(221) IPCA LABORATORIES LIMITED Vs. ANROSE PHARMA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Trade Marks — Infringement and Passing Off (Pharmaceuticals) — Permanent Injunction — Plaintiff is registered proprietor and prior user of trade mark "ZERODOL" for medicinal/pharmaceutical preparations since 2003 — Defendant using mark "ZEROVOL–P" for identical goods (pain relief/management) — Marks held to be visually and phonetically virtually identical, creating imminent likelihood of confusion, especially as goods are medicines (calling for a stricter test of India Law Library Docid # 2438028
(222) ASEAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. STATE BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 (a) and (d) — Rejection of Plaint — Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 12-A — Mandatory compliance of pre-institution mediation — The suit was filed (presented) on July 31, 2021, and registered on December 18, 2021 — The jurisdictional High Court declaration making Section 12-A mandatory (Deepak Raheja) was on October 1, 2021 — The Supreme Court declaration (Patil Automation) making Section 12-A mandatory was effective India Law Library Docid # 2438030
(223) FAISAL KHAN Vs. LEENA PAULOSE[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Suit for Recovery of Possession, Arrears of Rent, Damages for Unlawful Use and Occupation, GST, and Future Mesne Profits — Termination of Tenancy — Default in Rent Payment — Plaintiff/Landlord seeking vacant possession and monetary relief from Defendant/Tenant after termination of lease India Law Library Docid # 2438101
(224) GREAT EASTERN SHIPPING COMPANY LTD. Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Customs Act, 1962 — Customs Duty — Exemption Notifications — Notification No. 12/2012-Cus — Serial No. 462 — Vessels — Conversion from foreign-going run to coastal run — Levy of Countervailing Duty (CVD) — The critical date for attracting customs duty and subsequent conditions (like payment of duty upon conversion) is the date of import of the vessel as 'goods' — Notification No. 12/2012 is prospective in application, not retrospective — Vessels imported prior to the notification's date India Law Library Docid # 2438104
(225) PENNURIMAI IYAKKAM AND OTHERS Vs. MANAGING DIRECTOR, TAMIL NADU URBAN HABITAT DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Tamil Nadu Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1971 — Eviction Notices — Challenge by alleged encroachers — Demolition and Reconstruction — Scope of Judicial Review — Notified Slum Area — Petitioners (encroachers) challenged eviction notices issued by Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board (TNUHDB) for demolition and reconstruction of dilapidated slum buildings — Petitioners are 'encroachers' occupying border areas/vacant lands, not 'allottees' or original slum dwellers India Law Library Docid # 2438105
(226) ABHISHWETA @ ABHISWETA MISHRA Vs. ASHOK KUMAR MISHRA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 1 Rule 10 — Addition of parties — Necessary party — Daughter claiming share in ancestral property — Daughter of plaintiff born through first wife sought to be impleaded as defendant in partition suit — Trial court rejected prayer assuming she would derive share through plaintiff — High Court held daughter's right is undeniable and her presence is necessary to settle India Law Library Docid # 2438147
(227) NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. MASTER FREWIN SEBY DE MELO AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-01-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 149(2) — Insurer's right to contest claim — Law settled by three-Judge Bench in Shila Datta’s case — Insurer, when impleaded as a party-respondent in the claim petition, is entitled to contest the claim on all available grounds, not being restricted to grounds available under Section 149(2) of the Act. India Law Library Docid # 2438180
(228) MANOJ KUMAR Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Service Law — Recruitment — Advertisement Conditions — Non-Creamy Layer (NCL) certificate is a mandatory requirement for claiming reservation under Extremely Backward Class (EBC) category. India Law Library Docid # 2438192
(229) AAYISHA MUHSIN Vs. PRINCIPAL SECRETARY PRINCIPAL REGISTRAR GENERAL AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Special Marriage Act, 1954 and Kerala Registration of Marriage (Common) Rules, 2008 — Name change in Marriage Certificate — Petitioner married under Special Marriage Act, 1954 and subsequently changed her name after converting to Islam — Marriage certificate issued with her original name — Authorities refused to change name citing Rule 13 of Rules 2008, which prohibits major changes — Court invoked India Law Library Docid # 2438263
(230) DR. MADHURIMA PANDEY AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 02-01-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Writ Petition — Maintainability — Private Educational Institutions — Termination of services/Service Disputes — Disputes arising from an ordinary contract of service between an employee and a private educational institution are not amenable to writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution, as they lack a 'public law element' — Even if the institution performs a India Law Library Docid # 2437910
