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(41) LICHFL CARE HOMES LIMITED. Vs. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF ANTI-PROFITEERING, CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS & ORS.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 171 — Anti-profiteering — Real Estate Sector — Computation Methodology — Compliance with Reckitt Benckiser — Rejection of ITC-to-turnover ratio does not bar use of purchase value — DGAP quantified additional ITC availed against post-GST purchase value, determined total project savings, and divided same by total project area to arrive at per-square-foot benefit for sold area — Held, such methodology is materially different from the rejected ITC-t India Law Library Docid # 2453848
(42) WELLO RETAIL PVT LTD Vs. SANT PARMANAND BLIND RELIEF MISSION[DELHI HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 17 and Section 37(2)(b) — Interim measures by Arbitral Tribunal — Overlap with final relief — Fact that interim prayers are co-extensive with reliefs sought in the Statement of Claim does not ipso facto mean they tantamount to final determination or pre-judging the dispute — Interim protective orders are frequently required to balance contrasting rights between parties during arbitral proceedings — Acceding to the view that co-extensive prayers ca India Law Library Docid # 2453849
(43) VINITA KUMARI Vs. THE STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 U.P. Government Servants' Conduct Rules, 1956 — Rule 29 — Bigamous marriage — Quantum of punishment — Deletion of Sub-rule (3) — Binding precedent — Petitioner challenged charge-sheet issued under Rule 14(1) of 1991 Rules alleging bigamous marriage, contending only minor penalty could be imposed under Rule 29(3) — Held, Sub-rule (3) was deleted by the 1976 Amendment Rules — Prior judgments restricting punishment to a minor penalty were rendered per incuriam as they relied on unamended provisions India Law Library Docid # 2453850
(44) SANJAY KUMAR TIWARI Vs. THE STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Criminal Procedure — Joint Trial and Consolidation — Applicability of precedent — Petitioner sought consolidated trial of pending FIR alongside three interconnected FIRs relying on Supreme Court ruling requiring joint trial for offences arising from the same transaction — Held, the proceedings emanating from the other three FIRs had already culminated in closure — Principle requiring joint trial does not apply where connected cases have already been disposed of — Relief seeking clubbing or conso India Law Library Docid # 2453851
(45) MS G Vs. STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 483(2), 483(3) and 528 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439(1A) — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 69 — Victim's participatory rights — Hearing on bail application — A victim who sets the criminal justice machinery into motion possesses an independent, substantive, and legally enforceable right to participate and be heard at every crucial stage of criminal proceedings, including the India Law Library Docid # 2453852
(46) SHRI B.B. PATEL AND ANOTHER Vs. SMT. DAYA WATI AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 10 — Indian Contract Act, 1872 — Section 29 — Agreement to enter into future lease — Vagueness and uncertainty — Clause in an eleven-month lease deed obligating lessors to execute another lease deed, including a perpetual lease deed, without crystallising essential terms like duration, rent, or a mechanism for determination, constitutes merely an "agreement to agree" — Where essential covenants are left open for future negotiation without any objective yardsti India Law Library Docid # 2453853
(47) SH. GOPAL GUPTA Vs. SH. MAHAVIR PRASAD[DELHI HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(a) — Rejection of plaint for lack of cause of action — Suit for declaration of ownership based on adverse possession and permanent injunction — Plaintiff claimed ownership over a shop allotted to defendant's predecessor under a registered partition deed — High Court held that long or uninterrupted possession does not confer ownership without hostile animus — Plaintiff's pleadings established permissive occupation, cordial relations, and absence India Law Library Docid # 2453854
(48) AMAZON SELLER SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. GOODLUCK BUILDTECH PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 9 and Section 17 — Interim measures — Access to leased premises to remove assets — Dispute arising from termination of registered lease deed — Petitioner sought unhindered access to dismantle and remove fixtures and assets worth approximately Rs. 120 crore — Respondent No. 1 undertook not to obstruct ingress and egress for four weeks — Parties agreed to refer disputes to arbitration — High Court directed the Section 9 petition to be treated as an India Law Library Docid # 2453855
(49) FANINDRA DAS Vs. THE GENERAL MANAGER AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Right to life — Basic amenities — Right to electricity connection — Petitioner resided in a temple situated within a Railway colony where electricity was previously supplied by Railway Authorities to his deceased father — Railway Authorities rejected petitioner's application for electricity connection relying on internal policy restricting connections on private land — Held, right to life under Article 21 is not confined to animal existence and encompas India Law Library Docid # 2453856
(50) SMT. PREM GOEL AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Enemy Property Act, 1968 — Sections 2(b) and 2(c) — Status of property — Restraint on construction — State authorities interfered with petitioners' construction, alleging the land was enemy property because the erstwhile owner had migrated to Pakistan after partition — Official records and inquiry by the Assistant Custodian revealed that the disputed land was never recorded as enemy property, and an order was expressly passed finding it not to be enemy property — Custodian of Enemy Property conf India Law Library Docid # 2453857
