(721) TEJ SINGH Vs. PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-09-2026 A. Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 147 — Dishonour of cheque — Compounding of offence during revisional proceedings — Accused was convicted under Section 138 and sentenced to imprisonment and compensation, affirmed in appeal — During pendency of revision, parties compromised the matter through a one-time settlement and the accused paid the full settlement amount to the respondent-Bank — Held, in view of Section 147 of the Act and established precedent, there is no legal impediment to India Law Library Docid # 2452245
(722) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. LT. COL. SUNNY THOMAS (RETD.)[KERALA HIGH COURT] 10-09-2026 Armed Forces Pension — Disability Pension — Attributability and Aggravation — Regulations for Medical Services for Armed Forces, 1983, Regulation 423 — Entitlement Rules for Casualty Pensionary Awards, 1982, Rules 5, 9, 14 — Respondent was discharged with 30% disability from Primary Hypertension, assessed by Release Medical Board as aggravated by military service — Adjudicating authority denied claim — Held, when no disease is noted at entry, a member is presumed to be in sound health and subseq India Law Library Docid # 2452256
(723) JOYTHISH. S Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 10-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Kerala Land Conservancy Act, 1957 — Sections 15 and 16 — Maintainability of writ petition — Alternative statutory remedy — Impugned order passed by the Special Tahsildar under Section 15 of the KLC Act is appealable under Section 16 — Petitioner failed to exhaust the statutory appellate remedy and did not establish any violation of principles of natural justice, lack of jurisdiction, or violation of fundamental rights — Where a statute prescribes a spe India Law Library Docid # 2452257
(724) SHYAMALA C Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 10-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Preventive Detention — Successive Writ Petition — Maintainability — While a successive habeas corpus petition simpliciter may lie on fresh grounds, a petition seeking habeas corpus predicated on challenging the validity of a detention order stands differently — Once the detention order has been upheld and attained finality in earlier writ proceedings, the same Court cannot re-examine its validity even if new grounds are raised — Principles of res judic India Law Library Docid # 2452258
(725) STATE Vs. MUNNA KUMAR[DELHI HIGH COURT] 10-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376(2)(f) — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 428 — Quantum of Sentence — Aggravating versus Mitigating circumstances — Offence of rape committed in 2008 against a four-and-a-half-year-old child — Pre-2013 statutory framework prescribed minimum ten years rigorous imprisonment extendable to life — Convict sought leniency citing clean antecedents, lapse of time, and family responsibilities — Held, absence of criminal antecedents cannot outweigh the extreme India Law Library Docid # 2452261
(726) VIKRAM SACHDEVA Vs. NAVEEN KUMAR DHINGRA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 10-09-2026 Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 — Section 25B(8), Proviso — Eviction petition — Revisional jurisdiction of High Court — Scope and ambit — Held, revisional jurisdiction exercised by the High Court under the proviso to Section 25B(8) is supervisory and cannot be equated with appellate jurisdiction — High Court cannot re-appreciate evidence or substitute its view for that of the Rent Controller merely because an alternative view is possible — Interference is warranted only where the impugned order suf India Law Library Docid # 2452263
(727) KRISHNA REAL ESTATE ENTERPRISES PVT. LTD. Vs. MR. GURCHARAN SINGH SYAL AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 10-09-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay in filing — Substantial justice versus technical considerations — The expression "sufficient cause" is elastic and intended to enable courts to advance substantial justice by disposing of matters on merits. Courts should adopt a rational, common-sense, and pragmatic approach rather than a pedantic one. An appellant ordinarily does not benefit from delaying an appeal, and there is no presumption of mala fides or culpable negligence. Delay of India Law Library Docid # 2452265
(728) SYED SHABIR AHMED Vs. U. T. OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 10-09-2026 Jammu and Kashmir Water Resources (Regulation and Management) Act, 2010 — Sections 2(zzc), 2(zze) and 3 — Building permission — Land recorded as "Gair Mumkin Khad" — Statutory vesting in Government — Petitioner sought building permission for residential construction on land recorded as "Gair Mumkin Khad" — Rejection by Development Authority — Under Section 3, water sources vest in the Government, extinguishing private proprietary rights — Sections 2(zzc) and 2(zze) define a "khad" as a water cou India Law Library Docid # 2452272
(729) MUSHTAQ AHMAD WANI Vs. UT OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 10-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Preventive Detention — Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 — Distinction between "Public Order" and "Law and Order" — Criminal activity prejudicial to specific individuals or statutory violations fall within the purview of a "law and order" problem, whereas "public order" is disturbed only when the act affects the public at large — Resort to preventive detention laws is impermissible and illegal when th India Law Library Docid # 2452276
(730) MS. ANJUM SALAM DIN AND ANOTHER Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 10-09-2026 Housing and Urban Development — Allotment of Plot — Non-delivery of possession due to supervening impossibility — Land acquired by Housing Board for housing colony subsequently occupied by Army and Kashmir University South Campus — Entire proposed land under occupation, making development of colony impossible — Predecessor of petitioners deposited consideration pursuant to allotment order in 1988 but possession never delivered — Housing Board offered refund without interest citing circumstantial India Law Library Docid # 2452277
