(1) NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA Vs. PROGRESSIVE CONSTRUCTIONS LIMITED[DELHI HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Ss. 34 and 37 — Scope of judicial review — Limits on appellate court under S. 37 — Court exercising jurisdiction under S. 37 cannot travel beyond the restrictions applicable under S. 34 — It cannot undertake an independent assessment of the merits of the award and must only ascertain whether the court below exceeded the scope of its power under S. 34 — India Law Library Docid # 2447016
(2) 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
(3) 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
(4) 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
(5) RAJESH SHARMA Vs. NORTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-06-2026 Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 — Section 59(d), 92 and 95(1) — Delhi Municipal Corporation Service (Control and Appeal) Regulations, 1959 — Regn. 7, Schedule — Disciplinary Authority — Competency of Commissioner to dismiss Group 'A' Officer — Substitution of Section 59(d) by Delhi Municipal Corporation India Law Library Docid # 2446965
(6) SHOWKAT AHMAD SEER Vs. UT OF JK[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 16-06-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376 — Attempt to commit rape — Conviction under Section 376 altered to Section 376/511 RPC — Medical evidence indicating no penetrative sexual assault, but injuries and expert opinion suggesting a sexual encounter without full penetration — Evidence showing torn pyjama, ejaculation, and rubbing of genital organ between thighs, leading to perineal laceration — India Law Library Docid # 2446970
(7) ASHISH AND OTHERS Vs. NATIONAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY OF INDIA[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 16-06-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34(3) — Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 14 — Application to set aside arbitration award — Statutory period of limitation is mandatory — Proviso allows for an additional 30 days only if sufficient cause is shown, but "not thereafter" — This phrase expressly excludes the application of Section 5 of the Limitation Act for condoning delays beyond this India Law Library Docid # 2447024
(8) SPECIAL POLICE ESTABLISHMENT Vs. KAMTA PRASAD MISHRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-06-2026 Right to Information Act, 2005 — S. 24(4) — Madhya Pradesh Special Police Establishment Act, 1947 — S. 2(1), S. 3 — "Intelligence and Security Organisation" — Scope and Applicability of Exemption — Jurisdiction of Special Police Establishment (SPE) — The expression "intelligence and security organisations" under Section 24 of the RTI Act implies that the concerned entity must be statutory or institutionally empowered to handle matters of intelligence and national/state security India Law Library Docid # 2446870
(9) S. SENTHIL KUMARAN BOSE Vs. THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-06-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Art. 16 and 226 — Public Employment — Direct Recruitment — Eligibility Criteria — Workshop Experience — Pendency of workshop renewal applications — Effect on candidates — Where a recruitment notification mandates a minimum of one year of experience in a Government-approved workshop, candidates cannot be prejudiced or disqualified merely because India Law Library Docid # 2446871
(10) MANDAR SURESH BHATWADEKAR AND OTHERS Vs. SHREE NAV VINAYAK CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LTD. (HOUSING SOCIETY) AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 15-06-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 8 Rule 6A — Counter-claim — A defendant can file a counter-claim to set up any right or claim against the plaintiff arising from a cause of action that accrued before or after the suit filing, but before delivering their defense — The aim is to avoid multiple lawsuits and resolve all India Law Library Docid # 2446915
(11) OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION LIMITED Vs. SWIBER OFFSHORE CONSTRUCTION PTE LIMITED[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 15-06-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 9 — Post-award interim protection — Unsuccessful party must demonstrate exceptional circumstances to justify deviation from award, with a higher threshold than for pre-award protection — Mere existence of arguable challenge is insufficient; situation must be so India Law Library Docid # 2446916
(12) NISHA NARESH KHILNANI Vs. SHASHI MANOHAR ADVANI AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 15-06-2026 Court Fees Act, 1859 (Bombay) — Section 46 — Government Notification dated 1st October 1994 — Explanatory Notification dated 23rd March 2000 — Exemption from Court Fees — Woman Litigants — The exemption from court fees for women litigants is limited to specific categories: maintenance, property disputes, violence, and divorce — "Property disputes" are restricted to those arising from matrimonial India Law Library Docid # 2446917
(13) RAJENDRA KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. DINDAYAL KHATIK AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 15-06-2026 Property Law — Partition and Succession — Plaintiff's claim based on partition was not substantiated with documentary evidence — However, even if partition was disregarded, natural succession of properties from grandfather Kashiram would devolve equally upon the plaintiffs and Defendant No — 2. India Law Library Docid # 2447020
(14) INDRAMANI PATEL Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 15-06-2026 Madhya Pradesh Police Regulations, 1970 — Regulation 70-A — Out-of-turn promotion — Exceptional bravery — Petitioner, a Sub-Inspector, rescued two individuals from a precarious situation by climbing down a 200-foot gorge, risking his life — This act, though unanimously recommended for out-of-turn promotion by senior officers, was rejected by a screening committee as 'routine duty', while India Law Library Docid # 2447021
(15) P.C. VERMA Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 15-06-2026 Madhya Pradesh Public Works Department Engineer-In-Chief and Chief Engineers Recruitment and Conditions of Service Rules, 1983 — Rule 6 — Assignment of temporary charges — While Rule 6 concerns regular promotions, this court held that administrative flexibility in making temporary arrangements cannot be used to bypass the eligibility criteria for regular promotion — Temporary India Law Library Docid # 2447022
(16) VIJAY SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 15-06-2026 Delay and Laches — Writ of Quo Warranto — The doctrine of delay and laches does not apply to a writ petition in the nature of quo warranto, as the primary concern is to ensure that public offices are held by individuals who are lawfully authorised. India Law Library Docid # 2447023
(17) MEENAKSHI NATARAJAN Vs. ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-06-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Arts. 32 and 329(b) — Representation of the People Act, 1951 — S. 100 — Writ petition challenging order of Returning Officer rejecting nomination paper for Rajya Sabha election — Maintainability — Held, not maintainable — Bar contained in Art. 329(b) is absolute and excludes jurisdiction of this Court under Art. 32 (and of the High Court under Art. 226) in respect of all India Law Library Docid # 2446782
(18) PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT GOT OF MAHARASHTRA NATIONAL HIGHWAYS Vs. KHARE AND TARKUNDE INFRASTRUCTURE PVT. LTD.[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 12-06-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Challenge to arbitral award — Clause 4.1.5 of contract limiting aggregate damages to 1% of contract price — Arbitral Tribunal found this limit inapplicable due to fundamental breach by PWD in failing to provide Right of Way (ROW) within stipulated timeframe — Court held India Law Library Docid # 2446918
(19) MADHAVI VILAS GOSAVI AND ANOTHER Vs. RAJESH MISHRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 12-06-2026 Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 — Section 154B-24(1) and Section 73-ID — Motion of No Confidence — Co-operative Housing Societies — Requirement of Two-Third Majority — A motion of no confidence against an officer of a co-operative housing society requires the support of not less than two-thirds of the committee members who are present and entitled to vote at the meeting — This India Law Library Docid # 2446919
(20) KU. DISHA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 12-06-2026 Scheduled Tribes — Caste Claim Verification — Invalidation of Claim — Court found that the Caste Scrutiny Committee had erroneously invalidated the petitioners' caste claim based on adverse entries without establishing a clear link to the petitioners' established lineage — The committee failed to connect the adverse entries to the India Law Library Docid # 2446931