(1) MOHAN LAXMAN CHAVAN Vs. THE TRANSPORT MANAGER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 22-10-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Standard of proof — Non-mentioning of vehicle registration number — Claimant boarded a crowded municipal bus and was thrown out after it grazed a stationary bus — Claim dismissed by Tribunal for want of registration numbers — Held, strict proof beyond reasonable doubt is not required; claims must be decided on the touchstone of preponderance of probability — A passenger thrown from a moving vehicle cannot be expected to note vehicle registration numbers w India Law Library Docid # 2456420
(2) P.A. INAMDAR AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 22-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304A and Section 34 — Causing death by negligence — Drowning incident on college picnic — Quashing of FIR — College students drowned after venturing into sea at a public beach — FIR registered against college trustees, principal, and faculty members — Distinction between civil and criminal negligence reiterated — Held, to establish criminal negligence, gross negligence or culpable neglect must be proved, showing an act that is the direct, proximate, and efficient India Law Library Docid # 2456424
(3) KETAN LALBHAI RATHOD Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 21-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Anticipatory Bail — Principles for grant — Judicial discretion must be exercised cautiously, considering the gravity of accusation, criminal antecedents, possibility of fleeing justice, and potential malicious intent to humiliate. Detailed examination of evidence on merits should be avoided at the bail stage to prevent prejudice. Precedent established in landmark Supreme Court rulings in Gurubaksh Singh Sibbia, Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre India Law Library Docid # 2456301
(4) MOHAMMADHUSSAIN CHUTTANBHAI SHEKH AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANR.[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 21-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 195(1)(a)(i) and Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 186 — Bar on taking cognizance — Mandatory statutory requirement — Quashing of FIR — Applicants sought quashing of FIR registered under Sections 186, 332, 294(b), 506(1), 506(2) and 114 IPC — Section 195(1)(a)(i) Cr.P.C. explicitly bars courts from taking cognizance of offences under Sections 172 to 188 IPC except on a written complaint by the concerned public servant or their superior India Law Library Docid # 2456329
(5) KAMLESH HARILAL GORADIA Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 21-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 13(1)(e) read with Section 13(2) — Disproportionate assets — Scope of interference — High Court cannot conduct a mini-trial or act as an auditor — Disputed claims concerning rotated capital, reinvestment of redemption proceeds, and accounting calculations are matters of evidence to be adjudicated during trial — Upward revision of disproportionate asset figures from FIR to charge-sheet naturally refl India Law Library Docid # 2456343
(6) JIVABHAI DAHYABHAI KHETARIYA Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 21-10-2026 Criminal Jurisprudence — Circumstantial Evidence — Standard of proof — Chain of circumstances — Accused charged with wife's murder — Material witnesses turned hostile and direct evidence was absent — Prosecution failed to establish motive, accused's presence at the scene, or bloodstains on his clothes — Held, in a case based on circumstantial evidence, all circumstances must be proved beyond reasonable doubt and form an unbroken chain unerringly pointing to the guilt of the accused while excludi India Law Library Docid # 2456303
(7) STATE Vs. SAYBABHAI SARTANBHAI BARIA AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 21-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 304 and 114 — Culpable homicide not amounting to murder — Electrocution by live wire fence — Requirement of proving authorship — Child died due to electrocution from a live wire fence erected along an agricultural field — Prosecution failed to prove who drew the electricity, the source of the power connection, or that the accused had erected or charged the fence — Mere establishment of death by electrocution is insufficient without establishing direct nexus and India Law Library Docid # 2456321
(8) AVINASH BHOSALE AND OTHERS Vs. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 21-10-2026 Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 — Sections 2(1)(y), 2(u), and 3 — Proceeds of crime — Scheduled offence — Legitimate banking transactions — Enforcement Directorate alleged that funds disbursed by YES Bank to DHFL via debentures and loans constituted proceeds of crime — Held, official banking transactions between a bank and a corporate entity carried out in the usual course of business cannot be construed as proceeds of crime to constitute money laundering — To constitute proceeds of cri India Law Library Docid # 2456416
(9) SMT. MANTHANA RAMDAS THAKUR AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 21-10-2026 Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) Regulation Act, 1977 — Section 5(1) Proviso — Appointment of Shikshan Sevak / Teachers — Mandatory requirement of prior permission — Prior approval or NOC from the Education Officer before issuing an advertisement for recruitment is mandatory and not a mere formality — Statutory obligation to ascertain the availability of surplus candidates before filling vacancies cannot be bypassed — Failure by the Management to obtain prior perm India Law Library Docid # 2456417
(10) SHRI. CHANDRAHAS JETHALAL PATEL AND OTHERS Vs. SMT. NIRMALABEN SHAMBHUPRASAD PATEL AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 21-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Adverse Possession — Permissive User — Burden of Proof — Raising a defence of adverse possession concedes the plaintiff's title and the fact of encroachment. Permissive use is antithetical to adverse possession, as a permissive occupant or relative cannot claim settled or hostile possession against the true owner. Pleading adverse possession does not shift the burden of proof to the true owner. The burden remains on the possessor to establish cont India Law Library Docid # 2456418
