(841) SOBHA SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 37 — Right to speedy trial — Overriding effect of Article 21 over statutory bail embargo — Prolonged pre-trial incarceration without progress renders custody punitive — Stringent statutory restrictions under special statutes cannot sanction indefinite detention where trial is delayed due to systemic inadequacies not attributable to the accused — Held, the constitutional guarantee of personal India Law Library Docid # 2453531
(842) LIYAKAT ALI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ANOTHER[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 22-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 190 and 204 — Taking of cognizance — Scope of judicial enquiry — Meticulous appreciation of evidence impermissible — At the stage of taking cognizance, the Magistrate is only required to consider whether a prima facie case is made out from the material on record — Conducting a mini-trial or meticulously sifting through evidence to determine whether injuries were sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death, or whether accused possesse India Law Library Docid # 2453532
(843) M/S. INTERPLEX ELECTRONICS INDIA (P) LTD. Vs. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, CHENNAI VII[CUSTOMS, EXCISE AND SERVICE TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL CHENNAI REGIONAL BENCH - COURT NO. I] 22-09-2026 Customs Act, 1962 — Sections 2(2) and 128 — Maintainability of appeal against self-assessment — Commissioner (Appeals) dismissed appeals filed against self-assessed bills of entry holding no appealable decision or order existed without departmental reassessment — Held, unsustainable — A self-assessed bill of entry constitutes an order of assessment under Section 2(2) and is appealable under Section 128 by any person aggrieved, whether the assessee or Revenue — Absence of a lis or speaking order India Law Library Docid # 2453304
(844) SENIOR MANAGER (P & S) Vs. COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL GOODS & SERVICES TAX[CUSTOMS, EXCISE AND SERVICE TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL MUMBAI REGIONAL BENCH COURT NO. 2] 22-09-2026 Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 — Chapter 48 vs Chapter 49 — Classification of printed stationery items — Railway forms and stationery — Revenue sought to classify printed forms, reservation slips, receipt books, and stationery manufactured by the railway printing press under Central Excise Tariff Heading 4820.10 — Held, goods bearing detailed printed information with blank columns meant for manuscript or typescript entry are products of the printing industry — Printing imparts substantial chara India Law Library Docid # 2453315
(845) MALEGAON SAHAKARI SAKHAR KARKHANA LTD. Vs. COMMISSIONER OF CGST & CENTRAL EXCISE[CUSTOMS, EXCISE AND SERVICE TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, MUMBAI] 22-09-2026 Central Excise Act, 1944 — Section 2(f) — CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 — Rule 6 — Manufacture — Generation of Bagasse — Nature of residue — Raw sugarcane crushed during sugar manufacture yielded bagasse, which was burnt as boiler fuel to generate steam and electricity — Revenue invoked Rule 6 alleging bagasse and generated electricity were exempted goods — Held, bagasse is only an agricultural waste and residue, not the result of any manufacturing process — In the absence of manufacture under Secti India Law Library Docid # 2453316
(846) HARI KRISHNA EXPORTS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS[CUSTOMS, EXCISE AND SERVICE TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, MUMBAI] 22-09-2026 Customs Act, 1962 — Section 58 — Private Warehouse Licensing Regulations, 2016 — Regulation 3(2)(c) — Rejection of private bonded warehouse license — Distinction between civil contraventions and criminal offences — Appellant's application for warehouse license was rejected solely because penalties were imposed in prior customs adjudications under Chapter XIV of the Customs Act — Held, a marked distinction exists between civil contraventions attracting monetary penalties under Chapter XIV and cri India Law Library Docid # 2453317
(847) JASWINDER SINGH (DEAD THROUGH LRS.) Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-09-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7, 13(1)(d) and 13(2) — Proof of demand and acceptance of illegal gratification — Proof of demand and acceptance of illegal gratification by a public servant is a sine qua non in order to establish guilt under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) of the Act — Mere possession and recovery of tainted currency notes from a public servant, in the absence of proof of demand, is not sufficient to establish an offence — Without evidence of demand for illegal gratificati India Law Library Docid # 2453043
(848) ΑΝΤΟΝΕTTO J D'SOUZA Vs. ALDILA BRAGANZA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Re-agitation of issue — Principle of 'issue estoppel' — Prior writ petition filed by accused challenging FIR and chargesheet was dismissed by Division Bench of High Court holding that prima facie material existed to frame charge — Accused subsequently filed another writ petition under Section 482 CrPC before Single Judge raising identical ground of non-production of original document without challenging earlier Division Bench order — Principle India Law Library Docid # 2453046
(849) MIHIR PRAKASH BAJORIA Vs. VIDUSHI JAIN BAJORIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rules 1 and 2 read with Section 151 — Anti-suit injunction — Grant of anti-suit injunction in foreign matrimonial proceedings — Parameters and principles — Restraint on wife from prosecuting pending divorce and financial proceedings before UK Family Court — Power of Indian courts to issue anti-suit injunction is governed by equitable principles and doctrine of comity of courts — Anti-suit injunction is a directive to the party over whom the court has p India Law Library Docid # 2453047
(850) GANAPATI (DEAD) BY HIS LRS Vs. PRABHAKAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-09-2026 Hindu Women's Rights to Property Act, 1937 — Section 3(2) read with Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Section 14(1) — Absolute ownership of widow — Propositus died in 1949 leaving behind his son from his first wife and his second wife — Widow/second wife possessed interest in husband's property by virtue of Section 3(2) of the 1937 Act — Right acquired by widow under 1937 Act is a pre-existing legal right that automatically enlarges and blossoms into absolute ownership upon enactment of Section 14(1) India Law Library Docid # 2453048
