(61) THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S R.D. ENTERPRISES (GOVT. CONTRACTOR), THROUGH ITS PARTNER SH. RANDHIR SINGH AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 H.P. Tolls Act, 1975 — Auction of Toll Collection Lease Rights — Default by Highest Bidder — Recovery of Revenue Loss — Respondent No. 1's highest bids for toll units were accepted, but it subsequently backtracked, forcing re-auction at a lower price and causing revenue loss to the State — Condition No. 2.3.15 of Toll Announcements mandated that any deficiency in bid amount on re-grant is recoverable from the withdrawing bidder as arrears of land revenue, and deposits stand forfeited — Held, app India Law Library Docid # 2454067
(62) ALI HUSSAIN SHAH Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 25-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 480 and 483 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 437 and 439 — Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 409, 467, 471 and 120-B — Statutory bar on bail — Offences punishable with life imprisonment — Scope — The statutory bar restricting grant of bail under Section 480 of BNSS is confined only to offences carrying a sentence of death or imprisonment for life in the alternative. Where imprisonment for life is prescribed disjunctively from the deat India Law Library Docid # 2454079
(63) ADAM RAM Vs. STATE OF HP AND ANR.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 311(2), Second Proviso, Clause (a) — Disciplinary action following conviction — Pendency of criminal appeal — Suspension of sentence — Mere pendency of an appeal against conviction, suspension of sentence under Section 389 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, or enlargement on bail does not bar the disciplinary authority from initiating proceedings or ordering dismissal or removal from service. Article 311(2)(a) pertains to the conduct leading to convict India Law Library Docid # 2454084
(64) DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT AND OTHERS Vs. MD. SALEEM KHAN AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 25-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 216 — Alteration or addition of charge — Maintainability of application — Locus standi — Directorate of Enforcement sought addition of charges under Sections 411 and 424 RPC in a CBI charge-sheet — Trial Court dismissed application citing lack of locus standi — Held, unsustainable — Section 216 CrPC enables the Court to alter or add charges at any stage before judgment — An application by a third party or agency merely brings an omission to the Cour India Law Library Docid # 2454086
(65) CHUNI LAL AND ANOTHER Vs. SUBHASH CHAND AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Himachal Pradesh Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1971 — Section 57 — Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1954 — Sections 37 and 45 — Jurisdiction of Civil Court — Bar under Consolidation Act — Clerical error in Jamabandi reducing plaintiffs' recorded share — Error originated during preparation of periodical records under the Land Revenue Act and was mechanically carried forward, rather than arising out of any consolidation scheme or statutory adjudication — Section 5 India Law Library Docid # 2454087
(66) B.S.PANDURANG SINGH Vs. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 — Sections 5, 8 and 26 — Adjudicatory mechanism — Availability of statutory alternate remedy — Maintainability of writ petition — Provisional attachment confirmed under Section 8 — Statutory appeal filed under Section 26 before Appellate Tribunal — Held, the PMLA provides a comprehensive and self-contained adjudicatory mechanism through attachment under Section 5, confirmation under Section 8, and an appeal under Section 26 — Constitutional jurisdiction u India Law Library Docid # 2454088
(67) VIJAY RANI GUPTA Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14, 16 and 39(d) — Service Law — Equal pay for equal work — Pay parity across departments — Petitioner was appointed as Art/Craft Teacher in the Agriculture Department at a lower pay scale than counterparts in the Rural Development Department — Qualifications, recruitment procedure, duties, and responsibilities were identical and uncontroverted — Held, treating employees holding identical posts differently merely because they belong to different departments India Law Library Docid # 2454090
(68) FIRDOUS AHMAD SHAH Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 25-09-2026 Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 — Section 8 — Successive detention orders — Earlier detention quashed or revoked — Reliance on fresh material — Scope of judicial review — Where an earlier preventive detention order has been quashed, the quashed grounds cannot form the sole foundation of a subsequent detention order — However, a detenue's subsequent conduct is not immune from consideration — When fresh, independent material intervenes, past incidents may validly be referenced as anteced India Law Library Docid # 2454092
(69) 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) — Quashing of proceedings — Abuse of process — Matrimonial discord — Mother lodged sexual assault complaint against father after the Family Court granted him interim weekend custody of minor daughter and dismissed her restraining application — Hospital and psychiatric records revealed no evidence of molestation, only anxiety India Law Library Docid # 2454102
(70) STATE OF KARNATAKA BY HAROHALLI POLICE, RAMANAGARA, REP. BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT BUILDING, BENGALURU-1 Vs. G.S. MALLAIAH[KARNATAKA 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 — An appellate court reviewing an acquittal is entitled to re-appreciate evidence, but must determine whether the trial court's view is plausible — If the view adopted by the trial court is plausible on the evidence on record, the appellate court cannot overturn the acquittal merely because another view is possible — Interferenc India Law Library Docid # 2454106
