(921) CHANDAN BALAKRAN SAROJ Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 61(2), 308(5) and 318(4) — Information Technology Act, 2000 — Section 66D — Regular Bail — Cyber fraud involving "digital arrest" — Rejection of bail — Applicant sought bail contending lack of link evidence, completion of investigation, and filing of charge-sheet — Bail opposed on ground of direct financial linkage to the crime — Account receiving defrauded sum over Rs. 4 lakhs was linked to applicant's Aadhaar and PAN cards, and applicant had personally India Law Library Docid # 2455475
(922) SUDHANSHU MISHRA Vs. LALITA MISHRA[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Interim Maintenance — Quantum for Minor Child — Assessment of financial capacity — Magistrate directed husband to pay interim maintenance of ?20,000/- per month to wife and ?30,000/- to minor son, affirmed in appeal — High Court stayed wife's maintenance and fixed child's maintenance at ?40,000/- per month — Income Tax Returns revealed husband's monthly income at ?1,00,000/- and wife's at ?50,000/- — Held, considering the parties' financial India Law Library Docid # 2455477
(923) THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LTD Vs. SMT. JUG SUNARANI AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 163-A — Fatal accident — Proof of negligence — Deceased was travelling in a truck which became unbalanced and fell into a deep gorge, causing fatal injuries — Claim petition filed by legal representatives under Section 163-A — Held, in a claim petition instituted under Section 163-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, proof of negligence on the part of the driver of the offending vehicle is not required to be established by the claimants — Tribunal's finding upholding t India Law Library Docid # 2455479
(924) M/S AROMA HEALTH CARE Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Jurisdiction — Tender Matter — Premature Challenge — Petitioner sought quashing of Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) on the ground that the tendering authority failed to respond to its pre-bid clarifications pointing out contradictions in the Request for Proposal (RFP) — Respondents submitted that pre-bid meetings were ongoing, queries were under consideration, and responses would be provided before the extended submission deadline — High Court held th India Law Library Docid # 2455480
(925) SHAKUNTALA DEVI LOK KALYAN SAMITI AND ANOTHER Vs. HEMWATI NANDAN GARHWAL BAHUGUNA AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Education Law — Admission and Counselling — B.Ed Course — Intake capacity — Petitioner-institution was granted recognition by National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) with an intake capacity of 100 seats — Affiliating University restricted petitioner from participating in counselling against the sanctioned seats — Interim order permitted provisional participation — Held, affiliating University cannot impose any restriction on the intake capacity recognized and approved by NCTE — Issue gover India Law Library Docid # 2455481
(926) MOHIT UBHAN Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 — Sections 2 and 3 — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of proceedings — Acquittal in predicate offences — Prosecution under the Gangsters Act was initiated against applicant solely based on two cases listed in the gang chart — Applicant was acquitted in one case on merits and in the other on compounding — Held, proceedings under the Gangsters Act are not independent of the predicate offences — Once India Law Library Docid # 2455482
(927) NASIR ALI Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 65(1) and 137(2) — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 3 and 4 — Second bail application — Substantial change in circumstances — Applicant relied on hotel owner's statement that applicant stayed with a girl named "Zindagi", claiming she was not the victim — Rejection upheld — Victim categorically stated during cross-examination that applicant took her to the hotel and registered her name as "Zindagi" — Entry of a different nam India Law Library Docid # 2455483
(928) MINA GOUDA Vs. NIRUPAMA SAHU AND ANOTHER[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 and Section 173 — Permanent Disability versus Temporary Disability — Loss of Future Earning Capacity — Tribunal misconstrued the disability certificate and erroneously held the claimant suffered only a temporary disability of 70% in his right lower leg, despite clear ocular and medical evidence establishing clinical amputation. The Tribunal erred in omitting compensation towards loss of future earning capacity. Mandatory jurisprudence governing motor accide India Law Library Docid # 2455563
(929) PHULAMANI MURMU Vs. STATE OF ORISSA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Constitution of India — Article 226 — Writ of Habeas Corpus — Nature, scope, and essential pre-condition — Illegal or wrongful confinement is a prerequisite for issuing a writ of habeas corpus — Writ is an extraordinary and special remedy, to be exercised with caution and circumspection — Power under Article 226 cannot be invoked routinely, casually, or as an all-purpose device for every eventuality, but must be founded upon cogent materials demonstrating illegal detention. India Law Library Docid # 2455564
(930) B. NAGARJUN Vs. ORISSA HYDRAPOWER CORPORATION & ORS.[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Service Law — Date of Birth — Rectification — Medical Board Assessment — Petitioner disputed recorded date of birth after regularization and was referred by Corporation to a Medical Board for age determination — Medical Board assessed petitioner's age as 43 years, supporting claimed date of birth, which was also endorsed by Corporation's legal retainer — Corporation subsequently rejected claim citing earlier seniority list entries — Held, Corporation could not ignore Medical Board's finding and India Law Library Docid # 2455566
