101. Supernumerary post -- Section 20(4) of RPwD Act attracted only when employee acquires disability during service -- Scheme of Act does not provide for creation of supernumerary post for person appointed as a person with disability. (H.P. HC) Decided on: 14.07.2026

102. Gambling in house -- Common Gaming House – The element of profit or gain is an essential ingredient for a "common gaming house" and the mere fact that persons were playing cards in a house, perhaps for money, does not necessarily make it a common gaming house. (Gujarat HC) Decided on : 14.07.2026

103. Interrogatories are intended to secure admissions on material facts and not to satisfy curiosity or conduct a fishing enquiry; leave to administer them is discretionary and will not be granted unless necessary for fair adjudication or saving costs. (P&H HC) Decided on: 10.07.2026

104. Rent laws -- A tenant cannot enlarge the scope of eviction proceedings by seeking impleadment of a third party inducted into possession without the landlord's consent or nay internal arrangements or arbitral disputes with such person. (P&H HC) Reserved on: 06.07.2026 Decided on: 09.07.2026

105. Filing of additional documents -- A "stop and go" or piecemeal approach cannot be permitted -- Evidence, however voluminous, cannot water down the statutory intent and rigours of the Commercial Courts Act. (SC) Decided on: 09.07.2026

106. NDPS -- Bail -- Long incarceration coupled with non-commencement of trial and the petitioner's prospects of rehabilitation justified grant of regular bail despite recovery of commercial quantity of heroin. (P&H HC) Decided on: 09.07.2026

107. Partition suit -- Co-sharers reflected in the revenue record are not required to be impleaded where the suit relates to a constructed house situated in an abadi area and such co-sharers have no concern with the property in dispute. (P&H HC) Decided on: 08.07.2026

108. Rejection of plaint -- Disputed questions requiring evidence or founded on incomplete extraneous material cannot form the basis for rejecting the plaint at the threshold. (P&H HC) Decided on: 08.07.2026

109. Rejection of plaint -- Where the plea of statutory bar depends upon adjudication of disputed facts, the plaint cannot be rejected at the threshold under Order VII Rule 11(d) CPC. (P&H HC) Decided on: 08.07.2026

110. Senior Citizens proceedings -- Death of senior citizen -- Proceedings under Act, 2007 rendered infructuous on death of senior citizen, parties left to avail remedies available under law (P&H HC) Decided on: 08.07.2026

111. Circumstantial evidence -- Last seen theory -- Benefit of doubt -- Where delay in registration of FIR and material contradictions regarding the presence of last seen witnesses create serious doubt, and there is no other evidence to corroborate the last seen evidence or establish motive -- Accused is entitled to benefit of doubt. (P&H HC) Decided on: 07.07.2026

112. Ex-servicemen Re-employment -- ESM status -- Proscription against being treated as an ESM would apply only where the application was made more than one year prior to the expiry of the prescribed period -- Persons who had already retired from the Armed Forces were obviously ESMs. (Delhi HC) Decided on : 07.07.2026

113. Dishonour of cheque -- Expression "insufficient funds" is a genus and dishonour for reasons such as "account closed", "payment stopped" and "referred to the drawer" are species of that genus -- Expression cannot be given narrower meaning, rather requires to be given wider meaning. (H.P. HC) Decided on: 03.07.2026

114. Artificial intelligence -- Fake and hallucinated material -- Decision based on such material is no decision in eyes of law and liable to be set aside. (SC) Decided on: 02.07.2026

115. Committal in complaint case -- Offence exclusively triable by Court of Session -- Section 244 has no application at pre-committal stage -- Magistrate is not required to record pre-charge evidence before committing case. (SC) Decided on: 01.07.2026

116. Compromise decree -- Compromise must be in writing and signed by parties -- Counsel cannot bind client without express authority or exigent circumstances. (SC) Decided on: 01.07.2026

117. Street vendors -- Relocation to vending zones must be accompanied by adequate public amenities. (SC) Decided on: 01.07.2026

118. Surplus Area -- Banjar Qadim land not liable to be included in surplus area. (P&H HC) Reserved on: 08.05.2026 Decided on: 01.07.2026

119. Remission policy -- Premature release -- Policy dated 12.04.2002 framed under Article 161 of Constitution of India -- Subsequent Policy dated 13.08.2008 framed under statutory powers could not override constitutional power -- Convict entitled to benefit of lesser time served under 2002 Policy. (SC) Decided on: 01.07.2026

120. Default bail -- Cannot be claimed on account of non-filing of additional copies of chargesheet once the chargesheet has been filed within the prescribed statutory period. (SC) Decided on: 01.07.2026

121. Section 304 Part II IPC -- Sentence -- Culpable homicide not amounting to murder -- Long lapse of time -- Period already undergone -- Conviction maintained -- Sentence modified. (SC) Decided on: 25.06.2026

122. MACT -- Functional disability prevails over medical disability in determining just compensation. (SC) Decided on: 24.06.2026

123. Sentence -- Forgery -- Use of forged document in judicial proceedings -- Principle of proportionality -- Long lapse of time -- Absence of criminal antecedents -- Conviction maintained -- Sentence reduced to period already undergone. (SC) Decided on: 23.06.2026

124. Regular Bail -- Robbery and cheating -- Custody for more than two months -- Settlement of monetary dispute between parties -- Continued incarceration held unjustified. (P&H HC) Decided on: 23.06.2026

125. NDPS -- Recovery of commercial quantity from co-accused -- Petitioner neither named in secret information nor found in possession of contraband -- Bail allowed. (P&H HC) Decided on: 23.06.2026

126. Municipal elections -- Free and fair elections -- High Court directs uninterrupted videography and CCTV monitoring of entire election proceedings and adequate security arrangements. (P&H HC) Decided on: 23.06.2026

