(801) SATYABIR SINGH Vs. M.P. INDUSTRIAL DEVLOPMENT CORPORATION LTD. AND ANOTHER[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 15-01-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Petition — Scope of judicial review — In-charge or ad-hoc appointments are temporary and do not create vested rights — Interference warranted only for mala fides or statutory violations, not established here. India Law Library Docid # 2439095
(802) HEMANT SOREN Vs. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, THROUGH DEOVRAT JHA, DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT RANCHI ZONAL OFFICE[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 15-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code / Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 — Summoning — Dishonouring summons — The stage of taking cognizance and issuing process requires the Magistrate to be satisfied that a prima facie case is made out, not sufficient grounds for conviction. The defense of the accused or merits of the evidence are not to be examined at this stage. India Law Library Docid # 2439520
(803) HINDUSTAN COPPER LIMITED Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 15-01-2026 Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 — Section 19 — Cognizance of offences — Complaint must be made by Central Government or authorized authority/officer, or after 60 days' notice to them — Complaint filed by Regional Officer of State Pollution Control Board without proper authorization rendering it unsustainable. India Law Library Docid # 2439521
(804) ANIL KUMAR AGRAWALA Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 15-01-2026 Mines and Minerals — Prospecting Licence — Discovery of new mineral — Deemed prospecting licence — Where a prospecting licence for one mineral (Magnetite) was granted, and during operations a new mineral (Granite) was discovered and reported to the authorities, the licence is deemed to have been granted for the new mineral as well, irrespective of whether it was initially listed. India Law Library Docid # 2439522
(805) JHARKHAND INT NIRMATA SANGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 15-01-2026 Mines and Minerals Regulation Act, 1957 — Section 3(e) — Definition of 'Minor Minerals' — Includes ordinary clay, ordinary sand, and other minerals declared by the Central Government — Brick-earth and ordinary earth declared as minor minerals by notification. India Law Library Docid # 2439523
(806) SACHCHIDANAND PRASAD AND OTHERS Vs. CHAIRMAN-CUM-MANAGING DIRECTOR, JHARKHAND URJA VIKAS NIGAM LIMITED AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 15-01-2026 Modified Assured Career Progression (MACP) Scheme — Upgradation is to the immediate next higher grade pay in the hierarchy, not the next promotional post. India Law Library Docid # 2439524
(807) MAHESH MAHATO AND OTHERS Vs. SHIBANI MAHATO AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 15-01-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(i) and 13(1)(i-a) — Divorce — Adultery and Cruelty — Allegations of adultery were not supported by direct evidence and the husband failed to provide specific dates of alleged incidents. The court held that serious charges on a spouse's character cannot be decided on mere probability. India Law Library Docid # 2439525
(808) SANTOSH PATHAK Vs. SARIKA KUMARI AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 15-01-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 12(1)(c), 13(1-a), 13(1-b) — Annulment of marriage based on fraud — Allegation of misrepresentation of educational qualification and employment at the time of marriage — Evidence did not establish fraud as to a material fact or circumstance that would warrant annulment. India Law Library Docid # 2439526
(809) KRISHNA KUMAR Vs. RAJNI LAL AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 15-01-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(i) & (i-a) — Divorce — Cruelty and Adultery — Allegations of adultery must be proven beyond reasonable doubt with cogent evidence; a bald allegation is insufficient to dissolve a marriage. India Law Library Docid # 2439527
(810) SATENDER KUMAR ANTIL Vs. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 35(3) — Notice of appearance — Mandatory issuance of notice in cases of offences punishable up to 7 years imprisonment. India Law Library Docid # 2439388
(811) VIJAY MUKHIYA Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 15-01-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 20(b)(ii)(c), 22(c), 23(c) — Conviction for offence — Appeal against — Seizure of contraband from roof of appellant's house- Contraband not found in conscious physical possession — Prosecution failed to establish mandatory procedural safeguards under NDPS Act — Non-compliance with Section 52A of NDPS Act regarding sealing, India Law Library Docid # 2438185
(812) VIMLA DEVI Vs. STATE OF U.P.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Bail, Grant of — Supreme Court granted bail to the appellant, who was seeking it after the High Court rejected her prayer. The appellant was an accused in a case registered under Sections 498-A, 323 & 326 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. A charge-sheet had been filed, and the court was of the considered opinion that further custodial interrogation was India Law Library Docid # 2438611
(813) ASIM KHA AFSAR KHA PATHAN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Bail — Factors to consider — Incarceration period — Two co-accused already granted bail — Appellant 1 already undergone more than six years incarceration — Appellant 1 to be released on bail. India Law Library Docid # 2438612
(814) RAJASTHAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, AJMER Vs. YATI JAIN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Public Service Commission — Recruitment — Waiting List — Validity — A waiting list has a limited validity period, usually determined by recruitment rules or a reasonable period until the next advertisement. Candidates on a waiting list do not have an indefeasible right to appointment, but can be considered if vacancies arise within the validity period and the appointing authority acts arbitrarily. India Law Library Docid # 2438221
(815) AMIT KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 154 — Information as to the commission of cognizable offence — Mandatory registration of FIR — Court reiterates the mandatory duty to register an FIR upon disclosure of a cognizable offence and reminds educational institutions of their civic and legal obligation to promptly lodge an FIR in case of a student suicide on campus. India Law Library Docid # 2438222
(816) ELEGNA CO-OP. HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL SOCIETY LTD. Vs. EDELWEISS ASSET RECONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 7 — Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) — Admission of CIRP — Adjudicating Authority’s power and duty — Legal position is well-settled that once the Adjudicating Authority is satisfied that a financial debt exists and a default has occurred, it must admit the application — Inquiry under Section 7(5)(a) is confined strictly to determination of India Law Library Docid # 2438223
(817) THE AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULINGS (INCOME TAX) AND OTHERS Vs. TIGER GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL II HOLDINGS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 197, 245Q, 245R(2)(iii) — Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) between India and Mauritius, Article 13(4) — Capital Gains Tax — Advance Ruling — Tax Avoidance — The Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) rejected an application for an advance ruling on the grounds that the transaction (sale of shares of a Singapore company by a Mauritius company) was India Law Library Docid # 2438224
(818) SANJAY PALIWAL AND ANOTHER Vs. BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LTD. THROUGH ITS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 41(h) — Injunction when refused — Equally efficacious remedy — A suit for mandatory injunction for removal of a wall is barred if the plaintiff has not claimed possession, and possession is disputed, as a suit for possession would be a more efficacious remedy. India Law Library Docid # 2438225
(819) VAYYAETI SRINIVASARAO Vs. GAINEEDI JAGAJYOTHI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Andhra Pradesh Stamp Act — Schedule I-A, Article 47A, Explanation I — Agreement to Sell — Deemed Conveyance — For an agreement to sell to be deemed a conveyance under Explanation I, the delivery of possession must be linked to the agreement to sell, either following it or evidenced by it. If possession existed prior to the agreement and was not surrendered or changed because of the agreement, it does India Law Library Docid # 2438226
(820) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Vs. CHAMAN LAL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Dying declaration — Admissibility and weight — A dying declaration can be the sole basis for conviction if it is voluntary, truthful, and reliable, even without corroboration. The court must scrutinize it carefully for tutoring or manipulation and consider the declarant's opportunity to observe and identify the assailant and their fitness to make the India Law Library Docid # 2438227