(221) SANJAY PRASAD Vs. MADHUSUDAN DWIVEDI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-10-2026 Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Section 2(b) and 19 — Maintainability of Special Appeal/Intra-court appeal against interlocutory orders passed by Single Judge in contempt proceedings — Appellant challenged interim order of Single Judge rejecting compliance affidavit and directing personal appearance of officer for alleged non-compliance of writ court's order — Supreme Court held that civil contempt proceedings are essentially in the nature of a 'Special Civil Jurisdiction' and are not resolved in India Law Library Docid # 2455658
(222) THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL TAX, CGST DIVISION Vs. SREENIVASA RAO RAVINUTHALA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-10-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Sections 61 and 62 — Limitation and appeal — IBC is a complete, self-contained code with strict, time-bound limitation architecture designed to preserve asset value and economic health. Under Section 62, absolute outer limit for filing an appeal to the Supreme Court is 60 days (45-day standard period plus a 15-day grace period upon showing sufficient cause), beyond which the court loses jurisdiction to condone delay. India Law Library Docid # 2455659
(223) ALLADIN CHARITIES AND ZAKAT WAKF Vs. MOHAMMED SALEEM ALIAS MOHD. WAJID ALI AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 21 Rule 58 and Rules 97 to 101 — Execution of decree for possession and third-party objections — Where a stranger or third-party objector resists the execution of a decree for possession, an application under Order 21 Rule 58 is not maintainable as it governs objections to attachment; the correct remedy and procedure are governed by Order 21 Rules 97 to 101. Quoting a wrong provision of law is not India Law Library Docid # 2455660
(224) MOHD. ASAD CHOUDHARY Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-10-2026 Education and Universities — Verification of Academic Credentials — Where a student's name is duly reflected in the university's primary internal records (Green Sheet Register) as having been admitted against an allotted seat and having successfully cleared all examinations, an administrative or clerical omission by the university's previous administration in including the name in the admission disclosure list sent India Law Library Docid # 2455661
(225) DR. B.C. ROY ENGINEERING COLLEGE AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-10-2026 Education and Higher Educational Institutions — Fee Fixation and Regulation — Fixation of fees for professional education conducted by self-financing higher educational institutions must balance the certainty and predictability of reasonable fees for students and parents with the need for adequate resources and development for institutions. Fee fixation committees and regulatory bodies perform important public functions and must operate with institutional efficiency India Law Library Docid # 2455662
(226) M/S DHANLAXMI MERCHANDISE PVT. LTD Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-10-2026 Mines and Minerals — Sand Mining (Mining, Transportation, Storage and Trading) Rules, 2019 — Cancellation of e-tender-cum-auction — Where an MDO surrenders a lease under Rule 16 and re-participates in a subsequent tender where it emerges as the H1 bidder, the tendering authority cannot reject the bids and cancel the process solely because the fresh offers are lower than the bidder's previous contract bids, without establishing through contemporaneous valuation or market material that the bids ar India Law Library Docid # 2455663
(227) FAKRU@ FAKRUDEEN@ MENU@ MONU THROUGH PAROKAR MS MISAKINA Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 307 and 353 read with Section 34 — Attempt to murder — Absence of bodily injury — Offending vehicle deliberately driven into police van — Held, absence of bodily injury does not exclude applicability of Section 307 IPC — Determinative consideration is intention or knowledge accompanying the act, inferred from surrounding circumstances — Act of reversing the tempo and accelerating it forward to strike the PCR van following verbal threats established deliberate int India Law Library Docid # 2455825
(228) DR. RAVINDER PAUL SINGH MALIK Vs. UNIVERSITY OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Delhi University Act, 1922 — Statute 28-A, Appendix B — Fundamental Rules, FR 56(k) — Constitution of India, Article 14 — Voluntary retirement under Contributory Provident Fund (CPF) Scheme — Government rules apply mutatis mutandis where University rules are silent — Appendix B does not bar voluntary retirement — An uncirculated 1985 administrative letter declining extension of a pensionary voluntary retirement scheme cannot bar retirement under the CPF Scheme — Disallowing voluntary retirement India Law Library Docid # 2455827
(229) UNION OF INDIA Vs. SHRI LAXMAN T. ADVANI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 — Sections 8(1), 8(2) and 37 — Search and Seizure — Unproved recovery and explanation of seized currency — Enforcement Directorate seized Indian currency notes from respondent's residence — Panch witnesses engaged in suspicious conduct, absconded, and were not examined to prove the panchnama, rendering the recovery doubtful — Mere possession of domestic currency does not establish proceeds of illicit foreign exchange transactions — Respondent effectively reb India Law Library Docid # 2455828
(230) STATE (NCT OF DELHI) Vs. AJAY KUMAR & ANR.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378(3) — Leave to appeal against acquittal — Scope and principles — In deciding an application seeking leave to appeal under Section 378(3), the High Court must determine whether a prima facie case is made out or arguable points are raised, rather than whether the acquittal would ultimately be reversed — The appellate court does not enter into minute details of prosecution evidence at this stage; however, if the material on record fails to disclose India Law Library Docid # 2455829
