(881) SRINIVASA REDDY VELAGALA Vs. SRAVANTHI INFRATECH PVT. LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-08-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Sections 3(12), 5(21), 9 and 238A — Termination vs. frustration of contract — Effluxion of time and frustration are distinct concepts — an EPC contract does not terminate merely because the timeline lapses, nor is it "frustrated" by delay caused by a party's own default — Frustration under S. 56, Contract Act requires an unforeseen supervening India Law Library Docid # 2448928
(882) BALESH KUMAR KURAITI Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-08-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Section 6 (pre and post-2019 Amendment) — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 20(1) — Retrospective application of enhanced criminal punishment — Aggravated penetrative sexual assault on a 3-year-old victim — Incident occurred prior to 2019 Amendment to POCSO India Law Library Docid # 2448949
(883) KASHMIR RAM @ PAPPI Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-08-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS) — Section 42 — Power of entry, search, seizure and arrest without warrant — Non-reduction of secret information into writing prior to search — Substantial compliance — Information received by empowered officer while on patrol/move regarding illicit contraband in a transit vehicle — Immediate action required — Officer dispatched ruqa to police station for FIR registration prior to search and orally informed superior officer who arrived India Law Library Docid # 2448950
(884) KAPLESHWAR YADAV AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH PRINCIPAL SECRETARY . DEPTT. OF REVENUE. GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Bihar Tenancy Act, 1885 — Sections 48C and 48D — Acquisition of Raiyati rights — Non-transferability of Sikmi rights — Effect of possession originating from invalid transfer — Appellants claimed Raiyati rights under Section 48D based on long possession originating from an alleged sale deed transferring Sikmi rights to their ancestors — Held, Sikmi rights are non-transferable and could not be validly India Law Library Docid # 2449283
(885) BALMIKI RAI Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 34 and 201 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 106 — Disappearance of wife — Burden of proof — Scope of Section 106 — Trial Court convicted husband and in-laws for murder and causing disappearance of evidence by applying Section 106 — Held, Section 106 comes into play only when a fact is especially within the knowledge of a person — Prosecution must first establish foundational facts of murder or unnatural death — Court cannot presume guilt or shift India Law Library Docid # 2449284
(886) NAND LAL BIND Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Evidence — Ocular testimony vs. Medical evidence — Alleged contradiction — Eyewitnesses stated accused shot deceased from behind — Autopsy report showed inverted wound of entry on left back of chest and exit wound on front — Medical evidence fully corroborated ocular account — Principle that medical evidence discredits ocular testimony applies only India Law Library Docid # 2449285
(887) AKSHAY SINH DALPAT SINH CHAUHAN @ AKSHAY SINGH DALPAT SINGH CHAUHAN AND OTHER Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 403 and 417 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Complaint alleged non-payment of cash loan taken by petitioners — No documentary evidence submitted to substantiate monetary transaction — Unimpeachable workplace presence certificate proved petitioner was present at work in Gujarat on date of alleged India Law Library Docid # 2449286
(888) SATISH KUMAR PANDAY AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Selection and Appointment — Verification of Educational Credentials — Standard of Proof — Bihar Technical Service Commission disqualified candidates for the post of Junior Engineer (Civil) due to doubtful Diploma certificates issued by a private university — Verification revealed serious discrepancies in serial numbers, signatures, seals, and admissions India Law Library Docid # 2449287
(889) NAND KISHORE SHARMA & ANOTHER Vs. NIRMALA DEVI & OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 168 & Section 173 — Driving Licence — Offending Heavy Goods Vehicle (HMV) driven without valid endorsement — Interrogatories and verification certificate issued by Licensing Authority confirming that endorsement for driving HMV was made after date of accident — Driver was not holding valid and effective driving licence at time of accident — Offending vehicle India Law Library Docid # 2449454
(890) HARMEET KAUR ALIAS BIBI Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 164 and 165 — Scope of preventive jurisdiction — Attachment of property and appointment of Receiver — Dispute over Gurudwara management led to violent clashes, entry attempts with weapons, and registration of cross FIRs — Revisional Court affirmed Executive Magistrate's order attaching property and appointing Receiver — Held, jurisdiction under Sections 164 and 165 is preventive, aimed at averting imminent threat to public order and breach of p India Law Library Docid # 2449573
(891) PRIYANSHU SAXENA AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 480, 483 and 47 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2024 — Sections 318(4), 316(2) r/w 61(2) — Financial scams — Application for grant of regular bail — Petitioners (A7 and A8), directors of M/s. Indi Konnect Ventures Pvt. Ltd., arrested for alleged multi-level marketing, money circulation, and fraudulent inducement — Contentions raised regarding non-compliance with mandatory provisions of Section 47 of BNSS, furnishing grounds of arrest in English inst India Law Library Docid # 2450103