(11) NANDAKUMAR MENON Vs. BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD. AND ANR.[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 21-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226(2) — Territorial Jurisdiction of High Court — Principles for determination — Cause of action — Under Article 226(2), a High Court may exercise writ jurisdiction if the cause of action, wholly or in part, arises within its territorial limits, irrespective of the seat of authority or residence of the respondent — Even if a small fraction of the cause of action arises within its jurisdiction, the Court possesses jurisdiction, provided such fraction forms an India Law Library Docid # 2456421
(12) DR. DEVIDAS R. SHEREGAR AND OTHERS Vs. ZEENAL CONSTRUCTIONS PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 21-10-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 9 — Interim measures — Preservation of subject matter — Agreement for allotment of constructed commercial premises — Respondents received consideration under MoU, failed to obtain project sanctions or deliver premises, and attempted to transfer development rights to third parties — Held, the purpose of interim protection under Section 9 is to preserve the subject matter of the dispute — If third-party rights are created in the subject land, the cl India Law Library Docid # 2456422
(13) SHAIBAZ KAISER ATEEQUE SHAIKH AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 21-10-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 3 and 4 — Special Judge — Jurisdiction — Charge-sheet omitting PC Act offences — FIR registered under PC Act, but final report filed solely under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Information Technology Act against non-public servants — Special Judge transferred case to Magistrate — Held, trying a PC offence is a jurisdictional fact for Special Judge to try non-PC offences — When charge-sheet contains no offence under PC Act, Special Judge lacks jurisdicti India Law Library Docid # 2456423
(14) SONA BHANU Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 21-10-2026 Foreigners Act, 1946 — Section 9 — Burden of proof and sufficiency of pleadings — Written statement is the fundamental defence of a proceedee — Incumbent upon the proceedee to disclose all material facts within personal knowledge, including date and place of birth, parents' details, and siblings, at the first instance — Failure to plead essential particulars is fatal to establishing citizenship — A party cannot traverse beyond pleadings at the evidence stage — Under Section 9, the burden of prov India Law Library Docid # 2456434
(15) HEIMERLE REFINERY PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 19-10-2026 Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 — Sections 3 and 5 — Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 — Paragraph 1.05(b) — Handbook of Procedures, 2023 — Paragraphs 2.17(a) and 11.11 — Import restriction — Relevant date of import — Consignments arrived in India before publication of notification changing policy from "free" to "restricted" in e-Gazette — Date of import under FTP is governed by date of shipment or airway bill, not arrival or clearance date under Customs Act — Notification acquires India Law Library Docid # 2456231
(16) MANGAL DAGADU MORE Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 19-10-2026 Maharashtra Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes, Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Special Backward Category (Regulation of Issuance and Verification of) Caste Certificate Act, 2000 — Section 10 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Invalidation of caste certificate post-superannuation — Withholding of retiral benefits — Petitioner rendered 38 years of unblemished service as a peon and superannuated before the Scrutiny Committee invalidated her caste certifica India Law Library Docid # 2456221
(17) HASMUKH NARROTAMDAS MALKAN Vs. THE DISTRICT DEPUTY REGISTRAR, SOCIETIES, MUMBAI CITY - 3 AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 19-10-2026 Maharashtra Ownership of Flats (Regulation of the Promotion of Construction, Sale, Management and Transfer) Act, 1963 (MOFA) — Section 11 — Deemed Conveyance — Duty of Competent Authority to pass reasoned order — Summary nature of proceedings under Section 11 does not dispense with the quasi-judicial duty to apply mind, consider material objections, and assign cogent reasons — Competent Authority failed to examine relevant agreement clauses regarding multi-building development, balance FSI/TDR, India Law Library Docid # 2456222
(18) MAHARASHTRA STATE POLICE HOUSING AND WELFARE CORPORATION LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. AJAY DEEP CONSTRUCTION PVT.LTD. AND ANOTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 19-10-2026 Contract Law — Construction Contract — Claims for Extra Work — Authority of Project Management Consultant (PMC) — Contractual notice period — Contractor executed additional foundation depth and extra works pursuant to site inspections — Employer contested payment citing lack of written pre-approval and non-compliance with 30-day notice clause — Held, contractual stipulation prescribing time limit to intimate extra work is not a statutory bar to defeat payment once execution is established — PMC India Law Library Docid # 2456224
(19) THAKOR JADIBEN CHATURJI AND OTHERS Vs. LEGAL HEIRS OF LATE THAKOR KUNVARJI LAXMANJI AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 19-10-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Delay of 712 days in filing Regular Civil Appeal — Plea of advocate's failure to communicate decree and onset of COVID-19 pandemic — Petitioners became aware of trial court decree in February 2020, before COVID-19 restrictions, but applied for certified copies only in September 2022 — Litigant cannot shift entire blame to counsel and must remain vigilant of judicial proceedings — Inordinate delay caused by sheer negligence and lackadaisic India Law Library Docid # 2456334
(20) AJITBHAI @ NARTAMBHAI KACHHIYABHAI CHAUDHARI Vs. CHAMPAKBHAI MAGHABHAI CHAUDHARI (DECD) & ORS.[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 19-10-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166 and 173 — Permanent Disability — Assessment of functional disability versus physical disability — Claimant working as a manual labourer and cleaner sustained below-knee amputation of the left leg in a motor vehicular accident — Held, functional disability must be evaluated with reference to the specific nature of work performed prior to the accident — Manual vocations require continuous use of both legs — Where an injury permanently debars a workman from c India Law Library Docid # 2456342