(81) RUSSI FISHERIES P. LTD AND ANOTHER Vs. BHAVNA SETH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-04-2026 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 52 — Doctrine of Lis Pendens — Transfers of property made during the pendency of litigation are subject to the doctrine of lis pendens and are subservient to the final decision of the court — Such transfers are not void ab initio but remain invalid if the litigation goes against the transferor. India Law Library Docid # 2442046
(82) DR. THONGRAM KAMALA AND OTHERS Vs. DHANAMANJURI UNIVERSITY, MANIPUR AND OTHERS[MANIPUR HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Dhanamanjuri University Act, 2017 — Statute 13(i) & Section 10(f) & (g) — Appointment of teachers — The Syndicate is the competent authority to appoint teachers on the recommendations of the Selection Committee; the University has the power to create posts and make appointments to them. India Law Library Docid # 2442285
(83) SMT. SONI BAI Vs. RAMANLAL AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 115 & Order 47 Rule 7 — Revision against order rejecting review — Maintainability — An appeal lies against an order granting a review application, but not against an order rejecting it — However, if the original decree is appealable, the proper remedy against an order rejecting a review application on merits is to file an appeal against the original decree, not to file a India Law Library Docid # 2442349
(84) BABLU KALMOOM Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Section 2(1)(d) — Definition of "child" — Age determination — While Rule 12 of the Juvenile Justice Rules primarily applies to children in conflict with law, it should also be the basis for determining the age of child victims of crime — The hierarchy for determining age starts with matriculation/equivalent certificates, then school birth India Law Library Docid # 2442350
(85) NARENDRA KUMAR BANJARA Vs. PRESIDING OFFICER POLLING BOOTH NO. 299 AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Chhattisgarh Panchayat Raj Adhiniyam, 1993 — Election Petitions — Maintainability of Civil Revision — Election petitions filed under the CG Panchayati Raj Adhiniyam are governed by a complete code of rules, making the decisions of the specified authority final — Orders passed in such petitions can only be challenged by an aggrieved party by approaching the High Court under Article 226 of the India Law Library Docid # 2442351
(86) RAVINDRA KUMAR SINGH Vs. SOUTH EASTERN COALFIELDS LIMITED[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Administrative Law — Show Cause Notice — Interference by Court — Generally, writ courts do not intervene at the stage of a show cause notice, but intervention is permissible if the notice is issued without jurisdiction, is malafide, or constitutes an abuse of process, particularly when successive notices are issued on the same charges resulting in repetitive litigation. India Law Library Docid # 2442352
(87) BHUKHAN SINGH (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH RAMAVTAR Vs. KAUSHILYA BAI AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Jurisdiction of Revenue Authorities — Partition and Mesne Profits — Revenue authorities, including the Board of Revenue, have jurisdiction over matters of land partition under the Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code, but they cannot grant mesne profits or execute civil court decrees for monetary amounts, as these powers exclusively lie with the competent civil court. India Law Library Docid # 2442353
(88) M/S CHOPRA HOTELS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. HARBINDER SINGH SEKHON AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 1 Rule 10 — Impleadment of parties — Principles for impleadment — A necessary party is essential for effective order, while a proper party aids complete adjudication — In writ proceedings, a person directly affected by an interim order can be joined even if not an original party. India Law Library Docid # 2441980
(89) K.G. SESHADRI Vs. THE TRUSTEES OF STATE BANK OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-04-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 33C(2) — Maintainability of claim petition — Labour Court and High Court dismissed the appellant’s case on the technical ground of non-maintainability of the petition under Section 33C(2) of the ID Act, primarily because proceedings under this section are in the nature of execution India Law Library Docid # 2441981
(90) HEM RAJ Vs. THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-04-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Sections 20(b)(ii)(C), 25 and 29 — Conviction and Sentence — Separate punishments for offences under Section 20 as well as offences under Sections 25 and 29 are permissible, as these are distinct and independent offences, even if they arise from the same transaction. India Law Library Docid # 2441982
