(41) RAJNEESH UPADHYAY AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Service Law — Validity of appointment — Missing approval records — Petitioners were appointed as Assistant Teachers in aided basic schools — State stopped salaries alleging fraud as BSA approvals were untraceable in dispatch registers — Held, absence or non-traceability of records in official custody does not ipso facto establish fraud, fabrication, or invalidity — Administrative record-keeping deficiencies cannot be transposed onto employees who served for years under official sanction — Fraud India Law Library Docid # 2453822
(42) SIRAJ AHMAD Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 25-09-2026 Central Excise Act, 1944 — Section 11-A(1) proviso — Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957 — Section 3(3) — Extended period of limitation — Invocation against small-scale manufacturer — Assessee disclosed manufacturing activity of unbranded Sada Kimam and Kali Patti Zarda and filed declaration under Rule 174 claiming small-scale exemption — Department invoked extended five-year limitation period to demand Additional Excise Duty (AED) — Held, the department had knowl India Law Library Docid # 2453823
(43) MANI RAM AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 3 — Murder — Credibility of eyewitness — Informant claimed both accused abducted his father from tube-well and shot him dead 60-70 steps away in pearl millet field at night — Informant displayed unnatural conduct by raising no alarm and attempting no rescue — Visibility was improbable due to darkness, tall crops, and unspecified bulb wattage — Medical evidence proved only a single gunshot injury, directly contradicting ocular version India Law Library Docid # 2453858
(44) GULAB RAM Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 313 — Constitution of India — Article 21 — Examination of accused — Mandatory obligation — Right to fair trial — After prosecution examines all its witnesses, it is mandatory for the trial court to question the accused specifically and distinctly regarding every piece of incriminating prosecution evidence appearing against him — This requirement is grounded in fairness and enables the accused to prepare his defence — Omission to put material incriminati India Law Library Docid # 2453859
(45) SUNIL @ PANJABI Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 307 — Attempt to murder — Essential ingredients — Nature of injury — To attract Section 307 IPC, it is not mandatory that the injury caused must be grievous, dangerous to life, or inflicted on a vital part of the body. The statutory expression "hurt" does not contemplate grievous hurt. If an accused acts with requisite intention or knowledge that his act might cause death, and hurt is caused, the offence under Section 307 IPC is complete. The conviction of the appellan India Law Library Docid # 2453860
(46) MARTHALA JAYAVARDHAN REDDY Vs. SHAIK BALE PEERA ALIAS S. MD BALA PEERA[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 18 — Acknowledgment of liability — Statement in insolvency proceedings — Trial Court rejected plaint in a suit for recovery on a promissory note, holding that defendant's inclusion of plaintiff as creditor in an insolvency petition was merely an admission and not an acknowledgment — Held, relying on precedents regarding entries in balance sheets, an admission of liability in insolvency proceedings amounts to an acknowledgment under Section 18 — An acknowledgment ex India Law Library Docid # 2453961
(47) M/S TRIPLAR SCHOOL OF LEARNING AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S KALYANI ADS AND ANOTHER[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 47 — Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 — Section 22C — Lok Adalat Award — Executability and pecuniary jurisdiction — Judgment debtors objected to execution of a Lok Adalat award contending that the award exceeded statutory pecuniary limits and was a nullity — Held, judgment debtors participated in the Lok Adalat proceedings and signed the award — Moreover, their writ petition challenging the award was dismissed by a Division Bench and attained finali India Law Library Docid # 2453962
(48) THE ANDHRA PRADESH GENERATION CORPORATION AND ANOTHER Vs. E RAJASEKHAR AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Land Acquisition — Employment under Land Loser Quota — Eligibility and Qualification — Land acquired in 1992 and application filed under G.O.Ms.No. 98 — Writ petitioner placed in merit list of District Selection Committee (DSC) but denied appointment citing lack of qualification during earlier recruitment notifications and pending award — Held, the award was already passed and petitioner possessed required ITI qualification when his candidature was considered by 3rd DSC — State cannot defeat the India Law Library Docid # 2454025
(49) V. RAJYALAKSHMI Vs. C YELLAYYA REDDY[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1) — Irretrievable breakdown of marriage — Jurisdiction of High Court — First Appellate Court's duty — Family Court dissolved marriage solely on ground of irretrievable breakdown — Held, irretrievable breakdown of marriage is not an independent statutory ground available under Section 13 to High Courts, though recognized by Supreme Court under constitutional jurisdiction — Long separation alone is not a statutory ground — However, First Appellate Court is em India Law Library Docid # 2454036
(50) SMT. KALLA VARALAKSHMI AND ANOTHER Vs. KALLA SANKARA RAO[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ib) — Desertion — Statutory requirement of two years — Petition for dissolution of marriage was presented on 20.05.2004 alleging separation from 08.06.2002 — On husband's own showing, continuous statutory period of two years immediately preceding presentation of petition had not expired — Statutory ground of desertion was not available on date of filing — Family Court erred in granting divorce on ground of desertion without fulfilling statutory period — D India Law Library Docid # 2454038
