(141) ANSHUMAN SHARMA Vs. SATHI BHANDARI[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 11-09-2026 Special Marriage Act, 1954 — Section 27(1)(d) — Dissolution of marriage — Cruelty — Standard of proof — Appellant-husband sought divorce alleging mental cruelty by respondent-wife — Held, to establish cruelty, conduct must be grave and persistent, rendering it intolerable to continue matrimonial cohabitation — Trivial irritations and normal wear and tear do not constitute cruelty — Appellant made only bald assertions without citing specific instances, which remained wholly unsubstantiated by wit India Law Library Docid # 2452428
(142) CHANDRBHAN SAHU Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 11-09-2026 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Sections 18, 18-A and 14-A(2) — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Anticipatory bail — Maintainability — Statutory bar — Scope of inquiry — While considering an application for anticipatory bail involving offences under the SC/ST Act, the Court is required to ascertain whether a prima facie case is made out from the allegations in the FIR and the material collected during investigation — Where the India Law Library Docid # 2452441
(143) SURYAJEET PATEL Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 11-09-2026 Chhattisgarh Agricultural Cattle Preservation Act, 2004 — Section 6(2) and 6(3) — Seizure and interim custody — Vehicle allegedly escorting cattle transport — Strict interpretation of penal statutes — Agricultural cattle were intercepted in another vehicle, while applicant's car was intercepted separately on the allegation of escorting — Rejection of supurdnama application under Section 6 — Held, penal statutes must be strictly construed according to their plain language — Section 6(2) permits s India Law Library Docid # 2452442
(144) UJJWAL RAI (CHAMLING) Vs. PAWAN KUMAR PRADHAN AND ANOTHER[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 11-09-2026 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 13(1-A) — Suit for recovery based on fraud and misrepresentation — Personal liability of corporate officers — Non-joinder of company — Defendants induced plaintiff to deposit security amounts for a road construction contract despite prior termination of the parent project's Implementation Agreement by the State Government — Contention by defendant that he acted merely as an employee and the company was a necessary party — Held, where fraud, misrepresentation India Law Library Docid # 2452653
(145) HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED Vs. KWICK LIVING (I) PRIVATE LIMITED[DELHI HIGH COURT] 10-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 19(1)(a) — Commercial Disparagement and Commercial Free Speech — Scope of actionable disparagement — A mere derogatory or unfavourable comparison inherent in comparative advertising does not constitute an actionable wrong — Comparative advertising amounts to commercial disparagement in law only when the impugned act contains falsehood, misrepresentation, or deception leading to injury to a competitor's reputation or intellectual property — Unfavourable compa India Law Library Docid # 2451712
(146) 3S AND OUR HEALTH SOCIETY Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 & 47 — Right to Health — Front-of-Package Labelling (FoPL) on packaged foods — Public Health Mandate — Primary duty of the State to take affirmative steps to protect public health and facilitate informed decision-making for consumers — Right to life under Article 21 encompasses right to health — High in Fat, Sugar or Salt (HFSS) and Ultra-Processed Foods (UPF) have scientifically substantiated nexus with non-communicable diseases — State obligated to intr India Law Library Docid # 2451720
(147) DAKSCHINANCHAL VIDYUT VITRAN NIGAM LTD Vs. VIDUT LOKPAL, UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-09-2026 Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 56(2) — Limitation for recovery of electricity charges — Minimum Consumption Guarantee Charges (MCGC) — Demand raised after a gap of nine years — Appellant raised a demand in 2007 towards MCGC for the period February 1998 to September 1998 in respect of an additional load offered to, but not accepted or availed by, the consumer — Electricity Ombudsman set aside the demand on the grounds of lack of consumer consent, non-release of load, and being time-barred under India Law Library Docid # 2451721
(148) PYNCHEMALANGAKI BAREH Vs. STATE OF MEGHALAYA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-09-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) — Section 3 & 4 — Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 — Section 94 — Age determination of minor victim — Evidentiary value of Baptismal Certificate — Investigation agency did not obtain school date of birth certificate, matriculation certificate, or birth certificate issued by a municipal authority/panchayat, nor was an ossification test conducted under Section 94 of JJ Act — Prosecution relied solely on a Bap India Law Library Docid # 2451722
(149) BHAG SINGH (D) THR. MAHANT KASHMIR SINGH Vs. BASANT KAUR (D) THR. LRS. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-09-2026 Land Revenue & Property Law — Revenue Entries — Evidentiary Value — Entries in revenue records, including Jamabandis and Khasra Girdawaris, are primarily maintained for fiscal purposes and are admissible as evidence of possession, but they do not confer or extinguish title, nor do they constitute conclusive evidence of ownership — Description of possession in revenue records as "gair marusi bila lagan bawaja Dharam Arth" does not by itself establish an irrevocable India Law Library Docid # 2451723
(150) ABU SALEM ABDUL QAYOOM ANSARI Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-09-2026 Extradition Act, 1962 — Extradition Assurance and Computation of Period of Custody — Overlapping Sentences — Appellant convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in two separate TADA cases directed to run concurrently — Appellant contended that by combining undertrial period leading to later conviction and post-conviction period starting from earlier conviction, alongside earned remissions, he completed over 26 years — Held, selection of inconsistent bases results in an improper overlapping co India Law Library Docid # 2451724
