(81) RAJLA Vs. UNION OF INDIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 — Section 23 — Delay of 380 days in filing appeal — Sufficient cause — Appellants were poor, illiterate, belonged to economically weaker section, and lacked funds for timely legal advice — High Court observed that keeping in view the beneficial nature of the legislation and the liberal approach required in compensation matters, sufficient cause was shown for the delay — Application allowed and delay of 38 India Law Library Docid # 2453542
(82) SURYA DEEP GARG @ SURAJ GARG Vs. SMT. NEHA GARG AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 7 Rule 11 — Limitation Act, 1963 — Article 58 — Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 3 — Rejection of Plaint — Challenge to 2007 sale deed instituted after 16 years — Plaintiff had full knowledge of transaction since inception and title was denied around 2009-2010 — Suit held barred by limitation — Execution of subsequent registered sale deed in 2018 in favour of third parties does not reset the limitation period, as registration confers constructive notice India Law Library Docid # 2453543
(83) AASHIYA Vs. NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION THROUGH ITS SECRETARY AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 — Sections 56, 57 and 59 — Guidelines on Assessment of Persons with Benchmark Disabilities for Admission to MBBS Course, 2026 — Clauses 2.4, 3.9, 9.2 and 9.3 — Medical Assessment Board — Scope of jurisdiction — Re-quantification of disability — Petitioners possessing valid UDID cards certifying permanent benchmark disabilities above 40% were re-assessed below 40% by Medical Assessment Boards, disentitling them to PwBD reservation despite being found India Law Library Docid # 2453544
(84) PUSHPENDRA Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 80 and 85 — Meaning of "Husband" — Validity of divorce — Determination in criminal proceedings — Deceased separated from first husband via notarised compromise and cohabited with applicant as spouse under agreement — Applicant argued he was merely a live-in partner — Held, criminal courts cannot adjudicate the validity of customary divorce, which pertains to competent civil courts — Where parties cohabit as husband and wife with clear marital intent, the India Law Library Docid # 2453824
(85) CHOTU VERMA Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Indian Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 27 — Discovery of fact based on information received from accused — Essential requirements — Prosecution must establish that information emanated from accused while in police custody and led directly to discovery — Investigating Officer admitted the alleged murder weapon (axe) was produced by another witness and not discovered pursuant to any disclosure statement made by the appellant — Mere presence of human blood does not dispense with the statutory requirem India Law Library Docid # 2453825
(86) SUDHA AGARWAL Vs. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. FOOD AND CIVIL SUPPLY, U.P. LUCKNOW AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 24-09-2026 Administrative Law — Rent fixation for private godowns leased to State — Applicability of Government Order — Principle that what cannot be done directly cannot be done indirectly — Department leased petitioner's godowns in 2003 and 2006 — Subsequent Government Order dated 02.05.2018 capped rent enhancement at 20% for tenancies from 14.07.2015 — Respondents held the 2018 Order inapplicable to petitioner's pre-2015 tenancies, yet recalled the 2017 justification certificate and restricted rent to R India Law Library Docid # 2453826
(87) AVTAR SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. SHIROMANI GURDWARA PRABANDHAK COMMITTEE[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Service Law — Departmental Enquiry — Retracted pre-charge-sheet confession — Reliability — Petitioners were dismissed from service based on alleged confessional statements made before a Flying Squad prior to issuance of charge-sheets — Petitioners disputed the statements in their replies, alleging coercion and duress — Held, a disputed and retracted pre-charge-sheet confession cannot by itself form the sole basis for recording a finding of guilt in a departmental enquiry — Quasi-judicial discipl India Law Library Docid # 2453985
(88) SURAJ ANAND VERMA Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 22(1) — Mandatory written communication of grounds of arrest — Prospective operation — The requirement directing arresting authorities to communicate grounds of arrest in writing, laid down in Mihir Rajesh Shah v. State of Maharashtra, applies prospectively from 06.11.2025. An accused arrested prior to that date cannot claim that the arrest was vitiated or seek regular bail on the ground that written g India Law Library Docid # 2453986
(89) VINOD KUMAR Vs. M/S ESCORTS LTD. AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 226 and 227 — Scope of writ jurisdiction — Interference with Labour Court award — Writ Court does not sit in appeal over findings of fact recorded by the Labour Court — Interference is warranted only when findings are perverse, based on no evidence, or suffer from jurisdictional error or error of law — Mere possibility of another view on appreciation of evidence provides no ground for interference — Labour Court's finding that workman failed to prove contin India Law Library Docid # 2453987
(90) MALKIAT SINGH @ TAR Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 21-C, 27-A and 37 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Commercial quantity — Prolonged incarceration — Right to speedy trial — Overriding statutory embargo — Petitioner was in custody for over one year and six months, with none of the twelve prosecution witnesses examined — Held, right to a speedy trial under Article 21 is an essential fundamental right — Inordinate delay in trial not attributable to the accused dilutes the India Law Library Docid # 2453988
