(1) SHRI PRAKASH NARAIN SHARMA DEAD THROUGH LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE Vs. M/S. BURMAH SHELL CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY (REGD) THROUGH MANAGING COMMITTEE MEMBER SH. P. JINDAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-08-2026 Delhi Co-operative Societies Act, 1972 — Sections 61 & 76 — Membership and Allotment of Plot — Presumption vs. Proof of Membership — Claimant sought allotment of plot claiming continuous membership since 1952 — Arbitrator and Tribunal presumed continuous membership merely because name figured in certain lists and an amount remained in suspense account — Held, membership cannot be assumed on mere presumption when records clearly established resignation India Law Library Docid # 2450681
(2) ANAND KUMAR @ SANJAY LALWANI Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 / Section 320 — Quashing of criminal proceedings vs. Compounding of offences — Settled principles — Quashing of criminal proceedings or FIR on the ground of settlement between offender and victim under Section 482 CrPC is materially distinct from compounding of offences under Section 320 CrPC — In compounding, the criminal court’s power is strictly circumscribed by statutory provisions, whereas quashing India Law Library Docid # 2450682
(3) ANIL Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 31-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 307, 394 and 120-B — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 154 — Unexplained delay in lodging First Information Report — Significance — Incident occurred during the night, injured was medically examined at 1:45 AM, but FIR was lodged after 12 hours without any explanation — Detailed narration of places and shopkeepers in FIR by an injured visitor unfamiliar with the locality raised doubts regarding genuineness — Unexplained inordinate delay deprive India Law Library Docid # 2450699
(4) PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 31-08-2026 U.P. Recognized Basic Schools (Junior High School) (Recruitment and Conditions of Service of Teachers) Rules, 1978 — Amended Rules of 2019 — U.P. Intermediate Education Act, 1921 — Upgradation of Junior High School — Loss of legal identity — Post-upgradation vacancies — Validity of recruitment — Upon recognition and upgradation of an aided Junior High School as a High School or Intermediate College, the institution loses its distinct legal identity as a Junior High School and becomes a secondary India Law Library Docid # 2450755
(5) RUTBAH ZEHRA AND ANOTHER Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 29-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Protection of life and liberty — Right to choose life partner — Major consenting adults — Petitioners, both majors, solemnized marriage of their own free will against wishes of parents — Private respondents threatened matrimonial bond — Court examined petitioners and satisfied itself regarding their age of majority and consent — Held, consenting adults are entitled to choose life partner and receive full legal protection against interference, harassmen India Law Library Docid # 2450722
(6) AB. QADOOS RATHER Vs. UT OF J&K AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 29-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 22(5) — Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 — Preventive Detention — Grounds of detention — Vagueness and lack of material particulars — Impugned detention order passed alleging detenue to be an overground worker aiding terrorists and engaging in subversive activities — Grounds lacked particulars regarding dates, places, period of activity, or identities of terrorists — Article 22(5) mandates that grounds must be clear, specific, and detailed — Vague a India Law Library Docid # 2450725
(7) IRQAN AHMAD DAR AND OTHERS Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 29-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 480 and 483 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 363 and 376-DA — Grant of bail — Governing factors — Principles to be evaluated include prima facie ground of guilt, nature and gravity of accusation, severity of punishment upon conviction, danger of accused fleeing or absconding, standing and antecedents of accused, likelihood of offense repetition, reasonable apprehension of influencing witnesses, and threat to trial fairness. India Law Library Docid # 2450727
(8) HAKEEM ISHFAQ AHMAD AND OTHERS Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 29-08-2026 Service Law — Regularization Policy — Autonomous Statutory Bodies and Government Corporations — Applicability of Government Directives — Corporation (SICOP) registered under Companies Act possesses distinct legal entity from State Government — Service conditions regulated by Board of Directors — Decision of Board in 84th meeting formulating regularization policy for employees completing seven years of service remains binding and operative — Government bans or policies prohibiting contractual eng India Law Library Docid # 2450740
(9) SAADUT HUSSAIN PAMPORI Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 29-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 311(2)(c) — Officers Service Manual of J&K Bank — Clause 12.29 — Dismissal from service without departmental inquiry — Powers of Bank Management — Distinction between Constitutional provisions and Bank Service Rules — Held, Article 311(2)(c) does not mandate prior investigation before recording satisfaction to dispense with inquiry. However, Clause 12.29 of OSM imposes mandatory preconditions including an investigation by a State/UT/Central Investigating Age India Law Library Docid # 2450745
(10) J&K LAKES & WATERWAYS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND OTHERS Vs. MOHAMMAD AMIN SHAH[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 29-08-2026 J&K Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1997 — Section 34 — Scope of judicial interference — Arbitral Award — Setting aside — Grounds — Supervisory jurisdiction — High Court does not sit in appeal over an arbitral award or re-appreciate evidence — Construction of contractual terms falls within the exclusive domain of the arbitrator — Where the view taken by the arbitrator is a plausible and possible view that a fair-minded person could take, the Court will not interfere under Section 34 on grounds India Law Library Docid # 2450749
