(561) ARIJIT BORAL Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ANR.[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent powers — Scope and exercise — Quashing of charge sheet — Court's jurisdiction under Section 482 is wide but must be exercised sparingly, with circumspection, and only to prevent abuse of judicial process or secure ends of justice — High Court cannot conduct a roving inquiry, weigh evidence, or conduct a mini-trial at the threshold stage — Where allegations in the complaint, witness statements, and materials collected during investigat India Law Library Docid # 2455398
(562) SHILPI Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 5(l) and 6 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 376(2)(n) — Evidence of victim — Omission in medical history recorded by doctor — Accused contended that non-disclosure of two separate occurrences before the examining doctor constituted a material omission — Held, medical history is recorded primarily for diagnosis and treatment, not as an exhaustive statement like one recorded by police or Magistrate — A traumatized victim is not ex India Law Library Docid # 2455407
(563) BINDU AND ANOTHER Vs. THE DISTRICT OFFICER AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 — Section 23(1) — Cancellation of settlement deed — Jurisdictional requirements — Under Section 23(1), the Maintenance Tribunal gets jurisdiction to declare a transfer void only if the transfer was subject to the express condition that the transferee shall provide basic amenities and physical needs to the transferor, and the transferee failed or refused to provide them — Mere reservation of life interest to reside or collect usufru India Law Library Docid # 2455418
(564) G SANIL KUMAR Vs. SUJITH[KERALA HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Indian Contract Act, 1872 — Section 25(3) — Legally enforceable debt — Time-barred debt — Revival of liability — When a cheque is issued for a time-barred debt, it acts as an acknowledgment of liability and constitutes a promise to pay, thereby reviving the debt — Nature of the debt ceases to be time-barred — Issuing a cheque towards discharge of a time-barred debt is not legally prohibited — In the event of dishonour and subsequent non-payment fo India Law Library Docid # 2455422
(565) SATNAM SINGH Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 504 and 506 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 228/240 — Framing of Charge — Scope and Standard of Scrutiny — At the stage of framing charge, the Court is only required to consider whether the material collected during investigation discloses sufficient ground for proceeding against the accused — Court is not required to conduct a meticulous examination of evidence or undertake a detailed appreciation of the record — Charge can legitimately be fram India Law Library Docid # 2455489
(566) SUHAIL KHAN Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 109, 352 and 61(2) — Grant of regular bail — Ambiguous medical opinion — Incarceration period — Charge sheet filed — Applicant was languishing in jail for over one year and six months — Medical evidence revealed no definite opinion regarding the weapon used, stating injury could be caused by either a hard blunt object or a firearm, and that the injured was intoxicated — Charge sheet already submitted — In view of prolonged custody and facts of the case, b India Law Library Docid # 2455500
(567) DIPTI MANRAL Vs. KULWANT SINGH MANRAL[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 19 — Matrimonial Appeal — Divorce decree — Voluntary withdrawal of appeal — Wife filed appeal challenging decree of divorce passed by Principal Judge, Family Court — Appellant subsequently submitted an application through registered post seeking permission to withdraw the First Appeal — Appellant stated that she did not wish to pursue the appeal any further and that the withdrawal was made voluntarily, of her own free will, without any pressure, coercion, or und India Law Library Docid # 2455511
(568) DEEPA RANI Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Sufficient cause — Criminal revision preferred against a summoning order with a delay of 176 days — Applicant explained she was residing at her maternal home for over two years and acquired knowledge of the case only upon visiting relatives, promptly contacting counsel thereafter — Revisional court rejected delay condonation holding residence elsewhere was not a sufficient ground — Held, the explanation furnished was credible, proper, and India Law Library Docid # 2455522
(569) MOHD. ARSHAD AYYUB Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 197 — Sanction for prosecution of public servants — Scope and nexus test — Protection under Section 197 is available when the alleged act is reasonably connected with the discharge or purported discharge of official duty and is not a mere cloak for an objectionable act — Even where a public servant acts in excess of duty, such excess does not deprive them of statutory protection if a reasonable connection exists between the act and the official duty India Law Library Docid # 2455533
(570) HIMANSHU SHARMA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 115(2), 127, 137(2), 140(4), 316(2), 318(4), 47 and 49 — Immigration Act — Sections 10, 16 and 24(G) — Quashing of FIR — Allegations of fraud in arranging overseas employment and wrongful confinement abroad — Parties arrived at an amicable settlement — Petitioners returned the entire advance money received to the complainant and victim — Joint compounding application filed supported by affidavits — Complainant and victim stated they did not wish to pursue India Law Library Docid # 2455544
