(21) RAJKUMAR SUGNOMAL MAHERCHANDANI AND ANR. Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANR.[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 19-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 406, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 and 120B — Quashing of FIR — Allegation of forging Power of Attorney by altering terms to enable sale of land to Petitioner No. 2 (sister-in-law) — Execution of registered confirmation deed and compromise agreement by complainant post-FIR — Complainant categorically accepted the impugned sale deed executed in favour of Petitioner No. 2 — No prima facie case of cheating or forgery India Law Library Docid # 2456305
(22) AMARBEN W/O DEVABHAI CHAUHAN AND ORS. Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANR.[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 19-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 420 — Cheating — Breach of contract — Refusal to execute sale deed — Complainant paid advance consideration pursuant to an agreement to sell, but accused later refused to execute the sale deed and cancelled the power of attorney — FIR lacked averments establishing dishonest or fraudulent inducement at the inception of the transaction — Held, mere refusal to register a sale deed or breach of contract does not constitu India Law Library Docid # 2456306
(23) KARUNA SUMIT KAMBLE Vs. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MUMBAI REGION, MUMBAI AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 19-10-2026 Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 — Sections 3(1), 6, and 12(1)(c) — Maharashtra Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, 2011 — Rules 2(m) and 4 — Concept of "Neighbourhood School" — Flexibility in distance criteria — Expression "as far as possible" in Rules indicates that area restrictions are not rigid, sacrosanct, or mathematically inflexible — Determining neighbourhood requires flexibility, especially in urban metropolises where transport and acce India Law Library Docid # 2456419
(24) KARAN RAI Vs. STATE (NCT OF DELHI)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 17-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Regular Bail — Oral dying declaration — Prima facie reliability — Deceased allegedly named the applicant to witnesses while being transported to hospital — Applicant challenged reliability citing absence of names in initial police and hospital records — Held, an oral dying declaration is not rendered inadmissible merely because it was not recorded by a doctor or noted in contemporaneous records. Discr India Law Library Docid # 2456011
(25) SABUJ PAUL AND ANOTHER Vs. SMT. ARPITA DASGUPTA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 17-10-2026 Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Sections 12, 18, 19, 20 and 22 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent powers to quash DV Act proceedings — Specific allegations — High Court held that the DV Act is welfare legislation designed to protect women facing domestic violence. Interference under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is warranted only in cases of gross illegality or injustice. Where specific domestic violence allegations are made in the petition against the p India Law Library Docid # 2456271
(26) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. GANPATSINH SURSINH PARMAR[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 17-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 307 and 498A — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 3 — Credibility of injured witness — Multiple inconsistent statements — Victim gave contradictory versions regarding burn injuries across multiple statements — Initial statements before doctors and police attributed injuries to an accident while cooking or warming near fire, whereas subsequent statement before the Executive Magistrate alleged that husband poured kerosene and set her ablaze — Held, an injured witness's India Law Library Docid # 2456326
(27) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. GOVINDBHAI MANIBHAI VAGHRI[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 17-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Acquittal upheld — Causation — Direct connection between assault and death — Prosecution alleged that accused inflicted kick and fist blows on his wife after a quarrel, leading to her death — Post-mortem report did not determine cause of death, and viscera report was unavailable due to decomposition — Statement of deceased in NC complaint revealed that while dodging a blow, her face struck a wall — Held, in absence of medical evidence establishing India Law Library Docid # 2456327
(28) MUMBAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LIMITED Vs. AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 16-10-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 34 and 37 — Scope of interference — Non-speaking judgment — Legality of reproducing arbitral award — Mere reproduction of substantial portions of an arbitral award in a Section 34 judgment does not render it non-speaking or demonstrate non-application of mind, provided the court meaningfully adjudicates the challenge — Appellate jurisdiction under Section 37 is supervisory and narrower than Section 34 — Court cannot reassess merits or re-apprecia India Law Library Docid # 2455816
(29) SENIOR INTELLIGENCE OFFICER Vs. MOHAMMED KAMRAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 483 — Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Sections 16(2)(b), 132(1)(b), 132(1)(c), 132(1)(f) and 135 — Abuse of process of law and suppression of material facts — Pursuit of parallel remedies — Respondent filed criminal petition for bail before High Court and simultaneously filed another bail application before Sessions Court, followed by a writ petition under Article 226 challenging arrest and seeking interim release — Rejection o India Law Library Docid # 2455898
(30) NAGENDRA RAY Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 & Section 439 — Grant of Anticipatory Bail and Regular Bail — Non-consideration of material evidence by High Court — Video footage and witness statements — Non-application of mind — High Court granted anticipatory bail to one accused and regular bail to co-accused without considering key evidence, including video footage of the incident showing the presence of accused at the scene and statements of witnesses under India Law Library Docid # 2455899
