(361) MANOJ KUMAR PASWAN Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND 4 OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 173(4) — Rejection of application seeking registration of FIR — Complainant alleged police personnel extorted money under threat of false implication in a murder case — Special Judge rejected application — Held, no specific allegation was made as to which accused public servant actually received the demanded amount — Allegations were vague and moved as a pressure tactic against police personnel — Material on record and inquiry report justified r India Law Library Docid # 2454898
(362) SURESH YADAV AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Anticipatory bail — Duration of protection — Trial Court granted anticipatory bail for a limited period of 30 days after charge-sheet was submitted and cognizance taken — Held, restricting anticipatory bail to 30 days without specific findings compels accused to seek fresh interim bail, causing unnecessary harassment — Anticipatory bail, once granted, must normally continue till conclusion of trial subject to appropriate conditions — There India Law Library Docid # 2454900
(363) R. PAL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302 and 307 read with Section 34 — Evidentiary value of injured eyewitness and related witnesses — Conviction for murder and attempt to murder — Testimony of an injured eyewitness enjoys a special status and cannot be discarded lightly, as his presence is independently established by the injuries sustained — Minor discrepancies do not justify rejecting such testimony — Relationship of eyewitnesses to the deceased requires careful scrutiny but is not a ground for India Law Library Docid # 2454901
(364) GHULAM MOHAMMAD SHEIKH Vs. MR. VIJAY KUMAR BIDHURI AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 30-09-2026 Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Scope of jurisdiction — Enlargement of writ court's direction impermissible — Writ Court directed the Deputy Commissioner to consider awarding compensation under the Land Acquisition Act based on a revenue report — Respondents carried out spot demarcation, rectified the revenue records under Section 32 of the Land Revenue Act, and passed a detailed speaking order rejecting acquisition as the road was private — Held, a contempt court cannot enlarge the scope of the India Law Library Docid # 2454943
(365) KHURSHEED AHMAD KHAN Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 30-09-2026 Constitution of India — Article 226(2) — Territorial Jurisdiction — Writ petition challenging acceptance of voluntary retirement — Petitioner, a BSF Constable, submitted retirement application and impugned order accepting voluntary retirement was passed at Tura, Meghalaya — Held, territorial jurisdiction under Article 226 is contingent upon the cause of action, wholly or in part, arising within the local limits of the High Court — Entire cause of action arose outside Jammu and Kashmir — High Cou India Law Library Docid # 2454944
(366) MUSHTAQ AHMAD WAGAY AND OTHERS Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 30-09-2026 Constitution of India — Articles 14 and 16 — Service Law — Casual and Seasonal Labourers — Claim for re-engagement — Absence of vested right — Petitioners engaged as casual labourers were discontinued and later sought re-engagement based on their past engagement — Held, casual engagement is purely temporary, need-based, and creates no legal or statutory right to seek re-engagement — Granting such relief would bypass the constitutional mandate of equal opportunity in public employment and deprive India Law Library Docid # 2454945
(367) NAZIR AHMAD MIR Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 30-09-2026 Administrative Law — Fraud — Recovery of ex-gratia relief obtained fraudulently — Effect of delay — Petitioner, a BSF personnel, obtained ex-gratia relief of ?6.00 lakhs claiming six family members were killed by militants, whereas inquiry revealed they had migrated to PoK — Held, fraud vitiates all proceedings and unravels everything — Principle of finality or limitation cannot be invoked to shield illegal gains once fraud is proved — Permitting retention of such public funds would perpetuate u India Law Library Docid # 2454946
(368) ASHOK SINGH MANHAS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 30-09-2026 Constitution of India — Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 — Validity of constitution and jurisdiction of CBI — Challenge to executive resolution creating CBI — Stay of Gauhati High Court judgment by Supreme Court — High Court held that judicial propriety requires deferring adjudication on the validity of CBI's establishment pending final determination by the Supreme Court — Trial and proceedings arising from the chargesheet to continue, but shall remain subject to the ultimate outcome India Law Library Docid # 2454922
(369) SADIQ HUSSAIN CHALLO Vs. RAVI KUMAR RAINA[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 30-09-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Pendency of complaint — Effect of compromise deed — Mere execution and submission of a compromise deed before the trial Magistrate does not automatically conclude or terminate proceedings under Section 138 — Where the trial Magistrate has not passed any order formally disposing of the complaints in terms of the compromise, the criminal proceedings remain alive and pending. India Law Library Docid # 2454923
(370) UT OF J&K Vs. PARVEEN PANDOH AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 30-09-2026 Criminal Procedure — Condonation of delay — Revision petition — Condonation of 191 days' delay — Petitioner challenged the trial court's order directing release of seized articles and defreezing of bank accounts in an ongoing corruption case — Finding sufficient grounds explained in the application, the High Court allowed the application and condoned the delay of 191 days in filing the revision petition. India Law Library Docid # 2454924
