(1) ASHOK KAMAL DECEASED THR LRS AND OTHERS Vs. PRABHAT KAMAL GUPTA AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 15-05-2026 Family Settlement — Memorandum of family settlement — Stamp Duty — A memorandum of family settlement, which merely records an earlier oral settlement and does not create or extinguish any new rights, is not liable to stamp duty or compulsory registration India Law Library Docid # 2443742
(2) HINDU FRONT FOR JUSTICE (REGD. TRUST NO. 976) THROUGH ITS PRESIDENT MS. RANJANA AGNIHOTRI AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHRS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 15-05-2026 Religious Places — Disputes over religious character and usage of historical monuments — Historical evidence, archaeological findings, and scholarly interpretations are important but do not solely determine legal title or religious character — Issues of title and ownership must be decided on established legal principles and evidence tested in civil trials, not merely on archaeological inferences or historical conjecture — Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, freezes the religious ch India Law Library Docid # 2443808
(3) BHILAI ENGINEERING CORPORATION LIMITED Vs. STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITED[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Jurisdiction — Rejection of Tender — Petitioner sought to quash a letter rejecting its representation, which led to disqualification from a tender due to an advisory regarding unsatisfactory past performance — The Court considered the discretion exercised by the respondent in disqualifying the petitioner based on inter-departmental advice, the procedure India Law Library Docid # 2443743
(4) NARODE CHAITALI TRYMBAK Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Rules, 2001 — Removal from service — Disciplinary proceedings — Judicial review — Scope of interference by High Court — High Court will not interfere with disciplinary proceedings unless there is a violation of principles of natural justice, perverse findings, procedural illegality, or shockingly disproportionate punishment. India Law Library Docid # 2443744
(5) NASIR AHMAD AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 148 and 302, 307, 149 — Conviction and sentence challenged — Two parts of incident — Quarrel in cinema hall, fight in basement — Hostile public witness (torchman PW-6/Dayanand) denying quarrel in hall — Lack of corroboration for initial quarrel — Conflicting identifications by eye-witnesses of persons involved in initial quarrel — Darkness in hall during quarrel and basement at midnight making India Law Library Docid # 2443745
(6) SANDEEP JAIN Vs. KULDEEP AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 17-B — Payment of wages to workman pending proceedings in High Court — Section 17-B is a beneficial provision to provide monetary protection to a workman during the pendency of proceedings challenging an award of reinstatement — It aims to balance the employer’s right to challenge an award with the workman’s right to subsistence during prolonged litigation. India Law Library Docid # 2443746
(7) SHRI RAJENDER KUMAR SHARMA Vs. SHRI HARI KRISHAN AGGARWAL[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 (DRC Act) — Section 1(2) and Section 50 — Applicability of Act to urbanized areas — Suit for possession barred by Section 50 DRC Act — Property located in Shahdara zone notified as urbanized in 1954 — Delhi Rent Control Act came into force in 1959 — Schedule 1(2) of DRC Act included Municipal Committee, Delhi-Shahdara from its commencement — No subsequent notification required for areas already covered at commencement of Act — India Law Library Docid # 2443747
(8) TRIMURTI FILMS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. B62 STUDIOS PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Copyright — Infringement — Interim injunction — Plaintiff sought interim injunction to restrain defendants from infringing copyright in song 'Tirchi Topiwale' from film 'Tridev' — Plaintiff alleged defendants incorporated original and remixed version in their film 'Dhurandhar: The Revenge' — Court considered agreement dated 30.06.1988 between plaintiff India Law Library Docid # 2443748
(9) KARTIK Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (PoCSO Act) — Sections 5(j)(ii), 5(l) and 6 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376(2)(n) and 174A — Age of victim — Proof of minority — For attracting PoCSO Act, prosecution must prove victim was below 18 years — Certificate issued by school principal to investigating officer, based on affidavit by victim's mother, is inadmissible as evidence as it is hit India Law Library Docid # 2443749
