(121) SMT. HARU Vs. GAINARAM AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 11-06-2026 Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 — Section 251A and Rule 69 of Rajasthan Tenancy (Government) Rules, 1955 — Grant of Way — Procedure — The Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) must conduct a site inspection, invite objections from affected parties, grant an opportunity of hearing, and consider those objections before passing an order — A notice merely informing about the inspection without inviting India Law Library Docid # 2446974
(122) SHISHU PAL @ SHISH RAM AND OTHERS Vs. SURJEET AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-06-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 168 — Compensation — Death of homemaker — New head of 'Loss of Domestic Care' — Basis and quantum — The conventional method of computing compensation upon the death of a homemaker suffers from an inherent disadvantage — Notional income, as assigned by earlier decisions, fails to capture the economic, emotional and managerial contributions that a homemaker makes to the household and to nation-building at large — In recognition of the multifarious yet unquantifie India Law Library Docid # 2445045
(123) SUREKHA MURGENDRA KALYANSHETTI Vs. REKHA SUBHASH PATIL AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (KOLHAPUR BENCH)] 11-06-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Jurisdiction of High Court confined to substantial questions of law — Interference with findings of fact permissible only if material evidence is ignored or inadmissible evidence is relied upon, or if lower court's conclusion is contrary to India Law Library Docid # 2446936
(124) GUJARAT ENERGY TRANSMISSION COMPANY LTD Vs. NANIBA WD/O GEMARSINH RUPSINH SODHA AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 11-06-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — COMPENSATION FOR DEATH — Electrical accident — Deceased electrocuted due to contact with overhead electric wire passing through tree branches — Trial court's decree for compensation upheld — Appeal dismissed — Court applied principles of strict and absolute liability regarding hazardous activities. India Law Library Docid # 2447055
(125) SUN BUILDERS PVT LTD. Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 11-06-2026 Gujarat Town Planning Act, 1976 — Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Rules, 1979 — Complex questions of fact concerning land area, final plot allotment, and rightful possession cannot be adjudicated within the limited scope of Article 226 of the Constitution — The matter is relegated to the Chief Town India Law Library Docid # 2447056
(126) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. LAKHMANBHAI BHOJABHAI KESHWALA AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 11-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378(1)(3) — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 504, 506(2), 114 — Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 3(1)(x) — Appeal against acquittal — In appeal against acquittal, the appellate court must bear in mind the double presumption of innocence in favour of the accused, which is further strengthened by India Law Library Docid # 2447057
(127) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. BHARWAD MAYABHAI VAGHABHAI[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 11-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378(1)(3) — Appeal against acquittal — High Court's power to review evidence — Appellate court has full power to review and re-appreciate evidence, but must consider the double presumption of innocence in favour of an accused who has been acquitted by the trial court. India Law Library Docid # 2447058
(128) NILAXIBEN ATULBHAI RAVAL AND OTHERS Vs. DEPUTY COLLECTOR, HALVAD AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 11-06-2026 Mamlatdar's Courts Act, 1906 — Section 5 — Right of Way — Civil Suit Pendency — Revenue authorities cannot mechanically dismiss proceedings under Section 5 solely due to the pendency of a later civil suit, especially when the Mamlatdar's suit was filed first — Such dismissal is an abuse of discretion and defeats India Law Library Docid # 2447059
(129) M/S. RAJENDRA TRADING COMPANY Vs. M/S. S. P. BUILDERS AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 10-06-2026 Interim Orders and Undertakings — Breach of — Respondent No — 2 was found to have breached the Court's order dated 27th March 1986 and her undertaking dated 17th July 1986 by allowing her son to run an independent business from the suit shop, which was contrary to the terms of her agency as a department store — The Trial India Law Library Docid # 2446920
(130) BAGASARWALA PROPERTY LLP AND OTHERS Vs. THE JOINT CHARITY COMMISSIONER WORLI, MUMBAI AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 10-06-2026 Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950 — Section 36(2) — Revocation of sanction — Jurisdiction of Charity Commissioner is narrow, confined to fraud, misrepresentation, or concealment of material facts, not an appellate review of the original sanction order. India Law Library Docid # 2446921
