(101) M/S. UM AUTO COM PVT. LTD. Vs. M/S. SINGHAL INDUSTRIAL SCREWS PVT. LTD.[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (MSMED Act) — Section 18(5) and Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 29A — Time limit for award — Although Section 18(5) of MSMED Act states that references should be decided within 90 days, this time limit is directory, not mandatory. Unlike Section 29A of India Law Library Docid # 2443981
(102) BHURA SINGH Vs. BALBIR SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 118 — Presumption of Consideration — When execution of a pronote and receipt is proven, there is a statutory presumption of consideration — The burden shifts to the defendant to rebut this presumption with cogent evidence — Simple denial is insufficient to rebut this presumption. India Law Library Docid # 2443982
(103) DIPAKBHAI BHAGCHANDBHAI KHATRI AND ANOTHER Vs. DHULIBEN AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Bombay Tenancy and Agriculture Lands Act, 1948 — Section 43 — Rejection of plaint — Suit for specific performance of an agreement to sell was for 'new tenure land' without obtaining necessary permissions, rendering the agreement invalid and unenforceable under India Law Library Docid # 2443380
(104) HITESHBHAI BHIKHABHAI (PATEL) GAJERA AND OTHERS Vs. KETANBHAI BHIKHUBHAI PATEL (DIYORA)[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 37 — Summary Suits — Maintainability — A suit is maintainable under Order 37 only if it strictly adheres to the conditions, including claiming only reliefs that fall within its ambit — If other reliefs are claimed, they must be expressly abandoned by the plaintiff, or the suit must India Law Library Docid # 2443385
(105) SRI. MANJUNATHA Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Grant of bail on parity — Petitioner seeking bail based on other co-accused being granted bail — Court considering the principle of parity subject to the role assigned to the individual accused. India Law Library Docid # 2443442
(106) GIRISH GAYAKWAD AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 07-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Abuse of Process of Court — Quashing of Proceedings — Allegations of encroachment on land leading to disputes and counter-complaints — The court must consider if proceedings are maliciously instituted for ulterior motives or to wreak vengeance. India Law Library Docid # 2443443
(107) RAJESH @RAJU LUNKARANBHAI JAIN Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 (Corresponding to Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 528) — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 306 and 107 — Quashing of FIR and Proceedings — Court must examine merits of the case to determine if ingredients of Section 107 IPC are attracted, and if a prima facie case demanding trial exists. India Law Library Docid # 2443488
(108) UNITED PETROFER LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 138 and 141 — Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 528 — Quashing of complaint — Complaint filed under Section 138 of N.I — Act by Power of Attorney holder — Held maintainable if properly represented as per Apex Court decisions. India Law Library Docid # 2443489
(109) SIYA SINGH Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 33C(2) — Labour Court jurisdiction — Proceedings are akin to execution proceedings, competent to interpret award for enforcement of existing rights, but cannot issue a new award. India Law Library Docid # 2443602
(110) NARESH MANDAL Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 304B and 201/34 — Dowry death and causing disappearance of evidence — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Court upheld conviction based on consistent testimonies of material witnesses regarding cruelty and harassment for dowry soon before the deceased's disappearance, despite some witnesses turning hostile. India Law Library Docid # 2443603
(111) AWDHESH PRASAD TRIPATHI Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 82 and 83 — Proclamation and Attachment — Issuance of processes under Sections 82 and 83 of Cr.P.C — simultaneously requires court satisfaction that the accused is about to dispose of or remove property, or is absconding with no immediate prospect of arrest — Order for India Law Library Docid # 2443704
(112) ANIL KUMAR CHAUDHARY Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302/201 — Murder and causing evidence of offence to disappear — Conviction solely on circumstantial evidence — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Circumstantial evidence found to be scanty and disjointed, not forming a complete chain to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt — Acquittal of co-accused on India Law Library Docid # 2443705
(113) ABDUL HAKIM @ HAKIM MIAN Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302/34 — Appeal against conviction for murder — One accused died during pendency of appeal — Appeal heard for sole surviving appellant — Lower court convicted appellant for murder under Section 302/34 IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment. India Law Library Docid # 2443706
(114) BIANGBOR RYNJAH ALIAS ERIC Vs. STATE OF MEGHALAYA[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 4, 6, 17 — Quashing of FIR and proceedings — Petitioners sought quashing of FIR and proceedings under POCSO Act on grounds of marriage and children — High Court considered peculiar facts, societal realities of Meghalaya, marital status, and existence India Law Library Docid # 2443719
(115) MEWA SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. NACHHITTAR KAUR (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Contract Law — Offer and Acceptance — Agreement requires mutual consent, meaning both parties agree to the same terms — An offer must be clear and unambiguous, and acceptance must be unequivocal and communicated to the offeror — If there is no consensus ad idem (meeting of the minds), no binding contract is India Law Library Docid # 2443930
(116) GURDEV SINGH (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS Vs. SUKHDEV SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 101 — Will — Validity of — Burden of proof on the propounder — Will must be proved to be executed by the testator when he was of sound disposing mind. India Law Library Docid # 2443931
(117) GANESH CHAND (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS Vs. KEWAL KRISHAN[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 and Punjab Courts Act, 1918 — Section 41 — Second Appeal — Scope of — Second appeals are to be treated as appeals under Section 41 of the Punjab Courts Act and not under Section 100 CPC in Punjab and Haryana. India Law Library Docid # 2443932
(118) GURDEEP SINGH Vs. PRITAM SINGH (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Specific Performance — Agreement to Sell — Plaintiff sought possession based on an agreement to sell and had paid loan installments and electricity bills — Both lower courts dismissed the suit, finding the agreement to sell suspicious and unproven — This court upheld the dismissal, stating the plaintiff failed to prove the agreement's India Law Library Docid # 2443933
(119) JOGINDER SINGH Vs. MANOHAR LAL AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Punjab Pollution Control Board — Service Regulations — 1980 Regulations were statutory and approved by the Government, while 1987 Regulations were draft proposals not approved by the State Government and therefore not legally enforceable, nor could they be used as guidelines. India Law Library Docid # 2443934
(120) B.D. TRIVEDI (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS Vs. LAXMI DEVI (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Second Appeal — Suit for possession dismissed by trial court, appeal also dismissed by first appellate court — High Court upholds both judgments. India Law Library Docid # 2443935