(371) M/S KASHMIR CONFECTIONARY STORE AND OTHERS Vs. M/S MOTHER CHOICE HEALTH CARE INDIA[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 30-09-2026 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 — Section 8 and Section 18 — Registration of Enterprise — Re-registration under Notification dated 26.06.2020 — Validity of Reference — Petitioners objected to execution of arbitral awards contending that the respondent-supplier was unregistered when supplies were made in 2014-2015 — Respondent produced Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum Certificate demonstrating registration since 01.04.2010 — Subsequent registration in 2020 was merely re-registra India Law Library Docid # 2454925
(372) OIL PALM DEVELOPERS AND PROCESSORS ASSOCIATION AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF AP AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Andhra Pradesh Oil Palm (Regulation of Production and Processing) Act, 1993 — Section 13 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14 and 226 — Price Fixation — Scope of Judicial Review — Fixation of minimum price of Fresh Fruit Bunches is legislative in nature, excluding rules of natural justice — Courts will not substitute their own economic assessment for expert opinion — However, judicial review is not excluded — Price fixation remains subject to constitutional discipline under Article 14 — W India Law Library Docid # 2454958
(373) SHAIK MOOSAMIA Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Civil dispute given criminal colour — Pendency of civil suit — Although the existence of a civil dispute is not an absolute bar to criminal proceedings, criminal process cannot be utilized to resolve rival claims of title and possession over immovable property. Where the dispute is predominantly civil in nature and the continuation of criminal proceedin India Law Library Docid # 2454970
(374) Y.V.RAGHUNANDAN Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 138 and 141 — Partnership Act, 1932 — Sections 25 and 26 — Nature of liability of partners — Distinction between company and partnership firm — Cheque dishonour — Held, a partnership firm is not a separate legal entity distinct from its partners, unlike an incorporated company — A firm name is merely a compendious mode of describing its partners — In law, the liability of partners for acts done in the name of the firm is joint and several and not vicar India Law Library Docid # 2454972
(375) JOGI SAVITRI Vs. CHINCHILI KAMESWARA RAO AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 26 Rule 9 — Permanent injunction — Boundary dispute — Appointment of Advocate Commissioner — Defendants sought appointment of an Advocate Commissioner to ascertain physical features and exact boundaries of suit property with assistance of revenue records and officials — Plaintiff contended that boundaries must be proved by evidence and appointment amounted to collection of evidence — Held, an Advocate Commissioner can be legally appointed to demarcate bou India Law Library Docid # 2454973
(376) SHAIK KHADAR VALI Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Police jurisdiction — Civil and property disputes — Interference and coerced settlements — Petitioners challenged the action of police authorities in summoning them to police stations and exerting pressure to settle disputes pending before competent Civil Courts — Held, the duty to resolve civil disputes is entrusted exclusively to the judiciary under the constitutional framework — Police authorities lack jurisdiction to interdict, adjudicate, or deter India Law Library Docid # 2454976
(377) GUDIVAKA SRINIVASA RAO Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Maintainability of writ petition — Contractual dispute and arbitration clause — State instrumentality — Petitioner challenged unilateral recovery of License Fee Recovery charges and validity of Clause 8(e) of Dealership Agreement executed with Indian Oil Corporation Limited — Held, mere existence of an alternative contractual remedy or arbitration clause does not completely oust writ jurisdiction under Article 226 when actions of a State instrumentalit India Law Library Docid # 2454977
(378) VAGICHARLA RAJA RAO Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Sections 482 and 320 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 498A — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Sections 3 and 4 — Quashing of criminal proceedings based on compromise — Inherent powers of High Court — Dispute essentially matrimonial and private in nature — Held, extraordinary inherent powers can be exercised to quash non-compoundable offences where parties have amicably and genuinely settled their differen India Law Library Docid # 2454978
(379) SMT. CHINTHALACHERUVU RANI Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Preventive Detention — Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Dacoits, Drug Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Land Grabbers Act, 1986 — Section 2(g) — Scope of judicial review — Subjective satisfaction — High Court held that the writ court does not sit in appeal or judgment over the correctness or sufficiency of the detaining authority's subjective satisfaction. Judicial scrutiny is strictly confined to determining whether the decision-making process wa India Law Library Docid # 2454986
(380) M/S. KRUPAL SOLVENT Vs. MUTYALA RAM CHANDRA RAO AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-09-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Essential ingredients — Cheque must be drawn on account maintained by drawer — Dishonour of cheque — Complaint filed against petitioner and co-accused — Cheques were drawn on an account maintained by co-accused and not by petitioner — Main ingredient for attracting Section 138 is that the dishonoured cheque must be drawn on an account maintained by the accused person towards discharge of debt or liability — In absence of petitioner maintaining the India Law Library Docid # 2454987