(261) PUNJABI ACADEMY AND ANOTHER Vs. AVTAR SINGH AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Delhi School Education Rules, 1973 — Rule 101(1) & Rule 101(2) — Fixation of salary of part-time teachers — Parity with regularly appointed teachers — Writ petitioners were engaged as part-time Punjabi teachers by Punjabi Academy and deployed in schools run by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for decades on a meager monthly remuneration. Held, under Rule 101(2) of the Delhi School Education Rules, 1973, the salary and allowances admissible to a part-time teacher must be one-half (50%) of India Law Library Docid # 2449997
(262) ARVIND MALIK Vs. STATE NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 144 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 188 — Orders for tenant verification — Non-retrospective operation — The ACP issued a preventive notification under Section 144 CrPC prohibiting landlords from letting out accommodations without furnishing tenant details to the police, effective for 60 days from 05.07.2019 to 02.02.2019 — On India Law Library Docid # 2449998
(263) AMIT GUPTA Vs. SANDEEP GUPTA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(d) — Rejection of Plaint — Limitation — Mixed question of law and fact — Triable issues — Rejection of a plaint under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC is a drastic power to terminate a civil action at the threshold and must be exercised with circumspection. Where the plaintiff relies upon continuous TDS deductions credited to their account with the Income Tax India Law Library Docid # 2449999
(264) IDBI BANK LTD. Vs. SHARANJEET KAUR[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act) — Section 28 — Interplay with Service Rules — Independence and Interdependence — Section 28 of the POSH Act provides that its provisions are in addition to and not in derogation of any other law — Governing Service Rules are not subordinate to the POSH Act — The employer retains independent authority to take disciplinary action or enforce service rules regarding attendance and conduct — However, India Law Library Docid # 2450000
(265) CHANDER MOHAN SETHI Vs. M/S SUNEJA CARD EMPORIUM PVT LTD[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Supervisory Jurisdiction — Setting Aside Interlocutory Orders under Order XV-A CPC — Advanced Stage of Trial — When a suit for possession, arrears of rent, and damages has reached its final stage and the defendant undertakes not to lead any defence evidence, interlocutory orders fixing/modifying monthly rent/occupational charges under Order India Law Library Docid # 2450001
(266) HARINDER SINGH SODHI Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-08-2026 Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1998 — Valuation of Property — Industrial vs. Commercial Use — Criteria for Stamp Duty Determination — The core issue involved whether a property subject to a gift deed should be treated as 'industrial' or 'commercial' for stamp duty computation — The High Court had held the property to be commercial on the ground that both manufacturing and sales took place on the premises and that it was not situated in a designated industrial area — The Supreme India Law Library Docid # 2450099
(267) SEEMA RAY AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Service Law — Grant of Annual Increment — Intervening Public Holiday — Computation of Qualifying Service — Assistant Teachers appointed on 28.06.2016 submitted joining on 02.07.2016 as 01.07.2016 was a public holiday — State denied first increment on 01.01.2017 claiming joining fell on 02.07.2016 under Government Order dated 22.12.2016 — Held, joining on the next working day due to a public holiday on the preceding day cannot operate to the prejudice of the employee or alter the substantive date India Law Library Docid # 2450756
(268) MASIHUNNISA DEGREE COLLEGE AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 24-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Operation of college bank accounts — Suppression of material facts — Petitioner claiming to be Manager sought direction to operate frozen bank accounts — Petitioner deliberately concealed long-standing management dispute, parallel society registration, and active stay order in pending litigation where she was a respondent — Held, extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 226 requires complete candour and clean hands — Camouflaging a heavily contested ma India Law Library Docid # 2450757
(269) RELIANCE AIF MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. BHARUCHA AND MOTIVALA INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE LIMITED[NATIONAL COMPANY LAW TRIBUNAL, COURT-V, MUMBAI BENCH] 24-08-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 33(2) — Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process — Rejection of Resolution Plan — Initiation of Liquidation — Resolution Professional filed an application seeking liquidation of the Corporate Debtor after the Committee of Creditors rejected the sole resolution plan submitted by the promoters with a 95.52% voting share and subsequently approved the initiation of liquidation by the same voting majority — Tribunal held that the application satisfied the India Law Library Docid # 2450930
(270) JAMMU AND KASHMIR BANK LIMITED Vs. ESSEL INFRAPROJECTS LIMITED[NATIONAL COMPANY LAW TRIBUNAL, COURT-V, MUMBAI BENCH] 24-08-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 7 — Indian Contract Act, 1872 — Section 128 — Corporate Guarantee — Continuing Liability — Transfer of mortgaged asset under demerger scheme — Financial Creditor initiated Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process against Corporate Guarantor — Guarantor contended that demerger and transfer of underlying mortgaged land to another entity discharged its obligations — Held, the corporate guarantee constituted an independent and continuing obligation — Tra India Law Library Docid # 2450931
