(221) M/S. PHARMED LIMITED AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 1995 — Paragraphs 2(v), 7, 9 and 11 — Fixation of ceiling price of scheduled formulations — Applicability to combination drug — Notification dated 27.09.2007 fixing ceiling prices for multivitamin and mineral tablets/capsules cannot be applied to petitioner's osteoarthritis drug "Cartigen Forte" merely because it contained minuscule quantities of bulk drugs (Vitamin C and E) prior to January 2010 — Power under Paragraph 9 read with Paragraph 11 mandates fixing ceili India Law Library Docid # 2453472
(222) DR. JAYDEEP ARUN DATE Vs. MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INDIA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Disciplinary Proceedings — Natural Justice — Order of Medical Council of India reversing State Medical Council's exoneration and suspending doctors' registrations — Ethics Committee failed to supply appeal memo and documents to petitioners, held meetings behind their back, lacked any specialist in Urology despite complex urological procedures involved, and passed a cryptic, unreasoned order — Such procedural irregularities and absence of reasoned decis India Law Library Docid # 2453473
(223) MUMBAI TRAVEL RETAIL LIMITED Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Customs Act, 1962 — Sections 2(23), 2(25), 2(27) and 2(33) — Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 — Section 10 — Regulatory control over Duty Free Shops (DFS) — Applicability of domestic regulatory regime beyond customs barrier — Petitioners challenged ban on selling nicotine pouches at airport DFS without drug licenses, arguing DFS falls outside customs frontier — Held, bringing goods into Indian territorial waters constitutes "import" — Immunity of DFS beyond customs barrier is restricted solely to f India Law Library Docid # 2453474
(224) SUNFIELD GLOBAL PTE LIMITED Vs. LIBERTY INVESTMENTS PRIVATE LIMITED[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 9 and Section 9(3) — Maintainability of Section 9 petition after constitution of foreign-seated Arbitral Tribunal — Test of inefficacious remedy — Section 9 petition was filed prior to the constitution of the FOSFA arbitral tribunal — Bar under Section 9(3) is not absolute and lifts where the alternative remedy before the tribunal is inefficacious — Powers under Section 38 of the English Arbitration Act do not extend to securing monetary claims ov India Law Library Docid # 2453475
(225) MUNNI DEVI Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ANOTHER[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Service Law — Recruitment — Online Application — Correction of category — Inadvertent mistake by E-Mitra operator — Advertisement and subsequent press note provided specific windows to rectify errors in application form — Appellant failed to avail correction opportunities and moved representation only after declaration of result — Held, appellant was given sufficient opportunities in consonance with Clause 17 of the advertisement and press note to rectify the error — Waiting for declaration of r India Law Library Docid # 2453508
(226) T.K. INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. THE INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL-CUM-LABOUR COURT, UNION TERRITORY, CHANDIGARH AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 33-C(1) and Section 33-C(2) — Jurisdiction of Labour Court — Pre-existing right — Labour Court has wider jurisdiction under Section 33-C(2) to compute monetary benefits flowing from an existing, crystallized right under a final award. The mere fact that the amount is arrived at through arithmetical calculation does not restrict the claim exclusively to summary execution under Section 33-C(1). Where entitlement to back wages was already determined by a fina India Law Library Docid # 2453515
(227) SMT. ANGOORI DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Railways Act, 1989 — Section 124-A Explanation — Bona fide passenger — Validity of ticket — Deceased possessed a valid railway ticket for travel from Ambala Cantt. to Patiala, as verified by Railways' DRM enquiry report — Claims Tribunal erroneously doubted deceased's status on ground that his family was unaware of his whereabouts for several days prior — Held, period during which deceased remained untraced has no bearing on validity of railway ticket purchased subsequently — Deceased establishe India Law Library Docid # 2453516
(228) GURDIP SINGH Vs. HANSA SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 and 173 — Motor accident claim — Determination of functional disability and loss of future earnings — Claimant sustained grievous head injuries resulting in mild mental retardation, with permanent disability certified at 50% — Assessment of functional disability must be made with reference to earning capacity and impact on daily life — Mental and cognitive deficits substantially impair ability to lead a normal life and engage in gainful manual employment — India Law Library Docid # 2453517
(229) GAGANDEEP SINGH @ GAGGU AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 103 and 3(5) — Regular bail — Murder case — Petitioners allegedly beat the victim upon finding him with petitioner's sister, chased him on a motorbike, tied his hands, and threw him into a canal, causing his death — Dead body and vehicle recovered — Gravity of offence and discretion to grant bail — In heinous offences entailing capital punishment or life imprisonment, bail cannot be claimed as a matter of right — Nature of accusations, severity of punishm India Law Library Docid # 2453519
(230) RAJ SINGH (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 54 — Enhancement of compensation — Parity in determination of market value — Land in Village Rathdhana acquired for construction of sectoral road vide Section 4 notification dated 13.04.2010 — Collector awarded Rs. 80,00,000/- per acre, enhanced to Rs. 86,60,000/- per acre by Reference Court — Land of the same village was contemporaneously acquired for the same purpose under notification dated 14.07.2010, where market value was determined by High Court at Rs. India Law Library Docid # 2453521
