(21) AU SMALL FINANCE BANK LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. SMT. JAGRITI AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 28-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(d) — Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Section 34 — Bar of Civil Court jurisdiction — Suit for declaration of title, partition, and permanent injunction — Plaintiff claimed 50% undivided share under a will and challenged mortgage executed by co-owner — Reliefs of declaration of share and partition cannot be granted by Debts Recovery Tribunal — Jurisdiction of Civil Court to adj India Law Library Docid # 2454000
(22) DEVALLA DIVYA Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Dacoits, Drug Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Land Grabbers Act, 1986 — Section 3(1) and 3(2) — Preventive Detention — Crimes outside territorial jurisdiction — Requisite subjective satisfaction — Detaining authority can consider criminal cases registered outside its territorial limits provided there is a reasonable nexus and an express subjective satisfaction that such activities prejudicially affect the mainten India Law Library Docid # 2454004
(23) SHOBHA @ SUREKHA SURESH PATIL AND ANOTHER Vs. RADHIKA PRAKASH BORGAONKAR AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 — Section 76 — Revisional jurisdiction of Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal — Scope and limitations — The revisional power conferred on the Tribunal is circumscribed by clauses (a) to (c) of Section 76 and is strictly confined to errors of law or procedural defects causing a miscarriage of justice. Revisional jurisdiction cannot be equated with appellate jurisdiction, and the Tribunal lacks the power to re-examine evidence or delve into questions o India Law Library Docid # 2454012
(24) SANKLECHA CONSTRUCTIONS PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. NITIN MADHUKAR SHEWALE AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 — Section 18(1) — Refund of amount and interest — Nature of promoter's obligation — Failure to deliver timely possession — Authority allowed promoter to defer refund until securing Occupation Certificate (OC) — Appellate Tribunal removed the option — High Court held that the promoter's statutory obligation to return amounts received with interest on demand is absolute, immediate, and unqualified — Neither the Regulatory Authority nor the Tribuna India Law Library Docid # 2454013
(25) KOMMA SIVA HARITHA Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Dacoits, Drug Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Land Grabbers Act, 1986 — Section 3 — Preventive detention — Non-consideration of bail orders — Detaining authority relied on nine criminal cases, unaware that the detenu had secured bail in two cases — Bail orders and their conditions constitute vital and relevant material for reaching subjective satisfaction — Failure of the sponsoring authority to place such orders India Law Library Docid # 2454014
(26) M.SAMUYELU Vs. UNION OF INDIA[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Service Law — Border Security Force Rules, 1969 — Rule 19 — Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 — Rule 49(2)(b) and Rule 3(1)(q) — Voluntary retirement / Resignation after 10 years — Entitlement to proportionate pension — Petitioner resigned after completing 12 years, 2 months, and 26 days of service in BSF — Claim for pro-rata pension rejected citing lack of 20 years qualifying service — Held, conjoint reading of Rule 19 of BSF Rules and Rule 49 of CCS (Pension) Rules establishes that India Law Library Docid # 2453971
(27) J MEENA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Mines and Minerals — Andhra Pradesh Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966 — Renewal of quarry lease — Violation of natural justice — Rejection based on grounds not in show cause notice — Petitioner's application for renewal of quarry lease was rejected on the ground of non-furnishing of environmental clearance from SEIAA/MoEF — Said ground was never put to the petitioner either in the show cause notice or subsequently — Order passed on considerations not disclosed to the applicant violates princi India Law Library Docid # 2453982
(28) SRI CHANDRASHEKARA REDDY KM AND OTHERS Vs. SRI P C RAY, IFS AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Sections 11 and 12 — Scope of contempt jurisdiction — Purported compliance by authority giving rise to fresh cause of action — The governing question in contempt proceedings is whether there has been clear, deliberate, and willful disobedience of Court directions, not whether the subsequent decision is legally correct. Where an authority passes an order in purported compliance with judicial directions, such order gives rise to a fresh cause of action. A contempt co India Law Library Docid # 2454063
(29) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. MR MOHSIN SHARIEFF AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 28-09-2026 Military Land Register — Public document under Section 74(1) of Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 — Presumption of correctness under Section 119 — Defence land acquisition — Land was acquired in 1943 for Air Force taxi track and compensation was paid — Entries in the Military Land Register recorded the holding and possession of the Ministry of Defence — Official Military Land Register carries a statutory presumption of correctness and serves as conclusive evidence of title — Revenue authorities India Law Library Docid # 2454071
(30) SHREE PAL SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ANTI-CORRUPTION BRANCH SRINAGAR[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 28-09-2026 Jammu and Kashmir Prevention of Corruption Act, Svt. 2006 — Sections 4-H, 5(1)(d), and 5(2) — Sanction for prosecution — Omission of specific penal provision in sanction order — Petitioners challenged the framing of charge under Section 4-H on the ground that the competent authority had not specifically accorded sanction for that provision — Held, mere omission to specifically cite a particular offence in the sanction order does not invalidate the prosecution or vitiate proceedings, provided the India Law Library Docid # 2454075
