(61) SRI MANJEGOWDA AND OTHERS Vs. THE COMMISSIONER AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Section 24(2) — Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 16 and 31 — Deemed lapse of acquisition — Dual requirements — Non-taking of possession and non-payment of compensation — Award was passed more than five years prior to 2013 Act — Entire compensation was accounted for, as part was directly paid to original kathedar and remainder was attached and disbursed to a decree-holder via garnishe India Law Library Docid # 2455281
(62) RADHE KRISHNA INFRASTRUCTURE Vs. LARSEN & TOUBRO[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6) and Section 16 — Scope of judicial intervention — Prima facie existence of arbitration agreement — Conflicting arbitration clauses in original agreement and subsequent amended work order — Held, while exercising jurisdiction under Section 11 of the Act, the High Court is primarily required to examine the prima facie existence and validity of an arbitration agreement — A detailed examination regarding contractual supersession or the inter se India Law Library Docid # 2455299
(63) D. ELAVARASAN Vs. S. SRINIVASAN[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 138 and 148 — Suspension of sentence — Condition of pre-deposit — Discretion of Appellate Court — Petitioner convicted under Section 138 was directed by Appellate Court to deposit 15% of compensation amount as a condition for suspension of sentence — Citing Supreme Court precedent, Court observed that requirement to deposit compensation is not an absolute rule and may be reduced or exempted only in exceptional cases with assigned reasons — Finding no e India Law Library Docid # 2455301
(64) V.RAJENDRAN @ RAJENDRAN VELU Vs. STATE REP.BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 497 and 503 — Tamil Nadu Prohibition (Amendment) Act, 2024 — Sections 4(1)(B) and 14(A) — Interim custody of seized vehicle — Vehicle seized in connection with prohibition offences and kept in open yard — Magistrate rejected application for interim custody — Held, statutory powers under Section 497 BNSS must be exercised judiciously and promptly without unnecessary delay so litigants do not suffer — Merely retaining seized property in open cour India Law Library Docid # 2455302
(65) B.GUNASEKARAN Vs. G.BIRUNDHA[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 08-10-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(i-a) and Section 9 — Dissolution of marriage — Restitution of conjugal rights — Breakdown of mutual trust — Husband alleged illicit relationship against wife but expressed willingness to resume cohabitation — Held, marriage is founded upon mutual trust, respect, companionship, and affection — A unilateral expression of willingness cannot restore a matrimonial relationship where the fundamental trust has been severely eroded by serious allegations, police India Law Library Docid # 2455313
(66) RAJENDRAN AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF TAMILNADU AND ANOTHER[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 08-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 417, 420 and 506(ii) — Cheating and Criminal Intimidation — Financial transactions between spouses — Matrimonial discord — Complainant alleged that his wife took money from him and gave it to her parents — Dishonest intention must exist at the inception with fraudulent inducement — Financial transfers between spouses during the subsistence of marriage are civil in nature — In the absence of any inducement by wife's relatives, offences under Sections 417 and 420 IPC ar India Law Library Docid # 2455321
(67) K.S.ESWARAN Vs. R.RATHINAVEL PANDIAN AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 08-10-2026 Registration Act, 1908 — Section 17(1A) and Section 49 Proviso — Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Unregistered agreement to sell — Admissibility in evidence — Suit for specific performance of resale agreement — Defendant contended that the unregistered resale agreement and subsequent endorsement were inadmissible for want of compulsory registration — Held, under the Proviso to Section 49 of the Registration Act, an unregistered agreement affecting immovable property is admissible as evidence of a con India Law Library Docid # 2455323
(68) B.GUNASEKARAN Vs. G.BIRUNDHA[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 08-10-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 9 and Section 13(1)(i-a) — Restitution of conjugal rights and Divorce — Erosion of mutual trust — Unilateral willingness to reconcile — Husband resisted divorce and sought restitution expressing readiness to forgive the wife — Held, a mere unilateral expression of willingness by one spouse cannot revive a marriage when the foundational mutual trust is severely eroded. Where parties have exchanged serious allegations, lodged police complaints, and lived in prolo India Law Library Docid # 2455324
(69) M.RAMKUMAR Vs. P.MURUHESWARI @ NEVETHA LAKSHMI[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 08-10-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Dissolution of marriage — Mental cruelty — Cumulative assessment — Parties married for over two decades and having three children lived separately for several years — Respondent-wife categorically stated in cross-examination that she was unwilling to resume cohabitation, and that any willingness was conditioned solely on the children's welfare — Held, while ordinary wear and tear does not constitute cruelty, prolonged separation, total absence of ma India Law Library Docid # 2455326
(70) RAJENDRAN AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF TAMILNADU AND ANOTHER[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 08-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 417, 420 and 506(ii) — Cheating and Criminal Intimidation — Matrimonial dispute — Money transaction between spouses — Ingredients of cheating require fraudulent or dishonest inducement at inception — Money given by husband to his wife during the subsistence of marriage and allegedly passed to in-laws, without direct inducement by them, constitutes a dispute civil in nature — Section 506(ii) IPC added only in final report based on vague and omnibus allegations lacking India Law Library Docid # 2455327
