(921) VIVEKDAN GADHVI Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 31-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Regular Bail — Cheating and luring complainant to invest in business scheme with promise of high returns — Appellant allegedly acted as facilitator introducing complainant to co-accused — Partnership deed executed and amounts transferred — Investigation completed and charge sheet filed — Appellant remained in custody for over one year and three months — Co-accused who received payments already released on bail — Principle of parity applied — Appellant held India Law Library Docid # 2451735
(922) RAJANI SUJATHA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 31-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 and Section 35(3) — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 318(4), 316(2), 336(3) read with Section 3(5) — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Sections 41A and 482 — Offences punishable with imprisonment of less than seven years — Procedure for arrest — Petitioners sought quashing of FIR but confined prayer to seeking compliance with Section 35(3) of BNSS — State conceded as alleged offences carried punishment under seven years — High Court India Law Library Docid # 2451850
(923) VELIGATLA VENKATA NARAYANA AND OTHER Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 31-08-2026 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 — Determination of age — Child in conflict with law — Duty of police and Magistrate — Petitioner's son was a minor on the date of alleged offence — Police produced him before the Judicial Magistrate portraying him as a major on the ground that Aadhar card details were blurry — Held, it is the bounden duty of police officials to properly verify the exact date of birth with reference to material obtained by them — Judicial Magistrate is India Law Library Docid # 2452938
(924) MRS. RUPA GOVIND NEPALI AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 29-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 397 and 401 — Scope of revisional jurisdiction — Concurrent findings of fact — High Court's power to re-appreciate evidence — Revisional jurisdiction of the High Court is limited and cannot be exercised to re-appreciate evidence or disturb concurrent findings of fact recorded by lower courts, unless the findings are shown to be perverse or illegal — Minor discrepancies in prosecution evidence do not warrant interference in revision. India Law Library Docid # 2450883
(925) RUTBAH ZEHRA AND ANOTHER Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 29-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Protection of life and liberty — Right to choose life partner — Major consenting adults — Petitioners, both majors, solemnized marriage of their own free will against wishes of parents — Private respondents threatened matrimonial bond — Court examined petitioners and satisfied itself regarding their age of majority and consent — Held, consenting adults are entitled to choose life partner and receive full legal protection against interference, harassmen India Law Library Docid # 2450722
(926) AB. QADOOS RATHER Vs. UT OF J&K AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 29-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 22(5) — Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 — Preventive Detention — Grounds of detention — Vagueness and lack of material particulars — Impugned detention order passed alleging detenue to be an overground worker aiding terrorists and engaging in subversive activities — Grounds lacked particulars regarding dates, places, period of activity, or identities of terrorists — Article 22(5) mandates that grounds must be clear, specific, and detailed — Vague a India Law Library Docid # 2450725
(927) IRQAN AHMAD DAR AND OTHERS Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 29-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 480 and 483 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 363 and 376-DA — Grant of bail — Governing factors — Principles to be evaluated include prima facie ground of guilt, nature and gravity of accusation, severity of punishment upon conviction, danger of accused fleeing or absconding, standing and antecedents of accused, likelihood of offense repetition, reasonable apprehension of influencing witnesses, and threat to trial fairness. India Law Library Docid # 2450727
(928) HAKEEM ISHFAQ AHMAD AND OTHERS Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 29-08-2026 Service Law — Regularization Policy — Autonomous Statutory Bodies and Government Corporations — Applicability of Government Directives — Corporation (SICOP) registered under Companies Act possesses distinct legal entity from State Government — Service conditions regulated by Board of Directors — Decision of Board in 84th meeting formulating regularization policy for employees completing seven years of service remains binding and operative — Government bans or policies prohibiting contractual eng India Law Library Docid # 2450740
(929) SAADUT HUSSAIN PAMPORI Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 29-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 311(2)(c) — Officers Service Manual of J&K Bank — Clause 12.29 — Dismissal from service without departmental inquiry — Powers of Bank Management — Distinction between Constitutional provisions and Bank Service Rules — Held, Article 311(2)(c) does not mandate prior investigation before recording satisfaction to dispense with inquiry. However, Clause 12.29 of OSM imposes mandatory preconditions including an investigation by a State/UT/Central Investigating Age India Law Library Docid # 2450745
(930) J&K LAKES & WATERWAYS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND OTHERS Vs. MOHAMMAD AMIN SHAH[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 29-08-2026 J&K Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1997 — Section 34 — Scope of judicial interference — Arbitral Award — Setting aside — Grounds — Supervisory jurisdiction — High Court does not sit in appeal over an arbitral award or re-appreciate evidence — Construction of contractual terms falls within the exclusive domain of the arbitrator — Where the view taken by the arbitrator is a plausible and possible view that a fair-minded person could take, the Court will not interfere under Section 34 on grounds India Law Library Docid # 2450749
