(1) NAZIR AHMAD KUCHAY Vs. JAMMU AND KASHMIR BANK LIMITED[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 13-11-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 60(1)(g) — Protection of Pensionary Benefits — Coercive Recovery against Guarantor — Appellant, a retired government employee, stood guarantor for a borrower who defaulted — Bank deducted loan instalments from appellant's pension account — Held, pension is a welfare measure intended to secure sustenance and protect retired employees from destitution in old age — Pensionary benefits are insulated and protected from attachment and coercive recovery measur India Law Library Docid # 3001134
(2) UNION TERRITORY OF J & K AND OTHERS Vs. SHABIR AHMAD DAR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 13-11-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 37 Rule 3 — Summary Suit — Grant of conditional leave to defend — Consequence of non-compliance — Trial court allowed defendants' application for leave to defend subject to depositing Rs. 37.82 lacs and filing written statement within 30 days — Defendants deposited only Rs. 19.01 lacs — Trial court drew presumption of non-fulfillment of the pre-condition and decreed the suit in favour of plaintiffs for Rs. 57.23 lacs along with interest and costs — Held, India Law Library Docid # 3001135
(3) MOHAMMAD RAFIQ PHALOO AND ANOTHER Vs. UT OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 13-11-2026 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 — Sections 10, 13, 18, and 43-D(5) — Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 121-A and 201 — Rejection of bail — Allegations of conspiring to revive banned terrorist outfit JKLF-Y and coordinating with cross-border handlers — Invocation of Section 18 attracts statutory rigours under Section 43-D(5) — Appreciation of evidence at bail stage held impermissible where material prosecution witnesses concerning disclosure memos and recoveries of incriminating India Law Library Docid # 3001139
(4) TAINA Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 13-11-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Habeas Corpus — Child custody — Maintainability — Writ petition filed by mother seeking custody of minor child from biological father — Held, a writ of habeas corpus is maintainable even if the minor child is in the custody of another parent — The court exercises extraordinary writ jurisdiction guided by the best interest and paramount welfare of the child — Mere availability of an alternative re India Law Library Docid # 3001187
(5) PARVINDER SINGH GULATI AND OTHERS Vs. PAWAN KUMAR THAPAR[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 13-11-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 204 and 482 — Summoning of accused — Necessity of application of judicial mind — Magistrate summoned accused based on a protest petition without adequately considering the police cancellation report — Allegations of criminal conspiracy were founded entirely on suspicion due to a settled civil dispute, while actual assailants were unidentified — Criminal law cannot be set into motion mechanically — Order of summoning must reflect due application of India Law Library Docid # 3001188
(6) G.S. CHHABRA Vs. SARAN KUMAR GANDHI AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 13-11-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304-A — Medical Negligence — Standard of Criminal Liability — Gross Negligence — A medical professional cannot be held criminally liable merely because treatment failed or an alternative course existed. To attract criminal culpability under Section 304-A IPC, the negligence or recklessness must be "gross" and of a high degree, going beyond a mere error of judgment or ordinary lack of care. A doctor who follows acceptable medical practice with reasonable competenc India Law Library Docid # 3001189
(7) MEETINDER SINGH MANN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 13-11-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 (Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482) — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 406, 420 and 120-B — Quashing of FIR — Civil dispute vs. Criminal offence — Intermediary entrusted with substantial funds for land purchases failed to complete registered sale deeds or refund Rs. 4.55 crores — Defence that dispute arose out of breach of agreement to sell and was civil in nature rejected — Held, existence of a civil remedy does not preclu India Law Library Docid # 3001190
(8) SANJEEV JAIN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 13-11-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Disputed questions of fact — Mini-trial impermissible — Complainant alleged petitioners were entrusted with gold for jewellery exports but dishonestly diverted goods and misappropriated export proceeds — Petitioners pleaded commercial dispute relying on defense documents and DRI proceedings — Held, High Court under Section 482 cannot assess defense material or conduct detailed inquiry into disputed facts at preliminary stage India Law Library Docid # 3001191
(9) NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. NIRMAL KAUR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 13-11-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim petition — FIR registered against unknown vehicle — Eye-witness stepping forward subsequently — Maintainability of claim — The accident occurred involving an unknown vehicle, but an eye-witness subsequently identified the offending vehicle and driver, leading to filing of a challan — Held, a claim petition cannot be dismissed merely because the FIR initially named an unknown vehicle and driver — The priority of parties at the time of an accident is India Law Library Docid # 3001192
(10) KAMLA DEVI AND ANOTHER Vs. THE COMMISSIONER, KARNAL RANGE, KARNAL AND ORS.[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 13-11-2026 Partition — Transferee pendente lite — Amendment of mode of partition — Finality of mode of partition — A transferee pendente lite steps into the shoes of the transferor only from the stage they are impleaded as a party to the proceedings. Such a transferee possesses no right to seek an amendment or modification of the mode of partition that had already been finalized prior to the transfer in their favour. Permitting a transferee to reopen or modify a settled mode of partition would create an ab India Law Library Docid # 3001156