(71) K.KARUNANITHI Vs. AXIS BANK[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 08-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order I Rule 10 — Impleadment — Necessary and proper party — Writ petition filed by secured creditor restraining authorities from proceeding against mortgaged property under TNPID Act — Depositor of defaulting financial establishment sought impleadment — Held, applicant held merely an independent monetary claim against the financial establishment and had no right, title, or interest over the mortgaged properties — Cause of action in writ petition was limited to India Law Library Docid # 2455331
(72) K.S.ESWARAN Vs. R.RATHINAVEL PANDIAN AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 08-10-2026 Registration Act, 1908 — Section 17(1A) and Section 49 Proviso — Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Suit for specific performance of unregistered resale agreement — Admissibility in evidence — Defendant contended that an unregistered agreement for reconveyance of immovable property is invalid and inadmissible — Held, as per the proviso to Section 49 of the Registration Act, an unregistered agreement affecting immovable property is admissible in evidence to prove the contract in a suit for specific perf India Law Library Docid # 2455332
(73) NEELAM KUMAR KATARA AND OTHERS Vs. KALPANA TARAK MEHTA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Contract Act, 1872 — Discharge of contractual obligations — Timelines — Mode of payment by Demand Draft — Date of payment relates back to date of delivery — Applicants deposited Demand Drafts with mortgagee bank on or before the agreed cut-off date of 31st March 2026, though credit reflected on 4th April 2026 — Held, tender of Demand Drafts on or before the stipulated date constituted valid and timely discharge of contractual obligations — Applicants cannot be visited with consequences of intern India Law Library Docid # 2455260
(74) THE KOLHAPUR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION Vs. FAIRDEAL CONSTRUCTION[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 & 34(2A) — Patent illegality — Reappreciation of evidence — Scope of interference — Arbitral Tribunal awarded octroi collections based on record, adverse inferences drawn for non-production of vital documents by Petitioner, and computation by a consent-appointed expert Chartered Accountant — Held, the arbitrator is the master of facts and evidence — Substituting court's view or reappreciating evidence is impermissible under Section 34 — Tender India Law Library Docid # 2455261
(75) KAUSHALYA DEVI Vs. COLLECTOR LAND ACQUISITION, (S.D.O.) (CIVIL) KULLU AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 18(2) — Reference to Court — Limitation period — Exclusion of time spent in bona fide writ proceedings — Petitioner was denied compensation for a house existing on acquired land — After rejection of representations, petitioner pursued a writ petition for nearly a decade, which was dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to seek appropriate legal recourse — Reference petition filed under Section 18 shortly after withdrawal was rejected by Collector as time-barred India Law Library Docid # 2455335
(76) STATE OF H.P. & OTHERS Vs. NAND LAL (DECEASED) & OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 300A — Compulsory acquisition without authority of law — State utilized plaintiffs' private land for road construction without acquiring it or paying compensation — Held, no person can be deprived of property save by authority of law — State cannot forcibly dispossess citizens without statutory procedure and just compensation, which infringes both constitutional and human rights — Allegations of oral consent rejected for lack of documentary evidence — Trial India Law Library Docid # 2455336
(77) SMT. VEER KALI Vs. THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act — Section 17 — Condonation of delay — Correction of revenue entries — Petitioner challenged Collector's order after an unexplained delay of seven months, alleging lack of knowledge and non-service — Record established that petitioner engaged counsel, her son was present during mutation attestation in November 2019, and a certified copy of the order was obtained on 06.12.2019 — In the absence of any plausible explanation for the India Law Library Docid # 2455339
(78) NIAC LTD. Vs. SANTOSH KUMARI AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 39, 43 and 192 — Insurance policy — Fundamental breach — Offending vehicle plied without valid registration — Temporary registration had expired prior to accident — Mere deposit of registration documents and fee with licensing authority without grant or extension of registration does not authorize plying on public roads — Operating a vehicle without valid registration constitutes an offence under Section 192 and amounts to a fundamental breach of policy condit India Law Library Docid # 2455365
(79) SUO MOTU CIVIL REFERENCE TO EXAMINE THE VALIDITY OF SECTION 69 OF INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925ARISING FROM ORDER DATED 12.02.2025 IN IA 216/2017 IN OS NO.26 OF 2016 OF SUB COURT, PUNALUR. Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[KERALA HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Indian Succession Act, 1925 — Sections 57 and 69 — Constitution of India — Article 14 — Revocation of will by marriage — Applicability restricted to Christians, Parsis, and Jews — Exclusion of Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, and Jains — Validity upheld — Differential treatment rests on an intelligible differentia with a rational nexus to protecting the new family — Unlike Christians governed by Section 20, Hindu law confers statutory maintenance rights upon wives as subordinate co-owners — Non-extensi India Law Library Docid # 2455385
(80) HINDUSTAN CABLES COMPANY LIMITED Vs. UNION OF INDIA[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 08-10-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 33-C(2) — Maintainability of application — Requirement of pre-existing right — Labour Court entertained application holding workmen had a pre-existing right under a Memorandum of Settlement irrespective of the employer's capacity to pay — Set aside — Section 33-C(2) operates in the nature of execution proceedings and requires an existing, crystallized right — Where entitlement is fundamentally disputed and displaced by a subsequent Government order declari India Law Library Docid # 2455394