(101) RAJESH KUMAR SAO Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 323 and 376 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 4 — Rape and assault of minor — Medical evidence versus oral testimony — Victim alleged she resisted the assault and was slapped and gagged, but medical examination revealed no injury marks on her body or private parts, and the examining doctor could not confirm sexual assault — Absence of any medical evidence or bodily injury contradicted the victim's narrative of violent struggle — E India Law Library Docid # 2455250
(102) STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS Vs. SHIV RATAN PRASAD GUPTA AND ANOTHER[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-10-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 3 and Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Delay of 445 days in filing appeal by State — Bureaucratic delay — State sought condonation citing procedural movement of files and approvals across administrative tables — Held, unexplained delay must be dealt with strictly — A clear distinction exists between a valid explanation and a mere excuse — Bureaucratic indolence and red tape cannot justify inordinate delay — Law of limitation binds the State equally as private lit India Law Library Docid # 2455227
(103) SANJAY KUMAR SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 311 read with Section 91 — Additional evidence at belated stage — Mechanical exercise of discretion — Prosecution moved an application to exhibit nine documents when trial was fixed for arguments, without specifying the witnesses to be examined or the mode of proving the documents — Magistrate allowed the application without considering the relevancy of the documents — Held, discretionary power under Section 311 cannot be exercised mechanically — Or India Law Library Docid # 2455238
(104) RUPALI KASHINATH SHIGWAN @ RUPALI AMOL JADHAV Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS.[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Maharashtra Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Special Backward Category (Regulation of Issuance and Verification of) Caste Certificate Rules, 2012 — Rule 17(7) — Powers of Scrutiny Committee — Vigilance Cell inquiry is meant for internal assistance and its findings are not binding on Scrutiny Committee — Committee possesses inherent powers to direct re-examination of specific suspect documents — Requirement to recor India Law Library Docid # 2454633
(105) ATUL ENTERPRISES AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958 — Section 4 and Section 28 — Several instruments employed in single transaction — Scope and applicability — Where earlier development-cum-sale agreements accompanied by possession, consideration, and Powers of Attorney are followed years later by registered conveyances to perfect title, both sets of instruments constitute a single continuous transaction under Section 4. The applicability of Section 4 depends on the substance and connection between the instruments, not India Law Library Docid # 2454642
(106) ATUL ENTERPRISES AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958 — Section 4 — Several instruments employed in single transaction — Execution of subsequent conveyance to perfect title — Earlier Development-cum-Sale Agreements of 1985 and 1996 were followed by delivery of possession, payment of consideration, and execution of powers of attorney — Formal Conveyance Deeds executed in 2012 — Held, the entire chain of documents must be evaluated to determine the real nature and substance of the transaction — Substantial delay between in India Law Library Docid # 2454651
(107) COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, UDAIPUR Vs. M/S HINDUSTAN ZINC LTD., YASHAD BHAWAN, UDAIPUR[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 32(1)(iia) — Additional depreciation — Eligibility — Generation of power — Assessee claimed additional depreciation on new plant and machinery installed at Captive Power Plant and Wind Power Plant — Electricity is movable property and falls within the purview of an "article or thing" — The expression "production" has a wider connotation than "manufacture", and generation of electricity amounts to production of an article or thing — Assessee was therefore entitled t India Law Library Docid # 2454846
(108) BUDH DAN Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 2009 — Section 24(iii) — Constitution of India — Articles 14, 21 and 243V — Disqualification from contesting municipal elections — Nature of electoral rights — Right to contest an election is purely a statutory right, not a fundamental or common law right, and remains subject to statutory limitations and eligibility conditions. Article 243V expressly recognizes the competence of the State Legislature to prescribe disqualifications. Section 24(iii), which disqualifie India Law Library Docid # 2454857
(109) M/S MANOJ SPARES AND SERVICE CENTER Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 107(1) — Appeal to Appellate Authority — Commencement of limitation — Expression "communicated" — Meaning and scope — Limitation of three months to prefer an appeal under Section 107(1) commences from the date the order or decision is communicated to the aggrieved person — Communication mandates imparting actual or constructive knowledge effectively to enable the aggrieved party to seek statutory remedies — Power to condone delay is restricted t India Law Library Docid # 2454868
(110) HEERA DEVI W/O SHRI CHENA RAM Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 (Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482) — Quashing of FIR — Scope of inherent powers — Cheating, forgery, and conspiracy — Petitioners sought quashing of FIR regarding fraudulent demarcation and fabricated service report — Held, inherent power to quash is extraordinary and must be exercised sparingly — High Court cannot conduct a meticulous examination of evidence or hold a mini-trial at the quashing stage — Where allegations al India Law Library Docid # 2454876
