(261) VISHNU KUMAR AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 108 — Abetment of suicide — Essential ingredients — Intention and instigation — To constitute an offence of abetment of suicide under Section 108 BNS, there must be specific abetment with a clear intention to bring about the suicide of the victim — A direct or indirect act of incitement is mandatory, creating circumstances where the victim has no alternative but to put an end to life — Mere general allegations of harassment or mental stress without any pro India Law Library Docid # 2454885
(262) VASEEM AHAMAD AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14 and 16 — Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 — Section 23 — Special TET — Exclusion of Shiksha Mitras — Petitioners, contractual Shiksha Mitras, challenged their exclusion from Special TET conducted for in-service teachers. Held, Shiksha Mitras engaged under distinct contractual arrangements cannot claim parity with regular Assistant Teachers appointed prior to TET becoming mandatory. Classification is founded on an intelligible India Law Library Docid # 2454888
(263) PAVAN SINGH Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 319 — Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 376, 342, 506 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 4 — Anticipatory bail — Summoning under Section 319 Cr.P.C. — Applicant, initially charge-sheeted under lesser offences, was granted regular bail and cooperated with trial — Subsequently summoned under Section 319 Cr.P.C. for heinous offences based on witness testimony — Accused had no India Law Library Docid # 2454890
(264) ANKUSH DHOBI Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 137(2), 87 and 64 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 3 and 4 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 180 and 183 — Regular bail — Enticement and sexual offence — Victim in statements recorded under Sections 180 and 183 BNSS categorically stated that she left home on her own volition and no wrong was committed by applicant — Victim refused medical examination — Charge-sheet filed obviating necessity of custodia India Law Library Docid # 2454891
(265) RAKESH SINGH Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 69 — Sexual intercourse on false promise of marriage — Consensual relationship between adults — Distinction between false promise and mere breach of promise — Complainant, an adult, maintained physical relationship with applicant for six months before lodging FIR upon relationship turning sour — Held, prolonged association between consenting adults creates a presumption of voluntary consent — Every failed relationship cannot be converted into an offence of India Law Library Docid # 2454895
(266) LALIT Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 482 — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Scope and Parameters — Power to grant anticipatory bail is an extraordinary remedy and cannot be exercised routinely or as a matter of rule — Relief must be granted sparingly and judiciously in exceptional circumstances — Arrest forms an integral part of investigation, enabling interrogation, eliciting vital information, and uncovering material facts — Courts must India Law Library Docid # 2454897
(267) AARIF Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 64(1), 74, 77 and 351(3) — Grant of regular bail — FIR lodged after unexplained delay of over one year — Allegations of rape, capturing obscene videos, and blackmailing — Victim refused medical examination — Investigation revealed no recovery of alleged obscene videos or photos — CDR showed victim's absence from incident site, while mobile audio indicated intimacy — Charge-sheet submitted and custodial interrogation unnecessary — Applicant in custody sinc India Law Library Docid # 2454899
(268) TANVEER HUSSAIN DAR Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 01-10-2026 Constitution of India — Article 21 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 363, 376 and 109 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 4 — Bail — Prolonged incarceration — Accused detained for over four years without conclusion of trial — Held, right to a speedy trial is an integral facet of Article 21 — Gravity of offence alone cannot justify unending detention — Pre-trial detention is not intended to operate as punish India Law Library Docid # 2454938
(269) AABID MAJEED SHEIKH Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 01-10-2026 Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 — Section 8 — Preventive Detention — Delay and snapping of live-link — Detention order passed in May 2025 relying on past FIRs, the last registered in 2020, wherein the detenue had been granted bail — Held, there was no proximate or live-link between past conduct and the detention order passed after a five-year gap — Respondents failed to establish any subsequent prejudicial activity or explain the undue delay — Detention based on stale, vague, and unsub India Law Library Docid # 2454940
(270) SAMI ULLAH DAR Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 01-10-2026 Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 — Section 8 — Preventive detention — Proximity and live-link — Stale grounds — Appellant detained in 2024 based on two FIRs registered in 2018 wherein he was already granted bail — No subsequent prejudicial activity or violation of bail or good-behavior bonds alleged — Held, there was no proximity or live-link between the 2018 incidents and the detention order passed in 2024 — Preventive detention cannot be invoked on mere vague apprehensions or stale pa India Law Library Docid # 2454941
