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(1) NEHA Vs. THE STATE NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 23-10-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 126 and 130 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Preventive proceedings — Judicial review at show cause notice stage — Challenge to notice requiring execution of bond for keeping peace — Held, proceedings under Chapter IX BNSS are preventive and based on the Magistrate's subjective satisfaction — High Court in writ jurisdiction will not interfere at the threshold of a show cause notice unless there is complete lack of jurisdiction or t
India Law Library Docid # 2456612

(2) IKRAM TAHIR AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 23-10-2026
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 49, 64 and 69 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Anticipatory Bail — Sexual exploitation on false promise of marriage — Consensual relationship — Complainant alleged that petitioner-accused sexually exploited her on promise of marriage — Record showed parties were in a consensual relationship and petitioner had proposed marriage, which complainant's family rejected — Relationship failed to mature as families did not agree — Petitio
India Law Library Docid # 2456614

(3) MST. THEMU Vs. RAM NATH AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 23-10-2026
Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 6 — Accrual of cause of action and right to sue — Plaintiff minor at time of father's death and adverse mutation attestation — Limitation does not run against a minor until majority is attained — Bare denial of title or adverse revenue entry during minority does not constitute a clear and unequivocal threat triggering limitation — Cause of action arose upon subsequent unequivocal denial by defendants after majority — First Appellate Court erred in fixing limitation
India Law Library Docid # 2456615

(4) PRESIDENT DOGRI SANSTHA AND ANOTHER Vs. SH. N.D. JAMWAL AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 23-10-2026
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Infructuous litigation — Efflux of time — Renewal of membership — Suit seeking renewal of membership of a registered society for a fixed three-year term (1993-1996) — Membership period expired long before the decree of the First Appellate Court and over three decades prior to hearing of the second appeal — Held, when the term has expired by efflux of time, no live controversy or effective relief survives — Continuation of the appea
India Law Library Docid # 2456618

(5) VICTIM X Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 23-10-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14 — Uttar Pradesh Rani Lakshmi Bai Mahila Evam Bal Samman Kosh Rules, 2015 — Entry 7, Annexure 1 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 6 — Compensation to child victim — Rejection of claim due to lack of injury report indicating penetrative sexual assault — Held, the condition is manifestly arbitrary and violates Article 14 — An injury report is not indispensable even in a criminal trial, let alone for preliminary relief under a
India Law Library Docid # 2456627

(6) BANS BAHADUR SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF U.P.THROUGH PRINCIPAL SECY. LAND REVENUE AND 8 ORS.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 23-10-2026
U.P. Land Revenue Act, 1901 — Section 28 — Maintenance and correction of maps and field-books — Scope of summary proceedings — Adjudication of title — Revenue authorities cannot utilize Section 28 proceedings to adjudicate substantive rights, title, or possession, nor mechanically assume that an alleged deficiency in one plot can be compensated from an adjoining plot. Authorities must confine themselves strictly to determining whether a genuine error exists in the map based on reliable survey re
India Law Library Docid # 2456643

(7) VIJESH K. V AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER[KERALA HIGH COURT] 23-10-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 296(b), 115(2), 118(1) read with Section 3(5) — Pre-arrest bail — Overt acts and weapon usage — Custodial interrogation — Accused persons allegedly assaulted the de facto complainant and his relative after locking a bar door — Specific overt acts involving use of an iron bar and inflicting injuries were attributed to Accused Nos. 1 to 3, requiring custodial interrogation and disqualifying them from
India Law Library Docid # 2456731

(8) MR.SUHAIB M Vs. THE REGISTRAR (DISTRICT JUDICIARY) HIGH COURT OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 23-10-2026
Kerala Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1960 — Rule 15(3) — Disciplinary Proceedings — Amendment or modification of charges — Stage of enquiry — Petitioner challenged revised memo of charges issued after examination of several witnesses — Held, Rule 15(3) empowers the Inquiring Authority to amend, alter, or modify charges at any stage during the enquiry — In the absence of a challenge to the validity of the rule, alteration cannot be declared illegal — No prejudice is c
India Law Library Docid # 2456732

(9) ADV.P.S.SUBEESH Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 23-10-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 22(2) — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 58 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 57 — Production of arrested person before Magistrate — 24-hour limit — Constitutional and statutory requirement to produce an arrested person before the nearest Magistrate within 24 hours prescribes an outer maximum limit and not an entitlement to detain an accused until the deadline approaches — Police are obligated to produce the arrestee without
India Law Library Docid # 2456734

(10) MOHAN LAXMAN CHAVAN Vs. THE TRANSPORT MANAGER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 22-10-2026
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Standard of proof — Non-mentioning of vehicle registration number — Claimant boarded a crowded municipal bus and was thrown out after it grazed a stationary bus — Claim dismissed by Tribunal for want of registration numbers — Held, strict proof beyond reasonable doubt is not required; claims must be decided on the touchstone of preponderance of probability — A passenger thrown from a moving vehicle cannot be expected to note vehicle registration numbers w
India Law Library Docid # 2456420