(231) GURWEL SINGH @ GURVAIL SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 36-A(4) — Extension of time for investigation — Mandatory procedural safeguards — Extension order passed without securing the accused's presence either physically or via video conferencing and without affording an opportunity to oppose the prayer is unsustainable — Application moved directly by the Investigating Officer without an independent report and application of mind by the Public Prosecutor violates the statutory mandate — Non India Law Library Docid # 2453522
(232) SUDARSHAN LAL ARORA Vs. THE STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Administrative Law — Exercise of power — Quoting of wrong provision — Vitiation of order — Settled law that if an authority possesses power under the law, merely because while exercising that power the source of power is not specifically referred to or a reference is made to a wrong provision of law, that by itself does not vitiate the exercise of power so long as the power exists and can be traced to an available source in law — In departmental proceedings where charges were clearly communicate India Law Library Docid # 2453523
(233) ROMIL SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Service Law — Promotion to Executive Engineer — Haryana Development and Panchayats Department (Group A) Service Rules, 1988, Rule 9(b) — Haryana Development and Panchayats Department (Group B) Service Rules, 2016 — Locus Standi — Challenge to consideration of senior colleagues for promotion — Petitioners were admittedly junior to private respondents and lacked the mandatory eight years' experience as Sub Divisional Engineers to enter the zone of consideration — Private respondents were initially India Law Library Docid # 2453525
(234) SUKHWINDER GUPTA AND ANOTHER Vs. JEETINDER SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Negligence — Contributory negligence — Stationary unlit vehicle on highway — A heavy truck-trailer parked in a no-parking zone on a national highway during hours of darkness without tail-lamps, reflectors, indicators, or warning flappers constitutes negligence per se — Approaching drivers cannot be expected to anticipate or guard against such unlawful obstructions — Burden of establishing contributory negligence rests squarely on the party asserting it — A plea neither India Law Library Docid # 2453527
(235) MOHINDER SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. DHARAM SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 and 168 — Assessment of compensation — Fatal accident — Determination of notional income of a deceased student — Deceased was a 25-year-old final-year M.Sc. Pomology student at a premier university — Tribunal awarded lump sum compensation of Rs. 1,80,000/- based on parents' age — Held, notional income of a post-graduate student must be assessed on educational qualifications, social status, and future earning potential rather than equating it with minimum wa India Law Library Docid # 2453528
(236) NAVEEN CHANDER Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Service Law — Transfer — Scope of judicial review — Interference by Court — Transfer is an ordinary incident and condition of service necessary in public interest and administrative efficiency — No employee has a vested legal right to be posted at a place of choice — Courts under Article 226 will not interfere with transfer orders as an appellate authority unless the order is shown to be vitiated by mala fides, clearly arbitrary, or in infraction of statutory rules or prescribed norms — Administ India Law Library Docid # 2453529
(237) NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. AMARJIT KAUR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Quantum of compensation — Computation of Multiplier — Age bracket determination — Deceased was aged 50 years and 5 months on the date of accident — Insurance company contended that deceased having crossed 50 years, multiplier of 11 for the 51-55 age bracket should apply instead of 13 — Held, higher multiplier continues to operate until the deceased actually enters the next age bracket — Reducing multiplier immediately upon crossing the threshold of preced India Law Library Docid # 2453530
(238) SOBHA SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 37 — Right to speedy trial — Overriding effect of Article 21 over statutory bail embargo — Prolonged pre-trial incarceration without progress renders custody punitive — Stringent statutory restrictions under special statutes cannot sanction indefinite detention where trial is delayed due to systemic inadequacies not attributable to the accused — Held, the constitutional guarantee of personal India Law Library Docid # 2453531
(239) LIYAKAT ALI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ANOTHER[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 22-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 190 and 204 — Taking of cognizance — Scope of judicial enquiry — Meticulous appreciation of evidence impermissible — At the stage of taking cognizance, the Magistrate is only required to consider whether a prima facie case is made out from the material on record — Conducting a mini-trial or meticulously sifting through evidence to determine whether injuries were sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death, or whether accused possesse India Law Library Docid # 2453532
(240) SUKHWINDER GUPTA AND ANOTHER Vs. JEETINDER SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166 and 168 — Negligence and Contributory Negligence — Collision with stationary vehicle — A heavy truck-trailer left standing in a no-parking zone on a national highway during darkness without tail-lamps, reflectors, or warning indicators constitutes negligence per se — An approaching driver cannot be expected to anticipate such an unlawful obstruction — Burden of proving contributory negligence rests strictly on the party asserting it — Plea of contributory India Law Library Docid # 2453501