(1) KALAMUDDIN Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA[PATNA HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Service Law — Compassionate Appointment — Relative Merit Points System — Calculation of merit points — Father of petitioner died in harness — Petitioner's application rejected due to low merit points — Dispute regarding points awarded under heads of lump-sum terminal benefits and annual family income — Undisputed record established that family received Rs. 29,63,673/- exceeding the maximum threshold, attracting zero points, and sons had certified annual income of Rs. 3,60,000/-, also attracting India Law Library Docid # 2455625
(2) RAJESH KUMAR SHRIVASTAVA @ RAJESH SHRIVASTAVA Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 406 and 34 — Criminal breach of trust — Auction of repossessed vehicle — Failure to deliver vehicle — Quashing of cognizance — Complainant participated in an auction conducted by company, deposited tender and bid amounts, but vehicle was allegedly not delivered and sold to another — Petitioner was Regional Business Head of the auctioning company — Amount was deposited directly with company and not with petitioner — Held, the necessary ingredients of criminal breach of India Law Library Docid # 2455638
(3) NANDU THAKUR Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 34 and 307 — Common Intention — Attempt to murder — Constructive liability — Deceased co-accused fired at informant while appellant allegedly held the informant from behind — Mere act of catching hold of a victim does not automatically establish common intention to commit murder — Prosecution must prove beyond reasonable doubt that the act was done in furtherance of a shared common intention — Evidence at best showed similar intention, which cannot attract Section 34 India Law Library Docid # 2455656
(4) UNIVERSAL SPECIALITY CHEMICALS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 226 and 227 — Maintainability and entertainability of writ petition — Alternative statutory remedy — Rule of exhaustion of statutory remedies is a matter of policy, convenience, and judicial discretion rather than an absolute rule of law — Where the controversy involves a pure question of law and does not require an investigation into disputed questions of fact, the High Court can legitimately exercise its extraordinary writ jurisdiction without relegating India Law Library Docid # 2455675
(5) SHRI SAHEBRAO NARAYAN SASTE AND OTHERS Vs. RATAN YASHWANT SASTE AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Article 110 — Joint Family Property — Suit for partition — Exclusion and ouster — Twin conditions — Article 110 requires a positive act or conduct by which exclusion is made known to the plaintiff — Mere denial of share in agricultural yield, exclusive possession by one co-heir, or oral refusal by father in anger does not constitute ouster — Possession of one co-heir is considered in law as possession of all — Raising a plea of adverse possession acknowledges the opposite India Law Library Docid # 2455680
(6) RAHUL GAJRAJ PATIL @ SARANG PATIL Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Regular bail — Governing principles — Object of bail is to secure the attendance of the accused at trial and is neither punitive nor preventative — Presumption of innocence is a cardinal principle rooted in Article 21 of the Constitution of India, 1950 — Discretion conferred upon the High Court to grant bail is unfettered by rigid classifications and must be exercised judiciously — Held, detention prior to conviction cannot be used as puni India Law Library Docid # 2455684
(7) NIKHIL @ SUSHIL @ LUCKY Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELH & ANR.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 69 — Regular Bail — Sexual intercourse by deceitful means — Consensual relationship — Prosecutrix, a 24-year-old graduate, alleged that accused deceitfully engaged in physical relations by misrepresenting his marital status — Complainant repeatedly unblocked accused and invited him home alone, without verifying his status from her father who knew him — Prosecutrix was an educated adult, not a gullible person, and the relationship prima facie appeared conse India Law Library Docid # 2455685
(8) SHEIKH FIROZUDDIN Vs. FARIDA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Mohammedan Law — Will (Wasiyat) — Bequest to heir — Statutory limit on testamentary capacity — Consent of legal heirs — Validity of bequest exceeding one-third share — Mother executed a Will bequeathing her entire 50% share in the suit property in favour of one son — Neither the execution of the Will was proved in accordance with law, nor was consent of all other legal heirs established — Under Mohammedan Law, a testator cannot bequeath more than one-third of the estate, and any bequest to an he India Law Library Docid # 2455686
(9) MOHD ISHA Vs. UNION OF INDIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Railways Act, 1989 — Section 2(29) — Bona fide passenger — Recovery of journey ticket during jamatalashi — Direct evidence — Tribunal rejected claim on ground of family's unawareness of journey and dispute over manner of death — Held, recovery of a valid ticket from the deceased constitutes direct evidence of his passenger status — Such status cannot be negatived merely because family members were unaware of the journey or due to subsequent doubts about the manner of death — Initial burden on cl India Law Library Docid # 2455687
(10) SHASHI R. JATIA Vs. PRUDENT ARC[DELHI HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Section 17 — Maintainability of writ petition against private Asset Reconstruction Company — Alternate statutory remedy — Rule requiring exhaustion of alternate remedy before Debts Recovery Tribunal is discretionary, not absolute — Where challenge goes to the root of the security interest alleging fraud and forgery supported prima facie by forensic an India Law Library Docid # 2455688
