(1) M. PREMA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU REP BY ITS SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2026 Service Law — Seniority — Inter se Seniority between Direct Recruits, Special Appointees, and Compassionate Appointees — Tamil Nadu State and Subordinate Services Rules, 1955, Part II, Rule 10(a)(i) & Rule 48 — Special Absorption Rules, 1987, Clause 10 — Inter se seniority dispute between Direct recruits selected through competitive examination, Special appointees appointed on temporary basis under Rule 10(a)(i) and subsequently regularised, and Compassionate appointees — High Court held Direct India Law Library Docid # 2455035
(2) SULTAN SINGH (DEAD) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS Vs. THE FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2026 Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954 — Section 51(2)(a)(ii) read with Section 53 — Succession to Bhumidhari rights of Hindu female/widow — Transformation of limited interest into absolute estate — Interplay with Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (HSA) — Deceased female Bhumidhar (Khajano) inherited a limited life estate in the subject agricultural holding prior to the commencement of the Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954 — Upon the enactment of the HSA, 1956, by virtue of Section 14(1) read with the Explanation the India Law Library Docid # 2455036
(3) CHARMING RUPON Vs. STATE OF MEGHALAYA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-10-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 6 — Rape of minor suffering from intellectual disability — Benefit of Doubt — Re-appreciation of evidence — Unexplained delay of 10 days in lodging FIR — Star prosecution witnesses (child victim and her cousin) completely failed to identify the accused before the Court and admitted that the name of the accused was supplied by victim's mother — Victim admitted to being instructed by Special Public Prosecutor prior to giving testimony India Law Library Docid # 2455037
(4) SH. VIJAY BAHADUR AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 09-10-2026 Railways Act, 1989 — Sections 2(29) and 124-A — Compensation claim — Bona fide passenger — Non-recovery of train ticket — Burden of proof — Tribunal dismissed the claim petition primarily on the ground that no ticket was recovered from the deceased — Held, mere absence or non-recovery of a ticket from the deceased does not, by itself, negate bona fide passenger status where the claimants discharge the initial burden through sworn testimony — The burden thereafter shifts upon the Railways to prov India Law Library Docid # 2455097
(5) MRS. RADHA GOYAL Vs. GAURAV GOYAL[DELHI HIGH COURT] 09-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(b) — Court-Fees Act, 1870 — Section 7(iv)(b) and Schedule II Article 17(vi) — Suit for partition — Valuation and court fees — Plaintiff claimed fixed court fee alleging joint possession — Holistic reading of plaint revealed plaintiff was not in physical possession of any suit property, necessitating payment of ad-valorem court fees — Despite repeated opportunities and specific court directions to separately value each relief and pay deficit cour India Law Library Docid # 2455103
(6) MAHESWAR @ MAHESH KANDA Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 09-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 154 — Unexplained delay in lodging FIR — Absence of medical evidence linking assault to death — Incident occurred on 16-05-2020, victim died on 29-05-2020, and FIR was filed on 11-06-2020 — Explanation that delay was caused by post-death ceremonies did not explain inaction prior to death — Prosecution failed to produce medical records or examine treating doctors from three hospitals — Witness testified deceased India Law Library Docid # 2455154
(7) SHAILENDRA BULANI Vs. STATE OF M.P. AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 09-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 420, 406, 294 and 506 — Quashing of FIR and charge-sheet — Property transaction — Complainant alleged non-execution of sale deed despite paying advance consideration under an alleged agreement to sell — Record revealed that a prior agreement to sell regarding a portion of the same plot had already been executed in favour of petitioner's mother, wherein the complainant was an attesting witness — High Court hel India Law Library Docid # 2455172
(8) HARIKISHAN PARIHAR Vs. SUMAN[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 09-10-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 28 and Section 13(1-A) — Appeal against decree of divorce — Maintainability on merits after contracting second marriage — Respondent wife sought dismissal of appeal on the ground that appellant husband contracted a second marriage after the decree of divorce — Appellant did not refute the allegation and conceded not pressing the appeal on merits — Held, challenge against the decree of divorce stood relinquished in view of the appellant's second marriage, restri India Law Library Docid # 2455185
(9) MANISH KHANDELWAL AND OTHERS Vs. DEEPAK KUMAR AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 09-10-2026 Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, 1959 — Section 158(3) and Section 165(7-b) — Transfer of Bhumiswami land — Requirement of permission — Rejection of mutation application on ground that land was Government/patta land transferred without Collector's permission — Held, requirement of prior permission for transfer under Section 158(3) read with Section 165(7-b) was introduced via Amendment Act, 1992 w.e.f. 28.10.1992 — Predecessors had acquired Bhumiswami rights prior to the 1992 amendment — Conseq India Law Library Docid # 2455196
(10) CHANDERLAL NAVLANI (DEAD) THROUGH HIS LRS. Vs. MADHUSUDAN (DEAD) THROUGH HIS LRS.[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 09-10-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Sections 16(c) and 20 — Contract Act, 1872 — Section 55 — Specific performance of agreement to sell immovable property — Time as essence of contract — Readiness and willingness — Presumption is that time is not the essence of a contract for sale of immovable property unless explicitly agreed — Mere specification of a date for completion does not make time fundamental — Plaintiff demonstrated continuous readiness and willingness through prompt newspaper publication and India Law Library Docid # 2455202
