(341) JATINDER SINGH Vs. NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD.[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 20-01-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Deficiency in Service — Insurance Claim — Repudiation — If accident occurs while vehicle is stationary and driver's actions are to mitigate further loss, the validity of the license and any alleged fake nature of the license become irrelevant to the claim under the policy. India Law Library Docid # 2438711
(342) SUDAM BHOWMIK Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 20-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 326 — Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapon or means — Conviction upheld — Ocular testimony of the injured victim corroborated by medical evidence regarding stab injuries, even if some inconsistencies were present in witness testimonies. India Law Library Docid # 2438726
(343) SK. MORSED ALI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 20-01-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 118 — Child witness — Preliminary examination — Duty of trial judge to ascertain capacity to depose and understand the duty to speak the truth — Questions put to minor witness must be recorded for appellate court's review. India Law Library Docid # 2438727
(344) ISLAM Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 20-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302/34 — Murder and Common Intention — Appeal against conviction and sentence of life imprisonment — Plea of FIR being ante-timed due to discrepancies in distance between incident site and police station, and Yamin being named as accused yet witnessing inquest — High Court found no force, citing trial court’s explanation for FIR dispatch time and practice of long India Law Library Docid # 2438762
(345) TEJVEER AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 20-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302/34 — Murder — Conviction based on circumstantial evidence — Hostile witnesses — The prosecution must establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt — Even when key witnesses turn hostile, a conviction can be sustained if the circumstantial evidence forms a complete chain excluding all other hypotheses of innocence. India Law Library Docid # 2438763
(346) UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. SONU KUMAR AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 20-01-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal against award of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Insurer's contentions: accident caused by claimant's sole negligence and Tribunal erred in not deducting medical expense reimbursement from compensation. India Law Library Docid # 2438764
(347) RAMESH CHANDRA SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 20-01-2026 Rules of Evidence — Departmental Enquiry — Judicial review — High Court's jurisdiction is supervisory, not appellate — Reappreciation of evidence is not permissible. India Law Library Docid # 2438765
(348) KRISHNA MOHAN TEWARI AND ANOTHER Vs. ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER JUDICIAL FAIZABAD AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 20-01-2026 Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 — Section 122B — Eviction from unauthorized occupation — If a person is in unauthorized occupation of land, they can be evicted through the procedure provided under Section 122B of the Act. India Law Library Docid # 2438766
(349) JANKI PRASAD AND OTHERS Vs. DISTT. REGISTRAR/ ADDL. DISTRICT MAGISTRATE (FINANCE AND REVENUE AMBEDKAR NAGAR AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (LUCKNOW BENCH)] 20-01-2026 Registration Act, 1908 — Sections 35, 72, 73, 74, 77 — Admitting signatures on a document does not automatically mean admitting execution of the document. A person may sign a blank paper which is later converted into a document, or sign without understanding its contents. Refusal to register a document when execution is denied, even if signatures are admitted, is legally sound. India Law Library Docid # 2438767
(350) PIYUSH VERMA Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 20-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 438 — Anticipatory Bail — Cancellation of — Allegation of violation of condition for full cooperation with trial — Accused sought exemption from personal attendance due to being out-of-station with spouse — Application was for exemption, not adjournment — Exemption from India Law Library Docid # 2438761
(351) SMT. CHHABI PODDER AND OTHERS Vs. SRI KRISHNA PODDER[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 20-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 115 — Revision — High Court's revisional jurisdiction is limited and does not permit correction of errors of fact or law made by subordinate courts, unless such errors relate to the jurisdiction of the court to try the dispute. Errors must concern the manner in which a decision is reached, not the decision itself. India Law Library Docid # 2438812
(352) KISHORE SAIKIA Vs. ASSAM PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 20-01-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Petition — Delay and Laches — Extraordinary writ jurisdiction is discretionary and ordinarily does not assist the tardy or indolent — Unexplained delay in filing writ petition, coupled with creation of third party rights and confirmation of appointments, may lead to declining relief — India Law Library Docid # 2438845
(353) SALEHA KHATUN Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 20-01-2026 Foreigners Act, 1946 — Section 9 — Onus of proof of not being a foreigner — In cases under the Act, the burden of proving that a person is not a foreigner lies on that person, notwithstanding anything in the Indian Evidence Act — This is because facts relating to birth, parentage, and citizenship are within the personal knowledge of the individual. India Law Library Docid # 2438846
(354) BERI MANOJ Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 161 and 164 — Statement of prosecutrix — Contradiction in statement recorded under Section 161 CrPC and Section 164 CrPC — Improvement of version after a considerable delay — Vague allegations without clear intention to cause alarm — Insufficient evidence for prosecution under Section 506 IPC. India Law Library Docid # 2438877
(355) PRAVIN SATYANARAYAN BATTULWAR AND OTHERS Vs. MEENA PRAVIN BATTULWAR AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 20-01-2026 Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 — Section 12 — Quashing of proceedings — Domestic relationship — Relationship in the nature of marriage — Essential ingredients to establish — Held, the couple must hold themselves out as akin to spouses, be of legal age to marry, qualified to enter into marriage, and have voluntarily co-habited for a significant period. India Law Library Docid # 2439006
(356) YUSUF KHAN Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 20-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail — Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) — Section 43D(5) — Prima facie case — Mere knowledge or discussion is not enough; meeting of minds is essential for conspiracy — Conspiracy can be inferred from circumstantial evidence — Court must consider materials as a whole, not piecemeal — Admissibility of documents at bail stage not to be questioned. India Law Library Docid # 2439007
(357) JAIRAM S. MULCHANDANI Vs. STANLEY DSOUZA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 20-01-2026 Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 — Section 24(b) — Agreement of licence in writing — Conclusive evidence — A registered leave and license agreement constitutes conclusive evidence of the facts stated within it, and no evidence contradicting these facts can be admitted. India Law Library Docid # 2439008
(358) M/S. MAVERICK DEVELOPER AND COLONIZERS PVT. LTD. Vs. PROJECT OFFICER[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-01-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 vs. MP Madhyastham Adhikaran Adhiniyam, 1983 — Applicability — Disputes arising from works contracts involving State Government or public undertakings are to be referred to the Tribunal established under the 1983 Act, not the 1996 Act. Previous Supreme Court judgments have affirmed the India Law Library Docid # 2439103
(359) KAMLA PATEL Vs. GOVIND BAHADUR[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-01-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 112 — Presumption of legitimacy of child born during marriage — Rebuttal by DNA test — DNA test can be ordered in cases of divorce petitions based on adultery, where there are sufficient pleadings of non-access, and no declaration is sought regarding illegitimacy of the child. India Law Library Docid # 2439104
(360) STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Vs. UMESH CHAUDHARY[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 354-ka(1)(i) — Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty — Appeal against acquittal — Delay in lodging FIR — Unexplained delay of four days in lodging FIR by prosecutrix, which was not explained by prosecution. India Law Library Docid # 2439105