(21) MUKESH DUGGA Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 376(2)(n) — Scope and ingredients of offence — Rape committed repeatedly on the same woman — The word "repeatedly" used in the provision signifies separate acts of sexual assault committed on different occasions, rather than acts forming part of one continuous transaction — To attract enhanced punishment under Section 376(2)(n), the prosecution must establish through cogent material that the accused committed the offence of rape on more than one occasion against the sa India Law Library Docid # 2455115
(22) RAGHUBIR DAS Vs. SMT. PADMAWATI[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(b) — Matrimonial Proceedings — Direction for time-bound disposal — Petitioner-husband sought direction to Family Court to conclude divorce trial within six months — Record revealed respondent-wife was unable to appear due to poverty and illness, and service of bailable warrants to secure her appearance remained pending — Held, since the Family Court is actively striving to secure the respondent's presence to ens India Law Library Docid # 2455116
(23) NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. SHIVDEVI[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 149 and Section 166 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 11 Rule 12 — Breach of policy — Non-production of fitness certificate — Burden of proof — Insurer pleaded absence of valid fitness certificate and sought its production, which vehicle owner failed to produce — Held, existence of a permit or fitness certificate is a matter of documentary evidence — Onus cannot remain cast entirely on insurer when insured fails to produce relevant documents — Failure India Law Library Docid # 2455119
(24) RAMFAL KEWAT AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Service Law — Recruitment — Applicability of subsequent circular enhancing age limit to ongoing selection — Petitioners, working on contractual assignments, were declared ineligible for the post of Block Project Manager as they crossed the 38-year age limit prescribed under Circular dated 03.08.2024 — State subsequently issued Circular dated 16.09.2026 extending maximum age limit for contractual employees to 45 years — Held, since the recruitment process pursuant to advertisement dated 27.03.202 India Law Library Docid # 2455122
(25) OBUK MIZE Vs. THE STATE OF AP AND 4 ORS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 215 and 226 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 114 and Order XLVII Rule 1 — Review jurisdiction of High Court — High Court being a court of record possesses plenary inherent powers under Article 226 to correct its records — However, review powers must be exercised within the circumscribed limits of Order XLVII and Section 114 of CPC — Review is permissible only upon establishing an error apparent on the face of the record, discovery of new materia India Law Library Docid # 2455149
(26) SWAPNIL PALIWAL AND OTHERS Vs. SURESH KUMAR PALIWAL[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of plaint — Consideration of averments — It is trite law that for the purpose of deciding an application under Order 7 Rule 11 of CPC, averments made in the plaint are alone germane and the plaint must be read as a whole — Defences available to the defendants or pleas raised in their written statement or application cannot form the basis to reject the plaint — Where issues relating to valuation and court fee involve mixed questions o India Law Library Docid # 2455170
(27) SHRI RAMNATH PRAJAPATI AND OTHERS Vs. SMT. SHAKEELA PARVEEN[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 7 Rule 11(d) — Rejection of plaint — Scope of enquiry — Averments in plaint alone are germane — Defence of defendant cannot be looked into — Petitioners sought rejection of plaint alleging suit was barred by limitation and res judicata — Held, for deciding an application under Order 7 Rule 11, only the averments in the plaint and accompanying documents can be considered — The defence raised by defendants or pleas taken in an application cannot form the basis to India Law Library Docid # 2455171
(28) BALRAM @ BALLA KUSHWAHA AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Sections 14-A(2) and 18A(2) — Anticipatory Bail — Statutory bar — Appellants sought anticipatory bail alleging false implication due to prior disputes with victim's husband and unexplained delay in lodging FIR. The Court observed that from the FIR and documents, it could not be inferred at this stage that the appellants were falsely implicated. In view of clear India Law Library Docid # 2455175
(29) SURENDRA SINGH PARMAR (DEAD) THROUGH LRS SMT. RAMRATI AND OTHERS Vs. SONU PARMAR AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 08-10-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166 and 140 — Standard of proof — Discrepancy in medical record — Claim petition was dismissed by the Tribunal solely relying on a medical entry recording injury due to a fall from a tractor, despite contemporaneous police records, FIR, charge-sheet, and vehicle seizure documents implicating the insured tanker — Held, proceedings under the Act are summary and decided on preponderance of probabilities — Medical history recorded during emergency treatment cannot India Law Library Docid # 2455186
(30) ASHUTOSH KEDIA Vs. SMT. PALAK[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 08-10-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13B(2) — Divorce by mutual consent — Statutory cooling-off period of six months — Directory in nature — Object of cooling-off period is to prevent hurried decisions and allow reconciliation, not to perpetuate a purposeless marriage when reunion is impossible — Court possesses discretion to waive the statutory six-month period if parties have been living separately, mediation efforts have failed, issues regarding alimony and custody are genuinely settled, and th India Law Library Docid # 2455194