(11) P.A. INAMDAR AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 22-10-2026
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304A and Section 34 — Causing death by negligence — Drowning incident on college picnic — Quashing of FIR — College students drowned after venturing into sea at a public beach — FIR registered against college trustees, principal, and faculty members — Distinction between civil and criminal negligence reiterated — Held, to establish criminal negligence, gross negligence or culpable neglect must be proved, showing an act that is the direct, proximate, and efficient
India Law Library Docid # 2456424

(12) BHAGAT RAJ AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 22-10-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Judicial review of technical and expert decisions — Bridge extension for flood protection — Petitioners challenged extension of bridge span apprehending damage to properties — State expert committee constituted under court directions confirmed necessity of extension due to increased flood discharge — Held, judicial review is directed primarily at the decision-making process and not the merits of technical decisions — Courts must exercise restraint and
India Law Library Docid # 2456607

(13) BALWANT RAJ Vs. STATE OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 22-10-2026
Jammu and Kashmir State Lands (Vesting of Ownership to the Occupants) Act, 2001 — Invalidation of statute — Effect on claims for proprietary rights — The Division Bench in Prof. S.K. Bhalla v. State of J&K declared the Roshni Act unconstitutional, illegal, and void ab initio — Held, no legal divesting of State land or vesting thereof in private occupants can occur under the invalidated statute — Consequently, no writ of mandamus can be issued to compel the State authorities to determine land pri
India Law Library Docid # 2456609

(14) BHAGAT RAJ AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 22-10-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Judicial review — Interference with expert decisions — Consideration of subsequent events — Challenge to extension of bridge span — Court exercising writ jurisdiction can take cognizance of subsequent events having a material bearing on relief claimed — Issues relating to hydraulic design, flood discharge, and waterway adequacy involve technical expertise — High Court does not sit as an appellate authority over technical determinations — Courts must ex
India Law Library Docid # 2456611

(15) GULZAR AHMAD VAID Vs. UT OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 22-10-2026
Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 — Preventive Detention — Lack of evidence in solitary FIR — Scope of subjective satisfaction — Individual liberty cannot be curtailed on omnibus allegations or mere apprehension. Detenue was detained under the Public Safety Act based on a solitary FIR wherein investigating agencies had not effected an arrest due to insufficient evidence. Held, detaining an individual on the basis of mere apprehension without any cogent evidence linking him to the alleged
India Law Library Docid # 2456616

(16) SHERAZ ANJUM AND ORS. Vs. STATE OF J&K & ORS.[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 22-10-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14 and 16 — MGNREGA Scheme — Contractual Engagement — Transparent Procedure — Engagement of Gram Rozgar Sevaks / Supporting Staff prior to circular dated 14.12.2010 — State authorities cannot adopt a pick-and-choose method even in temporary or contractual engagements in the absence of codified guidelines. Public employment mandates inviting applications through open advertisement to ensure equal opportunity and merit-based selection. Any appointment made de
India Law Library Docid # 2456617

(17) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. ROVINDER SINGH AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 22-10-2026
Border Security Force Act, 1968 — Section 87 — Border Security Force Rules, 1969 — Rule 129 — Indian Evidence Act, 1872 — Sections 74 and 76 — Interplay between special enactment and general law — Section 87 applies Evidence Act to Security Force Court proceedings "subject to the provisions of this Act" — Under principle of generalia specialibus non derogant, special provisions of BSF Act and Rules prevail — Rule 129 regulates timing of furnishing copies of proceedings, postponing it until confi
India Law Library Docid # 2456619

(18) PINKI VERMA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 22-10-2026
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125 — Maintenance — Quantum determination — Deductions from husband's salary — Revisionist-wife sought enhancement of maintenance awarded by Family Court — Held, voluntary commitments such as loan repayments cannot take precedence over the primary statutory obligation of maintenance — Deductions for asset generation cannot dilute real earning capacity — Gross salary excluding only income tax deduction constitutes income for assessing maintenance — A
India Law Library Docid # 2456628

(19) BABU Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 22-10-2026
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 306, 307, 498A, 323, 324 and 325/326 — Cruelty, assault, and abetment of suicide — Conviction of husband — Deceased died from poisoning with 27 ante-mortem blunt force injuries, including signs of attempted throttling and smothering — Evidentiary value of deceased's diary extract and letter revealed continuous physical assault, abuse, and mental torture by the appellant — Medical evidence established that ante-mortem injuries were inflicted prior to poisoning an
India Law Library Docid # 2456736

(20) SRI SAGAR DEBNATH Vs. THE STATE OF TRIPURA[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 22-10-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 20(b)(ii)(c), 25, 27A, 29, and 37 — Pre-arrest bail — Issuance of warrant of arrest — Maintainability — Accused was arrayed in chargesheet as an absconder based on co-accused's statement, vehicle arrangement, and call detail records — Special Court took cognizance and issued warrant of arrest against the accused — Held, mere issuance of a warrant of arrest does not create an a
India Law Library Docid # 2456770

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