(31) NISAR AHMAD BHAT Vs. RAFIA JAN[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 28-09-2026 Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 — Section 9(1) — Territorial Jurisdiction — "Ordinary residence" of minor — The solitary test for determining territorial jurisdiction under Section 9(1) is the place where the minor ordinarily resides, denoting the place where the minor actually resides in the ordinary course of life with the person having lawful custody. A new place becomes the ordinary residence once the child settles there for a reasonably long period. Since the minor moved with her mother to Sr India Law Library Docid # 2454096
(32) MOHAMMAD SULTAN BHAT Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 26-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 1 Rule 10(2) and Order 7 Rule 11 — Striking out improperly joined parties — Partial rejection of plaint — Where private defendants sought rejection of the plaint under Order 7 Rule 11 on the ground of lack of cause of action against them, the trial court correctly recognized that a plaint cannot be rejected in part — However, the court is not powerless and possesses the authority under Order 1 Rule 10(2) to strike out the names of defendants improperly jo India Law Library Docid # 2454055
(33) JAYDEEP SINGH JADEJA Vs. UT OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 26-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 91 — Summons to produce document or other thing — Scope and applicability — Power under Section 91 CrPC can be exercised by a Court or officer-in-charge of a police station only when necessary or desirable for an investigation, inquiry, trial, or other proceeding under the Code — The expression "other proceeding" must be construed ejusdem generis with the preceding words "investigation, inquiry, or trial" — Where the police agency is conducting mere India Law Library Docid # 2454111
(34) M/S VERTILINK MEDIA SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. ANTI EVASION BRANCH AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 6(2)(b), Section 73 and Section 74 — Parallel proceedings — "Same subject-matter" — Interpretation — Petitioner challenged Section 73 order passed by State tax officer alleging bar under Section 6(2)(b) due to prior DGGI proceedings under Section 74 — Held, Section 6(2)(b) does not impose a blanket prohibition against proceedings concerning the same assessee or overlapping periods — DGGI proceedings pertained to fraudulent availment of ITC witho India Law Library Docid # 2453535
(35) M/S AHLUWALIA CONTRACTS (INDIA) LIMITED (ACIL) Vs. AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA (AAI)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 12(5) Proviso and Seventh Schedule — Mandatory requirements of waiver — Unilateral appointment — Waiver cannot be inferred from conduct or acquiescence — Proviso to Section 12(5) mandates three essential prerequisites: waiver must occur subsequent to disputes arising, by mutual agreement, and by an express agreement in writing — Statutory waiver cannot be inferred from participation in arbitral proceedings, submission of pleadings, or adhering to India Law Library Docid # 2453538
(36) JAIWANTI Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 93(1) and Section 122 — Liability of legal representative — Penalty determined after death — Proceedings commenced post-death — Permissibility.The expression "is determined after his death" in Section 93(1) authorizes proceedings to be initiated and determined against a legal representative even after the death of the person whose conduct gave rise to the liability. Issuing a show cause notice during the deceased's lifetime is not a condition pr India Law Library Docid # 2453539
(37) VINOD PRAJAPATI @ BHOLA PRAJAPATI Vs. THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 — Sections 2(k), 2(l), 7A and 20 — Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 — Section 25 — Claim of juvenility — Retrospective applicability — Offence committed prior to enforcement of 2000 Act — Held, a claim of juvenility can be raised at any stage, even after disposal of the case or during pendency of appeal. By virtue of Section 25 of 2015 Act read with Section 6 of General Clauses Act, 1897, proceedings pending at commencement of 2015 Act conti India Law Library Docid # 2453540
(38) DEVENDRA SINGH Vs. GREAT HOME DEVELOPERS PVT. LTD.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 54 — Non-payment or dishonour of cheques towards sale consideration — Cancellation of sale deed — "Sale" is defined as a transfer of ownership in exchange for a price paid or promised or part-paid and part-promised. Actual receipt of the entire sale consideration at the time of execution is not a sine qua non for completion of sale. Non-payment of balance consideration or dishonour of cheques does not invalidate or render a registered sale deed void once India Law Library Docid # 2453819
(39) SHITALA PRASAD Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Service Law — Appointment founded on forged document — Right to salary — Foundational nullity — Petitioner claimed salary as Assistant Teacher relying on an approval order dated 29.07.1982 and subsequent financial sanction — Competent authority found the alleged approval order forged and non-existent in authentic official records, with no sanctioned post — Held, salary from the State exchequer is a statutory consequence of a lawful appointment to a sanctioned post, not a bounty for mere occupati India Law Library Docid # 2453820
(40) BHUPENDRA VEER SINGH Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND 5 OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Service Law — Simultaneous holding of posts — Recovery of duplicate remuneration — Petitioner concurrently served as an Assistant Teacher and Branch Dakpal in the Postal Department, drawing remuneration from both establishments — Held, an employee is not legally entitled to draw remuneration from two posts simultaneously, and length of service cannot validate such impermissible double drawal — However, the State cannot recover the entire salary for work actually performed, but is strictly entitl India Law Library Docid # 2453821