(81) GURNAM SINGH Vs. GURPREET SINGH AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT] 03-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of pleadings — Pre-trial amendments are to be allowed liberally if necessary for effective adjudication and to prevent multiplicity of proceedings, provided they do not cause injustice or prejudice. India Law Library Docid # 2447290
(82) PARDEEP KHANNA AND OTHERS Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT] 03-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — High Court’s power to quash FIR is limited, should not undertake mini-trial — Allegations in FIR disclosed cognizable offences and were substantiated by investigation material — FIR cannot be quashed as it would stifle genuine prosecution India Law Library Docid # 2447291
(83) RAMESH GOPE Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 03-07-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 307 & 326 — Attempt to murder — Ingredients of — Single arrow injury on back/chest of victim — Contradiction between ocular version (injury on back) and medical evidence (injury pierced up to lung, situated on chest) — Held, such material contradiction between ocular and medical evidence goes to root of matter — No material to show intention to kill or that accused was prevented from causing further India Law Library Docid # 2447448
(84) SAEED AHMAD ABDUL WAHID CHAUDHARY Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 02-07-2026 Maharashtra Police Act, 1951 — Section 56(1)(a) and 1(b) — Externment Order — Petitioner protested against Government decisions by organizing agitations/morchas/dharnas — FIRs mainly under Section 188 IPC for such protests held without permission — Such actions do not cause alarm, danger, or harm to person or property, nor is there belief of engaging in offences involving force or India Law Library Docid # 2447300
(85) GODREJ PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT LTD. Vs. R.K.RAMANI, AND JAYANTI RAMANI[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 02-07-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 2019 — Section 34 — Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 and 14 — Condonation of delay — State Commission returned complaint for want of pecuniary jurisdiction, directing filing before District Commission within one month — Complainant filed fresh complaint before District Commission with application for condonation of delay of 76 days (actual delay 1192 days) — District India Law Library Docid # 2447301
(86) SUMIT LAHU BORKAR AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 02-07-2026 Administrative Law — Legitimate Expectation — Public authorities must act with fairness, transparency, and predictability to avoid arbitrary decisions — A candidate has a legitimate expectation that a selection process initiated under existing rules will be completed under those same rules, especially when significant steps have been taken. India Law Library Docid # 2447302
(87) HEPZIBA AND OTHERS Vs. K.SARATHKUMAR AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 02-07-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Compensation for damage to vehicle — Tribunal fixed compensation at Rs. 1,00,000/- based on estimate and approximation, as claimant failed to substantiate repair costs with material evidence — High Court found no perversity in this finding India Law Library Docid # 2447336
(88) RAJ PAL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 02-07-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 302, 498-A r/w S. 34 — Dowry death/cruelty and murder — Reliance on dying declarations — Multiple, inconsistent dying declarations of deceased wife — Sustainability of conviction — Deceased sustained 100% burn injuries and gave three different accounts of the occurrence: (i) to hospital staff, recorded in the MLC, that she was burnt accidentally while cooking; (ii) orally to a visiting relative, that she was set afire by a named sister-in-law with India Law Library Docid # 2447229
(89) SALEEM @ KALUA Vs. THE STATE (NCT OF DELHI)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 02-07-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 161 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Sections 432, 433, 433-A — Premature release/remission policies — Haryana Policy dated 12.4.2002 and Policy dated 13.8.2008 — Question whether 2002 Policy traceable to Art. 161 or to Ss. 432/433 CrPC — Held, 2002 Policy, being in pari materia with the 1993 Policy (already held to be an exercise of the India Law Library Docid # 2447230
(90) INDIACAN EDUCATION PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 02-07-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6) — Territorial jurisdiction of Court — Arbitration Clause silent on seat/venue — Held, where the arbitration clause does not specify the seat, venue or place of arbitration, territorial jurisdiction of the Court under S. 11 is to be determined by recourse India Law Library Docid # 2447231
(91) PRADEEP SHARMA Vs. THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 02-07-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Regular Bail — Forgery of Will, rent receipts and lease documents to grab immovable property — Accused sons of deceased priest allegedly forging Will of original owner and rent receipts of tenants to claim ownership/mutation of temple property and evict tenants — Contention that India Law Library Docid # 2447232
(92) KARAN CHOPRA Vs. STATE AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 02-07-2026 Transnational child custody — Maintainability — Petition seeking production and repatriation of minor child retained in India in defiance of foreign court's order — Objection that petition amounts to seeking enforcement of a foreign decree under garb of habeas corpus — Held, petition under Art. 226 for habeas corpus concerning a minor is not rendered non-maintainable merely because its factual backdrop overlaps with consequences flowing from a foreign court's order — Writ court's jurisdiction to India Law Library Docid # 2447233
(93) K.PONMUDI Vs. UMA ANANDAN[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 02-07-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) — Sections 196(i)(a), 299, 302 — Hate Speech — Offence — Elements of hate speech under Section 196(i)(a) require promoting disharmony or enmity between different groups based on religion, race, language, caste, or community. India Law Library Docid # 2447337
(94) TVL LATHA FUELS Vs. THE STATE TAX OFFICER AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 02-07-2026 Taxation — Assessment Orders — Challenge — Writ petitions filed to quash assessment orders based on breach of natural justice and duplication of issues. India Law Library Docid # 2447339
(95) M/S. COCO CRAZE COIRS Vs. THE STATE TAX OFFICER[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 02-07-2026 Administrative Law — Principles of Natural Justice — Reasonable Opportunity to be Heard — Tax demand order issued without affording the petitioner a chance to present their case infringes the fundamental right to a fair hearing. India Law Library Docid # 2447340
(96) SHRI SADASHIV LAXMAN SHELAR AND OTHERS Vs. SHRI MARUTI LAXMAN SHELAR AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 02-07-2026 Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) — Jurisdiction of Civil Court — Tenancy Laws — Determination of joint family property vs — individual property falls within the exclusive domain of the Civil Court, not the Tenancy Authorities. India Law Library Docid # 2447341
(97) UTTAMCHAND DEVICHAND SHAH Vs. THE OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE, HIGH COURT, BOMBAY[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 02-07-2026 Presidency-Towns Insolvency Act, 1909 — Scheme of the Act — A creditor does not need a decree or a final adjudication order to make a claim with the Official Assignee — The Act's definitions of "creditor" and "debt" are inclusive, allowing all creditors to participate in insolvency proceedings — The Official Assignee has the India Law Library Docid # 2447342
(98) POOJA RAMESH SINGH Vs. JAMMU AND KASHMIR BANK LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-07-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Sections 7 and 14 — Corporate guarantee — Effect of demerger/amalgamation of corporate debtor — NCLT admission order under S. 7 relying on six judicial precedents to reject corporate guarantor's plea that liability stood extinguished on demerger/amalgamation — NCLAT dismissing appeal and reproducing the same precedents — On independent India Law Library Docid # 2447196
(99) C.WILSON GNANASEKARAN Vs. THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 02-07-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ of Mandamus — Retirement benefits — Delayed payment — Interest rate — Petition seeking direction to pay interest on belated retirement benefits, including gratuity, earned leave, and provident fund. India Law Library Docid # 2447400
(100) R.ELANGOVAN Vs. THE MANAGING DIRECTOR TAMIL NADU STATE TRANSPORT CORPORATION (KUM) LIMITED AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 02-07-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 12(3) — Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Employees — Earned Leave Encashment — Settlement under Section 12(3) allows employees to surrender earned leave and accumulate remaining leave up to 240 days as terminal benefit. India Law Library Docid # 2447401