(601) SUNIL @ PANJABI Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 307 — Attempt to murder — Essential ingredients — Nature of injury — To attract Section 307 IPC, it is not mandatory that the injury caused must be grievous, dangerous to life, or inflicted on a vital part of the body. The statutory expression "hurt" does not contemplate grievous hurt. If an accused acts with requisite intention or knowledge that his act might cause death, and hurt is caused, the offence under Section 307 IPC is complete. The conviction of the appellan India Law Library Docid # 2453860
(602) SYSTEM DOMAIN PVT. LTD. & ORS. Vs. SERVICE DIAL TALENT MANAGEMENT PVT. LTD.[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 420 — Cheating — Breach of contract vs. Cheating — Dishonest intention at inception — Complainant agency provided placement services pursuant to an agreement, but petitioners allegedly failed to clear service charges amounting to Rs. 1,40,000 — Held, to establish an offence under Section 420, a fraudulent or dishonest intention must exist at the time of making the promise or entering the contract — Mere subsequent commercial default or non-payment of dues under a India Law Library Docid # 2454311
(603) THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL Vs. MILAN PRADHAN AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Letters Patent (Calcutta) — Clause 15 — Maintainability of intra-court appeal — Bar against orders passed in exercise of criminal jurisdiction — Scope and applicability — Writ petitioner sought protection to campaign in by-elections without praying for quashing of FIRs, staying investigation, or seeking statutory bail — Single Judge did not adjudicate on penal provisions, evidence, or criminal guilt, but balanced executive action against democratic rights under Article 226 — Order operated in th India Law Library Docid # 2454312
(604) SRI SAYAN MONDAL Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Sections 173 and 482 — Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 3(1)(r)/(s) — Protest petition against closure report — Prior complaints by complainant — Every distinct criminal transaction must be evaluated on its own evidentiary matrix — Prior or parallel complaints filed by a complainant cannot form a legal basis to non-suit or presume lack of merit in a distinct subsequent grievance — Special Court erred in accep India Law Library Docid # 2454322
(605) SULOCHANA BIBI AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Railways Act, 1989 — Section 124A — Untoward incident — Contributory negligence — Victim fell from a train while attempting to alight due to heavy rush and jerking — Railway Authority denied liability asserting the victim's own carelessness/negligence — Held, negligence of the victim does not fall under the statutory exceptions provided under Section 124A — Railways Act is beneficial welfare legislation based on strict liability irrespective of fault — Once accidental falling from a passenger-ca India Law Library Docid # 2454324
(606) SETHIA OIL INDUSTRIES LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ORS.[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 301 and 304(b) — Seventh Schedule, List II Entry 26 and List III Entry 33 — West Bengal Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) (Amendment) Acts, 2014 and 2017 — Presidential assent — Imposition of market fees does not impede the free physical movement of goods under Article 301 — Previous sanction or assent of the President of India under Article 304(b) was not required for introducing the amendment bills — The State Legislature was fully competent und India Law Library Docid # 2454336
(607) FAIJUL ISLAM Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Extra-territorial / Transit anticipatory bail — Conditions for grant — Power to grant extra-territorial anticipatory bail must be exercised only in exceptional and compelling circumstances to prevent irreversible prejudice — Applicant must satisfy the court regarding inability to seek anticipatory bail from the court of competent territorial jurisdiction — Grounds include reasonable and India Law Library Docid # 2454347
(608) SHRI RAHUL TARA SONAM Vs. THE STATE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 375, 376 and 90 — Rape vs. Consensual Sex — False promise to marry vs. Breach of promise — To constitute rape on the false pretext of marriage, the promise must be false from its inception, given in bad faith with no intention of adhering to it, directly inducing the woman to engage in sexual acts. A distinction exists between a false promise made deceitfully to obtain sexual intimacy and a bona fide promise that could not subsequently be fulfilled due to interv India Law Library Docid # 2454365
(609) TARABHANU NESSA Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA AND 5 ORS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Foreigners Act, 1946 — Section 9 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 106 — Burden of Proof — Proceeding before Foreigners Tribunal — Burden to prove Indian citizenship rests entirely on the proceedee and never shifts — Facts regarding date and place of birth, parents' details, and citizenship are within the special knowledge of the proceedee — Written statement must disclose essential material facts — State is not mandated to adduce rebuttal evidence in every case; the question of rebuttal arises onl India Law Library Docid # 2454379
(610) LALCHAND MISHRA AND ANR Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Service Law — Regularisation — Umadevi principles — Nature of regularisation under one-time measure — Petitioners appointed as Dressers on temporary basis against sanctioned vacant posts in 1988-1989 and continued for decades — Posts created specifically to absorb existing personnel — State regularised them prospectively in 2007 treating it as a fresh appointment — Held, regularisation under the one-time scheme mandated by Umadevi is a legal recognition of long-standing continuous past service a India Law Library Docid # 2454402
