(201) SMT. RIHANA Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ of Habeas Corpus — Essential prerequisite of illegal detention — Production of spouse — Petitioner-wife filed habeas corpus petition seeking production of her husband, alleging that he left the matrimonial home with another woman — Held, it was not the case of the petitioner that her husband had been detained by any person against his will and consent — In the absence of unlawful detention or wrongful confinement, extraordinary writ jurisdiction o India Law Library Docid # 2455449
(202) PARSHU TANDI Vs. STATE OF ODISHA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 07-10-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 37(1)(b) and Section 20(b)(ii)(C) — Grant of bail for commercial quantity — Twin conditions — Section 37 imposes a statutory bar on granting bail for offences involving commercial quantities unless the prosecution is heard and the court is satisfied that reasonable grounds exist to believe the accused is not guilty and is not likely to commit any offence while on bail — "Reasonable grounds" connote substantial probable causes justify India Law Library Docid # 2455565
(203) SHAMINA NAZ AND ANOTHER Vs. RIMSHA TAASHFEEN AND ANOTHER[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 07-10-2026 Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 — Sections 7 & 17 — Mahomedan Law — Mother's appointment as guardian of minor's property — Mother is not a legal guardian of a minor's property as of right under Mahomedan Law and cannot alienate property as a de facto guardian. However, in the absence of legal guardians specified under personal law, the Court is competent under Section 7 of the Act read with Section 360 of Mulla's Principles of Mahomedan Law to appoint the mother as guardian if it serves the minor' India Law Library Docid # 2455570
(204) UMAKANTA MISHRA Vs. GENERAL MANAGER, OFDC LTD. AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 07-10-2026 Service Law — Disciplinary Proceedings — Natural justice — Non-supply of enquiry report — Petitioner, a Daily Labour Rate employee, faced disciplinary proceedings for unauthorized absence and misconduct — Inquiry Officer held charges proved but recommended regularization on humanitarian grounds — Disciplinary authority terminated petitioner's services without furnishing a copy of the enquiry report prior to imposing major penalty, violating Rule 124(15)(b) of the Service Rules — Omission to serv India Law Library Docid # 2455571
(205) SATYABAN BEHERA Vs. PRAVAT TRIPATHY, I.I.C, ANGUL TOWN, P.S/AT/P.O/DISTRICT-ANGUL[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 07-10-2026 Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Section 2(b) and Section 12 — Civil Contempt — Wilful Disobedience — Delayed Compliance — Essentiality of Mens Rea — Element of mens rea is indispensable for sustaining a charge of civil contempt — A breach must be deliberate and intentional to constitute contempt — Jurisdiction under the Act is intended to uphold the majesty of law rather than penalize mere administrative laxity — Mens rea cannot be inferred merely from the factum of delay in complying with court India Law Library Docid # 2455572
(206) NITISH KUMAR PRADHAN Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND ANOTHER[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 07-10-2026 Criminal Law — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 363, 366, 376(2)(n), 368, 109, 313 and 34 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 6 and 17 — Statement under Section 164 Cr.P.C. — Complainant lodged an FIR alleging kidnapping of her daughter — Victim in her statement recorded under Section 164 of Cr.P.C. did not implicate the petitioner and stated that she was in a relationship with him — Investigation culminated in charge-sheet under IPC and POCSO Act — Petitioner ap India Law Library Docid # 2455574
(207) RAJU POLA @ VENKATESHAM POLA Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND ANOTHER[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 07-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 318(4) and 338 — Essential Commodities Act, 1955 — Section 7 — Trade Marks Act, 1999 — Section 29 — Quashing of FIR — Spurious fertilizer — Petitioner allegedly conspired to manufacture and sell spurious DAP fertilizer packed in bags resembling reputed brands to cheat innocent farmers and received sale proceeds — Allegations in complaint and material gathered during ongoing investigation prima facie India Law Library Docid # 2455585
(208) SRI SWAPAN DEB ROY Vs. THE STATE OF TRIPURA[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 07-10-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 118, Section 138 and Section 139 — Statutory presumption — Reverse onus — Standard of proof — Presumption of legally enforceable debt arises under Section 139 once cheque execution is admitted or proved — The presumption operates in favor of the holder to prevent undue delay in commercial disputes — A bare denial or vague assertion by the accused is insufficient to discharge the burden — The accused must establish a probable defence under the standard o India Law Library Docid # 2455603
(209) SRI ARJUN SARKAR Vs. THE STATE OF TRIPURA[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 07-10-2026 Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 279 — Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 179, 181 and 184 — Rash and negligent driving — Disobeying police signal — Accused drove a vehicle at high speed, ignored police signals to halt, and dashed into the official vehicle of the SDPO before being chased and apprehended — Prosecution examined thirteen witnesses who consistently established rash driving, damage to the police vehicle, and evasion of authority — Defence failed to shatter witness credibility durin India Law Library Docid # 2455604
(210) KUMAR RAM RANJAN SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 07-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Review Jurisdiction — Withdrawal of Review Petition — State of Bihar filed a review petition seeking review of the order dated 12.03.2024 passed in earlier writ proceedings — Counsel representing the review petitioner submitted on instructions that the State sought to withdraw the review petition — High Court accepted the submission and dismissed the review petition along with any pending applications as withdrawn. India Law Library Docid # 2455620