(51) T. ANAND Vs. THE STATE OF A P[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 134 — Number of witnesses — Non-examination of witness who brought injured to hospital — Credibility of eye-witnesses — In a criminal trial, no particular number of witnesses is required to prove a fact. Evidentiary value of ocular witnesses who witnessed the assault in broad daylight cannot be discarded merely because other bystanders or the individual who transported the injured victim to the hospital were not examined. Quality of evidence takes precedence over plu India Law Library Docid # 2453963
(52) AKHIL SHARMA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Grant of regular bail — Prolonged pre-trial detention — Right to speedy trial and personal liberty — Petitioners detained for about five years as undertrial prisoners for offences including Section 302 IPC — Prosecution cited 98 witnesses, but only 13 examined and 84 remained — Statement of the complainant/victim already recorded — Trial proceeding at a slow pace with delay not attributable to petitioners — Accused cannot be subjected to u India Law Library Docid # 2454048
(53) GHANTHU RAM Vs. RAJEEV KUMAR[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 311 — Power to summon material witness or examine person present — Scope and principles — Object of Section 311 is to prevent failure of justice and aid in discovery of truth — Section contains two parts: discretionary power to summon or recall witnesses at any stage, and mandatory obligation to do so if evidence appears essential to the just decision of the case — Power must be exercised judiciously with caution and circumspection, and not arbitrar India Law Library Docid # 2454050
(54) SRI. UDAYKIRAN VASIREDDI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 7 and 11(ii) — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 354A(1) — Matrimonial dispute — Malicious allegations of child abuse — Quashing of proceedings — Wife filed a POCSO complaint against husband after Family Court granted him interim custody of their minor daughter — Medical records showed no sexual assault or molestation — Allegations were an afterthought to settle personal scores — India Law Library Docid # 2454054
(55) PUNE RAM Vs. RUPESH SHARMA[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 118, 138 and 139 — Dishonour of cheque — Rebuttal of statutory presumption — Complainant's financial capacity — Complainant alleged advancing a cash loan of ?5,00,000/- to the accused — In cross-examination, complainant admitted earning merely ?2,000/- to ?3,000/- per month and produced no documentary evidence regarding the alleged sale of land or bank withdrawal — Accused is entitled to demonstrate lack of financial capacity through cross-examination India Law Library Docid # 2454058
(56) STATE OF H.P. Vs. DEVI RAM[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of interference — Acquittal strengthens the presumption of innocence of the accused — Appellate court can interfere with an acquittal only if the judgment is impossible, perverse, wholly unsustainable, or manifestly illegal — Where two reasonable conclusions are possible on the evidence, the view favorable to the accused must prevail — Benefit of doubt is a substantive safeguard flowing from the presumption of India Law Library Docid # 2454060
(57) DR. SAIMA KABIR Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 25-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Service Law — Conditional engagement — Cancellation ab initio on adverse antecedents — Enforcement of terms — Petitioner was provisionally engaged subject to character verification by CID, with a stipulation that an adverse report would cancel engagement ab initio — Petitioner also furnished an undertaking accepting this condition — Following an adverse report, engagement was cancelled ab initio, which went unchallenged — Held, an appointee accepting c India Law Library Docid # 2454061
(58) VIKAS KUMAR Vs. STATE OF H.P. & ORS.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 336 and 338 — Arms Act, 1959 — Section 27 — Quashing of FIR based on compromise — Offence under Arms Act — Accused armourer accidentally discharged a firearm, injuring a constable during training — Matter settled amicably — Held, inherent power to quash proceedings under Section 482 CrPC based on settlement cannot be exercised for heinous and serious offences — Offences punishable under the Arms Act are crimes India Law Library Docid # 2454062
(59) SMT. VASANTHI Vs. SHRI MUNIRAJU AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 14 Rule 2 — Karnataka Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1958 — Section 26(c) and Section 29 — Reopening of valuation — Finality of earlier order — Trial Court earlier accepted valuation under Section 26(c) and overruled registry's objection regarding applicability of Section 29 — Said order remained unchallenged and attained finality — Held, in the absence of any changed circumstances or altered pleadings, Trial Court could not reopen the question of co India Law Library Docid # 2454064
(60) RAM PYARI (DECEASED) THROUGH HER LR NIRMALA Vs. RESPONDENT[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Sections 38 and 39 — Suit for permanent and mandatory injunction — Allegation of encroachment and unauthorized construction — Demarcation report of the Local Commissioner established that both parties occupied less area than their recorded entitlement due to an intervening public path — Longstanding boundary wall established separate and settled possession following mutual division by predecessors — Allegations of encro India Law Library Docid # 2454066