(201) LAKSHAY JAIN Vs. STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS) — Sections 20/22/25/29 — Regular Bail — Successive Bail Application — Maintainability — A court can entertain successive bail applications only upon a demonstrable change in circumstances that was not available or considered at the time of dismissal of the earlier application. India Law Library Docid # 2437886
(202) PARVESH MANN @ SAGAR MANN Vs. STATE NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Criminal Procedure — Judgment — Pronouncement of Judgment after conclusion of trial — Transfer of Judicial Officers — Duty of transferred officer to pronounce reserved judgments/orders — Where final arguments concluded and matter reserved for judgment by Predecessor Judge, who was subsequently transferred — Administrative orders mandated transferred officer to pronounce reserved judgments/orders within 2-3 weeks, notwithstanding transfer — Order by Successor Judge directing re-hearing of final India Law Library Docid # 2437887
(203) SHRI SARVESH PURI Vs. SHRI RISHAB KUMAR[DELHI HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 read with Section 138(b) — Dishonor of Cheque — Statutory Notice — Timelines — Section 138(b) mandates the payee to issue a legal demand notice to the drawer within thirty days of receiving information about the cheque's dishonor from the bank — Failure to issue the legal notice within the statutory 30-day period renders the notice invalid and prevents the cause of action under Section 138 from crystallizing — Where the cheque was dishonored on May India Law Library Docid # 2437888
(204) TALAT KOUSER AND OTHERS Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 05-01-2026 Land Acquisition — Writ of Mandamus for Payment of Compensation — State Land Acquisition Act — Right to Property (Article 300-A of Constitution of India) — Petitioners sought payment of assessed compensation (Rs. 8,97,000/-) plus interest for 1.4 kanals of land acquired under an award dated 08.09.2014 for national highway widening — Non-payment resulted from default by Indenting Departments (PW(R&B) India Law Library Docid # 2437939
(205) IRFAN ALI Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 05-01-2026 Rajasthan Contractual Hiring to Civil Service Posts Rules, 2022 — Eligibility for Absorption/Engagement — Machine with Man/Computer Operator — Petitioner sought appointment/absorption under Rules of 2022 based on existing service as Computer Operator — Eligibility mandated appointment under Mukhyamantri Nishulk Nirogi Rajasthan Yojana (Dava) (MNDY Scheme) — Petitioner failed to provide appointment India Law Library Docid # 2437940
(206) GANGESHWAR LAL SHRIVASTAVA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) — Sections 318(4), 316(2), 336(3), 340(2), 61(2) — Quashing of FIR/Criminal Proceedings — Grounds for quashing — Allegations of siphoning, diversion, and misappropriation of funds entrusted for film production — Whether dispute is civil (breach of contract) or criminal (criminal breach of trust) — Court not to conduct mini-trial or evaluate veracity of evidence at threshold — FIR and India Law Library Docid # 2437946
(207) ANKIT KUMAR MEENA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 244(1), Fifth Schedule, and Article 243-ZC(1) — Scheduled Areas — Application of State Municipal Law — Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 2009 — Sections 3 and 329 — Inclusion of Scheduled Area within Municipal Limits — The constitutional scheme does not create an absolute constitutional embargo on the application of State legislation in Scheduled Areas; general laws, enacted under State legislative competence (Entry 5, List II, Seventh Schedule) continue to appl India Law Library Docid # 2437947
(208) ANITA ASHOK MAPUSKAR AND OTHERS Vs. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF GREATER OF MUMBAI AND ANOTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 — Section 53 — Show Cause Notice — Legality and Vagueness — Notice issued under Section 53(1) read with Section 52(1)(h) and (d) of MRTP Act alleging unauthorized development of residential structures — Notice appeared incongruous, vaguely alleging unauthorized India Law Library Docid # 2437961
(209) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Vs. PREM CHAND (DECEASED) AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Indian Forest Act, 1927 — Section 42 — Read with Himachal Pradesh Forest Produce Transit (Land Routes) Rules, 1978 — Rules 11 and 20 — Cognizable Offence — Reference to Larger Bench — Whether the offence under Section 42 of the Indian Forest Act read with Rules 11 and 20 of the H.P. Forest Produce Transit (Land Routes) Rules is non-cognizable — Section 64 of the Indian Forest Act empowers any Forest Officer or India Law Library Docid # 2438013
(210) NIKHIL Vs. M/S SHOURYA INDUSTRIES AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6, Rule 17 — Amendment of Pleadings — Allowing amendment before filing of written statement and commencement of trial — Amendment sought to correct a typographical/clerical error in the Khasra number of the suit property and consequential change in area — Suit at initial/nascent stage, amendment application filed immediately after institution of suit and before written statement filed — India Law Library Docid # 2438014