(211) MASIHA SERVICES INFRA PVT. LTD. Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 07-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Government Contracts — Outstanding Dues — Supply of food to hospital patients — Tender awarded for supplying meals to patients across government health centers — Substantial bills withheld due to lack of fund allotment and non-certification of food supply registers — State conceded liability of Rs. 5,65,299/- upon verification of partial claims, while petitioner asserted claims pertaining to 18 hospitals — Relief sought for payment of entire outstandin India Law Library Docid # 2455622
(212) SANTOSH B. NAIK Vs. STATE OF GOA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-10-2026 Service Law — Recruitment — Essential Educational Qualifications — Interpretation of Recruitment Rules — Expression "Passed 10th standard under 10+2 system of education" prescribed for the post of Vocational Instructor (Practical) in the trade of Plumber cannot be ignored or treated as interchangeable with any qualification recognized generally as equivalent — Words "under 10+2 system of education" form an integral part of the qualification framework prescribed by the recruiting India Law Library Docid # 2454660
(213) CHHAGANBHAI KOHYABHAI PATELIYA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-10-2026 Service Law — Retirement benefits — Annual increment — Denial of annual increment falling due on 1st of July to employees retiring on 30th of June of preceding years — Legality — Right to be paid an increment is a legitimate right of an employee upon successful completion of a year of employment. India Law Library Docid # 2454661
(214) KAMAL KRISHAN CHIBBER Vs. UT OF J&K (PREVIOUSLY STATE OF J&K) AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 06-10-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1997 — Sections 34, 37 and 43 — Setting aside of arbitral award — Time-barred claims — Public Policy — Limitation Act applies directly to arbitral proceedings pursuant to Section 43 — Entertaining and awarding claims that are patently stale and barred by limitation violates the statutory mandate, rendering the resulting arbitral award vulnerable to being set aside under Section 34(2)(b)(ii) for being in conflict with Public Policy — Single Judge committed no err India Law Library Docid # 2454935
(215) DIN MOHD WANI Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 06-10-2026 Constitution of India — Article 22(5) — Preventive Detention — Right to make representation — Duty to convey time limit — Detaining authority informed the detenue of his right to represent before it, but failed to convey the specific time limit available for filing such representation before the detention order is approved by the Government — Held, once approved by the Government, the detaining authority becomes functus officio and cannot review its order — Omission to communicate the essential India Law Library Docid # 2454952
(216) ABDUL QAYOOM @BITTU Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 06-10-2026 Constitution of India — Article 22(5) — Preventive Detention — Unexplained delay in deciding representation — Detenue submitted representation which was received on 28.01.2025, but rejected on 19.06.2025 after a delay of nearly five months — No satisfactory explanation provided for the prolonged delay — Article 22(5) mandates prompt and expeditious consideration of a detenue's representation — Unexplained and inordinate delay in disposing of the representation infringes constitutional safeguards India Law Library Docid # 2454953
(217) GUMMALA VIJAYA LAKSHMI Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 06-10-2026 Preventive Detention — Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Boot-Leggers, Dacoits, Drug Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Land-Grabbers Act, 1986, Section 3(2) — Territorial jurisdiction — Offence registered outside local limits — Detaining authority considered six crimes, including one registered in another district — Held, crimes registered outside territorial jurisdiction can be considered, but the detaining authority must record specific subjective satisfactio India Law Library Docid # 2454957
(218) ANDHRA PRADESH STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION Vs. BANDARU DURGA KANAKA DURGA AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 06-10-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Rash and negligent driving — Proof — Pedestrian knocked down while crossing road — Registration of FIR and filing of charge-sheet under Section 304-A IPC against bus driver — Eye-witness testimony corroborated by police investigation — Corporation's plea that deceased was in a drunken state was not pleaded in the written statement and lacked supporting evidence — In absence of acceptable rebuttal evidence, charge-sheet and consistent testimony conclusivel India Law Library Docid # 2454967
(219) MANGAL MUNDA Vs. UNION OF INDIA[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-10-2026 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 — Section 43-D(5) — Constitution of India — Article 21 — Regular Bail — Prolonged Incarceration — Balancing personal liberty with national security — Held, in prosecutions implicating State sovereignty, integrity, or national security, delay in trial does not operate as an automatic trump card displacing the statutory bar under Section 43-D(5) — Delay triggers heightened judicial scrutiny requiring a contextual balance between personal liberty and socie India Law Library Docid # 2454994
(220) GIRRAJ PRASAD SHARMA Vs. LIBRARY OFFICER AND ANOTHER[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 06-10-2026 Constitution of India — Article 226 — Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Scope of writ jurisdiction against Labour Court awards — The High Court exercising writ jurisdiction cannot sit in appeal over findings of fact rendered by the Labour Court or reappreciate evidence — Findings of fact recorded by a fact-finding authority are ordinarily final — Interference is warranted only when such findings are perverse, based on no evidence, or disclose a jurisdictional error — A finding based on relevant ma India Law Library Docid # 2455042