(101) STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS Vs. VITTHALBHAI MADHAVLAL PATEL[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 11-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 & Order 22 Rule 4 — Legal Heirs — Delay in substitution of deceased respondent — Court condoned the delay in filing the application for substitution of legal heirs of the deceased respondent and set aside the abatement, permitting the applicants to bring the legal India Law Library Docid # 2440934
(102) CHAUDHARY PRAKESHBHAI NATHABHAI Vs. NEW INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 11-03-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 147 — Liability of Insurance Company for self-negligence of driver — When owner of a vehicle pays additional premium to cover the risk of a paid driver and conductor, the insurance company's liability is enlarged to cover claims irrespective of the driver's self-negligence — The insurance India Law Library Docid # 2440935
(103) STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS Vs. VITTHALBHAI MADHAVLAL PATEL[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 11-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 31 — Powers and duties of a first appellate court — The appellate court must reflect its application of mind and record findings supported by reasons on all issues; while reversing a trial court's finding, it must provide reasons for disagreeing with the trial court's reasoning. India Law Library Docid # 2440936
(104) REHMATULLAH NAIK Vs. U.T OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 11-03-2026 Jammu and Kashmir Migrant Immovable Property (Preservation, Protection and Restraint on Distress Sales) Act, 1997 — Section 7(b) — Appeal against eviction order — Requirement to surrender possession — Held, proviso (b) of Section 7, requiring surrender of possession as a condition for appeal, when interpreted strictly as physical possession, would render the appellate remedy harsh and unworkable, India Law Library Docid # 2441014
(105) UT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND OTHERS Vs. SURINDER KUMAR[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 11-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Jurisdiction — Equitable Jurisdiction — A party seeking equitable relief must approach the court with clean hands — If a petitioner is found to have misled the court or suppressed material facts, their writ petition may be dismissed, even if it has merits. India Law Library Docid # 2441015
(106) M/S NATIONAL ENGINEERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 11-03-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 31(7)(a) — Award of Interest — Even if the contract agreement is silent on interest, an arbitrator has the power to award interest, including pendente lite (during the proceedings) and future interest, to compensate a party for being deprived of the use of money. India Law Library Docid # 2441016
(107) SHRIRAM GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. ROMESH CHANDER AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 11-03-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Insurer's Liability for Gratuitous Passengers — The insurer is generally not liable to pay compensation for injuries sustained by gratuitous passengers — However, the evidence recorded before the Tribunal holds more weight than the contents of an FIR if there is a contradiction. India Law Library Docid # 2441017
(108) UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND OTHERS Vs. NAZIR HUSSAIN[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 11-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 311 — Protection against dismissal, removal, or reduction in rank — Not applicable to an appointment obtained by fraud or forged documents — Such an appointment is void ab initio — Dismissal in such cases is cancellation of a void appointment and requires compliance with principles of natural justice, not a full departmental inquiry. India Law Library Docid # 2441026
(109) CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Vs. BALJEET SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 7 — Demand and acceptance of bribe — Complainant's testimony regarding demand by accused (A2) on a specific date was clear and corroborated by other witnesses — Pre-trap proceedings were also established — Recovery of marked notes from A2’s person and hand wash turning pink confirmed the trap — Despite inconsistencies in complainant's testimony India Law Library Docid # 2440567
(110) ANURAG KRISHNA SINHA Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14 — Manifest Arbitrariness — Srimati Radhika Sinha Institute and Sachchidanand Sinha Library (Requisition & Management) Act, 2015 — Held, the Act is manifestly arbitrary and violative of Article 14 as it involves complete vesting of property, dissolution of trust, absence of India Law Library Docid # 2440568
(111) POORANMAL Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302/34, 201 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 103(1)/3(5), 238 — Circumstantial evidence — Conviction based on circumstantial evidence must fulfill stringent conditions — Circumstances must be fully established, consistent only with hypothesis of guilt, conclusive in nature, exclude every possible hypothesis except guilt, and form complete chain of evidence India Law Library Docid # 2440569
(112) RACHANA GANGU AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Right to Life — Includes Right to Health — State has positive obligation to safeguard health and ensure conditions for meaningful life — Absence of uniform policy for compensation for death/injury after vaccination raises constitutional concerns warranting institutional response. India Law Library Docid # 2440570
(113) REGISTRAR CANE COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES AND OTHERS Vs. GURDEEP SINGH NARVAL (DEAD) THROUGH LRS. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 — Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 2002 — Section 103 — Legal status of Cooperative Societies after State reorganisation — Cooperative societies restructured under the Reorganisation Act are not automatically deemed Multi-State Cooperative Societies under Section 103 of the India Law Library Docid # 2440571
(114) MANOJ KUMAR MUTTA Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Appellant not named in FIR, no raid at his business premises, earlier cases ended in bail, cooperating with investigation, and no misuse of liberty granted — High Court wrongly refused anticipatory bail — Supreme Court sets aside High Court order and India Law Library Docid # 2440572
(115) MUDDAM RAJU YADAV Vs. B. RAJA SHANKER (D) THROUGH LRS. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Specific Performance of Agreement to Sell — Trial Court decreed suit for specific performance of sale agreement — High Court set aside Trial Court's decree — Held, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) executed on the same day as sale agreement established that sale agreement was sham and nominal, executed as security for loan India Law Library Docid # 2440573
(116) PANNALAL BHANSALI Vs. BHARTI TELECOM LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Companies Act, 2013 — Section 66 — Reduction of Share Capital — Procedural Fairness — Minority Shareholders — Valuation of Shares — Non-disclosure of valuation report and fairness report in notice for general meeting — Held, not a "tricky notice" as statutory requirement for valuation report not mandated under India Law Library Docid # 2440574
(117) JAFFER SADIK AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 10-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 120-B and Section 420 — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) — Criminal Conspiracy and Cheating — Prosecution failed to prove the conspiracy or active role of the accused in any illegal activities for self-enrichment — Acquittal of the appellants — Appeals allowed. India Law Library Docid # 2440587
(118) JAYA GUPTA Vs. M/S IREO GRACE REALTECH PVT. LTD. AND OTHER[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 10-03-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Unfair Trade Practice — One-sided clauses in apartment buyer's agreement — Developer cannot compel apartment buyers to be bound by such terms — Forfeiture of amounts beyond a reasonable limit is an unfair trade practice. India Law Library Docid # 2440666
(119) DR. VIVEK K. JAIN, VIVEK JAIN HOSPITAL AND OTHERS Vs. LAKHWINDER SINGH AND OTHERS[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 10-03-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Sections 12, 21(b) — Medical Negligence — Injury to Common Bile Duct (CBD) during gall bladder surgery — Liability of doctors — Lower forums found Opposite Parties 1 & 2 liable for medical negligence and deficiency in service — National Commission upheld these findings — Revision petitions by Opposite Parties 1 & 2 dismissed — Revision petition by complainants allowed for enhancement of compensation — Opposite Parties 1 & 2 jointly and India Law Library Docid # 2440667
(120) RAMADEBI RAUTRAY Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 10-03-2026 Orissa Panchayat Samiti Act, 1959 — Section 45(1)(v) and Sections 44-E and 44-J — Disqualification for election — Having more than two children — Election of returned candidate declared invalid by Election Tribunal due to disqualification — Respondent failed to cross-examine appellant’s witnesses despite opportunities, leading to uncontroverted evidence — Election Appellate Tribunal upheld India Law Library Docid # 2440768