(341) RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. SMT. VIMLA DEVI AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor accident claim — Rash and negligent driving — Proof of involvement of offending vehicle — FIR initially lodged against an unknown vehicle and final report filed — On protest petition, further investigation established involvement of the offending car and identified the driver — Tribunal's finding upholding involvement of the vehicle based on reinvestigation and site plan affirmed — Contention of insurer that the accident was doubtful rejected. India Law Library Docid # 2450709
(342) SWAMI KRISHNACHARYA JI MAHARAJ Vs. RISHIKESH GIRI[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 Pro6so — Amendment of plaint after commencement of trial — Exercise of due diligence — Suit filed for permanent injunction — Plaintiff sought amendment to add alternate relief of possession after framing of issues and filing of affida6t in e6dence — Pro6so to Order 6 Rule 17 CPC restricts amendment of pleadings after trial commences unless court is satisfied that despite due diligence, party could not raise matter earlier — Filing of e6dence aff India Law Library Docid # 2450719
(343) LEGAL HEIRS OF DECD HARSHADRAI A DESAI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Service Law — Work-Charged Employees — Conversion to Temporary Establishment — Government Resolution dated 16.08.1973 — Petitioners sought absorption into temporary establishment upon completing 5 years of work-charged service — Held, there is no automatic absorption after 5 years of service — As settled by the Division Bench, work-charged employees completing 20 years of service are eligible for conversion to the temporary establishment along with consequential benefits — Petitioners' claim for India Law Library Docid # 2450494
(344) PURNA CHANDRA SARKAR Vs. WEST BENGAL GRAMIN BANK AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Service Law — Disciplinary proceedings post-retirement — Bangiya Gramin Vikas Bank (Officers and Employees) Service Regulations, 2010 — Regulation 45 — Superannuation severs the master-servant relationship — Disciplinary proceedings can continue post-retirement only if specifically authorized by service regulations and initiated prior to superannuation — Appellant was served a charge memo months after superannuation without being placed under suspension before retirement — Pre-retirement letter India Law Library Docid # 2450663
(345) LUCKNOW DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 131 vs Article 12 — Original Jurisdiction of Supreme Court — Maintainability of proceedings by a statutory authority — High Court dismissed writ petition filed by Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) holding that dispute between State of UP and Union of India cannot be decided by it and granted liberty to parties to approach Supreme Court under Article 131 — Impugned order set aside — LDA is a body corporate constituted under Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning and India Law Library Docid # 2450678
(346) NIC LTD. Vs. KAMLESH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Negligence — Standard of proof — Non-examination of driver — Adverse inference — Accident occurred between three-wheeler and dumper — Claimants adduced eye-witness testimonies corroborated by FIR and criminal charge-sheet — Offending vehicle's driver failed to step into witness box to controvert eye-witness statements — Held, adverse inference was rightly drawn against the driver — Evidence collectively established accident was caused due to rash and negl India Law Library Docid # 2450209
(347) JARNAIL SINGH Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 411 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 397 and 401 — Receiving stolen property — Criminal revision restricted to quantum of sentence — Petitioner convicted under Section 411 IPC did not challenge conviction on merits and limited his plea to modification of sentence — High Court perused the record and held that evidence was appreciated in the right perspective without any perversity — Conviction of the petitioner confirmed. India Law Library Docid # 2450210
(348) SHRI GURUDWARA AKALGARH SAHIB DEG., GHARUAN Vs. SURINDER KUMAR SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 115 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Maintainability of revision against interlocutory orders — Conversion of petition — Reversal of interlocutory orders passed during pendency of a suit would not finally dispose of the suit, rendering revisions under Section 115 CPC non-maintainable — High Court possesses power to convert a revision petition filed under Section 115 CPC into a petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India in appro India Law Library Docid # 2450259
(349) NANCI @ NANCY Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s) and 18 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Anticipatory bail — Maintainability — Bar under Section 18 — FIR contents did not disclose that the appellant intentionally insulted, intimidated, or abused the complainant by caste name within public view — Offences under SC&ST Act added subsequently during investigation — Held, where no prima facie case is made out for commission of offences under the India Law Library Docid # 2450260
(350) NIC LTD. Vs. KAMLESH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor accident claim — Rash and negligent driving — Proof of negligence — Evidence of injured eye-witnesses corroborated by FIR and criminal charge-sheet — Driver of offending dumper failed to step into the witness box to refute claims of rash driving — Adverse inference drawn against the driver — Non-examination of driver by owner or insurer reinforces claimants' account — High Court affirmed Tribunal's finding that the collision occurred due to the sole India Law Library Docid # 2450261
