1. Quashing of FIR -- Civil dispute relating to agreement for sale of immovable property -- Criminal colour given to purely civil transaction -- Foundational ingredient of cheating absent -- FIR quashed. (SC) Decided on: 05.10.2026

2. Quashing of criminal proceedings -- Matrimonial dispute -- General and omnibus allegations against in-laws -- No specific, cogent and credible allegations -- No independent material supporting allegations of dowry demand, cruelty or criminal intimidation -- Proceedings quashed. (SC) Decided on: 05.10.2026

3. Quashing of criminal proceedings -- NDPS -- Contraband not recovered from accused -- Accused shown as absconder and implicated on basis of co-accused's disclosure -- Confessional statement cannot form basis of conviction -- Quashing of proceedings at pending trial stage held improper. (SC) Decided on: 01.10.2026

4. Rape -- Promise to marry -- Consensual physical relationship continuing for three years -- No clear assurance or promise of marriage from inception -- Consent not shown to be obtained by coercion or misrepresentation -- Proceedings quashed. (SC) Decided on: 01.10.2026

5. Specific Performance -- Agreement to sell -- Failure to prove execution and payment of earnest money -- Plaintiffs also failed to establish readiness and willingness -- Concurrent findings of Courts below upheld -- Regular second appeal dismissed. (P&H HC) Reserved on: 14.09.2026 Decided on: 01.10.2026

6. Proclaimed Person -- Mandatory procedure not followed -- Accused residing abroad before registration of FIR -- Proclamation order quashed. (P&H HC) Decided on: 28.09.2026

7. NDPS – Habeas Corpus – Illegal detention – NCB failed to conduct quantitative analysis of seized contraband and destroyed/disposed of the case property without court order or notice to accused, rendering further quantitative analysis impossible – Detention held illegal and petitioners directed to be released. (All. H.C.) Reserved on: 22.09.2026 Decided on: 28.09.2026

8. Judicial review -- Departmental proceedings -- High Court does not sit as an appellate authority or undertake fresh appreciation of evidence. (P&H HC) Reserved on: 01.09.2026 Decided on: 24.09.2026

9. Written statement -- Delay -- Defence struck off -- Procedural technicalities should not be permitted to come in the way of a fair adjudication of the dispute -- One effective opportunity granted to file written statement subject to costs of Rs.5,000/- (P&H HC) Decided on: 24.09.2026

10. Territorial jurisdiction – Petition under Section 34 of Arbitration Act -- Seat and venue – Mere conduct of arbitral proceedings at a particular place cannot per se determine the juridical seat; in absence of express designation, such place is only the venue. (SC) Decided on: 23.09.2026

11. Criminal revision – Acquittal – Unexplained delay of six days in lodging FIR – Prosecution evidence found unreliable – Concurrent findings of acquittal upheld. (P&H HC) Reserved on: 08.09.2026 Decided on: 23.09.2026

12. Default bail – NDPS -- Extension of 180-day period -- Extension sought merely for non-receipt of FSL report without compelling reasons or application of mind by Public Prosecutor -- Extension granted without notice to accused set aside and petitioner ordered to be released on default bail. (P&H HC) Decided on: 23.09.2026

13. Prosecution for tax evasion – Assessment order forming basis of complaint set aside and matter remanded for fresh assessment – Foundation of prosecution demolished – Complaint not maintainable. (P&H HC) Decided on: 22.09.2026

14. Default bail – NDPS -- Extension of investigation period without producing accused or affording opportunity to oppose – Extension held unsustainable – Right to default bail accrued and application filed before challan – Subsequent filing of challan cannot defeat such right – Accused entitled to default bail. (P&H HC) Decided on: 22.09.2026

15. Eviction petition – Closure of evidence – Illness of counsel – Litigant should not suffer on account of illness of counsel or bona fide lapse – Orders closing evidence set aside and two effective opportunities granted, subject to costs of Rs.5,000/-. (P&H HC) Decided on: 21.09.2026

16. Habeas corpus – Custody of minor child – Natural parents having preferential right of custody – Alleged oral adoption involving disputed questions of fact cannot be adjudicated in writ proceedings – Custody with paternal aunt and her husband unlawful – Direction issued to hand over custody to natural parents. (P&H HC) Reserved on: 08.09.2026 Decided on: 21.09.2026

17. Tender of rent -- Tenant having denied the landlord-tenant relationship and disputed respondent’s ownership, cannot simultaneously seek permission to deposit rent in Court. (P&H HC) Decided on: 21.09.2026

