # 2458099
(9) AMBASSADOR TRAVELS (MUMBAI) PVT. LTD. Vs. OTTO-AGN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 03-11-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 29 Rule 1 and Order VI Rule 14 — Companies Act, 1956 — Section 291 — Corporate entity — Institution of suit and signing of pleadings — Distinguishing defect in authority vs. procedural defect — Procedural defects not going to root of matter should not defeat substantive rights — A company is a juristic entity acting through human agency — It can duly authorize any person to sign pleadings — Even in absence of prior authorization or board resolution, the c India Law Library Docid # 2458100
(10) ALPINE ETHANOL PRIVATE LIMITED AND ANOTHER Vs. BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 03-11-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Government Contracts and Tenders — Threshold eligibility — Distinction between general e-tendering registration and specialized vendor approval — Petitioner registered on general e-procurement portal but was not registered on Integrated Ethanol Management System (IEMS) portal as an approved ethanol vendor for Oil Marketing Companies — Tender conditions incorporated prior Expression of Interest stipulations, defining eligible bidders as pre-registered v India Law Library Docid # 2458101
(11) SANJAR ENCLAVE PREMISES CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED Vs. COMPETENT AUTHORITY, DISTRICT DEPUTY REGISTRAR, CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES, MUMBAI CITY-4 AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 03-11-2026 Maharashtra Ownership Flats (Regulation of the promotion of construction, sale, management and transfer) Act, 1963 — Section 11 — Deemed Conveyance — Multi-building layout — Non-joinder of necessary parties — Petitioner-society sought deemed conveyance of layout land without impleading another existing co-operative housing society in the layout and suppressed presence of other buildings — Held, where an organisation of flat purchasers in respect of one building in a layout seeks conveyance of it India Law Library Docid # 2458104
(12) ALI KHAN Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 03-11-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 2(1)(d) and 6 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 376 — Sole testimony of child victim — Age determination — School admission records and date of birth proved through school witness conclusively established victim was a child under 13 years — Testimony of a prosecutrix in a sexual assault case stands on the same footing as an injured witness — If her testimony is trustworthy, unblemished, and consistent across statements under Sect India Law Library Docid # 2458105
(13) RAJ KISHORE Vs. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) & ANR.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 03-11-2026 Delhi Prison Rules, 2018 — Rule 1224 Note (1) — Simultaneous release on furlough to co-accused — Interpretation of "ordinarily" — Note (1) provides that simultaneous furlough to co-convicts is ordinarily not permissible, with exception for family members in exceptional circumstances — Held, the word "ordinarily" vests discretion and does not impose a complete embargo — Prison authorities must evaluate whether simultaneous release creates any threat of co-convicts combining to commit fresh crime India Law Library Docid # 2458106
(14) SUDDHI Vs. THE STATE NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 03-11-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 20, 25, 29 and 37 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 22(1) — Regular Bail — Commercial quantity — Non-supply of grounds of arrest — Petitioner was arrested on 19th October 2023 for alleged possession of 32.230 kg Charas without being furnished written grounds of arrest — Article 22(1) is a substantive constitutional safeguard and not a mere procedural formality — Failure India Law Library Docid # 2458107
(15) NARENDER Vs. THE STATE (NCT OF DELHI) AND ANR.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 03-11-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 21, 25, 29 and 37 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 read with Section 528 — Regular bail — Nature and quantity of contraband — Recovery of alleged 712 grams of heroin — FSL examination established that only 54 grams of the seized substance contained 'Diacetylmorphine' (heroin), while the remaining constituents were degraded compounds not classified as heroin under the Act — Contraband held to fall within the i India Law Library Docid # 2458108
(16) DAULAT RAM Vs. RAM SINGH[DELHI HIGH COURT] 03-11-2026 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 54 — Registration Act, 1908 — Section 17 — Jhuggi Jhopri Removal Scheme — GPA Sales — Legality of transfer through unregistered documents — Suit property allotted on license basis under JJR Scheme — Defendant claimed ownership through notarized GPA, Agreement to Sell, and Will executed by one legal heir — Held, immovable property can only be lawfully conveyed through a registered deed of conveyance — Unregistered GPA/agreement to sell/Will transactions do India Law Library Docid # 2458109
(17) DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Vs. S K SINGLA AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 03-11-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 34 and 37 — Scope of appellate interference — Review of arbitral award — Supervisory jurisdiction — Scope of inquiry under Section 37 is strictly circumscribed and narrower than under Section 34 — Appellate court cannot re-appreciate evidence, reassess contractual interpretation, or sit as an ordinary court of appeal — Interference is warranted only when the court exercising Section 34 power failed to exercise its jurisdiction or travelled beyond India Law Library Docid # 2458110
(18) M/S WINNER CONSTRUCTION PVT. LTD. Vs. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKETING COMMITTEE[DELHI HIGH COURT] 03-11-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Scope of interference — Interpretation of contract and appreciation of evidence — Held, court exercising jurisdiction under Section 34 does not sit in appeal over arbitral findings. Where an arbitral tribunal adopts a plausible view after considering the record, interference is impermissible unless the view is patently unreasonable or perverse. Mere non-consideration of a contractual provision or failure to individually discuss every document India Law Library Docid # 2458111
(19) STATE (GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI) Vs. MONU @ KAMAL AND ANR[DELHI HIGH COURT] 03-11-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 392, 397, and 411 read with Section 34 — Robbery and recovery of stolen property — Material contradictions in prosecution evidence — Benefit of doubt — Prosecution alleged respondents robbed victims at knife-point and were apprehended immediately at the spot with stolen cash, mobile phones, and weapon — Eye-witness (PW-8) denied spot apprehension of one accused and recovery of knife — Complainant's father (PW-10) deposed he was not present at the spot and one ac India Law Library Docid # 2458112
(20) SUVAN YADUVANSHI Vs. UNIVERSITY OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 03-11-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Judicial review — Academic and educational policy — Scope of interference — Courts exercise self-imposed restraint and generally refrain from interfering with decisions of academic expert bodies unless there is clear violation of statutory provisions, regulations, or manifest arbitrariness — Universities and academic expert bodies have the prerogative to determine qualifying criteria and standards of education — Interpretation and prescription of eligi India Law Library Docid # 2458113