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(1) A. ARUN Vs. VARSHA SHARMA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-11-2026
Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Cyber Law Offenders, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Sexual Offenders, Slum-Grabbers and Video Pirates Act, 1982 — Section 3(1) — Preventive detention — Detention order passed against detenue (classified as a "Goonda" following registration of Crime No. 178 of 2025 for offences relating to cheating, forgery, and criminal breach of trust involving a real estate
India Law Library Docid # 2457945

(2) AKANKSHA DEVI Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-11-2026
U.P. Police Constable Civil Direct Recruitment, 2023 — Medical examination — Rejection of appellant on ground of alleged eye defect (squint eye) — High Court dismissing writ petition on ground of concluded selection process — Supreme Court directing examination by a medical board comprising experts in Ophthalmology from King George's Medical University, Lucknow — Report of medical board certifying appellant's
India Law Library Docid # 2457946

(3) SURENDRA MANJHI AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-11-2026
Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 — Sections 4 to 6, 10 to 14 — Central Sector Scheme for Rehabilitation of Bonded Labourers — Identification, rescue and rehabilitation of bonded labourers — State's obligations extend beyond securing physical liberty to ensuring meaningful, enduring freedom with financial assistance and rehabilitation — Identification, release and rehabilitation are interconnected stages of a continuing constitutional responsibility — Rehabilitation delayed amounts to r
India Law Library Docid # 2457942

(4) RAMKISHAN DIGAMBAR JADHAV Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-11-2026
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 304-B, 498-A and 34 — Dowry death and murder — Deceased wife met an unnatural homicidal death (strangulation) within nine months of marriage in her matrimonial home — Husband's false defence (claiming death occurred due to epileptic fit during sexual intercourse) rejected by medical evidence — Under Section 106 of Evidence Act, heavy burden lay on husband in exclusive custody to explain circumstances
India Law Library Docid # 2457943

(5) PIYUSH S/O DEEPAK NARLAWAR Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 02-11-2026
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 304-B, 323, 498-A, 504 and 34 — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Sections 3 and 4 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Suicide by wife in Toronto, Canada — Coroner's investigation and Toronto Police report confirmed no foul play, no struggle, and recovery of a genuine suicide note indicating stress over employment and studies, with no mention of husband or
India Law Library Docid # 2457944

(6) SANDIP @ PUTHO RAJUBHAI RAJPUT THRO CHIRAG RAJUBHAI RAJPUT Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS.[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 02-11-2026
Gujarat Prevention of Anti-social Activities Act, 1985 — Sections 2(b) and 3(4) — Preventive Detention — Bootlegger — Maintenance of public order versus law and order — Challenge to detention order passed against petitioner as a bootlegger based on two registered prohibition offences — Petitioner already enlarged on bail in said offences — Held, mere registration of prohibition offences does not ipso facto affect or prejudice the maintenance of public order — Such acts may relate to law and orde
India Law Library Docid # 2457948

(7) SUMEET ASHOKKUMAR CHAVDA Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 02-11-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Gujarat Prohibition Act — Anticipatory Bail — Principles governing grant — Elaborate examination of evidence touching merits must be avoided at the stage of bail — Factors to be considered include the nature and gravity of accusation, antecedents, risk of fleeing from justice, and whether accusation is intended to humiliate — Where offences alleged were not punishable with life imprisonment, the applicant had no criminal antecedents, and a
India Law Library Docid # 2457955

(8) K.K.SOMAN Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 02-11-2026
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 409 — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 13(1)(c) r/w Section 13(2) — Criminal breach of trust by public servant — Proof of entrustment — Non-examination of Cashier — Accused alleged entrustment was not established as the Cashier who disbursed the funds was not examined — Held, documentary evidence including CRD Register showed receipt and acknowledgment of funds by the accused, duly certified by the superior officer — The signatures of the accused were
India Law Library Docid # 2457982

(9) KAMLISH KUMAR JHA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 02-11-2026
Bihar Municipal Act, 2007 — Sections 37, 38 and 40A — Competence to frame Service Rules — Nagar Panchayat Motipur framed Employment/Appointment Rules, 2016 under Sections 37 and 38 for municipal recruitment — Held, Section 40A, inserted with effect from 08.01.2014, vests exclusive power in the State Government to frame service rules governing recruitment, service conditions, and municipal personnel management — Municipality lacks legislative competence to frame recruitment rules independently —
India Law Library Docid # 2458003

(10) ALKA AGRAWAL Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 02-11-2026
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 82 and 83 — Attachment of property — Property of third party — Quashing of attachment — Complaint filed against husband under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act and Sections 420, 406 of IPC — Trial court issued process under Sections 82 and 83 CrPC, attaching and sealing petitioner's flat and restraining alienation — Petitioner proved exclusive ownership through a registered sale deed executed prior to the dispute — Accused husband possessed
India Law Library Docid # 2458013

