(81) KRISHAN DASS AND OTHERS Vs. SWARAN KAUR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 01-07-2026 Adverse Possession — Claim for ownership based on adverse possession requires clear and cogent evidence of possession that is open, continuous, hostile, and with the animus possidendi (intention to dispossess the true owner) — Mere long occupation is insufficient; the possessor must demonstrate overt acts asserting a hostile title against the true owner — Previous possession described as permissive or based on a compromise India Law Library Docid # 2447214
(82) GIRWAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 01-07-2026 Land Reforms — Inclusion of Banjar Qadim Land in Surplus Area — Land recorded as banjar qadim (uncultivated for a long period) from 1956-57 onwards could not legally be included in a landowner's holding for the purpose of determining surplus area — Such inclusion is a jurisdictional defect that renders the order void ab initio and cannot be India Law Library Docid # 2447215
(83) JANGBIR SINGH Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 01-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Regular Bail — Principles of Granting Bail — The object of bail is to ensure the accused's appearance at trial, not to punish or preventively detain, keeping in mind the presumption of innocence and the hardship of pre-trial detention — Deprivation of liberty is a grave concern, permissible only under reasonable, fair, and legally sound provisions serving community good and state necessity. India Law Library Docid # 2447216
(84) D.C. TANWAR Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 01-07-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 226/227 — Writ of Mandamus — Retiral Benefits — Delay in Release — Petitioner sought release of retiral benefits and refund of deducted rent — Petitioner retired in 1993 but benefits were withheld due to pending disciplinary proceedings, which were significantly delayed — The High Court directed release of all pending retiral benefits with interest, and refund of rent and a specific deducted amount. India Law Library Docid # 2447217
(85) KHUSHPREET KAUR AND OTHERS Vs. PUNJAB STATE POWER CORPORATION LTD. AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 01-07-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14 — Equality and Non-Discrimination — Economically Weaker Section (EWS) Reservation — Candidates who applied for EWS certificates before the cut-off date but received them later due to administrative delays should not be denied consideration, especially when similar relaxations were granted to other reserved categories — Holding otherwise would be discriminatory and arbitrary. India Law Library Docid # 2447218
(86) RAVINDER KUMAR Vs. GANESH DUTT (DECEASED THROUGH LRS) AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-07-2026 Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) — Injunction — Co-owners and Construction — A co-owner is generally not entitled to an injunction restraining another co-owner from raising construction on joint property unless the construction amounts to ouster, diminishes the value or utility of the property, or is otherwise detrimental to the co-owner out of possession — The burden is on the plaintiff to prove such detrimental impact India Law Library Docid # 2447220
(87) DR. RAHUL PATIDAR Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 01-07-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Petition — Scope of Judicial Review — Court cannot act as an appellate academic body and assess equivalence of degrees, substituting its views for academic experts, especially in recruitment matters where specific rules and advertisements govern the process. India Law Library Docid # 2447226
(88) NEGI RAM Vs. STATE OF H.P.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 397, 401 — Revisional Jurisdiction — Scope — A revisional court is not an appellate court and can only rectify patent defects, errors of jurisdiction, or law — It cannot re-appreciate evidence or substitute its own findings for those of the lower courts, unless the findings are perverse, illegal, or based on no evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2447227
(89) STATE OF H.P. Vs. SATPAL[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-07-2026 Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 — Section 16(1)(a)(i) — Misbranded and Adulterated Food — Food Inspector's failure to mention in the spot memo that the manufacturing date was not on the label renders the prosecution case regarding misbranding doubtful, as such misbranding should have been noted by the Food Inspector at the time of sample collection. India Law Library Docid # 2447228
(90) THE COMMISSIONER URBAN LAND CEILING AND URBAN LAND TAX Vs. MANGALA GOWRI (DIED) AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 01-07-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Inordinate delay of 904 days in filing appeal — Explanation of seeking instructions from higher authorities and administrative reasons not considered sufficient cause — Delay cannot be condoned as a matter of course or merely as an act of generosity. India Law Library Docid # 2447338
(91) SHASHIKANT M. RAMANE AND OTHERS Vs. JOINT REGISTRAR CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES SRA/MHADA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 01-07-2026 Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 — Section 154B-8(2) and 154B-23(1)(iii) — Disqualification of Committee Members — Failure to furnish documents to a member within 45 days of payment of fees renders committee members liable for disqualification. India Law Library Docid # 2447343
(92) MEENU MALHOTRA Vs. JASBIR SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 01-07-2026 Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of plaint — Application for amendment moved at initial stage after filing of written statement — Trial Court erred by dismissing application as belated India Law Library Docid # 2447210
(93) IMTIYAZ AHMAD BHAT Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT] 01-07-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ of Habeas Corpus — Preventive Detention — Petitioner sought release from preventive detention under the J&K Public Safety Act, 1978. The Court examined the grounds of detention and procedural safeguards. India Law Library Docid # 2447287
(94) JAYASURYA Vs. STATE OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 01-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Appeal against dismissal of bail petition by Special Court for SC/ST (POA) Act — Appellant was already in jail for another case during the registration of the current FIR and his arrest — Despite conflicting claims regarding his presence and involvement, the period of incarceration already undergone by the appellant is a significant factor for considering bail. India Law Library Docid # 2447402
(95) PERIYAMMAL Vs. SUNDARAM AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 01-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Speedy Disposal of Suit — Senior Citizen Plaintiff — Court directed early disposal of a partition suit due to the plaintiff being a senior citizen, aged 75 years, and the suit pending for several years. India Law Library Docid # 2447403
(96) AMSAVALLI AND OTHERS Vs. SELVI AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 01-07-2026 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Section 8 — Property inherited by a son from his father after 1956 as a Class I heir does not become coparcenary property in relation to his children and he becomes the absolute owner with full power of alienation. India Law Library Docid # 2447404
(97) SHAILESH R. GANDHI AND OTHERS Vs. LATE RAMCHANDRA R. GANDHI THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 30-06-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Ss. 9, 7 and 16 — Composite family settlement comprising Memorandum of Agreement, Branding Agreement, Registered User Agreement and Irrevocable Power of Attorney — Agreements executed contemporaneously as part of single transaction — Prima facie held, disputes cannot be viewed as arising solely from Registered User Agreement — India Law Library Docid # 2447177
(98) RAMPHAL AHIRWAR Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-06-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Judicial review of departmental punishment — Acquittal of delinquent in criminal trial on benefit of doubt — Effect on disciplinary proceedings — Held, acquittal by criminal court does not ipso facto absolve delinquent from liability in departmental proceedings — Standard of proof in the two proceedings being different, findings recorded in departmental enquiry on India Law Library Docid # 2447180
(99) RAMEN ROY Vs. SAMBRIDDHI REAL ESTATE PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 30-06-2026 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 2(1)(c)(vi) — "Commercial dispute" — Construction and infrastructure contracts — Development agreement contemplating transfer of ownership rights in addition to construction — Held, expression "dispute arising out of" construction and infrastructure contracts is of expansive connotation and sub-clause (vi) does not use the word "only" to India Law Library Docid # 2447183
(100) SOMANATH JANKA Vs. STATE OF ODISHA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 30-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) — Appeal against conviction — Offences under Ss. 363, 366 and 376(2)(n), IPC read with S. 6, POCSO Act, 2012 — Victim turning hostile — Absence of eye-witness — Held, conviction based mainly on circumstantial and medical evidence, in the absence of any supporting testimony from the victim herself (star witness) and no other India Law Library Docid # 2447184