(941) IMTIYAZ AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 34 and 302 — Common intention — Pre-requisites for vicarious liability — Appellant was convicted under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC for catching hold of deceased while co-accused inflicted fatal stab wounds — Held, common intention implies a pre-arranged plan or prior concert preceding the act, which may develop on the spot but must be established beyond reasonable doubt — Before convicting an accused under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC, court mus India Law Library Docid # 2455711
(942) DR. CHANDRA MOHAN SINGHAL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 11 and Order VII Rule 11 — Finality of litigation — Plea of fraud and collusion — Ejectment suits decreed against State after full contest on merits and affirmed up to the Supreme Court — Subsequent suits filed by State alleging fraud were rejected under Order VII Rule 11 CPC — Held, State was afforded full opportunity at every stage to contest proceedings — Re-agitating settled issues of fraud and collusion constitutes abuse of process — Decrees affirm India Law Library Docid # 2455713
(943) SMT. MANMEET KAUR Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND 2 OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 05-10-2026 Indian Stamp Act, 1899 — Section 56(1-A) — Maintainability of subsequent appeal against same order — Right to appeal is a statutory right circumscribed by the terms of the enactment and is neither absolute nor an inherent right — Section 56(1-A) contains a non-obstante clause and confers finality upon the appellate order, without any provision permitting a subsequent appeal — Where appellant voluntarily withdrew an earlier appeal without seeking liberty to file afresh and deposited the determine India Law Library Docid # 2455725
(944) MAHENDRA SINGH PAWAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN.SECY TO THE C.M. AND 2 OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 05-10-2026 Constitutional Law — Precedent — Applicability of State of Punjab v. Brijeshwar Singh Chahal — Appointment of State Law Officers — Distinguishing features — Petitions seeking appointment of State Law Officers in Uttar Pradesh strictly under guidelines in Brijeshwar Singh Chahal — Held, Chahal cannot be mechanically applied in a vacuum where underlying factual prerequisites are absent — Unlike Punjab and Haryana, which lacked norms and had fixed consolidated salaries, Uttar Pradesh has an establi India Law Library Docid # 2455726
(945) VINOD CHANDRA Vs. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. HIGHER EDUCATION GOVT. LKO. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 05-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Uttar Pradesh State Universities Act, 1973 — Section 68 — Maintainability versus entertainability — Availability of alternative statutory remedy — Scope of writ jurisdiction — Availability of an alternative remedy is a rule of discretion, policy, and convenience rather than an absolute rule of law or constitutional bar — Existence of statutory remedy does not strip the High Court of its plenary powers under Article 226 — High Court erred in dismissing India Law Library Docid # 2455727
(946) NINGTHOUJAM MEMMA DEVI Vs. THE STATE OF MANIPUR[MANIPUR HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 National Security Act, 1980 — Section 3(3) — Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 — Sections 3 and 4 — Preventive detention — Subjective satisfaction vitiated — Non-application of mind — Detaining authority clamped detention order relying on a notification declaring an organization unlawful, without verifying whether the declaration was confirmed by the Tribunal under Section 4 within six months — Grounds of detention showed detenu joined prior to notification with no material establishing India Law Library Docid # 2455795
(947) SHRI GREGORY N. MARAK AND OTHERS Vs. SHRI GREGORY N. MARAK AND OTHERS[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Land Acquisition — Construction of Indo-Bangladesh Border Fencing — Writ petitioners sought directions to respondent authorities to proceed with acquisition proceedings under the Act for lands situated at Baghmara, South Garo Hills District, Meghalaya, for Phase-III Indo-Bangladesh Border Fencing and disburse suitable compensation in accordance with law within a reasonable timeframe. India Law Library Docid # 2455796
(948) TARSUIUS MARSHRA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF MEGHALAYA AND OTHERS[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 5(j)(ii)(l) and 5(n) — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of POCSO proceedings — Consensual adolescent relationship — Inherent powers — Joint petition filed by accused and victim — Parties were in a consensual relationship resulting in the birth of a child — Victim attained majority and parties solemnized their marriage — Report confirming genuine co India Law Library Docid # 2455798
(949) KINGSON MAWLONG AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF MEGHALAYA AND ANOTHER[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 4 and 6 — Nirbhaya Fund — Mission Vatsalya Scheme — Victim Rehabilitation — Compliance of directions — District Legal Services Authority submitted compliance report regarding applicability of welfare schemes to petitioner No. 2 — Steps initiated to avail Nirbhaya Fund for care and support of victim, with sanction awaited from Ministry — Mission Vatsalya Scheme held inapplicable as petitioner No. 2 had attained adulthood having cros India Law Library Docid # 2455799
(950) SHRI. BOLIN PATRA Vs. UNION OF INDIA[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Service Law — Compassionate Appointment — Object and Purpose — Employee dying in harness — Petitioner sought appointment on compassionate grounds following the demise of his father — Held, compassionate appointment is provided to immediate family members of a deceased employee who dies in harness to tide over immediate financial difficulties and prevent them from becoming destitute — The purpose is to provide immediate relief and not to serve as an alternate mode of regular employment after a si India Law Library Docid # 2455800
