(161) GOVIND RAM AND OTHERS Vs. DILA RAM (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 62 — Limitation Act, 1963 — Article 61 — Usufructuary Mortgage — Right to redemption — In usufructuary mortgage, right to redemption continues until mortgage money is paid, for which there is no time limit, unless it is pleaded and proved that usufruct has extinguished the mortgage amount. India Law Library Docid # 2447163
(162) HARI SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER (APPEALS) AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Himachal Pradesh Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, 1972 — Section 104 and Rule 21 — Resumption of land — Application for resumption was filed within the extended period as the substitution of the rule was retrospective and intended to provide more time to landowners. India Law Library Docid # 2447164
(163) STATE OF H.P. Vs. DAVINDER KUMAR AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374 and 386 — Appeal against acquittal — High Court can interfere with an acquittal only if the judgment is perverse, based on misreading of evidence, or omits material evidence, and no reasonable person could arrive at the acquittal — If two reasonable views are possible, the appellate court should not interfere. India Law Library Docid # 2447165
(164) RAJ KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 37(1)(b) — Bail — Twin conditions — For granting bail in cases involving commercial quantity of contraband, court must record satisfaction that there are reasonable grounds to believe the accused is not guilty and is not likely to commit an offence while on bail. India Law Library Docid # 2447190
(165) KANCHAN RAHUL @ KANCHAN KAUR RAJPUT AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Service Law — Promotion — Eligibility — Assistant Veterinary Field Officers seeking admission to B.V.Sc. & A.H. course for promotion — Rules only prescribe eligibility for promotion, not a right to admission in a professional course — No obligation on State or University to reserve seats for departmental candidates — Admission governed by extant Admission Rules, not the older Recruitment Rules which India Law Library Docid # 2447191
(166) AMRUTABEN JAYESHSINH ZALA AND OTHERS Vs. SURESH RAMCHANDRA DHIMAN AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim Petition — Accident involving Innova car and Fortuner car due to a cow suddenly appearing on the road — Deceased sustained fatal injuries — Claimants filed petition for compensation — Tribunal partly allowed claim granting Rs. 14,10,000/- with interest — Appeal filed by claimants on the ground of quantum. India Law Library Docid # 2447192
(167) PUNAMBHAI JESINGBHAI VASAVA (PETITION DISPOSED AS NOT PRESSED QUA APPLICANT 1) AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Allegations against in-laws (petitioners 2 to 5) were vague and omnibus, lacking specific details or overt acts to substantiate the alleged offences of cruelty and harassment. India Law Library Docid # 2447193
(168) ADESH ENTERPRISE Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 148 and 148A — Reopening of assessment — Notice issued under Section 148 for AY 2015-2016 after 01.04.2021 under the old regime through TOLA — Such notice is invalid as it falls outside the period prescribed for completion under the relevant extended provisions and is time-barred according to India Law Library Docid # 2447194
(169) YASIN YUSUFBHAI BERUGARWALA Vs. BHUPENDRABHAI GOVINDBHAI PATEL THROUGH HIS POA HOLDER MR. MOHMMAD IRFAN MOHMMAD YASIN MACHISWALA[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 25-06-2026 Gujarat Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 – Sections 12(3)(a), 13(1)(a), 13(1)(b), 13(1)(k) and 29(2) – Eviction decree – Non-user, breach of tenancy and arrears of rent – Concurrent findings of fact by lower courts – High Court's revisional jurisdiction is limited to correcting errors of law or perversity, not re-appreciating India Law Library Docid # 2447195
(170) M/S. SBEIPL HP (JV) HAVING ITS REGISTERED ADDRESS SHASHTRI NAGAR PAL ROAD JODHPUR RAJASTHAN Vs. MADHYA PRADESH JAL NIGAM AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-06-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Public Procurement — Tender Process — Judicial Review — High Courts should exercise restraint and not interfere with contractual and commercial decisions of tendering authorities unless the process is vitiated by manifest arbitrariness, mala fides, bias, irrationality, or affects public interest. India Law Library Docid # 2447135
(171) SHANKAR DUTT Vs. UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-06-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 168 — Notional income of skilled worker — Carpenter — Assessment — The appellant, a carpenter aged 38 years, suffered amputation of his right leg below the knee in a road accident in November 2004 — The Claims Tribunal assessed his monthly income at Rs. 3,000/- and the High Court enhanced it to Rs. 5,000/- relying on minimum wages. Held — A carpenter is a India Law Library Docid # 2447132