(11) PONUNG MOYONG Vs. FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 28-08-2026 Service Law — Deputation — Disciplinary Authority of Borrowing Department — Post-repatriation Inquiry — Food Corporation of India (Staff) Regulations, 1971 — Regulation 65 — Employee on deputation to Food Corporation of India was repatriated to parent department — Disciplinary inquiry was conducted after repatriation — Master and servant relationship between borrowing department and employee ceased upon repatriation — Borrowing department lacked authority to conduct disciplinary inquiry after em India Law Library Docid # 2450544
(12) ELIA BANDA Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 28-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 376 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 118 — Conviction on sole testimony of prosecutrix — Absence of medical evidence or bodily injuries — Offence of rape is a crime and not a medical condition — Penetration, however slight, constitutes rape and presence of visible injury or hymen rupture is not mandatory — Medical evidence showing no recent signs of sexual intercourse does not belie the cogent and trustworthy testimony of the prosecutrix, particularly when sexual assault India Law Library Docid # 2450560
(13) DR. R. THULASIDASAN Vs. SHRI M. SETHU AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT (CIRCUIT BENCH AT PORT BLAIR)] 28-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Municipal Laws — Locus standi of third party — Complaint against unauthorized construction — Held, a public-spirited citizen or third party has standing under Article 226 to seek enforcement of building rules and implementation of pre-existing demolition orders against unauthorized constructions. The objection regarding lack of locus standi is irrelevant in cases involving illegal structures, as unauthorized constructions overburden civic infrastructur India Law Library Docid # 2450664
(14) SANJEEVA SHUKLA @ SANJIV SHUKLA Vs. ARADHANA NIRMAN LLP[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 28-08-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 138 and 141 — Offence by Company — Vicarious Liability of Director — Essential Requirements — To prosecute a Director under Section 141, the complaint must contain clear, specific, and unambiguous averments showing how and in what manner the Director was in charge of, and responsible to the company for the conduct of its business at the relevant time — A person cannot be made vicariously liable merely by virtue of holding the office of Director in the India Law Library Docid # 2450672
(15) ALOKE SATNALIWALA Vs. NIRMALA DEVI FATEHPURIA AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 28-08-2026 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 2(1)(c)(vii) — Commercial Dispute — Development Agreement relating to Immovable Property — Recovery Suit — Plaintiff sought monetary recovery under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) entered into for financial assistance toward development of an immovable property — Dispute challenged as a commercial dispute — Held, a development agreement involving an immovable property per se involves commercial exploitation and encompasses trade or commerce — The immovab India Law Library Docid # 2450640
(16) SANJIBANI DAS SAMANTA @ SANJIBONI Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 28-08-2026 Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Sections 12, 23(2) and 29 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Interim Maintenance — Arbitrary reduction by Appellate Court — Judicial Magistrate awarded interim maintenance to wife and minor daughter considering husband's overseas earning potential — Appellate Court reduced minor child's interim maintenance without assigning reasoned grounds or showing change in circumstances — Arbitrary reduction without rationale amounts India Law Library Docid # 2450647
(17) JYOTSNABEN RAMANBHAI PATEL AND OTHERS Vs. BRIJESHSINH KISHORSINH CHAUHAN AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 27-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 4 — Registration Act, 1908 — Suit for cancellation of registered sale deed — Allegation of fraud and misrepresentation — Presumption of validity — Plaintiffs alleged that defendants fraudulently obtained signatures on a sale deed under the guise of an agreement to sell — Held, registered sale deed carries a strong presumption of valid execution — Heavy burden rests upon challenger to displace presumption with cogent evidence and material particular India Law Library Docid # 2450469
(18) ALOK SARKAR Vs. STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 27-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 154 and 162 — Multiple FIRs — Concept of Second FIR — Test of Sameness — Registration of earliest information — Under the scheme of CrPC, only the earliest information regarding a cognizable offence satisfies Section 154. There can be no second FIR or fresh investigation on subsequent information concerning the same cognizable offence or same transaction. All subsequent information or statements made after commencement of investigation are statemen India Law Library Docid # 2450565
(19) KYNTIEW AKOR SUCHIANG Vs. WOSTON HYNNIEWTA[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 27-08-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of Delay — Indian Divorce Act, 1869 — Section 10(1)(x) — Delay of 210 days in filing appeal against divorce decree — Explanation for delay — Applicant engaged new counsel, encountered delay in retrieving case records from previous counsel, and needed time to examine the brief — Absence of deliberate delay or mala fides — Held, explanation offered constitutes sufficient cause for condonation — Court ought to adopt a liberal approach to advance substa India Law Library Docid # 2450590
(20) M/S. SHREE MADHAV EDIBLE PRODUCTS LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 27-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Securities Interest Act, 2002 — Security Interest Enforcement Rules, 2002 — Rule 8(6) — Maintainability of writ petition — Dispute over One-Time Settlement (OTS) and secured debt — Petitioner challenged sale notice under Article 226 — Held, issues regarding whether a secured debt exists and whether the bank validly initiated proceedings under the 2002 Act fall squarely within the India Law Library Docid # 2450642