(11) PROSECUTRIX Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 227 and 228 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 354C and 376 — Scope of enquiry at stage of framing of charge — Discharge of accused — Court is not required to conduct a mini-trial or meticulously weigh probative value of evidence — Test is whether material taken at face value discloses grave suspicion or prima facie case — Trial Court erred in conclusively rejecting prosecutrix's allegations merely due to non-recovery of the alleged obscene video India Law Library Docid # 2455689
(12) HEMNANI PUBLIC SCHOOL Vs. IPSA GURNANI AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 30(1) — Delhi School Education Act, 1973 — Section 2(o) — National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions Act, 2004 — Unaided linguistic minority institution — Minority Status Certificate — Absence of certificate is not conclusive against minority status — Right under Article 30(1) is established by factum of establishment and administration by a minority — Minority certificate merely declares an existing status rather than creating it — School man India Law Library Docid # 2455691
(13) VIKAS GUPTA Vs. RANJANA AGARWAL ALIAS GUPTA AND ORS.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 — Sections 84 and 92 — Dismissal of complaint alleging atrocities and insults on account of disability — Continuing offence — Special Court dismissed complaint holding that allegations pertained solely to 2012 when parties cohabited and were stale matrimonial grievances — Held, complaint contained specific averments of continuing harassment, insults regarding petitioner's locomotor disability, and an incident in July 2025 — Allegations extended beyon India Law Library Docid # 2455692
(14) GUDDO AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 4 — Offence of wilful neglect of duty by public servant — Scope — Appellant alleged police officers failed to invoke SC/ST Act provisions, conduct proper investigation, and arrest alleged culprits — Held, mere dissatisfaction with the course or outcome of an investigation, difference of opinion, or failure to add specific penal provisions does not constitute wilful neglect under Section 4 — Section 4 penalis India Law Library Docid # 2455707
(15) SMT. HAZARA KHATUN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 498-A — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Sections 3 and 4 — Quashing of criminal proceedings against relatives of husband — General and omnibus allegations — Complainant implicated surviving relatives of the husband on sweeping allegations of dowry demand and harassment without attributing any specific overt act or role — Specific allegations of assault and dowry demand were confined solely to the husband — Prosecution o India Law Library Docid # 2455717
(16) M/S PURV SAINIK SECURITY SERVICE Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND 4 OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Maintainability and Entertainability — Contractual monetary claims — Distinction between maintainability and entertainability reiterated — Alternative remedy is a rule of discretion, not an absolute bar — While writ jurisdiction is not ordinarily exercised where claims involve complex disputed questions of fact requiring oral evidence, a writ petition seeking recovery of admitted contractual dues against the State or its instrumentalities is both maint India Law Library Docid # 2455718
(17) GAURAV SRIVASTAV Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND 2 OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 14 — Indian Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 65-B — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125(4) — Maintenance — Admissibility versus reliability of electronic evidence — Husband alleged wife was living in adultery, relying on electronic records and photographs without Section 65-B certification — Held, although Section 14 of the Family Courts Act grants flexibility to receive evidence not strictly admissible under the Evidence Act, mere reception does not India Law Library Docid # 2455722
(18) RAM CHARAN Vs. STATE[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 118 and Section 134 — Evidentiary value of prosecutrix's testimony — Status as injured witness — Conviction for rape of minor — Appellant challenged conviction citing minor contradictions regarding clothing and lack of multiple witnesses — Held, a prosecutrix in a sexual offence is an injured witness, not an accomplice — Her sole credible testimony can sustain conviction without absolute necessity of corroboration — Minor discre India Law Library Docid # 2455724
(19) TAPASH KUMAR BHUYAN Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND 12 ORS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Service Law — Determination of Seniority — Ad hoc Service — Assam Public Service Commission (Limitation of Functions) Regulation, 1951, Regulation 3F — Petitioner was appointed on ad hoc basis in 1994 and subsequently regularized in 2000 through direct recruitment — Seniority reckoned from substantive appointment date rather than initial ad hoc joining — Petitioner contended continuous officiating service ought to count towards cadre seniority — Held, India Law Library Docid # 2455743
(20) SRI SUBHRANEEL BHUYAN Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND 5 ORS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Maintainability of writ petition against private insurance company — Public functions — Distinction between maintainability and entertainability — Held, a writ petition is maintainable against a private insurance company discharging public functions affecting the public. However, maintainability is distinct from entertainability. While High Courts follow self-imposed restrictions in not entertaining petitions for enforcing purely contractual obligation India Law Library Docid # 2455746