(1) Enforcement Directorate through D.N. Poddar Deputy Director ...Petitioner Vs. Papia Rozario & Stanley Indrajit Rozario ...Opposite Parties D.D 21/01/2026

Criminal Law - Money Laundering – Discharge under Section 227 CrPC – Scheduled Offence – Section 467 IPC included as scheduled offence w.e.f. 01.06.2009 – Accused discharged by Special PMLA Court on ground that alleged predicate offence was committed prior to inclusion of Section 467 IPC in Schedule – Held: Approach erroneous – Offence under Section 3 PMLA is in...

CALCUTTA # CRIMINAL REVISIONAL JURISDICTION C.R.R. NO. 914 OF 2018 With CRAN 2 OF 2023 Docid 2026 LEJ Crim Cal 152144

(2) M/s Genebio Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. Through Director Arun Kumar Srivastava …Petitioner Vs. Paradigm Enterprises Through Director Ritika Pandey and Others …Respondents D.D 21/01/2026

Arbitration Law – MSME Award – Section 34 Challenge – Limitation – Preliminary Objection – Jurisdictional Issue – Award passed by MSME Facilitation Council on 27.09.2023 – Section 34 petition filed on 16.01.2024 – Commercial Court rejected preliminary objection on limitation relying on Munsarim report and alleged High Court indulgence – Held: L...

ALLAHABAD # MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 NO. 3886 OF 2024 Along with MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 NO. 5145 OF 2024 Docid 2026 LEJ Civil Allh 322442

(3) [Petitioner – Mother of Victim Girl] ...Petitioner Vs. State by Electronic City Police Station Bengaluru ...Respondent D.D 21/01/2026

Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act – Section 17(2) – Custody of Rescued Minor – Mother Allegedly Complicit in Prostitution – Child Welfare Committee Has Primacy – Petition Rejected – Victim girl (aged 17 years at time of rescue) was rescued from a prostitution racket in Crime No.395/2025 and placed in a Child Welfare Home – Mother filed application under Sec...

KARNATAKA # CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 17299 OF 2025 Docid 2026 LEJ Crim karnt 748263

(4) Amarjit Pal and another ...Applicants Vs. State of U.P. and another ...Opposite Parties D.D 21/01/2026

Criminal Law – Quashing – Section 528 BNSS – Scope – Applicants sought quashing of charge-sheet and proceedings for offences under Section 69 BNS and Sections 3/4 POCSO Act on plea of consensual relationship and false implication – High Court held that at the stage of consideration under Section 528 BNSS, only prima facie satisfaction is required and disputed question...

ALLAHABAD # Justice Avnish Saxena Docid 2026 LEJ Crim Allh 921654

(5) Smt. Aaradhna Buj ...Petitioner Vs. The State of Madhya Pradesh and Others ...Respondents D.D 21/01/2026

Public Employment – Recruitment by Public Service Commission – Mandatory Timelines – Submission of Documents – Cut-off Date – Advertisement No. 17/2022 for Assistant Professor (Botany) – Petitioner provisionally selected in written examination but failed to submit verification documents within stipulated time and even within extended periods granted with late fe...

MADHYA PRADESH # WRIT JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 39107 OF 2024 Docid 2026 LEJ Civil MP 259630

(6) Directorate of Estates Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs …Appellant Vs. Rajiv Sarin & Others …Respondents D.D 20/01/2026

Commercial Law – Lease of Immovable Property – Jurisdiction of Commercial Court – Suit for recovery of mesne profits arising out of lease of immovable property used exclusively for commercial purposes – Property situated in commercial complex (Ansal Bhawan) and consistently used for commercial activities – Dispute squarely covered under Section 2(1)(c)(vii) of Commerc...

DELHI # COMMERCIAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION RFA(OS)(COMM) NO. 34 OF 2025 WITH CM APPL. 70773/2025, CM APPL. 70774/2025 & CM APPL. 70775/2025 Docid 2026 LEJ Civil Del 811961

(7) Tanala Satyanarayana (Died) and Others …Appellants Vs. Tanala Rama Rao (Died) as per LRs and Others …Respondents D.D 20/01/2026

Specific Performance – Second Appeal – Scope under Section 100 CPC – High Court reiterated that interference in second appeal is permissible only when findings of the First Appellate Court are perverse, based on no evidence, inadmissible evidence, or contrary to settled principles of law – Reappreciation of evidence not permissible [Paras 16, 31].   Specific Perf...

ANDHRA PRADESH # SPECIAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION SECOND APPEAL NO. 364 OF 2015 Docid 2026 LEJ Civil AP 388897

(8) Yusuf Khan s/o. Bahadur Khan …Appellant (Original Accused No. 6) Vs. State of Maharashtra & National Investigation Agency …Respondents D.D 20/01/2026

Bail – UAPA – Section 43D(5) – Prima Facie True Test – At the stage of bail, Court is required to assess material on broad probabilities and not conduct a detailed trial – Documents and investigation material to be taken as they are, without testing admissibility or reliability – Held: Accusation against the appellant found prima facie true on cumulative assessm...

BOMBAY # CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1144 OF 2024 Docid 2026 LEJ Crim Bom 654559

(9) Sunil Kumar Tiwari & Others …Petitioners Vs. Government of NCT of Delhi & Others …Respondents D.D 20/01/2026

Service Law – Lecturers in Government Polytechnics – Career Advancement Scheme – Academic Grade Pay (AGP) – Petitioners appointed as Lecturers between 1989–1999 and promoted to Selection Grade with AGP ₹9,000 – Junior Lecturers possessing Ph.D. granted AGP ₹10,000 – Petitioners challenged prescription of Ph.D. qualification as discriminatory – He...

DELHI # CIVIL WRIT JURISDICTION W.P.(C) NO. 9163 OF 2018 WITH W.P.(C) NO. 1696 OF 2019 AND W.P.(C) NO. 2446 OF 2019 Docid 2026 LEJ Civil Del 969579