(101) SAADUT HUSSAIN PAMPORI Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 29-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 311(2)(c) — Officers Service Manual of J&K Bank — Clause 12.29 — Dismissal from service without departmental inquiry — Powers of Bank Management — Distinction between Constitutional provisions and Bank Service Rules — Held, Article 311(2)(c) does not mandate prior investigation before recording satisfaction to dispense with inquiry. However, Clause 12.29 of OSM imposes mandatory preconditions including an investigation by a State/UT/Central Investigating Age India Law Library Docid # 2450745
(102) J&K LAKES & WATERWAYS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND OTHERS Vs. MOHAMMAD AMIN SHAH[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 29-08-2026 J&K Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1997 — Section 34 — Scope of judicial interference — Arbitral Award — Setting aside — Grounds — Supervisory jurisdiction — High Court does not sit in appeal over an arbitral award or re-appreciate evidence — Construction of contractual terms falls within the exclusive domain of the arbitrator — Where the view taken by the arbitrator is a plausible and possible view that a fair-minded person could take, the Court will not interfere under Section 34 on grounds India Law Library Docid # 2450749
(103) M/S.RAJESH EXPORTS LIMITED Vs. SRI. B.DEVARAJ AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 29-08-2026 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Section 14(1) — Absolute property of female Hindu — Suit for partition — Property stood in the name of deceased female under registered sale deed — Plaintiffs claimed property was purchased by husband out of joint family nucleus and held nominally — Trial Court erred in presuming property was joint family merely because female was a housewife without independent income — Held, under Section 14(1), property acquired by female Hindu by purchase is held as full owner an India Law Library Docid # 2451230
(104) THE STATE OF KARNATAKA Vs. ABDUL SHARIEF @ AMEER JAN[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 29-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 302, 307 and 436 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 378 and 386 — Appeal against acquittal — Arson causing six deaths — Reversal of acquittal — Trial Court acquitted the accused overlooking reliable testimonies of injured eyewitnesses, recovery of burnt hair, positive FSL report confirming petroleum residues, and accused's wife's deposition that he returned home with burns — Trial Court wrongly magnified minor discrepancies and ignored critical incrimin India Law Library Docid # 2451231
(105) SRI R.GOVINDA REDDY Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 29-08-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 4(1), 5-A, and 6(1) — Proviso to Section 6(1) — Limitation for Final Declaration — Starting point of limitation — Landowners challenged acquisition proceedings contending that the Final Declaration was issued beyond the prescribed one-year period from Preliminary Notification — Held, limitation of one year under Section 6 Proviso commences from the last of the dates among modes of publication prescribed under Section 4(1), including causing public notice in India Law Library Docid # 2451232
(106) STATE OF KARNATAKA Vs. K. NAGARAJA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 29-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 210(2) and Section 227 — Clubbing of private complaint and police report cases — Discharge under Section 302 of IPC — Complainant filed private complaint alleging murder under Section 302 IPC against accused, whereas police report only charged offences under Sections 498A, 304B, and 306 IPC — Sessions Court erroneously discharged accused under Section 302 IPC — Held, under Section 210(2) Cr.P.C., where a complaint case and police report arise from t India Law Library Docid # 2451233
(107) ABDUL SHAKUR WALESAB NADAF Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 28-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 118 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 313 — Child witness testimony — Reliability — Conviction for murder of wife by stabbing — Deceased's minor son testified to witnessing the assault — Trial Court ascertained witness understood oath — Testimony held trustworthy, uncorrupted by tutoring, and corroborated by medical evidence as well as accused's admission of presence in his Section 313 statement — Child witness te India Law Library Docid # 2450884
(108) DR. R. THULASIDASAN Vs. SHRI M. SETHU AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT (CIRCUIT BENCH AT PORT BLAIR)] 28-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Municipal Laws — Locus standi of third party — Complaint against unauthorized construction — Held, a public-spirited citizen or third party has standing under Article 226 to seek enforcement of building rules and implementation of pre-existing demolition orders against unauthorized constructions. The objection regarding lack of locus standi is irrelevant in cases involving illegal structures, as unauthorized constructions overburden civic infrastructur India Law Library Docid # 2450664
(109) SANJEEVA SHUKLA @ SANJIV SHUKLA Vs. ARADHANA NIRMAN LLP[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 28-08-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 138 and 141 — Offence by Company — Vicarious Liability of Director — Essential Requirements — To prosecute a Director under Section 141, the complaint must contain clear, specific, and unambiguous averments showing how and in what manner the Director was in charge of, and responsible to the company for the conduct of its business at the relevant time — A person cannot be made vicariously liable merely by virtue of holding the office of Director in the India Law Library Docid # 2450672
(110) PONUNG MOYONG Vs. FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 28-08-2026 Service Law — Deputation — Disciplinary Authority of Borrowing Department — Post-repatriation Inquiry — Food Corporation of India (Staff) Regulations, 1971 — Regulation 65 — Employee on deputation to Food Corporation of India was repatriated to parent department — Disciplinary inquiry was conducted after repatriation — Master and servant relationship between borrowing department and employee ceased upon repatriation — Borrowing department lacked authority to conduct disciplinary inquiry after em India Law Library Docid # 2450544
