(1) PREM MEHANI AND ANOTHER Vs. HARISH BATRA AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(a) and (d) — Rejection of Plaint — Cause of Action and Limitation — Suit seeking to set aside a consent decree on grounds of fraud and concealment — Plaintiffs had full knowledge of the Agreement to Sell (ATS) and the pending suit for specific performance as far back as 2006 and 2008, yet failed to initiate legal proceedings or seek impleadment to assert their rights under a family settlement India Law Library Docid # 2452615
(2) BAMBAM MUKHIYA @ GOVIND MUKHIYA Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376(2)(i) — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 4 & 6 — Penetrative sexual assault / rape of minor child — Evidentiary value of sole testimony of child prosecutrix — Core narrative remained consistent across fardbeyan, Section 164 CrPC statement, and court deposition — Minor variations regarding state of consciousness post-incident and exact arrival time of relative attributable to severe trauma and age — Held, sole testimony of a cre India Law Library Docid # 2452616
(3) UDAY MAHTO Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 307 — Attempt to Murder — Arms Act, 1959 — Section 27 — Identification of accused — Benefit of doubt — FIR was initially registered against 20–25 unknown persons resulting in a final report as "true but no clue" — Case proceeded on a protest petition treated as a complaint — Accused identified for the first time by injured witness four days after the incident upon regaining consciousness — Material contradictions existed between testimonies of injured witness and India Law Library Docid # 2452617
(4) DEEPAK IN JC Vs. STATE GOVT. OF NCT DELHI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-09-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 6 & 29 — Evidence — Ocular and medical evidence — Discrepancies and unreliability — Accused convicted by Trial Court and High Court under Section 6, POCSO Act and Section 363, IPC — Version of mother (PW-5) was crippled with material contradictions, embellishments, and uncorroborated by independent medical evidence — Private doctor (PW-1) and mother gave conflicting timelines regarding examination — Physical examination and FSL rep India Law Library Docid # 2452619
(5) THE BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED AND ANOTHER Vs. G.N. MANI RAVINDER AND OTHERS ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-09-2026 Service Law — Promotion — Officiating vs. Provisional Promotion — Applicability of Pre-existing Rules — Private respondents working as Assistant Director (Official Language) / 'Rajbhasha Adhikari' purely on a local officiating basis sought promotion under older administrative instructions and non-operational 2002 Rules without clearing the written test under 2005 Rules — Distinguishing Mishri Lal and Medini C. — Persons working on a purely India Law Library Docid # 2452620
(6) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Vs. JEET RAM AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 16-09-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 20 and 29 — Search and Seizure — Implausibility of prosecution story — Contraband allegedly recovered from a bag on a motorcycle — Claim that pillion rider alighted and escaped up a steep hillock during a high-speed vehicle chase within 20 meters, while police failed to pursue her and the bag remained balanced on the seat during subsequent flight, held unbelievable — In the absence of independent witnesses, material discrepancies in India Law Library Docid # 2452449
(7) LOKESH SHARMA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HP AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 16-09-2026 Service Law — Regularization — Parity with juniors — Himachal Pradesh Recruitment and Conditions of Service of Government Employees Act, 2024 struck down as ultra vires following Devinder Kumar case — Petitioners were appointed on contract basis via direct recruitment in December 2014, whereas PTA-GIA teachers were converted to contract service in January 2015 — PTA-GIA teachers were regularized w.e.f. 01.04.2018 — Held, petitioners being senior even as contract employees cannot be treated preju India Law Library Docid # 2452458
(8) K RASHIK Vs. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166(2) — Territorial jurisdiction of Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal — Option of claimant — Accident occurring in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, where claimant and driver also resided — Claim petition filed before Tribunal at Chennai — Insurer raised objection to territorial jurisdiction at the initial stage before the Tribunal — Held, under Section 166(2), a claim application can be filed where the accident occurred, where the claimant resides or carries on busines India Law Library Docid # 2452510
(9) SUNITA LAHU PANCHPANDE Vs. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-09-2026 Service Law — Appointment — Eligibility Criteria — Anganwadi Supervisor — Recruitment advertisement explicitly required ten years of experience as Anganwadi Sevika in Nashik District, pursuant to Government Resolution dated 17.11.2001 — Appellant possessed the required experience but in Jalgaon District — Divisional Commissioner clarified that experience in the same district was not mandatory — Held, Divisional Commissioner India Law Library Docid # 2452514
(10) ABDUL RAJIK Vs. STATE OF M.P.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-09-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 42 and 50 — Applicability — Search and seizure in open public place — Accused persons apprehended at a public road carrying bags containing suspected contraband (charas) — Held, since the recovery was effected from bags carried by the accused who were intercepted in an open public place, neither Section 42 nor Section 50 of the NDPS Act applies India Law Library Docid # 2452515
