(261) NIKET SINGH BISHT Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 305(a), 331(2) and 317(2) — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 320 — Quashing of FIR on compromise — Extraordinary jurisdiction — Petition to quash FIR alleging theft and house-trespass pursuant to amicable settlement — Informant-doctor acknowledged that petitioner suffered from a mental disorder that led to the incident and did not wish to prosecute — Section 320 Cr.P.C. does not restrict the extrao India Law Library Docid # 2456167
(262) ZUBAIR AHMAD LONE Vs. UT OF J&K & ORS.[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 14-10-2026 Constitution of India — Article 22(5) — Preventive Detention — Validity of detention order — Vagueness of grounds — Right to make effective representation — Allegations that detenu was in contact with anti-national elements, instigated youth, and provided logistic support to terrorists were bereft of specific particulars regarding dates, identities of persons contacted, or terrorists aided — Held, detention grounds lacking material particulars deprive the detenu of the constitutional guarantee t India Law Library Docid # 2456198
(263) MUSHTAQ AHMAD RAFIQEE Vs. MOHAMMAD AMIN WANI AND ANR.[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 14-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 37 Rule 3 — Summary Suit — Leave to defend — Principles governing grant — Grant of leave to defend is the ordinary rule and denial is an exception — Denial is justified only where defendant has practically no defence and raises no semblance of triable issues — If defendant raises a substantial, fair, or reasonable defence indicating triable issues, unconditional leave to defend should ordinarily be granted — Trial Court rightly granted unconditional leave India Law Library Docid # 2456201
(264) TAJINDER SINGH @ HAPPY Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 14-10-2026 Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 — Preventive detention — Successive detention orders — Impermissibility of relying on past antecedents already exhausted — Detenu served full term under previous detention order passed in 2024 — Second detention order was issued relying on twelve FIRs, eleven of which were antecedent to the earlier detention — Only one new FIR was registered post-release — Held, the detaining authority committed an error of law in issuing a second detention order by borrow India Law Library Docid # 2456176
(265) SATPAL AND OTHERS Vs. VIDHYA BUSHAN AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 14-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 145, 146 and 397 — Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Revision against order under Sections 145 and 146 CrPC — Sessions Court dismissed delay condonation application on ground that petitioners showed casual approach and gave contradictory dates of knowledge — High Court observed that revisional court proceeded on incorrect assumption due to typographical error in pleadings — Pleaded date of knowledge was consistently 03.06.20 India Law Library Docid # 2456186
(266) DEVKI JAGDISH THAKKAR Vs. TULSIDAS KANJI BHANUSHALI AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 24 — Transfer of suit — Transfer of partition suit from City Civil Court to High Court to be heard alongside testamentary proceedings — Applicant and Respondent were siblings litigating over the deceased father's estate across a partition suit and cross-testamentary proceedings — Majority of the properties and contesting parties were identical — Evidence had not commenced in any proceeding — Held, transfer under Section 24 is warranted in the interest o India Law Library Docid # 2456225
(267) RAMESH K. DEVADIGA AND OTHERS Vs. KHERNAGAR NANDADEEP COOPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LIMITED AND ORS.[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 — Sections 91 and 154B-1(17) — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order VII Rule 11 — Maintainability of dispute concerning redevelopment — Essential conditions — A dispute challenging redevelopment before the Co-operative Court is maintainable only if: (i) by-laws are amended post-2019 MCS Amendment Act to include redevelopment as the society's business; (ii) no right, title, or interest has been created in favour of a third party in the society's pr India Law Library Docid # 2456226
(268) MANISHA SANTOSH GAIKWAD AND OTHERS Vs. KALYAN DOMBIVALI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Service Law — Temporary/Contractual Appointments — Engagement co-terminus with project/contingency — Petitioners were appointed as Staff Nurses/ANM and Ward Boys on a purely temporary, contractual basis to cater to healthcare emergencies arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic — The advertisement explicitly stipulated that the appointments would terminate automatically upon the abatement of the pandemic — Held, appointments made for a specific project or contingency are co-terminus with that projec India Law Library Docid # 2456227
(269) VRUTIKA VASANTBHAI ROHIT Vs. THE UNION TERRITORY OF DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI & ORS.[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Admission to MBBS Course — Estoppel by conduct — Challenge to seat matrix after participating in admission process — Petitioner applied for admission to First Year MBBS Course under the Scheduled Caste category for Dadra and Nagar Haveli, fully aware that only one seat was reserved — Petitioner secured second rank in the category and failed to secure admission — Held, a candidate who participates in the centralized admission counseling process knowing the published rules and prospectus without d India Law Library Docid # 2456236
(270) RAMAN BHARTI AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Indian Stamp Act, 1899 — Section 47-A(1) — Jurisdiction of Registering Authority — Reference for determination of market value and deficit stamp duty — Statutory mandate — Under Section 47-A(1), where the Registering Authority is satisfied that property classification, measurement, or market value has been wrongly set forth or undervalued, he must refer the instrument to the Collector/AIG before registering it — Once an instrument is registered, the Sub-Registrar possesses no jurisdiction or aut India Law Library Docid # 2456241
