(41) DINU @ DINESH Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-01-2026 Criminal Revision — Sections 279 and 337 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) — Conviction affirmed but sentence modified — Release on Probation — Convict sentenced to simple imprisonment for four months each for offences under Section 279 IPC (rash driving) and 337 IPC (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) — Convict not pressing challenge to conviction but seeking release on probation India Law Library Docid # 2438020
(42) BAJRANG PAL Vs. STATE (NCT OF DELHI)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 07-01-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 10 — Sexual Assault — Conviction affirmed — Appeal against conviction and sentence (5 years RI and fine) under Section 10 POCSO dismissed — Prosecution evidence, including clear, cogent, and consistent testimony of the 6-year-old child victim (PW-3) and her mother (PW-4/complainant), established that the appellant, a tenant in the same building, lured India Law Library Docid # 2437878
(43) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. AMARSINH NAGUBHAI KHARAD[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against Acquittal — Scope of Interference — High Court can interfere with a judgment of acquittal only when there are compelling substantial reasons, such as when the findings are perverse, unreasonable, or contrary to evidence — The Appellate Court must keep in mind the presumption of innocence of the accused, which is further India Law Library Docid # 2437904
(44) GUJARAT ELECTRICITY BOARD NOW PASCHIM GUJARAT VIJ.CO.LTD Vs. PRAGJIBHAI BHAGWANBHAI PATOLIA[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-01-2026 Electricity Law — Theft of Electricity — Supplementary Bill — Challenge — Availability of Statutory Remedy — Where a supplementary bill is issued for unauthorized use/theft of electricity, the aggrieved party must challenge it by preferring an appeal before the Appellate Authority as provided under the Conditions of Supply of Electrical Energy — If the statutory appeal remedy is not availed, the India Law Library Docid # 2437905
(45) SHANTABEN GOPALBHAI TADVI Vs. JAGDISHBHAI MOHANBHAI TADVI AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Substantial Question of Law — High Court's jurisdiction in Second Appeal is narrow and finite, generally precluded from interfering with findings of fact by the First Appellate Court unless the findings are erroneous, contrary to law, or without evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2437906
(46) ARVINDBHAI @ BHADABHAI SHANABHAI @ SHANKARBHAI CHAUHAN Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-01-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 4 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — — Section 376(2)(i)(d) read with Section 114 — Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Sections 3(1)(xi) and 3(2)(v) — Conviction for aggravated penetrative sexual assault of a minor girl belonging to a Scheduled Tribe community upheld — Evidence of Prosecutrix — India Law Library Docid # 2437907
(47) TARUN KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 07-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302/34 (Murder with common intention) and 201/34 (Causing disappearance of evidence) — Appeal against conviction based on circumstantial evidence — Requirement of homicidal death — Deceased died within two months of marriage due to extensive burn injuries — Medical evidence (Post-mortem report and testimony of PW-8) noted lack of external/internal injuries India Law Library Docid # 2437908
(48) MR. DEEPAK AND OTHERS Vs. HEART & SOUL ENTERTAINMENT LTD. AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 07-01-2026 Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 (MRC Act) — Section 24 (Recovery of possession by licensor) and Section 44 (Revision) — Eviction of licensee — Scope of Revisional Authority’s Power — The Revisional Authority under Section 44 must restrict its consideration to whether the Competent Authority's order is in accordance with law — Consideration of documents extraneous to the license agreement (such as a film production contract and alleged arbitration awards creating a charge/lien on the flat) is India Law Library Docid # 2437956
(49) T. RANGARAJ Vs. MS. JOY CRIZILDAA AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 07-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rules 1 and 2 — Defamation/Injunction Suit — Interim Injunction against publication of defamatory material on social media — Principles for granting pre-trial interim injunctions in defamation cases — Balancing freedom of speech (Article 19(1)(a)) with right to reputation and privacy (Article 21) — The "Bonnard Standard" requires exceptional caution; injunctions should not be granted unless the defence of justification will India Law Library Docid # 2438102
(50) SRI KANCHI KAMAKOTI PEETHAM Vs. PRINCIPAL CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FOREST AND CHIEF WILDLIFE WARDEN AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 07-01-2026 Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 — Tamil Nadu Captive Elephants (Management and Maintenance) Rules, 2011 — Custody and Translocation of Captive Elephants — Renewal of Ownership Certificate — A Hindu Religious Mutt, being the undisputed owner of three elephants with renewed ownership certificates, sought renewal of licenses and translocation of the elephants from a India Law Library Docid # 2438103
