(261) MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, GURUGRAM SUBSTITUTED FOR GRAM PANCHAYAT, DUNDAHERA Vs. HARYANA STATE THROUGH COLLECTOR, GURGAON (NOW GURUGRAM) AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-01-2026 Land Ownership and Vestment — Gram Panchayat vs. Dohlidars — Land vested in Gram Panchayat from January 9, 1954, and mutations sanctioned in its favour on April 10, 1955 — Gram Panchayat was the recorded owner at the time surplus proceedings were initiated, despite earlier grants to dohlidars. India Law Library Docid # 2439307
(262) MRS. CHAND SONI AND OTHERS Vs. BRIG. R.M. SONI AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 27 — Adducing additional evidence — Application for additional evidence in second appeal dismissed as documents sought to be produced were not essential for just decision and applicant failed to prove due diligence in not producing them earlier. India Law Library Docid # 2439308
(263) SHER SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. SURJIT KAUR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 11 — Res Judicata — A compromise decree is only binding on parties who are signatories to the compromise; a party impleaded as a legal representative but not signing the compromise is not bound by the decree. India Law Library Docid # 2439309
(264) GABBAR SINGH @ SUKHWINDER SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 473 — Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery — Essential ingredients — Accused must have made a counterfeit seal or plate, or possessed one with intent to commit forgery punishable under Chapter XVIII (excluding Section 467), and must know it to be counterfeit — Mere India Law Library Docid # 2439310
(265) VISHAL KUMAR @ SHELLY Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 411 — Receiving stolen property — Conviction requires knowledge or reason to believe property is stolen — Mere possession is insufficient without dishonest intention. India Law Library Docid # 2439311
(266) ANANTPAL KAUR Vs. JAGDEV SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-01-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Compensation — Settled law on assessment of compensation as per Sarla Verma, Pranay Sethi and Magma General Insurance Company judgments — Deduction for personal and living expenses based on number of dependents, multiplier based on age, and conventional heads like loss of estate, consortium, and funeral expenses quantified with escalation. India Law Library Docid # 2439312
(267) GLOSTER LIMITED Vs. GLOSTER CABLES LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-01-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 60(5)(c) — Jurisdiction of Adjudicating Authority — Declaration of title to trademark — NCLT exceeded its jurisdiction by declaring title to trademark "Gloster" in favour of the Successful Resolution Applicant (SRA) while adjudicating an application under Section 60(5) of the IBC, as the issue of trademark title was a highly contentious dispute beyond the India Law Library Docid # 2438475
(268) HEMALATHA (D) BY LRS. Vs. TUKARAM (D) BY LRS. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-01-2026 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 58(c) — Mortgage by conditional sale — Proviso strictly requires that the condition for mortgage must be part of the sale document itself, not in a separate agreement. India Law Library Docid # 2438568
(269) ISLAM Vs. THE STATE (GOVT. OF NCT) DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 6 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 363, 342, 506 — Appeal challenging judgment convicting and sentencing appellant for kidnapping, wrongful confinement, criminal intimidation and sexual assault on a child — Grounds for India Law Library Docid # 2438569
(270) PARVEEN KUMAR Vs. EXPORT INSPECTION COUNCIL AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-01-2026 Export Inspection Council Employees (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1978 — Rule 11(2) — Appointment of inquiry officer — A retired public servant can be appointed as an inquiry officer, as the rule does not explicitly exclude them and the definition of "public servant" in the Indian Penal Code, 1860, includes persons paid for public duties. India Law Library Docid # 2438570
(271) PALI HILLS BREWERIES PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. CARLSBERG INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-01-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Setting aside arbitral award — Scope of interference — Court cannot act as appellate authority or re-appreciate evidence — Interference only allowed on grounds of patent illegality, perversity, or contravention of public policy. India Law Library Docid # 2438571
(272) INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED Vs. SH RAMPAL SO HARI RAM[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-01-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 25(F) — Retrenchment compensation — Where the entire cause of action arises outside the territorial jurisdiction of a court, the mere fact that the head office of the management is located within its jurisdiction does not confer jurisdiction on that court. India Law Library Docid # 2438572
(273) LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA Vs. NANDLAL TIWARI[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 22-01-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 21(b) — Revisional jurisdiction — Limited scope — Commission cannot interfere with concurrent findings of fact unless perverse, suffering from jurisdictional error, or material irregularity. India Law Library Docid # 2438709
(274) THE DIRECTOR, RELIANCE NIPPON LIFE INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. BAL KRISHNA SHARMA AND OTHERS[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 22-01-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Jurisdiction of National Commission — Revisional jurisdiction is limited — National Commission should only exercise power if State Commission acted without jurisdiction, failed to exercise jurisdiction, or acted illegally or with material irregularity — Cannot interfere with concurrent findings of India Law Library Docid # 2438710
(275) SRI SRI DODHIMOHAN JEW REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESENT SEVA PUJA COMMITTEE Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 22-01-2026 Hindu Law — Sebait’s right to sue — A sebait represents a deity and is generally the only one competent to file a suit in the deity's name. However, in exceptional cases, a third party can sue on behalf of the deity if the sebait is unable or unwilling to act, but this requires court appointment as a next friend. India Law Library Docid # 2438723
(276) JAGADISH MISHRA AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 22-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 498A — Cruelty by husband or relatives of husband — Ingredients of Section 498A IPC have not been proved against the Appellant beyond reasonable doubt, hence the conviction is set aside. India Law Library Docid # 2438724
(277) BIPLAB CHHETRI @ BIPLAB CHETTRI Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 22-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Serious offences — While delay in trial and prolonged incarceration are factors to consider for bail under Article 21 of the Constitution, the gravity and heinousness of the offence, especially in murder cases, must be given paramount importance. The court must assess the overall circumstances, and delay alone is not an absolute ground for India Law Library Docid # 2438725
(278) SAGHEER AHMAD Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 22-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 and 201 — Murder and causing disappearance of evidence — Appeal against conviction and sentence of life imprisonment for murder and 4 years rigorous imprisonment for causing disappearance of evidence — Prosecution case: Deceased child taken by appellant on pretext of exhibition, later found dead — Defence arguments: Absence of motive, India Law Library Docid # 2438743
(279) M/S SAI DHAM APARTMENTS AND ANOTHER Vs. RAVI KUMAR MEHROTRA AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 22-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 43 Rule 1(r) — Appeal against order of interim injunction — An appellate court should not interfere with the trial court's discretion in granting or refusing an injunction unless the order is arbitrary, capricious, perverse, or ignores settled legal principles. India Law Library Docid # 2438744
(280) UMANG RASTOGI, AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 22-01-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 22(1) — Protection of arrested persons — Right to be informed of grounds of arrest — Arrestee must be informed of the grounds for arrest, both orally and in writing — Failure to do so renders the arrest illegal, as per Supreme Court judgments. India Law Library Docid # 2438745