(11) ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S. OMAXE LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-09-2026 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Sections 147, 148, Chapter XIX-A, Section 245D(4) and Section 245-I — Settlement Commission order — Reopening of assessment by Assessing Officer — Conclusiveness and finality — Assessee’s settlement application for India Law Library Docid # 2452516
(12) BHARAT RAJ MEENA Vs. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-09-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7, 13(1)(d), 13(2) and 20 — Proof of demand and acceptance — Indispensable foundation — Presumption under Section 20 — Appellant, Divisional Security Commissioner, RPF, convicted for demanding and accepting bribes through intermediaries for transfers — Tainted money recovered from intermediary, not appellant — Trap abruptly closed without tracing money to appellant — Held, proof of demand and acceptance is sine qua non for establishing offences under India Law Library Docid # 2452517
(13) HARI DUTTA SHARMA Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-09-2026 Banking Regulation Act, 1949 — Section 35-A — Reserve Bank of India Guidelines on Fair Practices Code — Recovery of secured loans — Self-help repossession — Financier's contractual right to repossess a financed vehicle is not an unbridled licence to seize property by force, stealth, or in the dead of night — RBI directions issued under Section 35-A possess statutory force and bind banks and Non-Banking Financial Companies — Lenders cannot resort to undue harassment or use muscle India Law Library Docid # 2452518
(14) VINIT KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P. THROUGH SECRETARY AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 32 — Recruitment and Selection Process — Scope of scrutiny confined by interim order — Binding effect inter partes — Petitioners challenged selection of Technician Grade-2 (Trainee) Electrical, alleging higher merit than selected candidates — Interim order recorded that petitioners confined relief solely to claim of higher merit — Held, an order is effective inter partes and binds them until avoided or challenged India Law Library Docid # 2452519
(15) THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS Vs. M.A. GARDEN FUNCTION HALL AND OTHERS ETC[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 16-09-2026 Constitution of India — Article 226 — Writ Jurisdiction — Disputed questions of possession — Maintainability of writ petition by lessees — Eviction proceedings under Andhra Pradesh Land Encroachment Act, 1905 — Division Bench held writ court cannot decide disputed possession — Trust withdrew its Special Leave Petition with liberty to institute a civil suit, without interim protection — Lessees claiming through Trust subsequently filed writ petitions seeking protection against dispossession — Hel India Law Library Docid # 2452520
(16) TIGERHILL VINIMAY PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. PANKAJ LADIA[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 16-09-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 118(a) and 139 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 397, 401 and 482 — Dishonour of cheque — Statutory presumption — Scope of interference — Petitioners admitted issuance and execution of cheque during land purchase negotiations, but claimed transaction was orally cancelled due to defective title — Held, once issuance and signatures on cheque are admitted, statutory presumption arises that it was drawn for consideration and towards dischar India Law Library Docid # 2452525
(17) THAKUR ASHOK KUMAR PRASAD Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 16-09-2026 Service Law — Disciplinary Proceedings — Natural Justice — Supply of Enquiry Report — Constitution of India, Article 311(2) — Petitioners dismissed under Rule 76 of Bihar Service Code following ex-parte proceedings without receiving enquiry report prior to penalty — Held, receiving enquiry officer's report is an indispensable facet of reasonable opportunity and natural justice — Employee must be given opportunity to controvert findings before disciplinary authority takes decision — Failure to su India Law Library Docid # 2452526
(18) DR. SWAPAN GARAIN Vs. TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 16-09-2026 Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 — Rule 3 and Rule 15 — Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965 — Misconduct — Running parallel placement service and engaging in private trade — Professor created an alumni WhatsApp group sharing job opportunities without permission — Inquiry Authority found petitioner guilty of commercial trade — Scope of judicial review — Held, findings were perverse as no evidence showed petitioner charged fees or derived personal ga India Law Library Docid # 2452527
(19) JAYANT MANIKLAL LUNAWAT Vs. PUNE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 16-09-2026 Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporation Act, 1949 — Section 77 — Constitution of India — Article 300A — Surrender of land — Development Rights Certificates (DRCs) — Cancellation — Estoppel against Corporation — Petitioner surrendered land for a sewage treatment plant, and the Corporation issued possession receipts for 13,337 sq. mtrs, mutated revenue records, and issued 27 DRCs — Corporation subsequently cancelled 11 DRCs alleging lesser physical utilization within compound wall — Held, Corporat India Law Library Docid # 2452528
(20) THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. SHRI HARVANSH SINGH[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 16-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Driving Licence — Validity — Insurer's liability — Insurance company assailed the award on the ground that the driver lacked a valid driving licence as per the R.T.O. report — Perusal of the original report revealed that the licence was indeed issued by R.T.O., Bareilly, and subsequently renewed by R.T.O., Haldwani — Contention of the insurer held contrary to the record — Finding that the driver possessed a valid and effective driving licence affirmed. India Law Library Docid # 2452529