(281) ASHISH SHARMA ALIAS SONU AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) — Quashing of FIR — Allegations based on hearsay — Property dispute between parties carrying on property business in the same area — Complainant admitted not hearing any caste-related remarks directly and that FIR was lodged on hearsay information — Dispute was primarily civil and private in nature, lacking intention to demean the v India Law Library Docid # 2453083
(282) RABI GHOSH Vs. NEW DELHI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL[DELHI HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Public Premises — Municipal License — Breach of License Conditions — Unauthorized mortgage and collateral pledge — Subject premises licensed by NDMC — Appellant offered licensed public property as additional collateral security for securing a commercial loan and subsequently agreed via an MoU to hand over possession to a third-party decree holder in discharge of debt — Held, appellant's actions constituted severe misuse and flagrant violation of license conditions — Term of license having expire India Law Library Docid # 2453084
(283) IN RE SUO MOTO Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 21-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 — Section 3 — Reproductive autonomy and bodily integrity — Suo motu proceedings for termination of pregnancy of sexual assault survivor — Medical Board opined that termination was feasible and safe — Woman has absolute autonomy over her body and is the ultimate decision-maker regarding abortion — Article 21 protects her right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy affecting her mental and physical health — High Cou India Law Library Docid # 2453089
(284) VIJAY KUMAR PATEL AND OTHERS Vs. VALESH KUMAR AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(a) — Rejection of plaint — Absence of cause of action — Disputed questions of fact — Suit for permanent injunction restraining defendants from interfering with possession and management of temple and dharamshala — Defendants sought rejection of plaint alleging lack of cause of action — Held, cause of action constitutes a bundle of material facts necessary for plaintiff to prove to substantiate the claimed relief — Whether plaintiffs possess a ca India Law Library Docid # 2453090
(285) QASIM REHAN Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 14-A — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 4 and 6 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 64(2)(i) and 65(2) — Penetrative sexual assault on toddler — Bail application — Appellant accused of sexual assault on a 31/2-year-old girl sought bail citing absence of physical injuries and lack of CCTV footage — Held, victim identified appellant during Test Identification Parade and victi India Law Library Docid # 2453092
(286) DEAN CUM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 21-09-2026 Madhya Pradesh High Court Rules — Chapter 15, Rule 11(1) — General Clauses Act, 1897 — Section 27 — Service of notice — Deemed service — Writ petition disposed of ex parte — Review petitioner claimed lack of opportunity and non-receipt of notice — Record showed notice was issued and neither returned unserved nor received back, raising a statutory presumption of valid service — Review petitioner failed to specify the date of receipt of notice, date of appointing the Officer-in-Charge, or file an India Law Library Docid # 2453093
(287) SMT. GURPREET KAUR AND OTHERS Vs. RAMNIWAS SINGH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 21-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166 and 173 — Determination of age and notional income — Reliance on post-mortem report and minimum wages — In the absence of reliable documentary proof such as a birth certificate or Aadhaar card, the age recorded in the post-mortem report constitutes credible contemporaneous evidence and cannot be discarded — Where claimants fail to produce cogent records establishing alleged earnings from agriculture, dairy business, or private employment, the income of the India Law Library Docid # 2453094
(288) NITIN YADAV (MINOR) Vs. UNION TERRITORY, CHANDIGARH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Education Law — Admission to MBBS Course — Alteration of selection criteria mid-stream — "Rules of the game" cannot be changed after the selection process has begun — Prospectus constitutes a declared norm binding upon both the admitting authority and the candidates — Introducing additional eligibility conditions or reading external government instructions into the prospectus after candidates have applied, qualified, and approached the stage of counselling amounts to an impermissible alteration India Law Library Docid # 2453196
(289) M/S AMBEY INDUSTRIES Vs. PUNJAB STATE POWER CORPORATION LIMITED AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Electricity Act, 2003 — Sections 84, 86 and 181 — Composition of State Electricity Regulatory Commission — Requirement of legal member for adjudicatory functions — Challenge to Commission's order passed by Bench comprising only technical members — Held, relying on Supreme Court precedent, for exercising any adjudicatory function, the Commission's Bench must mandatorily include at least one member holding or having held judicial office or possessing substantial legal experience eligible for appoi India Law Library Docid # 2453209
(290) SOMVIR Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 (erstwhile Section 438 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973) — Anticipatory Bail — Non-naming in initial FIR — Relevancy of material collected during investigation — Petitioner claimed false implication as he was not named in FIR — Held, absence of petitioner's name in initial FIR is not fatal when subsequent investigation reveals prima facie evidence of common intention and joint participation — Injured's statement, CCTV footage, and mobile India Law Library Docid # 2453212