18. Subsequent suit – Execution revision not being a previously instituted suit – Subsequent suit challenging decree on ground of fraud and execution proceedings not involving the same matter directly and substantially – Section 10 CPC not attracted. (P&H HC) Reserved on: 17.09.2026 Decided on: 21.09.2026

19. Amendment of plaint -- Change in nature of suit -- Subsequent amendment introducing a new claim based on Will and altering the nature of original partition suit -- Amendment refused. (P&H HC) Decided on: 21.09.2026

20. Amendment of plaint -- Consequential relief – Suit for permanent injunction restraining from making further encroachment upon common passage -- Proposed amendment seeking mandatory injunction for removal of construction over said passage allowed. (P&H HC) Decided on: 21.09.2026

21. Rent laws -- Bona fide requirement -- Mere ownership of other properties does not defeat bona fide personal necessity where such properties are unsuitable for the landlord’s requirement. (P&H HC) Reserved on: 18.09.2026 Decided on: 21.09.2026

22. Canal watercourse -- Irrigation -- Petitioner cannot impose conditions on watercourse granted by canal authorities. (P&H HC) Decided on: 18.09.2026

23. Arbitration – Proceedings under Section 37 cannot be remitted to the Arbitral Tribunal to be treated as proceedings under Section 17, as appellate jurisdiction under Section 37 is exclusively vested in the Court. (SC) Decided on: 18.09.2026

24. Reduction of sentence -- Petitioner convicted for defalcating Rs.10,000/- of old age pension – Compromise arrived at during pendency of revision – Conviction maintained, substantive sentence reduced to period already undergone i.e. 04 months and 06 days. (P&H HC) Decided on: 18.09.2026

25. Replication in suit – Trial being at initial stage and issues not yet framed, refusal to permit filing of replication held unjustified. (P&H HC) Decided on: 18.09.2026

26. Bhaichara watercourse -- Dismantled – Restoration -- Existence and restoration of watercourse within exclusive domain of Canal Authorities. (P&H HC) Decided on: 16.09.2026

27. SCST Act -- Anticipatory bail – Bar under Section 18 – FIR not suggesting accused’s awareness of complainant’s caste, absence of intention to insult or humiliate on caste basis – Bar under Section 18 not attracted – Interim anticipatory bail made absolute and appeal allowed. (P&H HC) Decided on: 16.09.2026

28. Hypothecated vehicle – Repossession without seven-day notice and by breaking open steering lock at dead of night amounted to unauthorised and arbitrary seizure, violating Articles 14 and 21 – Sale not set aside as vehicle already sold – Financier directed to close loan accounts, refund Rs.4,50,000/- with 6% interest and pay Rs.10,00,000/- compensation for mental agony and loss of livelihood. (SC) Decided on: 16.09.2026

29. Hindu Law – Alienation of ancestral/coparcenary property by father – Sale supported by legal necessity – Plaintiffs failed to establish alleged undervaluation, bad vices or absence of necessity; non-examination of material witness and other circumstances justified upholding the sale and dismissal of partition suit. (SC) Decided on: 16.09.2026

30. Appreciation of evidence -- Testimony must be read as a whole and cannot be selectively relied upon by ignoring material denials in cross-examination. (P&H HC) Reserved on: 09.09.2026 Decided on: 16.09.2026

31. Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 -- Framing of charge -- Where petitioner No.2 was neither living on the earnings of prostitution of another woman or girl nor procuring, inducing, taking or causing any woman or girl to carry on prostitution, basic ingredients of Sections 4 and 5 were absent and charges thereunder could not be sustained. (P&H HC) Decided on: 14.09.2026

32. Quashing of complaint – 138 NI Act -- Whether cheque was issued against a legally recoverable debt and whether the underlying transaction was barred by law involved disputed questions of fact which could not be adjudicated in quashing proceedings – Petition dismissed. (J&K&L HC) Reserved on: 07.09.2026 Decided on: 10.09.2026

33. Appeal to NCLAT – Limitation – E-filing delayed beyond the maximum statutory period due to technical glitch in NCLAT’s e-filing system – First bona fide attempt to e-file to be treated as the date of presentation. (SC) Decided on: 10.09.2026

34. Bail – PMLA -- Medical grounds -- Petitioner aged 76 years suffering from severe ailments and prolonged custody of more than five years -- Held, entitled to interim bail on medical grounds and prolonged custody. (P&H HC) Decided on: 10.09.2026