(51) A.L. GEETHA NARAYANAN AND OTHERS Vs. S. SRIRAMAN AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 07-01-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 13(1)(a) — Suit for Specific Performance — Agreement to Sell Immovable Property — Imperfect Title at the time of Agreement — Where vendor enters into a sale agreement without title or an imperfect title, and subsequently acquires an interest in the property, the vendee can compel specific performance out of the subsequently acquired interest — In this case, the vendor (allottee of Housing Board) agreed to sell the flat before receiving a 'Pacca Sale Deed'; the India Law Library Docid # 2438091
(52) THANGARAJA Vs. STATE OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 07-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code (Cr.P.C.), 1973 (as substituted by BNSS, 2023) — Section 528 [Quashing of Proceedings] — Charges relating to illegal possession of banned tobacco products — Defective Investigation — Requirement of Forensic Report — Where the culpability of the accused depends on the nature of seized material (banned tobacco products), the material objects seized must be sent for forensic examination, and India Law Library Docid # 2438092
(53) CEMENT CORPORATION OF INDIA Vs. SHRI SHANKAR DAS BAIRAGI AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 06-01-2026 Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 — Limitation for claiming gratuity — The Act of 1972 does not prescribe any period of limitation for claiming gratuity — Gratuity is payable, as per Section 7(3), within 30 days from the date it becomes payable (which is the date of exit from employment, Section 4(1)) — Rules framed under the Act, which suggest a limitation period (such as Rule 7(2) of the Central Rules or corresponding M.P. Rules), India Law Library Docid # 2437895
(54) ATHLETICS SANGH MADHYA PRADESH BHOPAL Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 06-01-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Read with Section 2(e) ("Court") — Meaning of "Court" — Defined as the principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction (District Judge) — Application to set aside an arbitral award must ordinarily be filed before this Court unless transferred to a Commercial Court as per the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 India Law Library Docid # 2437896
(55) ATUL KUMAR PATHAK AND OTHERS Vs. RAMSAKHI DEVI AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 06-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of Plaint — Bar by Law (Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 – Section 26) — Where land subject of a title declaration suit has vested in Central Government following declaration of acquisition under Section 10 of the 1957 Act prior to filing of suit, the suit is barred by Section 26 of the 1957 Act as the only remaining question is India Law Library Docid # 2437897
(56) KAILASH PATHAK Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 06-01-2026 Service Law — Suspension Pending Enquiry — Nature of Suspension — Suspension is not a punishment but an interim administrative measure intended to facilitate a free, fair, and unbiased departmental enquiry, particularly essential in cases of grave allegations (such as forgery of public documents, misappropriation of funds, and abuse of public office) to prevent tampering with records, influencing witnesses, India Law Library Docid # 2437898
(57) ANCHAL AGRAWAL Vs. ARVIND AGRAWAL[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 06-01-2026 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 19 — Family Court — Procedure — Ex Parte Proceedings — Setting aside ex parte decree — Definition of "Hearing of the Suit"— Where the case was fixed for reconciliation/filing of written statement, and subsequently returned from Lok Adalat, the date fixed for regular court proceedings (after reference to Lok Adalat) was not a date fixed for "hearing of the suit" under India Law Library Docid # 2437909
(58) KANTA SETHI AND ANOTHER Vs. HANS RAJ AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 06-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 1 Rule 9, Order 1 Rule 10, Order 6 Rule 17 — Suit for Partition — Non-joinder of Necessary Parties — Intestate Succession — In a partition suit based on intestate succession, all legal heirs must be impleaded as co-sharers or necessary parties to ascertain the exact share of the plaintiff — Failure to implead five out of six siblings (daughters) of the deceased renders the suit defective for India Law Library Docid # 2437880
(59) SHAHEEN MALIK AND ANOTHER Vs. MOHD. SARFARAZ[DELHI HIGH COURT] 06-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125 — Maintenance — Enhancement of Quantum — Wives and Children — Object of Section 125 is to provide swift remedy against destitution and neglect and secure "dignified sustenance"— Sustenance is not bare survival; it must secure a standard of living consistent with dignity, considering the status the wife would have enjoyed in matrimonial home — Quantum must bear a rational nexus to the needs of the claimants and the means/earning India Law Library Docid # 2437881
(60) RAM KUBER Vs. STATE (NCT OF DELHI)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 06-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376(2) and 506(II) — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 — Section 5(1) punishable under Section 6 — Conviction for repeated rape of a child (13 years old) — Age of Prosecutrix — School records showing Date of Birth as 23.10.2005, making the child 13 years old at the time of the incident (July 2018) — Even if defense assertion of 17 years old were accepted (which was unsupported by evidence), the victim was still a child under 18 years, India Law Library Docid # 2437882