(921) JASWANT SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Regular Bail — Object and principles governing grant of bail — Object of bail is neither punitive nor preventive, but primarily to secure the attendance and appearance of the accused at trial — Incarceration before conviction should not be treated as punishment — Presumption of innocence remains till guilt is established — When the investigation is complete, challan is filed, and the trial is likely to take time, deprivation of personal li India Law Library Docid # 2453222
(922) GAJINDER SINGH (DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS Vs. BHUPINDER SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Haryana Urban (Control of Rent and Eviction) Act, 1973 — Section 13(3)(a)(i) — Bona fide personal necessity — Ownership vs. Occupation — Subsequent events — Landlord sought eviction to reside independently from an expanding hospital complex. Held, landlord is the best judge of his residential requirement and entitled to live comfortably in a property of his choice. "Ownership" and "occupation" are distinct concepts, and mere ownership of other unsuitable properties does not disentitle the landlo India Law Library Docid # 2453224
(923) M/S VIDYA SAGAR INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH & NEUROLOGY AND ANOTHER Vs. MS. RAJNI JASWANI AND OTHERS[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 21-09-2026 Consumer Protection — Medical Negligence — Standard of Care — Provisional Diagnosis and Co-existing Conditions — Patient diagnosed with spinal tuberculosis based on MRI findings indicating Koch's as prime consideration — Doctor performed debridement and extracted tissue for biopsy — Biopsy later revealed malignant cancer — Doctor continued anti-tubercular therapy in OPD reviews in absence of biopsy report — Held, debridement and tissue biopsy conformed to accepted medical practice — Tuberculosis India Law Library Docid # 2453234
(924) SITA DEVI Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Bihar Panchayat Raj Act, 2006 — Section 70(4) — Removal of Adhyaksha — No-confidence motion — Statutory procedure and majority threshold — Elected members submitted a requisition for a special meeting, which was rejected by the petitioner-Adhyaksha — District Magistrate acted within jurisdiction in convening the special meeting within the stipulated period — Resolution of no-confidence was validly passed by a majority of the elected members — Section 70(4) requires support of more than half of t India Law Library Docid # 2453127
(925) XXX Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[PATNA HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 — Section 12 — Grant of bail to Child in Conflict with Law (CICL) — Statutory exceptions — Bail to a juvenile is the rule and can only be denied if reasonable grounds exist to believe that the release is likely to bring the child into association with known criminals, expose them to moral, physical, or psychological danger, or defeat the ends of justice — Gravity of the alleged offence alone cannot be a ground to deny bail in the absen India Law Library Docid # 2453150
(926) AJAY SHARMA Vs. UNION OF INDIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Railways Act, 1989 — Section 124-A — Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 — Section 23 — Bona fide passenger — Burden of proof — Production of verified journey ticket — The appellant produced a valid journey ticket from Mathura to New Delhi, which was duly verified by the railway authorities — Initial burden is discharged once the claimant places foundational facts on record, shifting the onus onto the Railways — Discrepancies regarding the precise time of boarding or failure to provide the exact t India Law Library Docid # 2453155
(927) SMALL INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT BANK OF INDIA Vs. M/S. VYSHNAVI SPICES LLP[NATIONAL COMPANY LAW TRIBUNAL AMARAVATI BENCH AT MANGALAGIRI] 21-09-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 33(2) — Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process — Initiation of Liquidation — Corporate Debtor, a Limited Liability Partnership, was admitted into CIRP — Out of two resolution plans received, both were found non-feasible and non-viable by the Committee of Creditors ('CoC') — Sole financial creditor holding 100% voting share rejected the resolution plans and resolved to liquidate the Corporate Debtor — Tribunal noted that in the absence of any approv India Law Library Docid # 2453252
(928) SANJAY BABAN GIRHE Vs. THE CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER DEDICATED FRIEGHT CORRIDOR CORPORATION AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Sections 3(c)(ii) and 31 read with Schedule II — Entitlement of tenants as "affected family" — Acquisition of structures for Dedicated Freight Corridor — Petitioners were tenants in acquired structures — Competent authority determined monetary compensation, but acquiring body (DFCCIL) withheld payment — Held, Section 3(c)(ii) explicitly includes tenants in any form of tenancy within the d India Law Library Docid # 2453476
(929) SANJAY BABAN GIRHE Vs. THE CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER DEDICATED FRIEGHT CORRIDOR CORPORATION AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Sections 3(c)(ii), 31 and Schedule II — Rehabilitation and Resettlement Award — Entitlement of tenants — Petitioners were tenants in structures acquired for Dedicated Freight Corridor Project — Competent authority determined compensation payable to each petitioner, but disbursal was halted by project authority — Held, Section 3(c)(ii) explicitly includes tenants in any form within the def India Law Library Docid # 2453477
(930) SANJAY BABAN GIRHE Vs. THE CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER DEDICATED FRIEGHT CORRIDOR CORPORATION AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Section 3(c)(ii), Section 31 and Schedule II — "Affected family" — Entitlement of tenants to rehabilitation and resettlement compensation — Petitioners were tenants in structures acquired for Dedicated Freight Corridor Project — Eligibility confirmed by Appellate Authority and compensation determined by competent authority — Disbursal halted by DFCCIL relying on internal 2012 plan and 201 India Law Library Docid # 2453479
