(781) CHANDER MOHAN LALL Vs. DLF HOME DEVELOPERS LIMITED[DELHI HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Ss. 34 and 37 — Scope of judicial review — Interpretation of contract by arbitrator — Construction of the terms of a contract is primarily for the arbitrator to decide — Courts exercising jurisdiction under S. 34 will not interfere unless the arbitrator has construed the contract in a India Law Library Docid # 2447017
(782) YOGESH TANWAR Vs. STATE[DELHI HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Ss. 3, 5(m), 6, 9(l), 10 — Aggravated penetrative sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault — Child victim of approximately four years — Finger insertion — Under S. 3 of the POCSO Act, penetration "to any extent" is sufficient to constitute penetrative sexual assault — India Law Library Docid # 2447018
(783) COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION Vs. STATE OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 — S. 471 — Limitation — Nature of provision — Mandatory and substantive — Section 471 of the DMC Act provides that no person shall be liable to punishment for any offence against the Act or any Rule, Regulation or Bye-Law made thereunder, unless a complaint of such offence is made before a Municipal Magistrate within six months from: (a) the date of India Law Library Docid # 2447019
(784) T.KARUPAIAH Vs. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 18-06-2026 Tamil Nadu Housing Board Act, 1961 — Section 54 and 54(A) — Allotment of plots — Public notification for allotment through draw of lots — Petitioner participated and was allotted Plot No — HIG-70 — petitioner paid initial deposit — subsequent communication directing payment of installments for Plot No — HIG-49, without stating the reason for the change — Doctrine of Legitimate Expectation applies when an authority makes a representation or sets out a practice which leads a person to expect a cer India Law Library Docid # 2447399
(785) THE BRANCH MANAGER M/S.SHRIRAM GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. JEEVARANI AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 18-06-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim Petition — Rash and Negligent Driving — Tribunal's finding on negligence based on eyewitness testimony is upheld — The designation of a witness as a 'mahazar witness' in a criminal case does not preclude them from being a reliable eyewitness in a motor accident claim case when their evidence is independently appreciated. India Law Library Docid # 2447409
(786) M/S. CHOLAMANDALAM INVESTMENT AND FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. BHAGWAN KUMAR[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 9(1)(ii)(a)(b)(d) & (e) — Appointment of Receiver — Application to appoint an employee of the applicant as a Receiver to seize and take possession of a vehicle, based on default in loan installments, is maintainable. India Law Library Docid # 2447418
(787) S.N.DURAISWAMY Vs. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 126 — Madras High Court Full Bench decision in Sasikala Vs — Revenue Divisional Officer and another (2022 SCC Online Mad 4343) applied — Settlement deeds are irrevocable unless conditions under Section 126 of Transfer of Property Act are met. India Law Library Docid # 2447419
(788) M/S ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS INDIA PVT. LTD. Vs. GOVT. DOON MEDICAL COLLEGE AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Tender — Infructuousness — Fresh bidding process — Petitioner challenged order holding respondent no. 2's bid responsive in a tender for installation of NAT/molecular testing facility; Court had earlier observed that exclusion of respondent no. 2 would leave petitioner as sole bidder, necessitating fresh bidding — State, on instructions, indicated willingness to proceed with fresh bidding process subject to continued funding availability from the Ministry of Health, National Health Mission — Hel India Law Library Docid # 2447964
(789) SHAHJAD ALIAS KANKADA ALIAS THOKAR Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Appeal against rejection of bail — Absence of direct evidence — UAPA — Long incarceration — Appellant, not named in FIR relating to rioting, arson and attack on police during demolition of encroachments, was implicated later during investigation based on statements under S. 164 Cr.P.C. of injured witnesses and recovery of firearm from his possession — Held, no direct evidence establishing India Law Library Docid # 2447958
(790) PEPSICO INDIA HOLDINGS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 — Sections 3(1)(zf)(A)(i), 23 — Misbranding — Public Analyst's report — Requirement of reasoning — Burden of proof Food Safety and Standards Regulations, 2011 — Regulation 2.3.1(5) — Penalty imposed for use of phrase "Maha Value" on label of "Lahar Aloo Bhujia", alleged to constitute misbranding — Public India Law Library Docid # 2447959
