(941) SARATH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER[KERALA HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 126, 130, 131, 135, 136 and 137 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Preventive proceedings — Bond for keeping peace — Challenge to show-cause notice — Sub Divisional Magistrate initiated preliminary proceedings under Section 126 BNSS. Petitioners approached High Court contending that involvement in a single crime cannot justify preventive proceedings. Held, the Magistrate had only issued a preliminary show-cause notice. Statutory sche India Law Library Docid # 2451662
(942) INDERJIT KAUR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 120-B, 406, 419, 420, 467, 468 and 471 — Grant of regular bail — Impersonation and fraudulent execution of sale deeds — FIR lodged after an unexplained delay of 16-17 years — Petitioners were not named in the initial FIR and were nominated during investigation — Investigation completed and final report presented before the trial court — Prosecution case primarily rested on documentary evidence — Trial like India Law Library Docid # 2451663
(943) R.G. BUILDWELL ENGINEERS LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 08-09-2026 Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Cess Act, 1996 — Section 3 — Nature of levy — Tax or Fee — Deduction of one per cent cess at source from contractor bills — Challenge to constitutional validity — Amount collected as cess does not form part of the general government revenue, but is specifically collected to augment the Welfare Fund for construction workers — Personal service or direct benefit to the payer is not necessary, provided a reasonable nexus exists between the levy and the India Law Library Docid # 2451667
(944) FAIZAN YASEEN SHALLA Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 08-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 22(5) — Preventive Detention — Vagueness of grounds — Right to make effective representation — Detaining authority alleged that detenue associated with terrorists of a banned outfit and provided logistical support, but failed to disclose particulars regarding places, identity of the terrorists, or relevant time periods — Held, grounds of detention were vague and lacked material particulars, depriving the detenue of his constitutional right to make an effecti India Law Library Docid # 2451668
(945) GH. MOHD. DAR Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 08-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Service Law — Principles of Natural Justice — Audi Alteram Partem — Recovery from salary — Petitioner, as Executive Officer, implemented Municipal Council's resolution procuring hospital equipment — Authorities ordered deduction of procurement expenses from his salary alleging unauthorized diversion of municipal funds under Section 48 of Jammu & Kashmir Municipal Act, 2000 — No regular inquiry was conducted nor was any show-cause notice or hearing affo India Law Library Docid # 2451669
(946) UNION TERRITORY THROUGH POLICE STATION BIJBEHARA Vs. GHULAM NABI SUMJI[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 08-09-2026 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 — Sections 10, 13, and 43-D(5) — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Sections 437 and 439 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 480 and 483 — Grant of bail — Applicability of statutory embargo — Statutory bar under Section 43-D(5) of UAPA restricting bail when accusations appear prima facie true applies strictly to offences punishable under Chapters IV and VI — Offences under Sections 10 and 13 fall within Chapter III and do not attract S India Law Library Docid # 2451670
(947) KRISHAN KUMAR PALIYA Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 08-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) — Order VI Rule 17 — Amendment of writ petition — Scope and maintainability — Challenge to subsequent enquiry report — Original petition was filed seeking release of salary and permission to work — Petitioner sought amendment to challenge an enquiry report dated 30.06.2026 holding his appointment illegal — Held, principles of Order VI Rule 17 CPC apply to writ proceedings — Discretionary power cannot be exercised whe India Law Library Docid # 2451680
(948) JEEVAN DEVRAM SHIRSATH Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 307 — Attempt to murder — Determinative test and relevance of victim's recovery — To justify conviction under Section 307, it is not essential that bodily injury capable of causing death was actually inflicted — Intention or knowledge coupled with an overt act is decisive, irrespective of the result — Conviction under the second part of Section 307 is attracted upon causing hurt pursuant to an act done with requisite intention or knowledge — The subsequent event India Law Library Docid # 2451705
(949) ROHINI GUPTA AND ANOTHER Vs. DISTRICT DEPUTY REGISTRAR, COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Maharashtra Ownership Flats (Regulation of the promotion of construction, sale, management and transfer) Act, 1963 (MOFA) — Section 2(c) — Definition of "Promoter" — Scope of "causes to be constructed" — Landowner executing lease — Extent of participation — Held, the definition of promoter under Section 2(c) is expansive. If a landowner actively participates in construction by dictating terms, approving materials, supervising adherence to plans, requiring joint insurance, and stipulating automat India Law Library Docid # 2451706
(950) JANHAVI VINOD SHEGONKAR Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Jurisdiction — Clean Hands Doctrine — Misleading statements — Petitioner sought directions to appear in examinations, asserting that admissions of 101 excess students were accepted and not objected to by the State Board — State demonstrated that only 60 seats were sanctioned and approved, and mere online application did not constitute acceptance or approval of excess admissions — Petitioner made false and misleading statements regarding admission India Law Library Docid # 2451708
