(981) MOHIT KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 528 (read with Section 482 of Cr.P.C.) — Quashing of FIR — Offences punishable under Section 64 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) and Section 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) — Compromise between parties — Victim-prosecutrix was minor at the time of alleged offence and was found pregnant upon India Law Library Docid # 2449460
(982) JODH SINGH Vs. STATE OF H.P.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 397/401 — Revisional Jurisdiction — Scope and Permissibility of Re-appreciation of Evidence — Revisional Court is not an appellate court and cannot dwell at length upon facts and evidence to reverse concurrent factual findings in the absence of perversity, patent defect, or jurisdictional error — High Court cannot re-analyze or re-interpret evidence India Law Library Docid # 2449461
(983) SUNIL AND ANOTHER Vs. SURINDER KUMAR SOOD[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-08-2026 Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control Act, 1987 — Section 14 — Eviction Order — Stay of execution — Fixation of use and occupation charges — Principles applicable — Tenant who has suffered an order of eviction is in unauthorized occupation of the demised premises — Appellate Court, while staying the execution of eviction order, is fully empowered to put tenant on terms and direct payment of reasonable mesne profits or use and occupation charges equivalent to India Law Library Docid # 2449462
(984) SARITA Vs. THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Claim Petition — Enhancement of compensation — Extent of functional disability vs. physical disability — Claimant sustained 20% permanent disability in left upper limb and right lower limb — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal committed an error in assessing functional disability/loss of future earning capacity at 10% — Taking into consideration medical evidence India Law Library Docid # 2449463
(985) RAM KRISHAN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-08-2026 Service Law — Promotion — Essential Educational Qualification — Amendment of Recruitment and Promotion (R&P) Rules — Petitioners initially appointed as Process Servers and subsequently promoted as Clerks/Junior Assistants sought further promotion to the post of Senior Assistant based on matriculation qualification under the unamended R&P Rules — Amended R&P Rules mandated India Law Library Docid # 2449464
(986) DINESH @ GINNI Vs. STATE OF U.P THRU. PRIN. SECY. GOVT. OF U.P., LKO.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 10-08-2026 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 — Section 94 — Rule 12 of JJ Rules, 2007 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 363 — Age determination of prosecutrix — School register extract is not conclusive proof when prosecutrix attended school briefly without supporting birth records — In absence of valid school or public authority birth certificate, medical board opinion governs — Benefit of margin of error in radiological test must go to the accused — Prosecutrix held to be majo India Law Library Docid # 2450835
(987) ANSAD BADRUDDIN AND ANOTHER Vs. ANTI TERRORIST SQUAD THRU. ITS ADG/SP[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 10-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 — Section 43D(5) — Fundamental Right to Speedy Trial vs. Statutory Restriction on Bail — Right to speedy trial is a fundamental right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution — The statutory bar on bail under Section 43D(5) of the UAPA does not oust the jurisdiction of constitutional courts to grant bail where there is prolonged incarceration and no likelihood of trial concluding in the near future — Pri India Law Library Docid # 2450836
(988) TAHIR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 10-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 432 — Premature Release — Hostile Discrimination — Equal Treatment — Petitioners convicted of murder spent over twenty years actual incarceration — Rejection of premature release application while granting remission to similarly situated co-convicts assigned identical roles in the same incident violates Article 14 — Differential treatment between co-accused without cogent, rational, and discernible distingu India Law Library Docid # 2450837
(989) ADIL @ SEERAN Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 10-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 432 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 161 — U.P. Jail Manual, 2022 — Paragraph 180 — Premature Release — Distinguishing statutory power from constitutional power — Proposal for premature release after serving 14 years without remission falls under the statutory mechanism of Nominal Roll under Section 432 CrPC read with Paragraph 180 of U.P. Jail Manual — Consideration of statutory release proposals must be governed by statutory criteria and es India Law Library Docid # 2450838
(990) KANPUR DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Vs. SRI NATHU LAL GUPTA AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 10-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Permanent Injunction — Suit for Injunction without Prayer for Declaration — Cloud on Title — Maintainability — A suit for permanent injunction seeking protection of possession based on an existing revenue entry and continuous possession is maintainable without seeking a declaration of title, unless the defendant sets up a clear, competing right creating a genuine cloud over plaintiff's title — Unsubstantiated denial or failure by defendant to establish title or India Law Library Docid # 2450839
(991) ANURAG DUBEY @ DABBAN Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 10-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 173(8) — Acceptance of final report — Permissibility of further investigation — Judicial order accepting closure report submitted under Section 173(2) does not bar investigating agency from conducting further investigation under Section 173(8) upon discovery of fresh material — There is no requirement for the court to recall or review the order accepting the final report prior to carrying out further investigation — Mere delay in seeking further inv India Law Library Docid # 2450840
