(961) RABI GHOSH Vs. NEW DELHI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL[DELHI HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Public Premises — Municipal License — Breach of License Conditions — Unauthorized mortgage and collateral pledge — Subject premises licensed by NDMC — Appellant offered licensed public property as additional collateral security for securing a commercial loan and subsequently agreed via an MoU to hand over possession to a third-party decree holder in discharge of debt — Held, appellant's actions constituted severe misuse and flagrant violation of license conditions — Term of license having expire India Law Library Docid # 2453084
(962) IN RE SUO MOTO Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 21-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 — Section 3 — Reproductive autonomy and bodily integrity — Suo motu proceedings for termination of pregnancy of sexual assault survivor — Medical Board opined that termination was feasible and safe — Woman has absolute autonomy over her body and is the ultimate decision-maker regarding abortion — Article 21 protects her right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy affecting her mental and physical health — High Cou India Law Library Docid # 2453089
(963) VIJAY KUMAR PATEL AND OTHERS Vs. VALESH KUMAR AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(a) — Rejection of plaint — Absence of cause of action — Disputed questions of fact — Suit for permanent injunction restraining defendants from interfering with possession and management of temple and dharamshala — Defendants sought rejection of plaint alleging lack of cause of action — Held, cause of action constitutes a bundle of material facts necessary for plaintiff to prove to substantiate the claimed relief — Whether plaintiffs possess a ca India Law Library Docid # 2453090
(964) QASIM REHAN Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 14-A — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 4 and 6 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 64(2)(i) and 65(2) — Penetrative sexual assault on toddler — Bail application — Appellant accused of sexual assault on a 31/2-year-old girl sought bail citing absence of physical injuries and lack of CCTV footage — Held, victim identified appellant during Test Identification Parade and victi India Law Library Docid # 2453092
(965) DEAN CUM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 21-09-2026 Madhya Pradesh High Court Rules — Chapter 15, Rule 11(1) — General Clauses Act, 1897 — Section 27 — Service of notice — Deemed service — Writ petition disposed of ex parte — Review petitioner claimed lack of opportunity and non-receipt of notice — Record showed notice was issued and neither returned unserved nor received back, raising a statutory presumption of valid service — Review petitioner failed to specify the date of receipt of notice, date of appointing the Officer-in-Charge, or file an India Law Library Docid # 2453093
(966) SMT. GURPREET KAUR AND OTHERS Vs. RAMNIWAS SINGH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 21-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166 and 173 — Determination of age and notional income — Reliance on post-mortem report and minimum wages — In the absence of reliable documentary proof such as a birth certificate or Aadhaar card, the age recorded in the post-mortem report constitutes credible contemporaneous evidence and cannot be discarded — Where claimants fail to produce cogent records establishing alleged earnings from agriculture, dairy business, or private employment, the income of the India Law Library Docid # 2453094
(967) KUNAL YADAV AND OTHERS Vs. MANAN KUMAR MISHRA AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Writ of Mandamus for registration of FIR and investigation — Maintainability — Availability of alternate efficacious remedy — Petitioners approached High Court seeking directions to CBI to register FIR and investigate alleged assault without exhausting statutory procedure — Held, extraordinary writ jurisdiction is discretionary and governed by self-imposed restrictions — Exhaustion of statutory remedies India Law Library Docid # 2452932
(968) JUBER AHMAD AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 21-09-2026 Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 — Section 4 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304 Part II, 323 and 325 — Applicability of probation — Mandatory duty of Trial Court — There is no statutory bar to applying Section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act to an offence under Section 304 Part II IPC, as it is not punishable with death or imprisonment for life — Trial Court has a mandatory duty to consider the applicability of probation provisions before sentencing a convict — Omission of the Sessions C India Law Library Docid # 2453842
(969) LALIT CHATURVEDI Vs. SANTOSHI LAL CHATURVEDI ADOPTED AND 4 OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 1 Rule 10 — Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887 — Sections 23 and 25 — Impleadment in Small Causes Court — Scope of procedural power — Order 1 Rule 10 CPC is a facilitative provision and cannot enlarge the statutory jurisdiction of a court of limited jurisdiction — A party cannot seek impleadment to compel a Small Causes Court to adjudicate independent, substantive disputes relating to title, dedication, or representative authority that lie beyond its juris India Law Library Docid # 2453843
(970) BISWAROOP BHATTACHARYA AND ANOTHER Vs. ALAKA ROY AND ORS.[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 — Sections 48 and 400 — Authority of Special Officer (Building) — Technical flaw in appointment vs. Inherent lack of jurisdiction — Waiver of objection — Petitioners challenged demolition order contending the Special Officer (Building) lacked delegated authority under the Act — Held, a technical defect in appointment is a waivable irregularity and does not amount to an inherent lack of jurisdiction nullifying proceedings — Because the petitioners failed to India Law Library Docid # 2454308
