(121) RAJENDRA PRASAD Vs. STATE OF GOA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-08-2026 Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Grant of bail — Claim of parity and prolonged incarceration — Petitioner facing trial for murder under Sections 342, 302, 201 read with Section 120-B, IPC — Application for bail on ground of parity with co-accused who were granted bail, as well as prolonged incarceration of nearly three years — Held — Parity is not a mechanical mathematical formula and must be assessed based on the specific role attributed to each accused in the factual matrix — Pr India Law Library Docid # 2449437
(122) BHUVAN KUMAR @ BHUWAN KUMAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF HP AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120B — Quashing of FIR based on compromise — Offences involving forgery of public regulatory documents — FIR registered for alleged forgery of No Objection Certificates (NOCs) purportedly issued by the Fire Department and Pollution Control Board — Amicable settlement arrived India Law Library Docid # 2449440
(123) YASH PAL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 528 [corresponding to Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973] — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) — Sections 121(1) and 115(2) — Quashing of FIR based on compromise — Offence of voluntarily causing hurt and obstructing public servant/person — Scuffle between bus conductor and car occupants over parking dispute leading to India Law Library Docid # 2449441
(124) STATE OF H.P. Vs. PARKASH CHAND[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 325 — Voluntarily causing grievous hurt — Appeal against acquittal — Allegation of assault with a stick resulting in fracture of proximal phalanx of the big toe — Evaluation of evidence — Strained relationship between parties — Informant claimed to have been rescued by accused’s wife, whereas alleged eye-witness contradicted this assertion — Eye-witness was a close India Law Library Docid # 2449442
(125) SMT. KIRAN AND OTHERS Vs. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, JODHPUR AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Municipal Allotment — Promissory Estoppel — Non-delivery of possession — Petitioners deposited full consideration and received lease deeds for commercial plots, but municipal corporation failed to hand over physical possession for years due to alleged encroachments — Held, municipal authorities are bound by principles of fair play and promissory estoppel, and cannot drive citizens to avoidable litigation — Respondent-Corporation is duty-bound to hand o India Law Library Docid # 2449546
(126) RAMCHANDRA PIDWA Vs. CHAMPALAL NAGAL AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rules 1 & 2, Order 40 — Temporary Injunction vs. Appointment of Receiver — Management of Registered Private Society — Distinction between jurisdictions — Trial Court appointed an administrative officer to manage society and dispossessed existing elected office-bearer during suit pendency — Held, power under Order 39 is for preserving status quo, whereas appointing a third party to control property or management falls under Order 40 — A court cannot ind India Law Library Docid # 2449572
(127) PATEL JOSHNABEN PRAVINKUMAR PATEL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 306 & 114 — Abetment of suicide — Quashing of FIR — Essential ingredients of abetment — FIR registered against in-laws under Sections 306/114 IPC following the suicide of the deceased husband — Allegations in FIR and suicide note centered on marital dispute, wife leaving matrimonial home, and initiation of criminal/maintenance proceedings by wife — Held, to sustain an FIR for abetment of suicide, the essential ingredients under India Law Library Docid # 2449636
(128) ANDE VEERA VENATA SATYANARAYANA AND OTHERS Vs. THE GOVERNMENT OF A P AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Societies Act, 1964 — Section 32(7)(a)(i) — Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Societies Rules, 1964 — Rule 23-AAA(5) — Appointment of person-in-charge — Requirement of notice — Principles of natural justice — Resignation of majority members of Managing Committee resulted in lack of quorum — Deputy Registrar appointed person-in-charge without prior notice — Full Bench held that appointment under Section 32(7)(a)(i) read with Rule 23-AAA(5) addresses governance vacuum and is India Law Library Docid # 2449832
(129) SAYED SABEERA Vs. SYED HANEEF AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of Plaint — Pre-trial amendment — Suit for perpetual injunction — Application to add relief of declaration — Plaintiff sought amendment after defendants filed written statement pointing out dismissal of earlier suit (O.S. No. 104 of 2008) regarding same subject property — Plaintiff was well aware of previous litigation prior to instituting present suit — Held, pre-trial amendment cannot be allowed to overcome legal bars or nullify ea India Law Library Docid # 2449799
(130) SUKANTI BILAR SING AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ of Habeas Corpus — Unlawful detention as prerequisite — Missing or absconding person — Maintainability — Petitioners sought production of Accused No. 1 based on claims of unlawful police detention, alleging he was a crucial witness to establish the innocence of co-accused — Respondents asserted Accused No. 1 was absconding and evading arrest — Held, unlawful detention is sine qua non for issuing a writ of habeas corpus — A writ of habeas corpus is India Law Library Docid # 2449810
(131) BHUPATI ASSOCIATES Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987 — Section 43(10) — Application for deletion or alteration of endowed property — Maintainability by third party — Section 43(10) of the Act authorizes only the trustee or a person authorized by the trust to report alterations, omissions, or additions regarding endowed properties — The statutory provision does not entitle a third party claiming private ownership to file an application before the Commissioner or Ass India Law Library Docid # 2449821