(931) M/S. RAJLAXMI PIPES PVT. LTD. Vs. M/S SHRI POLYPLAST[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 — Section 151 and Order XXXVIII Rule 5 — Suit for money recovery — Direction to disclose assets — Scope of inherent power — Trial Court directed defendant-company to disclose on affidavit all movable and immovable properties, relying on Rahul S. Shah v. Jinendra Kumar Gandhi — Held, direction to furnish security to safeguard decree fruits is distinct from compelling wholesale disclosure of assets — Section 151 cannot be used routinely without factual foundation show India Law Library Docid # 2455575
(932) SMT. KABIRUNG REANG Vs. THE STATE OF TRIPURA[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 42, 43 and 50 — Search and seizure in public place — Passenger vehicle intercepted at Naka Point — Recovery of dry ganja from bags carried by accused — Held, where search and seizure occur in a public place or transit, Section 43 is attracted — Secret information was duly recorded in the General Diary, authorization was obtained from the superior officer, and Section 50 notice was served prior to search — All mandatory procedures we India Law Library Docid # 2455607
(933) MANJITA ANAND Vs. VINAY SHANKAR RAI[PATNA HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13 — Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 — Section 24 — Transfer of Matrimonial Proceedings — Avoidance of multiplicity of proceedings and convenience of parties — Wife sought transfer of divorce case from Samastipur to Patna citing unemployment, inability to bear travel and litigation expenses, and pendency of connected criminal proceedings at Patna — Multiple proceedings were found pending between the parties at both places — Matrimonial proceeding transferred to P India Law Library Docid # 2455619
(934) MRS. SWETA DERUZ Vs. VINOD JOSEPH SEBESTIAN[PATNA HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Christian Marriage Act, 1872 — Section 10(1) — Divorce Act, 1869 — Governing law for dissolution of Christian marriages — Adjudication by Family Court under non-applicable statute — Trial Judge dismissed divorce petition under Section 10(1) of the Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872 — Held, the Christian Marriage Act, 1872 does not govern dissolution of marriage for Christian couples in India — The Divorce Act, 1869 is the applicable codified personal law governing Christian divorce, alimony, an India Law Library Docid # 2455628
(935) BIHAR STATE UNIVERSITY SERVICE COMMISSION AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Natural Justice — Writ Jurisdiction — Opportunity to file Counter Affidavit — Single Judge disposed of writ petitions directing the Commission to provisionally call writ petitioners for interview for Assistant Professor posts, without granting adequate opportunity to file counter affidavits to address disputed factual claims — Held, taking instructions within two days cannot substitute filing of formal counter affidavits — Failing to grant at least one opportunity to file a counter affidavit con India Law Library Docid # 2455634
(936) AMRENDRA KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[PATNA HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 482 and 397(3) — Inherent powers of High Court — Exercise of jurisdiction vis-α-vis statutory bar against second revision — Order passed by Sub-Divisional Officer converting Section 144 proceeding into Section 147 proceeding was set aside by Revisional Court — Petitioners challenged revisional order under Section 482 Cr.P.C. — Inherent jurisdiction cannot be utilized as a substitute for a second revision merely because a party is dissatisfied with India Law Library Docid # 2455641
(937) SATYANARAYAN YADAV AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302/34 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Sections 134, 145 and 155(3) — Solitary eyewitness — Material improvement and contradiction — Informant, the deceased's brother, admitted prior land dispute and enmity with accused — Informant materially improved his testimony in court by attributing specific weapons and overt acts to individual accused, directly contradicting his police statement — Contradiction duly proved through Investigating Officer under Section 145 — All indep India Law Library Docid # 2455646
(938) BHAGWAT MAHTO AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 304B and 201/34 — Dowry death — Conviction of brother-in-law — Separate residence and mess — General allegations — Appellant challenged his conviction for dowry death and causing disappearance of evidence — Defence proved through documentary and oral evidence that the appellant was living separately in mess and property from the deceased and her husband — No specific overt act was attributed to him regarding harassment or dowry demand — Held, the Trial Court err India Law Library Docid # 2455654
(939) CHOLAMANDALAM M.S GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. SHAKUNTALA AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim petition by legal representatives — Distinction between maintainability and quantum of compensation — Loss of dependency — The term "legal representative" under Section 166 has a wider connotation and is not confined to traditional legal heirs — However, a clear distinction must be drawn between the right to maintain a claim petition and the determination of quantum of compensation — It is incumbent upon the Tribunal to assess whether the legal repr India Law Library Docid # 2455705
(940) DR. SANJAY KUMAR MISHRA Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Service Law — Recruitment Process — Estoppel vs Challenge to Procedure — Maintainability of writ petition by unsuccessful candidates — Preliminary objection raised that candidates, having participated without demur, were estopped from challenging the selection process — Held, the principle that participating candidates cannot challenge selection upon failing is not absolute — Where a candidate challenges misconstruction of statutory rules, patent procedural flaws, or departure from established n India Law Library Docid # 2455710