(91) SRI SUVAJIT PAUL Vs. FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 08-04-2026 Contract Law — Detention Charges — Transport Contractor's Claim — Court found that delay in unloading of trucks beyond the stipulated period was attributable to the respondent's (FCI's) lack of sufficient storage space, and therefore, such delay qualified as "extraordinary" under the tender agreement, entitling the contractor to detention charges. India Law Library Docid # 2442070
(92) THE DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER/CON-2, N.F. RAILWAY, AGARTALA Vs. SRI NANI GOPAL MALLIK AND OTHERS[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 08-04-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay in filing appeal — Application for condonation of delay of 264 days in preferring appeal against judgment and award passed by Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Authority — Delay occurred due to various procedural steps, including obtaining certified copy, seeking legal opinions from panel counsel and Law Officer, and preparation of appeal India Law Library Docid # 2442071
(93) M/S ROSE CONSTRUCTION, THROUGH ITS PROPRIETOR - SARDAR MOHAMMAD Vs. THE MANAGER M/S JAYASWAL NECO INDUSTRIES LIMITED[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 08-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 8(1) — Application for reference to arbitration — Judicial authority's power — If a party applies for arbitration before filing their first statement on substance of dispute, court must refer parties to arbitration unless no valid arbitration agreement exists — Trial court rejecting plaint instead of referring to arbitration committed a legal error. [Paras 6 India Law Library Docid # 2442355
(94) THE WEST BENGAL STATE ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION CO.LTD AND OTHERS Vs. DIPENDU BISWAS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-04-2026 Service Law — Reservations — Horizontal Reservation — PWD-LV Vacancy in Unreserved Category — Interpretation of Recruitment Notification — The Supreme Court clarified that a vacancy reserved for a person with low vision (PWD-LV) in the Unreserved (UR) category can be filled by a PWD-LV candidate from any social India Law Library Docid # 2441951
(95) RENUKA Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA RESPONDENTS AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-04-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Issuance of process — Scope of inquiry at pre-trial stage — Metropolitan Magistrate issuing process after being satisfied that prima facie material existed — Sessions Court setting aside process on ground of no legally enforceable debt — High Court India Law Library Docid # 2441952
(96) UCO BANK AND OTHERS Vs. SK SHRIVASTAVA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-04-2026 Voluntary Retirement — Notice Period — Deemed Acceptance — If an employee completes the qualifying service and gives notice for voluntary retirement, and the appointing authority does not refuse the permission within the notice period, the retirement becomes effective automatically from the date specified in the notice. India Law Library Docid # 2441953
(97) BIKRAM CHAND RANA Vs. HIMACHAL PRADESH ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-04-2026 Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 — Rule 69(1)(c) — Interpretation of "departmental or judicial proceedings" — The rule acts as a statutory bar to the payment of gratuity while either type of proceeding is pending — The use of "or" expands the scope of this bar. India Law Library Docid # 2441954
(98) GAUTAM SATNAMI Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-04-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 27 — Disclosure statements and recoveries — Recoveries made pursuant to disclosure statements under Section 27 of the Evidence Act were found to be legally tenuous — Witnesses to these statements turned hostile or did not corroborate material particulars, and the recoveries themselves lacked a India Law Library Docid # 2441955
(99) SAROJ PANDEY Vs. GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of summoning order — Application under Section 482 is maintainable even if a revision petition has been filed and dismissed on the same grounds — The High Court's inherent power under Section 482 is paramount and can be exercised to prevent abuse of process of court or miscarriage of justice. India Law Library Docid # 2441956
(100) STATE BANK OF INDIA Vs. AMIT IRON PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-04-2026 Banking Law — Master Directions on Frauds (RBI) — Classification of accounts as 'fraud' — Principles of natural justice — Show cause notice, opportunity to reply, and reasoned order satisfy principles of natural justice in fraud classification; personal hearing not mandatory. India Law Library Docid # 2441957