(441) V V RAMANA MURTHY Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Pre-arrest bail — Concurrent jurisdiction — Requirement to approach Sessions Court first — Petitioner directly approached High Court seeking anticipatory bail without first applying to Sessions Court — Held, though High Court and Sessions Court share concurrent jurisdiction, litigants must ordinarily approach Sessions Court first — Direct approach to High Court should not be encouraged as area-wise Sessions Courts facilitate faster disposa India Law Library Docid # 2456385
(442) PLR PROJECTS PVT LTD AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF AP AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 and Article 14 — Maintainability of Writ Petition — Admitted contractual dues — Non-payment of bill amount — Petitioner executed road works satisfactorily with valid quality control certification, but bills were withheld by respondent authorities — Held, it is not an inviolable rule that money claims cannot be adjudicated under writ jurisdiction — Where the State acts arbitrarily, unjustly, or unreasonably even in the realm of contract, Article 14 is vio India Law Library Docid # 2456387
(443) MAN-MADE TEXTILE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION Vs. BANK OF BARODA AND ANR.[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 10-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Maintainability of writ petition in contractual dispute — Debit of unauthorized charges by nationalized bank — Held, writ jurisdiction cannot be ousted merely because the dispute arises in the contractual arena, as State instrumentalities must act fairly — Where material facts regarding the credit terms and debiting of hedging charges are admitted and require no evidentiary trial, the dispute does not involve disputed questions of fact requiring adjudi India Law Library Docid # 2456333
(444) BEEDA RAVINDRA AND ANOTHER Vs. MR K VENKATA NAGA PAVAN[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-10-2026 Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Sections 2(b), 10 and 12 — Civil Contempt — Scope and standard of proof — Contempt jurisdiction is an extraordinary summary jurisdiction exercised sparingly and with caution, not to protect individual judges or resolve private disputes, but to uphold the majesty of law and prevent acts impairing the administration of justice — To establish civil contempt, there must be clear evidence of willful, deliberate, and intentional disobedience to a judicial order — Punishm India Law Library Docid # 2456363
(445) PERIVEMULA VENKATESWARLU AND ANOTHER Vs. MEDIGA ANJAIAH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rules 1 & 2 — Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Grant of temporary injunction — Necessary ingredients — The Trial Court granted temporary injunction restraining defendants from interfering with possession without recording reasons or prima facie satisfaction regarding actual possession or the plaintiff's financial capacity to pay Rs. 1.50 crores. The plaintiff failed to explain an inordinate delay of 12 years in filing the suit. The initial burden lies on th India Law Library Docid # 2456372
(446) THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ANOTHER Vs. T VAIJAYANTHIMALA AND ANOTHER[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-10-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Appeals preferred by Government involving public property — Pragmatic and justice-oriented approach — Government decisions involve institutional machinery and procedural delay — Where valuable Government land and larger public interest are involved, technical detection of delay should yield to substantial justice — An individual cannot gain at the cost of public interest merely due to governmental delay — Pendency of contempt proceedings India Law Library Docid # 2456395
(447) GLOBAL ENTERPRISES AND ANOTHER Vs. THE DEPUTY ASSISTANT COMMISSIONERST AND ANOTHER[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-10-2026 Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Principles of natural justice — Failure to verify records — Assessing authority finalized assessment regarding Input Tax Credit reversal without examining purchase records — Assessee specifically informed the authority via letter that relevant records and invoices were available for verification — Held, although personal hearings were afforded earlier, failure to give an opportunity to produce the available records and documents before passing the final assessm India Law Library Docid # 2456410
(448) M. PREMA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU REP BY ITS SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2026 Service Law — Seniority — Inter se Seniority between Direct Recruits, Special Appointees, and Compassionate Appointees — Tamil Nadu State and Subordinate Services Rules, 1955, Part II, Rule 10(a)(i) & Rule 48 — Special Absorption Rules, 1987, Clause 10 — Inter se seniority dispute between Direct recruits selected through competitive examination, Special appointees appointed on temporary basis under Rule 10(a)(i) and subsequently regularised, and Compassionate appointees — High Court held Direct India Law Library Docid # 2455035
(449) SULTAN SINGH (DEAD) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS Vs. THE FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2026 Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954 — Section 51(2)(a)(ii) read with Section 53 — Succession to Bhumidhari rights of Hindu female/widow — Transformation of limited interest into absolute estate — Interplay with Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (HSA) — Deceased female Bhumidhar (Khajano) inherited a limited life estate in the subject agricultural holding prior to the commencement of the Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954 — Upon the enactment of the HSA, 1956, by virtue of Section 14(1) read with the Explanation the India Law Library Docid # 2455036
(450) CHARMING RUPON Vs. STATE OF MEGHALAYA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 6 — Rape of minor suffering from intellectual disability — Benefit of Doubt — Re-appreciation of evidence — Unexplained delay of 10 days in lodging FIR — Star prosecution witnesses (child victim and her cousin) completely failed to identify the accused before the Court and admitted that the name of the accused was supplied by victim's mother — Victim admitted to being instructed by Special Public Prosecutor prior to giving testimony India Law Library Docid # 2455037
