(701) ADINO MARBOH Vs. THE STATE OF MEGHALAYA AND ANOTHER[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 9 and 10 — Bail Application — Betrayal of trust — Completion of investigation and filing of charge sheet does not automatically entitle an accused to bail — Accused, trusted as a grandfatherly figure by minor inmates of a children's home, was implicated in sexually assaulting and molesting vulnerable children — Statements of victim and witnesses established a prima facie case — Court held that despite completion of investigation, g India Law Library Docid # 2450616
(702) SANDHYA BANERJEE (NEE MUKHERJEE) AND OTHERS Vs. THE CHAIRMAN, LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Maintainability of Writ Petition — Objection at Belated Stage — Joint Writ Petition — Challenge to "Purification off" status of LIC policies — Objection regarding maintainability on grounds of separate causes of action and non-exhaustion of alternative remedy cannot be entertained at the stage of final hearing when no such objection was raised at the initial stage and the respondents had agreed during proceedings to process the claims upon submission of documents — Objection on maintainability r India Law Library Docid # 2450630
(703) NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. DIPA SINGH AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor accident claim — Status of victim as 'Khalasi' — Liability of insurer — Insurance Company raised a plea at appellate stage that victim working as 'Khalasi' was not covered under policy and charge-sheet termed victim a passenger — Rejection of plea — Held, to deny liability for specific categories of persons, necessary pleadings must be made and evidence adduced before trial court — Non-mention of 'Khalasi' in charge-sheet is not fatal as passenger i India Law Library Docid # 2450634
(704) BHAVESHBHAI CHAMPAKLAL MEHTA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 406, 420, 465, 468, 471, 120B and 114 — Quashing of FIR — Lease of land for petrol pump — Civil dispute given criminal colour — Inherent power under Section 482 can be exercised to quash criminal proceedings where the dispute is predominantly of a civil nature and uncontroverted allegations fail to establish the essential ingredients of the alleged offences — Criminal machinery cannot be permitted to degenerat India Law Library Docid # 2450453
(705) MITESH VAJUBHAI PANCHAL Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 118, 138 and 139 — Dishonour of cheque — Statutory presumption — Proof of debt — Accused admitted signature on dishonoured cheques issued towards loan repayment — Held, once execution of cheque and signature are admitted, mandatory presumptions under Sections 118 and 139 arise that cheque was drawn for consideration and in discharge of legally enforceable debt — Onus shifts to accused to rebut presumption with cogent evidence — Discrepancies in loan am India Law Library Docid # 2450455
(706) PALA JAYSHRIBEN DHIRAJLAL AND OTHERS Vs. NURUDIN SALMANJI GANDHI[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Gujarat Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 — Section 29(2) — Scope of Revisional Jurisdiction — High Court's power to interfere with findings of Appellate Court — Held, revisional jurisdiction under the Rent Act cannot be equated with appellate power to re-appreciate evidence — Findings of fact recorded by the First Appellate Court cannot be disturbed merely because another view is possible — High Court can interfere only if findings are perverse, grossly erroneous, based on India Law Library Docid # 2450457
(707) CHHOTEY AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 392 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 9 — Robbery — Test Identification Parade — Unexplained delay — Evidentiary value — Incident occurred at night — Test identification parade conducted after several months of incident and arrest without explanation — Accused not named in FIR nor any distinctive physical features disclosed prior — Test identification evidence is not substantive evidence and unexplained delay dilutes its evidentiary value — Possibility of accused being sh India Law Library Docid # 2450795
(708) POORAN Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 14-08-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 118 — Penal Code, 1860 — Section 376 — Rape of minor child — Competency of child witness — Duty of trial court to conduct preliminary examination to assess intellectual capacity and ability to give rational answers — Absence of tutoring — Held, conviction can be based on the testimony of a reliable child witness — Testimony of child victim found trustworthy, rational, and free from tutoring, which was further corroborated by medical and forensic evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2450796
(709) DEEPAK SINGH @ T. DEEPAK SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 109, 324(4), 329(4) read with Section 190 — Anticipatory bail — Consideration principles — Court must balance personal liberty of the accused against fair investigation requirements — Key parameters include gravity of allegations, specific role of accused, risk of absconding or tampering with evidence, and necessity of custodial interrogation — Precedent recognizes that anticipatory bail depends on India Law Library Docid # 2450141
(710) SUKHJIT SINGH @MINTU Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 21-B, 29 and 37 — Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Regular bail — Recovery of non-commercial quantity — Petitioner nominated via co-accused disclosure statement was arrested with 70 grams of Heroin — Recovery being non-commercial quantity, rigors of Section 37 NDPS Act were not attracted — Petitioner in custody for nearly eight months — Investigation complete and no further recovery required — Trial unlikely t India Law Library Docid # 2450233
