(761) K.S.MANI Vs. THE BOARD, TAMIL NADU GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION LTD. AND ANOTHER[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Service Law — Disciplinary Proceedings — Disproportionate Assets — Proof of independent source of income of family members — Evidence Act, 1872, Section 106 — Preponderance of probabilities — Delinquent employee charged with acquiring assets disproportionate to known sources of income in his name and family members' names — Held, the burden of proving that delinquent's wife and son possessed independent sources of income rested exclusively on the delinquent under Section 106, as it was within hi India Law Library Docid # 2451702
(762) OIL & NATURAL GAS CORPORATION LTD. Vs. CENTRAL GOVERNMENT INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL-II AND ANOTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Territorial Jurisdiction — Offshore installations beyond 12 nautical miles — Applicability of labour laws — ONGC challenged CGIT jurisdiction over workmen deployed on rigs in high seas — Held, challenge rejected — Appointment letters were issued from Mumbai to Mumbai addresses, and all service, administrative, and disciplinary decisions were taken at Mumbai — Incidents on rigs were reported to Mumbai police — When contract of employment originates and is administe India Law Library Docid # 2451703
(763) NARENDRA JANARDAN MHATRE AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 9 — Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 4, 6, 11, 11A and 16 — Jurisdiction of Civil Court — Challenge to acquisition proceedings — Plaint cleverly drafted to avoid seeking explicit declaration of lapsing or recovery of possession, instead praying that no award was declared under Section 11 and land did not vest in Government — Held, the Land Acquisition Act is a complete code in itself and impliedly excludes Civil Court jurisdiction under Section 9 C India Law Library Docid # 2451704
(764) RAM PRAVESH THAKUR Vs. STATE OF N.C.T. OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 232 — Non-compliance of hearing provision — Effect on trial — Accused was not afforded a hearing under Section 232 after examination under Section 313(1)(b) — Held, omission to comply with Section 232 does not ipso facto vitiate the trial proceedings unless such omission is shown to have resulted in serious and substantial prejudice to the accused — Since the accused failed to plead or establish that any prejudice was caused by the non-compliance, t India Law Library Docid # 2451707
(765) SUKHMANDAR SINGH Vs. UNION OF INDIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Railways Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 — Section 23 — Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Beneficial legislation — Delay of 786 days in filing appeal — Appellant cited poverty, illiteracy, and lack of funds to seek timely legal advice — Railways Act, 1989 and Railways Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 are beneficial legislations intended to compensate victims of railway accidents — A liberal and justice-oriented approach must be adopted in condonation applications so genuine claims are India Law Library Docid # 2451711
(766) SRI GOPALAKRISHNA HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL Vs. THE JOINT DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 09-09-2026 Tamil Nadu Recognised Private Schools (Regulation) Act, 1973 — Section 23(b) — Nature of appellate proceedings — Principles of natural justice — Employee challenged school's rejection of salary during suspension before Joint Director under Section 23(b) pursuant to High Court directions — School contended proceedings were original, warranting strict adherence to natural justice — Held, the proceedings were appellate, summary in nature, and instituted with school's consent — Both parties were aff India Law Library Docid # 2451713
(767) KSHATRIYA NADAR GIRLS' HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL Vs. THE CHIEF EDUCATIONAL OFFICER AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 09-09-2026 Tamil Nadu Recognised Private Schools (Regulation) Rules, 1972 — Rule 15-A — Service Law — Probationer — Termination simpliciter — Validity — Respondent teacher was appointed on probation for two years, but services were terminated before completion on grounds of unsatisfactory performance — Single Judge set aside termination — Division Bench held that an innocuous termination of a probationer's service during probation does not carry stigma or penal consequence — Detailed disciplinary enquiry u India Law Library Docid # 2451714
(768) MINU CHAUDHARY Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Maintainability of Contempt Proceedings — Effect of appellate order — Writ petition directing absorption of teacher with consequential benefits was allowed by High Court — Matter escalated to the Supreme Court, which disposed of the appeal with fresh directions to the University — Petitioner initiated contempt proceedings in the High Court alleging non-compliance with the writ court's initial order — Held, contempt petition before High Court is not maintainable bec India Law Library Docid # 2451860
(769) PUNAM DEVI Vs. SUNITA DEVI AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Service Law — Anganwadi Sevika — Selection and Appointment — Solitary Candidate in Merit Panel — Direction for De Novo Recruitment — Validity — Appellant was the sole applicant pursuant to original advertisement and placed on merit list — Selection Committee impermissibly altered feeder area, invited fresh applications, and appointed Respondent No. 1 — District Magistrate cancelled appointment of Respondent No. 1 as illegal and directed appointment of Appellant, affirmed by Commissioner — Single India Law Library Docid # 2451867
