(141) CHAMAN LAL Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 226/227 — Remand — Compliance with directions of remanding Court — Challenge to Industrial Tribunal's award on the ground of non-compliance with remand directions — Matter had been remanded to determine the effect of the punishment bringing the petitioner to the minimum time scale upon annual and future increments — Tribunal on remand specifically addressed the issue, clarifying that annual increments would not accrue during the ten-year punishment period b India Law Library Docid # 2453991
(142) SOMNATH Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s) and 18 — Grant of pre-arrest bail — Maintainability — Bar under Section 18 — Applicability — FIR initially registered under BNS and SC/ST Act provisions added subsequently — Record revealed no allegation or material indicating that the appellant insulted, intimidated with intent to humiliate, or abused complainant by caste name in public view — Held, absent a prima facie case under the SC/ST Ac India Law Library Docid # 2453992
(143) MAHESH AHIRWAR Vs. SMT. URMILA AHIRWAR[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 125, 126 and 462 — Territorial jurisdiction — Objection raised for the first time in revision — Husband challenged maintenance order of Rs. 3,000/- per month on the ground that the Family Court lacked territorial jurisdiction — Held, husband never raised any objection regarding territorial jurisdiction in his reply, during evidence, or prior to the final order — An objection as to territorial jurisdiction cannot be permitted to be raised for the fi India Law Library Docid # 2453996
(144) SMT. ANITA YADAV AND OTHERS Vs. RAMNATH YADAV AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988 — Section 2(9)(iii) and Section 4 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order VII Rule 11 — Property purchased in minor son's name — Exclusion from benami transaction — Plaint averred that father purchased property in minor son's name from his own income for the family's benefit, maintained joint possession, and distributed it via family arrangement — Under Section 2(9)(iii), property held by an individual in the name of his child with conside India Law Library Docid # 2454001
(145) GURMEET SINGH Vs. JAIN OVERSEAS TRAVEL AGENCY AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Inherent jurisdiction of High Court — Scope of interference — High Court does not sit as a court of appeal over findings recorded by Courts below, nor does it reappreciate evidence afresh — Inherent jurisdiction can be exercised only when findings are perverse, based on no material, or vitiated by illegality or jurisdictional error — Where the Magistrate and Revisional Court concurrently found no prima facie case to summon the accused, and India Law Library Docid # 2454006
(146) SANTOSH AND ANOTHER Vs. WATER RESOURCE DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 24-09-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 4(1) and 23 — Determination of market value — Comparable sales and guideline value — Sale deeds pertaining to small plots can be discarded when a contemporaneous exemplar of a larger area nearest to the Section 4(1) notification is available — However, the relevant market value guidelines to be applied are those prevailing in the financial year of the Section 4(1) notification, not previous years — State Government having fixed minimum market value under sta India Law Library Docid # 2454008
(147) NAHAR SINGH Vs. JOGINDER AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Assessment of functional disability — Amputation of lower limb — Reduction based on Workmen's Compensation Act impermissible — Medical evidence assessed permanent physical disability at 80% for amputation of the right leg above the knee. The Tribunal reduced disability to 50% by relying on Schedule I of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923. Held, the percentage of physical impairment cannot be mechanically reduced without examining the claimant's occupati India Law Library Docid # 2454010
(148) NARENDRA SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. DURGESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 24-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173(1) — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 2(11) and Order XXII Rule 5 — Death of claimants during pendency of enhancement appeal — Devolution of right to claim compensation — Right to claim enhanced compensation survives to the legal representatives as an unquantified loss to the estate — Definition of legal representative under Section 2(11) CPC is inclusive and covers any person representing the estate — Impleadment under Order XXII Rule 5 CPC is su India Law Library Docid # 2454015
(149) UJJIAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Vs. REKHCHAND AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 24-09-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 4, 6 and 17 — Validity of acquisition — Alleged omission of survey numbers in Section 6 declaration — Writ Court quashed acquisition proceedings on the ground that disputed survey numbers were absent from the Section 6 declaration — Held, on examination of original records, the subject survey numbers were explicitly included in the Section 6 declaration, but appeared omitted before the Writ Court due to unclear copies filed by petitioners — Factual premise o India Law Library Docid # 2454022
(150) DASARI SUMA TEJA AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 — Sections 2(g) and 23 — Protection of Senior Citizens — Transfer of shares via gift deed — Respondent senior citizen transferred company shares to his son, who subsequently failed to provide care and maintenance — Son falls within definition of 'relative' under Section 2(g) — Section 23 is a standalone provision intrinsically linked to the Act's objective of preventing exploitation of senior citizens — Obligation of donee to maint India Law Library Docid # 2453965