(111) KALU CHANDALIYA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 109(1), 115(2), 117(2) and 126(2) — Quashing of criminal proceedings based on compromise — Trial court accepted compromise for compoundable offences under Sections 115(2) and 126(2) BNS, but declined for non-compoundable offences under Sections 117(2) and 109(1) BNS — High Court's inherent power under Section 528 BNSS is wide and distinct from compounding power under procedural law — Inherent jurisd India Law Library Docid # 2454877
(112) BHAIRO LAL Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 391 — Additional evidence at appellate stage — Nature and scope of power — Power of the Appellate Court to take additional evidence is discretionary and must be exercised sparingly and judiciously to advance justice — Such power is not intended to provide a party an opportunity to fill up lacunae left during trial or introduce material that was within its knowledge and possession without suffi India Law Library Docid # 2454878
(113) INDER SINGH RAJPUROHIT Vs. UNION OF INDIA[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Constitution of India — Article 226 — Locus Standi — Maintainability of writ petition by rival competitor — Challenge to grant of access permission and No Objection Certificate for setting up a new retail fuel outlet — Appellant, an existing petrol pump dealer, challenged allotment of outlet to respondent on grounds of non-compliance with minimum distance guidelines — Held, a rival competitor in trade has no locus standi to invoke writ jurisdiction to prevent another from carrying on business — India Law Library Docid # 2454835
(114) UNION TERRITORY OF J&K Vs. SHABIR AHMAD DAR[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 05-10-2026 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 439(2) — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Cancellation of bail — Grounds — Distinction between cancellation on account of post-bail misconduct and setting aside an order due to illegality or non-application of mind — Setting aside an unjustified, illegal, or perverse bail order is conceptually distinct from cancelling bail for supervening circumstances — Absence of subsequent misconduct or misuse of liberty does not preclude a supe India Law Library Docid # 2454936
(115) JAVED AHMAD BHAT AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 05-10-2026 Constitution of India — Article 226 — Service Law — Scope of Writ Jurisdiction — Regularization of Contractual Employees — A Writ Court cannot usurp the position of the employer to declare contractual or daily-wage employees as deemed regularized with consequential service benefits. Doing so oversteps judicial boundaries. However, where an establishment operates permanently and relies on recurring contractual renewals, the Court may properly direct the competent employer authority to consider wh India Law Library Docid # 2454937
(116) ASHWINI KUMAR SINGH Vs. TARA SINGH AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 05-10-2026 Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 — Order VII Rule 11(b) and (c) — Court Fees Act, 1870 — Section 7(iv)(d) — Rejection of Plaint — Undervaluation of suit — Relief of mandatory injunction against licensee to vacate and handover possession — Plaintiff valued suit nominally under Section 7(iv)(d) — Trial Court directed correction of valuation and payment of court fees instead of rejecting plaint — Held, plaintiff's discretion in valuing suit for injunction is not absolute where substantive relief sough India Law Library Docid # 2454954
(117) QADEER-UL-REHMAN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF J&K AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 05-10-2026 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 156(3), Section 154(1) and Section 154(3) — Registration of FIR — Mandatory compliance — Direction to register FIR against government officials — Chowkidar of Munsiff Court submitted an administrative report regarding demarcation of court-occupied land — Complainant failed to approach the police under Section 154 and filed no supporting affidavit — Magistrate directed registration of FIR — Held, the Magistrate flouted the procedure laid down in Priyanka India Law Library Docid # 2454955
(118) MOHI UD DIN Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 05-10-2026 Employees Compensation Act, 1923 — Sections 4(1)(c)(ii) and 30 — Permanent partial disablement — Determination of compensation and loss of earning capacity — Non-scheduled injury — Claimant suffered 30% medical disability and claimed 100% loss of earning capacity — Held, calculation of compensation for permanent partial disablement is proportionate to the loss of earning capacity assessed against the formula for permanent total disablement — Assessment of functional disability versus medical dis India Law Library Docid # 2454918
(119) COL. R.S. PARMAR, (RETD.) Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 05-10-2026 Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 — Section 21 — Minimum Wages Act, 1948 — Section 14 — Inter se liability between Principal Employer and Contractor — Disbursement of wages vs ultimate financial liability — Contractual terms placing obligation to disburse wages on contractor cannot override statutory labour welfare legislation — Where security personnel were deployed at Principal Employer's site under its operational control and work was extracted beyond normal hours for its p India Law Library Docid # 2454919
(120) SMT N MUNEESWARI AND OTHERS Vs. A SULEMAN AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Negligence — Proof of rash and negligent driving — Accident resulting in fatal injuries to motorcycle rider struck by luggage auto — Eye-witness account substantiated by First Information Report and charge-sheet filed under Section 304-A of Indian Penal Code — Driver of offending vehicle remained ex parte and failed to enter the witness box — Non-examination of driver held fatal to the defense — Evidence on record established accident occurred solely due India Law Library Docid # 2454959