(1) MOHD SHAHZAD KAMAL Vs. NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 — Section 21(4) — Scope of appellate jurisdiction in bail appeals — Admissibility of subsequent events and evidence — Prosecution objected to appellate court considering witness testimonies recorded before the Trial Court after the impugned bail rejection order — Held, the High Court as an appellate forum possesses the jurisdiction to examine subsequent developments, including newly recorded evidence — Where the appeal remained pending for over two years t India Law Library Docid # 2454294
(2) M/S A.G. ENTERPRISES Vs. UNION OF INDIA & ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 6(2)(b) — Bar on parallel proceedings — "Same subject matter" — Scope and applicability — Mere commonality of a supplier or an assessee in proceedings initiated by State and Central GST authorities does not attract the statutory bar under Section 6(2)(b) — Identity of subject matter requires factual verification of specific tax periods, transactions, invoices, precise Input Tax Credit amounts, and allegations in the respective show-cause notices India Law Library Docid # 2454301
(3) 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
(4) 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
(5) 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
(6) 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
(7) MS. ASHI AGARWAL Vs. UNION OF INDIA & ORS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 11 — Res Judicata — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ petition disposed of with direction to decide representation — Subsequent challenge — Earlier writ petition was disposed of directing the authority to consider the petition as a representation without any adjudication on merits — Impugned rejection order passed pursuant thereto gave rise to a fresh cause of action — Principle of res judicata applies only where an issue has been heard a India Law Library Docid # 2454429
(8) SMT. RANI Vs. SH. RAM SARUP (SINCE DECEASED) AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Indian Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 111 — Active confidence — Burden of proving good faith of transaction — Suit for cancellation of Sale Deed executed by elderly, illiterate father in favour of daughter — Daughter resided with father and was in a position of active confidence to exercise influence — Sale Deed was drafted in English while the executant only signed in Hindi and was not conversant with English — Held, the burden lay squarely on the daughter to prove that the deceased father unders India Law Library Docid # 2454430
(9) POONAM TANWAR Vs. STATE[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — - Framing of charge — Supervisory jurisdiction of High Court — Scope — Supervisory jurisdiction under Article 227 is correctional and cannot be converted into an appeal on facts — High Court does not re-weigh material or substitute its conclusions merely because another view is possible — Detailed evaluation of evidence or roving inquiry into merits is impermissible at the stage of charge — Interference is warranted only to correct patent illegality, perver India Law Library Docid # 2454431
(10) MANSI BRAR Vs. MOHIT SINGH[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Section 2(b) — Civil Contempt — False statement and suppression of material facts — Coordinate Bench directed status quo regarding title and possession of properties forming subject matter of MoUs based on the respondent's undertaking — Subsequent disclosures revealed that the properties had already been alienated prior to giving such undertaking — Respondent deliberately suppressed this reality from the Court — Held, tendering false statements or undertakings to d India Law Library Docid # 2454432
(11) M/S METAL CANS COMPANY Vs. BHUVAN MOHAN[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 12 Rule 6 — Indian Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 116 — Suit for possession — Judgment on admissions — Landlord-tenant relationship — Estoppel — Appellant claimed perpetual tenancy under Defendant No. 2 — Appellant admitted making direct payments to Plaintiff, corroborated by Defendant No. 2 confirming Appellant became a direct tenant — Direct tenancy established by conduct and admissions — Held, tenant who has attorned and paid rent directly is estopped un India Law Library Docid # 2454433
(12) ZOOM INSURANCE BROKERS PVT LTD Vs. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX CIRCLE 25 1 AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Sections 147, 148, and 148A — Reassessment — Scope of writ jurisdiction — Factual enquiry — Challenge to reassessment order under Section 148A(3) and notice under Section 148 regarding alleged bogus transactions involving middle layer business entities in the insurance sector — Assessee claimed that the receipts were genuine brokerage already accounted for in audited books and tax returns — Held, whether the transaction was spurious resulting in income escaping assessment India Law Library Docid # 2454434
