(881) CESC LIMITED & ANOTHER Vs. THE OMBUDSMAN & ANOTHER[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission Regulations, 2005 and 2007 — Regulations 3.1.1 and 3.4.2 — Supply of electricity — New connection — Recovery of arrears — Statutory timeline — Distribution licensee bears the burden to establish a nexus between a previous defaulting consumer and a new applicant before seeking to recover outstanding dues. The licensee's right to investigate such nexus does not suspend or override the mandatory timeframe prescribed under Regulation 3.1.1 for inspection India Law Library Docid # 2454319
(882) THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL Vs. SRI SUBHAS CHANDRA KHAMRAI[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Reference under Section 18 — Binding Precedent — Valuation of land — Adjacent land under same acquisition proceeding — Where an appeal regarding adjacent land arising from the self-same acquisition proceeding and cluster of land had been decided by a Coordinate Division Bench affirming the reference court's valuation, the decision is binding — State conceded applicability of the precedent — High Court declined to interfere with the market value of Rs. 55,069/- per de India Law Library Docid # 2454332
(883) M/S. SURYA BUSINESS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 3 ORS.[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Assam Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 65 and Section 73(1) — Input Tax Credit (ITC) — Non-reflection in GSTR-2A — Writ petition challenging Show Cause Notice — Maintainability — Notice issued proposing recovery of ITC as invoices were not reflected in GSTR-2A — Assessee contended it was a bona fide purchaser possessing valid invoices and proof of payment through banking channels — Held, entitlement to ITC cannot be adjudicated by the writ court at the show-cause stage — Whether statut India Law Library Docid # 2454344
(884) SRI CHITRA PANGING TANUWAR PANGING @RIKA@ AMERICA @BORDEKA Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302 and 448 — Murder and house-trespass — Minor discrepancy in time of occurrence — Credibility of eyewitnesses — Eyewitness testimony of wife and minor daughter established that appellant fatally assaulted deceased with a tube-well lever and brick — Appellant argued discrepancies existed between FIR, Section 164 Cr.P.C. statements, and depositions regarding the exact time of occurrence — Held, minor discrepancy in timing within a half-hour to one-hour range doe India Law Library Docid # 2454345
(885) RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. SMTI BABY DAS AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Motor Accident Claim — Award of compensation — Application of Split Multiplier — Insurer challenged the Tribunal's compensation award primarily on the ground of the split multiplier — Subsequent decision of the Supreme Court in Preetha Krishnan v. United India Insurance Co. Ltd. settled the divergence of views across High Courts regarding split multiplier — Held, in view of the clarification and resolution of the issue by the Supreme Court, no further adj India Law Library Docid # 2454351
(886) ASHAD ALI Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 438 — Release of seized vehicle — Interim custody — Retention at Police Station — Seized articles or vehicles should not be detained indefinitely at police stations as prolonged exposure leads to decay and damage — Reaffirming Supreme Court principles in Sunderbhai Ambalal Desai, held, seized vehicles must be promptly released to the registered owner upon executing appropriate bond, guarantee, and security — Courts should avoid keeping vehicles India Law Library Docid # 2454357
(887) SHRI GHANSHYAM DAS DHIMAN Vs. UNION OF INDIA[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 9 Rule 9 — Restoration of suit dismissed for default — Scope of "sufficient cause" — Substantial justice versus technical considerations — Trial court dismissed restoration application on the ground that applicant failed to specifically explain his non-appearance on the dismissal date — Held, the ambit and scope of "sufficient cause" under Order 9 Rule 9 is wide enough to cover situations where no negligence by the party can be inferred — Settled law esta India Law Library Docid # 2454358
(888) THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE CO. LTD AND OTHERS Vs. SRI SHYAMAL KUMAR DEY AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Quantum of compensation — Assessment of permanent disability — Physical disability versus functional disability — Distinction between percentage of permanent physical disability and loss of earning capacity — Tribunal awarded compensation for loss of future prospects despite observing claimant failed to prove occupation, income, or the impact of disability on earning capacity, and disability certificate was unproven — Assessment must be founded on the act India Law Library Docid # 2454362
(889) DIRECTOR, C.B.I AND ANOTHER Vs. RIPUN BORA AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 227, 397 and 401 — Discharge and Revisional Jurisdiction — Scope of interference — Discharge under Section 227 Cr.P.C. places an accused on a higher pedestal than acquittal after trial, terminating proceedings at the threshold for want of sufficient grounds — Framing of charges requires prima facie legal evidence establishing grave suspicion, not mere suspicion or anticipation of future evidence — Revisional jurisdiction of High Court is limited an India Law Library Docid # 2454363
(890) SMTI MOUCHUMI CHETIA BORA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 5 ORS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Compassionate Family Pension Scheme, 2017 — Clause 5.3 — Qualifying service — Counting of contractual service rendered prior to regularisation — Deceased employee served continuously as a Contractual Assistant Teacher from 2012 until regularised in September 2024, but died in harness in November 2024 — Respondents rejected the widow's claim citing failure to complete one year of continuous regular service — Held, Clause 5.3 merely stipulates one year of continuous service without break before de India Law Library Docid # 2454366