(132) GULMMOHAMMED ROSHANALI LAKHANI Vs. MOHAMMED AMIN M. SHAFI QURESHI[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Bombay High Court (Original Side) Rules, 1980 — Rule 401 — Probate procedure — Maintainability of caveat filed post-grant order — An order was passed directing issuance of probate upon completion of formalities and general citation — The caveator filed a caveat after the order, arguing non-service of personal citation — Held, Rule 401 applies where personal citation is served on a party — Once an order directing the grant of probate is passed after completing legal formalities, a caveat cannot b India Law Library Docid # 2450187
(133) SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA Vs. YOGESH BABULAL MEHTA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Right to Information Act, 2005 — Sections 2(f), 2(j) and 6 — Information held by or under control of public authority — Obligation to collect information from third party — Respondent applied for information under RTI Act requiring SEBI to obtain information from BSE — Central Information Commission directed SEBI to collect and provide information — Held, a public authority is obligated to disclose only such information as is existing and held by or under its control at the time request is made India Law Library Docid # 2450188
(134) OM PARKASH Vs. SMT. SHANTI ALIAS SHANTRA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Criminal Law — Rash and negligent driving — Proof — Drivers facing criminal trial — Police investigated the accident and challaned drivers of both the offending truck and bus under Sections 279 and 304A IPC — Held, where the driver of an offending vehicle is challaned by the police and faces criminal trial for causing an accident due to rash and negligent driving, it is safe to presume that the accident occurred due to rash and negligent driving on their India Law Library Docid # 2450223
(135) HARPINDER KAUR Vs. SHAMSHER SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 24 — Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13 — Transfer of divorce petition — Matrimonial dispute — Wife residing at her parental home at Karnal along with minor son without any independent source of income — Wife previously initiated proceedings under Domestic Violence Act and Section 125 Cr.P.C. at Karnal — Husband filed petition for divorce at Patiala — Held, transfer application allowed — In view of wife's circumstances and pendency of other matrimoni India Law Library Docid # 2450224
(136) UNION OF INDIA Vs. INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD.[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Railways Act, 1989 — Sections 65(2), 93 and 97 — Carriage of goods — Goods booked with qualified remarks ("Said to contain" / SWA) and at owner's risk — Statutory burden — Where weight is not verified by authorized railway staff, burden of proving loaded weight lies on consignor or consignee under Section 65(2) — Section 97 excludes general liability under Section 93 — Liability can be fastened upon Railway Administration for goods carried at owner's risk only upon affirmative proof of negligenc India Law Library Docid # 2450225
(137) MUDRAKSH INVESTFIN PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. DEPUTY COLLECTOR AND COMPETENT AUTHORITY (NATIONAL SPOT EXCHANGE LIMITED) AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Judicial Propriety — Proceedings initiated pursuant to Supreme Court directions under Article 142 — High Court declining interference — E-auction of attached property was initiated pursuant to orders passed by the Supreme Court Committee constituted under Article 142 of the Constitution — Petitioner challenged auction claiming prior mortgage rights — High Court held that judicial propriety demands it should not embark upon examining the legality of auc India Law Library Docid # 2450226
(138) M/S.SADA ANAND DEVELOPERS Vs. SHREE BALAJI REALTY[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 14(d) — Specific Performance of Contract — Determinable nature of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) — Respondent filed suit for specific performance of MOU for purchase of Transferable Development Rights (TDR) — Appellant terminated MOU due to inability to procure Development Rights Certificate (DRC) within agreed timeline — MOU explicitly provided for cancellation mechanisms, security cheque deposits, and unconditional refund with interest under Clauses 4A an India Law Library Docid # 2450185
(139) VEENA SUMBRIA AND ANOTHER Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 18-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 498-A and 109 — Quashing of FIR — Compromise in matrimonial dispute — Petitioners challenged FIR alleging offences under Sections 498-A/109 IPC registered due to marital discord — Complainant wife and husband entered into an amicable settlement and supported quashing of proceedings — Official respondents raised no serious objection — Held, offences were India Law Library Docid # 2450288
(140) J&K GRAMEEN BANK AND OTHERS Vs. RACHHPAL SINGH[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 18-08-2026 Service Law — Misconduct — Bank Employees — Exceeding Delegated Financial Limits — Respondent, a Senior Manager, sanctioned loans in violation of bank guidelines and exceeded delegated authority — Held, acting beyond delegated powers by itself constitutes serious misconduct in banking institutions — Absence of pecuniary loss, lack of ulterior motive or mens rea, or subsequent profitability of the branch does not absolve the delinquent employee — Higher standards of honesty, integrity, and adhere India Law Library Docid # 2450289