(31) VIRENDRA JAIN Vs. STATE OF M.P.[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 08-10-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 100, 105 and 106 — Culpable homicide vs. Causing death by negligence — Wall collapse during debris removal leading to death of four labourers — Applicant booked under Section 105 — Culpable homicide requires a positive act by the accused as distinguished from mere silence, inaction, or lapse — Prosecution alleged failure to take proper care, but conceded absence of any positive act by applicant causing the incident — Definition of culpable homicide under India Law Library Docid # 2455195
(32) APURWA SHARMA Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 08-10-2026 Service Law — Recruitment to Primary Teacher — Essential Qualification — Madhya Pradesh School Education Service (Teaching Cadre) Service Conditions and Recruitment Rules, 2018, Schedule III — Disqualification of B.Ed. degree holder — Petitioner possessing B.Ed. qualification challenged her exclusion from selection for the post of Primary Teacher — Held, B.Ed. cannot be treated as an essential or eligible qualification for primary school teachers — D.El.Ed. qualification imparts unique pedagogic India Law Library Docid # 2455203
(33) APPA Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 394 — Voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery — Non-recovery of stolen articles — Conviction unsustainable — The conviction under Section 394 IPC cannot be sustained where the allegation of robbery is not supported by recovery or seizure of the allegedly stolen property — Absence of purchase receipts or independent evidence establishing ownership, identity, or value of the articles, coupled with the failure to connect scattered beads found at the spot to India Law Library Docid # 2454905
(34) V. PON. PANEERSELVAM Vs. S. REGUPATHY AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2026 Representation of the People Act, 1951 — Sections 81(1) and 86(1) — Mandatory requirement of personal presentation — Non-compliance — Dismissal at threshold — Presentation of an election petition by the petitioner in person under Section 81(1) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 is a mandatory requirement — Compliance with Section 81 is not a mere procedural formality, but directly impacts the maintainability of the petition; any defect in this regard is incurable — Under India Law Library Docid # 2454906
(35) M/S. MEPCO INDUSTRIES LTD. Vs. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, MADURAI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2026 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 28(i) & Section 4 — Revenue vs. Capital Receipt — Electricity/Power Subsidy — Application of the "Purpose Test" — The character of a subsidy receipt in the hands of an assessee must be determined by applying the "Purpose Test" — The point of time of payment, source, and form of the subsidy are not decisive; the determinative factor is the object and purpose sought to India Law Library Docid # 2454907
(36) ABHISHEK Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 307 — Attempt to murder — Ingredients — Seat and gravity of injury not sole determinant — Attempt to strike vital parts warded off defensively — To attract Section 307 IPC, it is not essential that a fatal or life-threatening bodily injury must actually be sustained — The section distinguishes between the act of the accused and its result; the determinative criterion is whether the act was executed with the requisite intention or knowledge — Intention or knowledg India Law Library Docid # 2454908
(37) THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS Vs. NANDESHWAR KUMAR[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2026 Bihar Panchayat Elementary Teacher (Employment and Service Conditions) Rules, 2006 — Rule 8(a) — Eligibility Criteria — Requirement of NCTE Recognized Qualification — Date of Determination — The eligibility of a candidate for appointment to a public post must be adjudged on the last date of submission of application forms or, at best, by the date of appointment — Where recruitment is India Law Library Docid # 2454909
(38) M/S JK PAPER LTD AND OTHERS Vs. BIPINCHANDRA NATWARLAL SHAH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Powers and Duty of First Appellate Court — Scope of Judicial Interference under Article 136 of the Constitution — An appeal is a continuation of the original proceedings, and the first appellate court is a court of fact and law required to decide the case by re-appreciating evidence, giving reasons, and dealing with all issues of India Law Library Docid # 2454910
(39) BRIJ LAL AND OTHERS Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 07-10-2026 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 107 and 117 — Nature and scope of preventive proceedings — Distinction from punitive proceedings — Proceedings under Sections 107 and 117 CrPC are preventive in character, aimed at preventing breach of peace and repetition of similar incidents, whereas registration of an FIR and filing of a charge-sheet in respect of a criminal offence are punitive in nature, aimed at punishing the offender — The objective and purpose of preventive proceedings u India Law Library Docid # 2454939
(40) RAJ SHARMA (BHARTI) Vs. COLLECTOR LAND ACQUISITION AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 07-10-2026 J&K Land Acquisition Act, Svt. 1990 — Section 18 — Constitution of India — Article 19(1)(f) and Constitutional Right to Property — Exchange of alternate land in lieu of cash compensation — Obligation to deliver actual physical possession — The predecessor-in-interest of appellants opted for alternate land, but physical possession of 4 kanals was never delivered due to Army occupation — Held, an acquisition award is not satisfied until complete physical possession of all allotted land is delivere India Law Library Docid # 2454950