(891) SANU VARGHESE Vs. SHOUKKATHALI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-09-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 & Section 145 — Evidence of accused on affidavit — Remand for fresh trial — High Court in revision remanded matter for fresh trial from stage of defence evidence relying on M/s Mandvi Cooperative Bank Limited v. Nimesh B. Thakore — Propriety — Accused never alleged or established any prejudice before India Law Library Docid # 2453958
(892) GIRIJAMMA SHEDTHI AND ANOTHER Vs. HERIYAKKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Karnataka Land Reforms Rules, 1974 — Rule 17(8) and Rule 16 — Signing of order by Tribunal members — Mandatory requirement — Quorum under Rule 16 enables the Land Tribunal to transact business, but it does not dispense with the separate and mandatory requirement under Rule 17(8) that the final order must be signed by the Chairman and all members who heard the matter. The failure of any participating member or Secretary to sign the final order is not a mere technical or procedural irregularity, b India Law Library Docid # 2454104
(893) DHARMENDRA SHUKLA Vs. DR. SANJAY DESAI AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 22-09-2026 Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 — Section 307(5) — Illegal construction — Maintainability of application — Locus standi — District Court — Whether a non-resident of municipal area can maintain an application complaining of unauthorized construction — Full Bench precedent affirmed — Although the term "any other person" confers a broad right beyond the Corporation and does not require personal injury or direct affection, locus standi is restricted to persons residing within the area India Law Library Docid # 2454002
(894) MOHAN RAI Vs. SMT NEHA RAI[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Sections 7(1) Explanation (g) and 8 — Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 — Section 9 — Jurisdiction of Civil Court — Custody and guardianship proceedings — Exclusion of Civil Court jurisdiction — Proceedings in relation to guardianship, custody, or access to any minor fall squarely within the domain of the Family Court under Section 7(1) Explanation (g) — By virtue of Section 8, the jurisdiction of the Civil Court is barred where a Family Court is established — Any proceedin India Law Library Docid # 2454005
(895) DR. CHITRANGANA GUPTA Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 22-09-2026 Service Law — Appointment Condition — Minimum Service Bond — Failure to Execute Bond — Premature Resignation — Petitioner was appointed as Assistant Professor in a Government Medical College under terms requiring three years mandatory service and execution of a service bond, failing which one year's salary was payable — Petitioner resigned after 23 days and sought refund of deposited amount on ground of non-execution of bond — Held, obligation to execute bond arose from appointment terms accepte India Law Library Docid # 2454035
(896) DR. CHITRANGANA GUPTA Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 22-09-2026 Service Law — Minimum service condition — Non-execution of service bond — Effect of — Petitioner appointed as Assistant Professor under terms mandating three years' service or payment of one year's salary upon breach, along with bond execution — Resigned after 23 days without executing bond and sought refund of one year's salary deposited for relieving — Held, obligations arose from the appointment order accepted by petitioner with full knowledge — Non-execution of bond was petitioner's own omis India Law Library Docid # 2454037
(897) SANJU Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 14A — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 326A, 307 and 153 — Second regular bail application — Change in circumstances — Appellant sought regular bail for the second time following dismissal of earlier application confirmed by the High Court and Supreme Court — Alibi contention withdrawn after verifying the exact time of the offence — Accused was in custody for only ten months and supplementary final report h India Law Library Docid # 2454252
(898) SREE SUBRAHMANIA KSHETERA SEVA SAMITHI AND ANOTHER Vs. UNNIKRISHNAN M AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Doctrine of Merger — Execution of Decree — Statutory Second Appeal dismissed as not pressed — Applicability of merger — Judgment debtor challenged execution of mandatory injunction decree contending that dismissal of Second Appeal as "not pressed" without adjudication on merits did not merge the lower appellate decree — Held, when a party avails a statutory remedy under Section 100 CPC and gets it dismissed as not pressed, it amounts to an affirma India Law Library Docid # 2454257
(899) SHAN BABY AND ANOTHER Vs. ROSHNY SHAN[KERALA HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 3 and Section 114 — Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 — Section 2(1)(j) and Section 119 — Standard of proof in matrimonial claims — Preponderance of probabilities — Judicial notice and presumptions — Proof does not require rigid mathematical demonstration, but such evidence as induces a prudent person to act upon the supposition of a fact's existence — While assessing oral evidence regarding entrustment, courts can apply intelligent reasoning and draw permissive infe India Law Library Docid # 2454259
(900) P.SUBRAMANYAM AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 22-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ of Habeas Corpus — Maintainability against judicial remand — Detenues remanded to judicial custody by Magistrate and subsequently released on bail during writ petition pendency — Legality of remand order not challenged — Held, custody pursuant to a judicial remand order cannot be termed illegal detention unless passed without jurisdiction or in an ex-facie mechanical manner — A writ of habeas corpus is not maintainable without challenging the judi India Law Library Docid # 2453972