(31) SRI. RAJKUMAR MADKI Vs. DR. SHAILENDRA BELDALE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2026 Representation of the People Act, 1951 — Section 125-A — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 195(1)(a) & Section 200 — Maintainability of private complaint against candidate for filing false affidavit — High Court held that a private complaint under Section 125-A of RoP Act cannot be directly filed by a voter and must pass muster the rigours of Section 195(1) CrPC, requiring complaint only by Election Commission/public servant — Held, Section 195(1)(a) CrPC specifically lists IPC o India Law Library Docid # 2455900
(32) SMT. RANO SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. SH. GURBAX SINGH (D) TH LRS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2026 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 54 — Agreement to Sell vs. Registered Sale Deed — Effect on Title — An Agreement to Sell does not, by itself, transfer title or create any interest or charge in immovable property — Absolute ownership rights can crystallize only upon the execution and registration of a valid Sale Deed in accordance with law — Where the original allottee entered into an Agreement to Sell containing a mandatory condition to complete construction within three years, but fail India Law Library Docid # 2455901
(33) R. SARAVANAN Vs. PERIYAR UNIVERSITY REP BY ITS REGISTRAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2026 Letters Patent (Madras) — Clause 15 — Intra-Court Appeal — Scope of interference with writ Court's discretion — Appeal before Division Bench against order of writ Court — Extent of jurisdiction — Letters Patent Bench sitting as a Court of Correction exercises the same jurisdiction as is vested in the Single Judge, but must give due weight to the decision of the writ Court where it has exercised its discretion on relevant considerations — Division Bench cannot interfere with the decision rendered India Law Library Docid # 2455902
(34) TEJARAM Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 17A — Requirement of prior approval for investigation — Applicability to demand of illegal gratification — Section 17A contemplates prior approval before initiating enquiry or investigation into offences relatable to any recommendation made or decision taken by a public servant in the discharge of official functions or duties — Act of demanding illegal gratification is a pure criminal act unconnected to discharge of official functions and not relatabl India Law Library Docid # 2455893
(35) S. GURURAJ Vs. THE ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY/COMMISSIONER OF LAND ADMINISTRATION AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2026 Tamil Nadu Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1948 — Sections 3(15), 3(16), 11 and 14-A — Grant of Ryotwari Patta over waterbody poramboke — Validity of — Subject matter recorded as "Government Poramboke Kanakkan Kuttai" in 1911 Resettlement Register and Town Survey records — District Revenue Officer granted Ryotwari Patta treating land as non-kuttai ryoti land under G.O.Ms. No. 1300 — Commissioner of Land Administration set aside patta holding it fraudulent, barred by limitat India Law Library Docid # 2455894
(36) K. RAMALINGAM AND OTHERS Vs. GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU REP. BY ITS SECRETARY AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2026 Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959 — Section 41 — Gift of Inam Property — Nullity and Voidability — Temporary or hereditary trustee executed a Gift Deed transferring temple inam land to the State Government for the construction of a Taluk Office — Section 41(1) explicitly declares any gift of inam property granted for the support/maintenance of a religious institution to be null and void, with no statutory provision for subsequent validation or sanction by the India Law Library Docid # 2455895
(37) SATINDER PAL SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. BEDI HOSPITAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2026 Chandigarh Estate Rules, 2007 — Rule 5 — General Terms and Conditions for Sale of Nursing Home Sites by E-Auction — Clauses IV and VI — Agreement to Sell vs. Enforceable Contract — Cancellation of bid contract and Agreement to Sell prior to issuance of allotment letter and execution of conveyance deed — Scope of administrative power to recall auction for price maximization — An Agreement to Sell contemplated under Rule 5(iv) of the 2007 Rules is not an enforceable contract under Section 2(h) of India Law Library Docid # 2455896
(38) MAHESH CHANDRA JOSHI Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) / Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Grant of regular bail — Factors to be considered — Allegations of large-scale financial impropriety, corruption, and forged work certificates in public tenders under "Jal Jeevan Mission" — Investigation qua appellants stands completed with chargesheets/supplementary chargesheets filed, resting overwhelmingly on documentary records and electronic trails already in custody of investigating agency — No further India Law Library Docid # 2455897
(39) ARUN KUMAR JAIN & ANR. Vs. RAGHUBIR SARAN CHARITABLE TRUST & ORS.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 16-10-2026 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 16 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order XIII-A — Applicability to ordinary civil suits — Summary judgment — Plaintiff instituted ordinary civil suit for possession, expressly stating in plaint that it was not a commercial matter — Summary judgment application under Order XIII-A filed — Held, Order XIII-A applies exclusively to commercial disputes of Specified Value in Commercial Courts or Commercial Divisions — Ordinary civil suits remain governed by u India Law Library Docid # 2456004
(40) MOHD SALEEM AND OTHERS Vs. STATE NCT OF DELHI AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 16-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 391 and 395 — Dacoity — Essential ingredients — Requirement of participation of five or more persons — Conjoint commission of or attempt to commit robbery by five or more persons is mandatory — Mere assertion of involvement of five persons without corroborative evidence regarding absconding associates is insufficient to attract graver charge of dacoity — Only three accused were tried, and participation of alleged associates was not established by cogent evidence India Law Library Docid # 2456005