(301) M. CHANDRASEKHAR REDDY AND ANOTHER Vs. SMT. INENI SHYAMALA AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rules 1 & 2 — Grant of temporary injunction — Preservation of status quo — Prima facie case, balance of convenience, and irreparable injury — Plaintiffs sought to restrain defendants from altering property through construction — Held, during the pendency of a serious dispute concerning immovable property, courts must prevent alteration of the physical character or creation of third-party rights that may confront the successful party with a fait accompl India Law Library Docid # 2451302
(302) XXXX Vs. XXXX[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 19 — Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 26 — Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 — Sections 7, 10, 11 and 25 — Child custody and visitation — Parallel proceedings — Consent order — Husband obtained consent order for child visitation from Dwarka Family Court in divorce petition — Husband subsequently sought interim visitation in custody petition before Medchal-Malkajgiri Family Court without disclosing consent order in the application affidavit — Family Court granted v India Law Library Docid # 2451303
(303) D. KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. IQBAL UNNISA BEGUM AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rules 1 and 2 — Temporary Injunction — Suit for partition — Grant of injunction restraining alienation and alteration of property — Plaintiffs sought partition after 65 years of original owner's death while suppressing prior litigations and adverse findings — Plaintiffs failed to demonstrate ownership or physical possession — In contrast, defendants established regularized title under Section 5-A of the ROR Act, continuous revenue entries, and possessi India Law Library Docid # 2451244
(304) M.CHANDRASEKHAR REDDY AND ANOTHER Vs. SMT.INENI SHYAMALA AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rules 1 and 2 — Temporary injunction — Three essential conditions — Suit for declaration, possession, and injunction — Preservation of disputed immovable property — Plaintiffs established a strong prima facie case through consistent revenue entries spanning decades and a registered partition deed — Appellants traced title to unregistered, unstamped sale agreements and failed to produce foundational partition deed — Appellants commenced construction pen India Law Library Docid # 2451245
(305) KASUKURTHI ANIL KUMAR Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 482 and 35(3) — Cyber fraud — Anticipatory bail — Allegation of providing mule bank accounts — Petitioner implicated solely based on disclosure statement of co-accused — Absence of direct material connecting petitioner to fraudulent activities — Co-accused on similar footing granted relief — High Court held petitioner entitled to statutory safeguards under Section 35(3) BNSS — Petitioner directed to appear before Investigating Officer, who must India Law Library Docid # 2451246
(306) PRITO DEVI Vs. MAHENDRA SINGH[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 24-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 18 Rule 17 read with Section 151 — Rectification of inadvertent omission in examination-in-chief — Suit for specific performance — Plaintiff omitted to refer to and mark the foundational agreement to sell (Exhibit-1) in her affidavit in examination-in-chief, and PW-8 omitted reference to Exhibit-7 — Application filed at final arguments stage dismissed by trial court — Held, courts exist to administer justice, not defeat substantive rights over procedural India Law Library Docid # 2451306
(307) G. SATHYANARAYANA BOTHRA AND OTHERS Vs. M.D. LOKESWARI AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2026 Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971 — Section 113-C — Regularisation of Unauthorised Construction — Binding nature of interim protection — Pendency of regularisation proceedings: High Court issued directions to the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) to take coercive steps and remove/demolish unauthorised constructions/deviations within India Law Library Docid # 2449993
(308) R.J. GAJENDRA KUMAR Vs. GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2026 Service Law — Promotion — Eligibility Criteria and Feeder Post Qualifications — Reopening of Settled Appointment/Promotion: In a writ petition seeking consideration for promotion to a higher post, the Court cannot go beyond the scope of the dispute to question the employee's eligibility for the feeder post after a lapse of significant time, especially when such feeder post appointment/promotion India Law Library Docid # 2449994
(309) VYAKTI VIKAS KENDRA INDIA Vs. MANOJ MISRA (DEAD) AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-08-2026 National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 — Sections 15 & 17 — Environmental Damage and Restoration — World Culture Festival organized on Yamuna floodplains — Absolute and No-Fault Liability — Scope of Restoration vs. Rehabilitation — Onus of Proof — Primary onus lies on the applicant/complainant to establish a causal link between the actions of the project proponent and the alleged environmental India Law Library Docid # 2449995
(310) KUSUM THAKUR Vs. SURENDER SINGH KADIAN[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 22-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125 — Maintenance to wife — Entitlement and cruelty — Wife was compelled to leave matrimonial home due to persistent cruelty and torture by husband — Wife had no independent income and was unable to maintain herself — Husband being an able-bodied person with sufficient educational qualifications and earning capacity cannot escape his legal obligation — Grant of maintenance is a measure of social justice meant to prevent vagrancy and destitution, uph India Law Library Docid # 2450730
