(1) HARITHA K.S Vs. DEEPSINDH K.M[KERALA HIGH COURT] 12-11-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 24 — Matrimonial proceedings — Transfer of case — Convenience of woman — Well-settled legal principles — Held, while considering the transfer of matrimonial proceedings, the convenience of the woman and children is an important consideration and, in appropriate cases, may be determinative — Court is required to balance the competing conveniences and inconveniences of the parties, having regard to the nature and circumstances of each case. India Law Library Docid # 3000931
(2) KOYAN. E Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 12-11-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 126(2), 324(2), 296(b), 118(1), 118(2), 189(2) and 190 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Pre-arrest bail — Business dispute — Accused allegedly formed an unlawful assembly, wrongfully restrained the defacto complainant, and assaulted him with a trophy over unpaid sale consideration of a company — Co-accused allegedly caused fractures and damaged complainant's vehicle — Accused was a 63-year-old senior citizen — Counter-case existe India Law Library Docid # 3000936
(3) M/S ALOFT SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 12-11-2026 Property Law — Cancellation and Restoration of Allotment — Restoration Charges — U.P. Urban Planning and Development Act, 1973, Section 41(3) — Plot allotted to petitioner was cancelled for non-payment of instalments — Revisional authority set aside the cancellation order — Development Authority sought to impose restoration charges — Held, once cancellation was set aside by the revisional authority, the allotment stood restored by legal fiction — Authority had no discretion to reconsider restora India Law Library Docid # 3000912
(4) SMT. RANI DEVI YADAV Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND 4 OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 12-11-2026 Administrative Law — Allotment of Property — Cancellation of Allotment — Communication of Order — Necessity — Petitioner's husband was allotted a quarter, but the allotment was purportedly cancelled in 2002 due to non-payment of instalments — Authority failed to establish service of the cancellation order upon the allottee or the petitioner — Held, an administrative order passed but not communicated to the concerned party does not create any enforceable legal effect — Because the cancellation or India Law Library Docid # 3000913
(5) BAL KISHAN Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 12-11-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Demarcation of acquired land — Evidentiary value of court-ordered survey report — Writ courts ordinarily do not enter into factual disputes, but where discrepancies exist in initial revenue maps, the Court may direct a fresh spot inspection by a designated revenue team. Demarcation reports prepared prior to the Court identifying such discrepancies lose significance. A subsequent fresh demarcation report prepared pursuant to judicial directions in the p India Law Library Docid # 3000914
(6) ADDL. R3 : SUGUNAN A.P. Vs. KERALA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION AND ANOTHER[KERALA HIGH COURT] 12-11-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 19(1)(c), 19(4) and 33 — Police Forces (Restriction of Rights) Act, 1966 — Right to form association — Disciplined force — Association formed by State Government — Police personnel were automatically assigned to associations based on rank without individual volition or agency — Article 33 operates as an exception to Part III rights to ensure discipline and proper discharge of duties — A police officer's rights under Article 19(1)(c) are significantly restri India Law Library Docid # 3000923
(7) PROF. DR. P.P. AJAYAKUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 11-11-2026 Sree Narayana Guru Open University Act, 2021 — Sections 25 and 26 — Constitution and reconstitution of Syndicate — Nominated members — Fixed tenure claim — Section 26(1) merely stipulates an outer limit of four years for reconstituting the Syndicate, while Section 26(2) makes member terms co-terminus with the Syndicate — Unlike various other university statutes, Act of 2021 does not fix a specific term for nominated members — Petitioners nominated as eminent persons possess no statutory or veste India Law Library Docid # 3000935
(8) SHAKEELA Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 11-11-2026 Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 2007 — Sections 3(1), 7(2) and 13(2) — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 22(5) — Preventive detention — Subsequent detention order — Supply of documents — Detenu was involved in a fresh crime after completing a previous detention term — Records pertaining only to the latest prejudicial activity were furnished — Held, under Section 13(2), involvement in a subsequent offense post-release justifies fresh detention proceedings — Furnishing document India Law Library Docid # 3000938
(9) AJITH K.R Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 11-11-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 110, 118(1), 126(2), 296(b) and 3(5) — Pre-arrest bail — Absence of serious overt act — Applicant, arrayed as accused No. 3, allegedly held the defacto complainant while co-accused attacked with a knuckle duster — Case diary revealed main allegations were against accused No. 1 and injuries sustained were minor — In absence of serious overt acts attributed to applicant, custodial interrogation deemed India Law Library Docid # 3000939
(10) STATE OF KERALA Vs. SHANAVAS @ SATHYAN[KERALA HIGH COURT] 11-11-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 20(b)(ii)(B) and 22(a) read with Section 8(c) — Informant as Investigating Officer — Effect on trial — Acquittal solely on ground that informant acted as investigator — Sustainability — Five-Judge Bench of Supreme Court in Mukesh Singh v. State overruled Mohanlal v. State of Punjab — Held, merely because informant is investigator, investigation does not automatically suffer from bias or unfairness — Question of bias or prejudice has India Law Library Docid # 3000942
