(21) 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
(22) 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
(23) 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
(24) 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
(25) 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
(26) 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
(27) 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
(28) 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
(29) 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
(30) 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
(31) 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
(32) 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
(33) 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
(34) 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
(35) 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
(36) NINGTHOUJAM GEOFFREY IAS Vs. LAISHRAM MONICA CHANU AND ANOTHER[MANIPUR HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Section 12 — Quashing of domestic violence proceedings — Inherent powers of High Court — Maintainability — Application filed challenging maintainability of Section 482 Cr.P.C. petition seeking quashing of DV Act proceedings pending before Judicial Magistrate — Held, relying on Supreme Court precedent in Shaurabh Kumar Tripathi v. Vid India Law Library Docid # 2455751
(37) SHRI ABDUL JOLIL SK Vs. THE STATE OF MEGHALAYA[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 13-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ petition — School Managing Committee — Challenge to reconstitution — Subsequent events — Petition rendered infructuous — Petitioner challenged orders reconstituting the School Managing Committee of Jawaharlal Nehru Higher Secondary School, Phulbari — During pendency of the petition, the State Government issued a subsequent order approving the reconstitution of a new School Managing Committee — Held, since the School Managing Committee has been ren India Law Library Docid # 2455801
(38) PRAKASH KESHAV ALIAS BUNTY ALIAS BABA Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-10-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 65(2), 75(1) and 351(2) — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 3(a) and 4(2) — Penetrative sexual assault — Rejection of bail — Applicant sought bail citing unexplained delay in lodging FIR and absence of injuries or medical signs of sexual assault — High Court held that the minor victim was aged 11 years and supported the prosecution case in her statement — Delay in FIR and lack of medical injury do not, by themselves, warrant India Law Library Docid # 2455458
(39) KOMAL Vs. DISTRICT MAGISTRATE AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ of Mandamus — Public Land — Submerged land of Category 6(1) — Allegation of encroachment — Non-allotment of submerged land — Petitioner, an elected Gram Pradhan, sought directions to District Magistrate to decide pending representation for removal of unauthorized encroachment from Category 6(1) submerged Gram Sabha land — High Court disposed of writ petition without expressing opinion on merits, directing District Magistrate to decide representati India Law Library Docid # 2455460
(40) AARTI BHATT Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Anticipatory bail — Cancellation of anticipatory bail — Allegation of property mutation based on a forged will — First Information Report lodged — Sessions Court granted anticipatory bail considering that the dispute carried the colour of a civil litigation, the accused was a woman, and lodging of FIR would cause unnecessary humiliation and harassment, while imposing appropriate conditions — State counsel opposed cancellation stating no grounds were made ou India Law Library Docid # 2455472