(931) SURESH ATALRAI KESWANI AND ANOTHER Vs. MAHESH ATALRAI KESWANI[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 5 — Eviction decree against gratuitous licensee — Stay of execution — Discretionary and equitable jurisdiction — Scope of Atma Ram Properties principles — Held, while an Appellate Court has discretionary jurisdiction to impose terms on stay of an eviction decree to compensate the successful decree-holder, the rigid parameters for market compensation applicable to contractual tenancies or commercial leave and license agreements do not strictly appl India Law Library Docid # 2453480
(932) MITC ROLLING MILLS PVT. LTD. Vs. M/S. RENUKA REALTORS AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 12A — Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 — Order VII Rule 11 — Rejection of plaint — Non-exhaustion of pre-institution mediation — Plaint filed with an interim application seeking urgent injunction and attachment before judgment — Trial Court rejected plaint holding Section 12A mandatory and urgency baseless — Held, Trial Court committed serious error in discarding the interim application and summarily rejecting plaint — Section 12A explicitly exempts suits conte India Law Library Docid # 2453481
(933) BEAU MONDE PLOT NO.1 CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY Vs. DISTRICT DEPUTY REGISTRAR AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Maharashtra Ownership Flats (Regulation of the Promotion of Construction, Sale, Management and Transfer) Act, 1963 — Section 11 — Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 — Sections 21A and 152 — Deemed Conveyance — Challenge to society registration — Acquiescence — Flat purchasers formed Petitioner-Society despite contractual recitals stipulating membership in Respondent No.3-Society — Respondent No.3 neither challenged registration under MCS Act nor sought de-registration, and acknowledged India Law Library Docid # 2453482
(934) DR. PARVEEN PARVEZ SAYYED Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Service Law — Pay Protection and Pension — Counting of past continuous service — Post funded by University — Petitioner served continuously as Law Officer from 1997 to 2010 on a university-funded post before being appointed to a State-sanctioned post of Senior Law Officer — State withdrew pay protection and pensionary benefits on ground that prior post was funded by University — Held, petitioner rendered continuous, uninterrupted service for 29 years governed by the Standard Code — Depriving rec India Law Library Docid # 2453483
(935) ANTHONYTHASAN DECARTHUS Vs. ANGLO EASTERN TANKER MANAGEMENT HONG KONG LTD.[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017 — Section 17 — Letters Patent, 1865 — Clause XII — Repeal of Letters Patent — Requirement of leave — Registry raised objection that prior leave under Clause XII was not obtained for instituting admiralty suit — Held, under Section 17 of the Admiralty Act, 2017, the provisions of the Letters Patent, 1865 as applicable to the admiralty jurisdiction of the Chartered High Courts stand repealed — Consequently, Letters Patent is not India Law Library Docid # 2453484
(936) MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF GREATER MUMBAI Vs. GAMMON INDIA LIMITED[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Patent Illegality — Rejection of claim for loss of profits — Arbitrator found that the municipal corporation was responsible for wrongful termination of the contract and the court order terminating the award was an invited one, without any fault attributable to the claimant — Arbitrator nonetheless completely rejected the claim for loss of profits — Held, once the corporation was held liable for wrongful termination, outright refusal to award India Law Library Docid # 2453485
(937) SANJAY KUMAR DUBEY Vs. INDIA OIL CORPORATION LIMITED AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Oil and Gas — Retail Outlet Dealership — Eligibility Criteria — Ownership of Offered Land — Brochure for Selection of Dealers — Clause 4(v) — Minimum requirement of 400 square meters — Land devolved upon three sons from deceased grandfather — Appellant's father had only one-third share (6.33 decimals or 256 square meters), which fell short of the required dimension — Affidavits submitted by uncles did not cure deficiency under Group-1 guidelines, as applicant and family lacked the requisite shar India Law Library Docid # 2453263
(938) MALIK MARAIYA Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND ANOTHER[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 498A — Cruelty by husband — Conviction upheld — Revision against concurrent findings — Complainant/victim established that petitioner subjected her to physical and mental torture and assault due to unfulfilled dowry demand of Rs. 5,000/- — Prosecution witnesses corroborated the manner of occurrence — Concurrent findings arrived at by Trial Court and Appellate Court found legal and proper, warranting no interference on merits — Conviction under Section 498A affirm India Law Library Docid # 2453264
(939) DILIP KUMAR MAHTO @ DILIP MAHTO Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 304-B — Dowry death — Essential ingredients — Meaning of "soon before her death" — The phrase "soon before" in Section 304-B IPC is not synonymous with "immediately before". It is a relative term requiring the prosecution to establish the existence of a proximate and live link between the cruelty or harassment related to dowry demands and the consequential death. Cruelty encompasses a course of conduct that may be spread over time. When sustained dowry demands and phys India Law Library Docid # 2453265
(940) LAXMIKANT DAS Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 313 — Constitution of India — Article 21 — Scope and value of examination of accused — Duty of court to consider defence — Section 313 Cr.P.C. confers a valuable statutory and constitutional right under Article 21 to establish innocence — Courts are duty-bound to adequately consider the defence raised by the accused and assign reasons for accepting or rejecting it — Trial court failed to evaluate the defence plea of firing in self-defence and the ex India Law Library Docid # 2453266