(11) VIDYA DEVI AND ANOTHER Vs. RANJIT SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 13-11-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Fatal accident — Assessment of compensation — Loss of future prospects — Deceased aged between 50 to 60 years and an unskilled worker — Tribunal omitted addition towards future prospects — Held, as per the Constitution Bench judgment in National Insurance Company Limited v. Pranay Sethi, an addition of 10% must be made to the actual income of the deceased towards future prospects when the deceased was self-employed or earning a fixed salary and aged betwe India Law Library Docid # 3001157
(12) KAMLESH AND OTHERS Vs. SUNDER SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 13-11-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Assessment of income of deceased — Absence of documentary proof — Evidentiary value of employer's oral testimony — Claimants asserted monthly income of Rs.19,500/- relying on statement of dairy owner — No documentary proof, such as bank account statements or attendance registers, was produced — Held, oral testimony regarding salary cannot be accepted at face value without corroborative evidence — In the absence of documentary proof, minimum wages or reaso India Law Library Docid # 3001158
(13) UNITED INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. SMT. SUJATA RANI AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 13-11-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 2(21) and 10(2)(d) — Competence of Light Motor Vehicle (LMV) licence holder to drive transport vehicle — Offending vehicle was a goods-carrying three-wheeler with gross vehicle weight under 7,500 kg — Driver possessed a valid LMV licence — Insurer contested liability claiming absence of specific transport endorsement — Held, a person holding an LMV driving licence is legally competent to drive a transport vehicle having gross vehicle weight not exceeding 7,500 India Law Library Docid # 3001159
(14) SMT. SANTRA DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. UNITED INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 13-11-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Dismissal of insurer's appeal as not pressed — Survival of cross-objections — Insurer failed to contest its appeal against the Tribunal's award, leading to dismissal of the appeal as not pressed and leaving findings on rash and negligent driving and driving licence validity undisturbed. Held, the cross-objections preferred by the claimants seeking enhancement of compensation survive independently and fall to be adjudicated on merits, despite the insurer's India Law Library Docid # 3001160
(15) NARINDER SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. HARCHARAN SINGH AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 13-11-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 397 and 401(3) — Revisional jurisdiction against acquittal — Supervisory scope — High Court does not reappreciate evidence or substitute its view for that of the First Appellate Court when a plausible view pointing to innocence has been recorded — Section 401(3) strictly prohibits converting a finding of acquittal into one of conviction — Interference is circumscribed and permissible only in cases of patent perversity, manifest illegality, or glari India Law Library Docid # 3001161
(16) AKABAL HUSSAIN AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 13-11-2026 Railways Act, 1989 — Section 2(29) and Section 124-A — Bona fide passenger — Non-recovery of ticket from deceased's body — Tribunal dismissed claim on grounds of non-recovery of ticket, minor spelling variation of name, and adverse inference drawn from differing religions of co-travellers on a joint ticket — Held, non-recovery of ticket is not by itself sufficient to reject a claim — Co-passenger's testimony, contemporaneous police record, and Railway's verification established deceased was a bo India Law Library Docid # 3001166
(17) SUKHJIT KAUR AND OTHERS Vs. GURCHARAN SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 13-11-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim petition — Rash and negligent driving — Fact that driver is facing trial under Sections 279 and 304-A of Indian Penal Code does not ipso facto establish involvement of offending vehicle or rash and negligent driving — Although standard of proof in motor accident claims is based on preponderance of probabilities rather than proof beyond reasonable doubt, claimants must still establish involvement of offending vehicle through credible evidence — Mere India Law Library Docid # 3001169
(18) DLF LIMITED Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 13-11-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483(3) — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439(2) — Cancellation of regular bail — Governing principles — Rejection of bail at the initial stage and cancellation of bail already granted stand on distinct footings — Bail once granted cannot be cancelled mechanically in the absence of cogent and overwhelming supervening circumstances rendering it unconducive to a fair trial — Cancellation is warranted only where there is interference India Law Library Docid # 3001177
(19) HARITHA K.S Vs. DEEPSINDH K.M[KERALA HIGH COURT] 12-11-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 24 — Matrimonial proceedings — Transfer of case — Convenience of woman — Well-settled legal principles — Held, while considering the transfer of matrimonial proceedings, the convenience of the woman and children is an important consideration and, in appropriate cases, may be determinative — Court is required to balance the competing conveniences and inconveniences of the parties, having regard to the nature and circumstances of each case. India Law Library Docid # 3000931
(20) KOYAN. E Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 12-11-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 126(2), 324(2), 296(b), 118(1), 118(2), 189(2) and 190 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Pre-arrest bail — Business dispute — Accused allegedly formed an unlawful assembly, wrongfully restrained the defacto complainant, and assaulted him with a trophy over unpaid sale consideration of a company — Co-accused allegedly caused fractures and damaged complainant's vehicle — Accused was a 63-year-old senior citizen — Counter-case existe India Law Library Docid # 3000936