(301) M/S TANDON AND COMPANY THRU. PROPRIETOR RAVI TANDON AND OTHERS Vs. DEBT. RECOVERY TRIBUNAL LKO. THRU. PRESIDING OFFICER AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 16-01-2026 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Section 14 — Rectification of typographical error in order — District Magistrate has power to correct typographical errors in orders passed under Section 14 of SARFAESI Act, as these are ministerial acts and not adjudicatory. India Law Library Docid # 2438771
(302) OM PRAKASH Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 16-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302 and 376 — Murder and Rape — Circumstantial evidence — Eye-witness account — Absence of eye-witness to the incident — Case resting solely on circumstantial evidence requires prosecution to establish a complete chain of circumstances pointing exclusively to the guilt of the accused and inconsistent with his innocence — If two views are possible, the one favouring the accused must be adopted. India Law Library Docid # 2438772
(303) BHOOLAN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 16-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304 r/w 34 — Causing death by negligence — Conviction affirmed — Prior land dispute established motive — Attack was premeditated and brutal, indicating knowledge that it was likely to cause death — Cumulative effect of multiple injuries caused death, not just specific stab wounds. India Law Library Docid # 2438773
(304) COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (PREVENTIVE) LUCKNOW Vs. SHRI SARAD CHAND AGRAHARI @ SHARAD CHAND AGRAHARI[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 16-01-2026 Customs Act, 1962 — Section 138B — Relevancy of statements — Procedure for cross-examination — Principles of natural justice — Tribunal erred in vitiating proceedings due to non-compliance with Section 138B without determining whether the noticee had requested cross-examination of witnesses whose statements were relied upon — The Act does not mandate cross-examination in every case, but it is India Law Library Docid # 2438774
(305) LAXMAN PRASAD MISHRA AND ANOTHER Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 16-01-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal for enhancement of compensation — Compensation awarded by Tribunal — Facts of accident and negligence not disputed by respondents as no cross-appeal filed — Appeal allowed modifying award of tribunal. India Law Library Docid # 2438775
(306) MVS ENGINEERING PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. THE STATE OF TRIPURA AND OTHERS[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 16-01-2026 Contract Law — Tender Conditions — Interpretation — Financial Turnover — Clause requiring financial turnover of bidder to be more than Rs.7 crore per annum in the preceding three years means in ‘each’ of those years, not the average of the three years. India Law Library Docid # 2438809
(307) SAHA ALAM AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF TRIPURA AND OTHERS[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 16-01-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 22(C), 25, 29 — Bail Application — Possession — Allegations that accused persons were in conscious possession of contraband items found in a vehicle they had used and subsequently parked — Court found prima facie materials in the case diary to suggest that the accused persons were present with the vehicle and took shelter in a nearby India Law Library Docid # 2438810
(308) JAGRUTI MAHILA BACHAT GAT Vs. DEPUTY CONTROLLER, RATIONING DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 16-01-2026 Allotment of Ration Shop — Conditions for — Leave and License Agreement for Premises — Advertisement required a 5-year lease agreement for premises taken on leave and license — Initial allotment granted despite an 11-month agreement — Revised allotment later granted based on a 5-year agreement for new premises — The court noted India Law Library Docid # 2439015
(309) BANTU BASOR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 16-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302/34, 323/34 — Murder/Common Intention and Causing Hurt/Common Intention — Facts indicating sudden provocation and fight in heat of passion, without premeditation or undue advantage, leading to death — Exception 4 to Section 300 IPC attracted. India Law Library Docid # 2439096
(310) FIVE STAR BUSINESS FINANCE LTD. Vs. MANJU BAI AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 16-01-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 37 — Appeals from orders under Section 36 — Appeal against an order dismissing an execution petition — Delay in filing appeal — Condonation — Delay caused due to administrative reasons and distance of registered office — Held, delay is condoned. India Law Library Docid # 2439097
(311) SACHIV MADHYA PRADESH ADIM JATI KALYAN VIBHAG AND OTHERS Vs. SHANKARLAL SHARMA[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 16-01-2026 Interpretation of Pension Circulars — Additional Pension on Attaining Age — Dispute over whether additional pension is payable from the date of entering the specified age year or after completing that age. India Law Library Docid # 2439098
(312) STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS Vs. KCC BUILDCON PVT. LTD.[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 16-01-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 31(7)(a) and (b) — Interest — Pre-award and Post-award interest — Interpretation of "sum" in award — Pre-award interest awarded by Arbitral Tribunal becomes part of the "sum" for which the award is made — Post-award interest accrues on this total "sum" — No "interest on interest" arises in such calculation. India Law Library Docid # 2439207
(313) VIJAY MUKHIYA Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 15-01-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 20(b)(ii)(c), 22(c), 23(c) — Conviction for offence — Appeal against — Seizure of contraband from roof of appellant's house- Contraband not found in conscious physical possession — Prosecution failed to establish mandatory procedural safeguards under NDPS Act — Non-compliance with Section 52A of NDPS Act regarding sealing, India Law Library Docid # 2438185
(314) OM PARKASH CHAUDHARY AND OTHER Vs. BALDEV SINGH MANKOO AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 15-01-2026 East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 — Section 13-B and Section 18-A(4) — Eviction petition by NRI landlord — Application for leave to contest — Splitting of tenancy — Held, not a case of splitting of tenancy as the tenant occupied a hall and a shop, and separate eviction petitions were filed for these two distinct portions — Dismissing landlord's claim solely on technicality of splitting tenancy would thwart purpose of Section 13-B and be contrary to justice, equity, and good India Law Library Docid # 2438322
(315) BALDEV SINGH Vs. SMT. JASBIR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 15-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Scope of interference — Limited jurisdiction to interfere in concurrent findings of fact by lower courts — Interference allowed only for errors in law or procedure, not for errors of fact, even if gross. India Law Library Docid # 2438323
(316) JOGA SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. KAILASHNATH AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 15-01-2026 Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1913 — Right of Pre-emption — Applicability of — Suit land located within Municipal Committee Rania — Notification dated 08.10.1985 issued by Haryana Government excludes sale of land in municipal areas from pre-emption — This notification is valid and applicable. India Law Library Docid # 2438324
(317) BAJAJ ALLIANZE GENERAL INSURANCE CO LTD Vs. SHILPA JAIN (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS. AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 15-01-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166, 168 — Compensation — Quantum — Income Tax Returns — Admissibility — Income Tax Returns filed after the date of accident are admissible for calculation of income of the deceased. India Law Library Docid # 2438325
(318) NARESH KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. DAKSHIN HARYANA BIJLI VITRAN NIGAM LIMITED AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 15-01-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14 & 39(d) — Doctrine of Equal Pay for Equal Work — Fundamental right — Enforceable through Articles 14 & 16 — Directive Principles of State Policy informs fundamental rights — State cannot pay unequal wages for identical work without rational classification — Such discrimination is exploitative and violates human dignity. India Law Library Docid # 2438326
(319) RAJ KUMAR SAINI Vs. DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, HARIDWAR AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 15-01-2026 Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 — Section 2(zk) — Promoter — Definition includes a person who develops land into a project for sale of plots, whether with or without structures, and also includes assignees. India Law Library Docid # 2438341
(320) BIZITZA RETAIL VENTURES PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 15-01-2026 MSME Framework — Revival and Rehabilitation — Banks are obligated to consider MSME revival framework before classifying accounts as NPA, as per Supreme Court judgments in Pro Knits and Shri Shri Swami Samarth Construction. India Law Library Docid # 2438734