(231) SANTOSH Vs. ROSHANI[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 02-01-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 24 — Maintenance pendente lite and expenses of proceedings — Non-compliance with order — Termination of matrimonial proceedings — Whether a matrimonial proceeding under the Act of 1955 can be terminated by the Court for non-compliance with an order under Section 24 granting interim maintenance/cost of proceedings? — Matrimonial court cannot India Law Library Docid # 2437911
(232) ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. DHARAMU (DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LR. AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 02-01-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 (Compensation application) and Section 140 (No fault liability) — Maintainability of Claim Petition by Legal Representative — Scope of 'Legal Representative' — The term 'legal representative' includes any person who in law represents the estate of the deceased, including those who intermeddle with the estate — A claim petition under Section 166 is maintainable by a legal representative India Law Library Docid # 2438012
(233) VISHAL GANESH KASABE Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 02-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) Sections 302 read with 34 — Murder — Appeal against conviction — Circumstantial Evidence — Dying Declaration (Oral) — Role of Appellant — Omissions in First Information Report (FIR) and previous statements — Appellant's name (Accused No. 2) was absent in the FIR lodged by the deceased's brother (PW-1) despite alleged disclosure to PW-3 and PW-4; this suggests the India Law Library Docid # 2438029
(234) MANI @ MANIKANTAN Vs. STATE[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 02-01-2026 Indian Penal Code, 1860 - Sections 302 and 294(b) - Section 4 of Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act — Evidence — Prosecution relied on motive, eyewitness testimony, medical evidence, and recovery — Accused allegedly harboured one-sided love for the deceased and stabbed her after she rejected his advances — Eye witness accounts (PWs 1-4) were found to be cogent, convincing, and corroborative of the material particulars of the occurrence. India Law Library Docid # 2438106
(235) M/S. NRP PROJECTS PVT. LTD. Vs. M/S. CHENNAI PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD. AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 02-01-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Setting aside of arbitral award — Scope of Judicial Interference — High Court cannot sit in appeal against findings of an Arbitrator by re-appreciating evidence, even if an alternative view is possible — The Court only interferes if the award suffers from perversity or patent illegality. India Law Library Docid # 2438107
(236) PRAKASH CHAND Vs. STATE OF H.P.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 323 — Voluntarily causing hurt — Conviction based on initial incident — Appellate review of conviction and sentence — Prosecution successfully proved that the appellant inflicted a blow with a stick on the victim's shoulder/back following a verbal altercation when the victim demanded glasses — Testimony of victim (PW1) and eyewitness (PW3) was corroborative regarding the first India Law Library Docid # 2438008
(237) BANITA CHOUDHARY Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-01-2026 Service Law — Public Employment — Reservation — OBC Certificate — Cut-off Date — Whether a selected candidate belonging to OBC Category can be rendered ineligible for the post of Community Health Officer solely on the ground of non-submission of a valid OBC Certificate within the cut-off date mentioned in the advertisement when a valid certificate was produced during document verification — Apex Court precedents holding that the object of reservation is to give equal opportunity India Law Library Docid # 2438009
(238) ASHUTOSH GUPTA Vs. STATE OF H.P. AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent powers of High Court — Quashing of First Information Report (FIR) and criminal proceedings — Principles for quashing — Allegations must be taken at face value; power to be exercised sparingly — Grounds include: allegations do not prima facie constitute an offence, non-cognizable offence alleged without magistrate's order, allegations are absurd or inherently improbable, express legal bar exists, or proceedings are manifestly mala fide India Law Library Docid # 2438010
(239) STATE OF HP Vs. ABC[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-01-2026 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act, 2000 — Sections 52, 53 — Revision against acquittal — High Court's powers — An appeal against acquittal by a Juvenile Justice Board is barred under Section 52; however, a revision is permissible under Section 53 — While exercising revisional power, the High Court cannot convert an order of acquittal into one of conviction, as per the procedure established under Section 401(3) India Law Library Docid # 2438011
(240) ASTHA THAKUR Vs. DHANANJAY KANWAR[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 31-12-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 27 — Disposal of Property — Family Court Act, 1984 — Sections 7, 8, 20 — Jurisdiction of Family Court — Application for return of property (Istridhan, gifts, and other articles) filed during divorce proceedings under Section 13(1)(ia) of the HMA — Divorce decree granted ex-parte, but property application dismissed subsequently for lack of jurisdiction on the ground that an India Law Library Docid # 2437985