(731) ABDUL MAJEED MIR Vs. HABIBULLAH TANTRAY[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 10-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 482 — Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Inherent powers of High Court — Quashing of cheque dishonour proceedings — Disputed questions of fact — Petitioner sought quashing of Section 138 complaint on the ground that the cheque was issued in connection with an unlawful transaction and lacked a legally enforceable debt — Held, the contentions raised by the petitioner fall strictly with India Law Library Docid # 2452278
(732) THE DECCAN CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LIMITED Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 10-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Interim Injunction — Scope of Injunction Order — Subject-matter of Suit — Petitioner challenged Collector's order directing removal of gates installed on an access road, claiming protection under an ad-interim injunction granted in a pending civil suit — Held, the pleadings and Petitioner's own affidavit-in-reply in the civil suit explicitly conceded that the access road and gates did not form part of the suit property — The ad-interim injunction granted in the India Law Library Docid # 2452289
(733) MAHALAKSHMI GLASS WORKS PVT. LTD. Vs. SUNIL V. MAGAR AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 10-09-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Sections 25-O and 36 (Maharashtra Amendment) — Closure of undertaking — Maintainability of reference at the instance of individual workmen — Existence of recognized union — Held, the statutory scheme under Section 25-O stands on a distinct footing. Section 25-O specifically permits "representatives of the workmen" and "any workman" to oppose closure and seek review. The general bar under Section 36 restricting representation solely to a recognized union does not p India Law Library Docid # 2452290
(734) MAHALAKSHMI GLASS WORKS PVT. LTD. Vs. SUNIL V. MAGAR AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 10-09-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Sections 25-O, 25-O(5) and 36(1) (Maharashtra Amendment) — Closure of undertaking — Maintainability of reference at the instance of individual workmen — Bar under Section 36 proviso — Employer contended that individual workmen could not pursue reference once the recognized union withdrew its review application — Held, the statutory scheme under Section 25-O constitutes a distinct procedure permitting "any workman" or "representatives of the workmen" to oppose clos India Law Library Docid # 2452291
(735) GAUTAM KHANDJUA Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 10-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Sections 227, 397 and 401 — Discharge — Scope of revisional jurisdiction — While considering a discharge application, the court is not required to conduct a mini-trial or meticulously weigh probabilities and evidence to evaluate the likelihood of conviction — Court must proceed on the assumption that prosecution material is true and determine if prima facie grounds exist to proceed against the accused — Revisional court cannot sit as an appellate court to apprecia India Law Library Docid # 2452292
(736) ANIL KUMAR AND ANOTHER Vs. RANGI LAL[DELHI HIGH COURT] 10-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 12 Rule 6 — Judgment on admissions — Suit for possession and permanent injunction by father against sons — Registered sale deed and father's absolute ownership repeatedly admitted in written statement and reply — Prior framing of issues constitutes no bar to the exercise of jurisdiction under Order XII Rule 6 if no genuine triable issue survives — When the title of the plaintiff is unequivocally admitted and defendants fail to demonstrate any legally reco India Law Library Docid # 2452293
(737) BINU Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 10-09-2026 Criminal Law and Evidence — Child victim testimony — Material omission — POCSO Act — Penetrative sexual assault — Overt acts of oral-genital contact introduced for the first time during trial — Victim omitted any mention of the accused sucking her vagina in her First Information Statement or Section 164 Cr.P.C statement — Medical records revealed the history was narrated by the mother, not the child — Held, introducing the vital allegation of penetrative sexual assault for the first time during India Law Library Docid # 2452296
(738) MOHAMMAD TAUSEEF Vs. STATE NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 10-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 226 and 19, 21 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Look Out Circular (LOC) — Quashing of — Petitioner sought quashing/withdrawal of LOC issued in connection with FIR under Ss. 498-A/406/34 IPC and permission to travel abroad to resume employment — Held, LOC not liable to be interfered with where substantial maintenance arrears and pending execution India Law Library Docid # 2452512
(739) LIMBU MANGER @ RAJU THAPA Vs. STATE OF SIKKIM[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 10-09-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 7, 9(l), 10 and 30 — Aggravated sexual assault — Sexual intent and presumption — Accused pressed minor victim's breasts, briefly stepped back upon her protest, repeated the act, and offered money — Held, repeated acts of touching breasts during the same incident constitute aggravated sexual assault under Section 9(l) — Repeating the act despite expressed displeasure establishes deliberate sexual intent — Prosecution having establis India Law Library Docid # 2452643
(740) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. SMT. SHARDA AND ANOTHER[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 10-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 109, 363 and 376 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 378 and 394 — Death of principal accused pending appeal against acquittal — Maintainability of appeal against abettor — Principal accused charged with rape and kidnapping died during pendency of State's appeal against acquittal, causing the appeal to abate against him — Co-accused was acquitted of charge under Section 376 read with Section 109 IPC — Held, upon the death of the principal accused a India Law Library Docid # 2452669