(101) STATE (NCT OF DELHI) Vs. AJAY KUMAR & ANR.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378(3) — Leave to appeal against acquittal — Scope and principles — In deciding an application seeking leave to appeal under Section 378(3), the High Court must determine whether a prima facie case is made out or arguable points are raised, rather than whether the acquittal would ultimately be reversed — The appellate court does not enter into minute details of prosecution evidence at this stage; however, if the material on record fails to disclose India Law Library Docid # 2455829
(102) RAMAN RAHEJA Vs. NARENDERA PRASAD PODDAR[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 47 — Scope of Executing Court's jurisdiction — Executing court cannot go behind decree or sit in appeal against it — Scrutiny under Section 47 is strictly restricted to jurisdictional infirmity or voidness of the decree, and not whether it is erroneous on facts or law — Until set aside in appeal or revision, decree remains binding — Petitioner failed to challenge decree, allowing it to attain finality — Executing Court rightly dismissed application rais India Law Library Docid # 2455830
(103) KESHAV PRASAD THAKUR Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 430 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389(1) — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 7(b) — Suspension of sentence pending appeal — Fixed-term sentence — Appellant sentenced to 4 years' rigorous imprisonment — Contention raised that prosecution failed to prove authenticity of cloned voice recording — Substantial pendency of corruption appeals with no reasonable likelihood of early hearing — Appellant had no criminal record India Law Library Docid # 2456024
(104) KARAN SINGH Vs. PRERIT TIWARI AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 14-10-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Stop payment instruction — Complainant supplied organic soybean to applicant who issued cheque for balance consideration — Cheque was dishonoured due to "Stop Payment" — Applicant contested liability alleging absence of contract and failure of complainant to produce sales vouchers or quality certificates — Trial Court convicted applicant and awarded one year rigorous imprisonment with fine, affirmed in appeal — Held, applican India Law Library Docid # 2456027
(105) JITENDRA SAND Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 4, 18 and 23 — Determination of market value — Potential value of land — Undiverted agricultural land — Reference Court refused enhanced compensation for undiverted land holding it lacked residential potential — Held, diversion of land is purely fiscal in nature to extract appropriate land revenue — Failure to formally divert land does not diminish its inherent potential for residential development if surrounding lands in the vicinity are already developed a India Law Library Docid # 2456030
(106) CHANDU TOMAR Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 14-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 503 [Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 451] — Interim custody of seized vehicle — Principles governing interim release — Seized vehicle kept in open police custody is prone to natural decay, adverse weather conditions, and loss of value — Retaining seized vehicles indefinitely during trial serves no fruitful purpose — Powers to grant interim custody must be exercised expeditiously and judiciously — Lower courts failed to appreciate India Law Library Docid # 2456034
(107) NAIN SINGH DHURVE Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 — Section 43D(2)(b) — National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 — Sections 11, 13, 16 and 22 — Extension of investigation beyond 90 days — Competence of Judicial Magistrate — Held, all offences under UAPA are triable exclusively by Special Courts constituted under the NIA Act, or in their absence, by the Court of Session — A Magistrate's jurisdiction to extend time under the proviso to Section 43D(2)(b) is non-existent — The expression "Court" signifies e India Law Library Docid # 2456038
(108) CHANDRASHEKHAR PANDEY Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Scope of judicial review in transfer matters — Transfer is an ordinary incident of service — An employee holding a transferable post has no vested or legally enforceable right to remain posted at a particular station of his choice — Administrative authorities are the competent judges of who should be transferred and where — Judicial interference under Article 226 is circumscribed and permissible only when the transfer order is established to be vitiate India Law Library Docid # 2456054
(109) RAMVILAS PRAJAPATI Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 14-10-2026 Service Law — Appointment and Seniority — Retrospective Application of Rules — Coordinators under Non-Formal Education Scheme cleared eligibility test held on 31.08.2008 for appointment as Samvida Shala Shikshak Grade-III — State denied appointments relying on subsequent circular and rules, which were later quashed for being impermissibly retrospective — State's protracted litigation caused prolonged delay — Relying on Supreme Court ruling in Smita Shrivastava, petitioner held entitled to appoin India Law Library Docid # 2456061
(110) ANKIT AGARWAL Vs. ANGEL BROKING LTD.[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 3 — Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Subject-matter jurisdiction — Nullity of order — Section 34 application challenging an arbitral award was entertained and decided by the Principal District Judge, Betul, despite a designated Commercial Court at Bhopal being notified under Section 3 of the Commercial Courts Act with jurisdiction over Betul — A court lacking subject-matter jurisdiction due to statutory limitations cannot entertain the c India Law Library Docid # 2456021
