(941) SMT MUGGA DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. MAKKHAN SINGH AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 12-01-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal for enhancement of compensation — Deduction of family pension from deceased's pension — Tribunal erred in deducting family pension received by wife from deceased's pension for calculating compensation. India Law Library Docid # 2438863
(942) SMT. NEELAM AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 12-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 311 (Corresponding to Section 348 BNSS) — Power to recall witnesses — Such power must be exercised with care, caution, and for strong and valid reasons to prevent failure of justice — It is not a matter of course and discretion must be exercised judicially — Consideration of delay, hardship to India Law Library Docid # 2438864
(943) SMT. ANJANA RANA Vs. NAVIN SINGH[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 12-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 24 — Transfer of proceedings — Matrimonial cases — Grounds for transfer — Applicant seeking transfer of divorce case from Agra to Firozabad — Claim of hardship due to instituting other proceedings in Firozabad — Other proceedings filed after divorce petition — Court must weigh convenience of both parties, witnesses, suitability of forum, and fair trial — Mere India Law Library Docid # 2438865
(944) RAMJAGE AND OTHERS Vs. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CONSOLIDATION, BARABANKI AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 12-01-2026 U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953 — Section 49 — Bar of jurisdiction — Suit under Section 229B of U.P.Z.A. and L.R. Act dismissed on the ground of maintainability due to Section 49 of the Consolidation of Holdings Act and non-joinder of parties — Dismissal on maintainability does not decide rights on merits and cannot operate as estoppel in subsequent proceedings. India Law Library Docid # 2438866
(945) MANJUBEN ALIAS MANJULABEN SHANTILAL GARASIA AND OTHERS Vs. SIRAJBHAI IMAMUDDIN LUHAR AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 12-01-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 163A — Claim Petition — Maintainability — Deceased driving borrowed vehicle — Deceased steps into the shoes of the owner and cannot claim compensation under Section 163A. India Law Library Docid # 2439604
(946) M/S. RE SUSTAINABILITY HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED (A COMPANY REGISTERED UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956) Vs. BRUHAT BENGALURU MAHANAGARA PALIKE AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 12-01-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6) — Appointment of Arbitrator — Setting aside of arbitral award — Revival of dispute — Effect of setting aside award — Once an arbitral award is set aside under Section 34, the disputes stand revived, and the parties are entitled to seek fresh adjudication through arbitration, subject to the India Law Library Docid # 2439610
(947) M/S. BHAGYALAKSHMI HOMES LLP Vs. SMT. SULEKHA VERMA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 12-01-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 8(1) — Application for reference to arbitration — Timeliness — An application under Section 8(1) must be filed not later than the date of submitting the first written statement on the substance of the dispute — If the right to file a written statement is closed, the right to apply for arbitration is also extinguished. India Law Library Docid # 2439611
(948) VEERANNA AND OTHERS Vs. SMT. ANASUYA @ AKKAMAHADEVI AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (DHARWAD BENCH)] 12-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 9 Rule 8 & 9 — Dismissal of suit for non-prosecution — Consequence — Order 9 Rule 8 allows dismissal if plaintiff fails to appear — Order 9 Rule 9 permits filing for restoration within limitation — Failure to file for restoration precludes a fresh suit on the same cause of action. India Law Library Docid # 2439641
(949) KASHMIRA BIBI AND ANOTHER Vs. UNITED INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND ANOTHER[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim for compensation — Victim travelling as passenger in auto-rickshaw met with accident due to high speed, resulting in death — Claimants are legal heirs of the deceased — Trial court awarded compensation, which is under challenge in appeal for being inadequate — Appellants India Law Library Docid # 2438780
(950) RAM CHANDRA PRASAD @ DAS AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 106(4) — Bond of good behaviour — Sentence reduced to period already undergone, subject to furnishing a bond for good behaviour due to the prolonged delay in the case. India Law Library Docid # 2438781
(951) SHIVDHARI Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 09-01-2026 U.P. Revenue Code, 2016 — Section 66(2) and Rule 64(2)(b) — Cancellation of housing lease — Limitation period for aggrieved person — A person aggrieved by a housing lease allotment must file a complaint within three years from the date of allotment, as per Section 66(2) of the Rules. India Law Library Docid # 2438902
(952) DR. ABDUL GHAFFAR Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 09-01-2026 National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 — Section 21(4) — Appeal against order rejecting anticipatory bail — FIR lodged under sections of IPC related to cheating, forgery, human trafficking and Foreigners Act and Passport Act — Allegations of creating a syndicate to help illegal immigrants and anti-national elements — Serious India Law Library Docid # 2438915
(953) NEETESH KUMAR PAL Vs. SMT. RAMENDREE PAL[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 498A — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Cruelty — False implication in criminal case amounts to mental cruelty — Husband's arrest on false allegations by wife can cause apprehension of safety for him and his family to live with her. India Law Library Docid # 2438916
(954) RAJENDRA Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Appeal against conviction and sentence of life imprisonment — Factual matrix involves dispute over ancestral property and suspicion of illicit relationship as motive — Defense raises contradictions in eyewitness testimony, absence of motive, and lack of independent witnesses — Court India Law Library Docid # 2438917
(955) IRFAN AHMAD Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 09-01-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ of Certiorari — Quashing of order — Petitioner seeks quashing of order removing him from post of President, Nagar Palika Parishad — Allegations of corruption and financial misuse of power — Held, inquiry conducted for removal of elected representative must be a full-fledged inquiry in accordance with law. India Law Library Docid # 2438918
(956) SHRI GUNAJIT NATH AND OTHERS Vs. SHRI HITESH DAS AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Compensation — Assessment of Income of Deceased Housewife — Court held that the notional income of a housewife cannot be equated to a paid employee, and can be assessed based on 1/3rd of the earning spouse's income, taking into account the India Law Library Docid # 2438919
(957) SADOU AXOM PRATHAMIK TET UTTIRNO SIKSHAK SAMAJ AND OTHER Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14 and 16(1) — Equality before law and equal opportunity — Grant of Dearness Allowance (DA) — Contractual teachers vs. regular teachers — Members of petitioner association working as contractual assistant teachers were denied arrears of Dearness Allowance that had been paid to regular teachers — Government had previously decided to give contractual teachers the same India Law Library Docid # 2438818
(958) MAITRAYEE CHAKRAVARTY Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Assam Education (Provincialisation of Services of Teachers and Re-Organisation of Educational Institutions) Act, 2017 — Section 3(1)(vii) & 3(1)(ix) — Provincialisation — Eligibility Criteria — Minimum student enrollment and appearance in final exams — Court found data provided by Gauhati University unreliable and favored data from the College Principal, deeming it sufficient to meet India Law Library Docid # 2438819
(959) NIRMAL KUMAR SHARMA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Finance Act, 1994 — Section 73(1) proviso — Extended period of limitation for recovery of service tax — Invoked only if there is fraud, collusion, willful misstatement, suppression of facts, or contravention with intent to evade tax. India Law Library Docid # 2438820
(960) ASSAM POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. THE ELECTRICITY OMBUDSMAN AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 09-01-2026 Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 56 — Power to disconnect supply of electricity — Notice period — Requirement of issuing a notice of not less than 15 clear days before permanent disconnection is mandatory — However, the actual disconnection is at the discretion of the licensee and not obligatory under the law — Discretion must be exercised reasonably and judiciously, not arbitrarily. India Law Library Docid # 2438821