(321) RAJAT KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. S D ADARSH JAIN KANYA MAHA VIDYALAYA SADHAURA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-06-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 21 — Execution proceedings — High Court's directions for assessment of compensation in execution proceedings — Held, impermissible when original suit did not seek compensation and parties did not consent — Setting aside of trial court and first appellate court decrees, followed by India Law Library Docid # 2447086
(322) MANIYAR ILIYAZ @ SHAIK RIYAZ AND ANOTHER Vs. P. AYYAPPAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-06-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 19(1)(d), Article 21 — Fundamental Right to Walk — The right to walk is a fundamental right integral to the right to movement under Article 19(1)(d), read with other provisions of Article 19 and Article 21 — This fundamental right includes the right to demarcated footpaths, which must take India Law Library Docid # 2447087
(323) PRESIDENT, ST.ALPHONSA TRUST Vs. MICHAEL BUILDERS & DEVELOPERS PVT LTD.[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 19-06-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Execution Petition — Review of Order — Where an arbitral award is subject to execution, and the Executing Court initially passes an order which is later challenged through a review petition alleging apparent errors in calculations and appropriation of payments, the court has the power and duty to rectify such patent mistakes in the order to ensure it India Law Library Docid # 2447414
(324) MRS. L.JOTHIAMMAL Vs. MRS. V.GANGA AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 19-06-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Compromise between parties — Joint Memo of Compromise filed by Appellant and Respondents 14, 20, and 21 — Court recorded the compromise and disposed of the appeal in terms of the settlement. India Law Library Docid # 2447415
(325) MR.IRUDAYARAJ (DECEASED) AND OTHERS Vs. THE SETTLEMENT TAHSILDAR AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 19-06-2026 Tamil Nadu Minor Inams (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1963 — Special Tribunal Appeals — Jurisdiction — Appeals under Section 30 of the Act involve determination of rival claims of title and validity of title deeds, which are complex issues beyond the summary nature of proceedings under the Act — Such disputes are to be adjudicated by a competent Civil Court. India Law Library Docid # 2447416
(326) HEERALAL DILIP GOLECHA Vs. GREATER CHENNAI CORPORATION AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 19-06-2026 Trade License Application Pending — Issuance of Lock and Seal Notice — Petitioner applied for a trade license for their soft drink distribution business and submitted all necessary documents and fees — While the application was pending, the respondent issued a lock and seal notice, alleging the absence of a trade license — Petitioner contended this action was arbitrary India Law Library Docid # 2447417
(327) AYAR GITABEN DINESHBHAI Vs. ELECTION COMMISSIONER AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Gujarat Panchayats Act, 1993 and Gujarat Panchayats Election Rules, 1994 — Election Petition — Recount of Votes — A written application for recounting of votes must be made to the Returning Officer immediately after the announcement of the total votes polled and before the declaration of the result, stating the grounds for the demand India Law Library Docid # 2447035
(328) KANTABEN AJITBHAI BALANI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506(2), 114 — FIR quashing application — Allegations against mother-in-law, father-in-law, and sister-in-law were omnibus and vague, lacking specific instances or roles — Sister-in-law resided separately in another city — Such generalised India Law Library Docid # 2447036
(329) SOLANKI (DARBAR) SURSANGJI SHIVJI Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 307 — Attempt to murder — Ingredients of intention or knowledge relating to commission of murder and doing of an act towards it are essential — Intention or knowledge, not the consequence, is material — Absence of necessary intent or knowledge would mean no offence under Section 307 is made out — India Law Library Docid # 2447037
(330) PARMANAND @ SICKY Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 313, 374 — Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302, 302/34 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section relevant provisions — Circumstantial evidence — Appeal against conviction for murder — Court examined the prosecution's case primarily based on circumstantial evidence, including the "last seen India Law Library Docid # 2447136
(331) PRAKASH NARAYAN KAUMARYA Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7, 13(1)(d), 13(2] — Demand of illegal gratification — Essential ingredient for conviction — Absence of evidence proving demand renders conviction unsustainable, even if tainted currency is recovered. India Law Library Docid # 2447068
(332) DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL AND OTHERS Vs. CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Right to Information Act, 2005 — Section 2(h) — Public Authority — Definition — Test for inclusion in “public authority” hinges on ownership, control, or substantial financing by the government or its instrumentalities. India Law Library Docid # 2447069
(333) SMT. FULIYA DEVI Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 (Chhattisgarh) — Section 21 and Rules, 1994 (Chhattisgarh Panchayat) — Rule 3(3) — No-confidence motion against Sarpanch — Notice period — "Clear seven days" notice — Held, computed from date of issuance of notice, not service — Where notice was issued on 13.04.2026 for a meeting on India Law Library Docid # 2447070
(334) VIJAY Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code, 1959 — Section 165(6) — Restriction on transfer of tribal land — Permission by Collector required for sale of land by a tribal bhumiswami to a non-tribal — Such permission is not to be refused solely on the ground that the tribal bhumiswami will be left with less than 5 acres of land, if the India Law Library Docid # 2447071
(335) 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
(336) 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
(337) 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
(338) 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
(339) T.KARUPAIAH Vs. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 18-06-2026 Tamil Nadu Housing Board Act, 1961 — Section 54 and 54(A) — Allotment of plots — Public notification for allotment through draw of lots — Petitioner participated and was allotted Plot No — HIG-70 — petitioner paid initial deposit — subsequent communication directing payment of installments for Plot No — HIG-49, without stating the reason for the change — Doctrine of Legitimate Expectation applies when an authority makes a representation or sets out a practice which leads a person to expect a cer India Law Library Docid # 2447399
(340) THE BRANCH MANAGER M/S.SHRIRAM GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. JEEVARANI AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 18-06-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim Petition — Rash and Negligent Driving — Tribunal's finding on negligence based on eyewitness testimony is upheld — The designation of a witness as a 'mahazar witness' in a criminal case does not preclude them from being a reliable eyewitness in a motor accident claim case when their evidence is independently appreciated. India Law Library Docid # 2447409