(341) JOGINDER SERU AND OTHERS Vs. BHUSHAN KUMAR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 13-10-2026 Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 500, 504 and 506 — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal complaint — Vague and omnibus allegations — Complainant alleged defamation and intimidation without specifying the defamatory words or particulars of the threats — Summoning of complainant by police or Executive Magistrate in discharge of official functions does not disclose an offence against the accused — Threat of termination from service does not constitute a criminal o India Law Library Docid # 2456182
(342) SHUBHAM SAINI Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 13-10-2026 Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 — Section 8 — Preventive Detention — Grounds of detention — Arbitrary profiling based on contemporaneous FIRs — Petitioner detained on the ground of activities prejudicial to maintenance of public order based solely on three FIRs registered on the same date — Held, relying on three FIRs registered concurrently on a single day without any prior criminal antecedents to brand the petitioner as a desperate criminal reflects total non-application of mind — Ex India Law Library Docid # 2456183
(343) MAQSOOD HUSSAIN SHAH Vs. UT OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 13-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 452, 382, 427, 504, 506 and 201 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Settlement between parties — FIR and resultant charge-sheet challenged on basis of compromise deed — Parties recorded statements before Registrar Judicial confirming amicable settlement — Complainant raised no objection to quashing — Allegations not of heinous nature — Continuation of proceedings where parties have settled disputes would India Law Library Docid # 2456184
(344) JASWANT SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF J AND K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 13-10-2026 Jammu and Kashmir Police Act, 1983 — Section 18 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 311 — Special Police Officers — Disengagement on allegation of misconduct — Requirement of natural justice — SPOs engaged on a temporary basis do not possess protection under Article 311 and have no vested right to continue in service upon cessation of exigencies. However, where disengagement is founded on findings of misconduct, the order is stigmatic and prejudices future prospects. In such exceptional circ India Law Library Docid # 2456185
(345) GURPARTAP SINGH Vs. NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 13-10-2026 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 — Section 43-D(5) — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 37 — Grant of bail — Commercial quantity and terror financing — Standard of satisfaction — For offences under Chapters IV and VI of UAPA and commercial quantities under NDPS Act, jail is the rule and bail is the exception. The court is only required to examine broad probabilities to determine if accusations are prima facie true, without undertaking a detailed evaluation o India Law Library Docid # 2456187
(346) UT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND OTHERS Vs. PARKASH CHAND AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 13-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Delay and laches — Deprivation of private property without due process — Continuing cause of action — Land taken over by State authorities in 2004 for construction of Panchayat Ghar without compensation, and writ petition filed in 2010 — State raised plea of delay and laches — Held, deprivation of private property by the State without legal sanction or payment of compensation constitutes a continuing wrong and a continuing cause of action — Technical p India Law Library Docid # 2456190
(347) LALITHA RAMANUJAM AND OTHERS Vs. R. BALAJI AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of Plaint — Consideration of documents — Plaintiffs filed suit for partition claiming properties were acquired from joint family business income — Partition deed of 1968 annexed to plaint established complete division of all family properties and businesses, leaving no undivided asset — Plaintiffs cannot approbate and reprobate by relying on partition deed while ignoring its binding covenants — In absence of any undivided joint famil India Law Library Docid # 2456287
(348) R.GOMATHY Vs. UNION OF INDIA[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 — Section 4 — Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965 — Rule 14 — Probe into sexual harassment complaint — Writ petition seeking direction to an independent body to enquire into complaint — Counter-affidavit revealed that Internal Complaints Committee had already enquired into complaint and recommended disciplinary action — Proceedi India Law Library Docid # 2456291
(349) AGRI S.S.KRISHNAMURTHY AND ANOTHER Vs. THE SPEAKER AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 190(3)(b) — Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Rules, Rules 21 to 24 — Vacation of seats — Resignation by MLAs — Scope of Speaker's inquiry — Defecting MLAs submitted resignations personally, which were accepted expeditiously — Held, the inquiry under Article 190(3)(b) is limited to ascertaining whether the resignation is genuine and voluntary, meaning executed out of free will and not forged or impersonated — Speaker is not required or empowered to conduct a r India Law Library Docid # 2456292
(350) AARUSH SHANMUGAM GURUDEV Vs. THE REGIONAL PASSPORT OFFICER[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 13-10-2026 Citizenship Act, 1955 — Sections 8 and 9 — Renunciation of citizenship versus Acquisition of foreign citizenship — Applicability to minor child — Section 8(2) provides that a minor child ceases to be an Indian citizen only when the parent renounces citizenship under Section 8(1) through a formal declaration — Section 9 governs cases where a citizen acquires citizenship of another country by naturalisation or registration — Section 9 does not stipulate that a minor child ipso facto loses Indian c India Law Library Docid # 2456294
