(301) NOWDA THANA FERRY SERVICE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED Vs. THE SECRETARY, HARIHARPARA THANA FERRY SERVICE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD. AND ORS.[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 243-G and Schedule XI, Entry 13 — West Bengal Land and Land Reforms Manual, 1991 — Rule 281(iii) — Settlement of Ferry Ghats — Conflict between Land Manual and Panchayat Act — Cooperative society claimed preferential settlement under Rule 281(iii) of the Land Manual without tender — Held, once ferry ghats are transferred to and vested in Panchayati Raj institutions, management and leasing are governed by the 1973 Act and the India Law Library Docid # 2454309
(302) M/S DESIRE AGRO RESORTS DEVELOPMENT LTD Vs. M/S ASHIANA VINIMAY PVT LTD AND ANR[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 7 and Section 11(6) — Validity of arbitration clause — Interpretation of the word "may" — Essential ingredients of a valid arbitration agreement require the parties to be ad idem with a clear determination and obligation to submit disputes to arbitration — A clause that merely contemplates a future possibility of going to arbitration upon failure of mutual settlement does not constitute a binding agreement — Mere reference to the term "arbitration India Law Library Docid # 2454318
(303) TAPASI RANA Vs. ATINDRA NATH SEN AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955 — Sections 8 and 9 — Pre-emption — Joint application by distinct adjoining land owners — Single deposit — Maintainability — Application filed jointly by two sets of raiyats claiming vicinage, depositing consideration money with statutory ten percent compensation — Held, there is no statutory prohibition under Sections 8 and 9 against several claimants jointly filing a single pre-emption application supported by a common deposit — The essential statutory require India Law Library Docid # 2454330
(304) MAHESH KUMAR KEJRIWAL Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 — Stage of Criminal Proceedings — Commencement of Trial — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 193 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 227 — Petitioner challenged issuance of summons under Section 50 of PMLA on the ground that further investigation was impermissible during trial without prior court leave — Held, it is settled law that a criminal trial commences only after framing of charges and not prior thereto — Since the Spec India Law Library Docid # 2454338
(305) SMTI TABA PAKAP AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF AP[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 498A and 323 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Matrimonial dispute — Compromise — Joint petition filed by wife and husband for quashing criminal proceedings arising out of allegations of physical assault and domestic violence — Parties executed a deed of settlement, amicably resolved their dispute, and resumed living together happily — Informant state India Law Library Docid # 2454370
(306) SHRI. ROBERT CH. SANGMA Vs. STATE OF MEGHALAYA[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay in criminal appeal — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 6 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 506 Part II — Delay of 692 days — Incarcerated applicant sought condonation of delay in filing appeal against conviction and sentence — Applicant lacked financial resources and his family was unable to engage private counsel, necessitating legal aid — Prosecution raised no objection — Held, the grounds of indigence and t India Law Library Docid # 2454382
(307) UMMATUN NISHA Vs. PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK[PATNA HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Section 17(1) — Scope and availability of remedy — Aggrieved third party — Petitioner contended that she was neither a borrower nor a guarantor, yet her dwelling house was subjected to possession proceedings under Section 14 — Held, Section 17(1) clearly provides that "any person (including borrower)" aggrieved by measures under Section 13(4) may apply to the Debts Recovery Tribunal — The statu India Law Library Docid # 2454398
(308) SUSHIL JHUNJHUNWALA AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[PATNA HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 323, 341, 448, 506 and 34 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Vague and belated allegations — Informant alleged that petitioners trespassed into her house, assaulted her, and made extortionate demands — FIR failed to disclose the specific date or time of occurrence and suffered from an unexplained delay — Allegations linking petitioners to an earlier kidnapping case were baseless — Ingredients of wrongful restraint, India Law Library Docid # 2454406
(309) M/S MAHADEV ENCLAVE PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Bihar Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1972 — Rule 52(5) — Mining lease — Default in payment of instalment — Levy of interest beyond two months — Scope and interpretation — Rule 52(5) prescribes charging 24 percent simple interest up to two months on defaulted instalments, after which action for cancellation must be taken — The phrase "upto two months" is operative and cannot be rendered redundant — Statutory scheme does not authorise the Department to keep charging interest indefinitely beyond t India Law Library Docid # 2454419
(310) ROY PORUTHOOKKARAN AND ANOTHER Vs. ELIZABATH @ THANKA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(d) — Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 2(1)(c) and Section 6 — Rejection of plaint — Commercial dispute filed before ordinary civil court — Scope of statutory bar — Commercial Courts Act does not create an express or implied embargo barring the institution of civil suits, but merely establishes a specialized regime and designated forums for commercial disputes — A commercial suit retains all attributes of a civil suit — Since no statutory pr India Law Library Docid # 2454258
