(1) SHIVDHAR UPADHYAY Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 02-09-2026 Constitution of India — Articles 14 and 21 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Proviso to Section 372 and Section 378 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Proviso to Section 413 — Constitutional validity of Proviso to Section 372 Cr.P.C. — Challenge on ground of discrimination as State requires leave to appeal under Section 378 — Held, right of a victim to prefer an appeal cannot be equated with right of State or non-victim complainant — Parliament inserted proviso to recognise supe India Law Library Docid # 2450810
(2) INOX WIND LIMITED AND ANOTHER Vs. JASDAN ENERGY PRIVATE LIMITED AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 02-09-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34(3) — Condonation of delay — Sufficient cause — Limitation period for filing setting aside petition is three months, extendable by up to thirty days under the Proviso upon showing sufficient cause — Judgment debtor filed Section 34 petition with a delay of 27 days due to pending Section 33 application and active participation in enforcement proceedings — Court held that the petitioner acted bona fide and availed legal remedies continuously witho India Law Library Docid # 2450815
(3) M/S ABC EXPRESS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2026 Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1949 — Section 98(2) read with Section 132 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 497 [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 451] — Release of seized vehicle on interim custody — Statutory embargo — Scope of Section 98(2) of the Prohibition Act — Held, Section 98(2) does not impose an absolute embargo on the jurisdiction of the India Law Library Docid # 2450901
(4) EDELWEISS CUSTODIAL SERVICES LIMITED Vs. NSE CLEARING LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2026 Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 — Section 9(3)(b) — Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 — Section 11B — Restitution/Disgorgement of liquidated securities — Power of Stock Exchange / Clearing Corporation to order restitution — Held, Section 9(3)(b) of the Securities Act empowers Stock Exchanges to make bye-laws providing for penalties, but explicitly excludes any penalty involving the payment of money — Power of disgorgement or restitution is specifically conferred by the India Law Library Docid # 2450902
(5) MAHAVIR @ AVNISH Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 & Section 362 — Inherent powers of High Court — Recall of judgment — Plea of juvenility raised after final disposal — High Court dismissed Section 482 CrPC petition seeking recall of conviction on ground that the SLP against conviction had been dismissed as withdrawn and judgment attained finality — Held, bar under Section 362 CrPC against altering or reviewing judgments does not obliterate or render nugatory the inherent powers of the India Law Library Docid # 2450903
(6) BIJENDRA Vs. REKHA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ib) — Divorce on the ground of desertion — Essential ingredients — Factum of separation and animus deserendi — Parties living separately since December 2005 with no cohabitation or children born out of wedlock — Appellant-husband along with witness went to bring the respondent-wife back to the matrimonial home, but she refused without reasonable India Law Library Docid # 2450904
(7) FISHERMAN CARE Vs. THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING AND FISHERIES REP. BY ITS SECRETARY AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Legislative Competence & Cooperative Federalism — Entry 57, List I & Entry 21, List II of the Seventh Schedule — Territorial Waters vs. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) — Distinction between regulatory provinces — State of Tamil Nadu prohibited purse seine net fishing within its territorial waters under the Tamil Nadu Marine Fishing Regulation Act, 1983 and 2020 Rules, India Law Library Docid # 2450905
(8) DHRUB SINGH ETC. Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 307, 147, 148, 149 read with Arms Act, 1959 — Section 27 — Conviction for murder and rioting — Material contradictions between eye-witness version and medical/expert evidence — Reliability of interested witnesses — Eye-witnesses claimed accused ambushed the party from behind and shot the victim while walking in a straight line, whereas medical expert opined that India Law Library Docid # 2450805
(9) V. BALAKRISHNAN Vs. STATE REP BY THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 420 read with Section 120B — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) — Alleged fraudulent sanction of bank loans by Branch Manager in conspiracy with co-accused — Complete failure of prosecution to prove allegations — Sanctions for loans were granted by Regional Office of Bank and not solely by Branch Manager (A1) — Entire India Law Library Docid # 2450806
(10) M/S. SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-09-2026 Finance Act, 1979 — Sections 35(2), 35A, 38(3) and 38(4) — Foreign Travel Tax Rules, 1979 — Rules 4 and 9 — Foreign Travel Tax (FTT) — Delay in payment vs. Failure to pay — Applicability of penalty under Section 38(3) — Section 38(3) contemplates a scenario where there is a complete failure to pay or non-payment of tax into the credit of the Central Government — Delayed payment of tax cannot be India Law Library Docid # 2450807
(11) RAS AL KHAIMAH INVESTMENT AUTHORITY Vs. MATRIX PHARMACORP PRIVATE LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 44A, Section 47 and Section 60 — Reciprocal enforcement of foreign decree — Foreign decree of superior court of reciprocating territory — Efficacy of execution — Protection of decree-holder's rights — Interlocutory protective orders — UAE is a reciprocating territory for the execution of foreign decrees under Section 44A of CPC — Where a foreign decree passed by a superior court of a reciprocating territory remains substantially unsatisfied and executio India Law Library Docid # 2450808