(351) AARUSH SHANMUGAM GURUDEV Vs. THE REGIONAL PASSPORT OFFICER[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 13-10-2026 Citizenship Act, 1955 — Sections 8 and 9 — Renunciation versus acquisition of foreign citizenship — Effect on minor child — Minor's father acquired UK citizenship — Passport authority contended minor ceased to be an Indian citizen under Section 8(2) — Held, Section 8 applies only where Indian citizenship is renounced by making a prescribed declaration — Section 9 governs acquisition of foreign citizenship — Unlike Section 8(2), Section 9 does not provide that a minor child ipso facto ceases to b India Law Library Docid # 2456296
(352) SUSHEEL MONDAL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 155(1), 155(2) and 482 — Non-cognizable offence — Permission to investigate — Competency of Police Officer to seek permission — Petitioners sought quashing of criminal proceedings contending that the Investigating Officer ought to have referred the informant to the Magistrate under Section 155(1) rather than directly seeking permission under Section 155(2) — Held, while Section 155(1) mandates referring the informant to the Magistrate, Section 155( India Law Library Docid # 2456267
(353) THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND OTHERS Vs. THE COMMISSIONER AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 226 and 227 — Maintainability of writ petition against interlocutory order of statutory authority — Challenge to interim stay granted by Commissioner under Section 63 of Karnataka Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Act, 1997 — Held, the interlocutory nature of an order does not automatically exclude writ or supervisory jurisdiction. The Commissioner is a statutory quasi-judicial authority, not a civil court; therefore, the bar against is India Law Library Docid # 2456268
(354) CORNERSTONE PROPERTY DEVELOPERS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. DR. MAHESH M[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 300-A — Power of Eminent Domain — Public Purpose — Compulsory acquisition of land — Requirements and limitations — The exercise of eminent domain by the State must strictly satisfy the existence of an independently established public purpose, lawful authority, and statutory compensation framework — Acquisition cannot be used as a colourable device or fraud on the statute to enrich private entities or create wealth in private hands — Where land is ostensibly India Law Library Docid # 2456275
(355) HAMID HUSSAINBHAI GAJAN Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 135 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 415 — Conviction for electricity theft — Benefit of probation granted alongside imposition of fine with default imprisonment — Legality — Accused convicted under Section 135 of the Electricity Act was granted probation for two years upon furnishing surety bond for good conduct — Trial court simultaneously directed payment of fine equal to three times the theft bill with default sentence of one year simple im India Law Library Docid # 2456331
(356) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. NAGABHAI DHANABHAI PATEL[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of interference — High Court held that interference with an order of acquittal is permissible only in exceptional cases where compelling circumstances exist and the trial court's view is palpably perverse. Acquittal by the trial court bolsters the presumption of innocence of the accused. If the view taken by the trial court is plausible, the appellate court should avoid routine interference. Findings of the trial cour India Law Library Docid # 2456337
(357) GUNAKALA SIVAIAH AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 University Grants Commission Regulations, 2018 — Regulations 4.1 and 10(f)(iii) — Appointment to post of Associate Professor — Counting of past contractual/ad-hoc teaching experience — Insistence on gross emoluments — Applicants discharged teaching duties on a non-regular basis in State Universities with undisputed qualitative teaching experience of eight years — Held, the core purport of the Regulation is qualitative teaching experience, and the requirement of emoluments is intended only to aut India Law Library Docid # 2456366
(358) GUNAKALA SIVAIAH AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 University Grants Commission Regulations, 2018 — Regulations 4.1 and 10(f)(iii) — Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14 and 16 — Recruitment to post of Associate Professor — Counting of past contractual or ad-hoc teaching experience — Rejection for non-receipt of gross emoluments equivalent to regular Assistant Professor — Permissibility — Held, the primary requirement is eight years of qualitative teaching experience — The requirement of equivalent emoluments under Regulation 10(f)(iii) is India Law Library Docid # 2456374
(359) SYED KAJA VALI AND OTHERS Vs. BOYAPATI ATISH AND ANOTHER[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166 and 168 — Identity of offending vehicle — Discrepancy between FIR and charge-sheet — Eye-witness chased the vehicle in a hit-and-run incident and immediately lodged an FIR specifying registration number AP 16 U 7211 — Police subsequently charge-sheeted vehicle bearing number AP 7 TT 6721 without positive evidence — Claim petition was preferred against the owner and insurer of the charge-sheeted vehicle — Held, the Claims Tribunal rightly dismissed the clai India Law Library Docid # 2456379
(360) SURESH BALIRAM DAYAL AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 480 and 483 — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 8(c) and 20(b)(ii)(B) — Bail — Pending investigation — Accused No. 1 was arrested for dealing with 5 kgs of ganja and remained in custody for 46 days — State opposed bail on the grounds that investigation was ongoing and material witnesses were yet to be examined — High Court held that as the investigation against Accused No. 1 was incomplete, bail could not be grante India Law Library Docid # 2456380