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(161) JINDAL AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 26-08-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7, 13(1)(A) and 13(2) — Anticipatory bail — Illegal appointment on forged transfer orders — Petitioners sought pre-arrest bail on grounds of not being named in FIR and reliance on co-accused disclosure — Held, non-naming in initial FIR is not a ground for bail when subsequent material shows active involvement — Custodial interrog
India Law Library Docid # 2450972

(162) GAGANDEEP SINGH ALIAS JUGNU AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 26-08-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 323, 324, 325, 326, 341, 506, 201, 148 and 149 — Quashing of FIR — Compromise — Scope of inherent powers — The petitioners sought quashing of criminal proceedings alleging offences of private nature based on a compromise — Judicial Magistrate reported that the compromise was genuine, voluntary, and without coercion — The statutory principles governing S
India Law Library Docid # 2450979

(163) SULINDER KAUR AND OTHERS Vs. NEERU RAM AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 26-08-2026
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Contributory negligence — Proof — Reliance on site plan — Tribunal held deceased motorcyclist liable for 50% contributory negligence relying solely on police site plan — Reversing finding, High Court held that site plan prepared by IO after accident cannot override unrebutted eye-witness testimony — Driver failed to step into witness box to prove negligence of deceased — Head-on collision does not automatically attract contributory negligence unless specific act of omi
India Law Library Docid # 2450981

(164) GULAB KAUR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 26-08-2026
Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 54 — Condonation of delay — Delay of 4439 days in filing appeal — Application for enhanced compensation — Held, in land acquisition matters, a liberal and justice-oriented approach should be adopted so that landowners are not deprived of just and reasonable compensation — Courts must balance equities by ensuring the acquiring authority is not saddled with statutory benefits and interest for the delayed period — Inordinate de
India Law Library Docid # 2450983

(165) HFCL LIMITED Vs. RITU KUMARI AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 26-08-2026
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 33 and Section 33-A — Transfer of workmen during pendency of reference — Challenge to Section 33-A order after disposal of main reference — Appellant challenged Labour Court order quashing transfer orders issued during a pending reference — Single Judge held writ petition challenging the Section 33-A order lost efficacy once main references were decided — High Court affirmed that locus and relief under Section 33-A are tied to the pendency of the main refe
India Law Library Docid # 2450732

(166) ISHWAR DASS Vs. STATE OF H.P. AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 26-08-2026
Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1954 — Section 163 — Agreement to Sell — Transfer of Title — Land owned by State Government — Revenue entry of vendor as "Bila Sift" — Petitioner claimed rights over subject land based on an unexecuted agreement to sell with a person recorded in possession as "Bila Sift" — Held: An agreement to sell without a registered conveyance deed conveys no title. Furthermore, a vendor who possesses no right, title, or interest in the land cannot convey any title to the p
India Law Library Docid # 2450739

(167) BAKSHI RAM Vs. STATE OF H.P. AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 26-08-2026
Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1954 — Section 163 — Ejectment of encroacher — Agreement to sell — Title of transferor — Petitioner claimed title over State land based on an agreement to purchase from a person whose revenue entry was recorded as "Bila Sift" — Held, an agreement to sell does not confer title, nor was any conveyance deed executed — Since the vendor possessed no right, title, or interest in the land owned by the State, he could not convey any title to the petitioner — Ejectment
India Law Library Docid # 2450743

(168) WANTEILANG KHONGKHNIANG Vs. THE STATE OF MEGHALAYA[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 26-08-2026
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376(2) — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 3/4 — Delay in lodging FIR — Impact on prosecution — Delay of three days in lodging FIR for sexual assault on a minor is not fatal to the prosecution case — Delay in sexual offence cases cannot be equated with other criminal cases due to socio-cultural factors and initial hesitation — In the absence of evidence showing deliberation, concoction, or an exaggerated account, minor delay cannot t
India Law Library Docid # 2450596

(169) SADDAM @ ATAUR REHMAN IN JUDICIAL CUSTODY Vs. STATE NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 25-08-2026
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302, Section 304 Part II, Section 299 & Section 300 — Re-appreciation of evidence — Nature of offence — Conviction altered from Section 302 IPC to Section 304 Part II IPC — The appellants were convicted under Section 302/34 IPC for causing the death of an elderly victim using a wooden danda — On appeal, held that the alleged weapon was not a deadly weapon and six out of seven injuries were simple contusions/abrasions — The post-mortem
India Law Library Docid # 2449996

(170) GAYATRI DEVI Vs. OMWATI DEVI AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 25-08-2026
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order I Rule 10 — Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887 — Impleadment — Scope in eviction suit — Petitioner sought impleadment in Small Causes Court suit claiming independent title over property based on prior sale deed and challenging plaintiff's sale deed — Held, a third party claiming independent title or interest does not become a necessary or proper party to an eviction suit — Scope of proceedings before Small Causes Court is limited to determining landl
India Law Library Docid # 2450766

(171) KRISHNA PAL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 25-08-2026
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 396 — Dacoity with murder — Essential ingredients — Nexus between committing dacoity and murder — Section 396 IPC requires that five or more persons conjointly commit dacoity as the primary act and commit murder in doing so — Where prosecution fails to establish that dacoity was the initial object or intention of the assembly, conviction under Section 396 IPC cannot be sustained — Where victim and accused met unexpectedly and firing ensued due to personal enmity,
India Law Library Docid # 2450777