(11) MR. VIKRAM MADHUKAR PETHE Vs. PEOPLE'S EDUCATION SOCIETY[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 02-11-2026
Indian Succession Act, 1925 — Section 283 and Section 284 — Caveatable interest — Adverse title — Locus standi to oppose probate — Respondent filed caveat opposing probate of testatrix's Will, asserting title to lands under residuary clause of her deceased husband's Will — Held, to sustain a caveat, the caveator must show an interest in the testator's estate arising under a line of succession that is defeated by the grant of probate — A person asserting an adverse title outside the law of succes
India Law Library Docid # 2457986

(12) SHRI. SANJAY SHAMRAO BHOR AND OTHERS Vs. PUNE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 02-11-2026
Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 — Clause 4-C of Model Standing Orders — MRTU & PULP Act, 1971 — Public Employment — Claim of permanency on completion of 240 days: Temporary employee in a State instrumentality cannot claim permanency or regularization merely upon completing 240 days of continuous service under Model Standing Order 4-C. Creation of posts is an executive function and an industrial adjudicator lacks jurisdiction to direct post creation or order permanency in the ab
India Law Library Docid # 2457987

(13) THANE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION Vs. PRABHAKAR CHANGO SHINDE[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 02-11-2026
Maharashtra Civil Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1979 — Domestic Inquiry — Necessity of inquiry upon admission of charges — Respondent admitted misappropriation of municipal funds in reply to chargesheet and deposited misappropriated amount — Industrial Court quashed show cause notice for punishment holding plea of guilt was not formally recorded in inquiry — Held, when a delinquent employee unequivocally admits charges in reply to chargesheet, holding a formal inquiry is wholly unneces
India Law Library Docid # 2457988

(14) JC FLOWERS ASSET RECONSTRUCTION PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS.[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 02-11-2026
Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971 — Section 34A(2)(ii) — Jurisdiction of Apex Grievance Redressal Committee (AGRC) — Powers on State Government reference — Petitioners challenged AGRC's competence to recommend withdrawing amnesty scheme benefits and retendering stalled project — Held: Under Section 34A(2)(ii), AGRC functions not merely as an appellate forum but also as a consultative referral body empowered to adjudicate any issues referred by State Gove
India Law Library Docid # 2457989

(15) J.P Vs. STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) AND ANR.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 02-11-2026
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 6 — Evidence of child witness — Allegation of tutoring — Preliminary inquiry established competency of three-year-old victim to depose — Testimony remained consistent regarding sexual assault and identity of appellant-father — Fact that child disclosed mother's alleged extramarital relationship during cross-examination negates theory of tutoring by mother — Minor variations between statement under Section 164 CrPC and deposition do
India Law Library Docid # 2457991

(16) GUDDI DEVI AND ANR. Vs. UNION OF INDIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 02-11-2026
Railways Act, 1989 — Section 2(29) and Section 124-A — Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 — Section 23 — Bona fide passenger — Validity of journey ticket — Deceased held a valid journey ticket verified by railway authorities and expressly admitted by respondent — Tribunal erroneously concluded that deceased was not a bona fide passenger because his body was discovered near the UP line while the train travelled on the DN line — Held, validity of a journey ticket is not contingent upon the specific
India Law Library Docid # 2457992

(17) JOHN SERUWU Vs. CUSTOMS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 02-11-2026
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 21(c), 23(c) and 37 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Regular bail — Prolonged pre-trial detention — Foreign national accused of possessing commercial quantity of cocaine — Accused incarcerated for over four years and six months with only six out of thirty-three prosecution witnesses examined — Held, right to speedy trial is an essential facet of Article 21 — Special statutes cannot become vehicles for indefinite incarcer
India Law Library Docid # 2457993

(18) MOHD ANZAR AHMAD Vs. STATE NCT OF DELHI THROUGH SHO PS JAITPUR DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 02-11-2026
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 6 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 363 — Determination of age — Consent of minor — Proof of minority via school admission register and original records supported by parental testimony established the victim was under 18 years at the time of the incident — Once minority is proved, the victim's alleged consent to accompany the accused or engage in sexual intercourse is legally immaterial under the POCSO Act — Offence of taking a min
India Law Library Docid # 2457994

(19) KRISHAN KUMAR SHARMA Vs. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 02-11-2026
Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 — Sections 336 and 347B — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Installation of lift in housing society — Challenge to No Objection Certificate — Maintainability — Alternative statutory remedy — A challenge to the permission granted by MCD for the installation of a lift is de facto a challenge to the sanction granted for the erection of a building or execution of work under Section 336 of the Act — Such order is statutorily appealable before the Appell
India Law Library Docid # 2457995

(20) HARIOM Vs. STATE (NCT OF DELHI)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 02-11-2026
Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999 — Sections 3 and 21(4) — Applicability of MCOCA — Absence of individual chargesheets — Appellant contended non-applicability of MCOCA due to lack of prior chargesheets against him individually — Held, the statutory requirement of earlier chargesheets applies to the organised crime syndicate as a whole and not to every individual member alleged to be associated with it — Absence of previous chargesheets against the appellant does not render MCOCA i
India Law Library Docid # 2457996

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