(951) MOTIRAM BHIKA MORE Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 28 and 34 — Condonation of delay — Condition of waiver of interest — Scope of Court's power — Section 5 does not confer an independent power to alter or cancel statutory interest under the Land Acquisition Act — However, in exercising discretionary power to condone delay, the Court may attach a reasonable condition excluding interest on enhanced compensation for the period attributable to delay to balance equities — An unde India Law Library Docid # 2451709
(952) DR. TARKESHWAR CHANDRAKANT PATIL Vs. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BOMBAY AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Patents Act, 1970 — Section 6 and Section 117A — Ownership of Invention — Employer-Employee / Academic Institution and Researcher — IP Policy — Waiver and Worldwide Assignment — Petitioner, a Ph.D. scholar at IIT Bombay, was the primary inventor of an in-vivo power generation apparatus — Although rights initially vested in IITB under its IP Policy and Revenue Sharing Agreement, the Dean (R&D), being the authorized authority to waive IP Policy applicability, executed a Deed of Assignment conveyin India Law Library Docid # 2451710
(953) ANURADHA BHASKAR AND OTHERS Vs. DR. P. VENKAT AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 115 and Order 7 Rule 11 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Article 227 — Maintainability of revision against dismissal of application under Order 7 Rule 11 — Defendants filed applications under Order 7 Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure for rejection of the plaint, which were dismissed by the trial Court — Revision petitions were initially preferred invoking Article 227 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — High Court held that against an orde India Law Library Docid # 2451715
(954) GANGA AND ANOTHER Vs. KALAISELVI (DIED) AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Section 14(1) and Section 14(2) — Enlargement of limited estate into absolute estate — Intention of testator — Will created a life estate in favour of testator's wife without power of alienation, with vested remainder to his son — Independent, abundant provisions were made separately for wife's maintenance — Held, the life estate in the suit property was not granted in lieu of maintenance, but to safeguard the estate until the son matured — Therefore, Section 14(2) a India Law Library Docid # 2451716
(955) STATE OF TAMILNADU AND ANOTHER Vs. P.MURALIDHARAN AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Service Law — Regularisation and Seniority — Retrospective effect — Teachers appointed on consolidated pay — Grant of regular time scale of pay — G.O.Ms.No.99 dated 27.06.2006 granted regular time scale of pay w.e.f. 01.06.2006 — Respondents sought retrospective regularisation from initial date of engagement — Held, seniority or other service benefits cannot be granted over and above the Government's policy decision, especially when such policy remains unchallenged — Precedent relied upon by Wri India Law Library Docid # 2451717
(956) CHETTINAD ACADEMY OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION Vs. THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Establishment of Medical College Regulations, 1999 — Form 2 — Establishment of New Medical Institutions Regulations, 2023 — Regulations 2(f) and 9(a) — Essentiality Certificate — Preconditions — Environmental Clearance and Pollution Control Board approvals — Scope of State Government's inquiry — State's role under Form 2 is restricted to evaluating local medical manpower deficiencies, doctor-population ratios, public interest, site feasibility, and clinical material — Environmental compliances a India Law Library Docid # 2451718
(957) AJAY KUMAR RAUT Vs. SONI DEVI[PATNA HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1-A)(ii) and Section 9 — Dissolution of marriage — Non-resumption of conjugal rights — Appellant-husband obtained a decree for restitution of conjugal rights under Section 9, but the respondent-wife failed to return to the matrimonial home or resume cohabitation — Parties continued living separately amidst pending criminal cases — In the absence of restitution of conjugal rights for more than one year after the passing of the decree, the appellant was entitl India Law Library Docid # 2451854
(958) CICL (REAL NAME WITHHELD) Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 — Section 12 — Grant of bail to juvenile — Overriding effect over general criminal law — Bail to a child in conflict with law is the rule and refusal is an exception — Bail can be denied only upon existence of grounds under the proviso to Section 12(1) — Gravity, seriousness, or heinous nature of the alleged offence and the age of the child are irrelevant considerations — Section 12 equally applies even if the juvenile is between 16 to India Law Library Docid # 2451856
(959) RUBEE DEVI Vs. THE INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD. AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Unified Guidelines for Selection of LPG Distributors, 2017 — Selection of Gramin LPG Vitrak — Eligibility of offered land for godown — Petitioner challenged selection of successful candidate alleging that a canal passed through the offered plot in violation of brochure guidelines — Field verification established that the canal was situated approximately five metres away from the western boundary and did not pass through the plot — RTI records confirmed no portion of the land was acquired for the India Law Library Docid # 2451862
(960) JANKI KUNWAR AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[PATNA HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 498A and 406 — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Section 4 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Abuse of process of court — Retaliatory complaint — Matrimonial dispute — Complainant resided in matrimonial home for only two days and refused to return despite a decree for restitution of conjugal rights under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act — Husband subsequently obtained an ex-parte divorce decree in 2015 which India Law Library Docid # 2451871