(841) SATISH KUMAR PANDAY AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Selection and Appointment — Verification of Educational Credentials — Standard of Proof — Bihar Technical Service Commission disqualified candidates for the post of Junior Engineer (Civil) due to doubtful Diploma certificates issued by a private university — Verification revealed serious discrepancies in serial numbers, signatures, seals, and admissions India Law Library Docid # 2449287
(842) NAND KISHORE SHARMA & ANOTHER Vs. NIRMALA DEVI & OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 168 & Section 173 — Driving Licence — Offending Heavy Goods Vehicle (HMV) driven without valid endorsement — Interrogatories and verification certificate issued by Licensing Authority confirming that endorsement for driving HMV was made after date of accident — Driver was not holding valid and effective driving licence at time of accident — Offending vehicle India Law Library Docid # 2449454
(843) HARMEET KAUR ALIAS BIBI Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 164 and 165 — Scope of preventive jurisdiction — Attachment of property and appointment of Receiver — Dispute over Gurudwara management led to violent clashes, entry attempts with weapons, and registration of cross FIRs — Revisional Court affirmed Executive Magistrate's order attaching property and appointing Receiver — Held, jurisdiction under Sections 164 and 165 is preventive, aimed at averting imminent threat to public order and breach of p India Law Library Docid # 2449573
(844) PRIYANSHU SAXENA AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 480, 483 and 47 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2024 — Sections 318(4), 316(2) r/w 61(2) — Financial scams — Application for grant of regular bail — Petitioners (A7 and A8), directors of M/s. Indi Konnect Ventures Pvt. Ltd., arrested for alleged multi-level marketing, money circulation, and fraudulent inducement — Contentions raised regarding non-compliance with mandatory provisions of Section 47 of BNSS, furnishing grounds of arrest in English inst India Law Library Docid # 2450103
(845) CHIKKUDU JAGAN Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA AND ANOTHER[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 109, 126(2), 353 and 3(5) — Application for anticipatory bail — Accused No. 2 alleged to have assaulted victim with stones and iron rod due to village road repair dispute — Petitioner claimed false implication, no specific overt act, and willingness to cooperate with investigation — High Court held that jurisdiction to grant anticipatory bail is discretionary and judicious, requiring balancing indiv India Law Library Docid # 2450104
(846) ZAFAR Vs. STATE OF UP AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Criminal Law — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 304/34, 323/34, 336/34 and 504 — Appeal against acquittal — Shifting of place of occurrence — Prosecution presented inconsistent locations regarding the place of occurrence and where the body of the deceased was found across different stages of investigation and witness testimonies — Held, in a case based on direct evidence, establishing the exact place of occurrence is a crucial burden on the prosecution — Failure to conclusively prove the place India Law Library Docid # 2450822
(847) CHHAJJU RAM Vs. BABU SINGH[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 52 — Doctrine of Lis Pendens — Involuntary Alienations and Court Sales — Application — Suit for specific performance of agreement to sell was instituted prior to court auction of suit property in execution of a money decree against original owner — Held, doctrine of lis pendens applies to involuntary alienations including judicial sales — Auction purchaser pendente lite acquires property subject to outcome of pending suit — Transferee's lack of notice or India Law Library Docid # 2450823
(848) VED PATI TRIPATHI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P. THRU SECRETARY SECONDARY EDUCATION AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 12-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Claim for payment of salary from State Exchequer — Mandamus — Requirement of valid appointment — Long continuance in service — Petitioner sought direction for payment of regular salary — Foundational appointment not proved to be legally valid and lacked approval from competent university — Held, mandamus for payment of salary from public funds cannot be issued merely on actual continuance or long discharge of duties unless the appointment strictly conf India Law Library Docid # 2450824
(849) SMT. PUSHPA DEVI Vs. STATE OF U.P THRU. PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. REVENUE CIVIL SECRT. LKO. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 12-08-2026 Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 — Sections 10(3) and 10(4) — Statutory vesting of surplus land — Transfer of excess vacant land — Validity of sale deed — Land declared surplus and vested in State under Section 10(3) — Sale deed executed subsequent to notification — Held, Section 10(4) explicitly prohibits transfer by sale, mortgage, gift, lease or otherwise after publication of notification — Any transfer made in contravention of Section 10(4) is null and void ab initio, conferring India Law Library Docid # 2450825
(850) NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. SRI GOVIND LAL AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 and Section 173 — Claim for compensation — Commercial vehicle carrying goods — Liability of insurer towards passenger — Deceased was travelling in a Tata Sumo commercial vehicle which met with an accident resulting in her death — Insurance company contended that deceased was a gratuitous passenger as the vehicle was carrying goods — Held, insurance certificate described vehicle as a "Passengers Carrying Commercial Vehicle" with seating capacity of nine and India Law Library Docid # 2450692