(111) KALAMUDDIN Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA[PATNA HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Service Law — Compassionate Appointment — Relative Merit Points System — Calculation of merit points — Father of petitioner died in harness — Petitioner's application rejected due to low merit points — Dispute regarding points awarded under heads of lump-sum terminal benefits and annual family income — Undisputed record established that family received Rs. 29,63,673/- exceeding the maximum threshold, attracting zero points, and sons had certified annual income of Rs. 3,60,000/-, also attracting India Law Library Docid # 2455625
(112) RAJESH KUMAR SHRIVASTAVA @ RAJESH SHRIVASTAVA Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 406 and 34 — Criminal breach of trust — Auction of repossessed vehicle — Failure to deliver vehicle — Quashing of cognizance — Complainant participated in an auction conducted by company, deposited tender and bid amounts, but vehicle was allegedly not delivered and sold to another — Petitioner was Regional Business Head of the auctioning company — Amount was deposited directly with company and not with petitioner — Held, the necessary ingredients of criminal breach of India Law Library Docid # 2455638
(113) NANDU THAKUR Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 34 and 307 — Common Intention — Attempt to murder — Constructive liability — Deceased co-accused fired at informant while appellant allegedly held the informant from behind — Mere act of catching hold of a victim does not automatically establish common intention to commit murder — Prosecution must prove beyond reasonable doubt that the act was done in furtherance of a shared common intention — Evidence at best showed similar intention, which cannot attract Section 34 India Law Library Docid # 2455656
(114) STATE OF MAHARASHTRA Vs. SUDHIR S/O MOTIRAMJI HIWARKAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 300 / Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Necessary Party — Impleadment — State as a necessary party — Writ petition filed seeking direction for absorption of a lecturer into service, which fastens direct and continuous financial and administrative liability upon the State — State of Maharashtra was not arrayed as a party respondent in the writ petition ab initio, and a belated application merely impleaded India Law Library Docid # 2455667
(115) UNIVERSAL SPECIALITY CHEMICALS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 226 and 227 — Maintainability and entertainability of writ petition — Alternative statutory remedy — Rule of exhaustion of statutory remedies is a matter of policy, convenience, and judicial discretion rather than an absolute rule of law — Where the controversy involves a pure question of law and does not require an investigation into disputed questions of fact, the High Court can legitimately exercise its extraordinary writ jurisdiction without relegating India Law Library Docid # 2455675
(116) SHRI SAHEBRAO NARAYAN SASTE AND OTHERS Vs. RATAN YASHWANT SASTE AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Article 110 — Joint Family Property — Suit for partition — Exclusion and ouster — Twin conditions — Article 110 requires a positive act or conduct by which exclusion is made known to the plaintiff — Mere denial of share in agricultural yield, exclusive possession by one co-heir, or oral refusal by father in anger does not constitute ouster — Possession of one co-heir is considered in law as possession of all — Raising a plea of adverse possession acknowledges the opposite India Law Library Docid # 2455680
(117) RAHUL GAJRAJ PATIL @ SARANG PATIL Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Regular bail — Governing principles — Object of bail is to secure the attendance of the accused at trial and is neither punitive nor preventative — Presumption of innocence is a cardinal principle rooted in Article 21 of the Constitution of India, 1950 — Discretion conferred upon the High Court to grant bail is unfettered by rigid classifications and must be exercised judiciously — Held, detention prior to conviction cannot be used as puni India Law Library Docid # 2455684
(118) NIKHIL @ SUSHIL @ LUCKY Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELH & ANR.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 69 — Regular Bail — Sexual intercourse by deceitful means — Consensual relationship — Prosecutrix, a 24-year-old graduate, alleged that accused deceitfully engaged in physical relations by misrepresenting his marital status — Complainant repeatedly unblocked accused and invited him home alone, without verifying his status from her father who knew him — Prosecutrix was an educated adult, not a gullible person, and the relationship prima facie appeared conse India Law Library Docid # 2455685
(119) SHEIKH FIROZUDDIN Vs. FARIDA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Mohammedan Law — Will (Wasiyat) — Bequest to heir — Statutory limit on testamentary capacity — Consent of legal heirs — Validity of bequest exceeding one-third share — Mother executed a Will bequeathing her entire 50% share in the suit property in favour of one son — Neither the execution of the Will was proved in accordance with law, nor was consent of all other legal heirs established — Under Mohammedan Law, a testator cannot bequeath more than one-third of the estate, and any bequest to an he India Law Library Docid # 2455686
(120) MOHD ISHA Vs. UNION OF INDIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Railways Act, 1989 — Section 2(29) — Bona fide passenger — Recovery of journey ticket during jamatalashi — Direct evidence — Tribunal rejected claim on ground of family's unawareness of journey and dispute over manner of death — Held, recovery of a valid ticket from the deceased constitutes direct evidence of his passenger status — Such status cannot be negatived merely because family members were unaware of the journey or due to subsequent doubts about the manner of death — Initial burden on cl India Law Library Docid # 2455687