(881) HARI SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER (APPEALS) AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Himachal Pradesh Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, 1972 — Section 104 and Rule 21 — Resumption of land — Application for resumption was filed within the extended period as the substitution of the rule was retrospective and intended to provide more time to landowners. India Law Library Docid # 2447164
(882) STATE OF H.P. Vs. DAVINDER KUMAR AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374 and 386 — Appeal against acquittal — High Court can interfere with an acquittal only if the judgment is perverse, based on misreading of evidence, or omits material evidence, and no reasonable person could arrive at the acquittal — If two reasonable views are possible, the appellate court should not interfere. India Law Library Docid # 2447165
(883) RAJ KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 37(1)(b) — Bail — Twin conditions — For granting bail in cases involving commercial quantity of contraband, court must record satisfaction that there are reasonable grounds to believe the accused is not guilty and is not likely to commit an offence while on bail. India Law Library Docid # 2447190
(884) KANCHAN RAHUL @ KANCHAN KAUR RAJPUT AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Service Law — Promotion — Eligibility — Assistant Veterinary Field Officers seeking admission to B.V.Sc. & A.H. course for promotion — Rules only prescribe eligibility for promotion, not a right to admission in a professional course — No obligation on State or University to reserve seats for departmental candidates — Admission governed by extant Admission Rules, not the older Recruitment Rules which India Law Library Docid # 2447191
(885) AMRUTABEN JAYESHSINH ZALA AND OTHERS Vs. SURESH RAMCHANDRA DHIMAN AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim Petition — Accident involving Innova car and Fortuner car due to a cow suddenly appearing on the road — Deceased sustained fatal injuries — Claimants filed petition for compensation — Tribunal partly allowed claim granting Rs. 14,10,000/- with interest — Appeal filed by claimants on the ground of quantum. India Law Library Docid # 2447192
(886) PUNAMBHAI JESINGBHAI VASAVA (PETITION DISPOSED AS NOT PRESSED QUA APPLICANT 1) AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Allegations against in-laws (petitioners 2 to 5) were vague and omnibus, lacking specific details or overt acts to substantiate the alleged offences of cruelty and harassment. India Law Library Docid # 2447193
(887) ADESH ENTERPRISE Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 148 and 148A — Reopening of assessment — Notice issued under Section 148 for AY 2015-2016 after 01.04.2021 under the old regime through TOLA — Such notice is invalid as it falls outside the period prescribed for completion under the relevant extended provisions and is time-barred according to India Law Library Docid # 2447194
(888) YASIN YUSUFBHAI BERUGARWALA Vs. BHUPENDRABHAI GOVINDBHAI PATEL THROUGH HIS POA HOLDER MR. MOHMMAD IRFAN MOHMMAD YASIN MACHISWALA[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Gujarat Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 – Sections 12(3)(a), 13(1)(a), 13(1)(b), 13(1)(k) and 29(2) – Eviction decree – Non-user, breach of tenancy and arrears of rent – Concurrent findings of fact by lower courts – High Court's revisional jurisdiction is limited to correcting errors of law or perversity, not re-appreciating India Law Library Docid # 2447195
(889) MRS. DEVI RAMAKRISHNAN Vs. M/S VISHWAKARMA REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTIONS (INDIA) PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 25-06-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Deficiency in Service — Delay in Possession — Builder failed to deliver flat by the agreed date, causing significant delay and hardship to the complainant. India Law Library Docid # 2447937
(890) VENEET VASUDEVA AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S. OMAXE BUILDHOME PVT. LTD.[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 25-06-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 12 — Deficiency in Service — Delayed Possession — Builder failed to deliver possession of apartment within the stipulated period as per the Apartment Buyer's Agreement. India Law Library Docid # 2447938
(891) MRS. SWATI HEMANT HADKE AND OTHERS Vs. TITAN COMPANY LTD. (THROUGH CEO) AND OTHERS[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 25-06-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 2019 — Section 36(2) — Dismissal of Complaint — Allegations of fraud and cheating — Consumer forums have limited jurisdiction and cannot adjudicate cases involving complex factual disputes or criminal acts like fraud, which require detailed evidence and cross-examination. India Law Library Docid # 2447939