(851) MANJULABEN WD/O TENTABHAI BHURABHAI BARIYA-EXPIRED AND OTHERS Vs. MI SURATI BADGE NMO 13362 AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Claim for enhancement of compensation — Notional monthly income — Documentary evidence — Claimants produced business account statements and revenue records indicating deceased was engaged in business and agricultural activities — Tribunal erred in assessing income at Rs. 3,000/- per month — High Court reassessed income at Rs. 4,500/- per month — Deceased aged 50 years at time of accident — Addition of 10% added towards future prospects and 1/4th deducted for personal e India Law Library Docid # 2450458
(852) NATRAJ RICE MILL PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Banking Law — Fraud Classification — Compliance with RBI Master Directions — Principles of Natural Justice — Petitioner challenged the order classifying its account as fraud based on a forensic audit report — Held, the respondent bank provided a copy of the forensic audit report along with a show cause notice, granting the petitioner adequate opportunity to respond — Petitioner submitted a reply but failed to produce supporting documents or demonstrate any error in the audit report — Bank acted India Law Library Docid # 2450665
(853) ADARSH PARASRAMKA AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 406 and 420 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 316 and 318 — Criminal Breach of Trust and Cheating — Co-existence on same set of facts — Offences are independent, distinct, and mutually exclusive — Criminal breach of trust requires initial lawful entrustment without initial criminal intent, while cheating requires fraudulent or dishonest intent right from inception — Both offences cannot co-exist on a single set of facts unless there is a mixed bag of fa India Law Library Docid # 2450668
(854) MAMTA DEVI Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 — Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 — Section 23(1) — Teacher Eligibility Test (TET/HTET) — Extension of validity — NCTE, as the designated academic authority under parliamentary enactments, issued a notification extending TET certificate validity to lifetime with retrospective effect from 11.02.2011 — State Government issued executive instructions making lifetime validity prospective — Field of teacher education standar India Law Library Docid # 2450240
(855) VIKRAM SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 115(2), 118 and 3(5) — Grant of regular bail — Assault causing injuries — Petitioner in custody for over eight months — Investigation complete with no pending recoveries — Grievous injury not on vital body part — Trial yet to commence — No risk of tampering with evidence or evading trial — Regular bail granted subject to conditions. India Law Library Docid # 2450241
(856) RAMPHOOL Vs. PRESIDING OFFICER, INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL-CUM-LABOUR COURT-II, GURGAON AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 25-F — Illegal termination — Reinstatement vs Monetary Compensation — Reinstatement is not an automatic consequence of procedural non-compliance or violation of Section 25-F — Factors like nature of appointment, length of service, post availability, and lapse of time must be evaluated — Where a workman renders service for a short duration, monetary compensation in lieu of reinstatement ordinarily meets the ends of justice — Finding of Labour Court granting India Law Library Docid # 2450242
(857) ANKUSH RAO Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Penal Code/BNS — Murder — Regular bail — Fatal injury attributed to petitioner — Petitioner sought regular bail in FIR involving murder charges under BNS, 2023 — Complainant's supplementary statement and weapon recovery attributed specific fatal wooden blow on the head of deceased to petitioner — State opposed bail citing apprehension of witness tampering as key witness was unexamined — Court held that considering the specific fatal role as India Law Library Docid # 2450243
(858) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. GANPATRAM SON OF AMRAJI VISHNOI (DHAYAL) AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 42, 50 and 57 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Search and Seizure — Mandatory provisions — Non-compliance — Police intercepted accused on motorcycle and seized 500 grams of opium — No entry made in station diary or logbook prior to departure — Investigating agency failed to inform accused of his statutory right under Section 50 in a language understood by him — Superior officer not reported about arrest and sei India Law Library Docid # 2450438
(859) PARBATBHAI KARUBHAI GOHIL Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 306, 323, 330 and 114 — Quashing of FIR — Abetment of suicide — Accused police constable interrogated and allegedly beat deceased during investigation into a theft complaint — Deceased committed suicide — High Court examined parameters under Bhajan Lal — Allegations in FIR, even if accepted at face value, failed to satisfy essential ingredients of abetment under Section 306 IPC — Absence of specific overt acts India Law Library Docid # 2450442
(860) NARESHBHAI VASTIMAL SONI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 12-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 498A, 323, and 114 — Matrimonial dispute — Quashing of FIR — Vague and omnibus allegations against in-laws — The complainant alleged mental harassment and instigation against her father-in-law, mother-in-law, and brother-in-law — Evidence established that the complainant and her husband resided separately from the applicants years prior to the alleged incident — Allegations lacked specific overt acts or distin India Law Library Docid # 2450444