(401) M/S SETHI LEASING AND FINANCE CO. THROUGH ITS PROPRIETOR SH. DES RAJ SETHI Vs. SHIV KUMAR PASRIJA AND OTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 18-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 34 — Interest on money decree — Power to award pendente lite and future interest is discretionary and independent of the contract between parties — Courts must exercise this discretion judiciously, considering fairness, justice, and equitable considerations to prevent undue enrichment or unfair deprivation. India Law Library Docid # 2443878
(402) M/S CRI LIMITED Vs. PRAN NATH MEHTA AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 18-05-2026 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 12A — Pre-institution mediation — Suit for possession, rent, and mesne profits — Non-compliance with Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015, does not necessarily bar the suit, especially when interim injunction was sought. India Law Library Docid # 2443879
(403) PARAS NATH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 18-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 313, 374 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 307, 34, 324 — Arms Act, 1959 — Sections 25, 27 — Appeal against conviction and sentence for murder and causing hurt by a sharp weapon — One appellant died during pendency of appeal, appeal abated qua him — Court India Law Library Docid # 2443880
(404) MGF DEVELOPMENTS LTD. Vs. COSMO PROPBUILD PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 18-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 151, Order 8 Rule 1A(3), Order 39 Rule 4 — Application for placing additional documents and affidavit on record — Inherent powers under Section 151 CPC are to be exercised sparingly and judiciously to meet the ends of justice when no specific provision covers the matter — Not to be India Law Library Docid # 2443891
(405) SARDAR GURBACHAN SINGH (DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS AND ANOTHER Vs. KAMALDISH KAUR AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 18-05-2026 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 122 — Gift Deed executed in favour of wife for life with remainder to sons — Gift is irrevocable upon acceptance, divesting donor of all interest in the property. India Law Library Docid # 2443892
(406) DAYA RAM Vs. HUKAM SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 18-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Partition Suit — Lower Appellate Court erred in dismissing the suit for partial partition when the joint properties were of different kinds (agricultural vs. non-agricultural), requiring division in different forums (Revenue Authorities and Civil Courts respectively). India Law Library Docid # 2443893
(407) JHABRA RAM Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 18-05-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 21 and 22(1) — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 47 — Right to be informed of grounds of arrest — This is a fundamental constitutional and statutory safeguard — Failure to comply by informing the arrestee of the grounds of arrest in writing, either before or immediately after arrest, can render the arrest illegal, unless such grounds are supplied in writing within a India Law Library Docid # 2445052
(408) MURTI DEVI Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 18-05-2026 Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 — Section 5(27) and 5(44) — Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956 — Section 91 — Meaning of "occupied land" and "unoccupied land" — Legal occupation vs. physical possession — Land can only be considered legally "occupied" if possession is from a legally recognized tenancy or lawful source, India Law Library Docid # 2444745
(409) SUMANN MUNDHARA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 18-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 156(3) — Delay in investigation — Magistrate's duty to monitor investigation — Even after directing investigation under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C., the Magistrate does not become functus officio and has a duty to supervise and monitor the investigation. India Law Library Docid # 2444746
(410) VINAY BAGHLA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 18-05-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Sections 438, 442 — Revisional Jurisdiction against Order Framing Charge — Jurisdiction is limited, not an appeal — Court can prevent miscarriage of justice from arbitrary or mechanical charge orders — Court can examine record for correctness, legality, or propriety of findings, sentences, or orders — Court can intervene if judicial mind not applied, India Law Library Docid # 2444747
(411) BINDER SINGH @ SHARWAN SINGH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 18-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Nature of Acquittal — There is no distinction in law between an "honourable acquittal," "clean acquittal," or an acquittal granted "by benefit of doubt." All these are expressions used in legal discourse, not statutory categories — An acquittal is an acquittal, and its legal consequence is that the accused is discharged — The principle of presumed innocence India Law Library Docid # 2444748
(412) MUKNA RAM Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 18-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 379 — Theft — Essential ingredient is dishonest intention at the time of moving property — In cases involving disputes over financed vehicles and contractual repossession rights, criminal law should not be invoked unless clear and unmistakable allegations of dishonest intention independent of civil claims are present. India Law Library Docid # 2444749
(413) PURAN SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 18-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 311 — Recall of warrant of arrest — Appellant sought recall of arrest warrant issued due to absence from court — Appeal pending since 1993, pertaining to an incident in 1989 — Court acknowledged lengthy pendency and decided to hear appeal for final disposal to ensure substantial justice — Order for cancellation of sentence suspension and issuance of arrest warrant recalled and withdrawn. India Law Library Docid # 2444750
(414) NARENDER KUMAR GOLA Vs. KISHITIZ GOEL AND OTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 18-05-2026 Contract Act, 1872 — Section 62 — Novation of Contract — Subsequent Registered Sale Deed superseding prior Agreement to Sell — Held: — Where parties initially enter into an Agreement to Sell specifying a particular sale consideration, but subsequently execute and register a Sale Deed reflecting a different, lower sale consideration, it constitutes a novation of the contract under Section 62 of the India Law Library Docid # 2446966
(415) VARSHA MANGUIRISH PAI RAIKER Vs. STATE OF GOA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (GOA BENCH)] 18-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 200, 204 (Sections 223, 227 of BNSS, 2023) — Summoning Order — High Court's Inherent Jurisdiction — Petitioner challenged summoning order for alleged offences under IPC relating to cheating, criminal breach of trust, and forgery — Petitioner argued averments in complaint and pre India Law Library Docid # 2446987
(416) B.S. LALITHA AND OTHERS Vs. BHUVANESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2026 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Proviso to Section 6 (erstwhile) and Section 8 — Devolution of interest on Class I heirs upon intestate death of a male — If a male Hindu dies intestate leaving a Class I female heir, his interest in coparcenary property devolves by intestate succession under Section 8 and not by survivorship — A India Law Library Docid # 2443800
(417) NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. DOLLY SATISH GANDHI AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim for compensation — Deduction of Mediclaim benefits — Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal — Award of compensation — Mediclaim policy is a contract of insurance purchased by an individual to cover uncertainties of life, with no specific accidental coverage — Compensation under Motor Vehicles Act is a statutory remedy arising India Law Library Docid # 2443801
(418) MARIETTA D’ SILVA Vs. RUDOLF CLOTHAN LACERDA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2026 Landlord and Tenant — Eviction Suit — Pleading and Proof — Appeal Court's Jurisdiction — High Court set aside concurrent findings of lower courts, leading to eviction suit dismissal and direction for possession restoration — Supreme Court intervention examined the distinction between pleading and proof, and whether these were satisfied. India Law Library Docid # 2443802
(419) DHARMENDRA KALRA AND OTHERS Vs. KULVINDER SINGH BHATIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 15 Rule 5 — Striking off defence for non-deposit of rent — This is a drastic consequence and the power to strike off a defence is not to be exercised mechanically — The court must consider whether there has been substantial compliance and whether the default is wilful or contumacious India Law Library Docid # 2443803
(420) STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS Vs. RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 269 — Taxes on sale or purchase of goods in the course of inter-State trade or commerce — Levied and collected by Union but assigned to States — Parliament's power to formulate principles for determining when such sale/purchase takes place — State legislature's power restricted to intra-State sales India Law Library Docid # 2443804