(51) IN RE: RECENT RAPE INCIDENTS IN DELHI NCR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 28-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Right to Life and Personal Liberty — Public Safety and Institutional Accountability — Suo moto writ petition registered in light of recurring egregious crimes against women and minor girls in Delhi-NCR — Safety in public spaces is an intrinsic facet of the fundamental guarantee under Article 21 — Public spaces such as parks, roads, transport hubs, and subways cannot be allowed to become high-risk zones due to inadequate illumination, poor surveillance, India Law Library Docid # 2453957
(52) TAMMINENI PRABHAKAR REDDY Vs. UNION BANK OF INDIA[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002, Rules 8(5), 8(6) and 9 — Auction sale — Duty of secured creditor — Shift from caveat emptor to caveat venditor — Secured creditor acts as a trustee of secured assets and does not possess absolute ownership — Bank owes a statutory duty to both borrower and prospective purchasers to exercise due diligence, verify encumbrances, and accurately describe t India Law Library Docid # 2453960
(53) V. SIVA REDDY AND OTHERS Vs. KOPPULA SALEMMA AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 147 and 149 — Insurance coverage — Exoneration of Insurer — Fatal accident occurred at 1:30 p.m. on 17.08.2002 — Earlier policy had lapsed on 29.07.2002 — Cover note was issued at 9:00 p.m. on date of accident after business hours and policy commenced on 19.08.2002 — Owner failed to prove payment of premium prior to accident or examine the insurance agent — Premium was paid suppressing occurrence of accident — Held, the offending vehicle lacked valid insurance India Law Library Docid # 2453993
(54) AU SMALL FINANCE BANK LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. SMT. JAGRITI AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 28-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(d) — Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Section 34 — Bar of Civil Court jurisdiction — Suit for declaration of title, partition, and permanent injunction — Plaintiff claimed 50% undivided share under a will and challenged mortgage executed by co-owner — Reliefs of declaration of share and partition cannot be granted by Debts Recovery Tribunal — Jurisdiction of Civil Court to adj India Law Library Docid # 2454000
(55) DEVALLA DIVYA Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Dacoits, Drug Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Land Grabbers Act, 1986 — Section 3(1) and 3(2) — Preventive Detention — Crimes outside territorial jurisdiction — Requisite subjective satisfaction — Detaining authority can consider criminal cases registered outside its territorial limits provided there is a reasonable nexus and an express subjective satisfaction that such activities prejudicially affect the mainten India Law Library Docid # 2454004
(56) SHOBHA @ SUREKHA SURESH PATIL AND ANOTHER Vs. RADHIKA PRAKASH BORGAONKAR AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 — Section 76 — Revisional jurisdiction of Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal — Scope and limitations — The revisional power conferred on the Tribunal is circumscribed by clauses (a) to (c) of Section 76 and is strictly confined to errors of law or procedural defects causing a miscarriage of justice. Revisional jurisdiction cannot be equated with appellate jurisdiction, and the Tribunal lacks the power to re-examine evidence or delve into questions o India Law Library Docid # 2454012
(57) SANKLECHA CONSTRUCTIONS PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. NITIN MADHUKAR SHEWALE AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 — Section 18(1) — Refund of amount and interest — Nature of promoter's obligation — Failure to deliver timely possession — Authority allowed promoter to defer refund until securing Occupation Certificate (OC) — Appellate Tribunal removed the option — High Court held that the promoter's statutory obligation to return amounts received with interest on demand is absolute, immediate, and unqualified — Neither the Regulatory Authority nor the Tribuna India Law Library Docid # 2454013
(58) KOMMA SIVA HARITHA Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Dacoits, Drug Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Land Grabbers Act, 1986 — Section 3 — Preventive detention — Non-consideration of bail orders — Detaining authority relied on nine criminal cases, unaware that the detenu had secured bail in two cases — Bail orders and their conditions constitute vital and relevant material for reaching subjective satisfaction — Failure of the sponsoring authority to place such orders India Law Library Docid # 2454014
(59) M.SAMUYELU Vs. UNION OF INDIA[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Service Law — Border Security Force Rules, 1969 — Rule 19 — Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 — Rule 49(2)(b) and Rule 3(1)(q) — Voluntary retirement / Resignation after 10 years — Entitlement to proportionate pension — Petitioner resigned after completing 12 years, 2 months, and 26 days of service in BSF — Claim for pro-rata pension rejected citing lack of 20 years qualifying service — Held, conjoint reading of Rule 19 of BSF Rules and Rule 49 of CCS (Pension) Rules establishes that India Law Library Docid # 2453971
(60) J MEENA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Mines and Minerals — Andhra Pradesh Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966 — Renewal of quarry lease — Violation of natural justice — Rejection based on grounds not in show cause notice — Petitioner's application for renewal of quarry lease was rejected on the ground of non-furnishing of environmental clearance from SEIAA/MoEF — Said ground was never put to the petitioner either in the show cause notice or subsequently — Order passed on considerations not disclosed to the applicant violates princi India Law Library Docid # 2453982