(661) URMILA SHARMA @ KIRAN Vs. KRISHAN KUMAR SHARMA[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 read with Section 147 — Dishonour of cheque — Compounding of offence after conviction — In a criminal revision petition challenging conviction and sentence under Section 138 of the Act, parties entered into an amicable settlement — Entire cheque amount paid to complainant, who expressed no objection to setting aside the conviction India Law Library Docid # 2449443
(662) THAKUR DASS Vs. STATE OF HP[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) — Sections 109 and 85 read with Section 3(5) — Regular Bail — Grant of — Statement of deceased recorded by Judicial Magistrate First Class exonerated the petitioner, stating she set herself on fire and had no complaint against anyone — Police relied upon a video recording of the victim claiming the petitioner set her on fire, the authenticity and interpretation of which are to be determined during trial — Exonerating statement made before the Magistrate makes India Law Library Docid # 2449444
(663) ICICI LOMBARD GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. BYASA DEVI AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 and Section 173 — Claim for Compensation — Accident due to rash and negligent driving — Deceased travelling in goods carrier vehicle — Allegation of gratuitous passenger by Insurance Company — The burden of proving a breach of the terms and conditions of an insurance policy rests squarely on the insurer — Where the Insurance Company contends that the India Law Library Docid # 2449445
(664) SANJAY A. SANGMA Vs. ALI AKBAR[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026 Representation of the People Act, 1951 — Section 81(1) — Gauhati High Court Rules, Chapter-VIII-A, Rule 1 — Election Petition — Mandatory requirement of personal presentation — Applicant alleged that petitioner failed to present election petition personally before Stamp Reporter — Allegation denied in counter-affidavit — No specific particulars provided by either party to enable a definitive finding — Non-compliance with Section 81(1) is fatal under Section 86 of the RP Act — High Court held tha India Law Library Docid # 2450586
(665) JHIN PATTASHANI Vs. SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, PURI AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ of Habeas Corpus — Missing Person — Minor daughter of petitioner went missing and FIR was registered under Section 137(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Petitioner filed habeas corpus writ seeking production of minor daughter alleging kidnapping — Maintainability of writ — Held, illegal confinement is a mandatory pre-condition to issue a writ of habeas corpus — Extraordinary powers under Article 226 cannot be exercised to trace a missing perso India Law Library Docid # 2450383
(666) GOURINATH MOHAPATRA Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Public Tender — Abnormally Low Bid — Judicial Review — Scope — Petitioner submitted lowest bid (32.70% below estimate) for flood protection work, which was rejected — Held, courts should refrain from substituting commercial decisions for those of tendering authorities unless gross arbitrariness exists — However, under the Works Department Office Memorandum dated 03.01.2026, quoting below estimated rates does not automatically disqualify a bid — Rejecti India Law Library Docid # 2450384
(667) SIMA DAS AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026 Railways Act, 1989 — Compensation claim — Bona fide passenger — Absence of journey ticket — Burden of proof — Claim rejected by Railway Claims Tribunal on ground of non-recovery of ticket — Held, mere absence or non-recovery of ticket does not negate the claim that deceased was a bona fide passenger — Initial burden placed on claimants was discharged through uncontroverted affidavit and oral evidence of witness who purchased ticket — Burden shifted to Railways, which failed to adduce any rebutta India Law Library Docid # 2450385
(668) COMMANDO INDUSTRIAL SECURITY FORCE Vs. THE STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Administrative Law — Blacklisting/Debarment — Principles of Natural Justice — Audi Alteram Partem — Prior Show Cause Notice — Petitioner blacklisted permanently by District Magistrate and for one year by MCL without issuing a show cause notice or granting an opportunity of hearing — Held, issuance of a specific show cause notice is a prerequisite before imposing debarment or blacklisting — Blacklisting carries grave civil consequences akin to civil dea India Law Library Docid # 2450386
(669) KUMARI Vs. THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 17-08-2026 Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Cyber Law Offenders, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Sexual Offenders, Slum Grabbers and Video Pirates Act, 1982 — Section 2(f) — Preventive Detention — Subjective satisfaction — Likelihood of release on bail — Detenu was in custody and had not filed any bail application — Detaining authority inferred possibility of release relying on an unrelated case from 2024 without showing sim India Law Library Docid # 2451142
(670) STATE OF TAMIL NADU Vs. KAVI @ KAVIDASAN[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 17-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 362 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 528 — Bar against review or recall — Inherent powers — Prosecution sought recall of an order disposing of a petition based on the prosecutor's concession not to examine additional witnesses, citing bona fide miscommunication — Held, the embargo under Section 362 Cr.P.C. against altering or reviewing judgments and final orders is almost absolute — Inherent powers cannot be invoked unless India Law Library Docid # 2451161