(11) VALSAMMA SEBASTIAN Vs. DAISY AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 11-11-2026 Suit for permanent prohibitory injunction — Burden of proof — Plaintiff must prove possession and identity of the property on the strength of her own case and not on the weakness of the defence — Failure of defendants to establish their possession does not automatically entitle the plaintiff to an equitable decree of injunction — A decree resting merely on the weakness of the defence cannot be sustained — Lower appellate court held justified in reversing the trial court decree where plaintiff fa India Law Library Docid # 3000915
(12) SREEDEVI G.R AND ANOTHER Vs. B. VIJAYAKUMAR[KERALA HIGH COURT] 11-11-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 47 Rule 1 — Review Jurisdiction — Scope and limits — Discovery of new evidence — Error apparent on the face of the record — A review cannot be converted into a second hearing in disguise or an appeal on merits — Erroneous decisions must be challenged via appeal, not review — Discovery of new material or evidence does not justify a review unless the applicant demonstrates that it was previously unknown despite the exercise of due diligence — Matter requiri India Law Library Docid # 3000916
(13) T.S. SANKARA RAMAN Vs. M/S NARAYANA APARTMENT OWNERS ASSOCIATION[KERALA HIGH COURT] 11-11-2026 Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 — Section 3 — Mandatory registration of real estate project — Retroactive operation — Cut-off date — The project commenced in 2014, and the Occupancy Certificate was issued on 05.03.2019 — Promoter resisted registration contending the project was completed and handed over before the State Authority became functional in 2020 — Held, Section 3 of the Act came into force on 01.05.2017 and is retroactive in operation — As the Occupancy Certificate w India Law Library Docid # 3000920
(14) SARALAMONY DEVARAJAN Vs. SMITHA RAJEENA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 11-11-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 24 — Transfer of matrimonial proceedings — Change of residence — Proof required — Mother-in-law sought transfer of original petition for return of patrimony from Family Court, Chavara to Digital Family Court, Sasthamcotta, alleging shift of residence — Summons was served on her permanent address at Alappuzha and caveat petition also reflected Alappuzha address — No documentary evidence produced to substantiate change of residence to Sasthamcotta — Held, India Law Library Docid # 3000921
(15) STATE OF KERALA Vs. M.H SHABEER[KERALA HIGH COURT] 11-11-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) — Demand and acceptance of illegal gratification — Trap case — Reversal of acquittal — Special Court acquitted the accused by isolating a solitary answer in cross-examination of the complainant — Held, proof of demand and acceptance was fully established by the consistent testimony of the complainant, corroborated by the decoy witness, trap officer, positive phenolphthalein test, and recovery of bribe money from India Law Library Docid # 3000926
(16) A.M. GOPALAN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER[KERALA HIGH COURT] 11-11-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378(4) — Dishonour of cheque — Initial burden of proof — Legally enforceable debt — Mere tendering of dishonoured cheque in evidence by complainant or power-of-attorney holder is insufficient to discharge initial burden — Initial burden cast upon complainant mandates proof of the underlying transaction that ushered issuance of the cheque in a convincing manner — Acquittal upheld where complainant fail India Law Library Docid # 3000927
(17) SHINOY Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 11-11-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 311 — Examination of witnesses — Taking evidence by proof affidavit — Trial court initially recorded chief-examination of material prosecution witnesses (PW1 and PW2) via proof affidavits, later rectifying the error by conducting oral chief-examination followed by cross-examination — Held, recording evidence of witnesses by proof affidavit is impermissible in criminal trials under Cr.P.C. or BNSS, unlike proceedings under the Negotiable Instruments India Law Library Docid # 3000928
(18) THE STATE OF KARNATAKA Vs. KARININGAPPA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 11-11-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304-B — Indian Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 113-B — Dowry death — Statutory presumption — Requirement of establishing foundational ingredients — Deceased committed suicide within seven years of marriage — Prosecution witnesses gave inconsistent versions regarding dowry paid, demands made, and alleged harassment — Father of deceased admitted she informed him she was happy shortly before her death — Held, mere occurrence of suicide within seven years of marriage do India Law Library Docid # 3000946
(19) THE STATE OF KARNATAKA Vs. MOHAN KUMAR[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 11-11-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304-B — Indian Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 113-B — Dowry death — Presumption as to dowry death — Pre-requisites for invocation — Unnatural death within seven years of marriage alone does not trigger statutory presumption under Section 113-B — Prosecution must establish foundational facts that deceased was subjected to cruelty or harassment soon before death in connection with demand for dowry — Deceased committed suicide within three months of love marriage — Fa India Law Library Docid # 3000947
(20) NITHIN S. AND ANOTHER Vs. THE PROJECT DIRECTOR, NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA (NHAI) AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 11-11-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 226 and 227 — Public Interest Litigation — Obstruction of natural drainage channel — Widening of National Highway — Grievance regarding subsuming of natural storm water drain (Rajakaluve) during construction and widening of National Highway-75 over a stretch of 480 to 580 meters — Resultant recurring inundation of agricultural lands, residential properties, and highway during monsoon, causing crop loss, property damage, and public safety hazards — Relief so India Law Library Docid # 3000948