(951) THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND 2 OTHERS Vs. NARAYANBJI AND ANOTHER[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Appeal preferred by State — Inordinate delay of 284 days in filing Writ Appeal against Single Judge order granting notional seniority and promotion — Appellants cited inter-departmental correspondence, administrative hierarchy, and legal consultation as justification — Held, bureaucratic procedures, red tape, and administrative lethargy do not constitute "sufficient cause" — Government cannot seek special leeway or mechanical condonation India Law Library Docid # 2456203
(952) MAHALAKSHMI AND ANOTHER Vs. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF REGISTRATION AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Registration Act, 1908 — Sections 71, 72 and 77 — Refusal to register document — Procedure and remedies — A refusal check slip issued by the registering authority represents a preliminary decision — Presenter of the document is entitled to submit objections against the slip — Registering authority is bound to conduct an enquiry after issuing notice to all parties and pass a reasoned speaking order under Section 71 — Aggrieved person must exhaust the statutory mechanism by preferring an appeal un India Law Library Docid # 2456289
(953) MANIBEN KHANDUBHAI PATEL AND ANR. Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANR.[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 406 and 420 — Cheating and Criminal Breach of Trust — Essential ingredients — Agreement to sell land — To sustain a charge under Section 420, fraudulent or dishonest intention must exist at inception — Partial execution of a registered sale deed for one parcel directly negates dishonest intention ab initio — Subsequent failure to convey remaining parcels amounts only to breach of contract — Advance payment under an agreement to sell does not constitute "entrustment" o India Law Library Docid # 2456310
(954) M/S BAMNIYA AUTOMOBILES Vs. CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER (OPERATION)[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 03-10-2026 Administrative Law — Blacklisting — Principles of Natural Justice — Opportunity of Hearing — Challenge to order blacklisting petitioner's oil tanker and imposing penalty on grounds of violation of natural justice — Record revealed that following the show-cause notice, respondents granted repeated extensions and fixed multiple dates for petitioner's personal appearance to submit an explanation — Petitioner failed to avail any of the opportunities granted — Held, where repeated opportunities to ap India Law Library Docid # 2454844
(955) SMT. KRISHNA PALIWAL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 03-10-2026 Constitution of India — Article 226 — Judicial review — Recruitment examination — Challenge to answer key — Presumption of correctness — Petitioners challenged the correctness of the final answer key published by RPSC for the post of School Lecturer — Held, the High Court in writ jurisdiction cannot assume the role of an academic expert or substitute its own opinion for that of subject experts — An answer key carries a presumption of correctness unless demonstrably shown to be erroneous through India Law Library Docid # 2454845
(956) UPENDRA KAPOOR Vs. SMT. VANDANA[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 03-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 22 Rule 10 — Rajasthan Rent Control Act, 2001 — Section 21 — Eviction proceedings — Devolution of interest pending suit — Subsequent purchaser — Impleadment — Original landlord alienated the suit property during pendency of eviction petition — Transferees applied for impleadment to continue proceedings — Scope of inquiry under Order 22 Rule 10 is confined to devolution of interest and necessity of parties for effective adjudication — Permission to continu India Law Library Docid # 2454839
(957) SCHOOL OF PHYSIOTHERAPY, NH 79, BHILWARA CHITTOR BY-PASS, CHITTOR ROAD, BHILWARA, RAJASTHAN Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 03-10-2026 National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Act, 2021 — Permission to impart course and recognition — Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPT) — Petitioner-institution sought permission to conduct BPT course for academic session 2026-27, admit students, and obtain No Objection Certificate or Essentiality Certificate along with recognition — Non-consideration of applications by respondent-authorities — Controversy held squarely covered by Supreme Court decision in Dr. Dayal Institute of Para India Law Library Docid # 2454842
(958) WASIM ALI Vs. NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 03-10-2026 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 — Section 43D(5) and (6) — National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 — Section 21(4) — Bail — Scope of judicial scrutiny — Prima facie true test — Threshold inquiry at bail stage requires examining whether prosecution material, taken at face value without rebuttal, discloses essential statutory ingredients of alleged offences — Court is not required to evaluate probative value, weigh evidence, or conduct a mini-trial — Standard is statutory plausibility, India Law Library Docid # 2455043
(959) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. PINTU DAGAR[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 03-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 302 and 301 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 114 — Double murder of wife and infant — Transfer of malice — Circumstantial evidence — Accused was seen dragging his blood-drenched wife carrying an axe — Deceased six-month-old infant was found fatally injured with incised wounds inflicted during the same occurrence — Held, under Section 114 of Evidence Act, it is safely presumed the infant was in his mother's lap when attacked — Applying the doctrine of transfer of malice India Law Library Docid # 2455044
(960) RAJASTHAN RAJYA SAHAKARI AVASAN KARMCHARI SANGH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 03-10-2026 Service Law — Revised Pay Scales Rules, 2008 — Selection Scale — Entitlement of cooperative society employees — Financial loss of society as ground for denial — Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14 and 21 — Petitioner-Union sought benefit of 6th Pay Commission revised pay scales and selection scale on completion of 9, 18, and 27 years of service for its members employed with respondent No.4 Federation — Registrar rejected claim citing alleged financial losses — Held, employees cannot be hel India Law Library Docid # 2455045