(161) TRIPATI BALAJI MISHRA Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Temporary/Ad hoc Employment – Absorption and Regularisation — A petitioner appointed on a temporary basis as a Night Watchman in 1996 against a vacant sanctioned post. Despite Tribunal orders directing recruitment, the post remained unfilled due to administrative and financial restrictions. The petitioner continued in service and was eventually regularized much later. The court held the petitioner is India Law Library Docid # 2443822
(162) GURMUKH SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 167(2) and Narcotic DRUGS and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 — Section 36A(4) — Default Bail — Indefeasible Right — The petitioner, arrested on 14.05.2025, was entitled to default bail under Section 167(2) of the Cr.P.C — (now BNSS) as the challan was not filed India Law Library Docid # 2443927
(163) HARBANS KAUR AND OTHERS Vs. GURDEEP SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166, 163-A and 168 — Compensation assessment — Supreme Court laid down law in Sarla Verma and Pranay Sethi regarding deduction for personal expenses, selection of multiplier based on age, and conventional heads like loss of estate, consortium, and funeral expenses, including India Law Library Docid # 2443928
(164) ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. MANJINDER SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Negligence — Accident occurred due to rash and negligent driving by the truck driver who reversed his vehicle suddenly without indicator, striking the car — The defense of the insurance company regarding the stationary position of the truck and the car driver being under the influence of India Law Library Docid # 2443929
(165) M/S. UM AUTO COM PVT. LTD. Vs. M/S. SINGHAL INDUSTRIAL SCREWS PVT. LTD.[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (MSMED Act) — Section 18(5) and Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 29A — Time limit for award — Although Section 18(5) of MSMED Act states that references should be decided within 90 days, this time limit is directory, not mandatory. Unlike Section 29A of India Law Library Docid # 2443981
(166) BHURA SINGH Vs. BALBIR SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 118 — Presumption of Consideration — When execution of a pronote and receipt is proven, there is a statutory presumption of consideration — The burden shifts to the defendant to rebut this presumption with cogent evidence — Simple denial is insufficient to rebut this presumption. India Law Library Docid # 2443982
(167) ELECON ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED Vs. BHARTIYA RAIL BIJLEE COMPANY LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6) — Non-signatories to Arbitration Clause — Entitled to invoke if veritable party — Collaborator, through DJU and subsequent actions, was a veritable party to the arbitration agreement within the main contract. India Law Library Docid # 2443310
(168) SEETHAMMA W/O LATE SATHYAPPA Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2026 Karnataka Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prohibition of Transfer of Certain Lands) Act, 1978 — Section 4 — Null and Void Transfers — Any transfer of granted land without prior government permission is void India Law Library Docid # 2443311
(169) SUNIL KUMAR YADAV AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2026 Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) — Engagement of para-teachers on contract basis — Part of Government of India's flagship program for universal elementary education — Aimed to address human resource gaps in employing teachers — Jharkhand Education Project Council responsible for implementation in Jharkhand — Para India Law Library Docid # 2443312
(170) DELHI ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION Vs. TATA POWER DELHI DISTRIBUTION LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2026 Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 61(d), Section 62, Section 125 — Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for Determination of Generation Tariff) Regulations, 2011 — Regulation 6.32, Regulation 4.1 — Capital Cost Recovery — Depreciation — Consumers' Interest — The Electricity Act India Law Library Docid # 2443313
(171) DHANLAXMI BANK LIMITED Vs. MOHAMMED JAVED SULTAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 7 — Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) — Invocation of Section 7 requires existence of a 'financial debt' and 'default' — CIRP is a collective resolution mechanism, not a forum for adjudicating individual contractual claims — Using the Code to compel payment India Law Library Docid # 2443314
(172) DURGAPUR STEEL PLANT AND OTHERS Vs. BIDHAN CHANDRA CHOWDHURY AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2026 Recruitment Process — Advertisement and Selection — While filling vacancies, State instrumentalities must adhere to comparative merit and avoid discrimination — A candidate in a select list does not gain an indefeasible right to appointment without specific rules to that effect. India Law Library Docid # 2443315
(173) DIPAKBHAI BHAGCHANDBHAI KHATRI AND ANOTHER Vs. DHULIBEN AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Bombay Tenancy and Agriculture Lands Act, 1948 — Section 43 — Rejection of plaint — Suit for specific performance of an agreement to sell was for 'new tenure land' without obtaining necessary permissions, rendering the agreement invalid and unenforceable under India Law Library Docid # 2443380
(174) HITESHBHAI BHIKHABHAI (PATEL) GAJERA AND OTHERS Vs. KETANBHAI BHIKHUBHAI PATEL (DIYORA)[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 37 — Summary Suits — Maintainability — A suit is maintainable under Order 37 only if it strictly adheres to the conditions, including claiming only reliefs that fall within its ambit — If other reliefs are claimed, they must be expressly abandoned by the plaintiff, or the suit must India Law Library Docid # 2443385
(175) SRI. MANJUNATHA Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Grant of bail on parity — Petitioner seeking bail based on other co-accused being granted bail — Court considering the principle of parity subject to the role assigned to the individual accused. India Law Library Docid # 2443442
(176) GIRISH GAYAKWAD AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 07-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Abuse of Process of Court — Quashing of Proceedings — Allegations of encroachment on land leading to disputes and counter-complaints — The court must consider if proceedings are maliciously instituted for ulterior motives or to wreak vengeance. India Law Library Docid # 2443443
(177) RAJESH @RAJU LUNKARANBHAI JAIN Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 (Corresponding to Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 528) — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 306 and 107 — Quashing of FIR and Proceedings — Court must examine merits of the case to determine if ingredients of Section 107 IPC are attracted, and if a prima facie case demanding trial exists. India Law Library Docid # 2443488
(178) UNITED PETROFER LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 138 and 141 — Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 528 — Quashing of complaint — Complaint filed under Section 138 of N.I — Act by Power of Attorney holder — Held maintainable if properly represented as per Apex Court decisions. India Law Library Docid # 2443489
(179) SIYA SINGH Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 33C(2) — Labour Court jurisdiction — Proceedings are akin to execution proceedings, competent to interpret award for enforcement of existing rights, but cannot issue a new award. India Law Library Docid # 2443602
(180) NARESH MANDAL Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 304B and 201/34 — Dowry death and causing disappearance of evidence — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Court upheld conviction based on consistent testimonies of material witnesses regarding cruelty and harassment for dowry soon before the deceased's disappearance, despite some witnesses turning hostile. India Law Library Docid # 2443603