(931) M/S.RAJESH EXPORTS LIMITED Vs. SRI. B.DEVARAJ AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 29-08-2026 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Section 14(1) — Absolute property of female Hindu — Suit for partition — Property stood in the name of deceased female under registered sale deed — Plaintiffs claimed property was purchased by husband out of joint family nucleus and held nominally — Trial Court erred in presuming property was joint family merely because female was a housewife without independent income — Held, under Section 14(1), property acquired by female Hindu by purchase is held as full owner an India Law Library Docid # 2451230
(932) THE STATE OF KARNATAKA Vs. ABDUL SHARIEF @ AMEER JAN[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 29-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 302, 307 and 436 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 378 and 386 — Appeal against acquittal — Arson causing six deaths — Reversal of acquittal — Trial Court acquitted the accused overlooking reliable testimonies of injured eyewitnesses, recovery of burnt hair, positive FSL report confirming petroleum residues, and accused's wife's deposition that he returned home with burns — Trial Court wrongly magnified minor discrepancies and ignored critical incrimin India Law Library Docid # 2451231
(933) SRI R.GOVINDA REDDY Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 29-08-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 4(1), 5-A, and 6(1) — Proviso to Section 6(1) — Limitation for Final Declaration — Starting point of limitation — Landowners challenged acquisition proceedings contending that the Final Declaration was issued beyond the prescribed one-year period from Preliminary Notification — Held, limitation of one year under Section 6 Proviso commences from the last of the dates among modes of publication prescribed under Section 4(1), including causing public notice in India Law Library Docid # 2451232
(934) STATE OF KARNATAKA Vs. K. NAGARAJA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 29-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 210(2) and Section 227 — Clubbing of private complaint and police report cases — Discharge under Section 302 of IPC — Complainant filed private complaint alleging murder under Section 302 IPC against accused, whereas police report only charged offences under Sections 498A, 304B, and 306 IPC — Sessions Court erroneously discharged accused under Section 302 IPC — Held, under Section 210(2) Cr.P.C., where a complaint case and police report arise from t India Law Library Docid # 2451233
(935) MINAKSHI KUMARI Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[PATNA HIGH COURT] 29-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent powers — Scope and exercise — Quashing of cognizance order — Principles of judicial restraint — Held, extraordinary inherent jurisdiction exists to prevent miscarriage of justice and abuse of process, but cannot be exercised to conduct a mini-trial, appreciate disputed evidence, or adjudicate the accused's defence at the threshold — A prosecution disclosing a prima facie offence cannot be prematurely terminated merely because the accu India Law Library Docid # 2451359
(936) LALITA DEVI Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 29-08-2026 Bihar Special Courts Act, 2009 — Sections 13, 14, 15 and 19 — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 13(1)(e) — Disproportionate assets — Computation of known sources of income — Omission to consider agricultural and spouse's independent income — Authorized Officer arbitrarily rejected agricultural income supported by Circle Officer reports and ignored spouse's independent income declared in scrutinized income tax returns — Known sources of income include all lawful, intimated earnings, in India Law Library Docid # 2451371
(937) IN THE MATTER OF : RAHUL SHAH RP OF M/S. ECOLEX INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS PRIVATE LIMITED[NATIONAL COMPANY LAW TRIBUNAL, AHMEDABAD (COURT - II)] 28-08-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Sections 33 and 34 — Liquidation of Corporate Debtor — Non-receipt of Resolution Plans — Recommendation by Committee of Creditors — Corporate Debtor was admitted into CIRP and Form-G was published twice — No Expressions of Interest were received from prospective resolution applicants — Committee of Creditors resolved with 100% voting majority to initiate liquidation of the Corporate Debtor — Adjudicating Authority allowed the application, ordered initiation India Law Library Docid # 2450932
(938) ABDUL SHAKUR WALESAB NADAF Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 28-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 118 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 313 — Child witness testimony — Reliability — Conviction for murder of wife by stabbing — Deceased's minor son testified to witnessing the assault — Trial Court ascertained witness understood oath — Testimony held trustworthy, uncorrupted by tutoring, and corroborated by medical evidence as well as accused's admission of presence in his Section 313 statement — Child witness te India Law Library Docid # 2450884
(939) DR. R. THULASIDASAN Vs. SHRI M. SETHU AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT (CIRCUIT BENCH AT PORT BLAIR)] 28-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Municipal Laws — Locus standi of third party — Complaint against unauthorized construction — Held, a public-spirited citizen or third party has standing under Article 226 to seek enforcement of building rules and implementation of pre-existing demolition orders against unauthorized constructions. The objection regarding lack of locus standi is irrelevant in cases involving illegal structures, as unauthorized constructions overburden civic infrastructur India Law Library Docid # 2450664
(940) SANJEEVA SHUKLA @ SANJIV SHUKLA Vs. ARADHANA NIRMAN LLP[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 28-08-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 138 and 141 — Offence by Company — Vicarious Liability of Director — Essential Requirements — To prosecute a Director under Section 141, the complaint must contain clear, specific, and unambiguous averments showing how and in what manner the Director was in charge of, and responsible to the company for the conduct of its business at the relevant time — A person cannot be made vicariously liable merely by virtue of holding the office of Director in the India Law Library Docid # 2450672