(91) RAMESH Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 399 and 402 — Making preparation and assembly to commit dacoity — Proof.To establish an offence under Section 399 IPC, the prosecution must prove acts amounting to preparation towards committing dacoity beyond mere intention. Investigating Officer's testimony regarding overhearing the accused allocating specific roles to loot a bus remained unchallenged in cross-examination. Such conversation, coupled with the assembly of five accused in an abandoned octroi koth India Law Library Docid # 2453989
(92) RAKESH NAYYAR Vs. THE STATE BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Reserve Bank of India (Frauds Classification and Reporting by Commercial Banks and Select FIs) Directions, 2016 — Clauses 8.9.4 and 8.9.5 — Declaration of Loan Account as Fraud — Natural Justice — Audi Alteram Partem — Compliance with guidelines in SBI v. Rajesh Aggarwal — Bank served a comprehensive show-cause notice accompanied by the complete forensic audit report — Petitioner submitted a point-by-point reply — Review Committee meticulously examined objections, dropped one charge, and issued India Law Library Docid # 2453990
(93) CHAMAN LAL Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 226/227 — Remand — Compliance with directions of remanding Court — Challenge to Industrial Tribunal's award on the ground of non-compliance with remand directions — Matter had been remanded to determine the effect of the punishment bringing the petitioner to the minimum time scale upon annual and future increments — Tribunal on remand specifically addressed the issue, clarifying that annual increments would not accrue during the ten-year punishment period b India Law Library Docid # 2453991
(94) SOMNATH Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s) and 18 — Grant of pre-arrest bail — Maintainability — Bar under Section 18 — Applicability — FIR initially registered under BNS and SC/ST Act provisions added subsequently — Record revealed no allegation or material indicating that the appellant insulted, intimidated with intent to humiliate, or abused complainant by caste name in public view — Held, absent a prima facie case under the SC/ST Ac India Law Library Docid # 2453992
(95) MAHESH AHIRWAR Vs. SMT. URMILA AHIRWAR[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 125, 126 and 462 — Territorial jurisdiction — Objection raised for the first time in revision — Husband challenged maintenance order of Rs. 3,000/- per month on the ground that the Family Court lacked territorial jurisdiction — Held, husband never raised any objection regarding territorial jurisdiction in his reply, during evidence, or prior to the final order — An objection as to territorial jurisdiction cannot be permitted to be raised for the fi India Law Library Docid # 2453996
(96) SMT. ANITA YADAV AND OTHERS Vs. RAMNATH YADAV AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988 — Section 2(9)(iii) and Section 4 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order VII Rule 11 — Property purchased in minor son's name — Exclusion from benami transaction — Plaint averred that father purchased property in minor son's name from his own income for the family's benefit, maintained joint possession, and distributed it via family arrangement — Under Section 2(9)(iii), property held by an individual in the name of his child with conside India Law Library Docid # 2454001
(97) GURMEET SINGH Vs. JAIN OVERSEAS TRAVEL AGENCY AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Inherent jurisdiction of High Court — Scope of interference — High Court does not sit as a court of appeal over findings recorded by Courts below, nor does it reappreciate evidence afresh — Inherent jurisdiction can be exercised only when findings are perverse, based on no material, or vitiated by illegality or jurisdictional error — Where the Magistrate and Revisional Court concurrently found no prima facie case to summon the accused, and India Law Library Docid # 2454006
(98) SANTOSH AND ANOTHER Vs. WATER RESOURCE DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 24-09-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 4(1) and 23 — Determination of market value — Comparable sales and guideline value — Sale deeds pertaining to small plots can be discarded when a contemporaneous exemplar of a larger area nearest to the Section 4(1) notification is available — However, the relevant market value guidelines to be applied are those prevailing in the financial year of the Section 4(1) notification, not previous years — State Government having fixed minimum market value under sta India Law Library Docid # 2454008
(99) NAHAR SINGH Vs. JOGINDER AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Assessment of functional disability — Amputation of lower limb — Reduction based on Workmen's Compensation Act impermissible — Medical evidence assessed permanent physical disability at 80% for amputation of the right leg above the knee. The Tribunal reduced disability to 50% by relying on Schedule I of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923. Held, the percentage of physical impairment cannot be mechanically reduced without examining the claimant's occupati India Law Library Docid # 2454010
(100) NARENDRA SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. DURGESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 24-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173(1) — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 2(11) and Order XXII Rule 5 — Death of claimants during pendency of enhancement appeal — Devolution of right to claim compensation — Right to claim enhanced compensation survives to the legal representatives as an unquantified loss to the estate — Definition of legal representative under Section 2(11) CPC is inclusive and covers any person representing the estate — Impleadment under Order XXII Rule 5 CPC is su India Law Library Docid # 2454015