(81) SRI. UDAYKIRAN VASIREDDI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 7 and 11(ii) — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 354A(1) — Matrimonial dispute — Malicious allegations of child abuse — Quashing of proceedings — Wife filed a POCSO complaint against husband after Family Court granted him interim custody of their minor daughter — Medical records showed no sexual assault or molestation — Allegations were an afterthought to settle personal scores — India Law Library Docid # 2454054
(82) PUNE RAM Vs. RUPESH SHARMA[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 118, 138 and 139 — Dishonour of cheque — Rebuttal of statutory presumption — Complainant's financial capacity — Complainant alleged advancing a cash loan of ?5,00,000/- to the accused — In cross-examination, complainant admitted earning merely ?2,000/- to ?3,000/- per month and produced no documentary evidence regarding the alleged sale of land or bank withdrawal — Accused is entitled to demonstrate lack of financial capacity through cross-examination India Law Library Docid # 2454058
(83) STATE OF H.P. Vs. DEVI RAM[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of interference — Acquittal strengthens the presumption of innocence of the accused — Appellate court can interfere with an acquittal only if the judgment is impossible, perverse, wholly unsustainable, or manifestly illegal — Where two reasonable conclusions are possible on the evidence, the view favorable to the accused must prevail — Benefit of doubt is a substantive safeguard flowing from the presumption of India Law Library Docid # 2454060
(84) DR. SAIMA KABIR Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 25-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Service Law — Conditional engagement — Cancellation ab initio on adverse antecedents — Enforcement of terms — Petitioner was provisionally engaged subject to character verification by CID, with a stipulation that an adverse report would cancel engagement ab initio — Petitioner also furnished an undertaking accepting this condition — Following an adverse report, engagement was cancelled ab initio, which went unchallenged — Held, an appointee accepting c India Law Library Docid # 2454061
(85) VIKAS KUMAR Vs. STATE OF H.P. & ORS.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 336 and 338 — Arms Act, 1959 — Section 27 — Quashing of FIR based on compromise — Offence under Arms Act — Accused armourer accidentally discharged a firearm, injuring a constable during training — Matter settled amicably — Held, inherent power to quash proceedings under Section 482 CrPC based on settlement cannot be exercised for heinous and serious offences — Offences punishable under the Arms Act are crimes India Law Library Docid # 2454062
(86) SMT. VASANTHI Vs. SHRI MUNIRAJU AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 14 Rule 2 — Karnataka Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1958 — Section 26(c) and Section 29 — Reopening of valuation — Finality of earlier order — Trial Court earlier accepted valuation under Section 26(c) and overruled registry's objection regarding applicability of Section 29 — Said order remained unchallenged and attained finality — Held, in the absence of any changed circumstances or altered pleadings, Trial Court could not reopen the question of co India Law Library Docid # 2454064
(87) RAM PYARI (DECEASED) THROUGH HER LR NIRMALA Vs. RESPONDENT[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Sections 38 and 39 — Suit for permanent and mandatory injunction — Allegation of encroachment and unauthorized construction — Demarcation report of the Local Commissioner established that both parties occupied less area than their recorded entitlement due to an intervening public path — Longstanding boundary wall established separate and settled possession following mutual division by predecessors — Allegations of encro India Law Library Docid # 2454066
(88) THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S R.D. ENTERPRISES (GOVT. CONTRACTOR), THROUGH ITS PARTNER SH. RANDHIR SINGH AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 H.P. Tolls Act, 1975 — Auction of Toll Collection Lease Rights — Default by Highest Bidder — Recovery of Revenue Loss — Respondent No. 1's highest bids for toll units were accepted, but it subsequently backtracked, forcing re-auction at a lower price and causing revenue loss to the State — Condition No. 2.3.15 of Toll Announcements mandated that any deficiency in bid amount on re-grant is recoverable from the withdrawing bidder as arrears of land revenue, and deposits stand forfeited — Held, app India Law Library Docid # 2454067
(89) ALI HUSSAIN SHAH Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 25-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 480 and 483 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 437 and 439 — Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 409, 467, 471 and 120-B — Statutory bar on bail — Offences punishable with life imprisonment — Scope — The statutory bar restricting grant of bail under Section 480 of BNSS is confined only to offences carrying a sentence of death or imprisonment for life in the alternative. Where imprisonment for life is prescribed disjunctively from the deat India Law Library Docid # 2454079
(90) ADAM RAM Vs. STATE OF HP AND ANR.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 311(2), Second Proviso, Clause (a) — Disciplinary action following conviction — Pendency of criminal appeal — Suspension of sentence — Mere pendency of an appeal against conviction, suspension of sentence under Section 389 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, or enlargement on bail does not bar the disciplinary authority from initiating proceedings or ordering dismissal or removal from service. Article 311(2)(a) pertains to the conduct leading to convict India Law Library Docid # 2454084