(311) ROBIN KUMAR AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF H.P. AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 22-08-2026 Technical Education — Fee Fixation — Institutional Development Fund — Himachal Pradesh Private Technical and Vocational Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fee) Act, 2008 — Section 8 — All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987 — Sections 10 and 23 — Framework governing fee fixation in technical education stems from AICTE regulations and statutory provisions — Private institutions are permitted to generate reasonable surplus through an Institutional Develop India Law Library Docid # 2450733
(312) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ANOTHER Vs. DESH RAJ[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 22-08-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 37 — Scope of Appellate Jurisdiction — Court exercising appellate power under Section 37 cannot reappraise evidence or adjudicate the dispute on merits as an ordinary court of appeal — Power under Section 37 is supervisory in nature, akin to revisionary jurisdiction, and limited to determining whether the court under Section 34 acted within its prescribed limits — Arbitral award cannot be disturbed merely because another view is possible or better India Law Library Docid # 2450737
(313) BHUMIKA TRUST Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-08-2026 Judicial Service — Recruitment of Civil Judge (Junior Division) — Mandatory eligibility criterion of minimum 3 years' practice at the Bar — Review/Clarification of Judgement dated 20.05.2025 restoring 3-year practice requirement — Scope of transitional relaxation and structural training — Directions issued for transition and post-transition periods — Review Petitions and Writ Petition disposed of. India Law Library Docid # 2449637
(314) PARDEEP KUMAR PRASHAR AND OTHERS Vs. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (AIRPORT AND GENERAL)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2018 (CBLR) — Regulations 1(4), 10(a), 10(d), 10(e), and 10(n) read with Section 130 of the Customs Act, 1962 — Revocation of Customs Broker licence, forfeiture of security deposit, and penalty — Appellant lent his licence and dongle to his G-card holder for a monthly consideration of Rs.10,000/- and filed a Shipping Bill in the name of an exporter without obtaining authorisation or contacting the exporter — Attempted export of prohibited Red India Law Library Docid # 2449638
(315) KHAN MARKET WELFARE ASSOCIATION (REGD.) Vs. UOI AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Constitution of India — Article 226 — Writ of mandamus — Assessment of property tax and determination of rateable value by New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) — Petitioner-association sought a direction commanding respondents to formulate a uniform method for fixing rateable values until the Unit Area Method is implemented. Mandamus is issued to enforce a legal right corresponding to a legal India Law Library Docid # 2449643
(316) LAKSHMI MOHAN (DEAD) THROUGH LRS. AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S. AIRTECH PROJECTS ENGINEERS PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-08-2026 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Section 13(4) — Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002 — Rule 8 & Rule 9 — Auction Sale — Minor Shortfall in Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) — Essential vs. Non-Essential Tender Conditions — Clause 7 of Possession-cum-Sale Notice required bidders to deposit Rs. 21,50,000/- as EMD — Bidders deposited Rs. 21,15,000/-, resulting in a shortfall of Rs. 35,000/- — Auction-purchasers deposited full 2 India Law Library Docid # 2449992
(317) MADURAI FAROOQ AHMED Vs. THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 136 — Public Interest Litigation / Bonafide Civic Engagement — Issuance of directions for infrastructure project — Resident filed appeal seeking time-bound completion of Limited Use Subway (LUS) at Level Crossing No. 81 in Vaniyambadi — Matter pending for almost 20 years with multiple revisions from ROB to RUB and finally to LUS — State and Railway authorities filed affidavits confirming initiation of land acquisition, design India Law Library Docid # 2449645
(318) REHANA KHAN Vs. RIZWAN SIDDHIQUEE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-08-2026 Advocates Act, 1961 — Section 35 — Professional Misconduct — Breach of Professional Confidentiality and Media Exposure — Duty of Advocate towards Client — Disciplinary Committee of Bar Council of India removed advocate’s name from roll for two years and imposed fine/costs for disclosing privileged communications and making derogatory public remarks against client on television channels — Respondent advocate argued that he spoke to media in self-defence after being named in an FIR by the appellan India Law Library Docid # 2449646
(319) JERIPOTHULA RAVI KUMAR Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND ANOTHER[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Anticipatory bail — General principles — Allegations of sexual exploitation and harassment under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — High Court held that at the stage of considering anticipatory bail, meticulous appreciation of evidence or recording findings on merits is not required — Court must evaluate the nature and gravity of allegations, specific role attributed to the accused, necessity of custodial interrogation, and risk of tampering India Law Library Docid # 2450100
(320) SURESH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 149 read with Section 141 — Vicarious Liability — Unlawful Assembly — Essential Ingredients — To fasten constructive criminal liability under Section 149 IPC, the prosecution must establish beyond reasonable doubt the existence of an unlawful assembly, membership of the accused, and sharing of common object — Mere presence at the spot or nomination in the FIR, without proof of active participation or sharing of common object, is insufficient — Trial court failed India Law Library Docid # 2450758