Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 11 to May 17, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 203 To 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 211 NOMINAL INDEX Dr.Thol.Thirumavalavan v State and Another, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 204 P v S, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 205 KR Periakaruppan v The Chief Election Officer and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 206 Jalani v The Deputy Inspector General of Prisons, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 207 Shankar @ Savukku Shankar v The Inspector of...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 11 – May 17, 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 181- 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 185Nominal CitationsSrinivasa S & ors. v. State of Karnataka, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 181Evergreen Recyclekaro India Limited vs. Bharat Electronics Limited & MSTC Limited, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 182Darshan Srinivas v. Union of India & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 183Fayaz Khan v. State of Karnataka, 2026 LiveLaw(Kar) 184Younus Khan v. Union...

Supreme Court Quarterly Digest 2026 - Tax Law

Tax Law - Supreme Court Quarterly Digest Jan - Mar, 2026Central Excise Act, 1944 – Section 11A(1) Proviso – Extended Period of Limitation – Suppression of Facts – Revenue Neutrality – The Revenue invoked the extended period of five years alleging suppression of actual use of Naphtha - held that "suppression" requires a deliberate act to escape payment of duty - Where the assessee is...

Gujarat High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 11 - May 17, 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 151-2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 156Nominal IndexAnkush Kapoor v/s NIA & ANR, 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 151Dolly Khilankumar Vadalia Nee Dolly Ketan Barai v/s Union of India & ORS., 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 152Bharatbhai Ghanshyambhai Shah v/s State of Gujarat, 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 153Shardaben Maganbhai Zala & Ors. v/s Divisional Controller, 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 154Patel...

Supreme Court Quarterly Digest 2026 - Environmental Law

Environmental Law - Supreme Court Quarterly Digest Jan - Mar, 2026 CPCB Methodology for Environmental Compensation – Scope and Applicability – The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is a facilitative and indicative tool, not a rigid or exhaustive code - While primarily designed for industrial sectors, its adoption by the NGT for residential projects is not...

Supreme Court Quarterly Digest 2026 - Labour Law

Labour Law - Supreme Court Quarterly Digest Jan - Mar, 2026 Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 (BOCW Act) and The Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Cess Act, 1996 (Cess Act) — Implementation and Levy: Held, that although the BOCW Act and Cess Act were enacted in 1996, they remained "dormant" in...

Supreme Court Quarterly Digest 2026 - Contract Law

Contract Law - Supreme Court Quarterly Digest Jan - Mar, 2026Construction of Documents — Literal Rule vs. Purposive Construction — Supreme Court emphasized that a contract must first be constructed in its plain, ordinary, and literal meaning - If the words are clear, the intention of the parties must be derived directly from the text. Reliance on the ex-post facto conduct of parties (such...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 04 - May 10, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 140 - 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 151Nominal IndexParamjit Singh @ Pammi v. Jaspal Singh And Others 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 140Duni Chand v. State of Haryana and others 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 141Gurtej Singh @ Gurtej Singh Brar v. State of Punjab 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 142ABHISHEK MALHOTRA AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 143KXXXX v. GXXXXX 2026 LiveLaw (PH)...

Supreme Court Quarterly Digest 2026 - Motor Vehicles Act

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - Supreme Court Quarterly Digest Jan - Mar, 2026 Assessment of Disability and Loss of Earning Capacity – Functional Disability vs. Physical Disability – The Supreme Court set aside the High Court's decision to reduce the functional disability of the appellant-claimant from 63% to 30% - held that the High Court failed to provide cogent reasons...

Supreme Court Quarterly Digest 2026 - Service Law

Service Law - Supreme Court Quarterly Digest Jan - Mar, 2026 Accelerated Promotion – Counter-Extremism/Naxal Activities – Parity in Treatment – Judicial Review of Committee Decisions – The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's direction to grant accelerated promotion to a police constable (Respondent) who resisted a Naxalite attack on a police station - The State had denied...

Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 04 - May 10, 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 232 - 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 250Nominal IndexJhalak Constructions vs Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 232Santosh Chandrkant Potdar vs Bajaj Auto Limited, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 233Manjeet Singh vs Chief Controller Revenue Authority, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 234Nisha Pradeep Pandya vs Union of India, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 235Sashidhar Jagdishan vs State...

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: 4th May To 10th May, 2026

WB Poll: Calcutta High Court Declines To Interfere In Nomination Dispute Mid-Polls, Says Remedy Lies In Election PetitionCase: Arindam Ghosh Vs. The Union of India & Ors. Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 207The Calcutta High Court has refused to interfere with the acceptance of a candidate's nomination during the ongoing election process, holding that such disputes must be agitated through...