(91) DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT AND OTHERS Vs. MD. SALEEM KHAN AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 25-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 216 — Alteration or addition of charge — Maintainability of application — Locus standi — Directorate of Enforcement sought addition of charges under Sections 411 and 424 RPC in a CBI charge-sheet — Trial Court dismissed application citing lack of locus standi — Held, unsustainable — Section 216 CrPC enables the Court to alter or add charges at any stage before judgment — An application by a third party or agency merely brings an omission to the Cour India Law Library Docid # 2454086
(92) CHUNI LAL AND ANOTHER Vs. SUBHASH CHAND AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Himachal Pradesh Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1971 — Section 57 — Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1954 — Sections 37 and 45 — Jurisdiction of Civil Court — Bar under Consolidation Act — Clerical error in Jamabandi reducing plaintiffs' recorded share — Error originated during preparation of periodical records under the Land Revenue Act and was mechanically carried forward, rather than arising out of any consolidation scheme or statutory adjudication — Section 5 India Law Library Docid # 2454087
(93) B.S.PANDURANG SINGH Vs. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 — Sections 5, 8 and 26 — Adjudicatory mechanism — Availability of statutory alternate remedy — Maintainability of writ petition — Provisional attachment confirmed under Section 8 — Statutory appeal filed under Section 26 before Appellate Tribunal — Held, the PMLA provides a comprehensive and self-contained adjudicatory mechanism through attachment under Section 5, confirmation under Section 8, and an appeal under Section 26 — Constitutional jurisdiction u India Law Library Docid # 2454088
(94) VIJAY RANI GUPTA Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14, 16 and 39(d) — Service Law — Equal pay for equal work — Pay parity across departments — Petitioner was appointed as Art/Craft Teacher in the Agriculture Department at a lower pay scale than counterparts in the Rural Development Department — Qualifications, recruitment procedure, duties, and responsibilities were identical and uncontroverted — Held, treating employees holding identical posts differently merely because they belong to different departments India Law Library Docid # 2454090
(95) FIRDOUS AHMAD SHAH Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 25-09-2026 Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 — Section 8 — Successive detention orders — Earlier detention quashed or revoked — Reliance on fresh material — Scope of judicial review — Where an earlier preventive detention order has been quashed, the quashed grounds cannot form the sole foundation of a subsequent detention order — However, a detenue's subsequent conduct is not immune from consideration — When fresh, independent material intervenes, past incidents may validly be referenced as anteced India Law Library Docid # 2454092
(96) SRI. UDAYKIRAN VASIREDDI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 7 and 11(ii) — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 354A(1) — Quashing of proceedings — Abuse of process — Matrimonial discord — Mother lodged sexual assault complaint against father after the Family Court granted him interim weekend custody of minor daughter and dismissed her restraining application — Hospital and psychiatric records revealed no evidence of molestation, only anxiety India Law Library Docid # 2454102
(97) STATE OF KARNATAKA BY HAROHALLI POLICE, RAMANAGARA, REP. BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT BUILDING, BENGALURU-1 Vs. G.S. MALLAIAH[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of interference — Acquittal strengthens the presumption of innocence of the accused — An appellate court reviewing an acquittal is entitled to re-appreciate evidence, but must determine whether the trial court's view is plausible — If the view adopted by the trial court is plausible on the evidence on record, the appellate court cannot overturn the acquittal merely because another view is possible — Interferenc India Law Library Docid # 2454106
(98) METHUKU THIRUPATHI REDDY Vs. CBI[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 397 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 438 — Revisional jurisdiction — Scope and limitations — Revisional court does not act as an appellate court and cannot re-appreciate evidence or substitute its own conclusions on facts — Jurisdiction is supervisory and intended to correct a miscarriage of justice — Interference is impermissible unless findings of the courts below are perverse, grossly erroneous, glaringly unreasonable, based o India Law Library Docid # 2454110
(99) ISHWAR DASS AND ANOTHER Vs. KANTA DEVI AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Proof of rash and negligent driving — Appreciation of evidence — Offending tractor was involved in the accident resulting in the victim's death — Criminal case was registered against the driver and the First Information Report recorded specific allegations of rash and negligent driving — Investigating officer testified that the tractor went out of control onto the wrong side of the road — Finding of the Tribunal that the accident occurred due to the rash India Law Library Docid # 2454117
(100) MISHU GUGLANI Vs. STATE OF H.P.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 / Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Pre-arrest bail — Scope and parameters — Power to grant anticipatory bail is an extraordinary remedy to be exercised sparingly in exceptional cases — It cannot be granted as a matter of rule — Relief requires a delicate balance between safeguarding individual liberty and protecting public interest and ensuring fair investigation — Presumption of innocence alone is not a sufficient ground for granting anticipatory ba India Law Library Docid # 2454119