(61) SRI CHANDRASHEKARA REDDY KM AND OTHERS Vs. SRI P C RAY, IFS AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Sections 11 and 12 — Scope of contempt jurisdiction — Purported compliance by authority giving rise to fresh cause of action — The governing question in contempt proceedings is whether there has been clear, deliberate, and willful disobedience of Court directions, not whether the subsequent decision is legally correct. Where an authority passes an order in purported compliance with judicial directions, such order gives rise to a fresh cause of action. A contempt co India Law Library Docid # 2454063
(62) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. MR MOHSIN SHARIEFF AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Military Land Register — Public document under Section 74(1) of Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 — Presumption of correctness under Section 119 — Defence land acquisition — Land was acquired in 1943 for Air Force taxi track and compensation was paid — Entries in the Military Land Register recorded the holding and possession of the Ministry of Defence — Official Military Land Register carries a statutory presumption of correctness and serves as conclusive evidence of title — Revenue authorities India Law Library Docid # 2454071
(63) SHREE PAL SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ANTI-CORRUPTION BRANCH SRINAGAR[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 28-09-2026 Jammu and Kashmir Prevention of Corruption Act, Svt. 2006 — Sections 4-H, 5(1)(d), and 5(2) — Sanction for prosecution — Omission of specific penal provision in sanction order — Petitioners challenged the framing of charge under Section 4-H on the ground that the competent authority had not specifically accorded sanction for that provision — Held, mere omission to specifically cite a particular offence in the sanction order does not invalidate the prosecution or vitiate proceedings, provided the India Law Library Docid # 2454075
(64) NISAR AHMAD BHAT Vs. RAFIA JAN[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 28-09-2026 Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 — Section 9(1) — Territorial Jurisdiction — "Ordinary residence" of minor — The solitary test for determining territorial jurisdiction under Section 9(1) is the place where the minor ordinarily resides, denoting the place where the minor actually resides in the ordinary course of life with the person having lawful custody. A new place becomes the ordinary residence once the child settles there for a reasonably long period. Since the minor moved with her mother to Sr India Law Library Docid # 2454096
(65) KUNDATHIL KABEER Vs. N.V. MOHAMMED[KERALA HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 2 Rule 2 — Bar of Suit — Requirement of Pleadings and Framing of Issue — Specific performance suit filed during pendency of an earlier injunction suit — Defendant contended that the suit was barred under Order 2 Rule 2 — Held, the bar under Order 2 Rule 2 must be specifically pleaded by the defendant in the written statement and a distinct issue must be framed by the trial court focusing the parties on the question. In the absence of a specific plea and a India Law Library Docid # 2454255
(66) IN RE EXORBITANT PRICING OF LIFE SAVING PATENTED MEDICINES Vs. UNION OF INDIA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Patents Act, 1970 — Sections 99, 100(4) and 100(6) — Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 21 and 47 — Scope of purposes of Government — Patented life-saving drugs — Exorbitant pricing — Government power to use invention — Held, the phrase purposes of Government under Section 100 is not restricted to direct departmental use — Read with Section 100(4) and (6) alongside the constitutional mandate under Articles 21 and 47 to safeguard life and improve public health, purposes of Government empowers India Law Library Docid # 2454244
(67) THE MANAGER, HARRISONS MALAYALAM LTD. Vs. T.K.SADHIKKALI[KERALA HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Terms of Reference — Jurisdiction of Labour Court — Reference was strictly confined to whether the denial of employment to the workman was justifiable — Labour Court held that deploying the workman on a temporary basis amounted to unfair labour practice — Held, an Industrial Tribunal or Labour Court derives its jurisdiction strictly from the terms of reference and cannot travel beyond them — The finding that the employer engaged in unfair labour practice was beyon India Law Library Docid # 2454245
(68) HIBA TRADING COMPANY Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Public Tender and E-Auction — Cancellation after acceptance of bid — Low price realisation — Protection of public exchequer — Scope of judicial review — Appellant was declared successful bidder for purchase of dismantled penstock pipes and deposited entire consideration, but sale was subsequently cancelled citing significantly lower rates than earlier auctions, causing substantial financial loss to State Electricity Board — Held, having regard to potential financial loss to public exchequer if s India Law Library Docid # 2454247
(69) MOHAMMAD SULTAN BHAT Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 26-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 1 Rule 10(2) and Order 7 Rule 11 — Striking out improperly joined parties — Partial rejection of plaint — Where private defendants sought rejection of the plaint under Order 7 Rule 11 on the ground of lack of cause of action against them, the trial court correctly recognized that a plaint cannot be rejected in part — However, the court is not powerless and possesses the authority under Order 1 Rule 10(2) to strike out the names of defendants improperly jo India Law Library Docid # 2454055
(70) JAYDEEP SINGH JADEJA Vs. UT OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 26-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 91 — Summons to produce document or other thing — Scope and applicability — Power under Section 91 CrPC can be exercised by a Court or officer-in-charge of a police station only when necessary or desirable for an investigation, inquiry, trial, or other proceeding under the Code — The expression "other proceeding" must be construed ejusdem generis with the preceding words "investigation, inquiry, or trial" — Where the police agency is conducting mere India Law Library Docid # 2454111