(711) KARAMJIT SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 377 — Unnatural offence — Revision against conviction — Modification of sentence — Petitioner restricted plea solely to quantum of sentence without assailing conviction on merits — Perusal of impugned judgment revealed no perversity as evidence was appreciated in right perspective — Conviction under Section 377 IPC upheld. India Law Library Docid # 2450234
(712) ASSET CARE AND RECONSTRUCTION ENTERPRISE LIMITED Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Section 14 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 226 and 227 — Delay in deciding Section 14 application — Failure of CJM to discharge statutory obligation — Secured creditor initiated enforcement proceedings post-default and filed Section 14 application — Application remained pending beyond statutory timeframe — Held, Chief Judicial Magistrate is required to pass order within 30 days, extend India Law Library Docid # 2450235
(713) HARINDER KAUR AND OTHERS Vs. HARBANS SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim Petition — Assessment of monthly income — Retrenched employee — Deceased was earning Rs.4,000/- per month before retrenchment from a state corporation — High Court had directed his re-employment in a Class-III/Class-IV post prior to his death in the accident — Tribunal erred in treating deceased as a daily wager and assessing his income at Rs.2,000/- per month — Held, deceased could not be treated as a daily wager — Applying reasonable guesswork, mo India Law Library Docid # 2450236
(714) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. PRAVINSING GHUDUBHA DARBAR AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 147, 148, 149, 302 and 34 — Bombay Police Act — Section 135 — Appeal against acquittal — Conflict between ocular and medical evidence — Allegation that accused assaulted deceased with knives and sticks — Medical evidence and postmortem report revealed no incised or puncture wounds on body — Discrepancies regarding time of death and last meal — Ocular version completely contradicted by medical findings — Prosecution failed to prove charges beyond reasonable doubt India Law Library Docid # 2450434
(715) M/S SHREE BALAJI MARBLE AND TILES AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 National Food Security Act, 2013 — Sections 22 and 24 — Targeted Public Distribution System (Control) Order, 2015 — Clauses 2(g) and 7(1) — Lifting foodgrains — Authorized agency — Private contractors — Composite tender permitting private entities to lift foodgrains from Food Corporation of India godowns held impermissible — Express statutory framework mandates that lifting from designated central depots must strictly be executed through an authorized agency, defined exclusively as a State Depar India Law Library Docid # 2450541
(716) MANOJ KUMAR SAHU Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498-A and 506 — Quashing of second FIR — Maintainability — Respondent lodged a second FIR alleging matrimonial cruelty after an earlier FIR at Guwahati regarding the same relationship and sequence of events was investigated and closed via Final Report — Held, a second FIR in respect of the same transaction or occurrence is not maintainable — Introducing additional allegations relating to the same period does not const India Law Library Docid # 2450548
(717) SANJOY KUMARA SAHA AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 27 — Information received from accused leading to discovery — Admissibility requirements — Alleged recovery of deceased's mobile phone — Discrepancies in prosecution evidence regarding place of recovery — No disclosure statement recorded in writing by police — Witnesses failed to depose exact words uttered by accused leading to recovery — Held, Section 27 requires information given by accused in custody to be recorded or exact words adduced in evidence — Failure to p India Law Library Docid # 2450561
(718) DEBESH GOSWAMI Vs. STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 & 147 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Compounding of offence after finality of conviction — Inherent powers of High Court — Petitioner convicted under Section 138 NI Act, affirmed in appeal and revision — Parties subsequently reached a voluntary full and final settlement — Held, Section 147 NI Act contains a non-obstante clause overriding procedural laws — Offence under Section 138 NI Act can be compounded at any stage, ev India Law Library Docid # 2450569
(719) SHRI LAKHYAJYOTI TAMULI Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 33(5) and Section 2(d) — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 348 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 311 — Recall of victim for cross-examination — Applicability of statutory bar when victim attains majority — Victim was 21 years old at the time of deposition and 25 years at the time of recall application — As victim was no longer a child under Section 2(d), statutory restriction under Section 33(5) again India Law Library Docid # 2450570
(720) OFB TECH PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. REAN WATERTECH PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Sections 17 and 37 — Scope of Revisional Jurisdiction — High Court's supervisory power under Article 227 against orders passed under Section 37 of the Arbitration Act must be exercised with extreme circumspection and restraint. Judicial interference is limited strictly to orders suffering from a patent lack of inherent jurisdiction, manifest perversity, or exceptional rarity. The revisional court cannot correct India Law Library Docid # 2450646