(892) AROBINDA BISWAL AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Service Law — Promotion — Reservation quota — Odisha Ministerial Service Rules, 2019 — Enhancement of Group-D promotion quota from 10% to 20% — Enhancement of promotional quota for Group-D employees to Junior Assistant posts from 10% to 20%, though approved by Resolution dated 24.11.2022, takes statutory effect only from the date of Gazette notification of the amended Rules, i.e., 31.03.2023 — DPC proceedings conducted on the basis of the un-recast, pre-amendment vacancy break-up list are vitiat India Law Library Docid # 2448237
(893) RANJEETA KUMARI SAHU Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Odisha Excise Rules, 2017 — Rule 34 — Minimum Guaranteed Quantity shortfall — Double recovery of excise duty impermissible — Interim order directing deposit of 50% of demand for MGQ shortfall to enable lifting of liquor relates to the shortfall year and does not permit the State to additionally demand excise duty afresh in the OSBC wallet for the same shortfall, as no law permits realization of duty twice on the same transaction — Demand modified to exclude excise duty already deposited pursuant India Law Library Docid # 2448238
(894) SK SULEMAN Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Wakf Act, 1995 — Interim Arrangement for Conduct of Religious Procession Pending Determination of Muthawalli — Where the competent Wakf Board, pending resolution of a dispute over hereditary succession to the office of muthawalli, permits one claimant to conduct religious ceremonies/procession for a defined period based on continuity of past practice, and such order remains unchallenged, the High Court will not interfere with that arrangement in writ appeal — Findings on entitlement to be appoin India Law Library Docid # 2448772
(895) M/S. SBEIPL HP (JV) HAVING ITS REGISTERED ADDRESS SHASHTRI NAGAR PAL ROAD JODHPUR RAJASTHAN Vs. MADHYA PRADESH JAL NIGAM AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-06-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Public Procurement — Tender Process — Judicial Review — High Courts should exercise restraint and not interfere with contractual and commercial decisions of tendering authorities unless the process is vitiated by manifest arbitrariness, mala fides, bias, irrationality, or affects public interest. India Law Library Docid # 2447135
(896) SHANKAR DUTT Vs. UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-06-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 168 — Notional income of skilled worker — Carpenter — Assessment — The appellant, a carpenter aged 38 years, suffered amputation of his right leg below the knee in a road accident in November 2004 — The Claims Tribunal assessed his monthly income at Rs. 3,000/- and the High Court enhanced it to Rs. 5,000/- relying on minimum wages. Held — A carpenter is a India Law Library Docid # 2447132
(897) MAYANDI Vs. THE STATE OF TAMILNADU AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 24-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 41 — Permission for Cultural Programme — Permission for "Aadal Padal" programme in connection with temple festival requires consideration by police as per DGPs circulars, not outright refusal. India Law Library Docid # 2447410
(898) ISRAFIL @ PAPPU @ NAIMUDDIN KHAN Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-06-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 — Forgery and use of forged documents in judicial proceedings — Appeal confined to quantum of sentence, conviction upheld — Occurrence of offence in 2014, appellant facing proceedings for over a decade, no prior or subsequent criminal antecedents, forged document detected at early stage, no irreversible consequences — These factors warrant reconsideration India Law Library Docid # 2447125
(899) M. PARAMESH Vs. VRL LOGISTICS LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-06-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Compensation — Enhancement — High Court enhanced compensation, but calculation of future prospects and omission of certain awarded amounts were infirmities — Supreme Court addressed these infirmities. India Law Library Docid # 2447126
(900) THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. KALU RAM AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-06-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 and 140 — Compensation for death in motor vehicular accident — Negligence — Truck stationed on road at night without warning lights or indicators — Wagon-R car collided from behind — Held, truck driver was negligent in leaving the vehicle unattended on the road without adequate precautionary measures, which was the proximate cause of the accident. [Paras 4, 8, India Law Library Docid # 2447127