(41) 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
(42) 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
(43) 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
(44) 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
(45) 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
(46) 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
(47) 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
(48) 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
(49) 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
(50) 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
(51) MUKESH DUGGA Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 376(2)(n) — Scope and ingredients of offence — Rape committed repeatedly on the same woman — The word "repeatedly" used in the provision signifies separate acts of sexual assault committed on different occasions, rather than acts forming part of one continuous transaction — To attract enhanced punishment under Section 376(2)(n), the prosecution must establish through cogent material that the accused committed the offence of rape on more than one occasion against the sa India Law Library Docid # 2455115
(52) RAGHUBIR DAS Vs. SMT. PADMAWATI[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(b) — Matrimonial Proceedings — Direction for time-bound disposal — Petitioner-husband sought direction to Family Court to conclude divorce trial within six months — Record revealed respondent-wife was unable to appear due to poverty and illness, and service of bailable warrants to secure her appearance remained pending — Held, since the Family Court is actively striving to secure the respondent's presence to ens India Law Library Docid # 2455116
(53) NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. SHIVDEVI[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 149 and Section 166 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 11 Rule 12 — Breach of policy — Non-production of fitness certificate — Burden of proof — Insurer pleaded absence of valid fitness certificate and sought its production, which vehicle owner failed to produce — Held, existence of a permit or fitness certificate is a matter of documentary evidence — Onus cannot remain cast entirely on insurer when insured fails to produce relevant documents — Failure India Law Library Docid # 2455119
(54) RAMFAL KEWAT AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Service Law — Recruitment — Applicability of subsequent circular enhancing age limit to ongoing selection — Petitioners, working on contractual assignments, were declared ineligible for the post of Block Project Manager as they crossed the 38-year age limit prescribed under Circular dated 03.08.2024 — State subsequently issued Circular dated 16.09.2026 extending maximum age limit for contractual employees to 45 years — Held, since the recruitment process pursuant to advertisement dated 27.03.202 India Law Library Docid # 2455122
(55) OBUK MIZE Vs. THE STATE OF AP AND 4 ORS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 215 and 226 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 114 and Order XLVII Rule 1 — Review jurisdiction of High Court — High Court being a court of record possesses plenary inherent powers under Article 226 to correct its records — However, review powers must be exercised within the circumscribed limits of Order XLVII and Section 114 of CPC — Review is permissible only upon establishing an error apparent on the face of the record, discovery of new materia India Law Library Docid # 2455149
(56) SWAPNIL PALIWAL AND OTHERS Vs. SURESH KUMAR PALIWAL[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of plaint — Consideration of averments — It is trite law that for the purpose of deciding an application under Order 7 Rule 11 of CPC, averments made in the plaint are alone germane and the plaint must be read as a whole — Defences available to the defendants or pleas raised in their written statement or application cannot form the basis to reject the plaint — Where issues relating to valuation and court fee involve mixed questions o India Law Library Docid # 2455170
(57) SHRI RAMNATH PRAJAPATI AND OTHERS Vs. SMT. SHAKEELA PARVEEN[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 7 Rule 11(d) — Rejection of plaint — Scope of enquiry — Averments in plaint alone are germane — Defence of defendant cannot be looked into — Petitioners sought rejection of plaint alleging suit was barred by limitation and res judicata — Held, for deciding an application under Order 7 Rule 11, only the averments in the plaint and accompanying documents can be considered — The defence raised by defendants or pleas taken in an application cannot form the basis to India Law Library Docid # 2455171
(58) BALRAM @ BALLA KUSHWAHA AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Sections 14-A(2) and 18A(2) — Anticipatory Bail — Statutory bar — Appellants sought anticipatory bail alleging false implication due to prior disputes with victim's husband and unexplained delay in lodging FIR. The Court observed that from the FIR and documents, it could not be inferred at this stage that the appellants were falsely implicated. In view of clear India Law Library Docid # 2455175
(59) SURENDRA SINGH PARMAR (DEAD) THROUGH LRS SMT. RAMRATI AND OTHERS Vs. SONU PARMAR AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 08-10-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166 and 140 — Standard of proof — Discrepancy in medical record — Claim petition was dismissed by the Tribunal solely relying on a medical entry recording injury due to a fall from a tractor, despite contemporaneous police records, FIR, charge-sheet, and vehicle seizure documents implicating the insured tanker — Held, proceedings under the Act are summary and decided on preponderance of probabilities — Medical history recorded during emergency treatment cannot India Law Library Docid # 2455186
(60) ASHUTOSH KEDIA Vs. SMT. PALAK[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 08-10-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13B(2) — Divorce by mutual consent — Statutory cooling-off period of six months — Directory in nature — Object of cooling-off period is to prevent hurried decisions and allow reconciliation, not to perpetuate a purposeless marriage when reunion is impossible — Court possesses discretion to waive the statutory six-month period if parties have been living separately, mediation efforts have failed, issues regarding alimony and custody are genuinely settled, and th India Law Library Docid # 2455194