(451) SH. VIJAY BAHADUR AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 09-10-2026 Railways Act, 1989 — Sections 2(29) and 124-A — Compensation claim — Bona fide passenger — Non-recovery of train ticket — Burden of proof — Tribunal dismissed the claim petition primarily on the ground that no ticket was recovered from the deceased — Held, mere absence or non-recovery of a ticket from the deceased does not, by itself, negate bona fide passenger status where the claimants discharge the initial burden through sworn testimony — The burden thereafter shifts upon the Railways to prov India Law Library Docid # 2455097
(452) MRS. RADHA GOYAL Vs. GAURAV GOYAL[DELHI HIGH COURT] 09-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(b) — Court-Fees Act, 1870 — Section 7(iv)(b) and Schedule II Article 17(vi) — Suit for partition — Valuation and court fees — Plaintiff claimed fixed court fee alleging joint possession — Holistic reading of plaint revealed plaintiff was not in physical possession of any suit property, necessitating payment of ad-valorem court fees — Despite repeated opportunities and specific court directions to separately value each relief and pay deficit cour India Law Library Docid # 2455103
(453) MAHESWAR @ MAHESH KANDA Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 09-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 154 — Unexplained delay in lodging FIR — Absence of medical evidence linking assault to death — Incident occurred on 16-05-2020, victim died on 29-05-2020, and FIR was filed on 11-06-2020 — Explanation that delay was caused by post-death ceremonies did not explain inaction prior to death — Prosecution failed to produce medical records or examine treating doctors from three hospitals — Witness testified deceased India Law Library Docid # 2455154
(454) SHAILENDRA BULANI Vs. STATE OF M.P. AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 09-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 420, 406, 294 and 506 — Quashing of FIR and charge-sheet — Property transaction — Complainant alleged non-execution of sale deed despite paying advance consideration under an alleged agreement to sell — Record revealed that a prior agreement to sell regarding a portion of the same plot had already been executed in favour of petitioner's mother, wherein the complainant was an attesting witness — High Court hel India Law Library Docid # 2455172
(455) HARIKISHAN PARIHAR Vs. SUMAN[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 09-10-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 28 and Section 13(1-A) — Appeal against decree of divorce — Maintainability on merits after contracting second marriage — Respondent wife sought dismissal of appeal on the ground that appellant husband contracted a second marriage after the decree of divorce — Appellant did not refute the allegation and conceded not pressing the appeal on merits — Held, challenge against the decree of divorce stood relinquished in view of the appellant's second marriage, restri India Law Library Docid # 2455185
(456) MANISH KHANDELWAL AND OTHERS Vs. DEEPAK KUMAR AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 09-10-2026 Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, 1959 — Section 158(3) and Section 165(7-b) — Transfer of Bhumiswami land — Requirement of permission — Rejection of mutation application on ground that land was Government/patta land transferred without Collector's permission — Held, requirement of prior permission for transfer under Section 158(3) read with Section 165(7-b) was introduced via Amendment Act, 1992 w.e.f. 28.10.1992 — Predecessors had acquired Bhumiswami rights prior to the 1992 amendment — Conseq India Law Library Docid # 2455196
(457) CHANDERLAL NAVLANI (DEAD) THROUGH HIS LRS. Vs. MADHUSUDAN (DEAD) THROUGH HIS LRS.[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 09-10-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Sections 16(c) and 20 — Contract Act, 1872 — Section 55 — Specific performance of agreement to sell immovable property — Time as essence of contract — Readiness and willingness — Presumption is that time is not the essence of a contract for sale of immovable property unless explicitly agreed — Mere specification of a date for completion does not make time fundamental — Plaintiff demonstrated continuous readiness and willingness through prompt newspaper publication and India Law Library Docid # 2455202
(458) SRI. K.R.PRADEEP AND ANOTHER Vs. THE INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT AND ANOTHER[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 09-10-2026 Wealth Tax Act, 1957 — Section 35B and Section 35(O) — Prosecution for failure to furnish returns — Default in filing returns by due date — Petitioner contended that prosecution could not be launched without prior regular assessment, determination of net wealth, or statutory notice under Sections 14(2) and 17 — Held, prosecution under Section 35B can be initiated once a taxpayer defaults in filing returns within the due date — Issuance of notice or prior assessment is not a prerequisite — Under India Law Library Docid # 2455292
(459) A.CHIDAMBARAM Vs. STATE REP.BY, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 09-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 175(3) — Scope of jurisdiction — Direction for investigation — The jurisdiction conferred upon a Magistrate under Section 175(3) of BNSS is neither adjudicatory nor determinative. The Magistrate is not empowered to appreciate evidence, determine admissibility of documents, assess competing probabilities, or conduct a mini-trial at this threshold stage. The statutory function is strictly confined to determining whether the complaint, read as a wh India Law Library Docid # 2455295
(460) ANNAPURNA SWADISHT LIMITED Vs. GEF FOODS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 09-10-2026 Trade Marks Act, 1999 — Section 29(2)(b) — Infringement and deceptive similarity — Phonetic identity — Cognate and allied goods — Plaintiff registered the trademark "ANNAPOORNA" for spices and mixes, whereas defendant used "ANNAPURNA" / "ANNAPURNA SWADISHT" for packaged snacks — Marks held phonetically identical — Even though plaintiff's goods require cooking while defendant's are ready-to-eat, the goods are allied foodstuffs sold through similar channels to the same class of consumers — Ordinar India Law Library Docid # 2455297