(1) SANTOSH B. NAIK Vs. STATE OF GOA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-10-2026 Service Law — Recruitment — Essential Educational Qualifications — Interpretation of Recruitment Rules — Expression "Passed 10th standard under 10+2 system of education" prescribed for the post of Vocational Instructor (Practical) in the trade of Plumber cannot be ignored or treated as interchangeable with any qualification recognized generally as equivalent — Words "under 10+2 system of education" form an integral part of the qualification framework prescribed by the recruiting India Law Library Docid # 2454660
(2) CHHAGANBHAI KOHYABHAI PATELIYA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-10-2026 Service Law — Retirement benefits — Annual increment — Denial of annual increment falling due on 1st of July to employees retiring on 30th of June of preceding years — Legality — Right to be paid an increment is a legitimate right of an employee upon successful completion of a year of employment. India Law Library Docid # 2454661
(3) AJIT KUMAR Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-10-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7 and 13(2) — Trap case — Proof of demand — Sine qua non — Prosecution must prove demand of illegal gratification and subsequent acceptance as a matter of fact — Mere recovery of tainted money from accused, absent proof of demand, is insufficient to sustain conviction — Prosecution failed to establish demand beyond reasonable doubt, resting entirely on uncorroborated testimony of complainant where no independent India Law Library Docid # 2454628
(4) ADDL. COMMR. COMMERCIAL TAX AND OTHERS Vs. CADILA HEALTH CARE LTD AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-10-2026 M.P. Commercial Tax Act, 1994 — Schedule II Part IV Entry 20(ii) and Part VII Entry 1 — Classification of goods ('GRD Powder' and 'GRD Mix') — Taxable event and incidence of taxation are determined by the nature and physical form of the good at the time of sale, not by its subsequent end use by the consumer India Law Library Docid # 2454629
(5) SUDHA RAKESH Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Colourizing civil disputes into criminal offences — Tendency of litigants to give criminal colour to civil disputes is an open secret to prevent abuse of criminal process — Dispute arising out of agreement for sale and subsequent execution of sale deed in favour of ultimate buyer is purely civil in nature, lacking any element of criminality or foundational ingredients of cheating India Law Library Docid # 2454630
(6) PRASANTA KUMAR DHAR AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings arising out of matrimonial disputes — In-laws — Supreme Court emphasized that criminalizing domestic disputes without specific allegations and credible materials may have disastrous consequences for the institution of family — Courts must be circumspect and judicious, allowing invocation of criminal process only when there are specific allegations with supporting materials clearly constituting criminal India Law Library Docid # 2454631
(7) 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
(8) 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
(9) 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
(10) 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
(11) 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
(12) 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
(13) 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
(14) 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
(15) 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
(16) 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
(17) M/S BAMNIYA AUTOMOBILES Vs. CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER (OPERATION)[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 03-10-2026 Administrative Law — Blacklisting — Principles of Natural Justice — Opportunity of Hearing — Challenge to order blacklisting petitioner's oil tanker and imposing penalty on grounds of violation of natural justice — Record revealed that following the show-cause notice, respondents granted repeated extensions and fixed multiple dates for petitioner's personal appearance to submit an explanation — Petitioner failed to avail any of the opportunities granted — Held, where repeated opportunities to ap India Law Library Docid # 2454844
(18) SMT. KRISHNA PALIWAL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 03-10-2026 Constitution of India — Article 226 — Judicial review — Recruitment examination — Challenge to answer key — Presumption of correctness — Petitioners challenged the correctness of the final answer key published by RPSC for the post of School Lecturer — Held, the High Court in writ jurisdiction cannot assume the role of an academic expert or substitute its own opinion for that of subject experts — An answer key carries a presumption of correctness unless demonstrably shown to be erroneous through India Law Library Docid # 2454845
(19) UPENDRA KAPOOR Vs. SMT. VANDANA[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 03-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 22 Rule 10 — Rajasthan Rent Control Act, 2001 — Section 21 — Eviction proceedings — Devolution of interest pending suit — Subsequent purchaser — Impleadment — Original landlord alienated the suit property during pendency of eviction petition — Transferees applied for impleadment to continue proceedings — Scope of inquiry under Order 22 Rule 10 is confined to devolution of interest and necessity of parties for effective adjudication — Permission to continu India Law Library Docid # 2454839
(20) SCHOOL OF PHYSIOTHERAPY, NH 79, BHILWARA CHITTOR BY-PASS, CHITTOR ROAD, BHILWARA, RAJASTHAN Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 03-10-2026 National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Act, 2021 — Permission to impart course and recognition — Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPT) — Petitioner-institution sought permission to conduct BPT course for academic session 2026-27, admit students, and obtain No Objection Certificate or Essentiality Certificate along with recognition — Non-consideration of applications by respondent-authorities — Controversy held squarely covered by Supreme Court decision in Dr. Dayal Institute of Para India Law Library Docid # 2454842