35. Revenue records -- Revenue entries are relevant evidence of possession but neither create nor extinguish title nor constitute conclusive proof of ownership. (SC) Decided on: 10.09.2026

36. Superintending Canal Officer -- Failure to apply independent mind and reliance on Panchayat resolution -- Impugned order set aside. (P&H HC) Decided on: 09.09.2026

37. RERA -- Registration of project -- Disputed questions of title -- TNRERA not required to decide disputed questions of title -- Parties to approach competent Civil Court -- Mere grant of registration not prejudicial to petitioner -- Writ petition disposed of. (Madras HC) Decided on: 09.09.2026

38. Revision before Financial Commissioner – S.16, Haryana Land Revenue Act -- Amending Act No.12 of 2017 -- Revisional jurisdiction vested in Divisional Commissioner instead of Financial Commissioner -- If decided, shall not be challenged for lack of jurisdiction in the Financial Commissioner -- Pending revisions shall be returned to be instituted before the Divisional Commissioner(s) (P&H HC) Decided on: 07.09.2026

39. Sexual intercourse by deceitful means -- Allegation that accused subsequently refused to marry because of mother's opposition – No deceitful means alleged -- FIR quashed. (SC) Decided on: 07.09.2026

40. MACT -- Foreign domestic driving licence without valid international driving permit or requisite authorisation recognised under Indian law does not constitute a valid and effective driving licence in India. (P&H HC) Reserved on: 03.09.2026 Decided on: 07.09.2026

41. MACT -- Motor Accident Claim – Functional disability – Claimant suffering 100% permanent physical impairment and 100% visual impairment due to post-traumatic bilateral cortical blindness – Continued employment with specially created software and accommodations did not negate loss of earning capacity in open competitive market -- Functional disability assessed at 100% -- Compensation enhanced to Rs.3,77,84,297/- with interest @ 7.5% p.a. (SC) Decided on: 03.09.2026

42. MACT – Negligence -- Registration of FIR and the Chargesheet discharged the primary onus, thereby strengthening the case that the accident occurred due to the rash and negligent driving of the accused. (SC) Decided on: 03.09.2026

43. Appeal against Acquittal -- Interference -- Acquittal not to be reversed unless view taken by Trial Court is perverse or impossible on evidence. (SC) Decided on: 03.09.2026

44. SARFAESI -- Recovery of loan/debt acquired from NBFC -- Original lender not covered by SARFAESI at time of creation of debt -- Debt acquired by bank covered by SARFAESI -- Bank entitled to invoke SARFAESI Act for recovery. (SC) Decided on: 02.09.2026

45. Preventive detention -- Detaining authority relying upon FIR in which detenue had already been granted bail -- Detenue' father's past as ex-militant and mere possession of Anti-national literature not establishing subversive activity -- Detention order quashed. (J&K&L HC) Reserved on: 13.08.2026 Decided on: 02.09.2026

46. Bail – Murder -- Prolonged incarceration -- Successive bail petition -- Petitioner in custody for about five years, with only 14 of 25 prosecution witnesses examined and delay not attributable to him -- Continued incarceration -- Right to speedy trial under Article 21 -- Bail granted. (P&H HC) Reserved on: 01.09.2026 Decided on: 02.09.2026

47. Eviction – Maintenance -- Senior citizen receiving regular pension and family pension and having sufficient earning to maintain himself not entitled to make application under Section 5 of Senior Citizens Act, 2007 -- Eviction being an incident of enforcement of right to maintenance and protection cannot be claimed under the Act. (Bom. H.C.) Heard on: 27.08.2026 Decided on: 01.09.2026

48. Sexual harassment at workplace -- Complaint alleging last incident in July 2022 and subsequent mere apprehension of harassment -- Complaint lodged in January 2023 barred by limitation. (Calcutta HC) Heard on : 07.08.2026 Decided on: 31.08.2026

49. MACT -- Fake driving licence -- Insurer cannot recover from owner without proving owner's knowledge of fake licence -- Knowledge of owner sine qua non for insurer's recovery rights. (H.P. HC) Decided on : 27.08.2026

50. MACT -- Gratuitous passenger -- Risk not covered under policy -- Insurer directed to pay compensation first and recover from owner and driver. (P&H HC) Reserved on: 24.08.2026 Decided on: 26.08.2026