(791) ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. M/S VIGYAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 34, 37(1)(c), 31(7)(a) — Scope of appellate interference — Award of interest — Arbitral Tribunal awarded interest under S. 31(7)(a) on insurance claim; application under S. 34 for setting aside dismissed — Held, following Jan De Nul Dredging India Pvt. Ltd. v. Tuticorin Port Trust, AIR 2026 SC 536, scope of interference under S. 37 is even more restricted than under S. 34; appellate court cannot re India Law Library Docid # 2447960
(792) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. NAIK RAGHU NANDAN SINGH[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Service Law — Pension — Defence Security Corps — Condonation of shortfall in qualifying service — Executive instructions cannot override statutory Pension Regulations — Armed Forces Tribunal condoned shortfall of 241 days in respondent's DSC qualifying service and granted second service pension, despite Office Memorandum dated 20.06.2017 India Law Library Docid # 2447961
(793) PRIYANSH ATRAY AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of summoning order — Partial quashing where certain ingredients not made out from complaint/statements Penal Code, 1860 — Section 354A Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 11, 12 — Applicants summoned under Ss. 323, 354A, 504, 506 IPC and Ss. 11/12 POCSO Act on a complaint alleging abuse and assault, with certain allegations of outraging modesty and sexual harassment of a minor — Held, taking statements un India Law Library Docid # 2447962
(794) MANISHBHAI MAHESHBHAI CHAUDHARI Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 17-06-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 306 and 506 — Abetment of Suicide — Quashing of FIR — Court must find a clear mens rea and a positive act by the accused to instigate or aid in committing suicide; mere failure to fulfill a promise, especially concerning land with restricted tenure, does not constitute abetment. India Law Library Docid # 2447038
(795) PROJECT DIRECTOR , PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT, PALANPUR, K.P.S. CHAUHAN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 17-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 304 and 304A — Quashing of FIR — High Court's inherent powers under Section 482 CrPC can be exercised to prevent abuse of process of court or secure ends of justice, particularly when allegations do not prima facie constitute an offence or make out India Law Library Docid # 2447039
(796) RAKESHKUMAR RAMANBHAI GOHIL Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 17-06-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 306 (Abetment of Suicide) — Ingredients of offence — Mere fact that deceased remained under tension due to criminal proceedings initiated against him, or perceived social consequences thereof, does not establish abetment of suicide. India Law Library Docid # 2447040
(797) BACHIBA @ BASIBA NATWARSINH JASHVANTSINH SOLANKI AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 17-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 (Corresponding to Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 528) — Quashing of FIR — Inherent powers of High Court — Powers should be exercised sparingly but are justified when the FIR fails to make out essential ingredients of the alleged offence, to prevent abuse of process of law. India Law Library Docid # 2447041
(798) PUJA KUMARI Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 17-06-2026 Constitutional Law — Writ Appeal — Mandamus — Course Completion Certificate & MBBS Degree Certificate — Appellant sought direction to grant certificates without insisting on repayment of fees — Fees paid were found to be derived from extortionate funds raised for a proscribed terrorist organization and were seized by NIA — Fifth respondent college withheld certificates due to non-realization of legitimate fees — Single Judge dismissed the writ petition — Held, while India Law Library Docid # 2447080
(799) THE REGISTRAR, THE TAMIL NADU DR. AMBEDKAR LAW UNIVERSITY AND OTHERS Vs. B.VADHANAN AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 17-06-2026 Bar Council of India Rules — Rule 12 — Mandatory minimum attendance — Failure to meet attendance requirement — Students with insufficient attendance are not permitted to take end semester tests — [Paras 3, 4] India Law Library Docid # 2447081
(800) SUSHIL KUMAR Vs. HOFF UTTARAKHAND DEHRADUN AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 17-06-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Transfer order — Judicial review — Election duty — BLO — Petitioner, a Forest Department employee with over 14 years' continuous posting at one station, challenged his transfer during pendency of Booth Level Officer (BLO) duties for electoral roll revision — Held, petitioner himself sought relief from BLO duties on account of a personal accident and was accordingly relieved, with a substitute BLO appointed prior to the transfer order — Transfer order p India Law Library Docid # 2447957