(311) M/S AWADHESH SINGH GAUTAM Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH & ORS.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-09-2026 Contract Law — Standard Bidding Document — Clause 44.1 and Clause 53.1(ii) of General Conditions of Contract — Clause 4.1 of Special Conditions of Contract — Cross-contract recovery — Alleged overpayment under earlier contracts sought to be recovered by deducting running bills of subsequent independent contracts — Permissibility — Held, none of the contractual clauses authorized cross-contract deduction — Clause 4.1 governing technical audit mandates opportunity of hearing, approval of Chief Exe India Law Library Docid # 2454263
(312) ORRIS INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. RAKESH KUMAR GUPTA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-09-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 9, Section 65 — Power of Adjudicating Authority to recall CIRP admission order — Fraud and collusion — Existence of debt and default constitutes a jurisdictional fact for initiating CIRP — Parties invoking statutory insolvency jurisdiction are under a public law obligation not to deceive or mislead the tribunal — Fraud in public law corrupts the adjudication process — Where admission of a Section 9 petition is procured fraudulently in collusion betw India Law Library Docid # 2454264
(313) STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER Vs. SAINABA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-09-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 proviso (b) — General Clauses Act, 1897 — Section 27 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 114 — Statutory demand notice — Presumption of service — Notice sent by registered post to correct address of drawer was received by his mother — Held, "giving of notice" is distinct from "receipt of notice" — Mandatory requirement of proviso (b) to Section 138 is complied with once notice is properly addressed, pre-paid, and dispatched by registered post — Complaina India Law Library Docid # 2454265
(314) STERLING HOLIDAY RESORTS LIMITED Vs. M/S P.M. ASSOCIATES AND ORS.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-09-2026 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Rules 8 and 9 of Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002 — Mandatory Nature of Procedure — Auction Sale — Procedural safeguards in Rules 8 and 9 are mandatory and must be strictly followed. Solicitation and receipt of bids during an operative restraint order of the DRAT is illegal and devoid of legal effect. Applying the maxim actus curiae neminem gravabit, the period during which the restr India Law Library Docid # 2454266
(315) AJAY KUMAR @ DOCTOR Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Criminal Procedure / Bail — Consideration of Gravity vs Prima Facie Material — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 103(1), 309(4), 310(3), 317(3), 61(2), 3(5) — Arms Act, 1959 — Sections 25 and 27 — Robbery and murder — Role attributed of conducting reconnaissance — Gravity of offence is a vital consideration during bail, but courts must broadly analyze the evidentiary material collected to ascertain whether it prima facie connects the accused to the alleged crime — Alleged recovery of Rs. India Law Library Docid # 2454289
(316) SURAJ KUMAR Vs. THE STATE (GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI) AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 6, 29 and 30 — Penal Code, 1860 — Section 376AB — Rebuttal of statutory presumption — Foundational facts — Held, statutory presumptions under Sections 29 and 30 of the POCSO Act do not arise automatically upon mere registration of a case or dispense with the objective judicial appreciation of evidence — Prosecution must first establish foundational facts constituting the offence through credible and reliable evidence before the bur India Law Library Docid # 2454290
(317) RAVINDER KUMAR AHUJA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF NCT DELHI AND ORS.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent powers — Quashing of chargesheet — Mini-trial impermissible — Defence material of unimpeachable character — Scope of interference — Petitioners sought quashing of gang-rape chargesheet relying on Call Detail Records and entry-exit registers to establish alibi — Held, inherent powers cannot be exercised to conduct a mini-trial or appreciate competing evidence — Proceedings can be quashed at threshold only where defence material is of s India Law Library Docid # 2454291
(318) M. K. CONSTRUCTION Vs. MAJ. GEN. HOSHIAR SINGH (RETD) AND ANR.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 37 and Section 34 — Scope of appellate interference — Circumscribed jurisdiction — Jurisdiction under Section 37 is narrower than Section 34, and the appellate court cannot sit in appeal over factual findings, independently assess merits, or re-appreciate evidence — Appellate review is confined to examining whether the Section 34 court exercised its jurisdiction within permissible limits — A reasonable interpretation of contractual terms by the ar India Law Library Docid # 2454292
(319) SHARJEEL IMAM AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 — Section 43D(5) — National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 — Section 21(4) — Regular bail — Specific conditions imposed by Supreme Court — Binding nature — Supreme Court had previously rejected bail to appellants, identifying them as core conspirators and masterminds, while granting liberty to renew bail plea strictly upon examination of protected witnesses or expiry of one year, whichever is earlier — Appellants sought bail prior to the stipulated time India Law Library Docid # 2454296
(320) KRISHNA AND ORS. Vs. RING MIDWAYS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE AND ORS.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Delhi School Education Act, 1973 — Sections 20(1) and 24(4) — Takeover of school management by Administrator — Direction to hand over possession of leased land to lessor — Management of the school was taken over by Lieutenant Governor for three years — While Takeover Order was operative, Single Judge directed school management to hand over vacant possession of the land to lessor — Held, since takeover order remained in force and management vested in the Administrator, the school management was n India Law Library Docid # 2454297