(1) GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI Vs. M/S. RAM KRISHAN YUDHISTER PRAKASH[DELHI HIGH COURT] 31-10-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 12(5) read with Seventh Schedule — Unilateral appointment of Arbitrator — Ineligibility — PWD, GNCTD unilaterally appointed its retired Principal Chief Engineer as Sole Arbitrator in terms of a contractual clause — Held, unilateral appointment of an arbitrator by one party is legally impermissible and hit by Section 12(5) read with the Seventh Schedule — In the absence of an express written agreement entered into after disputes arose, the appointm India Law Library Docid # 2457856
(2) SANTHOSH KUMAR N.P Vs. STATE-STATION HOUSE OFFICER, KADIRUR POLICE, TELLICHERRY, KANNUR DISTRICT AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376(2)(n) — Repeatedly Rape on the same woman — Discharge under Section 227 CrPC — Misconception of fact and consensual relationship — Respondent No. 2 cohabited with appellant for seven years based on an alleged marriage ceremony in Mysuru, during which physical intimacy occurred — Respondent No. 2 admitted being informed of appellant’s pre-existing marriage within months of cohabitation, yet voluntarily chose to continue the relationship — Consensual India Law Library Docid # 2457598
(3) DAMODAR VALLEY CORPORATION Vs. MAITHAN ALLOYS LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2026 Electricity Act, 2003 — Fourth Proviso to Section 14, Sections 61, 173 and 174 — Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948 (DVC Act) — Section 58 — Overriding effect and applicability of DVC Act — Fourth proviso to Section 14 of the Electricity Act, 2003 is a substantive provision that exempts Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) from obtaining a licence and explicitly preserves the continued application India Law Library Docid # 2457599
(4) GIRISHBHAI NATWARLAL PATEL Vs. GAUTAM PUNJABHAI PALKHIWALA (DEAD) BY LRS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96(3) read with Order 23 Rule 3 & Rule 3A — Consent decree — Maintainability of appeal and bar to suit — Rights of a stranger/non-party — Statutory bar on preferring an appeal against a consent decree under Section 96(3) CPC and the bar against filing an independent suit under Order XXIII Rule 3A CPC apply strictly to parties to the compromise agreement. A non-party/stranger to a consent decree, who asserts an independent legal right prejudicially affec India Law Library Docid # 2457600
(5) ECONOMIC TRANSPORT ORGANISATION Vs. M/S NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO LTD[DELHI HIGH COURT] 30-10-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Sections 27 and 27A — Execution proceedings — Issuance of bailable warrants — Maintainability of petition under Article 227 — National Commission issued bailable warrants against directors of petitioner for persistent non-compliance with decree and failure to produce dissolution deed — Held, orders imposing penalties under Section 27 are remedial and intended to ensure compliance with consumer forum directions — Such orders fall within the ambit of Section 27 and India Law Library Docid # 2457841
(6) OYSTER STEEL AND IRON PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER CIRCLE VII GROUP 61 CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICE TAX AUDIT I[DELHI HIGH COURT] 30-10-2026 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Sections 65, 2(13), 2(94) and 29(3) — Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 — Rules 21A and 101 — Audit of registered person — Subsequent cancellation of registration with retrospective effect — Validity of audit notice — Audit is a backward-looking exercise examining past records, returns, and statutory compliance — Term "registered person" in Section 65 cannot be restricted to currently existing registrations — Retrospective cancellation does not India Law Library Docid # 2457844
(7) MR. RANA PRATAP Vs. STATE NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 30-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 195(1)(a)(i) — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 186 and 34 — Cognizance of offence — Obstruction of public servant — Mandate of written complaint — Appellant contended trial court erred in taking cognizance under Section 186 IPC without a written complaint by the concerned public servant — Held, the objection under Section 195 CrPC was without merit since a written complaint was proved by the ACP — Unshaken testimonies of injured police witnesses e India Law Library Docid # 2457850
(8) VISHNU PRASAD Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 30-10-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 3(b), 5(m), 6, 7, 9(m) and 10 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376AB — Penetrative sexual assault versus sexual assault — Proof of penetration — Child victim aged below six years consistently testified to sexual touching and scratch from accused's nail, but testimony failed to prove insertion into private parts beyond reasonable doubt — Statements under Sections 161 and 164 CrPC do not constitute substantive evidence — Conviction India Law Library Docid # 2457852
(9) SHARMISHTHA Vs. THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 30-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Separate trials of co-accused — Appreciation of evidence — Evidence recorded in a separate trial of co-accused cannot be read, considered, or relied upon in an appeal arising out of a separate trial of another accused, even if arising from the same incident — Each criminal case must be decided strictly on the evidence led within its own trial — Accused cannot substantiate defense relying upon testimony of witnesses who were examined exclusively in the separ India Law Library Docid # 2457858
(10) BALWAN SINGH Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 30-10-2026 Central Industrial Security Force Rules, 2001 — Rule 61 — Constitution of India — Article 226 — Service Law — Entitlement to House Rent Allowance (HRA) — Nature of HRA — HRA is not a concession but an essential component of total salary forming part of the conditions of service — Purpose of HRA is compensatory, intended to compensate an employee for lack of amenities provided to others — When the Force fails to provide rent-free government accommodation to an enrolled member, full HRA in lieu th India Law Library Docid # 2457861
