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AURANGABAD BENCH 28/08/2026

Chandrakant Sahadu Kaware vs The State of Maharashtra

[A] Indian Evidence Act, 1872 - Section 9 - Test Identification Parade - Requirement of TIP for unknown accused - Prosecution alleged accused desecrated a statue, terrorized people with a knife, and damaged property - A...

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NAGPUR BENCH 27/08/2026

Shashikant S/o Bhaurao Kate & Ors. vs The State of Maharashtra

Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 - Sections 3, 4, 5 and 7 - Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 - Section 528 - Quashing of FIR against Customers - Police raided residential house of a co-accused on a tip-off...

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SUPREME COURT 24/08/2026

R Manimaran vs State of Tamil Nadu

[A] Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - Sections 52A, 60(3) and 63 - NDPS (Seizure, Storage, Sampling and Disposal) Rules, 2022 - Rule 16 - Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Sections 451 and 452 - Jur...

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SUPREME COURT 24/08/2026

Reji Baby vs Subi Mary & Ors.

[A] Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 - Section 12 - Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Section 482 - Quashing of DV proceedings post-settlement - Appellant-husband sought the quashing of a domestic vi...

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GOA BENCH 21/08/2026

Mr. Uday Prabhu Desai & Ors. vs State of Goa

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) - Sections 249, 250 and 251 - Discharge Application - Scope and Limits of - Petitioners were charge-sheeted and appeared before Sessions Judge, who subsequently passed a...

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NAGPUR BENCH 21/08/2026

Nilesh Ashokrao Wankhade & Ors. vs State of Maharashtra & Ors.

[A] Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 - Section 64(1) - Quashing of FIR for Rape - Applicant No- 1 allegedly took informant to her flat under pretext of renting it, committed forcible sexual intercourse, and threatened her...

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SUPREME COURT 21/08/2026

Neelam Sharma and Others vs Amita Passan and Others

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - Order 7 Rule 11 - Court Fees Act, 1870 - Section 7(iv)(c) and Article 17(iii) of Second Schedule - Rejection of Plaint for non-payment of ad-valorem court fee - Plaintiffs sued for a decla...

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BOMBAY HIGH COURT 21/08/2026

Kishor Dnyanoba Gaikwad vs Additional Collector, Pune & Ors.

[A] Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 - Sections 5 and 23 - Maintainability of Eviction Application without explicit Maintenance Prayer - Senior citizen parents filed a handwritten applicat...

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BOMBAY HIGH COURT 21/08/2026

Dr. Govindaraja Venkatesh Iyengar vs A.R. Sampathkumar & Ors.

[A] Indian Succession Act, 1925 - Section 63(c) - Indian Evidence Act, 1872 - Section 68, Section 45 - Proof of Execution and Suspicious Circumstances - Plaintiff sought probate of a 1998 Will- Defendant contested it as...

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BOMBAY HIGH COURT 20/08/2026

Shekhar Shankar Joshi vs Anita Arun Bhave

[A] Registration Act, 1908 - Section 17 - Transfer of Property Act, 1882 - Section 9 - Validity of Oral Relinquishment of Ancestral Property - The plaintiff sued for partition and separate possession of her share in ance...

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SUPREME COURT 20/08/2026

Pradeep and Ors. vs Jagadishwari And Ors.

[A] Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - Section 39(4) - Territorial Jurisdiction to Record Compromise in Execution - In an execution petition pending before the Belgaum Court for a partition decree, the decree-holder and sub...

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KOLHAPUR BENCH 19/08/2026

Shri Shrishail Kallappa Teli vs The State of Maharashtra & Ors.

[A] Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 - Section 69 - Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 - Section 5(i) - Sexual Intercourse on False Pretext of Marriage by a Married Woman - Appellant sought pre-arrest bail in a case registered for se...

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