(121) 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
(122) 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
(123) 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
(124) 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
(125) 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
(126) 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
(127) 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
(128) 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
(129) 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
(130) 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
(131) 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
(132) 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
(133) 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
(134) 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
(135) 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
(136) DR. NISHI SHARMA Vs. DR. ASHOK SHARMA AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 31-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against Acquittal — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 354 and 509 — Molestation and Insulting the modesty of a woman — Scope of Appellate Court’s Power — The appellate court in an appeal against acquittal should interfere only when there is perversity of fact and law or where the India Law Library Docid # 2438043
(137) SARLA DEVI Vs. MAHINDER PRATAP AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 31-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), 1973 — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of interference — The Appellate Court must be guided by the principle that interference with a judgment of acquittal is warranted only if the findings recorded by the Trial Court suffer from perversity, are based on a misreading/omission of material evidence, or if no two reasonable views are possible and only the view consistent with India Law Library Docid # 2438044
(138) SH. GAURAV SHARMA AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S DURGA AND SONS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 29-12-2025 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 18, Rule 3-A — Examination of Party as Witness — Application for permission to testify at a later stage — Mandatory nature of Order 18, Rule 3-A requires a party wishing to appear as a witness to do so before any other witness on their behalf is examined, unless the Court permits otherwise for reasons recorded — Rule 3-A is procedural and aims to prevent a party India Law Library Docid # 2437986
(139) V.K. CONSTRUCTION AND ANOTHER Vs. TEJ VEER AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 26-12-2025 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (NI Act) — Section 138, Section 148 — BNSS, 2023 — Section 528 (read with Section 430 and Section 395) — Suspension of Sentence pending appeal — Condition of depositing 20% compensation amount — Appellate Court's power — The imposition of a condition to deposit 20% of the compensation amount under Section 148 of India Law Library Docid # 2437792
(140) A.O. SMITH CORPORATION AND ANOTHER Vs. STAR SMITH EXPORT PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-12-2025 Trade Marks Act, 1999 — Section 29(5) — Trade Mark Infringement — Passing Off — Interim Injunction — Use of registered trade mark as a trade name or part of trade name — Relief sought against Impugned Trade Name (Star Smith Export Pvt. Ltd.) and Impugned Domain Name (http://www.starsmith.in/) — Already established that 'SMITH' is dominant part of Plaintiffs' (A.O. SMITH CORPORATION AND ANR.) Trade Marks and Impugned Trade Marks are deceptively similar, and India Law Library Docid # 2437315