(961) THE T.S.COOPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY FEDERATION LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. GANTA SUDHEER KUMAR AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 151 and Order 18 Rule 17 — Reopening of evidence — Exceptional circumstances — While a convention exists against entertaining applications after evidence is concluded and judgment is reserved, this is not an absolute rule — Courts can permit production of new evidence in exceptional circumstances to meet the ends of justice or prevent abuse of process, India Law Library Docid # 2439204
(962) JAVARI LAL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14 and 300-A — Rajasthan Housing Board (Disposal of Property) Regulations, 1970 and 1973 — Principles of Natural Justice — Auction Proceedings — Arbitrary cancellation — Public authorities must provide reasoned decisions when actions have civil consequences — Cancellation of auction without assigning reasons violates the rule of law and is an arbitrary exercise of India Law Library Docid # 2439915
(963) RUPA RAM Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 306 — Abetment of suicide — Ingredients — Essential ingredients for abetment of suicide under Section 306 IPC are instigation, conspiracy, or aiding to commit suicide — Prosecution must prove that accused's actions of instigation or incitement were in close proximity to the act of suicide — Mere allegations of harassment without positive overt acts proximate to the India Law Library Docid # 2439916
(964) SANTOSH KUMAR Vs. SMT. RAMAKANTA[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 09-01-2026 MP Accommodation Control Act, 1961 — Section 12(1)(e) — Eviction on grounds of bonafide need — Pleadings and evidence regarding alternate accommodation — Landlord claiming eviction for bonafide need must show they have no other reasonably suitable accommodation. Absence of specific pleading in the plaint is not fatal if sufficient oral evidence establishes this fact, and the tenant has not alleged or proven the India Law Library Docid # 2439047
(965) A.R. SHRIDHARAN AND OTHERS Vs. TRIPOWER ENTERPRISES (PRIVATE) LIMITED AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 114, Order 47 Rule 1 — Judicial Review — Scope and Limitations — Review jurisdiction is not an appeal in disguise and is strictly confined to the scope of Order 47 Rule 1 — Power of review cannot be assumed unless expressly conferred by statute — Review is for the correction of a mistake, not to substitute a view or to allow a rehearing of the matter on merits — It constitutes an exception to the finality of judicial decisions and is invoked only to pre India Law Library Docid # 2438075
(966) K. SHANMUGAVEL MUDALIAR AND OTHERS Vs. COMMISSIONER, HR & CE, (A) ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act — Hereditary Trusteeship — Appointment of Fit Person/Executive Officer — Challenge to appointment — Where a High Court, in an earlier interim order (dated 25.05.2024), directed the respondents (HR & CE Department) to allow the application of legal heirs for appointment as hereditary trustees and permit the Fit Person to continue only until such order, the HR & CE India Law Library Docid # 2438076
(967) SHANMUGHA ARTS, SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH ACADEMY (SASTRA) DEEMED UNIVERSITY, THIRUMALAISAMUDRAM AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Land Encroachment — Tamil Nadu Land Encroachment Act, 1905 — Encroachment on Government land — Public Purpose — Assignment of encroached land — Assignment of encroached land cannot be claimed as an absolute right by encroachers — Acceptance of alternate land proposal is solely at the Government's discretion — Where the land is earmarked for a defined public purpose (Prison/Jail), rejection of the request India Law Library Docid # 2438077
(968) SURINDER MOHAN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Service Law — Recruitment — Eligibility Criteria — Educational Qualifications — Intelligence Assistant (Constable) and Intelligence Officer (Sub-Inspector) in Punjab Police Intelligence Wing — Challenge to rejection of candidature based on non-fulfilment of prescribed educational qualifications — Prescribed qualification requires a graduate with an 'O' Level Certificate from DOEACC/NIELIT or equivalent institution India Law Library Docid # 2437936
(969) KRISHMA KUMRA Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 483 (equivalent to Section 439 CrPC, 1973) — Regular Bail — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Section 21, 22, 29 — Bail in Commercial Quantity Cases — Factors for granting bail include prolonged incarceration (over 1 year, 3 months, 22 days), slow pace of trial (no prosecution witness examined yet), and the right India Law Library Docid # 2437937
(970) JAWAHAR SAW MILLS PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. M/S. GANESH SAW MILL AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 15(4) — Transfer of suits from Civil Court to Commercial Court (Section 15(2)) — Applicability of Section 15(4) and Proviso to timelines — Section 15(2) and 15(4) apply only to suits pending on the date of establishment of the Commercial Court — Suits filed before a Civil Court subsequent to the establishment of the Commercial Court and later transferred to it are India Law Library Docid # 2437952
