(701) AMRITPRAVA MAHANTA Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 07-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Sections 161 and 439 — Indian Evidence Act, 1872 — Sections 25 and 26 — Admissibility of accused's statement to police in bail proceedings — Statements of an accused recorded under Section 161 CrPC are on a different footing from those of witnesses — Inculpatory or confessional statements made by an accused before the police are per se inadmissible and barred by the Evidence Act — Such statements cannot b India Law Library Docid # 2455740
(702) SHRI. DAIOH HADEM Vs. THE STATE OF MEGHALAYA[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 07-10-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Sufficient cause — Inability to engage counsel due to financial distress — Delay of 1199 days in filing criminal appeal — Petitioner was convicted under Section 6 of the POCSO Act and sentenced to 20 years rigorous imprisonment — Delay occurred because petitioner and his family lacked financial resources to arrange funds to engage an advocate — State raised no objection — Held, grounds cited contain sufficient cause — Delay of 1199 days i India Law Library Docid # 2455803
(703) TROSBINGROY SAD ALIAS RUDOLPH SYIEM Vs. THE STATE OF MEGHALAYA AND OTHERS[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 07-10-2026 Victim Compensation — Disbursement and investment of compensation amount — Protection of survivor — Compensation of ?1.50 lakhs recommended under the Victim Compensation Scheme disbursed to the survivor — Court directed the compensation amount to be kept in a fixed deposit in the name of the survivor until she attains the age of 25 years — Survivor held entitled to receive quarterly interest accrued on the deposit with liberty to deal with the corpus upon attaining 25 years of age — Compliance r India Law Library Docid # 2455805
(704) GATTULAL CHAGANLAL MAKWANA Vs. THE PRINCIPAL, G H BHALODIYA WOMENS COLLEGE[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-10-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Sections 25F, 25G and 25H — Industrial Disputes (Gujarat) Rules, 1996 — Rule 81 — Illegal termination — Long service — Workman served for 21 years on fixed pay basis and was terminated within five days of demanding minimum wages — Labour Court found statutory violations but awarded only Rs. 50,000/- compensation citing lack of formal appointment procedure — Single Judge enhanced compensation to Rs. 7,50,000/- — Held, Labour Court erred in denying reinstatement — L India Law Library Docid # 2456339
(705) BELA PRATUL PATEL LH OF LATE PRATUL ASHOKKUMAR PATEL THROUGH POA HOLDER UPENDRA RAOJIBHAI PATEL Vs. INCOME TAX OFFICER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-10-2026 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Sections 147, 148 and 148A(d) — Reopening of assessment — Impermissibility of change of opinion — Deceased-assessee claimed Long Term Capital Loss from sale of immovable properties, which was thoroughly examined and accepted in a scrutiny assessment under Section 143(3) following queries under Section 142(1) — Revenue subsequently initiated reassessment proceedings against the legal heir on the exact same capital loss — Held, reopening assessment on issues already scrutini India Law Library Docid # 2456350
(706) GOSWAMI VIJAYGIRI MAHENDRAGIRI Vs. BASANTSINGH SACHANSINGH AND ORS.[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-10-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 and Section 173 — Beneficial legislation — Principles for determining compensation — Road accident — The concept of just and fair compensation is integral to the Act, founded on fairness, reasonableness, and equability — While exact arithmetical calculation or monetary restoration of a shattered physical frame is impossible, Tribunals must adopt a holistic and pragmatic view — Quantum of compensation must be liberal, realistic, and not niggardly, aiming to India Law Library Docid # 2456355
(707) PRAKASHCHANDRA CHHOTALAL PANDYA AND OTHERS Vs. RAJENDRA HIRALAL VYAS AND ORS.[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-10-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166(1)(c) — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 2(11) — Maintainability of claim petition — Legal representative — Scope and locus standi — Entire family died in vehicular accident and claim petitions were filed by surviving uncle and aunt — Tribunal dismissed claim petitions holding that claimants were not financially dependent or Class-I legal heirs — Held, term "legal representative" under Section 2(11) CPC is wide and inclusive and not confined to sp India Law Library Docid # 2456356
(708) RAFIKBHAI MAJIDBHAI MITHAWALA & ORS. Vs. ISMAIL NOORMAMD ODIYA & ORS.[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-10-2026 Gujarat Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 — Section 13(1)(b) — Eviction — Permanent structure and nuisance — Suit property was over a century old and required repairs, which the tenant carried out at his own expense — Tenant converted the kitchen into a room and covered an open porch for use as a kitchen — Held, such alterations were easily removable without causing material damage to the premises and did not amount to the erection of a permanent structure — Landlord also fa India Law Library Docid # 2456313
(709) KHODABHAI DHANABHAI JOGRANA Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 306 and 107 — Abetment of suicide — Financial recovery and harassment — Deceased committed suicide following demands for repayment of loans carrying high interest — Held, to constitute abetment, there must be an active, positive, and intentional act of instigation with a direct nexus to the suicide — Harassment or persistent demands for loan repayment without mens rea do not amount to abetment — An individual's reaction to financial stress cannot be attributed t India Law Library Docid # 2456316
