(101) NAMSANI RAJU Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 19-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Abetment of suicide — Anticipatory bail — Alleged non-return of money and vehicle — Deceased committed suicide by consuming pesticide due to financial distress — Held, mere failure to return money or property, without any specific overt or positive act demonstrating instigation, aiding, or compelling the deceased to commit suicide, does not prima facie constitute abetment — Material on record failed to disclose specific act of instigation India Law Library Docid # 2450126
(102) M/S NAWANSHAHR POWER PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. SUJINDER PAL SINGH ARORA, GENERAL MANAGER, NAWANSHAHR COOPERATIVE SUGAR MILL[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 19-08-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 17 & Section 27(5) — Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Section 12 — Non-compliance with interim order passed by Arbitral Tribunal — Maintainability of direct contempt petition before High Court — Petitioner filed a contempt petition under Section 12 of the 1971 Act alleging deliberate disobedience of an interim order passed under Section 17 of the 1996 Act by the Sole Arbitrator — Held, a direct contempt petition before the High Court is premature an India Law Library Docid # 2450219
(103) TRUHOME FINANCE LIMITED Vs. LD. CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE LUDHIANA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 19-08-2026 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Section 14 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 226 and 227 — Application for physical possession — Inaction by Magistrate — Financial Institution sought writ directions due to inaction by Chief Judicial Magistrate in deciding application under Section 14 pending beyond statutory timeframe — Account declared NPA after default and borrower failed to comply with Section 13(2) demand notice — India Law Library Docid # 2450220
(104) VIJAY KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. JAI SINGH AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 19-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 163-A — Fatal road accident — Compensation — Deceased sustained fatal injuries in an accident involving a motorcycle — Claimants filed petition under Section 163-A — Tribunal assessed monthly income at Rs. 3,000/- as per Second Schedule and awarded Rs. 5,00,000/- with interest at 9% per annum — Vehicle owner and driver held liable, and insurer ordered to indemnify — On appeal by claimants seeking enhancement, Tribunal's determination of compensation and liabili India Law Library Docid # 2450221
(105) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. LT COL DALJINDER SINGH (RETD.) AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 19-08-2026 Armed Forces Pension — Disability Pension — Presumption of attributability — Entitlement Rules for Casualty Pensionary Awards, 1982 — Respondent was medically fit at enrolment into military service but developed disability during service — Medical Board assessed disability at 30% for life but opined it was neither attributable to nor aggravated by service without cogent reasons — Held, under Rules 5 and 9, an individual fit at enrolment is presumed to have contracted the disability due to milita India Law Library Docid # 2450222
(106) PRADEEP LAXMIDAS THAKKER Vs. YOGESH JAGJIVANDAS SUCHAK AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 19-08-2026 Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 — Section 15(3) — Eviction on ground of default — Mandatory statutory deposit — Tenant filed application to deposit arrears within 90 days of summons but failed to deposit within the time granted by court — Belated second application filed without satisfactory explanation — Held, merely filing an application within 90 days does not protect tenant from eviction if statutory conditions under Section 15(3) are not strictly complied with — Tenant was in default of India Law Library Docid # 2450181
(107) ANUP VIKAL Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 19-08-2026 Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 — Section 18 read with Section 13(2) — Maintainability of Appeal — Threshold rejection by Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) — ICC informed complainant that allegations lacked a sexual element and refused inquiry — Issue whether such communication constitutes an appealable "recommendation" — Held, any decision by ICC ruling that a complaint lacks sexual element, even without formal inquiry under Section 11 India Law Library Docid # 2450182
(108) DR. ALKA KRISHNARAO CHOUGALE Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 19-08-2026 Service Law — Age of Superannuation — Appointment order stipulated retirement age as 62 years based on Government Resolution dated 5 March 2011 — Retrospective reduction of retirement age to 60 years relying on subsequent Government Resolution dated 12 July 2016 — Held, appointment condition fixing superannuation age created a vested right — Administrative authority cannot unilaterally reduce retirement age or alter service conditions retrospectively without prior notice — Premature retirement a India Law Library Docid # 2450183
(109) HAZEL MERCANTILE LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY BOARD OF INDIA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 19-08-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Sections 5(13)(e), 196(1)(c), 196(1)(t) and 240(2)(d) — IBBI (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations, 2016 — Regulations 31(ba) and 31A — Power of IBBI to levy regulatory fee — Validity of Regulation 31A — IBBI regulatory mandate is not restricted merely to regulating insolvency professionals, agencies, and information utilities — IBBI performs executive, quasi-judicial, and quasi-legislative functions governing the entire Corporat India Law Library Docid # 2450184