(172) MOHD KAMIL ALIAS GUDDU AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 25-08-2026
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 307 — Attempt to murder — Conviction set aside — Prosecution failed to establish the true genesis of the occurrence — Severe discrepancies existed between written complaint, site plan, and witness statements regarding the place of firing, distance between parties, and cause of dispute — Presence of 10-foot boundary walls made firing from inside a room without openings towards victim impossible — Non-explanation of four distinct lathi injuries sustained by accused
India Law Library Docid # 2450787

(173) HARAKCHAND RAVJI SHAH AND OTHERS Vs. CHANDRAKANT KANTILAL BOTADKAR AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 25-08-2026
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 8, Section 24 — Presidency Small Cause Courts Act, 1882 — Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 — Section 33 — Applicability of transfer power to Small Causes Court at Mumbai — Section 8 CPC expressly extends Section 24 CPC to Presidency Small Cause Courts — In Greater Mumbai, absence of Civil Judge Senior Division courts renders Section 33(2)(a) transfer provisions under Rent Act inapplicable — Application under Section 24 CPC is the legitimate remedy to
India Law Library Docid # 2450186

(174) SHAH CONSTRUCTIONS CO. LTD. Vs. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF GREATER MUMBAI AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 25-08-2026
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888 — Section 351 — Unauthorized construction — Claim of protection based on pre-1962 datum line — Failure of proof — Petitioner challenged notices and demolition orders issued by Municipal Corporation for unauthorized structures — Petitioner claimed protection alleging structures existed prior to 1st April 1962 datum line — Court held petitioner failed to produce any sanctioned plan or acceptable document demonstrating existence, nature, or area of origi
India Law Library Docid # 2450196

(175) SHIVMOORAT KUSHWAHA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 25-08-2026
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 9 — Railway Board Circular No. 11 of 2022 — Clause 8.1 — Interpretation of contract duration — Contract awarded for operation and management of AC Waiting Hall for five years — Contractor sought extension for another five years citing heavy investment and invoking Clause 8.1(v) — Held, contract falls under Clause 8.1(iii) prescribing a 5-year duration and not Clause 8.1(v) dealing with Pay-&-Use Toilets — Contractor cannot claim extension as a mat
India Law Library Docid # 2450197

(176) QWIK SUPPLY CHAIN PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. CRPL INFRA PRIVATE LIMITED[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 25-08-2026
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 7 and 11 — Arbitration clause — Interpretation — Use of word "may" — Commercial Agreement contained detailed multi-tier dispute resolution mechanism culminating in binding arbitration — Respondent contended clause was non-mandatory due to word "may" — Held, word "may" cannot be read in isolation — Reading clause as a whole showed a completed arrangement for arbitration — Word "may" grants option to either party to initiate agreed arbitration proce
India Law Library Docid # 2450198

(177) STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS Vs. PRIYANKA SINGH AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 25-08-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14 and 16 — Service Law — Promotion — Changing rules midway — Initiation of promotional exercise under existing service rules — Suspension of DPC meeting to amend rules and accommodate ineligible candidates — Permissibility — Selection criteria and eligibility criteria notified at commencement of process cannot be altered midway to benefit specific candidates — Stalling promotion process midway to rewrite rules is arbitrary, unreasonable, and violative of f
India Law Library Docid # 2450696

(178) UNITED DRILLING TOOLS LIMITED Vs. OIL INDIA LIMITED AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 25-08-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14 — Natural Justice — Blacklisting / Debarment — Right to Consideration of Reply — Respondent ignored petitioner's final show-cause reply submitted on 03.10.2025 (02.10.2025 being a public holiday) as beyond court-granted time limit of 01.10.2025, and issued blacklisting order based only on preliminary reply — Held, blacklisting amounts to civil death entailing grave civil consequences — Principles of natural justice encompass not merely issuing a show-caus
India Law Library Docid # 2450577

(179) GUJARAT WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE BOARD Vs. GUJARAT LAXMI MAJOOR KAMGAR SHAHKARI MANDLI LTD[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 25-08-2026
Indian Contract Act, 1872 — Proof of damages — Evidentiary value of unilateral correspondence — Construction contract — Respondent-contractor claimed damages for idle staff, machinery, and extra work based on unanswered letters issued to appellant — Trial Court decreed suit relying on such correspondence — Held, claims for special or general damages cannot be awarded without substantive proof of actual loss or injury suffered — Unilateral unanswered letters do not constitute cogent evidence to e
India Law Library Docid # 2450472

(180) HIRENBHAI CHIMANBHAI RAJYAGURU AND OTHERS Vs. ABDULMAHAMAD JUMMAHASAN MASKATWALA AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 25-08-2026
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 23 Rule 3 — Execution of Compromise Decree — Land Acquisition Compensation — Premature Execution — Scope of Executing Court's power — Land acquired during pendency of suit challenging sale deed — Parties entered into compromise decree where defendant agreed to pay Rs.1.60 crores plus interest to plaintiffs upon receiving acquisition compensation — Defendant received around Rs. 8.48 crores but failed to pay — Executing Court dismissed execution application
India Law Library Docid # 2450481

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