(992) IKRAM @ KALA Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 10-08-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 37 — Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Anticipatory bail — Commercial quantity — Mandatory twin conditions — Applicant sought anticipatory bail in a case involving commercial quantity of heroin — Section 37 imposes a mandatory bar on granting bail unless the Court satisfies itself that reasonable grounds exist for believing the accused is not guilty and is not likely to commit any offence while on bail — The sta India Law Library Docid # 2450841
(993) SACHINDRA KUMAR PANDEY Vs. GORAKHPUR KSHETRIYA GRAMIN BANK AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 10-08-2026 Service Law — Gorakhpur Kshetriya Gramin Bank (Staff) Service Regulations, 1980 — Regulations 8, 9 and 10 — Probation and Deemed Confirmation — Employee placed on one year probation extendable up to maximum six months — Services continued beyond maximum probationary period without express order of confirmation or discharge — Limitation on employer's power to extend probation beyond maximum permissible period coupled with requirement to confirm or discharge leads to inescapable inference of impli India Law Library Docid # 2450842
(994) ASHOK KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. KARMIK ANUBHAG AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 10-08-2026 Service Law — Promotion from Class-IV to Group C Post — Essential Eligibility — U.P. Government Departmental Ministerial Cadre Service Rules, 2014 — Rules 10 and 18 — U.P. Subordinate Offices Ministerial Group C Posts of the Lowest Grade (Recruitment by Promotion) Rules, 2001 — Rule 8(2) Note 2 — Possessing the requisite typing speed of minimum 25 words per minute in Hindi is an essential eligibility qualification for promotion to the post of Junior Assistant — Candidates failing to obtain the m India Law Library Docid # 2450844
(995) VIKRAMADITYA GAS AGENCIES Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 10-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Policy on Customer Transfer-Market Restructuring, 2025 — Challenge to OMC Policy on customer transfer — Contentions of vagueness in determining 12-month calculation period rejected — Donor distributors' interests are protected as Clause 1(ii) guarantees retention of 100% of prescribed refill ceiling limits — Fixation of refill ceiling limits and viability limits per month aims to enhance LPG penetration under the Ujjawala Scheme for public welfare — Po India Law Library Docid # 2450845
(996) M/S B.L. AGRO INDUSTRIES LIMITED Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 10-08-2026 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 245D(4A)(iii) — Settlement of cases — Limitation period for passing settlement order — Nature of limitation — The statutory time limit of 18 months prescribed under Section 245D(4A)(iii) of the Income Tax Act for the Interim Board for Settlement to pass an order under Section 245D(4) is mandatory and not directory in nature — Any order passed by the Interim Board beyond the mandatory period of 18 months is barred by limitation and constitutes a nullity in law. India Law Library Docid # 2450846
(997) OIL & NATURAL GAS CORPORATION LIMITED Vs. GUJARAT INDUSTRIAL CATERERS PVT. LTD[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 10-08-2026 Indian Contract Act, 1872 — Section 73 — Contract for running industrial canteen on subsidized basis — Discontinuation of subsidy coupons during contract period — Unilateral withdrawal of subsidy coupons constitutes breach of contract — Agreement guaranteed subsidized meals to employees as an essential term of contract — Employer had no right to unilaterally withdraw subsidy scheme — Contractor entitled to claim damages under Section 73 for monetary losses suffered due to sharp reduction in sale India Law Library Docid # 2450459
(998) RAJENDRASINH GYANSINH BHARDWAJ Vs. SUGAM CONSTRUCTION -PVT LTD AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 10-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — Contract — Privity of contract — Sub-contractor — Deletion of main contractor — Plaintiff was assigned sub-contract work by main contractor (Defendant No. 1), who held main contract from NBCC (Defendant No. 2) — Plaintiff sued both for unpaid dues but voluntarily deleted Defendant No. 1 after partial settlement — Held, sub-contract was executed solely between plaintiff and Defendant No. 1 — No contractual relationship existed between plaintiff and India Law Library Docid # 2450471
(999) MEHTA BRIJESH RAMESHCHANDRA AND OTHERS Vs. ANANTBHAI MANUBHAI PANDYA[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 10-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 9 Rule 13 — Constitution of India — Article 227 — Ex parte decree — Non-consideration of reply and written submissions — Trial Court allowed application for setting aside ex parte decree without considering the reply and written submissions filed by petitioners — High Court held that allowing an application under Order 9 Rule 13 CPC without noticing the opposing party's reply and written arguments is unsustainable — Impugned order quashed and matter reman India Law Library Docid # 2450480
(1000) UPENDRAKUMAR JUGESHWAR GUPTA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 10-08-2026 Constitution of India — Article 226 — Administrative Law — Service Law — Removal from service — Rejection of appeal and revision — Necessity of reasoned orders — Quasi-judicial authority — Petitioner was removed from service by CRPF for joining service prior to formal acceptance of resignation from earlier service — The Appellate and Revisional Authorities confirmed the removal without assigning reasons — Held, recording reasons is a fundamental component of natural justice and the heart of a ju India Law Library Docid # 2450483