(111) ELIA BANDA Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 28-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 376 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 118 — Conviction on sole testimony of prosecutrix — Absence of medical evidence or bodily injuries — Offence of rape is a crime and not a medical condition — Penetration, however slight, constitutes rape and presence of visible injury or hymen rupture is not mandatory — Medical evidence showing no recent signs of sexual intercourse does not belie the cogent and trustworthy testimony of the prosecutrix, particularly when sexual assault India Law Library Docid # 2450560
(112) ALOKE SATNALIWALA Vs. NIRMALA DEVI FATEHPURIA AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 28-08-2026 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 2(1)(c)(vii) — Commercial Dispute — Development Agreement relating to Immovable Property — Recovery Suit — Plaintiff sought monetary recovery under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) entered into for financial assistance toward development of an immovable property — Dispute challenged as a commercial dispute — Held, a development agreement involving an immovable property per se involves commercial exploitation and encompasses trade or commerce — The immovab India Law Library Docid # 2450640
(113) SANJIBANI DAS SAMANTA @ SANJIBONI Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 28-08-2026 Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Sections 12, 23(2) and 29 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Interim Maintenance — Arbitrary reduction by Appellate Court — Judicial Magistrate awarded interim maintenance to wife and minor daughter considering husband's overseas earning potential — Appellate Court reduced minor child's interim maintenance without assigning reasoned grounds or showing change in circumstances — Arbitrary reduction without rationale amounts India Law Library Docid # 2450647
(114) M/S STAR DEVELOPERS THROUGH PARTNERS Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH MINISTRY OF REVENUE AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 28-08-2026 Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958 — Article 5(g-a) of Schedule I and Section 2(na) — Development Agreement — Joint Venture Agreement — Revenue sharing as consideration — Nomenclature of document is not decisive — Where an instrument grants authority to develop property in exchange for a percentage of gross sale proceeds, Article 5(g-a) applies — Owner's agreed share in gross sale proceeds constitutes valid monetary consideration under Section 2(na) for determining market value — Fact that revenue is r India Law Library Docid # 2450885
(115) ASHOK JAIKUMAR AIYER ALIAS ASHOK JAYAKUMAR AIYER Vs. LALITHA JAIKUMAR AIYER ALIAS LALITA JAYAKUMAR AIYER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 28-08-2026 Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 — Sections 6, 7 and 11 — Valid adoption — Requisites and conditions — Petitioner sought Letters of Administration as adopted son of deceased — Registry raised objection regarding proof of adoption — Adoption deed executed in 1988 established that petitioner was given and taken in adoption by adoptive parents in presence of relatives — Compliance with statutory provisions regarding capacity of parents, age difference, and lack of other living Hindu son — India Law Library Docid # 2450886
(116) IBM INDIA PVT. LTD. Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 28-08-2026 Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 107(6) and Section 112 — Pre-deposit — Refund — Finality of Appellate Order — First Appellate Authority partly allowed appeal and dropped 64% of tax demand — Revenue did not challenge dropped demand — Revenue rejected refund of proportionate pre-deposit on ground that taxpayer intended to appeal confirmed portion — Held, proceedings to the extent of dropped demand attained finality as Revenue filed no appeal — Taxpayer's intention to challen India Law Library Docid # 2450887
(117) P. RAMACHANDRAN Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 28-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 91 and 483 — Non-arrest during investigation — Execution of bond under Section 91 — Automatic entitlement to bail — Held, mere fact that an accused was consciously not arrested during investigation does not confer an indefeasible right to bail upon filing of the charge sheet. Furnishing a bond under Section 91 of BNSS is solely an undertaking to appear before the court and cannot be equated with the grant of bail. The court is required to exami India Law Library Docid # 2451140
(118) JAYAKUMAR Vs. JEEVA AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 28-08-2026 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Sections 8 and 19 — Partition and Intestate Succession — Self-acquired property — Suit for partition by daughter — Grandfather settled property on father, which father held as his self-acquired property — Father died intestate in 2001 leaving behind his wife, son, and four daughters, followed by the mother's demise in 2010 — Parties are co-owners holding individual, equal shares under Section 19 — Daughters are entitled to an equal share along with the son — Plaintif India Law Library Docid # 2451159
(119) M/S. B.S. ENTERPRISES AND OTHERS Vs. M/S. SREE RAMA AND CO.[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 28-08-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138, Proviso (a) and Section 142 — Dishonour of cheque — Bank merger — Cheque drawn on merged bank presented after expiry of validity period — Cheque drawn on erstwhile Syndicate Bank was presented in 2025, long after its merger with Canara Bank in 2020 and past the deadline of 30-06-2021 when its IFSC/MICR codes were permanently disabled — Proviso (a) to Section 138 mandates presentation during the period of validity — Instrument became legally invalid India Law Library Docid # 2451235
(120) MR.NANDEESHA N. Vs. UNION OF INDIA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 28-08-2026 Customs Act, 1962 — Sections 111, 112 and 135(1)(i) — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Gold smuggling syndicate — Absence of physical recovery from person — Cabin cleaning staff intercepted for allegedly retrieving concealed foreign-origin gold from aircraft — Petitioner sought quashing of proceedings on ground of lack of direct personal recovery — Held, physical recovery from every participant cannot be the sole litmus test in an organized smuggling syndicate with divide India Law Library Docid # 2451236