(10) AMBE PLYWOODS PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. THE OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER, KOLKATA THIKA TENANCY AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal Act, 1997 — Sections 6, 7, 8 and 2(r) — Calcutta Thika Tenancy (Acquisition and Regulation) Act, 2001 — Section 5(3) — Jurisdiction of High Court versus West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal (WBLRTT) — The 1997 Act, enacted pursuant to Article 323B of the Constitution, vests jurisdiction over matters relating to land reforms and specified India Law Library Docid # 2443779
(11) DR. RAJAT GHOSH Vs. TRIPURA UNIVERSITY AND OTHERS[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Appointment Criteria — Eligibility and Certificates — For reserved category posts, while an updated caste certificate is generally required by the cut-off date, a prima facie proof of belonging to the category may suffice for provisional appointment, with the condition of furnishing the final certificate within a reasonable India Law Library Docid # 2443780
(12) BAHAAR NABI MIR Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 14-05-2026 J.K. Public Safety Act, 1978 — Section 8 — Detention Order — Grounds for detention — Order of detention based on FIR registered five years prior to the order and a subsequent bail granted in that FIR, with no further illegal activity attributed to the detenu, lacks a "live and proximate link" and is therefore unsustainable. India Law Library Docid # 2443781
(13) BHUPENDRA WARDEKAR Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Chhattisgarh Civil Services (Classification Control and Appeal) Rules, 1966 & Chhattisgarh State Municipal (Executive/Engineering/Health) Services, Recruitment and Conditions of Service Rules, 2017 — Suspension of employee — Petitioner transferred to Municipal Council, Dallirajhara as in-charge Chief Municipal Officer India Law Library Docid # 2443782
(14) MINATIRANI MADHEI Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 13-05-2026 Orissa Grama Panchayats Act, 1964 — Section 24(2)(c) — Notice for No Confidence Motion — Requisition and proposed resolution must accompany the notice — Mere mention of resolution to send requisition is not a proposed resolution — The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the requisition and the draft India Law Library Docid # 2443815
(15) RAJAN Vs. STATE[DELHI HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Interim suspension of sentence — Repeated applications for interim bail on same grounds — Applicant had repeatedly filed applications for interim suspension of sentence, primarily on the ground of attending to his ailing mother during her surgery, since 2019 — Several such applications were allowed, leading to extensions of bail — However, the applicant also failed to surrender India Law Library Docid # 2443559
(16) MUKESH PASWAN Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304-B — Dowry Death — Appeal against conviction — Prosecution failed to prove essential ingredients of cruelty or harassment soon before death with dowry demand — No proximate link between alleged cruelty and India Law Library Docid # 2443593
(17) PARASH NATH SHARMA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 467, 468, 471, 420, 120B — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) — Defalcation and misappropriation of government funds in canal repair works — False measurement entries and inflated bills — Conviction and sentence of public servants — Affirmation India Law Library Docid # 2443679
(18) RAJENDRA PRASAD Vs. COMPTROLLER & AUDITOR GENERAL OF INDIA AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Central Administrative Tribunal — Dismissal of Original Application — High Court's power of judicial review under Article 226 limited to illegality, perversity, or error apparent on the face of the order. India Law Library Docid # 2443699
(19) TARSIUS SORANG AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302 read with Section 34 — Conviction for murder and rigorous imprisonment for life — Appeal against — High Court found material contradictions in witness testimonies and lack of corroboration for alleged eye-witness accounts — Witnesses declared hostile and their evidence not inspiring confidence — India Law Library Docid # 2443700
(20) DEVYANI KAMAL PRATAP @ DEVYANI Vs. KAMAL PRATAP[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(i-a) — Divorce on grounds of cruelty — Wife's appeal against divorce decree dismissed, while Husband's appeal against alimony amount allowed partially — Court found husband proved cruelty by wife, justifying divorce. India Law Library Docid # 2443701