(1) Aashish Verma & Ors. ...Petitioners Vs. UIO through NCB Amritsar Zonal Unit & Ors. ...Respondents D.D 11/02/2026

NDPS – Regular Bail – Commercial Quantity – Applicability of Section 37 – Alleged recovery of 1,37,11,610 tablets weighing 5772.584 kg (with strips) – Petitioners alleged to be part of organised chain involving manufacture, marketing and diversion of NRx medicines through licensed and fictitious firms – Held: Rigours of Section 37 NDPS Act attracted – Twin...

PUNJAB AND HARYANA # CRM-M-46779-2025 CRM-M-54085-2025 CRM-M-50635-2025 CRM-M-50370-2025 CRM-M-23076-2025 CRM-M-44507-2025 CRM-M-52984-2025 CRM-M-25638-2025 Docid 2026 LEJ Crim PH 418774

(2) Sheikh Amin Akhtar & Kayur Shastri ...Appellants Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ...Respondents D.D 11/02/2026

Letters Patent Appeal – Scope of Interference – Single Judge declined to entertain writ on ground that disputed questions of title cannot be adjudicated in writ jurisdiction – Directed appellant to approach appropriate forum – Held: No error in impugned order – Observations do not conclude title – Appellant not prejudiced [Paras 11, 22].   Co-operativ...

BOMBAY # CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO. 244 OF 2011 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 1461 OF 2011 Docid 2026 LEJ Civil Bom 904902

(3) Sudesh ...Appellant Vs. Kuldeep and Another ...Respondents D.D 11/02/2026

Motor Accident Claim – Minor Injured Claimant – Assessment of Notional Income – Minimum Wages of Skilled Worker – Tribunal failed to assess loss of earning capacity of 15-year-old student – High Court held that minor cannot be treated as non-earner – Income to be assessed on basis of minimum wages prevailing in Haryana – Monthly income fixed at Rs.5,500 &n...

PUNJAB AND HARYANA # FAO-2489-2010 (O&M) Docid 2026 LEJ Civil PH 987452

(4) Sujit Kumar & Ors. ...Appellants Vs. Union of India ...Respondent D.D 11/02/2026

Railways Act – Untoward Incident – Accidental Fall from Train – Deceased allegedly fell from running train between Daya Basti and Shakur Basti – Journey ticket recovered during jamatalashi – Tribunal dismissed claim on conjectures regarding journey duration and nature of injuries – Held: Findings based on surmises – Recovery of valid ticket establishes pri...

DELHI # FAO 61/2020 Docid 2026 LEJ Civil Del 224151

(5) Md. Amjad @ Md. Amzad @ Amjed ...Petitioner Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. ...Respondents D.D 11/02/2026

Remission – Premature Release – Section 432(2) CrPC – Competence of Presiding Judge – Life convict’s prayer for premature release recommended by State Sentence Review Board – Judicial Department rejected release based on negative opinion of Chief Judge, City Sessions Court as successor to convicting Bench which ceased to exist – Held: In absence of origina...

CALCUTTA # CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION (APPELLATE SIDE) WPA 2738 OF 2025 Docid 2026 LEJ Crim Cal 349351

(6) Harekrishna Mohanty ...Appellant Vs. Pratima Sahoo @ Mohanty ...Respondent D.D 11/02/2026

Matrimonial Law – Remand – Scope and Compliance – High Court earlier remanded matter directing Family Court to permit additional evidence on financial capacity of husband and determine permanent alimony – Family Court restored earlier dismissal without quantifying alimony on ground that parties had not mutually agreed – Held: Clear misreading of remand order – D...

ORISSA # MATRIMONIAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION MATRIMONIAL APPEAL (MATA) NO. 207 OF 2023 Docid 2026 LEJ Civil Ori 290237

(7) K.S. Balakrishnan & Others ...Petitioners Vs. The District Collector Erode District & Others ...Respondents D.D 11/02/2026

Local Governance – Special Grade Town Panchayat – Applicability of Statute – Karumandisellipalayam being a Special Grade Town Panchayat is governed by the District Municipalities Act and Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Act and not by the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994 – Arguments based on Panchayats Act held misconceived – Statutory framework under Urban Local Bodies A...

MADRAS # WRIT JURISDICTION W.P.Nos.36402, 37501 & 44377 of 2025 Docid 2026 LEJ Civil Mad 654010

(8) Shivam Chaurasiya through his brother Mr. Manas Chaurasiya ...Petitioner(s) Vs. State of U.P. through Principal Secretary Department of Home Affairs Lucknow and others ...Respondent(s) D.D 10/02/2026

Habeas Corpus – Illegal Arrest – Non-supply of Written Grounds of Arrest – Arrest memo merely mentioning crime number and sections without disclosing specific grounds – Separate sheet of “grounds of arrest” not forming part of arrest memo and not attested as required under Section 36 BNSS – Held: Non-compliance with Article 22(1) of the Constitution and ma...

ALLAHABAD # HABEAS CORPUS WRIT PETITION NO. 47 OF 2026 Docid 2026 LEJ Crim Allh 870579

(9) Paras Saklecha ...Appellant(s) Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh through Chief Secretary and Others ...Respondent(s) D.D 10/02/2026

PIL - Constitution of India – Art. 226 – Judicial Review – Policy Decision – Scope of Interference – Petitioner challenged the closure of fresh registrations and the fixation of age-related eligibility criteria (21 to 60 years) under the Mukhyamantri Ladli Behna Yojana, 2023, alleging arbitrariness and violation of Art. 14 – Held: Judicial review of a policy dec...

MADHYA PRADESH # WRIT JURISDICTION (PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION) WRIT PETITION No. 49798 of 2025 Docid 2026 LEJ Civil MP 585106