(11) DEVDUTT AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 30-10-2026 Railways Act, 1989 — Sections 123(c) and 124-A — Compensation — Bona fide passenger — Non-recovery of journey ticket — Effect of — Non-recovery of a journey ticket from the deceased cannot, by itself, be treated as conclusive proof that the deceased was not a bona fide passenger. The initial burden on the claimants to establish passenger status is not onerous. Once relevant facts and circumstances are deposed to on oath by the claimants, the burden shifts to the Railways to rebut the claim with India Law Library Docid # 2457865
(12) RANI DEVI Vs. UNION OF INDIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 30-10-2026 Railways Act, 1989 — Section 2(29) and Section 124-A — Bona fide passenger — Absence or non-recovery of journey ticket — Effect of — Mere absence or non-recovery of a ticket from an injured passenger does not by itself negate the status of being a bona fide passenger — Claimant can discharge the initial burden by placing relevant facts and circumstances on record, including by way of an affidavit, whereupon the onus shifts to the Railways to rebut the claim — Appellant's explanation that her tic India Law Library Docid # 2457866
(13) AKSHAY ADITYA Vs. THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR[DELHI HIGH COURT] 30-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Anticipatory Bail — Custodial Interrogation — Mere cooperation or joining investigation pursuant to interim orders does not foreclose the necessity of custodial interrogation nor does it automatically entitle an accused to pre-arrest bail — Anticipatory bail is an extraordinary privilege granted sparingly in exceptional cases upon proper exercise of judicial discretion — Custodial interrogation is qualitatively more elicitation-oriented th India Law Library Docid # 2457874
(14) BANDARI RAMCHANDER AND OTHERS Vs. MAITRI COOP. HOUSING SOCIETY LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2026 Andhra Pradesh Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 1982 — Sections 7, 8 and 9 — Land Grabbing Cases — Title and ownership of property — Subject lands situated in Survey Nos. 100 and 101 of Miyapur Village classified as sarkari poramboke as early as 1912 — State’s title and ownership clearly established through historical revenue records and statutory vesting under A.P. Abolition of Jagirs Regulation — Appellants and India Law Library Docid # 2457523
(15) SHREERAM BUILDERS Vs. UPENDRA KANTILAL THANAWALA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 and Section 37 (read with unamended Section 34) — Scope of judicial review — Appellate jurisdiction under Section 37 is coterminous with and as broad as the jurisdiction under Section 34 — Unamended Section 34 applies to applications filed prior to 23.10.2015 — Arbitral award can be set aside if it is contrary to the fundamental policy of Indian law, against the terms of the contract, or patently illegal, going to the root of the matter. India Law Library Docid # 2457524
(16) SRINIVASA T. AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ORS. ETC. ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2026 Karnataka Recruitment of Gazetted Probationers (Appointment by Competitive Examinations) Rules, 1997 — Recruitment process — Cancellation of 2011 recruitment — Rampant corruption, blatant nepotism, and manipulation of answer scripts and records by KPSC officials vitiated entire selection process — High Court and Supreme Court in earlier rounds rightly affirmed annulment of selection — Segregating tainted and untainted candidates when selection itself is fundamentally tainted would interfere with India Law Library Docid # 2457526
(17) M/S MANSI FINANCE (CHENNAI) LTD. Vs. M. LALITHA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-10-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 and Section 141 — Proceedings under — Clarification of judgment — M/s. Mansi Finance (Chennai) Ltd. vs. M. Lalitha & Others, AIR 2026 SC 2657 dealt with vicarious liability and maintainability of complaints where loans were advanced on promissory notes and cheques were dishonoured — Such judgment did not examine or adjudicate upon the specific provisions of the Tamil Nadu Money-lenders Act, 1957 or the Maharashtra Money-Lending (Regulation) Act, 201 India Law Library Docid # 2457525
(18) TADIVALASA NAGESWARA RAO AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 29-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Landlord and Tenant — Lease agreement — Premature eviction notice — Validity — Impugned notices were issued calling upon petitioner-lessee to vacate shop premises during subsistence of an 11-month lease valid till 31.10.2026 — Petitioner was regularly paying rent — Held, notices calling upon tenant to vacate during subsistence of lease cannot be sustained in the absence of any allegation of default — Impugned eviction notices set aside. India Law Library Docid # 2457562
(19) BHUPINDER ALIAS KAKU Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 29-10-2026 Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 430 — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 389 — Suspension of sentence pending appeal — Fixed-term sentence — Scope and principles — Consideration for suspension of sentence of a limited duration should generally be liberal unless exceptional circumstances exist — Appellate court is not to re-appreciate evidence to find minor lacunae, but must determine if there is palpable, apparent material on record suggesting fair chances of acquittal — India Law Library Docid # 2457580
(20) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Vs. KAPIL @ DHILLO AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 29-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of interference — Presumption of innocence in favour of accused is strengthened by an order of acquittal — Appellate court is generally reluctant to disturb findings of fact arrived at by trial court unless conclusions are palpably wrong, perverse, or based on misreading of material evidence — Mere fact that appellate court can arrive at a different conclusion on reappreciation of evidence is no ground to inter India Law Library Docid # 2457590