(981) HANS KUMAR RAJWADE Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 10-02-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14 and 16 — Regularization of contractual employees — Employees appointed through due process on sanctioned posts and rendering long, uninterrupted service of over a decade cannot be denied regularization merely based on "contractual" label in appointment orders — State cannot perpetuate ad-hocism by relying on contractual nomenclature — Rejection of regularization claim must be reasoned and not cryptic or mechanical, especially when substantive features of India Law Library Docid # 2440659
(982) SUNIL KUMAR DUBLISH Vs. SRI RAMESH CHANDRA DUBLISH (SINCE DEAD) AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 10-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(d) — Rejection of plaint — Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988 — Applicability — Whether a suit is barred by Section 4(1) of the Benami Act is a disputed question of fact that cannot be decided at the stage of an Order 7 Rule 11 CPC application, especially when the plaint alleges that the property was purchased from Joint Hindu Family (HUF) funds or India Law Library Docid # 2440836
(983) K.P. PANKAJ (KESHAV PRASAD PANKAJ) GOVERNMENT CONTACTOR AND SUPPLIERS Vs. CHAIRMAN, DISTRICT URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 10-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of plaint — Territorial jurisdiction — Where a court finds it lacks territorial jurisdiction, it should return the plaint for presentation to the competent court under Order 7 Rule 10 CPC, not reject it under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC — Trial court erred in rejecting the plaint India Law Library Docid # 2440837
(984) SACHIN KUMAR Vs. SMT NIDHI DOHRE AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 10-02-2026 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 7(1), Explanation (c) — Property dispute between spouses — Jurisdiction — Suits and proceedings between parties to a marriage concerning property of either party are exclusively cognizable by the Family Court. India Law Library Docid # 2440838
(985) SHIVAM CHAURASIYA THRU. HIS BROTHER MR. MANAS CHAURASIYA Vs. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. OF HOME AFFAIRS LKO. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 10-02-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 22(1) — Right to be informed of grounds of arrest — This is a mandatory constitutional safeguard and not a mere procedural formality — Failure to inform the arrested person of the grounds of arrest in writing renders the arrest illegal. India Law Library Docid # 2440839
(986) DR. APARAJITA CHAUDHARY Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 10-02-2026 Medical College & Hospital Administration — Director-cum-Professor post — Designation of Head of Department as Director-cum-Professor — Government Orders dated 20.01.1976 and 26.07.1976 established the practice of designating the Head of Department as Director-cum-Professor, without creating a separate post. This practice continued with subsequent Government Orders, including the one regarding the Regional India Law Library Docid # 2440840
(987) GORDON JOHN TEXTILES LTD Vs. GHCL LTD AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 10-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 13(b) — Foreign judgment — Enforceability in India — Whether a judgment is "on merits" — Foreign judgment is not conclusive if not given on the merits of the case — A judgment is considered "on merits" if the court has examined the correctness of the claim based on evidence or material, not merely on the absence or inadequacy of a defense — A summary India Law Library Docid # 2440974
(988) NANJUNDA Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 10-02-2026 Criminal Procedure — Arrest — Grounds of arrest — furnishing of — failure to furnish grounds of arrest in writing to accused prior to remand proceedings would render arrest illegal and entitle accused to release. India Law Library Docid # 2441167
(989) SMT. G. SAI LAXMI Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 10-02-2026 Service Law — Compassionate Appointment — No-Objection Certificate (NOC) — Requirement of NOC from family members for compassionate appointment can be waived if obtaining it is practically impossible due to family disputes, especially when the applicant has provided an affidavit undertaking to care for the concerned family India Law Library Docid # 2441348
(990) SUNIGANTI VITTALAIAH AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS.[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 10-02-2026 Telangana Municipalities Act, 2019 — Section 3(3) — Inclusion of Gram Panchayat into Municipality — Court considered the legislative history and found that Section 3(3) confers express legislative competence upon the State to alter or amend Schedule-I so as to include any “local area” within a Municipality — The power so conferred is plenary and traceable to the constitutional framework under Part IX-A of India Law Library Docid # 2441468
(991) SHEO PUJAN SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 09-02-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14 & 16 — Public Employment — Equality of Opportunity — Appointments made without advertisement or due process violate constitutional guarantees. India Law Library Docid # 2439349
(992) SUMIT Vs. STATE OF U P AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-02-2026 Anticipatory Bail — Grant is not automatically terminated by filing of chargesheet or taking of cognizance; protection continues until further orders from a competent court, unless specific reasons are recorded for curtailment. India Law Library Docid # 2439286
(993) HIMANSHU KUMAR VERMA Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 204 — Issue of process — Private complaint — High Court denying anticipatory bail — Supreme Court questioning the necessity of seeking anticipatory bail in cases originating from a private complaint and summons issuance — Emphasizing that once summons is issued, the accused must appear before the court as directed. India Law Library Docid # 2439543
(994) DEEPAK ANANTH AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent power of High Court — Not to be exercised when alternative remedy is available — Petitioners consciously filed for discharge first, then filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. while discharge application was pending — High Court’s order not interfered with as Section 482 power is discretionary and discharge application was available. India Law Library Docid # 2439544
(995) SHALLY MAHANT @ SANDEEP Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-02-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 329(1), 329(4), 62, 351(3), 305, 190 — Criminal proceedings — Anticipatory bail — Property dispute — Appellant accused of trespassing and theft in a house based on an agreement to sell — Civil dispute over immovable property is a significant factor when considering bail — Other co-accused already granted bail — Appellant appeared before investigating officer pursuant to India Law Library Docid # 2439546
(996) BHUPAL SINGH BHANDARI Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-02-2026 General Clauses Act, 1897 — Section 21(1) — Representation — Making mere representations to an authority cannot justify a belated approach by an individual to seek relief. India Law Library Docid # 2439552
(997) STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS Vs. MANAGING COMMITTEE OF NAMATARA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-02-2026 Odisha Education Act, 1969 — Section 24B — Grant-in-aid — Appeal filed by State against Tribunal's order was time-barred and not accompanied by the certified copy of the impugned order — High Court dismissed the appeal on this ground — State sought recall of the order, along with an application for condonation of delay — High Court rejected the condonation of delay application, noting the appeal was India Law Library Docid # 2439387
(998) MAHAVEER PRASAD Vs. SURESH KUMAR[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 09-02-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of pleadings — Court's power to grant consequential relief — Plaintiff's application to add a plea regarding mortgaged property was rejected by the trial court, yet the court erroneously granted relief concerning the property — The High Court held that the trial court has jurisdiction to award consequential relief when decreeing a suit, and granting liberty to India Law Library Docid # 2440088
(999) KAMLESH BAI KUSHWAHA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 09-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 313 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 65B — Admissibility of Call Detail Records — Call detail records are inadmissible if not accompanied by a certificate under Section 65B of the Evidence Act, especially when the certificate is provided by a constable who obtained the details, not India Law Library Docid # 2440255
(1000) BRAJESH SINGH Vs. RAM PRASAD DEHARIA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 09-02-2026 M.P. Panchayat Raj and Gram Swaraj Act, 1993 — Section 14(2) and M.P. Panchayat Nirvachan Niyam, 1995 — Rule 31(1) — Reservation for Scheduled Caste — Qualification to contest — A candidate must belong to the Scheduled Caste category recognized by law to contest elections for seats reserved for Scheduled Castes. India Law Library Docid # 2440256