(81) DAVANAPALLI MALLESH Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 15-09-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 8(c), 20(a)(i), 27(b) and 37(1)(b) — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 480 and 483 — Regular bail — Cultivation of cannabis plant — Non-weighment of seized plant — Accused was arrested for allegedly cultivating a single cannabis plant — Investigating agency merely measured the plant's height without ascertaining its weight — Rigours of Section 37(1)(b) of the NDPS Act are not attracted as no commercial quantity is India Law Library Docid # 2452536
(82) BALJINDER KAUR AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 15-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 106 and 281 — Fair and impartial investigation — Transfer of investigation — Accused named in FIR fled abroad despite non-bailable warrants — Police exonerated named accused solely based on an unverified, secondary phone-recorded video lacking original footage, date, or time, and nominated another person — Complainants faced threats — Potential connivance of local police created serious doubts regar India Law Library Docid # 2452539
(83) RENU DESWAL Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 15-09-2026 Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 — Section 28(1)(a) — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Competence to file complaint — Multi-member Appropriate Authority — Section 28(1)(a) explicitly authorizes institution of a complaint by an officer duly authorized by the Appropriate Authority — Complaint need not be signed jointly by all members of the multi-member statutory body — Where the State pleaded that the Authority deliber India Law Library Docid # 2452540
(84) CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER, RAJASTHAN STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION Vs. RAJINDER SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 15-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166 and 168 — Negligence — Contributory negligence — Overloading of vehicle — Head-on collision between bus and tempo — The mere fact that a tempo was carrying multiple passengers does not establish contributory negligence in the absence of specific evidence proving an act or omission contributing to the accident. Evidence of an independent eyewitness corroborated by injured passengers and a prompt FIR established the rash and negligent driving of the bus driv India Law Library Docid # 2452545
(85) CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER, RAJASTHAN STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION Vs. RAJINDER SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 15-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Negligence — Contributory negligence — Collision between bus and tempo — Appellant contended that tempo was overloaded and liability should be apportioned 50:50 — Held, the mere fact that several passengers were travelling in a vehicle or that the vehicle did not overturn does not establish contributory negligence absent specific evidence showing an act or omission contributing to the collision — Eye-witness testimony corroborated by injured occupants supported the fin India Law Library Docid # 2452546
(86) PROMPT PUBLICITY & VCARE SOLUTIONS Vs. COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE & CGST-JODHPUR[CUSTOMS, EXCISE & SERVICE TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, NEW DELHI] 15-09-2026 Finance Act, 1994 — Section 73(1) — Extended period of limitation — Suppression of facts with intent to evade payment of service tax — Assessee failed to report taxable receipts earned through an unregistered proprietary firm and misdeclared gross turnover in ST-3 returns while wrongfully availing threshold exemption — Assessee pleaded oversight and clerical mistake — Held, intentional non-disclosure of actual receipts and operation of an unregistered firm established clear intent to evade tax — India Law Library Docid # 2452549
(87) M/S. TASHA GOLD PVT LTD Vs. THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, (ADJUDICATION)- NEW DELHI[CUSTOMS, EXCISE & SERVICE TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, NEW DELHI] 15-09-2026 Customs Act, 1962 — Section 2(33), Section 111 — Exemption Notification No. 50/2017-Cus — Import of Gold Dore Bars under DGFT license — Strict interpretation of exemption notifications — Importer failed to comply with Condition 40 requiring packing lists and assay certificates from mining companies, weight of 5 kg or above, and purity not exceeding 95% — Exemption notifications must be strictly construed and conditions strictly fulfilled, with any ambiguity resolved in favour of Revenue — Failur India Law Library Docid # 2452550
(88) PRAKASH Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 15-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304 Part II — Culpable homicide not amounting to murder — Knowledge without intention — Accused slapped the deceased forcefully on his cheek during a late-night altercation, causing him to fall backward onto a tar road and sustain fatal head injuries — Trial court convicted the accused under Section 304 without specifying the part — Held, while an intention to cause death or such bodily injury likely to cause death could not be inferred from a single slap, the ac India Law Library Docid # 2452556
(89) IFTEKHAR @ MUNNA ANSARI Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 15-09-2026 Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 438 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 201, 420, 465, 467, 468 and 471 — Anticipatory bail — Alleged forgery of authorization letter to park buses in school premises — Rejection by Sessions Court on ground of non-recovery of original document — Forensic report revealed questioned document did not bear applicant's handwriting or signature — Key witness stated applicant never handed over said India Law Library Docid # 2452575
(90) RAJKUMAR SINGH Vs. MUNNA SINGH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 15-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 10 — Stay of suit — Test of applicability — Entire subject matter must be identical — Petitioner sought stay of a subsequent suit challenging a sale deed executed during pendency of proceedings, on the ground that a second appeal concerning partition and injunction over the same property was pending — Held, Section 10 applies only when the entire subject matter in controversy is directly and substantially the same, and not merely where some issues are c India Law Library Docid # 2452576
