(461) SUPERSCAN IMAGING CENTRES Vs. LH OF NISHANTBHAI SURESHBHAI PATEL AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Employees Compensation Act, 1923 — Section 3(1) — Personal injury by accident — Murder as an accident versus murder simpliciter — Test of dominant intention — If the dominant intention of a felonious act is to kill a particular person, such killing constitutes murder simpliciter and falls outside the statute — Conversely, where the murder was not originally intended but was committed in furtherance or accomplishment of another felonious act, such as robbery or loot, it is an accidental murder — India Law Library Docid # 2452985
(462) SANT RAM SHARMA Vs. STATE OF H.P. AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Possession taken prior to acquisition — Damages / Use and occupation charges — State utilised appellant's land for road construction in 1990 without initiating acquisition proceedings, issuing Section 4 notification only in 2007 — Following established Supreme Court precedents, when a landowner is dispossessed prior to formal acquisition, they are entitled to compensation for the intervening period — Appellant held entitled to additional interest by way of damag India Law Library Docid # 2453050
(463) ABDUL HAMID AND OTHERS Vs. UT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 17-09-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, Svt. 2006 — Section 5(1)(d) read with Section 5(2) — Ranbir Penal Code, 1889 — Section 120-B — Quasi-judicial authority — Erroneous exercise of statutory power versus criminal misconduct — Distinction — Attestation of mutations by Settlement Officer during settlement operations — Investigating agency cannot substitute its interpretation of statutory provisions to criminalize an adjudicatory act — In absence of independent material indicating bribery, dishon India Law Library Docid # 2453057
(464) M/S JAI SUKRALA TRADING CO. Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 17-09-2026 Letters Patent Appeal — Clause 12 of Letters Patent — Maintainability — Meaning of "Judgment" — Interlocutory order — Single Judge modified interim order, permitting authorities to proceed with tender finalisation subject to the outcome of the writ petition, without conferring equity on the successful bidder — Held, a discretionary interlocutory order modifying interim relief, which keeps the petition alive and leaves substantive issues open without determining vital rights with finality, India Law Library Docid # 2453058
(465) SURJIT SINGH Vs. LAL SINGH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 and Section 372 — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of interference — Accused is presumed innocent until proven guilty, and an order of acquittal reinforces this presumption — When two reasonable views are possible on the evidence, the view favourable to the accused must prevail — An appellate court should not interfere with an acquittal unless the finding is impossible, perverse, wholly unsustainable, or manifestly illegal — Acquittal rec India Law Library Docid # 2453061
(466) MANGAT RAM Vs. STATE OF H.P. AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Pre-notification possession — Damages for use and occupation — Entitlement to additional interest — Possession of land was taken over by the State for road construction in 1990, whereas the notification under Section 4 was issued in 2007 after court intervention — Where a landowner is dispossessed prior to initiation of formal acquisition proceedings, they are entitled to damages for the deprivation of use and usufruct — In the interest of justice, additional i India Law Library Docid # 2453072
(467) SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, OPERATION CIRCLE, HIMACHAL PRADESH STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD LIMITED Vs. M/S SUNOXX INTERNATIONAL[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 126 and Section 127 — Unauthorized use of electricity — Mandatory requirement of inspection by Assessing Officer — Assessment initiated solely on audit report — Assessing Officer issued provisional and final assessment orders based solely on an audit party report without inspecting the consumer's premises or equipment — Held, proceedings under Section 126 must commence with an inspection of the premises by an Assessing Officer and a recorded finding of unaut India Law Library Docid # 2453073
(468) THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS Vs. MAYANK MRINAL AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — State as litigant — Parity with private litigants — Held, consideration for condonation of delay does not vary depending upon whether the applicant is the Government or a private party — Preferential indulgence can no longer be accorded to the State on grounds of bureaucratic complexity or administrative inertia — Procedural red-tapism and administrative lethargy cannot automatically constitute 'sufficient cause' under Section 5 — Public India Law Library Docid # 2453132
(469) BANSHMANI SINGH Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[PATNA HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 379, 427 and 447 — Quashing of cognizance order — Dispute over possession and title — Complaint alleged petitioner illegally entered agricultural land and excavated soil with a JCB machine causing loss — Petitioner claimed title and possession through a registered sale deed of 1968, whereas complainant claimed through an unregistered sale deed of 1954 — Held, the primary ingredient to constitute offences of cr India Law Library Docid # 2453138
(470) CICL, XXX (REAL NAME WITHHELD) Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 — Section 12 — Bail to child in conflict with law — Scope and applicability — Section 12 overrides the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and any other law — Grant of bail to a juvenile is a rule and refusal is an exception — Bail can be denied only on the three grounds stipulated in the proviso to Section 12(1) — Seriousness or heinous nature of alleged offence and age of juvenile are immaterial — Section 12 applies uniformly to all juv India Law Library Docid # 2453110