(291) GURJANT SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 37 — Commercial quantity — Right to speedy trial vis-α-vis statutory embargo on bail — Prolonged incarceration without justifiable cause militates against the fundamental right to life and liberty under Article 21 — Pre-trial detention cannot be transformed into punitive imprisonment due to systemic delays — Rigours of Section 37 cannot be used to keep an accused behind bars indefinitely whe India Law Library Docid # 2453215
(292) RAM SINGH DECEASED THROUGH LR Vs. HARI RAM AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 10 — Stay of subsequent suit — Scope and applicability — Requirement of previously instituted suit — Petitioner sought stay of a subsequent suit filed by judgment-debtors challenging an ex-parte decree on grounds of fraud, citing pendency of a revision petition arising from execution proceedings of the said decree — Held, Section 10 CPC requires that the matter in issue be directly and substantially in issue in a previously instituted suit — Execution p India Law Library Docid # 2453221
(293) JASWANT SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Regular Bail — Object and principles governing grant of bail — Object of bail is neither punitive nor preventive, but primarily to secure the attendance and appearance of the accused at trial — Incarceration before conviction should not be treated as punishment — Presumption of innocence remains till guilt is established — When the investigation is complete, challan is filed, and the trial is likely to take time, deprivation of personal li India Law Library Docid # 2453222
(294) GAJINDER SINGH (DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS Vs. BHUPINDER SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Haryana Urban (Control of Rent and Eviction) Act, 1973 — Section 13(3)(a)(i) — Bona fide personal necessity — Ownership vs. Occupation — Subsequent events — Landlord sought eviction to reside independently from an expanding hospital complex. Held, landlord is the best judge of his residential requirement and entitled to live comfortably in a property of his choice. "Ownership" and "occupation" are distinct concepts, and mere ownership of other unsuitable properties does not disentitle the landlo India Law Library Docid # 2453224
(295) SANJAY KUMAR DUBEY Vs. INDIA OIL CORPORATION LIMITED AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Oil and Gas — Retail Outlet Dealership — Eligibility Criteria — Ownership of Offered Land — Brochure for Selection of Dealers — Clause 4(v) — Minimum requirement of 400 square meters — Land devolved upon three sons from deceased grandfather — Appellant's father had only one-third share (6.33 decimals or 256 square meters), which fell short of the required dimension — Affidavits submitted by uncles did not cure deficiency under Group-1 guidelines, as applicant and family lacked the requisite shar India Law Library Docid # 2453263
(296) MALIK MARAIYA Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND ANOTHER[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 498A — Cruelty by husband — Conviction upheld — Revision against concurrent findings — Complainant/victim established that petitioner subjected her to physical and mental torture and assault due to unfulfilled dowry demand of Rs. 5,000/- — Prosecution witnesses corroborated the manner of occurrence — Concurrent findings arrived at by Trial Court and Appellate Court found legal and proper, warranting no interference on merits — Conviction under Section 498A affirm India Law Library Docid # 2453264
(297) DILIP KUMAR MAHTO @ DILIP MAHTO Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 304-B — Dowry death — Essential ingredients — Meaning of "soon before her death" — The phrase "soon before" in Section 304-B IPC is not synonymous with "immediately before". It is a relative term requiring the prosecution to establish the existence of a proximate and live link between the cruelty or harassment related to dowry demands and the consequential death. Cruelty encompasses a course of conduct that may be spread over time. When sustained dowry demands and phys India Law Library Docid # 2453265
(298) LAXMIKANT DAS Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 313 — Constitution of India — Article 21 — Scope and value of examination of accused — Duty of court to consider defence — Section 313 Cr.P.C. confers a valuable statutory and constitutional right under Article 21 to establish innocence — Courts are duty-bound to adequately consider the defence raised by the accused and assign reasons for accepting or rejecting it — Trial court failed to evaluate the defence plea of firing in self-defence and the ex India Law Library Docid # 2453266
(299) HARISH CHANDRA KUSHWAHA Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Bihar Tenant's Holdings (Maintenance of Records) Act, 1973 — Sections 14, 15 and 16 — Revisional Jurisdiction — Statutory Scheme — Power of mutation is exercisable by Circle Officer under Section 14, and appeal lies to Land Reforms Deputy Collector under Section 15 — Under Section 16, revisional jurisdiction is exclusively vested in Collector of the district (or Deputy Commissioner) and not the Divisional Commissioner — Where Commissioner entertained revision against appellate order and cancelle India Law Library Docid # 2453267
(300) R. DURAI AND OTHERS Vs. S. UMAPATHY AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 21-09-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 38 — Permanent Injunction — Protection of possession — Unlawful occupier versus true owner — Plaintiff claimed tenancy under an unregistered rental agreement executed by the brother of the true owner, who was merely a permissive occupant — Plaintiff failed to prove genuine tenancy, tender of rent, or examine the alleged lessor — Held, an unlawful or wrongful occupant is not entitled to the equitable relief of permanent injunction against the true and absolute India Law Library Docid # 2453307