(172) MAYANDI Vs. THE STATE OF TAMILNADU AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 24-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 41 — Permission for Cultural Programme — Permission for "Aadal Padal" programme in connection with temple festival requires consideration by police as per DGPs circulars, not outright refusal. India Law Library Docid # 2447410
(173) ISRAFIL @ PAPPU @ NAIMUDDIN KHAN Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-06-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 — Forgery and use of forged documents in judicial proceedings — Appeal confined to quantum of sentence, conviction upheld — Occurrence of offence in 2014, appellant facing proceedings for over a decade, no prior or subsequent criminal antecedents, forged document detected at early stage, no irreversible consequences — These factors warrant reconsideration India Law Library Docid # 2447125
(174) M. PARAMESH Vs. VRL LOGISTICS LTD. AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-06-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Compensation — Enhancement — High Court enhanced compensation, but calculation of future prospects and omission of certain awarded amounts were infirmities — Supreme Court addressed these infirmities. India Law Library Docid # 2447126
(175) THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. KALU RAM AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-06-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 and 140 — Compensation for death in motor vehicular accident — Negligence — Truck stationed on road at night without warning lights or indicators — Wagon-R car collided from behind — Held, truck driver was negligent in leaving the vehicle unattended on the road without adequate precautionary measures, which was the proximate cause of the accident. [Paras 4, 8, India Law Library Docid # 2447127
(176) MOHAMMED KHALEEL (D) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS Vs. JAYAMMA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-06-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 16(c) — "Readiness and Willingness" — Relief of specific performance is equitable and discretionary — Plaintiff must specifically aver and prove continuous readiness and willingness to perform obligations — Failure to do so disentitles plaintiff to relief — "Readiness" refers to financial capacity, "Willingness" to conduct and intention — Both cumulatively must India Law Library Docid # 2447128
(177) SARAFAT ALI (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS Vs. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CONSOLIDATION HARIDWAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-06-2026 Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 — Section 154 — Transfer of land in contravention of ceiling limit — Not void ipso facto — Capable of ratification — Legality of transfer to be judged by law on date of execution — Sale deed executed on 04.06.1957 — Ceiling limit then was 30 acres, subsequently amended to 12.5 acres retrospectively from 01.07.1952 — Transfer in contravention India Law Library Docid # 2447129
(178) SUNIL GANJHU @ MANGRA GANJHU Vs. UNION OF INDIA THROUGH NATIONAL INVESTIGATING AGENCY, NEW DELHI[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 23-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail Application — Terrorist Activities — Appellant alleged to be an overground worker providing logistical support and transportation for an attacking team of a banned terrorist organization, which resulted in the death of police personnel — The supplementary charge sheet does not indicate India Law Library Docid # 2447131
(179) SARANYA Vs. RENUKA[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 23-06-2026 Indian Succession Act, 1925 — Sections 232 and 276 — Letters of Administration with Will annexed — Grant of — Petitioner sought Letters of Administration with Will annexed as niece and beneficiary of the deceased's Will, no executor appointed — Respondent, sister of deceased, filed consent affidavit — Court granted the petition after verifying due execution and attestation of the Will, respondent's consent, and India Law Library Docid # 2447411
(180) THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU Vs. M/S HDFC BANK LTD.[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 23-06-2026 Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax Act, 1959 — Section 38 — Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal — Interpretation of "bullion" vs — "jewellery" — Gold coins engraved with Goddess Lakshmi are considered manufactured articles, not bullion. India Law Library Docid # 2447412