(13) ROY PORUTHOOKKARAN AND ANOTHER Vs. ELIZABATH @ THANKA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(d) — Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 2(1)(c) and Section 6 — Rejection of plaint — Commercial dispute filed before ordinary civil court — Scope of statutory bar — Commercial Courts Act does not create an express or implied embargo barring the institution of civil suits, but merely establishes a specialized regime and designated forums for commercial disputes — A commercial suit retains all attributes of a civil suit — Since no statutory pr India Law Library Docid # 2454258
(14) M/S AWADHESH SINGH GAUTAM Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH & ORS.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-09-2026 Contract Law — Standard Bidding Document — Clause 44.1 and Clause 53.1(ii) of General Conditions of Contract — Clause 4.1 of Special Conditions of Contract — Cross-contract recovery — Alleged overpayment under earlier contracts sought to be recovered by deducting running bills of subsequent independent contracts — Permissibility — Held, none of the contractual clauses authorized cross-contract deduction — Clause 4.1 governing technical audit mandates opportunity of hearing, approval of Chief Exe India Law Library Docid # 2454263
(15) ORRIS INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. RAKESH KUMAR GUPTA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-09-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 9, Section 65 — Power of Adjudicating Authority to recall CIRP admission order — Fraud and collusion — Existence of debt and default constitutes a jurisdictional fact for initiating CIRP — Parties invoking statutory insolvency jurisdiction are under a public law obligation not to deceive or mislead the tribunal — Fraud in public law corrupts the adjudication process — Where admission of a Section 9 petition is procured fraudulently in collusion betw India Law Library Docid # 2454264
(16) STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER Vs. SAINABA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-09-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 proviso (b) — General Clauses Act, 1897 — Section 27 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 114 — Statutory demand notice — Presumption of service — Notice sent by registered post to correct address of drawer was received by his mother — Held, "giving of notice" is distinct from "receipt of notice" — Mandatory requirement of proviso (b) to Section 138 is complied with once notice is properly addressed, pre-paid, and dispatched by registered post — Complaina India Law Library Docid # 2454265
(17) STERLING HOLIDAY RESORTS LIMITED Vs. M/S P.M. ASSOCIATES AND ORS.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 30-09-2026 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Rules 8 and 9 of Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002 — Mandatory Nature of Procedure — Auction Sale — Procedural safeguards in Rules 8 and 9 are mandatory and must be strictly followed. Solicitation and receipt of bids during an operative restraint order of the DRAT is illegal and devoid of legal effect. Applying the maxim actus curiae neminem gravabit, the period during which the restr India Law Library Docid # 2454266
(18) AJAY KUMAR @ DOCTOR Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Criminal Procedure / Bail — Consideration of Gravity vs Prima Facie Material — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 103(1), 309(4), 310(3), 317(3), 61(2), 3(5) — Arms Act, 1959 — Sections 25 and 27 — Robbery and murder — Role attributed of conducting reconnaissance — Gravity of offence is a vital consideration during bail, but courts must broadly analyze the evidentiary material collected to ascertain whether it prima facie connects the accused to the alleged crime — Alleged recovery of Rs. India Law Library Docid # 2454289
(19) SURAJ KUMAR Vs. THE STATE (GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI) AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 6, 29 and 30 — Penal Code, 1860 — Section 376AB — Rebuttal of statutory presumption — Foundational facts — Held, statutory presumptions under Sections 29 and 30 of the POCSO Act do not arise automatically upon mere registration of a case or dispense with the objective judicial appreciation of evidence — Prosecution must first establish foundational facts constituting the offence through credible and reliable evidence before the bur India Law Library Docid # 2454290
(20) RAVINDER KUMAR AHUJA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF NCT DELHI AND ORS.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent powers — Quashing of chargesheet — Mini-trial impermissible — Defence material of unimpeachable character — Scope of interference — Petitioners sought quashing of gang-rape chargesheet relying on Call Detail Records and entry-exit registers to establish alibi — Held, inherent powers cannot be exercised to conduct a mini-trial or appreciate competing evidence — Proceedings can be quashed at threshold only where defence material is of s India Law Library Docid # 2454291