(1) MANDAR SURESH BHATWADEKAR AND OTHERS Vs. SHREE NAV VINAYAK CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LTD. (HOUSING SOCIETY) AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 15-06-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 8 Rule 6A — Counter-claim — A defendant can file a counter-claim to set up any right or claim against the plaintiff arising from a cause of action that accrued before or after the suit filing, but before delivering their defense — The aim is to avoid multiple lawsuits and resolve all India Law Library Docid # 2446915
(2) OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION LIMITED Vs. SWIBER OFFSHORE CONSTRUCTION PTE LIMITED[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 15-06-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 9 — Post-award interim protection — Unsuccessful party must demonstrate exceptional circumstances to justify deviation from award, with a higher threshold than for pre-award protection — Mere existence of arguable challenge is insufficient; situation must be so India Law Library Docid # 2446916
(3) NISHA NARESH KHILNANI Vs. SHASHI MANOHAR ADVANI AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 15-06-2026 Court Fees Act, 1859 (Bombay) — Section 46 — Government Notification dated 1st October 1994 — Explanatory Notification dated 23rd March 2000 — Exemption from Court Fees — Woman Litigants — The exemption from court fees for women litigants is limited to specific categories: maintenance, property disputes, violence, and divorce — "Property disputes" are restricted to those arising from matrimonial India Law Library Docid # 2446917
(4) PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT GOT OF MAHARASHTRA NATIONAL HIGHWAYS Vs. KHARE AND TARKUNDE INFRASTRUCTURE PVT. LTD.[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 12-06-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Challenge to arbitral award — Clause 4.1.5 of contract limiting aggregate damages to 1% of contract price — Arbitral Tribunal found this limit inapplicable due to fundamental breach by PWD in failing to provide Right of Way (ROW) within stipulated timeframe — Court held India Law Library Docid # 2446918
(5) MADHAVI VILAS GOSAVI AND ANOTHER Vs. RAJESH MISHRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 12-06-2026 Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 — Section 154B-24(1) and Section 73-ID — Motion of No Confidence — Co-operative Housing Societies — Requirement of Two-Third Majority — A motion of no confidence against an officer of a co-operative housing society requires the support of not less than two-thirds of the committee members who are present and entitled to vote at the meeting — This India Law Library Docid # 2446919
(6) KU. DISHA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 12-06-2026 Scheduled Tribes — Caste Claim Verification — Invalidation of Claim — Court found that the Caste Scrutiny Committee had erroneously invalidated the petitioners' caste claim based on adverse entries without establishing a clear link to the petitioners' established lineage — The committee failed to connect the adverse entries to the India Law Library Docid # 2446931
(7) SAMPATRAO RAMCHANDRA KADAM AND OTHERS Vs. ARUN VIRUPAKSHA KHALIPE AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (KOLHAPUR BENCH)] 12-06-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Jurisdiction of High Court is confined to substantial questions of law arising from the judgment of the lower appellate court — Interference with findings of fact is permissible only when material evidence is not considered or inadmissible evidence is relied upon, which could India Law Library Docid # 2446935
(8) SUREKHA MURGENDRA KALYANSHETTI Vs. REKHA SUBHASH PATIL AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (KOLHAPUR BENCH)] 11-06-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Jurisdiction of High Court confined to substantial questions of law — Interference with findings of fact permissible only if material evidence is ignored or inadmissible evidence is relied upon, or if lower court's conclusion is contrary to India Law Library Docid # 2446936
(9) M/S. RAJENDRA TRADING COMPANY Vs. M/S. S. P. BUILDERS AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 10-06-2026 Interim Orders and Undertakings — Breach of — Respondent No — 2 was found to have breached the Court's order dated 27th March 1986 and her undertaking dated 17th July 1986 by allowing her son to run an independent business from the suit shop, which was contrary to the terms of her agency as a department store — The Trial India Law Library Docid # 2446920
(10) BAGASARWALA PROPERTY LLP AND OTHERS Vs. THE JOINT CHARITY COMMISSIONER WORLI, MUMBAI AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 10-06-2026 Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950 — Section 36(2) — Revocation of sanction — Jurisdiction of Charity Commissioner is narrow, confined to fraud, misrepresentation, or concealment of material facts, not an appellate review of the original sanction order. India Law Library Docid # 2446921