(271) SIMRAN KAUR @ SEEMA RANI Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7 and 13 — Grant of regular bail — Extortion and corruption — Parity and delay in trial — Accused allegedly colluded with police officials to settle an unrecorded rape complaint upon receiving money — Co-accused already granted bail by coordinate Bench — Investigation complete and trial taking time with only 3 out of 16 witnesses examined — Petitioner in custody for over 8 months — No indicatio India Law Library Docid # 2450205
(272) REJI BABY Vs. SUBI MARY AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-08-2026 Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Quashing of Proceedings — Valid Settlement Agreement — Effect of relinquishment of claims — Respondent No. 1-wife voluntarily executed a Settlement Agreement and filed an affidavit waiving all monetary claims, including maintenance, following which a mutual consent divorce decree was granted — Subsequent initiation of India Law Library Docid # 2449988
(273) THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. SHIV SHANKAR SINGH AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Claim for compensation — Rash and negligent driving — Rear-end collision — Claimant sustained injuries when the car he was travelling in was hit from behind by a bus driven rashly and negligently — Tribunal found the bus driver solely responsible for the accident based on evidence and police records, ruling out contributory negligence on the part of the car driver — Finding on negligence upheld as supported by evidence on record. India Law Library Docid # 2450708
(274) REGIONAL DIRECTOR, THE EMPLOYEES STATE INSURANCE CORPORATION Vs. M/S C. H. ENGINEERING COMPANY AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 — Section 82 — Condonation of delay — Unexplained delay of 669 days — Administrative and departmental delays — Applicant explained delay citing officer transfers, file movement, internal correspondence, and seeking multiple legal opinions — Held, liberal approach in condoning delay cannot override the substantive law of limitation — Applicant must demonstrate due diligence and establish "sufficient cause" — Routine bureaucra India Law Library Docid # 2450462
(275) THE GROUP GENERAL MANAGAR, ONGC Vs. BHANUJI RUPAJI VAGHELA AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 4, 11 and 18 — Compensation — Enhancement of market value — Parity — Reference Court determined market value of acquired lands at Village Pansar by relying on award of adjacent village with 10% annual appreciation — Supreme Court had previously confirmed market value of Rs. 343.80 per sq.m. for land acquired under same notification in same village — Awarding additional compensation of Rs. 330.80 per sq.m. over SPLAO's rate of Rs. 13 per sq.m. held proper bas India Law Library Docid # 2450465
(276) HAFIZ RASHID AHMED CHOUDHURY Vs. KRIPANATH MALLAH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-08-2026 Representation of the People Act, 1951 — Section 81(3) — Requirements of proper attestation — Distinction in rubber stamps used — Attestation of copies supplied to the respondent had varying rubber stamps ("attested to be true copy" on certain pages and "certified to be true copy" on others) — Held, Section 81(3) requires that the election petition be accompanied by true copies attested by the petitioner under his own signature — No particular form of attestation is prescribed; India Law Library Docid # 2449989
(277) BALA Vs. U.T. CHANDIGARH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 22(5) — Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 — Section 3 — Preventive Detention — Right to make representation — Delay in informing detenu — Petitioner detained under Section 3 of PITNDPS Act — Apprised of statutory right to make a representation to Central Government after an unexplained delay of 45 days — Article 22(5) casts an affirmative constitutional obligation on detaining authorities to inform detenu a India Law Library Docid # 2450216
(278) M/S ARLINGTON SPINNING & WEAVING MILLS LTD. Vs. BHAWANI DASS SINCE DECEASED THROUGH HIS LRS AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 28 — Decree for specific performance — Deposit of balance sale consideration — Time period prescribed in decree attached only to obligation of defendants to execute and register sale deed — No timeframe stipulated for plaintiff to deposit balance purchase money — Petitioner argued decree-holder's rights stood extinguished after three months — Held, a period fixed for performance of obligation by judgment-debtor cannot be imported as a limitation on decree-hold India Law Library Docid # 2450227
(279) RANJIT SINGH SANDHU Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 22 and 29 — Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 — Interplay between NDPS Act and Drugs and Cosmetics Act — Applicability of NDPS Act on licensed chemists — Possession of psychotropic drugs at unlicensed premises — Held, provisions of the NDPS Act are in addition to, and not in derogation of, the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. Mere holding of a drug licence or possession of purchase bills does not exclude the applicability of the NDPS Act if drug India Law Library Docid # 2450238
(280) ASKARI HUSSAIN AND OTHERS Vs. DINESH KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-08-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 2019 — Section 58(3) — Reference to Third Member on difference of opinion — Scope of jurisdiction of Referee Member — Two members of NCDRC Bench differed; Presiding Member allowed appeal and dismissed complaint, whereas Companion Member modified order by reducing compensation and interest — On reference under Section 58(3), Third Member concurred with Companion Member and proceeded to decide and dispose of appeal India Law Library Docid # 2450679