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(1) NEHA Vs. THE STATE NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 23-10-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 126 and 130 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Preventive proceedings — Judicial review at show cause notice stage — Challenge to notice requiring execution of bond for keeping peace — Held, proceedings under Chapter IX BNSS are preventive and based on the Magistrate's subjective satisfaction — High Court in writ jurisdiction will not interfere at the threshold of a show cause notice unless there is complete lack of jurisdiction or t
India Law Library Docid # 2456612

(2) IKRAM TAHIR AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 23-10-2026
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 49, 64 and 69 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Anticipatory Bail — Sexual exploitation on false promise of marriage — Consensual relationship — Complainant alleged that petitioner-accused sexually exploited her on promise of marriage — Record showed parties were in a consensual relationship and petitioner had proposed marriage, which complainant's family rejected — Relationship failed to mature as families did not agree — Petitio
India Law Library Docid # 2456614

(3) MST. THEMU Vs. RAM NATH AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 23-10-2026
Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 6 — Accrual of cause of action and right to sue — Plaintiff minor at time of father's death and adverse mutation attestation — Limitation does not run against a minor until majority is attained — Bare denial of title or adverse revenue entry during minority does not constitute a clear and unequivocal threat triggering limitation — Cause of action arose upon subsequent unequivocal denial by defendants after majority — First Appellate Court erred in fixing limitation
India Law Library Docid # 2456615

(4) PRESIDENT DOGRI SANSTHA AND ANOTHER Vs. SH. N.D. JAMWAL AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 23-10-2026
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Infructuous litigation — Efflux of time — Renewal of membership — Suit seeking renewal of membership of a registered society for a fixed three-year term (1993-1996) — Membership period expired long before the decree of the First Appellate Court and over three decades prior to hearing of the second appeal — Held, when the term has expired by efflux of time, no live controversy or effective relief survives — Continuation of the appea
India Law Library Docid # 2456618

(5) VICTIM X Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 23-10-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14 — Uttar Pradesh Rani Lakshmi Bai Mahila Evam Bal Samman Kosh Rules, 2015 — Entry 7, Annexure 1 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 6 — Compensation to child victim — Rejection of claim due to lack of injury report indicating penetrative sexual assault — Held, the condition is manifestly arbitrary and violates Article 14 — An injury report is not indispensable even in a criminal trial, let alone for preliminary relief under a
India Law Library Docid # 2456627

(6) BANS BAHADUR SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF U.P.THROUGH PRINCIPAL SECY. LAND REVENUE AND 8 ORS.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 23-10-2026
U.P. Land Revenue Act, 1901 — Section 28 — Maintenance and correction of maps and field-books — Scope of summary proceedings — Adjudication of title — Revenue authorities cannot utilize Section 28 proceedings to adjudicate substantive rights, title, or possession, nor mechanically assume that an alleged deficiency in one plot can be compensated from an adjoining plot. Authorities must confine themselves strictly to determining whether a genuine error exists in the map based on reliable survey re
India Law Library Docid # 2456643

(7) VIJESH K. V AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER[KERALA HIGH COURT] 23-10-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 296(b), 115(2), 118(1) read with Section 3(5) — Pre-arrest bail — Overt acts and weapon usage — Custodial interrogation — Accused persons allegedly assaulted the de facto complainant and his relative after locking a bar door — Specific overt acts involving use of an iron bar and inflicting injuries were attributed to Accused Nos. 1 to 3, requiring custodial interrogation and disqualifying them from
India Law Library Docid # 2456731

(8) MR.SUHAIB M Vs. THE REGISTRAR (DISTRICT JUDICIARY) HIGH COURT OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 23-10-2026
Kerala Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1960 — Rule 15(3) — Disciplinary Proceedings — Amendment or modification of charges — Stage of enquiry — Petitioner challenged revised memo of charges issued after examination of several witnesses — Held, Rule 15(3) empowers the Inquiring Authority to amend, alter, or modify charges at any stage during the enquiry — In the absence of a challenge to the validity of the rule, alteration cannot be declared illegal — No prejudice is c
India Law Library Docid # 2456732

(9) ADV.P.S.SUBEESH Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 23-10-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 22(2) — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 58 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 57 — Production of arrested person before Magistrate — 24-hour limit — Constitutional and statutory requirement to produce an arrested person before the nearest Magistrate within 24 hours prescribes an outer maximum limit and not an entitlement to detain an accused until the deadline approaches — Police are obligated to produce the arrestee without
India Law Library Docid # 2456734

(10) ARSHAD KHAN Vs. STATE[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 23-10-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 316(2), 318(4) and 61(2) — West Bengal Protection of Interests of Depositors in Financial Establishments Act, 2013 — Section 3(2) — Economic offences — Multi-crore fraudulent multi-level marketing scheme — Bail application — Petitioner sought bail citing nine months' custody, family responsibilities, and clean antecedents — Case involved luring innocent public with false promises of self-employment
India Law Library Docid # 2456790