(110) BIJU Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 19-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 324 and 326 — Plea of Alibi — Standard of proof — Accused claimed he was admitted to hospital prior to the occurrence, relying on a discharge slip and testimony of an auto driver — Held, when a plea of alibi is raised as a defence, the accused must establish it with extreme certainty, excluding any hypothesis of presence at the place of occurrence — Mere probability does not suffice — Evidence showed the accused was taken to hospital only after the occurrence — India Law Library Docid # 2450313
(111) XXXXX Vs. XXXXX AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 19-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Scope of inherent jurisdiction — Inherent power is extraordinary in nature and must be exercised sparingly, cautiously, and only to prevent abuse of process or secure ends of justice — Quashing is warranted if allegations in FIS or complaint taken at face value disclose no offence — Court while exercising inherent jurisdiction cannot appreciate evidence India Law Library Docid # 2450344
(112) D.MANOHARAN AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 19-08-2026 Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 — Section 2(1)(d) — Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Cess Act, 1996 — Section 3 — Applicability of Cess Act to water supply projects — Contracts involving laying of pipelines, supply, erection, testing, and commissioning of water distribution systems — Definition of "building or other construction work" under Section 2(1)(d) specifically encompasses "water works" and "pipelines" India Law Library Docid # 2450350
(113) PRINCY N.V. Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 19-08-2026 Divorce Act, 1869 — Section 3(3) — Interpretation of Statutes — Rule against surplusage — Definition of "District Court" — Appellant-wife left matrimonial home due to domestic violence and resided at Wayanad, while marriage was solemnized and parties last resided together at Kasaragod — Family Court rejected divorce petition for lack of territorial jurisdiction — Held, interpreting the second limb of Section 3(3) ("husband and wife reside") as identical to the third limb ("last resided together" India Law Library Docid # 2450355
(114) O.T. ALEXANDER Vs. GENERAL SECRETARY, INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX LABOUR UNION (INTUC) AND ANOTHER[KERALA HIGH COURT] 19-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 226 and 227 — Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 2(s) — Maintainability of Writ Petition — Challenge to Preliminary Order — Preliminary issue on whether employee is a 'workman' — Management filed writ petition challenging preliminary order of Labour Court holding employee as a 'workman' — Held, writ petition challenging preliminary or interlocutory orders of Labour Court is not maintainable — High Court under Article 226 should not entertain challenges India Law Library Docid # 2450365
(115) O.T. ALEXANDER Vs. GENERAL SECRETARY, INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX LABOUR UNION (INTUC) AND ANOTHER[KERALA HIGH COURT] 19-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 226 and 227 — Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 2(s) — Writ Petition challenging Preliminary Order — Maintainability — Labour Court rejected Management's preliminary application challenging maintainability of reference on the ground that employee was not a "workman" — Management filed writ petition against the preliminary order — Held, a Writ Petition under Article 226/227 of the Constitution is not maintainable against a preliminary order passed by t India Law Library Docid # 2450367
(116) BAPPA BARAI AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-08-2026 Railway Protection Force Rules, 1987 — Rules 52 and 67 — Employment Notice — Attestation Form — Discharge from service — Non-disclosure and deliberate suppression of pending criminal antecedents during recruitment process — Appellants, candidates for the post of Constable in RPF/RPSF, suppressed details of pending criminal cases in their attestation forms — Orders of discharge passed after India Law Library Docid # 2449356
(117) M/S. UTKARSH ENTERPRISES AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-08-2026 Government Contracts and Tenders — Tender Conditions — Challenge to Eligibility Criteria — Delay and Laches — Public Procurement — Directorate of Education issued tenders for procurement of sports goods and gym equipment for government schools — Appellants challenged conditions relating to past performance, India Law Library Docid # 2449357
(118) GOPI @ SAHAYA PURUNA Vs. THE STATE, REP. BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-08-2026 Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 386(b) & 397/401 — Enhancement of sentence — Revisional jurisdiction vs. Appellate jurisdiction — Appellant challenged his conviction and life sentence before the High Court — High Court exercised suo motu revisional power and enhanced sentence to imprisonment for remainder of natural life — Held, in an appeal against conviction filed by the India Law Library Docid # 2449358
(119) 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
(120) HEMANT KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-08-2026 Service Law — Deputation and Absorption — Backdoor Entry — Political Interference — Four officers of the Development and Panchayat Department were transferred on deputation and subsequently absorbed into the Public Works Department (Building and Roads) as Assistant Engineers/Sub-Divisional Engineers — The Court found these deputations and absorptions were initiated on individual India Law Library Docid # 2449431