(741) STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS Vs. ANANTA KUMAR MOHAPATRA (DEAD) THR. LRS AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Impleadment of legal representatives — Appeal abated on death of respondent — Court condones delay and impleads legal representatives after details are furnished — Not necessary to keep appeal pending solely for impleadment. India Law Library Docid # 2438358
(742) AYESHA JAIN Vs. AMITY UNIVERSITY, NOIDA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Affidavits — Personal affirmation by designated authorities — Supreme Court directed Cabinet Secretary of Union of India and Chief Secretaries of States/Union Territories to file personally affirmed affidavits, with no delegation allowed — Union of India filed affidavit through Secretary, Department of Higher Education, stating reasons for Cabinet Secretary not filing personally and seeking exemption — Court expressed surprise at non-compliance and India Law Library Docid # 2438359
(743) GORIJAVOLU SRINIVASA RAO Vs. MUSUNURI SATYANARAYANA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-01-2026 Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Tenancy Act, 1956 — Section 15 & 16 — Agricultural tenant's right of first purchase — Determination of sale price — Violation of status quo order during sale proceedings — Declaration of sale deeds as void — Restoration of possession upon appeal — An agricultural tenant has a right of first purchase under Section 15. Proceedings under Section 16 for determining sale India Law Library Docid # 2438369
(744) THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. SATWINDER SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-01-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 140, 149, 166 — Compulsory Insurance — Liability of Insurer — Contributory Negligence — Wrongful Parking — Driver of minor age without license — Compensation — Recovery Rights — Appeal allowed to grant recovery rights to appellant insurance company from owner of wrongly parked vehicle (Bolero) when deceased was travelling in another vehicle (Maruti Zen) India Law Library Docid # 2438380
(745) SEEMA BHATTI Vs. SAT PAL GUPTA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-01-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation for death in accident — Enhancement by Supreme Court — Appellant's husband died in accident, compensation awarded by Tribunal enhanced by High Court — Supreme Court further enhanced compensation on appeal. India Law Library Docid # 2438381
(746) KOMMIREDDINAGU @ GANESH, HINDU Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-01-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 106 — Burden of proving fact to be proved to make evidence admissible — When prosecution establishes incriminatory circumstances, accused has a duty to explain them. India Law Library Docid # 2438436
(747) GADDE VENKATA SUSEELA AND OTHERS Vs. GADDE SEETHAMAHA LAKSHMI AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order VI Rule 17 — Amendment of pleadings — Amendments should be allowed if necessary for determining the real question in controversy, provided they do not cause injustice or prejudice to the other side — Amendments should be disallowed if they seek to withdraw clear admissions, raise time-barred claims, fundamentally change the nature of the suit, are malafide, or India Law Library Docid # 2438437
(748) GUNDLA GOVINDA RAJULU AND OTHERS Vs. PEDDISETTY SRINIVASA KUMAR AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of Pleadings — Generally allowed to determine real questions in controversy and avoid multiplicity of proceedings, pro6ded it does not cause injustice or prejudice — However, amendments are to be disallowed if they withdraw admissions, raise time-barred claims, substantially change the nature of the suit, are mala fide, or cause loss India Law Library Docid # 2438438
(749) THE APSRTC Vs. MEDA BHANU MANOJ AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-01-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 168, 169 — Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal — Summary procedure — A.P. Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, Rule 476(7) — FIR, Post-mortem report, etc., can be basis for claim, but not exhaustive — Tribunal can consider other oral or documentary evidence — "Shall" in Rule 476(7) is directory, not mandatory. India Law Library Docid # 2438439
(750) KELLER GROUND ENGINEERING INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-01-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ of Mandamus — Withholding payment for completed work — Petitioner, a subcontractor, completed works at Polavaram Irrigation Project. State sanctioned imprest amount for direct payment to subcontractors due to main contractor's financial distress. Petitioner received direct instructions from respondent authorities and had work progress acknowledged in India Law Library Docid # 2438440