(71) MOHAMMED KASIM H.K Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF LAKSHADWEEP[KERALA HIGH COURT] 26-09-2026 Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 — Section 2, Explanation 3 — Insult to Indian National Flag — Meaning of "public place" and "place within public view" — Distinction — Private WhatsApp group involving multiple members — Held, while Explanation 3 defines a "public place" as any place intended for use by or accessible to the public, a "place within public view" can include a private place where presence of or access by members of the public to view the material is possible — A pr India Law Library Docid # 2454250
(72) RASLIN Vs. KURUDANKANDI SHAMEER[KERALA HIGH COURT] 26-09-2026 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 14 — Indian Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 92 — Admissibility of evidence overriding statutory bar — Variation of recital of consideration in sale deed — Husband contended that Section 92 barred oral evidence to show actual consideration paid was higher than the recital in the registered deed. Held, Section 14 of the Family Courts Act enables the Family Court to receive any document or statement to effectually resolve a dispute, regardless of its admissibility und India Law Library Docid # 2454260
(73) OWNERS AND PARTIES INTERESTED IN M.V. NEREUS PROGRESS Vs. OM FREIGHT FORWARDERS LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-09-2026 Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017 — Section 5(1)(b) read with Section 5(2) — Arrest of sister vessel — Statutory preconditions — Order of arrest sought against vessel on the ground that defaulting charterer continued to be its demise charterer — Valid termination of demise charterparty — Effect on arrest — To sustain an order of arrest under Section 5(2) read with Section 5(1)(b) against a sister vessel, it must be established that the defaulting entity was the India Law Library Docid # 2453498
(74) SUKHABHAI NANJIBHAI MAKWANA AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-09-2026 Railways Act, 1989 — Section 124-A — Untoward incident — Compensation — Bona fide passenger — Absence of railway ticket — Shift of burden — Deceased fell from a train due to sudden jerk and sustained grievous injuries, subsequently succumbing to them — Claim application filed by parents was allowed by Railway Claims Tribunal, but set aside by High Court on ground that non-disclosure of travel details and absence of ticket meant victim was not a bona fide passenger — Held, mere absence of a ticke India Law Library Docid # 2453499
(75) PARAMJIT SINGH BEDI Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 25-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376 — Rape — Consent — Credibility of prosecutrix — Conviction of appellant under Section 376 IPC by Sessions Judge as affirmed by High Court — Legality of — Prosecutrix alleged that appellant forcibly took her to different locations, confined her, and committed rape — Evidence revealed prosecutrix was a major at time of incident — Prosecutrix voluntarily accompanied appellant to multiple places via car and scooter, passing through crowded streets and brightly li India Law Library Docid # 2453500
(76) M/S VERTILINK MEDIA SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. ANTI EVASION BRANCH AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 6(2)(b), Section 73 and Section 74 — Parallel proceedings — "Same subject-matter" — Interpretation — Petitioner challenged Section 73 order passed by State tax officer alleging bar under Section 6(2)(b) due to prior DGGI proceedings under Section 74 — Held, Section 6(2)(b) does not impose a blanket prohibition against proceedings concerning the same assessee or overlapping periods — DGGI proceedings pertained to fraudulent availment of ITC witho India Law Library Docid # 2453535
(77) M/S AHLUWALIA CONTRACTS (INDIA) LIMITED (ACIL) Vs. AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA (AAI)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 12(5) Proviso and Seventh Schedule — Mandatory requirements of waiver — Unilateral appointment — Waiver cannot be inferred from conduct or acquiescence — Proviso to Section 12(5) mandates three essential prerequisites: waiver must occur subsequent to disputes arising, by mutual agreement, and by an express agreement in writing — Statutory waiver cannot be inferred from participation in arbitral proceedings, submission of pleadings, or adhering to India Law Library Docid # 2453538
(78) JAIWANTI Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 93(1) and Section 122 — Liability of legal representative — Penalty determined after death — Proceedings commenced post-death — Permissibility.The expression "is determined after his death" in Section 93(1) authorizes proceedings to be initiated and determined against a legal representative even after the death of the person whose conduct gave rise to the liability. Issuing a show cause notice during the deceased's lifetime is not a condition pr India Law Library Docid # 2453539
(79) VINOD PRAJAPATI @ BHOLA PRAJAPATI Vs. THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 — Sections 2(k), 2(l), 7A and 20 — Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 — Section 25 — Claim of juvenility — Retrospective applicability — Offence committed prior to enforcement of 2000 Act — Held, a claim of juvenility can be raised at any stage, even after disposal of the case or during pendency of appeal. By virtue of Section 25 of 2015 Act read with Section 6 of General Clauses Act, 1897, proceedings pending at commencement of 2015 Act conti India Law Library Docid # 2453540
(80) DEVENDRA SINGH Vs. GREAT HOME DEVELOPERS PVT. LTD.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 54 — Non-payment or dishonour of cheques towards sale consideration — Cancellation of sale deed — "Sale" is defined as a transfer of ownership in exchange for a price paid or promised or part-paid and part-promised. Actual receipt of the entire sale consideration at the time of execution is not a sine qua non for completion of sale. Non-payment of balance consideration or dishonour of cheques does not invalidate or render a registered sale deed void once India Law Library Docid # 2453819