(131) ANIMESH BAKULI Vs. RESERVE BANK OF INDIA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 10-06-2026 Employment Law — Unauthorized Absence — Compulsory Retirement — An employee's prolonged unauthorized absence from duty without permission or acceptable explanation constitutes gross misconduct, justifying compulsory retirement as a disciplinary measure, especially when the employer has made multiple attempts India Law Library Docid # 2446922
(132) PARSI PUNCHAYET FUNDS AND PROPERTIES AND OTHERS Vs. MS.KATTY J. MISTRY[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 10-06-2026 Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 — Section 5(11)(c)(i) — Definition of "tenant" — In case of death of a tenant, the Act provides for protection to a family member residing with the tenant at the time of death, or in their absence, to any heir of the deceased tenant — The heirs are not required to India Law Library Docid # 2446923
(133) NANDAKUMAR SUKUMAR PANICKER Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 10-06-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 354 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Allegations of assault to outrage modesty — Prima facie case made out from FIR — Defences raised by petitioner to be tested at trial — Court not to conduct mini-trial at quashing stage. India Law Library Docid # 2446924
(134) CHHATRAPAL SINGH GOUR Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 10-06-2026 Transfer of Employees — Incident of Service — Employees have no vested right to remain posted at a particular place; transfer is a normal consequence of service, particularly in transferable posts, and is primarily for administrative exigencies or organizational needs. India Law Library Docid # 2446994
(135) STATE OF GUAJRAT Vs. KAILASHGIRI RAMGIRI GOSWAMI[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 10-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378(1)(3) — Appeal against acquittal — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 363, 366 — Kidnapping and inducing woman to compel marriage — Prosecution failed to prove charges beyond reasonable doubt — Victim stated she left house willingly due to love affair and there was no physical relationship — Medical examination found no injuries or physical India Law Library Docid # 2447060
(136) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. ABIDALI ZULFIKARALI JALALI[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 10-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378(1)(3) — Appeal against acquittal — Accused acquitted of offences under Sections 498(a) and 306 of IPC — Deceased sister of complainant died during treatment after reportedly consuming poisonous substance while working in cotton field — Trial court rightly acquitted India Law Library Docid # 2447061
(137) MUKESHBHAI JAYANTIBHAI VAGHARI Vs. BHARMALBHAI LAKHMIRBHAI MORI AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 10-06-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim Petition — Motor Accident — Appeal filed by the claimant challenging the quantum of compensation awarded by the Tribunal. India Law Library Docid # 2447062
(138) BAKSISH AHMAD Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-06-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226(1) — Territorial jurisdiction — Writ petition by CAPF personnel — Delhi High Court — Jurisdiction based on situs of respondent's office —The Delhi High Court has territorial jurisdiction under Art. 226(1) of the Constitution to entertain a writ petition preferred by any enrolled member of the Border Security Force or any Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) who is aggrieved by an administrative order of termination of service, by reason of the situs of India Law Library Docid # 2445025
(139) M/S. SHARAN BUILDERS AND OTHERS Vs. SMT. PUSHPA NARAIN KANUGO AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 09-06-2026 Contract Law — Leave and Licence Agreement — Estoppel — A licensee is estopped from denying the title of the licensor under Section 116 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, having accepted to be inducted into possession by the licensor — This principle applies even when the licensor is a partnership firm and one of its partners. [Paras 20, 25, 32, India Law Library Docid # 2446876
(140) DR. RAKESH KUMAR GUPTA Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 09-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 392 — Third Judge — Power to give independent opinion — Options available — When an appeal is heard by a Division Bench and the Judges are divided in opinion, the appeal is laid before a third Judge under S. 392 — The third Judge is not confined to choosing between the two views expressed by the Division Bench Judges — The third Judge may: (i) agree with either of the two opinions expressed; (ii) form an independent view at divergence with both opi India Law Library Docid # 2445046