(571) SK. YUNUS Vs. GOVINDA MOHALI AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166, 168 and 173 — Assessment of compensation — Personal injury claim — Permanent disability — Addition towards future prospects — Tribunal awarded compensation for 50% permanent disability but omitted any amount under the head of future prospects — Held, principles laid down in National Insurance Company Ltd. v. Pranay Sethi regarding addition of future prospects to income are equally applicable to claims arising out of injuries sustained in motor vehicular ac India Law Library Docid # 2455562
(572) SRI JAHAR SUR CHOWDHURY Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 74 and Section 107 — Constitution of India — Article 226 and Article 14 — Excess Input Tax Credit — De-novo adjudication — Maintainability of writ petition — High Court previously quashed demand holding Section 74 inapplicable as no case of wilful misstatement or suppression was made out, remanding matter for fresh decision — Adjudicating authority re-adjudicated the matter under Section 74 — Held, once the High Court ruled Section 74 inapplicab India Law Library Docid # 2455601
(573) SRI BIPLAB DASGUPTA Vs. ICICI BANK LTD. AND OTHERS[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Constitution of India — Article 226 — Maintainability of Writ Petition — Judicial Restraint — Existence of Alternative Civil Remedy — Petitioner challenged the debit-freeze and "Amount Lien" marked by respondent-Bank on his savings account, contending that the underlying car loan stood closed and gold loan was independently secured — Petitioner had already instituted a civil suit where his de-freeze application was rejected — Held, High Courts exercise judicial restraint and refuse extraordinary India Law Library Docid # 2455602
(574) M/S GANPATI TRADERS AND ORS Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA[PATNA HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Scope of Writ Jurisdiction — Directions for creation or improvement of infrastructure — Wholesale traders filed writ petition seeking directions commanding Railway authorities to construct sheds, improve platforms, and provide lighting, godowns, and security at Hasanpur railway siding — Held, no specific order or adverse action of the authorities was challenged by petitioners — Reliefs sought were principally general directions based merely on assertio India Law Library Docid # 2455624
(575) PUNAM KUMARI Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Service Law — Appointment — Fraud and Misrepresentation — Maxim "Fraus omnia corrumpit" — Appellant secured appointment as Panchayat Teacher by relying on an inflated mark-sheet showing 72.77% marks in Intermediate Examination, whereas she actually secured only 42.66% — Held, appointment obtained on the basis of a forged and fabricated mark-sheet is void ab initio — Fraud vitiates everything and creates no equity or estoppel in favour of the appointee — An appointment founded upon fraud cannot a India Law Library Docid # 2455632
(576) GAVENDRA NARAYAN SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[PATNA HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 498-A, 341, 323, 504 and 506 — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Sections 3 and 4 — Quashing of cognizance order — Matrimonial cruelty and dowry demand — General and omnibus allegations against in-laws — Mother-in-law and brother-in-law arrayed as accused — Allegations of dowry demand and harassment made collectively without specifying any date, place, occasion, or distinct overt act attributable to them — Continu India Law Library Docid # 2455644
(577) RITESH KUMAR AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 43 and 50 — Search and seizure in public place — Chance recovery — Reliability of police witnesses — Raiding party acted on secret information unrelated to narcotics — Section 50 not attracted to chance recovery — However, official witnesses contradicted each other regarding whether an option for search before a Magistrate was offered — No station diary entries produced regarding information or movement of police party — Independent India Law Library Docid # 2455652
(578) M/S BALAJI CONSTRUCTION Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Government Contracts — Tender Cancellation — Judicial Review — Tender cancelled cryptically citing "unforeseen circumstances" — Held, though reasons in an administrative order cannot ordinarily be supplemented by affidavits, examination of original records revealed that an ineligible bidder was erroneously included as qualified due to official collusion, tainting the entire process — Cancellation of tender to prevent tainted procurement was justified, India Law Library Docid # 2455704
(579) ANURADHA Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Service Law — Recruitment Process — Submission of application — Cut-off date — Postal delay — Candidate submitted online application within time and dispatched hard copy with requisite documents via registered post well before the deadline — Application reached Commission one day after cut-off date due to transit delay — Held, delay occurred subsequent to candidate performing required acts with due diligence — Candidate who utilizes an expressly sanctioned mode of transmission cannot be visited India Law Library Docid # 2455714
(580) GAURAV JAIN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 85 and 86 — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Sections 3 and 4 — Quashing of FIR — Matrimonial disputes — General and omnibus allegations — FIR alleged cruelty, Rs. 10 crore dowry demand, and physical assault without specifying individual roles, dates, or instances — Precision in monetary amount cannot substitute precision of conduct — A recital of statutory conclusions without a factual foundation cannot sustain cr India Law Library Docid # 2455715