(581) THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. M/S LOUIS DREYFUS COMMODITIES INDIA PVT. LTD[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-08-2026 Insurance Act, 1938 — Section 64VB — Marine Cargo Annual Turnover Policy — Advance payment of premium — Statutory embargo on risk assumption — Insured obtained a Marine Cargo Annual Turnover Policy for INR 1200 Crores, but its actual turnover exceeded the insured limit prior to a fire loss at its freight station — Additional premium to enhance coverage was paid after the incident India Law Library Docid # 2449359
(582) ANDE VEERA VENATA SATYANARAYANA AND OTHERS Vs. THE GOVERNMENT OF A P AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Societies Act, 1964 — Section 32(7)(a)(i) — Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Societies Rules, 1964 — Rule 23-AAA(5) — Appointment of person-in-charge — Requirement of notice — Principles of natural justice — Resignation of majority members of Managing Committee resulted in lack of quorum — Deputy Registrar appointed person-in-charge without prior notice — Full Bench held that appointment under Section 32(7)(a)(i) read with Rule 23-AAA(5) addresses governance vacuum and is India Law Library Docid # 2449832
(583) M/S.SADA ANAND DEVELOPERS Vs. SHREE BALAJI REALTY[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 14(d) — Specific Performance of Contract — Determinable nature of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) — Respondent filed suit for specific performance of MOU for purchase of Transferable Development Rights (TDR) — Appellant terminated MOU due to inability to procure Development Rights Certificate (DRC) within agreed timeline — MOU explicitly provided for cancellation mechanisms, security cheque deposits, and unconditional refund with interest under Clauses 4A an India Law Library Docid # 2450185
(584) VEENA SUMBRIA AND ANOTHER Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 18-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498-A and 109 — Quashing of FIR — Compromise in matrimonial dispute — Petitioners challenged FIR alleging offences under Sections 498-A/109 IPC registered due to marital discord — Complainant wife and husband entered into an amicable settlement and supported quashing of proceedings — Official respondents raised no serious objection — Held, offences were India Law Library Docid # 2450288
(585) J&K GRAMEEN BANK AND OTHERS Vs. RACHHPAL SINGH[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 18-08-2026 Service Law — Misconduct — Bank Employees — Exceeding Delegated Financial Limits — Respondent, a Senior Manager, sanctioned loans in violation of bank guidelines and exceeded delegated authority — Held, acting beyond delegated powers by itself constitutes serious misconduct in banking institutions — Absence of pecuniary loss, lack of ulterior motive or mens rea, or subsequent profitability of the branch does not absolve the delinquent employee — Higher standards of honesty, integrity, and adhere India Law Library Docid # 2450289
(586) KAMLESH KAUR Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 18-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 47 Rule 1 — Jammu and Kashmir High Court Rules — Rule 65 — Scope of review jurisdiction — Review petition seeking rehearing on same arguments — Review proceedings are strictly confined to the grounds specified under Order 47 Rule 1 CPC — Review can be exercised only upon discovery of new and important evidence, error apparent on the face of the record, or other sufficient reason — Review is not an appeal in disguise or a rehearing of the matter — Reconsid India Law Library Docid # 2450290
(587) SATHYAVATHY Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 304 Part II and 451 — Culpable homicide not amounting to murder — House trespass — Sole eyewitness testimony — Credibility — Accused stabbed 70-year-old victim to death at her residence — PW2, daughter-in-law resting post-surgery while feeding her child, directly witnessed the attack — Held, evidence of a single reliable eyewitness is sufficient to establish guilt — Minor gaps in memory or failure to answer certain non-essential questions during cross-examinatio India Law Library Docid # 2450312
(588) MAJEED AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 34 — Common intention — Vicarious liability — Absence of specific overt act — Appellants challenged conviction under Sections 452, 341, 326, 427, 506(i), and 308 read with Section 34 IPC — Appellant No. 2 argued no bodily injury was directly inflicted by him — Held, Section 34 recognizes vicarious liability in criminal jurisprudence — It is not necessary to establish an overt act by each accused person to invoke Section 34, provided the ultimate criminal act was India Law Library Docid # 2450315
(589) PRADEEP.K Vs. THE STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 326, 450 and 324 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 3 — Circumstantial evidence — Hostility of witnesses — Conviction for murder and assault — Accused attacked his mother and her second husband with wooden planks causing mother's death — Case rested on circumstantial evidence as sole eye-witness died before trial — Hostility of close relatives does not erode prosecution case where a complete chain of unbroken circumstances unerringly points to the guilt of the India Law Library Docid # 2450316
(590) FATHIMA M.P Vs. THE IDBI BANK LTD AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Debts Recovery Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 1993 — Rule 5 — Powers of Registrar — Scrutiny of applications — Held, Registrar is a Chief Ministerial Officer lacking judicial powers — Registrar's power is strictly limited to scrutinising applications, granting time to rectify defects, and declining registration via a written reasoned order if defects persist — Registrar cannot reject or dismiss applications, nor suo motu refer unnumbered applications to the Presiding Officer to decide maintainabili India Law Library Docid # 2450338
