(1) Sri Rajeev Gowda B.V. ...Petitioner Vs. State of Karnataka & Miss. Amrutha G. ...Respondents D.D 22/01/2026

Criminal Law – Quashing of FIR – Section 528 BNSS – Scope of Interference at Investigation Stage – Petitioner sought quashing of FIRs registered for offences under Sections 132, 224, 352, 351(3), 353(2) and 56 of BNS arising out of a single incident – FIRs registered within days of incident and investigation yet to commence in earnest – Held: FIR is not an encyc...

KARNATAKA # CRIMINAL JURISDICTION CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 716 OF 2026 C/W CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 721 OF 2026 Criminal Petition No. 716 of 2026 Docid 2026 LEJ Crim Karnt 578773

(2) M/s Sai Dham Apartments And Another ...Appellants Vs. Ravi Kumar Mehrotra And 2 Others ...Respondents D.D 22/01/2026

Civil Procedure – Temporary Injunction – Appeal under Order 43 Rule 1(r) CPC – Scope of Appellate Interference – Appellate court can interfere only when discretion exercised by trial court is arbitrary, capricious, perverse or contrary to settled principles – If the view taken by trial court is a possible view, appellate court cannot substitute its own view [Paras 66&...

ALLAHABAD # CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION FIRST APPEAL FROM ORDER NO. 928 OF 2020 Docid 2026 LEJ Civil Allh 258258

(3) Jagadish Mishra & Another ...Appellants Vs. The State of West Bengal ...Respondent D.D 22/01/2026

Criminal Law – Cruelty by Husband or Relatives – Section 498A IPC – Appeal against conviction – Trial court acquitted accused of dowry death under Section 304B IPC but convicted husband and mother-in-law under Section 498A IPC – Mother-in-law died during pendency of appeal – Appeal proceeded only against husband – Held: Ingredients of Section 498A not prov...

CALCUTTA # CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRA NO. 124 OF 2014 Docid 2026 LEJ Crim Cal 335337

(4) Sagheer Ahmad …Appellant Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh …Respondent D.D 22/01/2026

Criminal Law – Murder of Minor – Circumstantial Evidence – Last Seen Theory – Appellant convicted for murder of 10-year-old boy and for causing disappearance of evidence – Child last seen alive in company of appellant who took him on cycle on pretext of showing exhibition – Deceased later found dead near canal in another district – Medical evidence proved ...

ALLAHABAD # CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 674 OF 1984 Docid 2026 LEJ Crim Allh 894127

(5) Shyam Lal ...Appellant Vs. Hem Raj and Another ...Respondents D.D 22/01/2026

Pre-emption – Tenant’s Right – Municipal Area – Extinguishment of Right – Sale of co-sharer’s land effected after inclusion of village within municipal limits – Held: Right of pre-emption stood extinguished – Suit for pre-emption not maintainable [Paras 8]. Tenancy – Proof – Gair Maurusi Entry – Absence of Rent – Revenue re...

PUNJAB AND HARYANA # REGULAR SECOND APPELLATE JURISDICTION RSA NO. 2900 OF 2002 (O&M) AND CONTEMPT JURISDICTION COCP NO. 3975 OF 2018 Docid 2026 LEJ Civil PH 833054

(6) Pali Hills Breweries Private Limited ...Petitioner Vs. Carlsberg India Private Limited ...Respondent D.D 22/01/2026

Arbitration – Section 34 – Scope of Interference – Court not to act as appellate authority – Re-appreciation of evidence impermissible – Interference warranted only in cases of patent illegality, perversity or violation of fundamental policy of law – Plausible interpretation of contract and evidence by Arbitral Tribunal not open to challenge [Paras 41–43]....

DELHI # ORIGINAL MISCELLANEOUS PETITION (COMMERCIAL) O.M.P. (COMM) NO. 595 OF 2020 Docid 2026 LEJ Civil Del 453287

(7) The Visakhapatnam Port Authority rep. by its Chairman ...Appellants Vs. M/s. Vishwanadh Sports and Convention Private Limited rep. by its Managing Director Boddeti Narendra Kumar ...Respondent D.D 22/01/2026

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – Section 9 – Ad-interim Mandatory Injunction – “Status quo ante” direction restoring earlier state of affairs – Special Judge directed parties to “maintain status quo ante as on the date of filing of Section 9 petition” without recording reasons – Held: such ad-interim mandatory injunction cannot be grant...

ANDHRA PRADESH # COMMERCIAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION COMCA NOS. 29 & 30 OF 2025 Docid 2026 LEJ Civil AP 848425

(8) Akashdeep Kaur and others ...Petitioners Vs. State of Punjab and others ...Respondents D.D 21/01/2026

Civil Writ - Recruitment Examination – Alleged Paper Leak and Mass Copying – Systemic Malaise – Petitioners sought quashing of entire recruitment process alleging circulation of OMR sheets on social media, identical wrong answers, geographical concentration of toppers and collusion – Held: Mere suspicion, conjecture or post-result dissatisfaction is insufficient to vitiate ...

PUNJAB AND HARYANA # CIVIL WRIT JURISDICTION CWP NO. 38698 OF 2025 Docid 2026 LEJ Civil PH 293689

(9) Ram Swaroop Gupta & Others ...Petitioners Vs. State (NCT of Delhi) ...Respondent D.D 21/01/2026

Criminal Law – Recall of Witness – Section 311 Cr.P.C. / Section 348 BNSS – Petitioners sought recall of PW-1 for further cross-examination – Trial court dismissed application holding no sufficient cause for earlier non-cross-examination – PW-1’s testimony earlier closed with remark “Nil. Opportunity given” when accused were unrepresented – Hel...

DELHI # CRIMINAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION CRL.M.C. NO. 537 OF 2026 WITH CRL.M.A. NOS. 2162 OF 2026 & 2161 OF 2026 Docid 2026 LEJ Crim Del 672601