(231) RAMAN RAHEJA Vs. NARENDERA PRASAD PODDAR[DELHI HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 47 — Scope of Executing Court's jurisdiction — Executing court cannot go behind decree or sit in appeal against it — Scrutiny under Section 47 is strictly restricted to jurisdictional infirmity or voidness of the decree, and not whether it is erroneous on facts or law — Until set aside in appeal or revision, decree remains binding — Petitioner failed to challenge decree, allowing it to attain finality — Executing Court rightly dismissed application rais India Law Library Docid # 2455830
(232) KESHAV PRASAD THAKUR Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 430 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389(1) — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 7(b) — Suspension of sentence pending appeal — Fixed-term sentence — Appellant sentenced to 4 years' rigorous imprisonment — Contention raised that prosecution failed to prove authenticity of cloned voice recording — Substantial pendency of corruption appeals with no reasonable likelihood of early hearing — Appellant had no criminal record India Law Library Docid # 2456024
(233) KARAN SINGH Vs. PRERIT TIWARI AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 14-10-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Stop payment instruction — Complainant supplied organic soybean to applicant who issued cheque for balance consideration — Cheque was dishonoured due to "Stop Payment" — Applicant contested liability alleging absence of contract and failure of complainant to produce sales vouchers or quality certificates — Trial Court convicted applicant and awarded one year rigorous imprisonment with fine, affirmed in appeal — Held, applican India Law Library Docid # 2456027
(234) JITENDRA SAND Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 4, 18 and 23 — Determination of market value — Potential value of land — Undiverted agricultural land — Reference Court refused enhanced compensation for undiverted land holding it lacked residential potential — Held, diversion of land is purely fiscal in nature to extract appropriate land revenue — Failure to formally divert land does not diminish its inherent potential for residential development if surrounding lands in the vicinity are already developed a India Law Library Docid # 2456030
(235) CHANDU TOMAR Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 14-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 503 [Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 451] — Interim custody of seized vehicle — Principles governing interim release — Seized vehicle kept in open police custody is prone to natural decay, adverse weather conditions, and loss of value — Retaining seized vehicles indefinitely during trial serves no fruitful purpose — Powers to grant interim custody must be exercised expeditiously and judiciously — Lower courts failed to appreciate India Law Library Docid # 2456034
(236) NAIN SINGH DHURVE Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 — Section 43D(2)(b) — National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 — Sections 11, 13, 16 and 22 — Extension of investigation beyond 90 days — Competence of Judicial Magistrate — Held, all offences under UAPA are triable exclusively by Special Courts constituted under the NIA Act, or in their absence, by the Court of Session — A Magistrate's jurisdiction to extend time under the proviso to Section 43D(2)(b) is non-existent — The expression "Court" signifies e India Law Library Docid # 2456038
(237) CHANDRASHEKHAR PANDEY Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Scope of judicial review in transfer matters — Transfer is an ordinary incident of service — An employee holding a transferable post has no vested or legally enforceable right to remain posted at a particular station of his choice — Administrative authorities are the competent judges of who should be transferred and where — Judicial interference under Article 226 is circumscribed and permissible only when the transfer order is established to be vitiate India Law Library Docid # 2456054
(238) RAMVILAS PRAJAPATI Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 14-10-2026 Service Law — Appointment and Seniority — Retrospective Application of Rules — Coordinators under Non-Formal Education Scheme cleared eligibility test held on 31.08.2008 for appointment as Samvida Shala Shikshak Grade-III — State denied appointments relying on subsequent circular and rules, which were later quashed for being impermissibly retrospective — State's protracted litigation caused prolonged delay — Relying on Supreme Court ruling in Smita Shrivastava, petitioner held entitled to appoin India Law Library Docid # 2456061
(239) ANKIT AGARWAL Vs. ANGEL BROKING LTD.[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 3 — Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Subject-matter jurisdiction — Nullity of order — Section 34 application challenging an arbitral award was entertained and decided by the Principal District Judge, Betul, despite a designated Commercial Court at Bhopal being notified under Section 3 of the Commercial Courts Act with jurisdiction over Betul — A court lacking subject-matter jurisdiction due to statutory limitations cannot entertain the c India Law Library Docid # 2456021
(240) PITAMBER DUTT VERMA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Service Law — Recruitment and Promotion Rules — Judicial Review — Policy Domain — Framing of Recruitment and Promotion Rules, determining eligibility criteria, and prescribing modes of recruitment are within the exclusive jurisdiction and discretion of the employer — Courts and statutory tribunals cannot substitute their views for that of the State or direct the adoption of a particular method of recruitment — Judicial intervention is impermissible unless the rules are patently perverse, arbitra India Law Library Docid # 2456103