(361) M/S AGARWAL ASSOCIATES (PROMOTERS) LTD Vs. M/S SHARDA DEVELOPERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 03-02-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34, Section 37, Section 29 — High Courts' power of intervention under Article 226/227 of Constitution — Limited scope for interlocutory orders from Arbitral Tribunals — Proceedings before Arbitral Tribunal are subject to limited India Law Library Docid # 2438965
(362) VARUN KUMAR SINGH Vs. STATE (SHO RAJINDER NAGAR)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 03-02-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Age determination — Bone Ossification Test — In cases of sexual assault under POCSO Act, when determining victim's age using bone age ossification test, the upper age given in the reference range should be considered. India Law Library Docid # 2438966
(363) SAREGAMA INDIA LIMITED Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 03-02-2026 West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955 — Section 4C — Conversion of land — Application for conversion dismissed on ground of petitioner being a lessee, not a raiyat — Petitioner owned 14.33 acres of land, which was within the 15-acre ceiling for non-agricultural land retention under Section 6(1)(c) of the West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act, 1953 — Retention under Section 6(1)(b) and (c) is automatic and effective from the date of vesting — An order under Section 6(3) requiring a specific use for fa India Law Library Docid # 2438967
(364) THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS Vs. SANTOSH KUMAR SINGH[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 03-02-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Condonation of Delay — State Authorities — Bureaucratic delays — State machinery cannot claim a separate period of limitation and bureaucratic delays are not a sufficient cause for condoning inordinate delay in filing appeals — The law of limitation binds everyone, including the government. India Law Library Docid # 2438968
(365) NER-II TRANSMISSION LTD. TO BE REPRESENTED BY ITS AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE NER-II TRANSMISSION LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. SUMITRA DEBBARMA AND OTHERS[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 03-02-2026 Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 164 — Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 — Section 16(3) — Compensation for loss of trees and land use — Jurisdiction of District Judge — Award for loss of income from commercial exploitation of land is speculative and outside the scope of jurisdiction. India Law Library Docid # 2438969
(366) YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIE CO LTD Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 03-02-2026 Patents Act, 1970 — Section 16(1) — Divisional Application — Filing Before Grant — Applicant's Right to File — Petitioner sought to file a divisional application after parent patent was granted — Section 16(1) clearly states that a divisional application must be filed before the grant of the parent patent — Petitioner's attempt to file post-grant was correctly rejected by the Patent Office. India Law Library Docid # 2439032
(367) SHUBHAM PAL AND OTHERS Vs. STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-02-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14, 19, 21 — Writ Petition — Re-evaluation of answer sheets — Courts should generally not interfere with examination results unless there is a clear, demonstrable error — Sympathy or compassion is not a basis for directing re-evaluation. India Law Library Docid # 2439595
(368) PRANTIK KUMAR AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 406, 420, 504, 506, 120B read with Section 34 — Anticipatory bail — High Court order making grant of anticipatory bail conditional on deposit of disputed amount — Held, such condition is impermissible. India Law Library Docid # 2439597
(369) HANS RAJ DOI Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 03-02-2026 Central Reserve Police Force Act, 1949 — Section 9(f) — Desertion — Essential ingredient of animus deserendi (intention to permanently abandon service) is negated if the member voluntarily resumes duty within a short period. — Charge of desertion is legally unsustainable if there is no intention to permanently abandon service. India Law Library Docid # 2440177
(370) COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (APPEAL), JAIPUR Vs. CERAMIC TABLEWARE PVT. LTD.[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 03-02-2026 Customs Act, 1962 — Section 149 — Amendment of Bill of Entry — Power to amend — Power exists to amend Bill of Entry even after it has been passed, provided amendment is sought on the basis of documentary evidence that existed at the time of clearance of goods. India Law Library Docid # 2440178
(371) SUSHIL KAMALNAYAN BHARUKA AND OTHER Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 03-02-2026 Land Allotment — Auction Cancellation — High Court's contradictory orders — Principle of Judicial Consistency — Supreme Court's intervention. The Supreme Court set aside a High Court order that canceled an auction process, finding it contradictory to a previous order from the same High Court's principal bench which India Law Library Docid # 2440289
(372) SMT. CHANDA KACHER AND OTHERS Vs. KAMLESH KACHER[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 03-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 22 Rule 4 and Rule 9 — Substitution of legal representatives — Application for substitution filed after the expiry of 90 days without a separate application under Section 5 of the Limitation Act was considered as implicitly containing a prayer to set aside abatement, which is permissible in the interest of justice. India Law Library Docid # 2440247
(373) RAMASHANKAR MATHUR Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 03-02-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Quashing of charge sheet — Charge sheet issued by respondent No. 2 (Collector) that too in excess of jurisdiction — Held, Charge sheet issued under Section 14 of M.P. Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1966, however, services of Petitioner are governed by the M.P. Panchayat India Law Library Docid # 2440248
(374) BHASKAR YADAV Vs. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT[DELHI HIGH COURT] 02-02-2026 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 — Section 45 — Twin Test — Essential to satisfy court there are reasonable grounds for believing the accused is not guilty of money laundering and is not likely to commit an offence while on bail — Applies to anticipatory bail applications in PMLA cases — Court not required to delve deep into merits but to assess prima facie case and likelihood of reoffending India Law Library Docid # 2438920
(375) SATINDER SINGH BHASIN Vs. COL. GAUTAM MULLICK AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-02-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 7 — Initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process — Real Estate Project — Financial Creditors/Allottees — Threshold Requirement — Section 7(1) second proviso — Minimum number of allottees — Ascertained on the date of filing of the application. India Law Library Docid # 2438932
(376) SANDEEP SINGH BORA Vs. NARENDRA SINGH DEOPA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-02-2026 Uttarakhand Panchayati Raj Act, 2016 — Section 131H — Election Disputes — Proper remedy for grievances arising from election matters, including improper rejection of nominations, is an election petition as prescribed by this Act — High Court should not entertain writ petitions in such cases as there is an efficacious alternative remedy. India Law Library Docid # 2438933
(377) DARSHAN SINGH Vs. NACHATTER SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 02-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of Pleadings — Amendment application filed after framing of issues and conclusion of plaintiffs' evidence — Trial commenced and made substantial progress — Proviso to Order 6 Rule 17 CPC applies — Amendment cannot be permitted. India Law Library Docid # 2439323
(378) MUNSHI RAM (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS Vs. DHARA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 02-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 22 Rule 9 — Abatement of suit — Amended provision in Punjab and Haryana — Suit does not abate if no application for impleadment is made within the time limit — Judgment can be pronounced notwithstanding the death of a party, with the same effect as if pronounced before death — Legal representatives can continue the suit if they step into the shoes of the India Law Library Docid # 2439324
(379) BAHADUR CHAND (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LR RAVINDER KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HARYANA THROUGH COLLECTOR AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 02-02-2026 Civil Procedure, 1908 — Order 47 Rule 1 — Review of judgment — Power of review is limited and does not permit re-agitation of issues that have already been finally decided. India Law Library Docid # 2439325
(380) MEWA SINGH (SINCE DECEASED) TH. HIS LR Vs. RAJU SINGH @ RAJA SINGH (DECEASED) TH. HIS LRS AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 02-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 151 and Order 41 Rule 27 — Additional evidence — Remand — Appellate court allowed application for additional evidence and remanded case to trial court for recording evidence, granting one effective opportunity to appellant. India Law Library Docid # 2439326