(981) SAURABH AGRAWAL Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Income Tax Act, 1961 — Sections 148 and 148A(d) — Writ jurisdiction against reassessment notice and preliminary order — Scope of judicial review — Limited scope — Writ court's scrutiny under Article 226 against an order under Section 148A(d) is confined solely to examining the existence of information suggesting escapement of income — Reassessment proceedings under Section 148 entail a far more exhaustive examination — High Court declined to interfere India Law Library Docid # 2452126
(982) LUMINOUS INFRA PROJECTS LLP Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 08-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Maintainability of writ petition — Alternative statutory remedy — Discretionary jurisdiction — Rule of exhaustion of alternative remedy is not an omnibus or absolute bar to writ jurisdiction, but a rule of judicial restraint — High Court may exercise its plenary powers under Article 226 in exceptional circumstances, including arbitrary state action or where relegating a party would result in gross injustice and hardship — Once pleadings are exchanged a India Law Library Docid # 2452130
(983) LUMINOUS INFRA PROJECTS LLP Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 08-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ jurisdiction — Alternative remedy — Bar of alternative remedy is a rule of judicial restraint and discretion, not an absolute bar on jurisdiction — Writ court may intervene where the impugned action is arbitrary, high-handed, or violates constitutional rights — When pleadings are complete and the State authority has acted arbitrarily on baseless assumptions without challenging past judicial orders, the petitioner cannot be relegated to an alternat India Law Library Docid # 2452131
(984) RAJARAM PATEL Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 08-09-2026 Administrative Law — Speaking order — Duty to record reasons — Representation against transfer — High Court had earlier directed respondents to decide petitioner's representation — Authority rejected representation merely stating it was "not found satisfactory" without assigning any reasons — Held, unreasoned administrative orders cannot be supported by supplementing reasons later — Administrative decisions affecting rights must record cogent, clear reasons to ensure transparency and prevent arb India Law Library Docid # 2452151
(985) VICTIM X THROUGH LEGAL GUARDIAN Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 08-09-2026 Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 — Section 3(2) — Medical Termination of Pregnancy Rules, 2003 — Rule 3B — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Termination of pregnancy exceeding 24 weeks — Gestation period of 27 weeks and 6 days — Medical Board opined that termination was feasible — Article 21 recognizes and protects reproductive autonomy and bodily integrity, empowering a woman to decide on termination when her physical or mental health is at stake — High Court granted permissi India Law Library Docid # 2452152
(986) RAJAT BUILDERS PRIVATE LIMITED THROUGH MR RAJENDRA BEESANI Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 08-09-2026 Madhya Pradesh Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings Act, 1960 — Sections 9 and 10 — Initiation of ceiling proceedings — Notice issued to a dead person — Validity — The original tenure holder died in 1963, whereas notice under Section 10 was issued in 1964 in the name of the deceased — Held, a notice issued to a dead person is non est in law and renders the entire ceiling proceedings a nullity — Any subsequent proceedings and orders emanating from such defective notice are void ab initio — No rights India Law Library Docid # 2452154
(987) SANJU ALIAS THAN SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 300 Exception 4 and Section 304 Part-II — Murder vs. Culpable homicide not amounting to murder — Sudden altercation and provocation — Complainant party failed to fulfill promise of getting appellant's motorcycle repaired — Appellant returned in the evening and found the motorcycle unrepaired — Altercation ensued at the spur of the moment — Appellant picked up a wooden stick lying on the spot and delivered a single blow to the victim's head — Absence of premeditat India Law Library Docid # 2451967
(988) THE ORIENTAL INS. CO. LTD. Vs. ARJUN SINGH AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Breach of insurance policy — Driving licence — Challenge to insurer's liability — Insurer contended that driver held a licence only for Light Motor Vehicles and was not authorized to drive the offending motorcycle — Rejection of plea — Insurer neither raised any objection nor adduced evidence regarding lack of a valid driving licence before the Tribunal — No finding of policy violation recorded in the award — Held, in absence of evidence and findings on record, the ins India Law Library Docid # 2452175
(989) COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 National Highways Act, 1956 — Sections 4 and 5 — Tort Law — Duty of Care — Maintenance of National Highways — Statutory Delegation — Central Government delegated statutory functions concerning development, execution, and routine maintenance of National Highways in Tripura to NHIDCL — Held, NHIDCL, as delegate of the Central Government, owes a continuous duty of care to highway users to ensure roads remain motorable and safe — Such duty cannot be abdicated by contracting execution to Engineering India Law Library Docid # 2452169
(990) VIRBHAR YASAR MUSTAK Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 109(1), 132, 190, 189(2), 191(2), 121(1) and 54 — Anticipatory bail — Grounds for grant — Applicant sought pre-arrest bail where the primary allegation was that her mobile phone was found at the scene of offence — Alleged offences did not attract death penalty or life imprisonment — Custodial interrogation found unnecessary — Applicant undertook to cooperate with investigation and trial without flee India Law Library Docid # 2452259