(271) GOBARDHAN SAH AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Section 40(1), 40(3), and Section 37 — Urgency acquisition — Scope of payment prior to award — Land acquired for Indo-Nepal Border Road under urgency provisions — Compensation initially paid on estimation treating land as residential — Subsequent enquiry revealed land was agricultural — Held, payment tendered under Section 40(3) is merely an estimation by Collector before taking possessio India Law Library Docid # 2456242
(272) MOST. USHA BARLA Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 11, Order 2 Rule 2 — Res Judicata and Constructive Res Judicata — Applicability to writ petitions — Identical reliefs claimed in successive writ petitions — Withdrawal of earlier writ petition without liberty to file afresh — Bar to maintainability — Deceased employee's wife filed writ petition for pay revision, retiral benefits, and interest, identical to earlier writ petition withdrawn without leave — Genera India Law Library Docid # 2456244
(273) SHIV PASI Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 364/34 — Circumstantial Evidence — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of interference — Accused were charged with kidnapping victim boy — Case rested entirely on circumstantial evidence without eyewitness testimony — Prosecution witness merely saw accused leaving on a motorcycle — Essential chain of criminological events was incomplete and failed to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt — High Court reiterated that in appeals against acquittal, unless findings of India Law Library Docid # 2456249
(274) MD. WARIS Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA[PATNA HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 — Section 21(4) — Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 — Sections 16, 18 and 20 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Rejection of regular bail — Recovery of high-denomination counterfeit Indian currency notes from appellant's physical possession — Allegations of cross-border conspiracy to traffic fake currency from Pakistan via Nepal to Jammu and Kashmir — Seriousness of allegations and severity of prescribed punishment — Search and seizure list prepare India Law Library Docid # 2456250
(275) PRASHANT KUMAR Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Service Law — Departmental Enquiry — Standard of Proof — Requirement of leading evidence — Departmental proceeding is a quasi-judicial proceeding wherein charges levelled against the delinquent must be proved by leading material evidence — Enquiry Officer relied on testimonies of vigilance officers who merely stated that investigation was ongoing and failed to prove any documents or their contents — Charges cannot be held proved without examining witnesses to substantiate the material on record India Law Library Docid # 2456251
(276) SHARAD ASHOK AGARWAL Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Section 26E — Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 — Section 37 — Priority of claims — Dues of secured creditor vis-α-vis State tax dues — Statutory priority under Section 26E of SARFAESI Act overrides the "first charge" claimed by State authorities under Section 37 of MVAT Act — Parliament intended that secured creditors holding registered security interest take precedence over all revenues, India Law Library Docid # 2456219
(277) ANSARI SAFEER AHMED MUSHEER A. AND OTHERS Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Haj Committee Act, 2002 — Sections 16(5) and 44 — Haj Committee Rules, 2002 — Rule 16 — Regularisation of seasonal employees — Claim of parity with regular posts — Petitioners engaged as seasonal clerks, peons, and sweepers sought regularisation and parity with Lower Division Clerks — Held, Rule 16 governs appointment of officers and temporary employees but does not empower the Haj Committee to regularise seasonal workers — Recruitment Rules treat seasonal clerks distinctly as a feeder source fo India Law Library Docid # 2456220
(278) R. SURESH KUMAR Vs. THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU AND ANOTHER[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Police Standing Orders (PSO) — PSO 67, Clause 3 — Disciplinary Proceedings after Acquittal — Departmental authorities cannot deviate from criminal court conclusions — Petitioner, a Sub-Inspector of Police, was acquitted of corruption charges after a full trial by the Special Court — Department initiated disciplinary proceedings on identical charges, documents, and witnesses and penalized the petitioner — Held, under PSO 67 Clause 3, departmental authorities cannot dissent from the conclusions ar India Law Library Docid # 2456280
(279) SRI HARISH @ KOTI POOJARY @ HARISH KOTIAN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY BANTWAL RURAL POLICE STATION AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Circumstantial Evidence — Five golden principles — Appreciation of evidence — Conviction based solely on circumstantial evidence requires that all circumstances must be fully established, form an unbroken chain, and point conclusively to the guilt of the accused, excluding every hypothesis of innocence — Suspicion, however strong, cannot take the place of proof — Where prosecution failed to prove continuous presence of accused with deceased, precise time of India Law Library Docid # 2456270
(280) DIAGEO HOLDINGS NETHERLANDS B.V. AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 14-10-2026 Indian Contract Act, 1872 — Sections 126 and 172 — Personal Guarantee vs. Pledge — Priority of security interest — A personal guarantee containing a negative covenant not to encumber unspecified assets creates only a personal contractual obligation, not a proprietary charge or security interest over the guarantor's assets. Conversely, a valid pledge transfers special property to the pledgee with a primary right to sell. Held, the subsequent pledge of UBL shares in favour of SCB (and subrogated t India Law Library Docid # 2456272