(892) CHIKKUDU JAGAN Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA AND ANOTHER[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 109, 126(2), 353 and 3(5) — Application for anticipatory bail — Accused No. 2 alleged to have assaulted victim with stones and iron rod due to village road repair dispute — Petitioner claimed false implication, no specific overt act, and willingness to cooperate with investigation — High Court held that jurisdiction to grant anticipatory bail is discretionary and judicious, requiring balancing indiv India Law Library Docid # 2450104
(893) D.K. GUPTA Vs. DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY[CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, NEW DELHI] 12-08-2026 Service Law — Disciplinary Proceedings — Pseudonymous complaints — CVC Guidelines — DoP&T OMs — Vigilance Manual — Disciplinary action initiated against Assistant Director in DDA based on pseudonymous/anonymous complaints — Complaints lacked verified identity and address — Disciplinary proceedings initiated in contravention of CVC guidelines prohibiting action on anonymous or India Law Library Docid # 2450279
(894) ZAFAR Vs. STATE OF UP AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Criminal Law — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 304/34, 323/34, 336/34 and 504 — Appeal against acquittal — Shifting of place of occurrence — Prosecution presented inconsistent locations regarding the place of occurrence and where the body of the deceased was found across different stages of investigation and witness testimonies — Held, in a case based on direct evidence, establishing the exact place of occurrence is a crucial burden on the prosecution — Failure to conclusively prove the place India Law Library Docid # 2450822
(895) CHHAJJU RAM Vs. BABU SINGH[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 52 — Doctrine of Lis Pendens — Involuntary Alienations and Court Sales — Application — Suit for specific performance of agreement to sell was instituted prior to court auction of suit property in execution of a money decree against original owner — Held, doctrine of lis pendens applies to involuntary alienations including judicial sales — Auction purchaser pendente lite acquires property subject to outcome of pending suit — Transferee's lack of notice or India Law Library Docid # 2450823
(896) VED PATI TRIPATHI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P. THRU SECRETARY SECONDARY EDUCATION AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 12-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Claim for payment of salary from State Exchequer — Mandamus — Requirement of valid appointment — Long continuance in service — Petitioner sought direction for payment of regular salary — Foundational appointment not proved to be legally valid and lacked approval from competent university — Held, mandamus for payment of salary from public funds cannot be issued merely on actual continuance or long discharge of duties unless the appointment strictly conf India Law Library Docid # 2450824
(897) SMT. PUSHPA DEVI Vs. STATE OF U.P THRU. PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. REVENUE CIVIL SECRT. LKO. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 12-08-2026 Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 — Sections 10(3) and 10(4) — Statutory vesting of surplus land — Transfer of excess vacant land — Validity of sale deed — Land declared surplus and vested in State under Section 10(3) — Sale deed executed subsequent to notification — Held, Section 10(4) explicitly prohibits transfer by sale, mortgage, gift, lease or otherwise after publication of notification — Any transfer made in contravention of Section 10(4) is null and void ab initio, conferring India Law Library Docid # 2450825
(898) NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. SRI GOVIND LAL AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 and Section 173 — Claim for compensation — Commercial vehicle carrying goods — Liability of insurer towards passenger — Deceased was travelling in a Tata Sumo commercial vehicle which met with an accident resulting in her death — Insurance company contended that deceased was a gratuitous passenger as the vehicle was carrying goods — Held, insurance certificate described vehicle as a "Passengers Carrying Commercial Vehicle" with seating capacity of nine and India Law Library Docid # 2450692
(899) MANJULABEN WD/O TENTABHAI BHURABHAI BARIYA-EXPIRED AND OTHERS Vs. MI SURATI BADGE NMO 13362 AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Claim for enhancement of compensation — Notional monthly income — Documentary evidence — Claimants produced business account statements and revenue records indicating deceased was engaged in business and agricultural activities — Tribunal erred in assessing income at Rs. 3,000/- per month — High Court reassessed income at Rs. 4,500/- per month — Deceased aged 50 years at time of accident — Addition of 10% added towards future prospects and 1/4th deducted for personal e India Law Library Docid # 2450458
(900) NATRAJ RICE MILL PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Banking Law — Fraud Classification — Compliance with RBI Master Directions — Principles of Natural Justice — Petitioner challenged the order classifying its account as fraud based on a forensic audit report — Held, the respondent bank provided a copy of the forensic audit report along with a show cause notice, granting the petitioner adequate opportunity to respond — Petitioner submitted a reply but failed to produce supporting documents or demonstrate any error in the audit report — Bank acted India Law Library Docid # 2450665