(611) LALCHAND MISHRA AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Service Law — Regularisation — Nature and Effect — Irregular vs Illegal Appointments — Petitioners engaged as Dressers in 1988/1989 against sanctioned vacant posts served continuously for decades — Services regularised in 2007 under one-time scheme mandated by Umadevi, but restricted prospectively as fresh appointments — Held, regularisation under a mandatory scheme is an act of recognizing past uninterrupted service and not a de novo open-market appointment — Public employers cannot mischaracte India Law Library Docid # 2454403
(612) SHYAM YADAV AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Jurisdiction — Disputed questions of fact — Title and possession of land — Appellants challenged State's acquisition and fund sanction for constructing a minority residential school, asserting raiyati rights and possession over the subject land based on a 1945 sale deed and prior settlement by the ex-landlord — State contested the claim contending the land was fallow and in State possession — Held, principal dispute relates to right, title, and po India Law Library Docid # 2454415
(613) MANISHA W/O AMRESH KUMAR GUPTA Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Service Law — Disciplinary Proceedings — Natural justice — Admission of charges — Non-furnishing of witness list — Appellant challenged dismissal on grounds that departmental proceedings violated Rule 17(3) of Bihar Government Servants (CCA) Rules, 2005 due to non-supply of a witness list — Held, principles of natural justice and formal proof are not required where allegations are admitted — Appellant admittedly remained absent from duty for over two years without sanctioned leave — Matters admi India Law Library Docid # 2454421
(614) MARTHALA JAYAVARDHAN REDDY Vs. SHAIK BALE PEERA ALIAS S. MD BALA PEERA[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 18 — Acknowledgment of liability — Statement in insolvency proceedings — Trial Court rejected plaint in a suit for recovery on a promissory note, holding that defendant's inclusion of plaintiff as creditor in an insolvency petition was merely an admission and not an acknowledgment — Held, relying on precedents regarding entries in balance sheets, an admission of liability in insolvency proceedings amounts to an acknowledgment under Section 18 — An acknowledgment ex India Law Library Docid # 2453961
(615) M/S TRIPLAR SCHOOL OF LEARNING AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S KALYANI ADS AND ANOTHER[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 47 — Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 — Section 22C — Lok Adalat Award — Executability and pecuniary jurisdiction — Judgment debtors objected to execution of a Lok Adalat award contending that the award exceeded statutory pecuniary limits and was a nullity — Held, judgment debtors participated in the Lok Adalat proceedings and signed the award — Moreover, their writ petition challenging the award was dismissed by a Division Bench and attained finali India Law Library Docid # 2453962
(616) ALI HUSSAIN SHAH Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 25-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 480 and 483 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 437 and 439 — Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 409, 467, 471 and 120-B — Statutory bar on bail — Offences punishable with life imprisonment — Scope — The statutory bar restricting grant of bail under Section 480 of BNSS is confined only to offences carrying a sentence of death or imprisonment for life in the alternative. Where imprisonment for life is prescribed disjunctively from the deat India Law Library Docid # 2454079
(617) ADAM RAM Vs. STATE OF HP AND ANR.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 311(2), Second Proviso, Clause (a) — Disciplinary action following conviction — Pendency of criminal appeal — Suspension of sentence — Mere pendency of an appeal against conviction, suspension of sentence under Section 389 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, or enlargement on bail does not bar the disciplinary authority from initiating proceedings or ordering dismissal or removal from service. Article 311(2)(a) pertains to the conduct leading to convict India Law Library Docid # 2454084
(618) DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT AND OTHERS Vs. MD. SALEEM KHAN AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 25-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 216 — Alteration or addition of charge — Maintainability of application — Locus standi — Directorate of Enforcement sought addition of charges under Sections 411 and 424 RPC in a CBI charge-sheet — Trial Court dismissed application citing lack of locus standi — Held, unsustainable — Section 216 CrPC enables the Court to alter or add charges at any stage before judgment — An application by a third party or agency merely brings an omission to the Cour India Law Library Docid # 2454086
(619) CHUNI LAL AND ANOTHER Vs. SUBHASH CHAND AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Himachal Pradesh Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1971 — Section 57 — Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1954 — Sections 37 and 45 — Jurisdiction of Civil Court — Bar under Consolidation Act — Clerical error in Jamabandi reducing plaintiffs' recorded share — Error originated during preparation of periodical records under the Land Revenue Act and was mechanically carried forward, rather than arising out of any consolidation scheme or statutory adjudication — Section 5 India Law Library Docid # 2454087
(620) B.S.PANDURANG SINGH Vs. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 — Sections 5, 8 and 26 — Adjudicatory mechanism — Availability of statutory alternate remedy — Maintainability of writ petition — Provisional attachment confirmed under Section 8 — Statutory appeal filed under Section 26 before Appellate Tribunal — Held, the PMLA provides a comprehensive and self-contained adjudicatory mechanism through attachment under Section 5, confirmation under Section 8, and an appeal under Section 26 — Constitutional jurisdiction u India Law Library Docid # 2454088