(941) AMIT PADMAKAR MORE AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (KOLHAPUR BENCH)] 08-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 306 and 107 — Abetment of Suicide — Ingredients for an offence under Section 306 IPC require proof of abetment with intention to aid, assist, or instigate suicide — This involves a positive, intentional act of encouragement, assistance, or provocation — Mere allegations of harassment, India Law Library Docid # 2447028
(942) M/S. UM AUTO COM PVT. LTD. Vs. M/S. SINGHAL INDUSTRIAL SCREWS PVT. LTD.[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (MSMED Act) — Section 18(5) and Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 29A — Time limit for award — Although Section 18(5) of MSMED Act states that references should be decided within 90 days, this time limit is directory, not mandatory. Unlike Section 29A of India Law Library Docid # 2443981
(943) BHURA SINGH Vs. BALBIR SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 118 — Presumption of Consideration — When execution of a pronote and receipt is proven, there is a statutory presumption of consideration — The burden shifts to the defendant to rebut this presumption with cogent evidence — Simple denial is insufficient to rebut this presumption. India Law Library Docid # 2443982
(944) SHABBIR FIDAHUSAIN KACHWALA AND ANOTHER Vs. PURUSHOTTAM CHALVAYYA SHETTY[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Tenancy Law — Eviction of tenant — Grounds for eviction — Nuisance and annoyance — Landlords sought eviction of tenant operating a lodge on grounds of nuisance and annoyance, bonafide requirement, and arrears of rent — Trial Court and Appellate Court dismissed the suit, finding no merit in any of the grounds — High Court found that while the grounds of bonafide requirement and arrears of rent did not India Law Library Docid # 2444170
(945) JAI PAL Vs. STATE OF H.P[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 397, 401 — Revisional jurisdiction — Scope of — Revisional court is not an appellate court and can only rectify patent defects, errors of jurisdiction or law — Cannot re-appreciate evidence and come to its own conclusions in absence of perversity — Interference is warranted only if the order is grossly erroneous, there is non-compliance with law, finding is India Law Library Docid # 2444190
(946) ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. SMT. REENA AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal against award — Insurance Company appealing award of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Appeal mainly on ground that Tribunal wrongly fastened liability on Insurance Company due to no reliable evidence on income of deceased, wrong multiplier, and incorrect deduction India Law Library Docid # 2444191
(947) CHANDER JOT SINGH Vs. DHARAM SINGH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of Pleadings — Once trial has commenced, amendment is allowed only if due diligence is proven — Plaintiff sought to amend plaint after trial and judgment in appeal stage, alleging counsel's oversight — Trial commenced in 2011, application filed after 11 India Law Library Docid # 2444192
(948) RAMESHBHAI NATHUBHAI CHAUDHARY Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Gujarat Cooperative Societies Act, 1961 — Section 74(1A)(ii) — Eligibility for Director/Chairman — Petition challenging appointment of Respondent No — 4 as Director and Chairman of Respondent No — 3 Bank — Petitioner argued Respondent No — 4 was not elected, thus ineligible — Court found Respondent No — 4 was duly elected through a proper election process, and there was no statutory bar against a India Law Library Docid # 2443381
(949) UMESHBHAI MAHASHANKARBHAI PUROHIT Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 306 and 107 — Abetment of suicide — To attract Section 306, the accused must have a clear mens rea to instigate the deceased to commit suicide — The act of instigation must be of such intensity that it pushes the deceased to a point where they have no choice but to commit suicide — Such instigation must occur in close proximity to the act of suicide. India Law Library Docid # 2443382
(950) BHARATBHAI MAGJIBHAI PATEL AND OTHERS Vs. CHUNILAL MERVANBHAI PATEL AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — First Appeal — Scope of Appellate Court — The first appellate court has a very wide jurisdiction, similar to the trial court, and must re-examine all factual and legal aspects of the case, appreciating the entire evidence to arrive at an independent conclusion, providing reasoned India Law Library Docid # 2443383
(951) A.K.MOITRA Vs. B.A.S.F. INDIA LTD. AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — Appeals filed against the judgment and decree of the Trial Court — First Appeals were preferred by the respective defendants challenging the Judgment and Decree dated 30.06.2006 passed by the learned Principal Civil Judge, Valsad — The appeals were decided by a Common Judgment. India Law Library Docid # 2443384
(952) SANJAY SHAMRAO BHOR Vs. PUNE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 226 & 227 — Writ Petition challenging termination of services — Labour Court's award set aside — Termination unsustainable as it occurred during subsistence of an interim order and without fulfilling prescribed conditions — Reinstatement directed with continuity of service India Law Library Docid # 2444169
(953) ANSHUKA BHANDARI AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Civil Services Examination — Recomputation of results — High Court directed recomputation of preliminary examination results in previous writ petitions by deleting a question, accepting another answer as correct, and treating a third answer also as correct — The selecting body must comply with these directions. India Law Library Docid # 2446835
(954) STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS Vs. MAHADAPPA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 08-05-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 4 and Compensation — Determination of market value of acquired land — Reliance on sale exemplar executed approximately two months prior to the Section 4 notification — Deduction of 40% towards development costs for acquired land due to its NA potentiality and commercial aspects, considering it India Law Library Docid # 2446940
(955) NIRMAL KUMAR Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374(2) & 482 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 363, 366, 376(2)(n) — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (PoCSO Act) — Section 5(l) read with 6 — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Essential ingredients of offences under Sections 363 and 366 IPC not satisfactorily established — Accused was not proven to India Law Library Docid # 2447381
(956) AWDHESH PRASAD TRIPATHI Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 82 and 83 — Proclamation and Attachment — Issuance of processes under Sections 82 and 83 of Cr.P.C — simultaneously requires court satisfaction that the accused is about to dispose of or remove property, or is absconding with no immediate prospect of arrest — Order for India Law Library Docid # 2443704
(957) ANIL KUMAR CHAUDHARY Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302/201 — Murder and causing evidence of offence to disappear — Conviction solely on circumstantial evidence — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Circumstantial evidence found to be scanty and disjointed, not forming a complete chain to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt — Acquittal of co-accused on India Law Library Docid # 2443705
(958) ABDUL HAKIM @ HAKIM MIAN Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302/34 — Appeal against conviction for murder — One accused died during pendency of appeal — Appeal heard for sole surviving appellant — Lower court convicted appellant for murder under Section 302/34 IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment. India Law Library Docid # 2443706
(959) MEWA SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. NACHHITTAR KAUR (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Contract Law — Offer and Acceptance — Agreement requires mutual consent, meaning both parties agree to the same terms — An offer must be clear and unambiguous, and acceptance must be unequivocal and communicated to the offeror — If there is no consensus ad idem (meeting of the minds), no binding contract is India Law Library Docid # 2443930
(960) GURDEV SINGH (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS Vs. SUKHDEV SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 101 — Will — Validity of — Burden of proof on the propounder — Will must be proved to be executed by the testator when he was of sound disposing mind. India Law Library Docid # 2443931