(301) M/S DR. REDDY'S LABORATORIES LIMITED Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ANR.[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Sections 2A, 2(oo) and 25F — Retrenchment — Scope and maintainability of dispute — Termination of workman was effected by issuing a letter along with one month notice pay rather than inflicting punishment via disciplinary action — Such termination falls squarely within the definition of "retrenchment" under Section 2(oo) and is covered under Section 2A — Payment of one month notice pay establishes prima facie compliance with Section 25F — Proceedings before the In India Law Library Docid # 2455410
(302) K. AMOSE Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Service Law — Disciplinary Proceedings — Natural justice — Waiver and estoppel — Delinquent participated in enquiry and cross-examined departmental witnesses, but subsequently abandoned proceedings alleging bias of Enquiry Officer and absented from his official headquarters — Held, principles of natural justice cannot be put in a straitjacket formula — Where a delinquent employee, despite awareness of proceedings, voluntarily abstains or abandons enquiry at his own risk, the plea of violation of India Law Library Docid # 2455411
(303) AMITAVA SARDAR Vs. MRS. LUMA MONDAL (NEE SARDAR)[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Special Marriage Act, 1954 — Section 27(1)(d) — Dissolution of marriage — Ground of cruelty — Non-consummation and prolonged separation — Parties resided together for only one month following solemnization of marriage in 2004 — Evidence and cross-examination established that the marriage was never consummated without any physical incapacity or valid reason — Continuous separation and unilateral refusal of conjugal relations cause profound mental anguish amounting to mental cruelty — Matrimonial India Law Library Docid # 2455412
(304) SHRI. JAG NARAYAN Vs. SMT. KAMAL DEVI AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT (CIRCUIT BENCH AT PORT BLAIR)] 05-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100(5) — Scope of jurisdiction in second appeal — Confined to substantial question of law — Hearing of second appeal without formulation of substantial questions of law is illegal — Second appellate jurisdiction must be exercised strictly within statutory parameters prescribed by Section 100 CPC — Parties are entitled to address arguments only in relation to formulated substantial question of law — Court cannot travel beyond framed questions to adjudica India Law Library Docid # 2455413
(305) UNION OF INDIA Vs. M/S K.P. TRADING AND COMPANY[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT (CIRCUIT BENCH AT PORT BLAIR)] 05-10-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 34 and 37 — Scope of judicial interference — Limited appellate jurisdiction — Interference with an arbitral award is strictly circumscribed and courts cannot act as courts of appeal to re-evaluate evidence or correct factual errors — Award can be set aside only on grounds of patent illegality, manifest lack of reasoning, or perversity defying logic — Where the arbitrator recorded findings based on contemporaneous correspondence and contract terms India Law Library Docid # 2455414
(306) MERAAJ AHMED Vs. KRISHNA SAHA AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT (CIRCUIT BENCH AT PORT BLAIR)] 05-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 22 Rule 4 and Order 8 Rule 1 — Substitution of legal representatives — Opportunity to file additional written statement and adduce evidence — Original defendant had already filed written statement disclosing defence — After substitution, legal representatives appeared on multiple adjourned dates but took no steps to file an additional written statement or lead evidence — Held, court did not commit procedural irregularity merely because a separate date was India Law Library Docid # 2455415
(307) M/S BAMNIYA AUTOMOBILES Vs. CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER (OPERATION)[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 03-10-2026 Administrative Law — Blacklisting — Principles of Natural Justice — Opportunity of Hearing — Challenge to order blacklisting petitioner's oil tanker and imposing penalty on grounds of violation of natural justice — Record revealed that following the show-cause notice, respondents granted repeated extensions and fixed multiple dates for petitioner's personal appearance to submit an explanation — Petitioner failed to avail any of the opportunities granted — Held, where repeated opportunities to ap India Law Library Docid # 2454844
(308) SMT. KRISHNA PALIWAL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 03-10-2026 Constitution of India — Article 226 — Judicial review — Recruitment examination — Challenge to answer key — Presumption of correctness — Petitioners challenged the correctness of the final answer key published by RPSC for the post of School Lecturer — Held, the High Court in writ jurisdiction cannot assume the role of an academic expert or substitute its own opinion for that of subject experts — An answer key carries a presumption of correctness unless demonstrably shown to be erroneous through India Law Library Docid # 2454845
(309) UPENDRA KAPOOR Vs. SMT. VANDANA[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 03-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 22 Rule 10 — Rajasthan Rent Control Act, 2001 — Section 21 — Eviction proceedings — Devolution of interest pending suit — Subsequent purchaser — Impleadment — Original landlord alienated the suit property during pendency of eviction petition — Transferees applied for impleadment to continue proceedings — Scope of inquiry under Order 22 Rule 10 is confined to devolution of interest and necessity of parties for effective adjudication — Permission to continu India Law Library Docid # 2454839
(310) SCHOOL OF PHYSIOTHERAPY, NH 79, BHILWARA CHITTOR BY-PASS, CHITTOR ROAD, BHILWARA, RAJASTHAN Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 03-10-2026 National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Act, 2021 — Permission to impart course and recognition — Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPT) — Petitioner-institution sought permission to conduct BPT course for academic session 2026-27, admit students, and obtain No Objection Certificate or Essentiality Certificate along with recognition — Non-consideration of applications by respondent-authorities — Controversy held squarely covered by Supreme Court decision in Dr. Dayal Institute of Para India Law Library Docid # 2454842