(151) K.V.S. RAMA RAO Vs. THE STATE OF A P[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Andhra Pradesh Ministerial Service Rules, 1998 — Rule 6, Annexure I — Minimum qualification for Junior Auditor — Petitioner possessing a polytechnic diploma equivalent to Intermediate was appointed on compassionate grounds — Authorities contended that a Bachelor's Degree was mandatory under Ministerial Service Rules amended via G.O.Ms.No.135 dated 12.05.2014 — Held, rules prevailing on the date of appointment govern compassionate appointments under rehabilitation schemes — The Andhra Pradesh Min India Law Library Docid # 2453966
(152) M/S.SRI SATYA SAI CONSTRUCTIONS AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Government Contracts — Tender Discount and Price Adjustment — Validity of deduction — Petitioner executed construction of residential schools — Respondent authorities issued memos deducting tender discount percentage from price adjustment value, reducing amounts payable — Petitioner challenged action as contrary to relevant Government Orders, arguing price adjustment ensures real-time payments — Held, deducting tender discount percentage on price adjus India Law Library Docid # 2453967
(153) SMT. TALASILA SANTHI Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Preventive Detention — Detenu already in custody — Validity of detention order — Detention order can be validly passed against a person already in judicial custody if the detaining authority is aware of such custody and records its satisfaction that there is a real possibility of release on bail and subsequent indulgence in activities prejudicial to public order — Detaining authority duly recorded such satisfaction regarding the detenu's custody in a pending crime — No illegality found in passin India Law Library Docid # 2453968
(154) PALLA YUVARAJ YADAV Vs. THE STATE OF AP[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Police Standing Orders — A.P. Police Manual, Standing Order No. 601 — Opening of rowdy sheet — Requirement of habituality — Opening of a rowdy sheet is not an automatic consequence of registering a criminal case — Power of preventive policing must be exercised within the parameters prescribed by the Standing Orders and cannot be exercised mechanically — Rowdy sheet cannot be opened in a routine or casual manner — For classifying a person as a rowdy, authorities must establish that such person ha India Law Library Docid # 2453969
(155) KINETIC GREEN ENERGY AND POWER SOLUTIONS LIMITED Vs. SAERA ELECTRIC AUTO LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-09-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 9 and Section 37 — Grant of interim measures and ex-parte stay — Commercial Court granted interim injunction under Section 9 restraining respondent from manufacturing, marketing, or selling certain electric three-wheelers under non-compete/exclusivity clauses — High Court in appeal under Section 37 stayed Commercial Court's order at first hearing on grounds that joint venture had not taken off and no monetary consideration had flowed — Joint conse India Law Library Docid # 2454045
(156) ANWAR JAN (CHOUDHARY) Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 24-09-2026 Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 — Section 8 — Preventive detention of person already in custody — Non-consideration of bail status — Subjective satisfaction vitiated — When a person is already in custody, the detaining authority must disclose awareness of such detention and record compelling reasons founded on cogent material indicating a real possibility of the detenu's release and indulgence in prejudicial activities. Failure to record such awareness, alongside non-consideration of gra India Law Library Docid # 2454052
(157) SANJAY DHIMAN Vs. SUPER TREADS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 397 (Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 438) — Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Revisional Jurisdiction of High Court — Scope and limits — Concurrent findings of conviction — Revisional court does not act as an appellate court and cannot re-appreciate or re-evaluate evidence to substitute its own view — Jurisdiction is supervisory to correct miscarriage of justice, perversity, or patent illegality — Interference with India Law Library Docid # 2454093
(158) COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL TAXES Vs. M/S INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES (I) PVT LTD[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Central Excise Act, 1944 — Section 35G and Section 35L — Maintainability of appeal before High Court — Interdependent appellate scheme — Section 35G bars appeals to the High Court from Tribunal orders determining any question relating to the rate of duty or valuation for assessment, routing them exclusively to the Supreme Court under Section 35L — Section 35L(2) clarifies that questions relating to the rate of duty include determination of taxability or excisability — The statutory exclusion in India Law Library Docid # 2454098
(159) PHULA DASSI Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 — General Provident Fund (Central Services) Rules, 1960 — Compassionate appointment — Counting of prior service for pension — Petitioner was appointed on compassionate grounds as a Peon on regular pay scale in 1994 under the Desert Development Programme, a State-run project, and was subsequently absorbed into the Rural Development Department in 2012 — State denied old pension scheme benefits citing introduction of Contributory Pension Scheme w.e.f. 15 India Law Library Docid # 2454099
(160) MOHAMMAD SHAMEER @DEDLI AND DAMI SHAMEER Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 [Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439] — Regular Bail — Parity — Threatening calls made from jail — Extortion and organised crime — Accused No. 4 sought regular bail for offences under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Karnataka Prisons (Amendment) Act, 2022, and Karnataka Control of Organized Crime Act, 2000 — Specific allegation was that petitioner assisted co-accused in destroying the mobile phone and SIM card used to make thre India Law Library Docid # 2454103