(11) ABDUL AHAD KHAN ALIAS AAHAT KHAN Vs. STATE[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 23-10-2026
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 21(c) and 29 — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 439 [Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483] — Regular Bail — Evidentiary value of co-accused's statement — Petitioner implicated solely on the basis of a statement made by a co-accused — Perusal of the case diary revealed that no contraband was seized from the possession of the co-accused — In the absence of recovery from the co-accused and with complicity re
India Law Library Docid # 2456791

(12) DEBRAJ BARMAN Vs. STATE[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT (JALPAIGURI BENCH)] 23-10-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 103 — Regular Bail — Circumstantial Evidence — Remote involvement — Accused sought bail in a murder case after submission of charge sheet. The prosecution case rested on circumstantial evidence, with witness statements merely indicating that the accused was seen standing at a distance from where the dead body was lying. Held, considering the remote nature of involvement based on circumstantial eviden
India Law Library Docid # 2456792

(13) SANJAY MITTAL AGARWAL AND ORS. Vs. SHAKUNTALA PIPES PVT. LTD AND ORS.[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT (JALPAIGURI BENCH)] 23-10-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Supervisory jurisdiction — Expeditious disposal of interlocutory application — Erroneous adjournment for Service Return — Plaintiff sought direction for timely disposal of injunction application — Contesting defendants had already entered appearance through counsel and were served with copies of plaint and application — Trial Court erroneously fixed a date for Service Return instead of proceeding with hearing — Held, when contesting defendants have app
India Law Library Docid # 2456793

(14) S.DHIVYA AND OTHERS Vs. S.SENTHIL EDUCATIONAL TRUST AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 23-10-2026
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 24 and Section 152 — Transfer of suit — Apprehension of unfair trial — Clerical error in trial court's order — Petitioner preferred revision against interlocutory order, but Registry returned petition due to incorrect suit number recorded in certified copy — Petitioner filed memo for rectification, but trial court proceeded with suit, closed evidence, and posted for framing additional issues without passing orders on memo — Held, trial court's undue has
India Law Library Docid # 2456797

(15) KUPENTHIRAN Vs. STATE REPRESENTED BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 23-10-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 127(3), 191(2), 191(3), 137(2), 296(b), 115(2), 118(1), and 351(3) — Arms Act, 1959 — Sections 25(1)(b) and 25(1A) — Regular Bail — Parity — Petitioner accused of abduction, wrongful confinement, extortion, and assault with weapons — Application opposed citing involvement of multiple accused — Fact that co-accused were granted anticipatory bail and the injured victim had been discharged from hospita
India Law Library Docid # 2456800

(16) C.PADMANABHAN Vs. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 23-10-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Eviction from Government Poramboke Land — Due process of law — Petitioner challenged a communication issued by the Tahsildar directing the Municipal Commissioner to evict him from subject land for alleged illegal occupation — Held, even assuming the petitioner is in illegal occupation of government poramboke land, the authorities have no power to direct eviction through such executive communication without following statutory procedure — Eviction must
India Law Library Docid # 2456808

(17) R.TAMILARASI Vs. THE STATE REP BY, THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 23-10-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 103(1), 61(2)(a), 238(a) and 49 — Regular bail — Murder of minor child — Second bail application — Petitioner accused of strangulating her four-year-old daughter — Incarceration and stage of trial — Prosecution opposed bail citing gravity of offence and examination of key witnesses — Held, taking into account the nature of the allegations, the long period of judicial custody undergone by the petitio
India Law Library Docid # 2456814

(18) PANDIYAN @ SUNDARAPANDIYAN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE BY, THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE AND ANOTHER[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 23-10-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita — Section 483 — Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 — Section 21(4) — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita — Illegal sand transport with forged permits — Regular bail — Petitioners were accused of transporting fourteen units of sand using forged permits — Petitioners sought bail citing judicial custody and seizure of vehicles — Court observed that vehicles involved were already secured — Considering the nature of offence, quantum of seized material, cu
India Law Library Docid # 2456817

(19) MATESH Vs. THE STATE REP. BY THE DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF PRISON, COIMBATORE RANGE, COIMBATORE[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 23-10-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Prison Administration — Grant of emergency leave — Life convict having served 11 years sought six days of emergency leave without escort — Prison authorities accepted the reason for leave but granted only a single day — State admitted petitioner's eligibility and raised no serious objection in view of earlier orders — Restricting emergency leave to one day held unsustainable when petitioner was admittedly eligible for six days — Impugned order set asid
India Law Library Docid # 2456820

(20) THIRUPATHI AND OTHERS Vs. THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 23-10-2026
Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 14A(2) — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 191(2), 296(b), 115(2), 351(2), 192 and 196 — SC/ST (PoA) Act, Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s) and 3(2)(va) — Grant of Bail — Appellants surrendered pursuant to High Court directions after being accused of caste-based insults, assault, and criminal intimidation during an idol procession — Special Court dismissed bail application — High Court observed that consideri
India Law Library Docid # 2456822

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