(211) KALU RAM @ CHANDEY RAM Vs. STATE OF H.P.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Section 20(b)(ii)(B), Section 50 — Conviction and Sentence — Standard of Proof — Higher degree of assurance is necessary to convict an accused under the NDPS Act due to stringent punishments, high bail standards, and presumption of guilt — Scrupulous compliance with safeguards, especially Section 50, is mandatory. India Law Library Docid # 2438015
(212) ARVIND RAJTA Vs. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT (ED)[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 — Section 45 — Bail — Requirement of Twin Conditions — Violation of Article 21 (Right to Speedy Trial) — While Section 45 imposes stringent twin conditions for bail, these rigours must be harmonized with the constitutional right to speedy trial under Article 21, particularly when prolonged incarceration occurs without the likelihood of trial conclusion within a reasonable time — India Law Library Docid # 2438016
(213) PAWAN KUMAR Vs. STATE OF H.P. AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act, 1988 (PIT NDPS Act, 1988) — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Preventive Detention — Challenge to detention order passed under Section 3(1) of PIT NDPS Act, 1988 due to repeated involvement in drug trafficking cases — Ground for detention: apprehension of continued prejudicial activity (illicit drug trafficking) if released on bail — Despite petitioner being released after six months of detention (as extend India Law Library Docid # 2438017
(214) S.G. MITTAL ENTERPRISES PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. THE SATARA SAHAKARI BANK LTD. AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Companies Act, 2013 — Section 10, Section 12, Section 425; Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Section 60(5) — Maintainability of Contempt Petition in High Court for non-compliance with National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) Order under IBC — Jurisdiction of NCLT to punish for contempt — NCLT established under Companies Act, 2013, acts as Adjudicating Authority under IBC — India Law Library Docid # 2438021
(215) HOSHANG JEHANGIR KHAN AND OTHERS Vs. KHUSHROO BEHRAMSHAW MOGAL[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Bombay High Court (Original Side) Rules, Chapter XXVI (Testamentary and Intestate Jurisdiction) — Rule 403, Rule 436 — Testamentary Petition — Caveat — Dismissal of Caveat at threshold — Maintainability of Interim Application for dismissal— The preliminary objection that a Testamentary Petition must automatically convert to a Suit upon filing of a Caveat, precluding threshold dismissal India Law Library Docid # 2438022
(216) VASANTDADA PATIL PRATISHTHAN THROU. THE REGISTRAR AND ANOTHER Vs. BHARATI ASHOK MANDHARE AND ANOTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Maharashtra Public Universities Act, 2016 — Section 81(1) — Right of Appeal — Termination of employment — Jurisdiction of School Tribunal — Employee's right to appeal against dismissal/termination is a substantive statutory right under Section 81(1) of the Universities Act, explicitly conferred "Notwithstanding anything contained in any law or contract for the time being in force." — This non-obstante India Law Library Docid # 2438023
(217) THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD Vs. D.J SHUKLA AND COMPANY[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971 — Section 7 — Damages for unauthorised occupation — Termination of Tenancy — Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Sections 106, 111(a) & (h), 116 — Suit premises initially under lease deed for 3 years (1970-1973) — Subsequent occupation continued on month-to-month basis after expiry of initial term by efflux of time — In absence of India Law Library Docid # 2438024
(218) MILAN COOPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LIMITED Vs. THE PUNE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 — Section 126 — Acquisition of Reserved Land — Acquisition by Agreement — Voluntary surrender of land reserved for a public purpose (shopping centre) in a sanctioned development plan in exchange for a waiver of the statutory requirement (retaining 10% net plot area as open space) — Nature of Consideration — Consideration need not be India Law Library Docid # 2438025
(219) M/S. MOHINI RESORTS PVT. LTD. Vs. SHANKAR GODAJI GORE AND ANOTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Execution Proceedings — Impleadment of Third Party — Application for Impleadment (Exhibit-295) in Darkhast (Execution Application) — Third party (Respondent No.2) sought impleadment as a Decree Holder based on her rights as a legal heir of the original Decree Holder (Dinkar Balkrishna Vaidya) — Original execution relates to property allotted to one branch India Law Library Docid # 2438026
(220) STEPHEN NOEL D'SOUZA AND ANOTHER Vs. SADASHIV RAKHMAJI BODAKE (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS. AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Transfer of Property — Agreement to Sale — Specific Performance — Lack of Readiness and Willingness — Plaintiffs (non-agriculturists) sought specific performance of agreement to sale against Defendant (owner of ancestral agricultural land) for a total consideration of Rs. 7,61,000/-; initial payment of Rs. 1,51,100/- received by Defendant — Agreement required Defendant to clear existing bank loan (charge on land) and obtain subdivision/sale permission from Collector, payment of India Law Library Docid # 2438027