(991) JIGAR PRAKASHBHAI RAJAI Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 118, 139 and 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Rebuttal of statutory presumption — Standard of proof — Accused is not mandatorily required to enter the witness box to rebut statutory presumptions and may discharge the burden on a preponderance of probabilities through the complainant's own evidence and cross-examination admissions — Where complainant admitted routing vehicle sale payments to intermediaries facing criminal complaints, the existence of a legal India Law Library Docid # 2452267
(992) SMT BHAVANA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Protection of Life and Liberty — Freedom to cohabit — Consensual marriage of majors — Petitioners, being adults, solemnised marriage of their own free will and sought police protection against threats from family members — Held, settled law establishes that where two adults reside together voluntarily, no person, including parents, possesses the authority to interfere in their living together — Relatives cannot substitute their preferences for an adult' India Law Library Docid # 2452561
(993) ASHWANI SINGH Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 307, 325, 342, 504 and 506 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Amicable settlement — Parties reached a compromise outside the court, which was duly verified by the trial court — Complainant had no desire to prosecute the applicant — High Court, applying the principles enunciated in State of Madhya Pradesh v. Laxmi Narayan, held that no useful purpose would be served by keeping the criminal case pen India Law Library Docid # 2452567
(994) DHARMENDRA JOSHI Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Service Law — Regularization — Parity with similarly situated employees — Longstanding ad hoc service — Petitioner was engaged as a daily wager in 1986 and worked as ad hoc Junior Assistant from 1989 — Other similarly situated employees in the department were regularized with effect from 17.05.2005 pursuant to judicial intervention — Departmental communications consistently recommended petitioner's case on parity — Held, petitioner is entitled to be considered and treated at par with similarly s India Law Library Docid # 2453167
(995) THDC INDIA LTD. Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Rehabilitation and Resettlement — Tehri Dam Project — Compensation for property outside submergence zone — Property situate above Reservoir Level (R.L.) 835 meters — Grievance Redressal Cell directed compensation holding that claimant's house was of no use after family migrated upon receiving rehabilitation land — Held, reasoning is unsustainable — Disuse of property due to relocation is insufficient to award compensation — Claim can be sustained only if the property is damaged or rendered unusa India Law Library Docid # 2453168
(996) PADMENDRA SINGH ASWAL Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 397 and 401 — Revisional jurisdiction — Scope of interference with concurrent findings of fact — Held, the revisional court is not ordinarily required to re-appreciate evidence merely because another view is possible — Interference in revisional jurisdiction is warranted only where the findings recorded by the courts below suffer from manifest illegality, perversity, gross miscarriage of justice, or material irregularity — In the absence of any jur India Law Library Docid # 2453169
(997) NATTALA PRADEEP PRAMODH AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 480 and 483 — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 20(b)(ii)(B) read with Section 8(c) — Regular Bail — Recovery of non-commercial quantity — Accused No. 1 was arrested on the spot and found in alleged possession of 2.00 kg of ganja — He remained in judicial custody for 31 days with no adverse criminal antecedents reported against him — Considering the period of incarceration, the non-commercial quantity of the contrab India Law Library Docid # 2451428
(998) TABA TAHANG AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF AP[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 07-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 456, 451, 354, 342 and 34 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Amicable settlement — Non-compoundable offences private in nature — Petition filed jointly by accused and victims seeking quashing of criminal proceedings based on deed of settlement — Dispute arose from a personal misunderstanding and did not affect society at large — Victims had no survivi India Law Library Docid # 2451429
(999) VINOD RAMCHANDRA GANGWANI Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 07-09-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 123 — Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 — Anticipatory Bail — Transportation of Gutkha and scented Pan Masala — Applicability of Section 123 BNS (analogous to Section 328 IPC) to illegal transport of Gutkha is pending adjudication before Supreme Court — Other alleged offences under BNS and FSSA are bailable — Applicant tendered undertaking to refrain from dealing in prohibited substances — Pre-arrest protection warranted due to legal uncertainty surround India Law Library Docid # 2451430
(1000) BENGALURU DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND ANOTHER Vs. NATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTIONS HOUSING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD. AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 07-09-2026 Bangalore Development Authority Act, 1976 — Section 17, 19 and 36 — Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Section 24(2) — Inapplicability of 2013 Act to BDA acquisitions — Respondent sought declaration that acquisition proceedings initiated under BDA Act lapsed under Section 24 of 2013 Act — Held, provisions of 2013 Act do not apply to acquisitions initiated under BDA Act — Land Acquisition Act, 1894 stands incorporated into India Law Library Docid # 2451431