(710) ORIGINAL COMPLAINANT Vs. GANPATJI SONAJI THAKORE[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 413 (corresponding to Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 372) — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of interference — Appellate interference with an order of acquittal is permissible only in exceptional cases where compelling circumstances exist and the judgment under appeal is palpably erroneous or perverse — Presumption of innocence of the accused is bolstered by the acquittal rendered by the trial court — Interference in a routine man India Law Library Docid # 2456320
(711) CHAGANI VENKATESWARA REDDY AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Police Act, 1861 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Interference of police in civil disputes — Jurisdiction — Petitioners challenged police action of summoning them to police stations to settle civil disputes pending before Civil Courts — Held, police have a statutory duty to maintain law and order, but possess no adjudicatory authority to determine civil rights or property ownership — Power to resolve civil disputes is exclusively entrusted India Law Library Docid # 2456362
(712) KONISETTY DURGA DEVI AND ANOTHER Vs. THE DEBTS RECOVERY TRIBUNAL AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Inaction by Debts Recovery Tribunal — Direction for expeditious disposal — Petitioner challenged Advocate Commissioner notice and sale notice before DRT and filed stay application in I.A No. 4342 of 2026 — DRT failed to adjudicate stay application despite several adjournments while Bank scheduled auction of subject property — High Court declined to en India Law Library Docid # 2456369
(713) SHAIK MEERAMMA AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-10-2026 Andhra Pradesh Municipal Act, 1965 — Sections 189, 191, 192, 360 and 361 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Encroachment on road margin — Identity and demarcation dispute — Municipality issued eviction notices alleging petitioners unauthorizedly occupied Sy. No. 493/B recorded as 'Donka Poramboke' — Petitioners asserted ownership and occupation over Sy. No. 713, a patta land, disputing encroachment on Sy. No. 493/B — Held, where rival claims exist regarding the identity and survey num India Law Library Docid # 2456378
(714) KOGANTI RAVICHAND AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Police Powers — Interference in Civil Disputes — Judicial vs. Executive function — Police authorities have no jurisdiction or statutory power to adjudicate, determine, or settle civil rights, title, or possession of parties, which falls exclusively within the domain of the judiciary. Where property disputes are pending before competent Civil Courts, interference by police without registration of a cognizable offence is per se arbitrary, illegal, and wi India Law Library Docid # 2456389
(715) BATTULA SRINU @ MATAYE KOTTU SRINU AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-10-2026 Indian Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 65-B — Admissibility of electronic records — Requirement of Section 65-B certificate — Production of primary evidence — CCTV footage recorded in DVR — Investigating Officer seized and produced the original DVR before the trial court along with a DVD copy — Held, where the original electronic recording device is itself produced before the Court as primary electronic evidence, the requirement of a certificate under Section 65-B(4) does not arise — Certificate un India Law Library Docid # 2456406
(716) P.ESWAR REDDY AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF AP AND ANOTHER[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302 and 452 — Murder of wife — Appreciation of evidence — Reliability of related eyewitnesses — Son (PW1) and daughter (PW2) deposed that accused attacked the deceased with an iron pipe on her head, causing instantaneous death — Defence plea that eyewitnesses were absent and falsely planted rejected — Testimony was consistent, natural, and corroborated by medical evidence and seizure of accused's lungi and underwear pulled down by deceased during scuffle — Ocula India Law Library Docid # 2456408
(717) SANTOSH B. NAIK Vs. STATE OF GOA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-10-2026 Service Law — Recruitment — Essential Educational Qualifications — Interpretation of Recruitment Rules — Expression "Passed 10th standard under 10+2 system of education" prescribed for the post of Vocational Instructor (Practical) in the trade of Plumber cannot be ignored or treated as interchangeable with any qualification recognized generally as equivalent — Words "under 10+2 system of education" form an integral part of the qualification framework prescribed by the recruiting India Law Library Docid # 2454660
(718) CHHAGANBHAI KOHYABHAI PATELIYA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-10-2026 Service Law — Retirement benefits — Annual increment — Denial of annual increment falling due on 1st of July to employees retiring on 30th of June of preceding years — Legality — Right to be paid an increment is a legitimate right of an employee upon successful completion of a year of employment. India Law Library Docid # 2454661
(719) KAMAL KRISHAN CHIBBER Vs. UT OF J&K (PREVIOUSLY STATE OF J&K) AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 06-10-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1997 — Sections 34, 37 and 43 — Setting aside of arbitral award — Time-barred claims — Public Policy — Limitation Act applies directly to arbitral proceedings pursuant to Section 43 — Entertaining and awarding claims that are patently stale and barred by limitation violates the statutory mandate, rendering the resulting arbitral award vulnerable to being set aside under Section 34(2)(b)(ii) for being in conflict with Public Policy — Single Judge committed no err India Law Library Docid # 2454935
(720) DIN MOHD WANI Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 06-10-2026 Constitution of India — Article 22(5) — Preventive Detention — Right to make representation — Duty to convey time limit — Detaining authority informed the detenue of his right to represent before it, but failed to convey the specific time limit available for filing such representation before the detention order is approved by the Government — Held, once approved by the Government, the detaining authority becomes functus officio and cannot review its order — Omission to communicate the essential India Law Library Docid # 2454952