(851) RAJ KUMARI Vs. SANJAY KUMAR[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(i-a) — Mental Cruelty — Ground for divorce — Allegations of illicit relationship and infidelity — Respondent-wife made serious, unsubstantiated allegations that the appellant-husband was having an illicit relationship with his sister-in-law and lodged complaints with his Army superiors — Held, armed forces operate on strict discipline and moral standards — Sullying an officer's reputation before his superiors and colleagues directly attacks his dig India Law Library Docid # 2453052
(852) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Vs. BHAWAN SOOD[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of interference — Acquittal reinforces the presumption of innocence in favour of the accused. The appellate court is generally slow in disturbing findings of fact recorded by the trial court which had the advantage of observing witness demeanor. Interference is warranted only when the judgment under appeal is patently perverse, based on misreading or omission of material evidence, or causes a gross miscarri India Law Library Docid # 2453053
(853) NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. MR. RAVINDER KUMAR GUPTA AND OTHERS[DELHI STATE CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 22-09-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 12 — Health Insurance — Repudiation of claim — Non-supply of policy terms and conditions — Insurer repudiated claim invoking Exclusion Clause 4.9 regarding obesity — Insurer failed to establish delivery or communication of policy terms and conditions containing the exclusion clause to the insured — Insured had specifically communicated non-receipt of terms, acknowledged by insurer — Insurer cannot rely upon exclusionary clauses not supplied or communicated India Law Library Docid # 2453447
(854) S. K. FINANCE LIMITED Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 22-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 497 and 503 — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Interim custody of seized vehicle — Loan agreement default — Scope of criminal court jurisdiction — Seized vehicle was hypothecated to petitioner-financier, who claimed interim custody on borrower defaulting on loan instalments — Dismissing claim, held, a criminal court exercising powers under Sections 497 and 503 is not the appropriate forum to execute terms of a civil contra India Law Library Docid # 2453085
(855) KALURAM @KALU Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 22-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 430 — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 8 read with Section 20(a)(i) — Suspension of sentence and grant of bail pending appeal — Cultivation of cannabis — Appellant convicted for cultivating 1,440 ganja plants weighing 12 quintals 34 kg — Offence involving commercial quantity — Crimes under NDPS Act have a devastating impact on society at large and interest of society is paramount — Considering gravity of offence and India Law Library Docid # 2453086
(856) MUNSHI SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 22-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 147, 148, 323/149, 324/149 and 307/149 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 320 — Non-compoundable offences — Validity of compromise — Appellants convicted for violent assault filed compromise application during appellate stage — Settlement verified as voluntary and free from coercion — Held, offences under Sections 147, 148, 324/149, and 307/149 IPC are non-compoundable under Section 320 CrPC — Statutory bar precludes formal acceptance of compromise India Law Library Docid # 2453087
(857) VISHNU Vs. SARPANCH GRAM PANCHAYAT AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 22-09-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 38 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Protection of Settled Possession — Injunction against true owner — Plaintiff occupied Gram Panchayat land initially under a temporary lease, raised a permanent RCC structure under permission from the Administrator, and carried on business — Even assuming the perpetual lease granted was unauthorized, the plaintiff was in settled possession — True owner or local authority cannot take the law into its own hand India Law Library Docid # 2453088
(858) STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA Vs. NORVIC SHIPPING NORTH AMERICA INC.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 2(1)(f), Section 2(2), Section 34 and Section 34(2-A) — International Commercial Arbitration — Scope of judicial review — Canadian respondent rendered the dispute an international commercial arbitration seated in India — Post-2015 amendment, the ground of patent illegality under Section 34(2-A) is unavailable to challenge an award arising out of an international commercial arbitration — Court under Section 34 cannot sit in appeal, re-appreciate ev India Law Library Docid # 2453091
(859) CHANDRAWATI SHAH Vs. RAJINDER KAUR[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 123 — Immovable Property — Validity of Oral Gift — Suit for possession — Defendant claimed ownership over the suit property on the basis of an alleged oral gift made out of love and affection decades prior — Held, under Section 123 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, a gift of immovable property can be effected only by a registered instrument signed by or on behalf of the donor and attested by at least two witnesses — The traditional Hindu law rule per India Law Library Docid # 2453097
(860) MOHAMMAD AYOUB BHAT Vs. ABDUL REHMAN BHAT[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 22-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Supervisory jurisdiction of High Court — Nature and scope — High Court does not act as an appellate court — Jurisdiction under Article 227 is strictly supervisory and correctional to keep subordinate courts within bounds of their authority — High Court cannot re-appreciate evidence, review findings of fact, or substitute a lower court's reasonable decision merely because another interpretation is possible — Supervisory interference is exceptional and w India Law Library Docid # 2453098