(241) SMT. KALAVATI DEVI W/O HEMLAL MEHTA Vs. HEMLAL MEHTA S/O LATE RAMKRISHUN MEHTA[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 163-A — Claim for compensation — Deceased driving father's motorcycle — Stepping into shoes of owner — Deceased was driving a motorcycle owned by his father when the accident occurred without involvement of any other vehicle — Deceased stepped into the shoes of the owner and could not be treated as a third party — Legal representatives cannot maintain a claim petition under Section 163-A against the owner and insurer of the vehicle. India Law Library Docid # 2454581
(242) SACHIN GUPTA Vs. THE STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND ANR.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Principles governing quashing of criminal complaints as laid down in Pradeep Kumar Kesarwani v. State of Uttar Pradesh — Material relied upon by the accused indicated money paid by appellant and prior complaints lodged against the second respondent, satisfying the standard of sound, reasonable, and indubitable material. India Law Library Docid # 2454625
(243) THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER Vs. SADIQ PASHA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-10-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Section 20(b)(ii)C and Section 67 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — High Court quashed proceedings against respondent (accused no. 3) who had fled the spot, relying on precedents where convictions or bail cancellations were based solely on confessional statements under Section 67 — Supreme Court held that precedents concerning convictions or bail matters have no application to a case pending India Law Library Docid # 2454626
(244) MARTANDA SINGH Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 01-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 375 and 90 — Rape — Promise to marry — Consensual relationship spanning three years between adults — Second respondent, an engineering graduate, willingly permitted physical relationship after courtship knowing consequences — Failure to keep a promise to marry on a future uncertain date due to reasons that are not clear does not amount to misconception of fact unless accused had never really intended to marry from India Law Library Docid # 2454627
(245) SANDIP S. THAKUR Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Unified Development Control and Promotion Regulations, 2020 (UDCPR) — Regulations 10, 10.10.2(3)(vi), 2.4 and 3.4.1 — Interpretation of non-obstante clause — Scope of City-Specific Regulations — Petitioner contended that Regulation 10.10.2 overrides general regulations, precluding any relaxation — Held, a non-obstante clause does not exclude general provisions of UDCPR unless there is an irreconcilable conflict — General regulations in Chapters 1, 2, and 3 continue to apply to city-specific deve India Law Library Docid # 2454652
(246) SANDIP S. THAKUR Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS.[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Unified Development Control and Promotion Regulations, 2020 (UDCPR) — Regulations 10, 10.10.2(3)(vi), and 2.4 — Statutory Interpretation — Non-obstante clause — Scope and effect — Petitioner contended that Regulation 10.10.2 overrides general regulations, precluding relaxation under Regulation 2.4 — Held, non-obstante clause in Chapter 10 cannot be construed to exclude the application of general provisions in Chapters 1, 2, and 3 of UDCPR — Regulations must be read harmoniously, with non-obstant India Law Library Docid # 2454653
(247) RANI PRATAP SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 — Sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 — Illegal immigrant as victim — Dignity and protection against exploitation — Contention that victim was an illegal Bangladeshi immigrant and could not be believed to convict an Indian citizen rejected — Criminal law focuses on prosecuting perpetrators of commercial sexual exploitation, not shaming victims — An immigration label cannot become a licence for indignity — Status as an illegal immigrant does not extinguish a human being' India Law Library Docid # 2454654
(248) JAY STEEL ROLLING AND ENGINEERING WORKS Vs. MAHARASHTRA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Supervisory jurisdiction — Scope and limits — High Court does not act as a court of first appeal to re-appreciate or re-weigh evidence or facts — Supervisory jurisdiction is purely correctional, intended to remedy grave dereliction of duty, flagrant abuse, or violation of fundamental principles of law or justice — Jurisdiction must be exercised sparingly, only when findings recorded by a subordinate court or quasi-judicial authority are perverse or arb India Law Library Docid # 2454655
(249) JAY STEEL ROLLING AND ENGINEERING WORKS Vs. MAHARASHTRA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Supervisory jurisdiction — Scope and limits — High Court under Article 227 does not act as a court of first appeal to re-appreciate or re-weigh evidence or facts — Supervisory jurisdiction is correctional in nature to remedy grave derelictions of duty or flagrant abuse and violations of fundamental principles of law or justice — Jurisdiction must be exercised sparingly and only when findings reached by a subordinate court or quasi-judicial tribunal are India Law Library Docid # 2454656
(250) ROLTA INDIA LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. ANIL VISHWANATH NANDOSKAR AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Termination of service — Natural justice — Lumpsum compensation — Workers dismissed by composite charge-sheet-cum-dismissal order without holding domestic inquiry for allegedly refusing to work at transferred locations — Employer failed to justify dismissal before Labour Court — Labour Court held termination illegal and awarded compensation of Rs. 2,50,000/- with interest in lieu of reinstatement and back wages — Finding of illegal dismissal upheld as no perversit India Law Library Docid # 2454657