(971) DIVISIONAL MANAGER, ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. PERIYASAMY AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Motor Accident Claims — Negligence — Rear-end collision — Petitioners (father and son on motorcycle) alleged rash and negligent riding by Respondent 1 (rider of offending motorcycle) resulting in rear-end collision; Respondent 2 (Insurer) alleged contributory negligence due to abrupt right turn without indicators and failure to wear helmet — Factual matrix and judicial proceedings (FIR, Final Report, Criminal Judgment where Respondent 1 admitted guilt) su India Law Library Docid # 2438070
(972) M.M. BABU Vs. YOUNG MEN CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Execution Proceedings — Obstruction to Execution (Order XXI, Rules 97 and 99) — Maintainability of application under Rule 99 after adjudication under Rule 97 — A person who actively contested and lost an application for removal of obstruction filed by the decree holder under Order XXI Rule 97 CPC, where their independent rights were adjudicated, cannot subsequently file a India Law Library Docid # 2438071
(973) SRINIVASA DOSS Vs. P. KALAIDASAN AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 47 (Question to be determined by the Court executing decree) — Order XX Rule 4(2) (Judgments of other Courts) — Executability of Decree — Ground for Attack — A judgment-debtor cannot challenge the executability of a decree under Section 47 CPC solely on the ground that the judgment does not conform to the requirements of Order XX Rule 4(2) CPC (i.e., lacking a concise statement of the case, points for determination, decisions, and reasons). (Paras 1, 3, India Law Library Docid # 2438072
(974) SATCHITHANANDUM (DIED) THR. LRS. AND OTHERS Vs. KRISHNAMURTHY (DIED) THR. LRS. AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Puducherry Cultivating Tenants Protection Act, 1970 — Section 3(4)(b) — Eviction of tenant — Arrears of rent — Revenue Court's discretion to grant time for deposit — The Act's objective is to protect cultivating tenants from eviction; Section 3(4)(b) mandates that when an eviction application is filed based on rent default, the Revenue Court must afford the cultivating tenant a reasonable opportunity (time) to deposit the arrears of rent, inclusive of costs, before passing an eviction order — Fa India Law Library Docid # 2438073
(975) PADASAIB (DIED) THR. LRS. AND OTHERS Vs. SARASWATHI (DIED) THR. LRS. AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 21 Rule 105 and 106 — Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Applicability of Section 5 of Limitation Act to execution proceedings — The settled legal position is that Section 5 of the Limitation Act is inapplicable to an application filed under Order 21 Rule 106(3) of CPC for restoration of an application dismissed for default under Order 21 Rule 105(2) of CPC. India Law Library Docid # 2438074
(976) MICHAEL FRANCIS AND OTHERS Vs. THE BIHAR SCHOOL EXAMINATION BOARD THROUGH ITS SECRETARY AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Disciplinary Proceedings – Procedural Irregularities – Memo of charge must include list of documents and witnesses. India Law Library Docid # 2438187
(977) SANOOP V.V., Vs. THE STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 363 — Bar to interference by Courts in disputes arising out of treaties and agreements — Applicability — Wrangling over "Malikhana" allowance, a payment arising from a covenant between the East India Company and Zamorin Raja, falls under Article 363, as it concerns disputes from pre India Law Library Docid # 2438261
(978) VARINDERJEET SINGH (WRONGLY MENTIONED AS VARINDER SINGH) Vs. JOGINDER PAL NARULA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 9 Rule 7 — Application to set aside ex parte proceeding — Scope and Nature of Relief — The relief under Order 9 Rule 7 is discretionary and equitable — The applicant must establish 'good cause' for absence on the date proceeded ex parte — The provision does not confer an unfettered or vested right India Law Library Docid # 2437931
(979) RICHA SHARMA Vs. STATE OF H.P. AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Service Law — Bifurcation of Cadre — Withdrawal/Change of Option — Staff Nurse posted at Regional Hospital Una — Decision to bifurcate Nursing Staff Cadre into Medical Education Department and Health and Family Welfare Department — Petitioner initially opted for Medical Education Department but sought withdrawal/change of option immediately thereafter citing compelling personal circumstances: son suffering from mild India Law Library Docid # 2438005
(980) RAKESH KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Himachal Pradesh Cooperative Societies Act, 1968 — Section 94 — Himachal Pradesh Cooperative Societies Rules, 1971 — Rule 37 and Appendix ‘A’, Rule 4(2) — Redetermination/Carving out of zones for election of Managing Committee — Challenge to Registrar’s order re-determining zones based on serial number of members instead of geographical contiguity — Rule 4(2), Appendix ‘A’ mandates zone constitution based on India Law Library Docid # 2438006