(591) JISHA M.V. Vs. NAJMUDDEN K.P AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Kerala Education Rules, 1959 — Chapter XXXI Rule 4(2) — Chapter XIV A Rule 45A — Qualifications for Headmaster in Lower Primary School — B.Ed. qualification — Arabic Teacher — Respondent was appointed as Arabic Assistant in LP School in 2005 holding B.degree in Arabic, B.Ed. and KTET — Post of Headmaster fell vacant in June 2022 — Rule 45A prescribes TTC or any equivalent training qualification prescribed for Primary School Assistant, which includes Upper Primary School Assistant for which B.Ed. India Law Library Docid # 2450358
(592) AHAMED JUNAID P S Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[KERALA HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 National Food Security Act, 2013 — Section 4 — Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana Rules, 2022 — Rules 2(f), 3 and 7 — Scheme for maternity benefit — Conditional cash incentive — Beneficiaries claiming financial assistance under PMMVY for a second girl child must strictly comply with eligibility criteria, including mandatory infant vaccination under the Universal Immunization Programme — Maternity benefit under the scheme is not an absolute right — Party seeking benefits under a conditional welf India Law Library Docid # 2450360
(593) BHUVAN KUMAR @ BHUWAN KUMAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF HP AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120B — Quashing of FIR based on compromise — Offences involving forgery of public regulatory documents — FIR registered for alleged forgery of No Objection Certificates (NOCs) purportedly issued by the Fire Department and Pollution Control Board — Amicable settlement arrived India Law Library Docid # 2449440
(594) YASH PAL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 528 [corresponding to Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973] — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) — Sections 121(1) and 115(2) — Quashing of FIR based on compromise — Offence of voluntarily causing hurt and obstructing public servant/person — Scuffle between bus conductor and car occupants over parking dispute leading to India Law Library Docid # 2449441
(595) STATE OF H.P. Vs. PARKASH CHAND[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 325 — Voluntarily causing grievous hurt — Appeal against acquittal — Allegation of assault with a stick resulting in fracture of proximal phalanx of the big toe — Evaluation of evidence — Strained relationship between parties — Informant claimed to have been rescued by accused’s wife, whereas alleged eye-witness contradicted this assertion — Eye-witness was a close India Law Library Docid # 2449442
(596) SAYED SABEERA Vs. SYED HANEEF AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of Plaint — Pre-trial amendment — Suit for perpetual injunction — Application to add relief of declaration — Plaintiff sought amendment after defendants filed written statement pointing out dismissal of earlier suit (O.S. No. 104 of 2008) regarding same subject property — Plaintiff was well aware of previous litigation prior to instituting present suit — Held, pre-trial amendment cannot be allowed to overcome legal bars or nullify ea India Law Library Docid # 2449799
(597) SUKANTI BILAR SING AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ of Habeas Corpus — Unlawful detention as prerequisite — Missing or absconding person — Maintainability — Petitioners sought production of Accused No. 1 based on claims of unlawful police detention, alleging he was a crucial witness to establish the innocence of co-accused — Respondents asserted Accused No. 1 was absconding and evading arrest — Held, unlawful detention is sine qua non for issuing a writ of habeas corpus — A writ of habeas corpus is India Law Library Docid # 2449810
(598) BHUPATI ASSOCIATES Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987 — Section 43(10) — Application for deletion or alteration of endowed property — Maintainability by third party — Section 43(10) of the Act authorizes only the trustee or a person authorized by the trust to report alterations, omissions, or additions regarding endowed properties — The statutory provision does not entitle a third party claiming private ownership to file an application before the Commissioner or Ass India Law Library Docid # 2449821
(599) BISWANATH MOHARANA Vs. BRANCH MANAGER, BALASORE-BHADRAK CENTRAL CO-OPERATIVE BANK, AGARPADA, BHADRAK[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 and Section 147 — Dishonour of cheque — Conviction and sentence — Challenge in revision — Compounding of offence on settlement — During revision proceedings, petitioner cleared outstanding dues and opposite party bank issued No Objection Certificate — Joint affidavit filed affirming amicable compromise — Offence under Section 138 being compoundable under Section 147, the conviction order confirmed in appeal set aside and proceedings quashed. India Law Library Docid # 2450382
(600) K.BOOMINATHAN AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 18-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Service Law — Scheme Appointees — Regularisation and Artificial Break in Service — Petitioners engaged under a scheme sought regularisation and salary arrears — Held, scheme appointees have no legal claim for regularisation — However, so long as the scheme is in force, appointees are entitled to continue in service without artificial breaks, subject to fitness and absence of misconduct — State as a model employer cannot impose artificial breaks after e India Law Library Docid # 2451138