(311) WASIM ALI Vs. NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 03-10-2026 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 — Section 43D(5) and (6) — National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 — Section 21(4) — Bail — Scope of judicial scrutiny — Prima facie true test — Threshold inquiry at bail stage requires examining whether prosecution material, taken at face value without rebuttal, discloses essential statutory ingredients of alleged offences — Court is not required to evaluate probative value, weigh evidence, or conduct a mini-trial — Standard is statutory plausibility, India Law Library Docid # 2455043
(312) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. PINTU DAGAR[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 03-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 302 and 301 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 114 — Double murder of wife and infant — Transfer of malice — Circumstantial evidence — Accused was seen dragging his blood-drenched wife carrying an axe — Deceased six-month-old infant was found fatally injured with incised wounds inflicted during the same occurrence — Held, under Section 114 of Evidence Act, it is safely presumed the infant was in his mother's lap when attacked — Applying the doctrine of transfer of malice India Law Library Docid # 2455044
(313) RAJASTHAN RAJYA SAHAKARI AVASAN KARMCHARI SANGH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 03-10-2026 Service Law — Revised Pay Scales Rules, 2008 — Selection Scale — Entitlement of cooperative society employees — Financial loss of society as ground for denial — Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14 and 21 — Petitioner-Union sought benefit of 6th Pay Commission revised pay scales and selection scale on completion of 9, 18, and 27 years of service for its members employed with respondent No.4 Federation — Registrar rejected claim citing alleged financial losses — Held, employees cannot be hel India Law Library Docid # 2455045
(314) SANJAY KUMAR MEENA Vs. PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, FOREST, GOVERNMENT OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 03-10-2026 Service Law — Transfer — Non-application of mind — Incorrect mention of present place of posting — Petitioner was actively posted at Range Kailadevi pursuant to an earlier order of the Rajasthan Civil Services Appellate Tribunal — Employer issued a fresh transfer order erroneously recording petitioner's current posting as Karauli — Subsequent rectification order designated him as "under transfer" — Held, an employer must be fully cognizant of an employee's actual place of posting while issuing t India Law Library Docid # 2455046
(315) H. K. MEENA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ANOTHER[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 03-10-2026 Rajasthan Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1996 — Rule 50 — Voluntary Retirement — Prospective resignation or retirement — Right to withdraw before effective date — Government servant applied for voluntary retirement and subsequently sought extension of the effective date before it arrived — State rejected extension and retired employee — Held, in absence of any legal bar, prospective voluntary retirement does not terminate service until the intended date and can be withdrawn prior thereto — Abse India Law Library Docid # 2455085
(316) SHAKUNTLA DEVI SHARMA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 03-10-2026 Service Law — Service Records — Correction of Clerical Error — Scope and Duty of Department — Petitioner's middle name was omitted in her appointment order and service book despite correct disclosure in her application and documents — Representation submitted for rectification remained unaddressed for years — Department rectified the error only after High Court issued notice — Held, service record is a sacrosanct document — When an employee seeks correction of an inadvertent clerical error verif India Law Library Docid # 2455086
(317) POONAM PATWAL Vs. GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Delhi School Education Rules, 1973 — Rule 43 — Age Relaxation — Directorate of Education Notification dated 01.11.1980 — Applicability to Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) — MCD is an autonomous body under Part IX-A of the Constitution governed by distinct statutory Recruitment Rules — MCD Recruitment Rules prescribed upper age limit of 30 years for Teacher (Primary) without adopting the 10-year age relaxation for women provided under the 1980 Notification — Held, an executive notification is India Law Library Docid # 2454425
(318) MADHU DEVI Vs. UNION OF INDIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 — Section 23 — Condonation of delay — Delay of 257 days in filing appeal — Appellant was poor, illiterate, and suffered from paucity of funds, hindering timely legal advice — Beneficial nature of the legislation warrants a liberal approach — Attending circumstances established sufficient cause — Delay condoned. India Law Library Docid # 2454426
(319) BRITISH MARINE PLC Vs. STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LTD[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 34, 36 and 37 — Execution of arbitral award — Discharge of bank guarantee — Decree Holder furnished a bank guarantee to secure the release of a portion of the deposited decretal amount — Judgment Debtor's challenge to the award under Section 34 and appeal under Section 37 were dismissed — No stay granted by the Supreme Court — Held, as the challenges to the arbitral award failed and no stay order operates, retaining the security serves no purpose India Law Library Docid # 2454427
(320) MS DEVI ELECTRONICS PVT LTD Vs. COMMISSIONER CGST DELHI SOUTH AND ORS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 54(11) — Withholding of refund — Statutory requirements — Section 54(11) is founded on two distinct, cumulative ingredients: first, the order giving rise to refund must be the subject matter of an appeal, further proceedings, or any other pending proceedings under the Act; second, the Commissioner must independently form an opinion, after granting a hearing, that the grant of refund is likely to adversely affect revenue due to malfeasance or fra India Law Library Docid # 2454428