(351) BRAJESH SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF M.P. AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 21-08-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 — Section 115 — Condonation of delay — Equal application of limitation law to State — First appeal filed by State after an inordinate delay of over six years against a decree passed in a civil suit — District Judge condoned delay — Held, State and its instrumentalities cannot be accorded preferential treatment or special latitude under Section 5 of the Limitation Act — Once the State chooses to litigate, it must abide by the same l India Law Library Docid # 2450529
(352) GOURI SHANKAR MISHRA Vs. DIPTI PRIYADARSINI PANDA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 24 — Transfer of Maintenance Proceedings — Husband sought transfer of Section 125 CrPC proceedings from Family Court, Jajpur to Bhubaneswar citing cancer treatment and job location — Opposed by wife asserting she is a destitute lady caring for a four-year-old child at her parental home in Jajpur without independent income — Held, in matrimonial transfer applications, convenience of the wife is the pri India Law Library Docid # 2450426
(353) PADMA CHARAN MOHANTY Vs. BAISHNAB CHARAN MOHANTY AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 18 Rule 17 — Recall of witness — Scope and object — Application filed by plaintiff (P.W.1) during cross-examination to prove an unadmitted compromise petition — Held, Order 18 Rule 17 CPC vests discretionary power primarily in the court to clarify doubts or ambiguities in evidence — It cannot be used as a tool by a party to fill up lacunae, introduce fresh evidence, or reopen examination-in-chief after cross-examination has commenced — Rejection of recall India Law Library Docid # 2450427
(354) BASANTA KUMAR BISSOI Vs. DISTRICT JUDGE, KORAPUT AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 47 Rule 1 — Maintainability of Review Petition after dismissal of SLP in limine — Special Leave Petition against High Court order dismissed by Supreme Court in limine without assigned reasons — Held, dismissal of an SLP in limine does not take away the jurisdiction of the High Court to entertain a review petition — High Court can entertain and decide the review petition on merits. India Law Library Docid # 2450428
(355) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. AHMEDLATIFF NAVAZUDDIN SHAIKH AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376 — Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 3 — Alleged rape — Credibility of prosecutrix — Prosecutrix made material contradictions, omissions, and improvements between her complaint and court deposition regarding her entry into the room, presence of third parties, manner of assault, and cause of injury — Medical evidence detected no spermatozoa or bodily injuries — Sole testimony of prosecutrix held unreliable to s India Law Library Docid # 2450432
(356) GAURAV PRATAPBHAI DODIYA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 7, 9 & 138 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Locus standi of Legal Heir — Cheque issued in favour of wife who died before issuance of statutory legal notice and filing of complaint — Husband filed Section 138 complaint claiming to be legal heir under a Will without obtaining Succession Certificate or Letter of Administration — Held, merely being an heir or legatee does not automatically make a person a "Holder in Due Course" under India Law Library Docid # 2450446
(357) HEMANTA BORDOLOI Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 42(1)(d) — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 58 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 22(2) — Detention vs. Formal Arrest — Period of 24 hours — Accused detained at airport during luggage check and formally arrested hours later — Held, formal arrest following initial detention under Section 42(1)(d) is a continuation of initial detention — Accused is effectively in custody from the moment of physical detention when India Law Library Docid # 2450563
(358) RAFIQUE UDDIN SEKH @ RAFIQUE UDDIN Vs. SAINA BEGUM SHEIK[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125 and Section 482 — Maintenance to minor child — Finding of paternity — In proceedings under Section 125 Cr.P.C., Revisional Court directed petitioner to pay monthly maintenance of Rs. 3,000/- for the minor child — Petitioner challenged the order under Section 482 Cr.P.C. denying paternity — High Court held that in a prior criminal case, Sessions Court recorded an unchallenged finding of fact that petitioner had physical relationship with responde India Law Library Docid # 2450567
(359) PRABHAT PATOR Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Quashing of FIR — Civil dispute given criminal color — Agreement for sale of land — Allegation of non-refund of advance money and failure to complete transaction — Dispute essentially concerned alleged non-fulfillment or avoidance of contractual obligations — No allegation of dishonest intention to cheat at the inception — Dispute was purely civil in nature — Criminal proceedings cannot be used to settle civ India Law Library Docid # 2450568
(360) ANKAN SARKAR AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Census Act, 1948 — Sections 15A and 15B — Deployment of school teachers for Census work — Withdrawal of impugned notification directing teachers to perform Census duty after school hours or during weekends — Challenge to mandatory census duties — Court struck a balance between maintaining academic interests of students and executing Census work of national importance — Directors of Census Operations and Charge Officers directed to specify date, time, and place for deployment to school authoritie India Law Library Docid # 2450652