(671) THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. TUNI PATI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Fraudulent Motor Accident Claims — Investigation and Preventive Measures — Special Investigation Team (SIT) at State level — Supreme Court observed that fraudulent motor accident claims involving fixed patterns and repeated use of the same vehicle in multiple accidents constitute a fraud of enormous proportion, causing undue financial stress on insurance companies and higher premiums for genuine consumers — Fresh direction issued to India Law Library Docid # 2451176
(672) CA. M.G. VINAYA SIMHA Vs. THE APPELLATE AUTHORITY CONSTITUTED UNDER THE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS ACT, 1949 AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026 Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 — Professional Misconduct — Criminal prosecution vs. Disciplinary proceedings — Petitioner contended that disciplinary proceedings should have been kept in abeyance pending criminal proceedings and that his subsequent acquittal rendered disciplinary findings unsustainable — Held, criminal prosecution and disciplinary proceedings operate in distinct fields — Criminal prosecution determines commission of penal offences, whereas disciplinary proceedings evaluate prof India Law Library Docid # 2451203
(673) SANDELA CHARAMMA Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026 Telangana Prisons Rules, 1979 — Rule 973 — Telangana Prisoners Release on Parole Rules, 1981 — Forfeiture of remission and denial of parole — Convict sentenced to life imprisonment jumped parole and evaded surrender for over 40 years, obtaining government employment by deception — Apprehended by Special Task Force — Punishment of forfeiting remission and denying parole and furlough for three years imposed after show cause notice — Held, parole is not an absolute right — No violation of natural j India Law Library Docid # 2451266
(674) KANDHULA KARUNA AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND ANOTHER[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 480 and 483 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 69, 108 and 3(5) — Regular bail — Rejection of — Offences involving sexual assault under false promise of marriage and provocation to commit suicide — Specific overt acts attributed to petitioners (accused Nos. 2 and 3) in remand report and witness statements — Main accused absconding — Application to record victim's statement under Section 183 of BNSS pending consideration — Investigation India Law Library Docid # 2451267
(675) KRISHNA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES LTD. Vs. THE TELANGANA STATE CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 2019 — Medical Negligence — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 45 — Expert Evidence — Competency of medical expert — Complainants alleged negligence in neurosurgical treatment and examined an Anesthesiologist with only a diploma in anesthesia as an expert witness — Petitioner hospital sought independent opinion from a government neurosurgeon — Held, an expert witness must belong to the recognized field of expertise and be qualified in the specific medical discipline — An anest India Law Library Docid # 2451268
(676) SOUTHERN POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY OF TELANGANA LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. M/S OYSTER MEDISAFE PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026 Electricity Act, 2003 — General Terms and Conditions of Supply, Clause 5.9.1.2 — Sanction vs Release of Enhanced Load — Mandatory Preconditions — Restriction and Control (R&C) Measures — Jurisdiction of Vidyut Ombudsman — Consumer was sanctioned additional load prior to imposition of R&C measures, but executed the HT Agreement and secured the CEIG Energisation Certificate only after restrictions took effect — Held, mere sanction does not entitle release of load absent compliance with mandatory p India Law Library Docid # 2451269
(677) V. BRAMHANANDA REDDY Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Information Technology Act, 2000 — Sections 66-C and 66-D — Anticipatory bail — Cyber fraud and money laundering — Petitioner allegedly procured and supplied current bank accounts to Chinese operators for routing crime proceeds on commission — Plea of innocence and parity with co-accused rejected — Discretionary relief of anticipatory bail cannot be granted mechanically — Genuine investigative necessity and custodial interrogation were req India Law Library Docid # 2451270
(678) MOHAMMED ABDUL ASLAM Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA AND ANOTHER[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 368 — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 329 — Mental condition of accused — Reference for medical examination — Trial Court dismissed petitioner's application to refer him to a Government Hospital to ascertain mental illness on the ground that no medical certificate proved his present incapacity to defend himself — Held, whether an accused suffers from mental illness or is fit to defend himself must be certified by medical experts — Whe India Law Library Docid # 2451271
(679) SAMEEM BEGUM AND OTHERS Vs. K. VENKAT SWAMY AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166(1)(c) — Claim for compensation — Maintainability of claim by legal representatives — Expression "legal representative" includes major children irrespective of complete financial dependency — Liability to pay compensation does not cease due to absence of dependency — Legal representatives entitled to maintain claim petition and seek compensation under conventional heads. India Law Library Docid # 2449020
(680) PAVHARI PRASAD KUSHVAHA @ PAHWARI PRASAD Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 324 — Medical Evidence — Non-examination of medical officers — Tender of injury reports through advocate's clerk — Effect — Conviction under Section 324 requires proof of weapon/means used to cause hurt — Advocate's clerk proved only the existence of injury reports, not their contents — Defence denied opportunity to cross-examine doctors on nature of injuries — Medical India Law Library Docid # 2449271