(71) METHUKU THIRUPATHI REDDY Vs. CBI[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 397 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 438 — Revisional jurisdiction — Scope and limitations — Revisional court does not act as an appellate court and cannot re-appreciate evidence or substitute its own conclusions on facts — Jurisdiction is supervisory and intended to correct a miscarriage of justice — Interference is impermissible unless findings of the courts below are perverse, grossly erroneous, glaringly unreasonable, based o India Law Library Docid # 2454110
(72) ISHWAR DASS AND ANOTHER Vs. KANTA DEVI AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Proof of rash and negligent driving — Appreciation of evidence — Offending tractor was involved in the accident resulting in the victim's death — Criminal case was registered against the driver and the First Information Report recorded specific allegations of rash and negligent driving — Investigating officer testified that the tractor went out of control onto the wrong side of the road — Finding of the Tribunal that the accident occurred due to the rash India Law Library Docid # 2454117
(73) MISHU GUGLANI Vs. STATE OF H.P.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 / Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Pre-arrest bail — Scope and parameters — Power to grant anticipatory bail is an extraordinary remedy to be exercised sparingly in exceptional cases — It cannot be granted as a matter of rule — Relief requires a delicate balance between safeguarding individual liberty and protecting public interest and ensuring fair investigation — Presumption of innocence alone is not a sufficient ground for granting anticipatory ba India Law Library Docid # 2454119
(74) STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER Vs. SRI. MANOJ KUMAR JAIN[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 25-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 227, 239, 397 and 401 — Discharge — Standard of scrutiny at the stage of framing of charge — While the court is not required to meticulously weigh evidence or seek proof of guilt beyond reasonable doubt at the stage of discharge, there must exist strong suspicion founded on prima facie material to proceed against the accused — A prosecution cannot be sustained merely on conjectures or unsubstantiated suspicion — Where the foundational allegations i India Law Library Docid # 2454120
(75) EKANG MISHRA Vs. UNION OF INDIA[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 25-09-2026 Passports Act, 1967 — Section 6(2) — Passport Manual, 2020 — Chapter 4, Clauses 4.1, 4.3 and 4.5 — Clarificatory Notification dated 28.02.2023 — Renewal of minor’s passport without father’s name — Parents divorced by mutual consent and exclusive custody granted to mother — Earlier passport issued in 2019 without father’s name — Authorities India Law Library Docid # 2454231
(76) M/S. L.B. KUNJIR THR. ITS PARTNER SHRI. AMIT L. KUNJIR AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 — Section 126(1)(b) — Indian Contract Act, 1872 — Sections 2 and 10 — Land acquisition — Concluded contract — Surrender of land for FSI/TDR — Municipal Corporation sought possession of land reserved for road widening, offering compensation via FSI/TDR or cash — Landowner executed possession receipt voluntarily handing over land on the express condition of receiving compensation in the form of FSI/TDR — Requisition followed by unequivocal written a India Law Library Docid # 2453456
(77) KU. JYOTI D/O TULSHIRAMJI DONGE Vs. MUNICIPAL COUNCIL AND ANOTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Scheduled Tribes — Caste/Tribe Validity — Probative value of pre-Constitution documents — Petitioner claimed status of 'Thakur' Scheduled Tribe relying on birth and death extracts of 1913, 1944 and school admission records of 1949 of paternal ancestors — Held, pre-Constitution documents possess the highest probative value since reservations did not exist prior to 1950 — Where genuine and authentic pre-constitutional documents clearly record the caste a India Law Library Docid # 2453467
(78) DR. OMPRAKASH B. SONIMINDE AND ANOTHER Vs. LE CHATEAU CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LIMITED AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Co-operative Societies — Allotment of Additional Flats — Default by Member — Arbitrary Transfer to Contractor — Society resolved to construct additional flats via TDR/FSI for allotment exclusively to existing members — Petitioners defaulted on contribution, leading the society to allot their flats directly to directors of the contractor to satisfy outstanding bills — Held, such allotment to directors of the contractor, who were relatives of dominant members, was illegal and arbitrary — Proper co India Law Library Docid # 2453478
(79) FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION AND RESEARCH IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FIRST Vs. DEEP ALGORITHMS PVT LTD AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6) — Appointment of Sole Arbitrator — Share Purchase Agreement containing arbitration clause — Dispute arose regarding alleged breach of an adjustment clause requiring payment of differential amount upon subsequent transfer of shares at a higher price — Petitioner claimed non-payment and invoked arbitration — Given the limited scope of examination under Section 11, respondent No.2 consented to reference while reserving all rights and contention India Law Library Docid # 2453536
(80) VAASVI KHAITAN (MINOR) THR HER FATHER MR VEDANT KHAITAN Vs. AD-HOC COMMITTEE FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF EQUESTRIAN FEDERATION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Sports Law — Equestrian Federation of India — Selection for Youth Olympic Games 2026 — Retrospective alteration of criteria — Appellant challenged the adoption of 08.05.2026 to 25.07.2026 as the selection window, claiming exclusion of earlier scores obtained since 08.11.2025 — Held, no document established 08.11.2025 as the opening date for final selection — Scores achieved earlier were relevant solely for obtaining the Certificate of Capability — Relying on the date of publication of the Select India Law Library Docid # 2453541