Medical Report Missing Injured's Signature, Unexplained 9-Hour FIR Delay Fatal To Prosecution Case: Allahabad High Court Acquits Attempt To Murder Convicts Fresh Notice Mandatory To Ex-Parte Defendants If Plaint Is Substantively Amended: Madhya Pradesh High Court Divorce | Initial Bickering Between Spouses During Early Marriage Does Not Constitute Cruelty: Madras High Court Sports Council Cannot Dissolve Registered Society Or Conduct Its Elections; Can Only Withdraw Recognition: Kerala High Court Incarceration Without Trial Amounts To Punishment: Himachal Pradesh HC Grants Bail To Murder Accused Denied Medical Care In Jail Compliance Is Not Protection: Kerala High Court Holds Local Authority Cannot Deny Industrial License Merely Over Unscientific Public Protests Allotment Of Seat By Bypassing Higher-Ranked Candidates In Merit List Results In Gross Injustice: Calcutta High Court Dismisses LLM Admission Plea Blacklisting Not An Automatic Consequence Of Contract Termination, Requires Specific Show-Cause Notice: Supreme Court Power Of Attorney Cannot Operate As Mode Of Succession To Religious Office Of Sajjadanashin: Supreme Court Higher-Ranking Employees Cannot Claim Parity In Punishment With Subordinates Under Article 14: Supreme Court Waqf Board Lacks Jurisdiction To Appoint 'Sajjadanashin', Civil Court Can Decide Dispute As Office Is Distinct From 'Mutawalli': Supreme Court 144 BNSS | Husband Cannot Directly Challenge Ex-Parte Maintenance Order In High Court, Must Apply For Recall: Allahabad High Court No Absolute Bar On Relying Upon Post-Notification Sale Deeds For Determining Land Acquisition Compensation: Bombay High Court 138 NI Act | Plea That Cheque Was Stolen Is An Afterthought If No Police Complaint Is Lodged: Orissa High Court Upholds Conviction Cannot Expect Claimant To Preserve Every Bill: P&H High Court Enhances Accident Compensation From Rs 95,000 To Rs 7.7 Lakhs

(1) Sankula Nagarjuna & 9 Ors. ...Petitioners Vs. The State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors. ...Respondents D.D 21/01/2026

Writ of Mandamus – Requirement of Legal Right – Petitioners sought direction not to close alleged 30-feet road connecting colonies – Held, issuance of mandamus requires establishment of a judicially enforceable legal right and corresponding public duty – Petitioners failed to demonstrate existence of road through cogent material – Mere assertion insufficient – N...

ANDHRA PRADESH # WRIT PETITION NO. 24152 OF 2025 Docid 2026 LEJ Civil AP 239465

(2) Vijay Kumar Srivastav @ Vijay Kumar Srivastava …Petitioner Vs. State of Jharkhand …Opposite Parties D.D 21/01/2026

Anticipatory Bail – Cyber Crime – Misuse of Social Media and Digital Identity – Petitioner sought anticipatory bail apprehending arrest in Cyber P.S. Case No.14/2025 involving serious allegations under BNS, 2023 and Information Technology Act, 2000 – Allegations of creation of fake email and Instagram accounts in the name of informant, circulation of obscene photographs, de...

JHARKHAND # CRIMINAL JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 5971 OF 2025 Docid 2026 LEJ Crim Jhar 873801

(3) Tufazzul Hussain ...Petitioner Vs. Fulmala Khatun ...Respondent D.D 21/01/2026

Matrimonial Law – Maintenance under Section 125 CrPC – Proof of Marital Status – Respondent filed for maintenance claiming to be the wife of the petitioner – Petitioner denied marriage and stated respondent had a subsisting marriage with another man, Manik Ali – Respondent admitted earlier marriage and claimed to have divorced him through affidavit – Held: Affid...