(251) STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS Vs. MUKESH KUMAR MEENA[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Appeal filed by State against Single Bench order after a delay of 112 days — Application under Section 5 filed for condoning delay — Respondent did not oppose the application — High Court, considering the reasons stated in the application, condoned the delay of 112 days in filing the special appeal. India Law Library Docid # 2454879
(252) GOVIND S/O SEMBHA RAM JI Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Service Law — Transfer — Probationer — Arbitrary condition in transfer order — Appellant, appointed as a Junior Assistant on probation, was transferred but not relieved by the authorities citing a note in the transfer order prohibiting the relieving of employees on probation — Held, unless there is a specific statutory bar, authorities cannot impose conditions de hors the law — As the Rajasthan Service Rules, 1951 do not restrict the transfer of probationers, inserting a condition that an employ India Law Library Docid # 2454880
(253) JAYANT KUMAR Vs. JODHPUR VIDYUT VITRAN NIGAM LTD.[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Electricity Law — Grant of Electricity Connection — Effect of Interim Status Quo Order — Civil suit challenging a sale deed was pending between the parties wherein an interim order of status quo was passed by the Trial Court — Discom disconnected the electricity connection granted to the occupant of the dwelling house based on the appellant's objection — Held, the civil dispute relating to the sale transaction and the grant of an electricity connection are completely independent issues — Discom India Law Library Docid # 2454836
(254) LAL SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Rajasthan Prisoners Release on Parole Rules, 1958 — Nature and Object — Welfare legislation — Prolonged incarceration snaps the bonds of a convict prisoner with family and society — Parole is designed to mitigate hardships faced by convict prisoners and their families by rekindling these severed ties through temporary release for shorter durations — Rules are framed in the larger societal interest to address family issues and must be obeyed in their true letter and spirit. India Law Library Docid # 2454837
(255) RAMESH GODARA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 29 — Abetment and criminal conspiracy — Scope of general allegations — Prosecution alleged petitioner facilitated or extended cooperation in commission of offence — Held, mere association, acquaintance, or a general allegation of cooperation without indicating the nature and extent of assistance is insufficient to attract Section 29 — Prosecution must place prima facie material disclosing specific acts of assistance or circumstances India Law Library Docid # 2454838
(256) BHERU LAL S/O HEMRAJ GURJAR AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ANOTHER[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent powers of High Court — Quashing of criminal proceedings on compromise — High Court's inherent power to quash an FIR is distinct from compounding offences under Section 320 CrPC — Power can be exercised to prevent abuse of process and secure ends of justice where parties have settled disputes — Where the dispute is predominantly private and conviction is bleak, continuing proceed India Law Library Docid # 2454840
(257) SMT. SHARDA DEVI W/O SHRI KISHORE KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN, THROUGH PP AND ANOTHER[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498-A, 406 and 354(b) — Quashing of FIR — Matrimonial dispute — Settlement through mediation — Petitioners sought quashing of FIR registered for matrimonial offences — Parties amicably resolved their matrimonial discord before the Mediation Centre, and the complainant confirmed the compromise and declined to prosecute further — Held, courts must encourage genuine settlements in matrimonial disputes to ena India Law Library Docid # 2454841
(258) M/S M.F. ENTERPRISES Vs. RAJASTHAN STATE WAREHOUSING CORPORATION[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Rajasthan Transparency in Public Procurement Act, 2012 — Section 38 — Tender Process — Rejection of Technical Bid — Non-responsive bid — Code of Integrity — Petitioner participated in tender invited by Rajasthan State Warehousing Corporation — Bid declared non-responsive for alleged concealment of an order fastening monetary liability — Petitioner asserted that the liability order was stayed in an appeal and criminal proceedings had culminated in a final negative report — First Appellate Authori India Law Library Docid # 2454843
(259) SHIRSTHI RAJPUT AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Right to life and personal liberty — Choice of partner — Adult couples living together — Interference by family members — Petitioners, being majors, solemnised marriage out of their own free will without coercion and faced harassment and threats to life from family members — Held, settled law dictates that where two individuals are major and cohabiting voluntarily, no person, including their parents or relatives, has the authority to interfere with thei India Law Library Docid # 2454883
(260) KAPIL KUMAR PRAJAPATI Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 137(2) and 64(1) — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 3 and 4 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 180 and 183 — Grant of bail — Allegations of enticement and sexual assault — Victim in statements under Sections 180 and 183 BNSS explicitly stated she left home voluntarily and no wrong was committed by the applicant — Medical report revealed no injury or sign of sexual assault — Charge sheet submitted, dispens India Law Library Docid # 2454884