(271) MASHOOQ AHMAD SHAH Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 01-10-2026 Constitution of India — Article 22(5) — Preventive Detention — Vagueness of grounds — Right to make effective representation — Grounds of detention alleged that the detenu attempted to contact local youth and maintained ties with extremist associations, but failed to disclose specific names, dates, or particulars — Held, allegations were vague and bereft of material details, depriving the detenu of the opportunity to make an effective representation — Vagueness of grounds strikes at the root of India Law Library Docid # 2454942
(272) SUNIDHI SHARMA AND OTHERS Vs. UT OF J&K AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 01-10-2026 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Sections 156(3), 190, 200 and 204 — Taking of cognizance — Maintainability of protest petition after negative police report — Application under Section 156(3) resulted in a police report stating no offence was made out — Complainant filed a protest petition, which the Magistrate entertained as a complaint, recorded preliminary statements, and issued process — Held, a Magistrate is legally empowered to take cognizance of an offence and issue process upon a compl India Law Library Docid # 2454920
(273) M/S GUCCHU RAM Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 01-10-2026 Constitution of India — Articles 226 and 14 — Maintainability of writ petition — Contractual claims against the State — Admitted liability — Petitioner-contractor executed public works allotted by the respondent department, and the liability was acknowledged in official communications — Held, where the State admits its financial liability through official records, writ jurisdiction under Article 226 is maintainable — The State cannot evade payment or relegate the petitioner to civil proceedings India Law Library Docid # 2454921
(274) CHALLA VENKATA SUBBA REDDY Vs. RAJOLI PADMAJA AND ANOTHER[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 27 — Additional evidence in Appellate Court — Hearing application along with main appeal — Revision petitioner contended that an application under Order 41 Rule 27 ought to be heard along with the main appeal rather than decided at the initial stage — Held, Order 41 Rule 27 does not explicitly mandate that such an application must be heard together with the appeal — The rule that an application be heard with the appeal was intended to prevent prej India Law Library Docid # 2454971
(275) UYYALA LAKSHMI REDDY AND OTHERS Vs. L PRATAP REDDY AND ANOTHER[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166 and 168 — Compensation — Fatal accident — Multiplier and future prospects — Deceased was a 21-year-old bachelor drawing a fixed salary — Tribunal omitted future prospects and applied a multiplier based on the mother's age — Following Pranay Sethi, an addition of 40% towards future prospects was warranted for a deceased aged below 40 years earning a fixed salary — Further, the multiplier must be chosen based on the age of the deceased bachelor, making multi India Law Library Docid # 2454974
(276) THE MANDAL TAHSILDAR, RAJAM OF RAJAM MANDAL AND OTHERS Vs. PITCHIKA BHAGYA LAKSHMI[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 8 Rule 1-A — Production of documents by defendant — Belated filing — Scope and exercise of judicial discretion — Non-compliance with sub-rules (1) and (2) does not disentitle a defendant from producing documents at a subsequent stage with leave of Court under sub-rule (3) — Procedural rules are handmaids of justice intended to facilitate substantive justice and not defeat adjudication of the real dispute — Delay alone is not a valid ground to prevent a pa India Law Library Docid # 2454975
(277) KATTERA PRADEEP KUMAR Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 35(3) — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 41-A — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 318(4), 336(3) and 61(2)(a) — Pre-arrest bail — Offences punishable with imprisonment for less than seven years — Investigating Officer is legally obligated to issue notice of appearance under Section 35(3) of BNSS rather than effecting routine arrest — Binding guidelines in Arnesh Kumar, Md. Asfak Alam, and Satender Kumar Antil must be strictly co India Law Library Docid # 2454979
(278) THOTA RADHAKRISHNA MURTHY AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 243Q, 243ZF, Part IX and Part IX-A — Seventh Schedule, List II, Entry 5 — Andhra Pradesh Municipal Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021 — Legislative competence — Merger of Gram Panchayats into Municipalities and Municipal Corporations — Constitutional validity upheld — Held, State Legislature possesses plenary competence under Entry 5 of List II to legislate on local government bodies — Article 243Q contains no bar prohibiting the State from including Gram Panchayat India Law Library Docid # 2454980
(279) SYED HARSHAD ALIAS SYED ARSHAD Vs. THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR AND ANOTHER[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 420 — Andhra Pradesh Chit Fund Act, 1971 — Section 56 — Quashing of FIR — Petitioner sought quashing of FIR registered under Section 420 IPC and Section 56 of the A.P. Chit Fund Act, but subsequently confined arguments to seeking protection from arrest on the ground that the alleged offences carry imprisonment of less than seven years — Public Prosecutor raised no objection — High Court disposed of the pet India Law Library Docid # 2454982
(280) KAPU CHINNAMALLAIAH KRISHNA REDDY Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-10-2026 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 3(2)(v) — Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 — Conversion to Christianity — Entitlement to statutory protection — A person belonging to a Scheduled Caste ceases to be a member thereof upon conversion to Christianity, unless reconversion to the original religion and acceptance by the community are established — Once the foundational requirement of caste status stands extinguished, statutory protection un India Law Library Docid # 2454983