51. 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

52. Rendition of Accounts – Suit for Recovery – Quantified Claim adjudicated and requisite court fee paid – Suit maintainable despite initial prayer for rendition of accounts. (P&H HC) Decided on: 16.09.2026

53. Consent decree -- Compulsory registration -- A consent decree transferring immovable property to a nephew on account of services rendered creates a fresh right where no pre-existing legal title exists and is compulsorily registrable. (P&H HC) Decided on: 16.09.2026

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

55. 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

56. 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

57. 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

58. 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

59. 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

60. Appointment of Lambardar -- Collector’s order appointing the petitioner as Lambardar after assessing comparative merit -- Petitioner serving as Lambardar for over 11 years without any complaint regarding his performance -- Financial Commissioner’s order setting aside the appointment quashed. (P&H HC) Decided on: 10.09.2026

61. 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

62. 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

63. 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

64. 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

65. Shamilat Deh -- Abadi deh -- Land recorded as Gair Mumkin Abadi of abadi deh -- Long-standing possession and existence of residential structures -- Gram Panchayat failing to establish that the land vested in it or was reserved for a common purpose of the village -- Land not established to be Shamilat Deh -- Bar of civil Court jurisdiction under Section 13 of HVCL 1961 not attracted. (P&H HC) Decided on: 09.09.2026

66. Sale deed -- Non-payment of sale consideration -- Where the parties intended ownership to pass upon execution and registration of the conveyance, non-payment of the whole or part of the sale price does not, by itself, enable the vendor to avoid the sale -- Remedy may lie in recovery of the unpaid price. (P&H HC) Reserved on: 08.09.2026 Decided on: 09.09.2026

67. 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

68. 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

69. SARFAESI Act, 2002 – Possession of Secured Assets – Delay by District Magistrate – Statutory Duty – District Magistrate directed to decide the secured creditor’s application under Section 14 on the date already fixed or, if not possible, within 30 days thereafter, as the statutory obligation had not been discharged within the maximum stipulated period of 60 days. (P&H HC) Decided on: 07.09.2026

70. 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

71. 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

72. 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

73. Land Acquisition -- Challenge to Acquisition Notifications and Award passed under 1894 Act -- Petitioner permitted to withdraw seeking invocation of Section 101-A of the 2013 Act -- Competent authority directed to decide the representation after hearing the petitioner and in accordance with law. (P&H HC) Decided on: 03.09.2026

74. 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

75. 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

76. 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

77. 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

78. 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

79. 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

80. 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

81. 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

82. 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

83. 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

84. GST Assessment -- Extended period of limitation -- Section 74 -- Show Cause Notice -- Mere allegation of fraud, wilful misrepresentation or suppression insufficient -- Foundational facts must be evident from notice itself -- Mechanical recital of statutory expressions cannot justify extended limitation -- SCN and consequential order set aside. (SC) Decided on: 25.08.2026

85. Execution -- Executing Court cannot go beyond decree or vary its terms. (P&H HC) Reserved on: 27.05.2026 Decided on: 25.08.2026

86. Land Acquisition -- Inordinate delay in filing appeals -- Liberal approach to condonation -- Delay not a reason to deny just, fair and reasonable compensation. (P&H HC) Decided on: 25.08.2026

87. Stamp duty -- Industrial property -- Manufacturing activity coupled with sale of manufactured goods -- Sale, including retail sale, of goods manufactured in premises does not change character of use of property from industrial to commercial. (SC) Decided on : 24.08.2026

88. Domestic Violence -- Settlement -- Waiver of claims -- Wife voluntarily relinquished all monetary claims, including maintenance -- Revival of such claims through subsequent proceedings cannot be permitted -- Proceedings constitute abuse of process, quashed. (SC) Decided on: 24.08.2026

89. NDPS -- Regular Bail -- Recovery of 10.310 grams heroin from vehicle -- Petitioner driving the vehicle -- Conscious possession prima facie established -- Criminal antecedents -- Bail declined. (H.P. HC) Reserved on: 20.08.2026 Decided on: 21.08.2026

90. SARFAESI -- Auction sale -- Shortfall in EMD, subsequently made good by immediate deposit of 25% of sale price, does not affect validity of bid -- Extended time for balance payment during pending litigation valid -- Borrower entitled to surplus sale proceeds with 7% interest where Bank failed to keep excess amount in interest-bearing account. (SC) Decided on: 21.08.2026

91. Amendment of plaint -- Amendment after commencement of trial cannot be permitted in absence of due diligence. (P&H HC) Reserved on: 20.08.2026 Decided on: 21.08.2026

92. Impleadment as party -- Mere assertion of an independent right in suit property does not, by itself, confer a right to be impleaded in a simpliciter suit for permanent injunction. (P&H HC) Decided on: 21.08.2026

93. Suit for possession -- Owner of suit property entitled to recover possession from defendant held to be an illegal unauthorized encroacher, despite failure to prove relationship of landlord and tenant. (P&H HC) Decided on: 21.08.2026

94. NDPS -- Default bail -- Extension of time for presentation of challan granted without notice to accused -- Extension order set aside and accused held entitled to default bail. (P&H HC) Reserved on: 19.08.2026 Decided on: 21.08.2026

95. Transfer of cheque dishonour complaint – Supreme Court allowed the transfer petition and directed transfer of the complaint from Una, Himachal Pradesh, to Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, considering that the accused resided at Rajahmundry, the cheque was issued there, the transaction took place there, and the complainant had its registered office at Gurgaon despite instituting proceedings at Una. (SC) Decided on: 20.08.2026

96. Sentence reduced -- Petitioner faced rigors of long criminal prosecution -- Accident had taken place about 26 years back -- Sentence reduced to period already undergone. (P&H HC) Decided on: 20.08.2026

97. Regular bail – Murder -- Prolonged custody -- Speedy trial -- Appellant in custody for about 2 years and 7 months -- Fatal/grievous injury not attributed to him and only simple injury attributed to him -- Only 2 out of 34 prosecution witnesses examined and trial not likely to conclude shortly -- Appellant ordered to be released on bail. (P&H HC) Reserved on: 18.08.2026 Decided on: 20.08.2026

98. Cease to occupy -- Once landlord establishes prima facie case, onus shifts to tenant to prove actual occupation or reasonable cause for non-occupation -- Failure to rebut -- Ejectment restored. (P&H HC) Reserved on:18.08.2026 Decided on: 20.08.2026

99. Striking out of written statement -- Mere inconsistency with earlier written statement or introduction of additional plea does not attract power under Order VI Rule 16 -- Statutory conditions must be satisfied. (P&H HC) Reserved on:18.08.2026 Decided on: 20.08.2026

100. Default bail -- Valid extension of time granted before expiry of 180 days -- No indefeasible right to default bail accrued. (P&H HC) Decided on: 20.08.2026