(921) ARJUN JANI @ TUNTUN Vs. STATE OF ORISSA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Delay in filing appeal — High Court declining to condone delay of 3157 days in filing criminal appeal — Order of High Court set aside by Supreme Court — Supreme Court grants bail to petitioner as exceptional measure, considering his undergoing sentence of 22 years with India Law Library Docid # 2447380
(922) RXXXXX Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 — Section 19 and 21 — Trial of child as an adult — Sentencing provisions — Offence under Section 302 IPC — No child in conflict with law can be sentenced to death or life imprisonment without the possibility of release — Trial court imposing sentence of 10 years for offence under Section 302 IPC is India Law Library Docid # 2447382
(923) MR. ADITYA BAKAYA Vs. STATE OF GOA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (GOA BENCH)] 07-05-2026 Writ Court's Jurisdiction in Child Custody Matters — Habeas Corpus as an equitable relief, paramount consideration is the welfare of the child, not merely executing foreign court orders or enforcing comity of courts — The court can decline repatriation if it's not in the child's best interest, even if a foreign court has issued an India Law Library Docid # 2447026
(924) RAM BAHADUR DAS Vs. STATE OF SIKKIM[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 06-05-2026 Compulsory Retirement — Conviction by Criminal Court — Order of compulsory retirement imposed as a major penalty after conviction was affirmed by the Apex Court, but by then the employee had attained the age of superannuation. The Court noted that no disciplinary action was initiated prior to retirement and in normal India Law Library Docid # 2443708
(925) SMT. SUMITRA SETHY Vs. THE INDIAN RAILWAYS AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 06-05-2026 Natural Justice — Principles of — Blacklisting/Debarment — Mandatory requirement of show cause notice — Held, blacklisting or debarment is a severe action with significant civil consequences, akin to "civil death," impacting a person's right to trade and profession — Therefore, principles of natural justice, particularly the right to be heard (audi alteram partem), must be followed even if the contract or India Law Library Docid # 2443823
(926) MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, MOGA AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S JITF URBAN WASTE MANAGEMENT (FEROZEPUR) LTD. AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 06-05-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 34, 36(2) and 36(3) — Stay of Arbitral Award — Condition of 100% deposit — Challenge to an arbitral award under Section 34 is independent of compliance with a conditional stay order under Section 36(2) and (3) — Failure to abide by a conditional stay order does not impact the India Law Library Docid # 2443938
(927) FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA Vs. M/S. GOLDY AND GOLDY[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 06-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 9 Rule 2 and Order 9 Rule 4 — Dismissal of Execution Petition for non-compliance of Court orders — Application for restoration dismissed for want of prosecution — Petitioner Corporation demonstrated utter negligence in pursuing the Execution Petition which is pending India Law Library Docid # 2443939
(928) MUKAND KAUR AND OTHERS Vs. MIDDO AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 06-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Adverse Possession — Co-owners: Possession of a co-sharer is presumed to be on behalf of all co-sharers — To claim adverse possession, a co-sharer must prove exclusive and hostile possession to the knowledge of other co-sharers, and clearly state when their possession became adverse. India Law Library Docid # 2443940
(929) MUKESH KUMAR THROUGH LR Vs. USHA VERMA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 06-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 22 Rule 4, Order 21 Rule 15 — Death of a party during appeal — Failure to implead legal heirs — If information of death is not brought to court's notice, suit does not abate against deceased’s legal heirs — Appellant's failure to disclose death of Jamuna Devi to the appellate court was mala India Law Library Docid # 2443941
(930) SIEMENS LTD. Vs. SHENDRA SIEMENS KAMGAR/KARMACHARI SANGHATANA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 06-05-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 2(j), 2(s), 25-FFA, 25-K and 25-O — Closure of undertaking — Petitioner company claimed to have 99 workmen, thus governed by Section 25-FFA requiring 60 days' notice — Respondent Union argued Petitioner employed over 100 workmen, attracting Chapter V-B requiring prior India Law Library Docid # 2446977
(931) TUKARAM KANA PAWARA (DECEASED) THR LEGAL HEIRS AND OTHERS Vs. PROJECT DIRECTOR PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 06-05-2026 Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Section 96 — National Highways Act, 1956 — Section 3G(5) — Income-tax Act, 1961 — Section 194LA — Land Acquisition Compensation — Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) — Compensation awarded under the National Highways Act, India Law Library Docid # 2446978
(932) COL. RETD. RANJEET SINGH Vs. REGISTRAR, FIRMS SOCIETIES AND CHITS UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Stay Order — Extension of interim stay order was not justified when subsequent events, specifically fresh elections for a residents welfare association, had rendered the original writ petition infructuous. India Law Library Docid # 2446841
(933) FAZLA Vs. MOHAMMAD AHMAD[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-05-2026 U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953 — Section 48 — Amendment Application — Impleadment of Parties — Revisional Stage — Held that impleadment of parties at revisional stage is permissible if they are proper and necessary parties and are affected by the decision, especially when it follows directions from the High Court India Law Library Docid # 2446842
(934) RAKESH MITTAL Vs. C.B.I. AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 319 — Power to Summon Additional Accused — The court's power under Section 319 CrPC is discretionary and extraordinary, requiring satisfaction equivalent to that needed for framing India Law Library Docid # 2446843
(935) RAMESH CHANDRA TRIPATHI Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 7 — Quashing of proceedings — Inherent power of High Court to be exercised sparingly and only when no offence is made out or to prevent abuse of process of law. India Law Library Docid # 2446844
(936) SHRI. SAMBHAJI BALKRISHNA ZAMBRE Vs. SMT. CHHAYA BALKRISHNA ZAMBRE[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (KOLHAPUR BENCH)] 06-05-2026 Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 — Section 23 — Transfer of property by senior citizen — When transferee fails to provide basic amenities and physical needs, transfer is deemed fraudulent and can be declared void by the Tribunal, even if there is no express maintenance clause in the deed. [Paras 11, India Law Library Docid # 2447029
(937) KULDEEP SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 06-05-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 528 (erstwhile Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482) — Quashing of FIR — Anticipatory Bail — Dismissal of plea for anticipatory bail on merits by High Court and upheld by Supreme Court — Petitioner at large and failed to surrender — Attempt to quash FIR post-dismissal of anticipatory bail, without change in circumstances, amounts to India Law Library Docid # 2447321
(938) VADIYALA PRABHAKAR RAO AND OTHERS Vs. THE GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-05-2026 Forest Laws — Hyderabad Forest Act, 1326F vs — 1355F — Inclusion of land in reserve forest — Notification issued under a repealed Act is not automatically invalid if it aligns with the provisions of the new Act — The Court presumes validity if the intention and purpose are consistent with the current law. India Law Library Docid # 2443251
(939) NEETU SOLVENTS Vs. VINEET NAGAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-05-2026 Environmental Law — Environmental Clearance (EC) — Ex-post facto EC — The Supreme Court has held that the concept of ex-post facto Environmental Clearance is alien to Indian environmental jurisprudence and struck down notifications allowing it — However, in cases where industries were established based on Consent to Establish India Law Library Docid # 2443252
(940) HANSRAJ Vs. MUKESH NATH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-05-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166 and 173 — Compensation for accident — Appellant sustained 100% permanent disability at the age of 14 due to a road accident — Claim petition filed for compensation — The Tribunal awarded Rs. 7,76,543/- and the High Court enhanced it to Rs. 12,17,543/- — The Supreme Court further enhanced the compensation. India Law Library Docid # 2443253