(61) SOUMYA RANJAN PANDA AND OTHERS Vs. SUBHALAXMI DASH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-05-2026 Medical Education — Relocation of Students — Financial Liability — Supreme Court intervened to protect academic future of students admitted to a college (SRMCH) facing deficiencies, by directing their relocation to other recognized colleges — The primary issue became the financial liability for the education provided at the transferee colleges. India Law Library Docid # 2443741
(62) 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
(63) 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
(64) 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
(65) 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
(66) 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
(67) 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
(68) 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
(69) 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
(70) 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
(71) 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
(72) 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
(73) JOGINDER Vs. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE[CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL PRINCIPAL BENCH, NEW DELHI] 14-05-2026 Administrative Law — Natural Justice — Orders with Civil Consequences — Orders that affect a person's rights or status must be reasoned and demonstrate due application of mind. The impugned cancellation order was arbitrary and failed to meet this requirement. India Law Library Docid # 2443809
(74) SMT. MURTI DEVI Vs. GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI[CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL PRINCIPAL BENCH, NEW DELHI] 14-05-2026 Pensionary Benefits — Family Pension, Gratuity, EPF — Eligibility — Applicant's claim for retiral benefits of her deceased husband, a DTC driver, upheld. Respondents' contention of zero employer's share in PF and non-transfer to Pension Cell rejected based on prior acknowledgment and internal records indicating husband was in pension scheme. India Law Library Docid # 2443810
(75) VINOD KUMAR MEENA Vs. DELHI POLICE THROUGH COMMISSIONER OF PHQ, IP ESTATE, NEW DELHI.[CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL PRINCIPAL BENCH, NEW DELHI] 14-05-2026 Public Employment — Disclosure of criminal antecedents — Requirement to disclose even if acquitted — Attestation Form explicitly requires disclosure of all criminal cases, including those resulting in acquittal — Suppression of such information, even if subsequently acquitted, is a deliberate concealment and amounts India Law Library Docid # 2443811
(76) NISHA Vs. STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION[CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL PRINCIPAL BENCH, NEW DELHI] 14-05-2026 Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 — Section 19 — Medical Examination for Recruitment — Applicant declared medically unfit due to defective distant vision and overweight — Detailed Medical Examination (DME) and Review Medical Examination (RME) consistently found applicant unfit — Applicant obtained contrary medical certificates from other government hospitals — Held, certificates from other India Law Library Docid # 2443812
(77) MUKESH KUMAR ROHILA Vs. UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION[CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL PRINCIPAL BENCH, NEW DELHI] 14-05-2026 Administrative Law — Selection Process — Minimum Qualifying Marks — UPSC's Power to Prescribe — Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), being a constitutional body, is empowered to prescribe selection procedures, including minimum qualifying marks in interviews, for recruitment it conducts. India Law Library Docid # 2443813
(78) MADAN GOPAL Vs. THE STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — FIR registered for attempting to claim Scheduled Tribe status based on a dubious certificate — Certificate was a photocopy, lacked issue date, and was contradicted by official report — Appellant had initially claimed 'backward class' status and only later India Law Library Docid # 2443870
(79) THE PRESIDENT, SHRI MAHAVIR JAIN GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL, JIND, DISTRICT JIND, HARYANA Vs. TRIPAT KAUR CHAWLA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Execution Proceedings — Back Wages — Order of Executing Court directing payment of arrears of salary upheld, but modified to deduct income earned by the employee during the period in question, to prevent unjust enrichment. India Law Library Docid # 2443902
(80) GURDIAL SINGH Vs. RANJIT KAUR ETC.[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 14-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Finding of fraud cannot be based on suspicion or conjecture but requires strict proof with particulars, and cannot be made without specific pleadings — The First Appellate Court’s finding of fraud vitiating a consent decree was set aside as perverse and unsustainable in law for India Law Library Docid # 2443903