(12) LC INFRA PROJECTS PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-09-2026 Public Procurement — Request for Proposal — Consortium Bid — Earnest Money Deposit / Bank Guarantee — Submission by Consortium Member — Rejection of bid on ground that Bank Guarantee was procured by a Consortium member and not the Lead Member — Held, in absence of an express stipulation in the RFP or Corrigendum requiring the Bank Guarantee to be furnished solely by the Lead Member, the tendering authority cannot reject the bid on such ground — Rejection set aside and respondents directed to adm India Law Library Docid # 2450811
(13) ASHISH CHANDRA TRIPATHI Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 47 Rule 1 — Review Jurisdiction — Reversion from post — Consideration of subsequent developments — Petitioner challenged his reversion from Assistant Commandant to Inspector in Border Security Force on ground of pending representation against adverse performance gradings — Court observed that subsequent rejection of representation validated the order and Court is competent to take notice of subsequent events while deciding writ petition — No error apparen India Law Library Docid # 2450812
(14) DELHI TRANPORATION AND TOURISM DEVELOPLMENT CORPORATION Vs. SUNEHARI BAGH BUILDERS PVT. LTD.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-09-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 37 and Section 34 — Limitation for invoking arbitration — Scope of appeal — Challenge restricted to issue of limitation — Section 34 Court partly set aside arbitral award regarding Watch and Ward Expenses while upholding remaining claims and finding on limitation — Appellant contended invocation of arbitration was time-barred calculating limitation from physical completion of work — Held, period of limitation did not commence on date of physical c India Law Library Docid # 2450813
(15) BHARAM PRAKASH YADAV Vs. STATE NCT OF DELHI AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 156(3) — Scope and Nature of Power — Police Investigation — Mandatory vs. Discretionary — Petition challenging refusal to direct police investigation regarding alleged coercive execution of property documents — Held, power under Section 156(3) CrPC is discretionary. Mere disclosure of a cognizable offence does not create an indefeasible right to police investigation. Magistrate must evaluate if active police assistance is required to collect materia India Law Library Docid # 2450814
(16) STATE Vs. SANJAY[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of appellate jurisdiction — Principles governing interference — Order of acquittal reinforces and strengthens the presumption of innocence of the accused — Appellate court will not substitute its view merely because another view is possible — Where the trial court's conclusions are reasonable, plausible, and supported by evidence on record, the appellate court should refrain from interfering with the acquittal. India Law Library Docid # 2450816
(17) OTSUKA CHEMICAL (INDIA) PVT. LTD Vs. TRANS ENGINEERS INDIA PVT. LTD.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-09-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 34 and 37 — Scope of judicial interference — Interpretation of contract and appreciation of evidence — Single Judge set aside arbitral award on ground that Arbitrator misconstrued baseline contract drawings — Held, Arbitrator is ultimate master of quantity and quality of evidence and primary authority for contractual interpretation — Court under Section 34 or 37 cannot act as Court of Appeal or substitute plausible view of Arbitrator with its own India Law Library Docid # 2450817
(18) MANAV TANDON Vs. SIDHI LUTHRA AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 397 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Revisional Jurisdiction — Scope of interference with interim maintenance order — Revisional jurisdiction of the High Court is limited and does not extend to reappreciation of evidence or reassessment of factual findings — Interference is warranted only where the impugned order suffers from a jurisdictional error, patent defect, material irregularity, or perversity — Preliminary assessment of interim m India Law Library Docid # 2450818
(19) PIYUSH KUMAR SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 01-09-2026 Service Law — Contractual Employment — Regularisation — Recruitment and Promotion Rules — Right to Consideration — Employees challenged policy decision discontinuing contractual engagements after years of continuous service — Held, long service alone confers no automatic regularisation, but where employer's own Recruitment and Promotion Rules (Guideline (j)) prescribe a pathway for contractual employees with five years of service to be considered for regular appointment, the employer cannot arbi India Law Library Docid # 2450819
(20) BREACH CANDY SWIMMING BATH TRUST AND OTHERS Vs. RAJESH SOMNATH NERKAR[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 01-09-2026 Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 — Section 7(7) — Constitution of India — Article 227 — Maintainability of writ petition bypassing statutory appeal — Limitation period — Employer failed to file appeal against Controlling Authority's order within statutory period of 60 days or maximum condonable period of 60 days — Writ petition challenging Controlling Authority's order directly under Article 227 held non-maintainable — Employer cannot bypass statutory remedy or mandatory pre-deposit requirement mer India Law Library Docid # 2450893