GAUHATI # CRIMINAL REVISIONAL JURISDICTION CRL. REVISION PETITION NO. 212 OF 2025 Docid 2026 LEJ Crim Gau 487518

(4) Mr. S. Kumar @ Shailesh Kumar …Petitioner Vs. State of Bihar And Another …Opposite Parties D.D 21/01/2026

Criminal Law – Quashing under Section 482 Cr.P.C. – Abuse of Process of Court – Petition filed seeking quashing of sanction order, FIR and charge-sheet arising out of mutation dispute relating to immovable property – Allegations against petitioner confined to passing an order staying mutation proceedings pending title suit – Held: Criminal prosecution based solely on ...

PATNA # CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS NO. 1897 OF 2022 (Arising out of Kadamkuan P.S. Case No. 238 of 2014, District–Patna) Docid 2026 LEJ Crim Patna 919818

(5) Akashdeep Kaur and others ...Petitioners Vs. State of Punjab and others ...Respondents D.D 21/01/2026

Civil Writ - Recruitment Examination – Alleged Paper Leak and Mass Copying – Systemic Malaise – Petitioners sought quashing of entire recruitment process alleging circulation of OMR sheets on social media, identical wrong answers, geographical concentration of toppers and collusion – Held: Mere suspicion, conjecture or post-result dissatisfaction is insufficient to vitiate ...

PUNJAB AND HARYANA # CIVIL WRIT JURISDICTION CWP NO. 38698 OF 2025 Docid 2026 LEJ Civil PH 293689

(6) Enforcement Directorate through D.N. Poddar Deputy Director ...Petitioner Vs. Papia Rozario & Stanley Indrajit Rozario ...Opposite Parties D.D 21/01/2026

Criminal Law - Money Laundering – Discharge under Section 227 CrPC – Scheduled Offence – Section 467 IPC included as scheduled offence w.e.f. 01.06.2009 – Accused discharged by Special PMLA Court on ground that alleged predicate offence was committed prior to inclusion of Section 467 IPC in Schedule – Held: Approach erroneous – Offence under Section 3 PMLA is in...

CALCUTTA # CRIMINAL REVISIONAL JURISDICTION C.R.R. NO. 914 OF 2018 With CRAN 2 OF 2023 Docid 2026 LEJ Crim Cal 152144

(7) M/s Genebio Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. Through Director Arun Kumar Srivastava …Petitioner Vs. Paradigm Enterprises Through Director Ritika Pandey and Others …Respondents D.D 21/01/2026

Arbitration Law – MSME Award – Section 34 Challenge – Limitation – Preliminary Objection – Jurisdictional Issue – Award passed by MSME Facilitation Council on 27.09.2023 – Section 34 petition filed on 16.01.2024 – Commercial Court rejected preliminary objection on limitation relying on Munsarim report and alleged High Court indulgence – Held: L...

ALLAHABAD # MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 NO. 3886 OF 2024 Along with MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 NO. 5145 OF 2024 Docid 2026 LEJ Civil Allh 322442

(8) [Petitioner – Mother of Victim Girl] ...Petitioner Vs. State by Electronic City Police Station Bengaluru ...Respondent D.D 21/01/2026

Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act – Section 17(2) – Custody of Rescued Minor – Mother Allegedly Complicit in Prostitution – Child Welfare Committee Has Primacy – Petition Rejected – Victim girl (aged 17 years at time of rescue) was rescued from a prostitution racket in Crime No.395/2025 and placed in a Child Welfare Home – Mother filed application under Sec...

KARNATAKA # CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 17299 OF 2025 Docid 2026 LEJ Crim karnt 748263

(9) Amarjit Pal and another ...Applicants Vs. State of U.P. and another ...Opposite Parties D.D 21/01/2026

Criminal Law – Quashing – Section 528 BNSS – Scope – Applicants sought quashing of charge-sheet and proceedings for offences under Section 69 BNS and Sections 3/4 POCSO Act on plea of consensual relationship and false implication – High Court held that at the stage of consideration under Section 528 BNSS, only prima facie satisfaction is required and disputed question...

ALLAHABAD # Justice Avnish Saxena Docid 2026 LEJ Crim Allh 921654