(751) S.B.G. SARMA Vs. BANK OF BARODA MUMBAI AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-01-2026 Banking service regulations — Disciplinary proceedings against retired employee — Charge memo issued after retirement — Held to be without jurisdiction — No disciplinary action can be initiated after an employee retires, unless specifically provided by rules. India Law Library Docid # 2438441
(752) RAVINDER SINGH SIDHU Vs. THE STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 161 & 173 — Transfer of cases — Consolidation of FIRs — Supreme Court consolidated multiple FIRs registered against a petitioner in different states by treating the first FIR as principal FIR and subsequent FIRs as statements under Section 161 CrPC, allowing supplementary chargesheets and transfer/merger of cases where cognizance was taken. India Law Library Docid # 2438535
(753) FAUSTINE LIGURA DIKONA Vs. THE STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-01-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 8(c), 20(a)(ii)(c), and 29 — Conviction and Sentence — Suspension of Sentence — Appellant convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment and fine. Appeals filed challenging conviction. Arguments for suspension of sentence based on serious medical grounds (stroke, corneal transplant) and having undergone more than half of India Law Library Docid # 2438537
(754) GAURAV AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Appeal against High Court order rejecting bail — Appellants incarcerated for over two and a half years — No direct evidence of assaulting deceased — Trial not likely to conclude soon — Prosecution witnesses of fact examined, only police witnesses remain — India Law Library Docid # 2438608
(755) DEBASHISH KHAMARU Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Continued incarceration for over one and a half years after filing of chargesheet is not warranted — Release on bail may be ordered on imposing appropriate terms and conditions. India Law Library Docid # 2438677
(756) RIYA KHATKAR Vs. UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-01-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 32 — Writ of Mandamus — Medical grounds for migration — Petitioner sought migration from one law university to another due to severe medical issues (hypsophobia leading to anxiety and panic attacks) — Supreme Court directed the original university to issue necessary India Law Library Docid # 2438682
(757) MANNU PRAJAPATI Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-01-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 20(b) and 29 — Bail — Special Leave Petition against rejection of bail by High Court — Petitioner in custody for offences under NDPS Act — Seeking bail on medical grounds due to son's critical condition requiring liver transplant — Respondent State not making India Law Library Docid # 2438700
(758) RAJAT DHAVALAGIRI CO-OPERATIVE HSG. SOCIETY LTD. Vs. M/S RELCON INFRAPROJECTS LIMITED[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION NEW DELHI] 08-01-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 2(d)(ii) and 2(o) — "Consumer" and "Service" — Consideration — Held, a cooperative housing society and its members who avail redevelopment services from a developer, where the developer bears all costs and provides relocation charges, are not consumers as there is no consideration India Law Library Docid # 2438740
(759) SMT SARBANI MAZUMDAR @ SARKAR ALIAS SARBANI SARKAR MAZUMDAR Vs. SRI PRABHAT MAJUMDAR ALIAS PRAVAT MAZUMDAR[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 08-01-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ib) — Desertion — Wife admitted living separately since 2007 — No evidence of cruelty by husband or justification for separation — Wife failed to prove any animus revertendi or intention to return to conjugal life — Husband's previous divorce suits withdrawn to sustain marriage — Wife's allegations of cruelty and ulterior motive by husband disproved — Wife found India Law Library Docid # 2438782
(760) DR. SOMA MANDAL DEBNATH Vs. SRI TANMOY DEBNATH[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 08-01-2026 Special Marriage Act, 1954 — Section 27(1)(d) — Cruelty — Irretrievable breakdown of marriage as a component of cruelty — Supreme Court decision in Rakesh Raman v. Kavita (2023) 17 SCC 433 establishes that an irretrievably broken-down marriage constitutes cruelty, even if not a standalone ground for divorce under the Special Marriage Act, 1954. India Law Library Docid # 2438783