(91) RAMAKANT TIWARI Vs. MANAGING DIRECTOR AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 15-09-2026 Service Law — Disciplinary Proceedings — Requirement of a speaking and reasoned order — Principles of natural justice — Petitioners penalised with recovery from salary after a theft occurred at their office — Despite submitting replies to show-cause notices, the disciplinary authority imposed recovery without recording reasons or addressing the defence raised — Held, recording reasons is an indispensable requirement of natural justice and administrative fairness — Mere assertion that the reply w India Law Library Docid # 2452578
(92) DEVILAL Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 15-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Grant of regular bail — Parity with co-accused — Offences under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 120-B of IPC and Sections 3 and 10 of Rajasthan Public Examination Act — Co-accused was enlarged on bail by the Supreme Court taking note of prolonged trial proceedings and lack of prior criminal antecedents — High Court held that the case of the petitioner is almost identical in nature, gravity, and potential term of punishment to that of the co-a India Law Library Docid # 2452662
(93) SOBARAN SINGH (DEAD) THROUGH LRS. Vs. GORDHAN SINGH (DEAD) THR. LRS.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-09-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 20 — Discretionary relief of specific performance — Agreement to sell agricultural land — Reversal of Trial Court’s decree by First Appellate Court and modification by High Court in Second Appeal — High Court upheld Trial Court’s findings in favor of plaintiff but directed refund of enhanced money (Rs. 15,00,000/-) to settle equities instead of granting specific performance — Imperiality of decreeing specific performance when agreement is duly proved and posse India Law Library Docid # 2452685
(94) WELSPRING UNIVERSAL Vs. ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL GST[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-09-2026 Central Excise Act, 1944 — CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 — Rule 5 — Judicial Discipline — Adjudicating authority confirming demand ignoring CESTAT order — Demand-cum-Show Cause Notice was issued during pendency of Department's appeal against a refund sanction order — Commissioner (Appeals) allowed Department's appeal, but CESTAT subsequently set aside that order and upheld refund entitlement — Adjudicating authority erred in confirming demand by relying on the set-aside Order-in-Appeal — An adjudica India Law Library Docid # 2452266
(95) SANGEETA PRASAD Vs. INCOME TAX OFFICER[INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL DELHI BENCH 'G': NEW DELHI] 14-09-2026 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Sections 90 and 90A — Income Tax Rules, 1962, Rule 128 — Foreign Tax Credit (FTC) — Delay in filing Form No. 67 — Nature of requirement — Assessee claimed FTC in return of income but submitted Form No. 67 belatedly — Credit was denied by AO and confirmed by CIT(A) — Held, requirement of filing Form No. 67 is directory and procedural in nature, not mandatory — Substantial right of getting foreign tax credit cannot be denied merely due to a technical or venial breach, which India Law Library Docid # 2452317
(96) SKY HIGH AGRO EXPO PVT LTD Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-09-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 28A, 28A(3) and 54 — Re-determination of compensation — Subsequent enhancement by Appellate Court — Appellants sought further enhancement under Section 28A(3) based on High Court judgment in Jamna after initially receiving re-determined compensation based on Reference Court award in Kailashwati — Held, entertaining an earlier application under Section 28A based on a Reference Court award does not bar seeking further re-determination upon compensation being e India Law Library Docid # 2452320
(97) KANCOR INGREDIENTS LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-09-2026 Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 — Section 2(ix)(k), Section 7 and Section 16(1) — Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955 — Rule 32(e) — Delhi Government Notification dated 20.09.1985 — Misbranding due to labelling deficiency — Absence of batch or lot number — Requirement of prior written warning — Food sample was found misbranded solely due to omission of batch number on label, with no allegation of adulteration — State policy mandated issuing a written warning for a first-time te India Law Library Docid # 2452321
(98) WELSPRING UNIVERSAL Vs. ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL GST[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-09-2026 Central Excise Act, 1944 — CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004, Rule 5 — Judicial discipline — Binding effect of appellate orders — Adjudicating authority confirming demand based on set-aside order — Refund granted to Petitioner was appealed by Revenue and parallel demand notice was issued — Commissioner (Appeals) set aside refund, but CESTAT overturned that decision and upheld refund entitlement — Adjudicating authority subsequently confirmed recovery demand relying on the set-aside appellate order — Hel India Law Library Docid # 2452323
(99) GUJARAT LAGHU UDYOG SAHKARI SOCIETY LTD. THRO KRISHNAKANT SAHU Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 14-09-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 372 Proviso, Section 378 — Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 413, Section 419 — Appeal against acquittal — Status of complainant as victim — In an offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, the complainant is a victim having suffered the direct impact of cheque dishonour — Complainant is entitled to prefer an appeal under the proviso to Section 372 of the Code before the India Law Library Docid # 2452324
(100) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. NATHA NANAJI BHARWAD AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 14-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of appellate interference — Presumption of innocence — Reiterated that an appellate court has full power to review and re-appreciate evidence, but must recognize the double presumption of innocence reinforced by an acquittal — If two reasonable conclusions are possible on the evidence, the appellate court should not disturb the acquittal — Interference is justified only where the trial court's approach is vitia India Law Library Docid # 2452325