(770) NIRAJ KUMAR Vs. M/S. BHARAT COKING COAL LIMITED AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Letters Patent Appeal — Application filed seeking condonation of a 40-day delay in instituting the appeal — Averments demonstrated sufficient cause — Delay was not inordinate — Delay condoned and application disposed of. India Law Library Docid # 2451892
(771) JASHIM MIAN @ JASIM MIAN AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 148 and 325 read with Section 149 — Rioting armed with deadly weapons and causing grievous hurt — Appreciation of evidence — Injured eyewitnesses — Petitioners assaulted the informant and his brother with lathi, danda, and garasa, causing a fracture to the informant's forearm — Informant's testimony was consistent in cross-examination and fully corroborated by another injured eyewitness — Evidence clearly established the unlawful assembly and grievous hurt infli India Law Library Docid # 2451893
(772) MANGAL MUNDA Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 303(2) — Grant of bail — Delay in trial and prolonged custody — Petitioner remained in custody since February 2025 — Charge was framed in May 2025, but prosecution failed to produce any of the three witnesses despite earlier High Court directions to ensure prompt production — Counter-affidavit filed by the Superintendent of Police failed to show service of notices on witnesses — Prolonged detention without progress in trial held unfair to the accused — Bai India Law Library Docid # 2451895
(773) THE STATE OF JHARKHAND Vs. M/S BHASIN ASSOCIATES PVT. LTD.[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Commercial Appeal filed with delay of 2050 days challenging dismissal of Section 34 application — Routine bureaucratic excuses regarding movement of files, inter-departmental correspondence, and procedural formalities do not establish "sufficient cause" — Under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act and the Commercial Courts Act, speedy resolution of disputes is paramoun India Law Library Docid # 2451896
(774) LAVLEEN GOEL Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Anticipatory Bail — Parameters and Custodial Interrogation — Allegation of multi-level marketing and money circulation scheme — Held, arrest cannot be treated as a routine or mechanical measure — Requirement of further investigation cannot by itself be equated with a demonstrated necessity for custodial interrogation — Where the investigation substantially depends on documentary, corporate, banking, and electronic records capable of being India Law Library Docid # 2451907
(775) SMT. MAHAMOODA BANU @ GULNAZ AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Private dispute — Compromise between parties — Petitioners sought quashing of criminal proceedings pending before Magistrate arising from a complaint by respondent No.2 — Parties appeared before Court and submitted a joint affidavit reporting amicable settlement of their dispute for Rs.16,00,000/-, with all payments duly completed — Held, following Gian Singh v. State of Punjab, where the dispute is purely pr India Law Library Docid # 2451912
(776) MUSKAN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 21(c) and 29 — Regular bail — Recovery of commercial quantity from co-accused — Nomination solely based on disclosure statement — Petitioners were nominated as accused solely on the basis of a disclosure statement made by an apprehended co-accused — No contraband was recovered from the petitioners and no independent material connected them to the crime — Considering the period India Law Library Docid # 2451914
(777) GURPREET SINGH Vs. REGISTRAR, COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Discretionary writ jurisdiction — Delay and laches — Stale claim — Enforcement of Labour Court award — Labour Court passed award in 1996 reinstating petitioner without back wages — Petitioner allegedly denied joining in 1996 but took no legal steps for over two decades — First representation submitted to respondent-Markfed only in 2017 — Extraordinary writ jurisdiction cannot be invoked to revive rights allowed to remain dormant for an unreasonably pro India Law Library Docid # 2451915
(778) MEHAKPREET SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Verification of compromise — Permissible modes — Petition filed for quashing FIR based on compromise — High Court directed the trial Court or Illaqa Magistrate to record statements of parties regarding the genuineness of the compromise — Trial Court permitted to record statements either through physical appearance, video conferencing with counsel identification, or by appointing an Advocate Commissioner — Judicial Magistrate required to re India Law Library Docid # 2451917
(779) SUKHJIT SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 37 — Constitution of India — Article 21 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Regular bail — Commercial quantity — Rigours of Section 37 vs. Right to speedy trial — Petitioner was incarcerated for over 1 year and 5 months — None of the 13 cited prosecution witnesses were examined — Prolonged pre-trial detention without justifiable cause infringes fundamental right to life and liberty under Article 21 — Statutory India Law Library Docid # 2451919
(780) MANGAL SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 09-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 318(4) — Anticipatory Bail — Immigration Fraud — Cheating on pretext of sending persons abroad — Gravity of offence — Held, fraudulent inducement for migration preys upon aspirations of unsuspecting citizens and falls within the ambit of organized human trafficking — Such offences strike at social trust and public order, causing severe financial and emotional distress — Judicial response must ensure India Law Library Docid # 2451920