127. Regular bail -- Theft of electricity conductors/wires -- Accused not named in FIR -- Implication solely on disclosure statement of co-accused -- No recovery from accused -- Investigation complete -- Bail granted. (P&H HC) Decided on: 23.06.2026

128. MACT -- Physical disability not conclusive -- Functional disability determines loss of earning capacity -- Mason suffering above-knee amputation held to have 100% functional disability despite 70% physical disability. (SC) Decided on: 23.06.2026

129. MACT -- Assessment of income on educational and professional prospects upheld -- Parents of unmarried deceased entitled to filial consortium. (SC) Decided on: 23.06.2026

130. Regular bail -- Attempt to murder -- Mere lalkara without attribution of injury -- Bail granted. (P&H HC) Decided on: 23.06.2026

131. Specific performance – Unexplained delay -- Mere filing of suit within limitation not sufficient for specific performance -- Readiness and willingness mandatory. (SC) Decided on: 23.06.2026

132. S. 135, Electricity Act, 2003 – Quashing of FIR -- Where the consumption of electricity is bonafide and not with dishonest intention, there may be civil liability for unpaid dues, but there is no criminal liability; hence, the FIR is liable to be quashed. (Patna HC) Decided on : 22.06.2026

133. NI Act -- Suspension of sentence -- Deposit of 20% compensation -- Requirement not absolute -- Appellate Court must exercise judicial discretion and consider exceptional circumstances before imposing condition of deposit. (P&H HC) Decided on: 19.06.2026

134. MACT -- Impleadment of parties -- Road construction authority -- Award could be passed only against insurer, owner or driver of vehicle -- Authority empowered with laying or maintenance of road cannot be mulcted with liability under Motor Vehicles Act. (H.P. HC) Reserved on: 04.06.2026 Decided on: 19.06.2026

135. Right to walk and right to demarcated footpaths are fundamental rights under Articles 19 and 21 -- Violation thereof entitles citizens to invoke constitutional and legal remedies for restitution and compensation. (SC) Decided on: 19.06.2026

136. Second appeal -- High Court cannot substitute decree for mandatory injunction with compensation in absence of pleadings or consent. (SC) Decided on: 19.06.2026

137. NDPS -- Regular bail -- Petitioner nominated solely on disclosure statement of co-accused -- No recovery of contraband from petitioner -- Recovery of cash alone insufficient to establish nexus with contraband -- Bail granted. (P&H HC) Decided on: 17.06.2026

138. Regular bail -- Cyber fraud case -- Alleged investment scam involving Rs.8 crores -- Investigation complete -- Clean antecedents, custody of 5 months and offences triable by Magistrate -- Bail granted. (P&H HC) Decided on: 17.06.2026

139. Absence of informant – POCSO -- Once information regarding bail application has been duly served, non-appearance of informant cannot preclude Court from hearing bail application. (All. H.C.) Decided on: 16.06.2026

140. Parole -- Rejection on ground of non-expiry of six months from last parole -- Prison Manual cannot supersede provisions contained in parent Act -- Petitioner directed to be released on parole for 28 days. (H.P. HC) Decided on: 15.06.2026

141. Arbitration -- Exclusive jurisdiction clause -- Arbitration agreement providing alternative seats/ venues at Hyderabad and Guwahati -- Courts at Hyderabad alone conferred exclusive jurisdiction -- Telangana High Court competent to entertain Section 11 application. (SC) Decided on: 15.06.2026

142. Anticipatory bail -- Property dispute -- Validity of Will and sale deeds already subject matter of pending civil suit -- Custodial interrogation not required -- Anticipatory bail granted. (P&H HC) Decided on: 12.06.2026

143. Protection of life and personal liberty -- Major individuals have fundamental right to choose their life partner and reside together of their own free will -- State under obligation to assess threat perception and provide protection where genuine threat exists. (P&H HC) Decided on: 12.06.2026

144. Anticipatory bail -- Injury attributed to petitioner simple in nature -- Dangerous-to-life injury attributed to another co-accused -- Another co-accused already granted anticipatory bail -- Petitioner granted anticipatory bail. (P&H HC) Decided on: 12.06.2026

145. Electrocution death -- Absolute liability -- Electricity transmission company liable irrespective of negligence of deceased -- Compensation upheld. (Gujarat HC) Decided on: 11.06.2026

146. Anticipatory Bail -- Property dispute founded on agreement to sell and rival ownership claims -- Matter predominantly civil and based on documentary evidence -- Custodial interrogation held unnecessary -- Anticipatory bail granted. (P&H HC) Decided on: 11.06.2026

147. NDPS -- Anticipatory Bail -- Recovery of non-commercial quantity of heroin effected from co-accused -- Implication based on disclosure statement of co-accused -- Anticipatory bail granted. (P&H HC) Decided on: 11.06.2026

148. Cancellation of Anticipatory Bail -- Bail once granted cannot be cancelled mechanically -- Absence of misuse of liberty, interference with investigation, tampering with evidence, intimidation of witnesses, absconding or other supervening circumstances -- No ground for cancellation of anticipatory bail. (P&H HC) Decided on: 11.06.2026

149. Anticipatory Bail -- Immigration fraud case -- Licensed immigration consultant -- No incriminating material connecting petitioner with alleged fraud -- Mere pendency of other criminal cases not by itself a ground to deny bail -- Anticipatory bail granted. (P&H HC) Decided on: 11.06.2026

150. Anticipatory Bail -- Cooperation with investigation -- Mere failure of accused to furnish answers satisfactory to Investigating Agency does not amount to non-cooperation -- Custodial interrogation held unnecessary -- Anticipatory bail granted. (P&H HC) Decided on: 11.06.2026