(971) KARTICK SAHA AND OTHERS Vs. RAIGANJ MUNICIPALITY AND ORS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993 — Sections 71A and 73A — Execution of civil works — Absence of prior Administrative Approval and Financial Sanction (AA&FS) — State declined liability for release of funds for municipal schemes executed without prior approval — Held, following Division Bench precedent in identical matters, schemes executed for constructing roads and public amenities for municipal residents were covered under State-sponsored schemes — State is obliged to provide funding under Secti India Law Library Docid # 2454329
(972) SHANKARA KHATOON Vs. UNION OF INDIA[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 — Award of compensation — Disbursement — Restriction on adult claimant — Tribunal awarded Rs. 8,00,000/- but permitted claimant to withdraw only 5%, directing the remaining Rs. 7,60,000/- to be kept in 76 fixed deposits — Held, the claimant being a major aged above 50 years has the absolute right to utilize the awarded compensation in any manner she chooses — Tribunals cannot impose restrictions on adult claimants by ordering fixed deposits without specific stat India Law Library Docid # 2454331
(973) RASHID AKTAR HUSSAIN Vs. UNION OF INDIA[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 — Section 2(r) — National Medical Commission Guidelines — Conflict between Act and Guidelines — Supremacy of statute — Ascertainment of benchmark disability — The definition of a person with benchmark disability under Section 2(r) of the Act prevails over administrative guidelines issued by medical authorities. Authorities cannot adopt dual criteria or separate standards to determine benchmark disability for medical admissions. The legislative object India Law Library Docid # 2454337
(974) BISWAROOP BHATTACHARYA AND ANOTHER Vs. ALAKA ROY AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 — Sections 48 and 400 — Demolition proceedings — Jurisdiction of Special Officer (Building) — Delegation of power — Belated objection — Held, a technical flaw in the appointment of a quasi-judicial officer constitutes a mere procedural irregularity rather than an inherent statutory lack of jurisdiction rendering the proceedings void ab initio — An objection regarding authority must be taken specifically at the inception and is capable of being waived — Pet India Law Library Docid # 2454340
(975) SMTI. MONALISA BISWAS Vs. THE CHIEF SECRETARY & ORS.[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT (CIRCUIT BENCH AT PORT BLAIR)] 21-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 114 and Order 47 Rule 1 — Review Jurisdiction — Scope and grounds — Review is maintainable upon discovery of new and important evidence not within applicant's knowledge despite due diligence, error apparent on the face of the record, or for any other sufficient reason — Review court does not sit in appeal over its own order and cannot rehear an erroneous decision — However, power of review can be invoked to prevent miscarriage of justice — Where new doc India Law Library Docid # 2454341
(976) SMTI LAXMI LAMGU DADA AND ANR Vs. THE STATE OF AP[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 85, 74, 115(2), 351(2) and 3(5) — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Matrimonial dispute — Settlement between spouses — FIR lodged by wife alleging physical abuse and assault by husband — Charge-sheet filed — Parties subsequently executed a Deed of Agreement, amicably resolved all misunderstandings, and resumed cohabitation — Petitioners jointly approached Court to terminate proceedings — State reco India Law Library Docid # 2454356
(977) SHRI. RAJISON R. MARAK AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MEGHALAYA AND OTHERS[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Land Acquisition for Indo-Bangladesh Border Fencing — Non-payment of compensation — Land was acquired in South West Garo Hills in 2017 and 2018, and draft awards were prepared by the Collector and approved by the State Government in 2018 — Despite completion of statutory formalities, compensation was withheld due to alleged confusion and requests for clarification between the Union and St India Law Library Docid # 2454388
(978) HARISH R AND OTHERS Vs. STATE BY EAST ZONE WOMEN POLICE STATION AND ANOTHER[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 498A — Matrimonial discord — Implicating relatives of husband — Vague and omnibus allegations — Duty of Courts — Tendency to implicate family members of the husband out of personal vendetta without concrete evidence deprecated — Courts must subject allegations to thorough scrutiny to prevent misuse of penal provisions — A mere reference to relatives living in different residences without specific allegations of India Law Library Docid # 2454089
(979) MR.S.N. RAVICHANDRA Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent powers — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Scope — Quashing is warranted only where the complaint does not disclose any offence or is frivolous, vexatious, or oppressive — A meticulous pre-trial analysis to ascertain whether proceedings will culminate in conviction or acquittal is impermissible — If the allegations and supporting material prima facie disclose the ingredients of the alleged offences, interference by the High Court und India Law Library Docid # 2454091
(980) STATE BY LOKAYUKTA POLICE Vs. SRI KOMAREGOWDA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of interference — Acquittal of an accused strengthens the presumption of innocence — Appellate Court is entitled to re-appreciate oral and documentary evidence, but cannot overturn an order of acquittal merely because another view is possible — Interference is justified only where the judgment of acquittal suffers from patent perversity or misreading of material evidence, and the only possible conclusion from t India Law Library Docid # 2454101