(11) ANIMESH BAKULI Vs. RESERVE BANK OF INDIA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 10-06-2026 Employment Law — Unauthorized Absence — Compulsory Retirement — An employee's prolonged unauthorized absence from duty without permission or acceptable explanation constitutes gross misconduct, justifying compulsory retirement as a disciplinary measure, especially when the employer has made multiple attempts India Law Library Docid # 2446922
(12) PARSI PUNCHAYET FUNDS AND PROPERTIES AND OTHERS Vs. MS.KATTY J. MISTRY[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 10-06-2026 Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 — Section 5(11)(c)(i) — Definition of "tenant" — In case of death of a tenant, the Act provides for protection to a family member residing with the tenant at the time of death, or in their absence, to any heir of the deceased tenant — The heirs are not required to India Law Library Docid # 2446923
(13) NANDAKUMAR SUKUMAR PANICKER Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 10-06-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 354 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Allegations of assault to outrage modesty — Prima facie case made out from FIR — Defences raised by petitioner to be tested at trial — Court not to conduct mini-trial at quashing stage. India Law Library Docid # 2446924
(14) KM. RASHMI RAWAT Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 09-06-2026 Recruitment Process — Document Verification — Appellant failed to appear for document verification as she was unaware of the notice uploaded on the official website — The court held that the selection body had fulfilled its obligation by uploading the notice on its website, and the appellant was responsible for checking the India Law Library Docid # 2445095
(15) M/S UMESH CHANDRA MISHRA Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 09-06-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Tender conditions — Judicial review — Court generally does not interfere in tender conditions and contractual stipulations as the issuing authority is the best judge, unless there is clear mala fide or arbitrariness. India Law Library Docid # 2445096
(16) M/S. SHARAN BUILDERS AND OTHERS Vs. SMT. PUSHPA NARAIN KANUGO AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 09-06-2026 Contract Law — Leave and Licence Agreement — Estoppel — A licensee is estopped from denying the title of the licensor under Section 116 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, having accepted to be inducted into possession by the licensor — This principle applies even when the licensor is a partnership firm and one of its partners. [Paras 20, 25, 32, India Law Library Docid # 2446876
(17) B. K. CORPORATION Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 09-06-2026 Maharashtra Ownership of Flats Act, 1963 (MOFA) — Section 11 — Deemed Conveyance — Second Application — Competent Authority rejected a society's earlier application for deemed conveyance, granting liberty to refile only after the decision of a pending civil suit — The society filed a second application without the civil suit being decided and without challenging the earlier rejection order — The India Law Library Docid # 2446925
(18) ABB INDIA LIMITED Vs. SUNIL HARIRAM JAISINGH AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 09-06-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Arbitral Award — Challenge to — Grounds for — Failure to adhere to principles of natural justice, perversity, patent illegality, and arbitrary adjudication — Award quashed. India Law Library Docid # 2446926
(19) SHASHISUMEET PRODUCTION PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. KURESH R. KUSHESH @ DHIREN[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 09-06-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 8 — Allegations of fraud in a bilateral dispute do not automatically render the dispute non-arbitrable, unless the fraud is of a public nature (in rem) — Fraud that induces a contract or occurs during its performance is considered a civil wrong and is arbitrable — The court's role under India Law Library Docid # 2446927
(20) MR. AJEET MADHUKAR MULAY AND OTHERS Vs. ABHYUDAYA CO-OPERATIVE BANK LIMITED AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 09-06-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 96 — Moratorium on Debt — Filing of personal insolvency applications triggers a moratorium on all debts, not just those of the applicant — Continuation of arbitration proceedings against other guarantors when a debt is under moratorium violates the fundamental policy of Indian India Law Library Docid # 2446928