(471) ANSHUL CHOUDHARY Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 109(1), 351(2) and 352 — Quashing of FIR — Amicable settlement — Allegation of firearm injury to victim's palm during sudden altercation over canal water supply — Parties residing in same vicinity voluntarily settled dispute with intervention of village elders — Complainant and injured personally appeared before Court and affirmed lack of objection to quashing — When genesis of dispute is a sudden altercation wi India Law Library Docid # 2453177
(472) HEMU DAS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Right to Privacy — Right to be Forgotten — Informational privacy — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Masking of identity — Presumption of innocence requires that judicial determination of quashing, acquittal, or discharge be given full practical effect — Continued association of an individual's name with judicial records on public digital portals disproportionately impairs privacy, dignity, and reputation without serving any legitimate public interest India Law Library Docid # 2453178
(473) BHUVNESH KUMAR Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376 and 90 — Rape — Consensual relationship versus false promise of marriage — Misconception of fact — Relationship between adult parties spanning over several years — Victim voluntarily accompanied accused to hotels and cafes multiple times — A misconception of fact vitiating consent must be proximate in time to the occurrence and cannot extend across years — Prolonged relationship between mature adults raises a presumption of voluntary, consensual cohabitation India Law Library Docid # 2453179
(474) PRAKASH SINGH @ PRAMOD SINGH Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376 and Section 452 — Rape and house-trespass — Consensual relationship — Complainant, a married woman, had a relationship with the applicant for 6 to 7 years without lodging any complaint during that period — Complaint was initiated only after her husband caught them together on the rooftop at night — Statements of the complainant showed voluntary contact and interaction over years — Prolonged intimate relationship without protest supports the inference of conse India Law Library Docid # 2453180
(475) RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. AJMER SINGH AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 and Section 173 — Claim Petition — Proof of accident — Absence of FIR, post-mortem, or inquest report — Effect of — Appellant-insurer challenged the compensation award contending the accident was doubtful due to absence of an FIR, inquest report, and post-mortem, coupled with a police inquiry finding no accident occurred — Held, mere absence of an FIR, post-mortem, or inquest report does not prove fatal to a claim petition where prompt written intimation wa India Law Library Docid # 2453181
(476) UNITED INDIA INSURANCE Vs. SHAKUNTALA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 47 Rule 1 — Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Haryana Compassionate Assistance to the Dependants of Deceased Government Employees Rules, 2006 — Mistake apparent on face of record — Deduction of compassionate assistance — High Court held that financial assistance received by the deceased's widow under the 2006 Rules must be deducted after calculating the total compensation along with interest @9% per annum — Executing Court directed to make the dedu India Law Library Docid # 2453195
(477) GORA SINGH @SUKHPAL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 308, 323 and 34 — Attempt to commit culpable homicide and voluntarily causing hurt — Affirmation of conviction — Accused inflicted injuries on the victim using bricks after an altercation — Prosecution proved charges through reliable medical and eyewitness testimony — Appellants did not challenge the conviction on merits during hearing, restricting their prayer to the quantum of sentence — Trial court's well-reasoned findings convicting the appellants under Sect India Law Library Docid # 2453202
(478) SANJIV KUMAR SOOD @ SANJEEV KUMAR SOOD Vs. SUNDRAM SOOD[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 9 Rule 13 — Service of summons — Presumption of service — Postal endorsement — Distinction between "unclaimed" and "undelivered" — A presumption of service arising from a registered article sent to the correct address cannot survive when the postal record affirmatively establishes that the article was not delivered — While an article returned "unclaimed" or refused may give rise to a presumption of service, such presumption cannot be invoked where postal India Law Library Docid # 2453204
(479) RAJASTHAN STATE ROADWAYS CORPORATION Vs. RAMWATI AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Negligence and Contributory Negligence — Standard of proof — Collision between bus and scooter from behind — Offending vehicle driver entered a blanket denial claiming false implication without ever lodging any complaint or protest with authorities — Eyewitness testimony was duly corroborated by prompt registration of the FIR — Rejection of the plea of contributory negligence upheld, as the driver failed to establish any specific act of omission or commis India Law Library Docid # 2453216
(480) NIRMALA AND OTHERS Vs. DHARAMBIR @ DHARMI AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166 and 168 — Fatal accident — Assessment of income and compensation — Absence of strict documentary evidence is not a ground to discard oral testimony regarding income of a deceased employed in the unorganized sector — Minimum wage notifications serve merely as a yardstick and cannot form the sole determinant — Father is to be treated as financially dependent upon his deceased child — Future prospects of 40% added for deceased aged 30 years, 1/4th deducted to India Law Library Docid # 2453218