Here is the Daily Roundup of Important Judgments and Orders from the Supreme Court and the High Courts for September 4, 2026.
Supreme Court Issues Notice On MBBS Graduate’s Plea Against Withholding Degree Over NIA-Seized Fees
The Supreme Court has issued notice on Puja Kumari’s plea challenging the withholding of her MBBS degree and course completion certificate after ₹1.13 crore paid as fees was seized by the NIA during an investigation involving her relatives. Read more...
Agricultural Income Cannot Be Ignored in Property Confiscation Proceedings: Patna High Court
The Patna High Court allowed Lalita Devi’s appeal and quashed the confiscation order passed against her and her late husband’s properties. The Court found that agricultural and rental income had not been properly considered, certain post-check-period assets were included, and proceedings continued after the public servant’s death. Read more...
Formal Marriage Not Necessary To Invoke Section 498A When Couple Lives In Relationship In Nature Of Marriage: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court refused to quash proceedings against Sk. Azharuddin @ Akash, holding that Section 498A can apply to a relationship in the nature of marriage. The Court found prima facie material showing cohabitation as spouses and held that disputed questions of fact must be decided at trial. Read more...
Bombay HC Pulls Up Maharashtra Govt Over "Pick and Choose" Approach in Medical Admission Reimbursement Scheme
The Bombay High Court's Aurangabad Bench ordered the Maharashtra government to reimburse fees to four medical students denied benefits under a 2019 resolution, despite their higher merit, and imposed costs on the state for its inconsistent stand. Read more...
Oral Evidence and Long Separate Possession Can Establish Family Oral Partition: Jharkhand High Court
The Jharkhand High Court dismissed a 2008 writ petition challenging findings in a decades-old partition dispute. Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi held that the oral partition was supported by evidence, admissions and concurrent findings of three authorities, leaving no ground for interference under writ jurisdiction. Read more...
Bombay HC Quashes Rejection of Teacher’s Approval, Directs Maharashtra Govt to Pay Salary and Back Wages
The Bombay High Court allowed Geeta Raju Singh’s writ petition, quashed the Education Officer’s rejection of her appointment approval, directed retrospective approval from February 16, 2012, and ordered payment of salary and backlog wages within eight weeks. Read more...
Supreme Court Directs Allahabad HC To Probe Judicial Officer Over Repeated Failure To Report Trial Progress
The Supreme Court ordered a preliminary inquiry against an Allahabad trial court judicial officer after the court repeatedly failed to submit status reports. The bench directed the Allahabad High Court Registrar General to submit the inquiry report within 15 days and listed the matter for September 21, 2026. Read more...
Allahabad HC Cancels Bail of Man in Dowry Death Case, Seeks Administrative Review of Trial Judge’s Bail Order
The Allahabad High Court cancelled Satendra alias Sonu’s bail in a dowry-related death case, noting that the trial court had failed to properly consider relevant material and the statutory presumption. The Court also directed the matter to its Administrative Committee for consideration of an inquiry. Read more...
32-Year-Old Back Wages Dispute Ends as Delhi HC Dismisses DTC’s Petition, Imposes ₹1 Lakh Costs
The Delhi High Court dismissed DTC’s challenge to an Industrial Tribunal award granting wages to a conductor. Justice Amit Mahajan found that the disciplinary authority had not properly communicated its disagreement with the enquiry officer’s findings and imposed ₹1 lakh costs over prolonged litigation. Read more...
Former Delhi Mayor Farhad Suri Tells Supreme Court Ghaziabad Police Raided His Delhi Home at Midnight While Looking for Journalist Abhishek Upadhyay
Former Delhi Mayor Farhad Suri has approached the Supreme Court over an alleged midnight search by Ghaziabad Police at his Delhi residence. He seeks an FIR, independent investigation and safeguards for inter-State police searches, alleging officers were looking for journalist Abhishek Upadhyay. Read more...
DNA Proves Sexual Intercourse, Not Lack of Consent: Delhi High Court Upholds Acquittal in Rape Case
Delhi High Court upheld a trial court's acquittal of a man accused of rape, ruling that DNA evidence confirming paternity did not by itself prove absence of consent, given inconsistencies in the woman's testimony. Read more...