(151) INDIAN KAYAKING AND CANOEING ASSOCIATION Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14 — Administrative Discretion and Judicial Review — Timely consideration of requests — Absence of an absolute or indefeasible right to obtain a favourable decision cannot be equated with the absence of a right to fair, reasonable, non-arbitrary, and timely consideration of a request — Executive authority must consider requests on relevant grounds, exclude extraneous considerations, and act within a reasonable time, especially in time-sensitive matters — A s India Law Library Docid # 2451725
(152) MD. YASIN KHAN Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 10-09-2026 Arms Act, 1959 — Sections 13 and 14 — Exercise of discretion by licensing authority — Nature of right to bear arms — Citizens have no fundamental right to bear arms; grant, refusal, or renewal of an arms licence is a statutorily regulated privilege — Discretion exercised by licensing and appellate authorities is not unfettered — Orders passed under Sections 13 and 14 must demonstrate proper application of mind to material on record, including police verification and recommendation reports — Refu India Law Library Docid # 2451864
(153) RANJIT KUMAR JHA @ RANJIT JHA Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 10-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302 — Arms Act, 1959 — Sections 25(1-B)A and 27 — Appreciation of evidence — Unreliable and inimical witnesses — Acquittal — Witnesses claiming to have seen the occurrence arrived only after hearing gunshots, rendering them not true eyewitnesses. Serious contradictions existed regarding sequence of arrival and presence at the spot. Key witnesses were deeply inimical to appellant, being accused of murdering his grandfather. Identification in torchlight was doubtful as n India Law Library Docid # 2451873
(154) MANJU DEVI AND ANOTHER Vs. CENTRAL COALFIELDS LIMITED AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 10-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 47 Rule 1 — Scope of review — Precedents not cited during oral argument — Error apparent on face of record — Petitioners sought review of judgment dismissing Letters Patent Appeal, arguing that decisions taking a lenient approach toward delay in compassionate appointment were overlooked — Held, a review is not an appeal in disguise and cannot be exercised to correct decisions on merits. Counsel must actively cite judgments during oral arguments rather tha India Law Library Docid # 2451901
(155) MADAN MOHAN PRASAD Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 10-09-2026 Bihar Tenants Holdings (Maintenance of Records) Act, 1973 — Section 11 — Mutation of land — Mode of application — Dynamic interpretation — Petitioner challenged rejection of offline mutation application — Held, statutory interpretation must be dynamic and purposive to accommodate technological advancements — Section 11 mandates filing in a "prescribed form" and non-mention of online applications does not prohibit digital submissions — Modern digitisation brings transparency, eliminates procedura India Law Library Docid # 2451908
(156) THE NEW INDIA INSURANCE COM. LTD Vs. ROOPKANT RAI AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173(2) — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 115 — Maintainability of Revision — Bar on appeal — Section 173(2) bars appeal where the disputed amount is below Rs. 1,00,000 — Affected parties cannot circumvent this statutory prohibition by routinely filing revisions under Section 115 CPC — Revisional jurisdiction cannot be exercised as a matter of course — Revision lies only in exceptional circumstances where the award is passed without jurisdiction, in e India Law Library Docid # 2451979
(157) URMILA DEVI LAKHERA AND OTHERS Vs. ASHARAM AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 9 Rule 3, Order 9 Rule 4 and Order 7 Rule 11 — Dismissal of earlier suit — Maintainability of fresh suit — Earlier suit dismissed under Order 9 Rule 3 for non-appearance — Plaintiff filed a subsequent suit for declaration of title, possession, and cancellation of a subsequent sale deed — Held, dismissal under Order 9 Rule 3 does not operate as a bar to instituting a fresh suit — Order 9 Rule 4 explicitly empowers the plaintiff to bring a fresh suit subjec India Law Library Docid # 2451981
(158) MST. ABBIBEE AND OTHERS Vs. SMT. NASSO BEE AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 10-09-2026 Property Law — Ownership and Family Settlement — Muslim Law — Suit for declaration of title and possession — Plaintiffs claimed land was jointly purchased by their predecessor and defendant no.4 — Evidence showed purchase consideration was paid by their father, who recorded the land in his sons' names — Father partitioned the property among all sons during his lifetime in 1954 through a settlement deed written by predecessor himself — Contention that Muslim law does not recognize joint family or India Law Library Docid # 2451985
(159) DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER Vs. BALRAM TIWARI AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-09-2026 Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Section 74 — Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Appeal filed by Railways barred by 101 days — Railways functions through an impersonal machinery where procedural formalities and administrative approvals consume time — Sufficient cause shown for delay — Application for condonation of delay allowed and delay condoned. India Law Library Docid # 2451986
(160) THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE CO.LTD. Vs. SMT.RAMTA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 149 and 168 — Breach of Insurance Policy — Driving Licence — Principle of Pay and Recover — Driver and owner failed to produce a valid and effective driving licence despite opportunity — Breach of policy condition established — Held, third-party claimants cannot be deprived of compensation due to policy breach — Insurance Company directed to first satisfy the award in favour of the claimants and subsequently recover the amount from the owner of the offending v India Law Library Docid # 2451991