(681) 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
(682) 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
(683) 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
(684) 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
(685) 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
(686) 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
(687) 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
(688) 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
(689) 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
(690) 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
(691) 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
(692) 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
(693) 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
(694) 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
(695) SHIV SHANKAR SHARMA Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 02-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Section 114 & Order 47 Rule 1 — Review — Scope of — Review sought of findings doubting petitioner's credentials and holding institution of PIL to be an abuse of process of Court, and of cost of Rs. 50,000/- imposed — Held, grounds raised did not constitute error apparent on face of record — Mere reiteration of ar India Law Library Docid # 2447449
(696) GANESH GOPE Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 02-07-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 363 — Kidnapping — Essential ingredients — (i) victim must be a minor i.e. below 18 years of age, and (ii) she must have been "taken away" or enticed by the accused — Held, prosecutrix admittedly aged about 19 years on date of occurrence, as per father's own testimony — No documentary evidence to establish minority except doctor's radiological opinion, held insufficient to displace clear India Law Library Docid # 2447450
(697) SASHI BHUSAN PRASAD BHUIAN @ SHASHI BHUSAN PRASAD BHUIA Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 02-07-2026 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 277 — False statement in verification — Petitioner, a permanent employee, filed Income Tax Return claiming refund of Rs. 35,500/- on basis of T.D.S. Certificate (Form-16A) and claim of housing loan exemption — On enquiry, T.D.S. Certificate found not issued by employer and no housing loan found sanctioned in petitioner's favour by any Bank — Plea of illiteracy and reliance on office clerk for filing India Law Library Docid # 2447451
(698) HARSHIT SOLANKI Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 02-07-2026 Rajasthan Compassionate Appointment of Dependents of Permanent Total Disabled Government Servants Rules, 2023 — Rules 2(b) and 2(f) — Compassionate appointment — Eligibility — Permanent total disability — Accident while on duty — Rule 2(f) exhaustively defines permanent total disability to eight specific categories of India Law Library Docid # 2447652
(699) JEET KAUR Vs. LEKHRAJ AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 02-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 16 Rule 1(3) and Section 151 — Summoning of witness and revenue record — Rejection of application and closure of evidence — Held, procedural requirements are to facilitate adjudication and not to defeat justice — Mere omission to file witness list within time does not create absolute embargo against examining material witness if evidence is relevant and necessary. India Law Library Docid # 2447653
(700) M/S SHOORBIR SINGH CHAUHAN Vs. UTTARAKHAND RURAL ROADS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 02-07-2026 Tender — Rejection of technical bid — Non-rectifiable defects — Judicial restraint in contractual/tender matters — Petitioner's bid declared non-responsive for incorrect PIU address in Seek Reference Certificate and unsigned (by Chartered Accountant) balance sheet/profit-loss statement — Held, incorrect address preventing access to bidder's bank account, and an unsigned financial statement having no evidentiary value, constitute substantive, non India Law Library Docid # 2447966