(11) MODERN ASSET Vs. KNK CONSTRUCTION PRIVATE LIMITED.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Section 31(1) — Clean Slate Principle — Right of Successful Resolution Applicant (SRA) to pursue pre-CIRP claims vs. Counterclaim by Operational Creditor (OC) — Equitable Set-Off — Operational Creditor suffered a major haircut on its pre-CIRP claim under the approved resolution plan — Subsequent to CIRP completion, SRA invoked arbitration seeking recovery of pre-CIRP dues from the same Operational Creditor arising out of the very same contract — Secti India Law Library Docid # 2454912
(12) SHUBHAM EQUIPMENT PRIVATE LIMITED AND ANOTHER Vs. ROTHWELL WATER COMPANY LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6-A) — Appointment of Arbitrator — Scope of Inquiry — Minimal Judicial Intervention — Referral Court's jurisdiction under Section 11(6-A) is restricted to examining the prima facie existence of an arbitration agreement — Once the prima facie existence of an arbitration agreement is established, the Court ought to appoint an arbitrator and refer the parties to arbitration — Contentions regarding overlapping claims under a prior agreement fall wi India Law Library Docid # 2454913
(13) FEDERATION OF MEDICAL AND SALES REPRESENTATIVES ASSOCIATION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 and 32 — Right to Health — Unethical Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices — Public Interest Litigation seeking statutory force for Uniform Code for Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices (UCPMP) or framing of judicial guidelines — Health forms an integral part of right to life — Unethical practices including direct or indirect monetary benefits, gifts, hospitality, sponsored travel, and inducements to medical practitioners result in over-prescription India Law Library Docid # 2454914
(14) RAMKRUSHNA PRAHLLAD DONGARDIVE Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 409 — Criminal Breach of Trust by Public Servant — Misappropriation of Government funds — Reversal of acquittal by High Court — Legality of — Onus lies affirmatively on prosecution to prove entrustment of property and dishonest intention beyond reasonable doubt — Prosecution failed to produce original cashbook, daily registers, stock registers, or audit reports to prove collection and non-deposit of funds — Non-production of material documents in complainant's India Law Library Docid # 2454915
(15) MEERUT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Vs. PARMESHWAR DAYAL AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-10-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 54 — Interim Stay / Conditional Release of Enhanced Compensation — Discretion of Court — Parity in interim arrangements — High Court granted stay on enhanced compensation awarded by Reference Court subject to petitioner depositing 50% in cash and furnishing security for balance 50%, permitting landowners to receive entire cash deposit — Supreme Court directed petitioner to deposit the entire enhanced compensation with High Court Registry within four weeks — H India Law Library Docid # 2455038
(16) HARJINDER SINGH ALIAS HARRY ARORA Vs. STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Settlement in non-compoundable offences — Inherent jurisdiction of High Court is distinct from statutory compounding — Inherent powers may be exercised to quash proceedings arising from private, financial, or personal disputes where parties settle amicably, provided the offence is not heinous or against society — Guiding factors are preventing abuse of process, India Law Library Docid # 2455088
(17) RAJIV BHATIA Vs. ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER, SYNDICATE BANK[DELHI HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Service Law — Disciplinary Proceedings — Delay in Issuance of Charge-Sheet — Banking Sector — Petitioner challenged dismissal on grounds of a five-year delay in issuing charge-sheet and absence of separate statement of allegations — Held, mere passage of time does not vitiate proceedings where discrepancy was discovered during subsequent account reconciliation, followed by investigation and expert verification, showing management was not inactive — Further, the charge-sheet specifically set out India Law Library Docid # 2455096
(18) KRITIKA RAJPAL AND ANR. Vs. NEMO.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 13B(1) and 14(1) Proviso — Mutual consent divorce — Waiver of statutory one-year waiting period — Exceptional hardship — Parties separated within 84 days of marriage without consummation and amicably settled all disputes through a settlement agreement — Insisting that parties wait out the statutory period to prolong a marriage existing merely on paper causes undue psychological and emotional distress — Such circumstances qualify as exceptional hardship under t India Law Library Docid # 2455109
(19) ABC (JUVENILE, CONFLICT WITH LAW) Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 — Section 102 — Criminal Revision — Rejection of bail — Applicant juvenile apprehended with 5.280 kg of ganja and charged under Section 20(b) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Bail application under Section 12 was rejected by the Juvenile Justice Board and the Appellate Court — High Court examined revision against rejection of bail — Finding that the statutory mandate under Section 12 of the Act of 2015 must be India Law Library Docid # 2455112
(20) MANJIT PURALE Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 305(A) and 331(4) — Regular bail — Temple theft — Implication based on co-accused memorandum statement without seizure — Applicant sought bail on grounds of no recovery, filing of charge-sheet, and custody — Opposed by State citing repeated involvement in theft cases — Held, considering the nature and gravity of the offence and applicant's criminal history, including a pending case of similar nature India Law Library Docid # 2455114