(581) BHURA SINGH Vs. BALBIR SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 118 — Presumption of Consideration — When execution of a pronote and receipt is proven, there is a statutory presumption of consideration — The burden shifts to the defendant to rebut this presumption with cogent evidence — Simple denial is insufficient to rebut this presumption. India Law Library Docid # 2443982
(582) SHABBIR FIDAHUSAIN KACHWALA AND ANOTHER Vs. PURUSHOTTAM CHALVAYYA SHETTY[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Tenancy Law — Eviction of tenant — Grounds for eviction — Nuisance and annoyance — Landlords sought eviction of tenant operating a lodge on grounds of nuisance and annoyance, bonafide requirement, and arrears of rent — Trial Court and Appellate Court dismissed the suit, finding no merit in any of the grounds — High Court found that while the grounds of bonafide requirement and arrears of rent did not India Law Library Docid # 2444170
(583) JAI PAL Vs. STATE OF H.P[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 397, 401 — Revisional jurisdiction — Scope of — Revisional court is not an appellate court and can only rectify patent defects, errors of jurisdiction or law — Cannot re-appreciate evidence and come to its own conclusions in absence of perversity — Interference is warranted only if the order is grossly erroneous, there is non-compliance with law, finding is India Law Library Docid # 2444190
(584) ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. SMT. REENA AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal against award — Insurance Company appealing award of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Appeal mainly on ground that Tribunal wrongly fastened liability on Insurance Company due to no reliable evidence on income of deceased, wrong multiplier, and incorrect deduction India Law Library Docid # 2444191
(585) CHANDER JOT SINGH Vs. DHARAM SINGH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of Pleadings — Once trial has commenced, amendment is allowed only if due diligence is proven — Plaintiff sought to amend plaint after trial and judgment in appeal stage, alleging counsel's oversight — Trial commenced in 2011, application filed after 11 India Law Library Docid # 2444192
(586) THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS Vs. RANJAN KUMAR AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-05-2026 Police Manual, Jharkhand, Rule 828 read with Appendix 49 — Procedure for imposition of major penalties — Respondent No — 1 was provided with charge memorandum, relevant materials, afforded adequate defence opportunity, participated in enquiry, received enquiry report, and submitted representation, satisfying procedural fairness. India Law Library Docid # 2443375
(587) SANJAY SINGH Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 34 — Common intention — Requires proof of pre-arranged plan or prior meeting of minds, which must be clearly discernible from the material on record — Mere presence at the scene of offence without proof of participation or shared intention is insufficient to sustain conviction with the aid of India Law Library Docid # 2443376
(588) MANJULA AND OTHERS Vs. D.A. SRINIVAS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(a) and (d) — Rejection of plaint — Suit for declaration of ownership based on a Will — Trial Court rejected plaint on grounds of no cause of action and bar under Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988 (Benami Act) — High Court reversed this order, restoring suit for adjudication on merits — Supreme Court affirmed High Court's decision, holding that the plaint disclosed a cause India Law Library Docid # 2443377
(589) INDIAN RAILWAYS Vs. WEST BENGAL STATE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-05-2026 Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 14, Third Proviso — Deemed Distribution Licensee (DDL) — Indian Railways sought to be declared a DDL — Court held that mere operation and maintenance of a distribution system is not sufficient for being a DDL; it must also supply electricity to consumers — Indian Railways' internal network for its own consumption doesn't qualify as a distribution system or India Law Library Docid # 2443378
(590) ANAND NARAYAN SHUKLA Vs. JAGAT DHARI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 08-05-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 28 — Rescission of contract for failure to pay purchase money within time limit prescribed by decree — Court's discretion to extend time or rescind — Dismissal of appeal for non-prosecution does not result in merger of trial court decree — Permitting deposit of balance amount does not extinguish India Law Library Docid # 2443379
(591) RAMESHBHAI NATHUBHAI CHAUDHARY Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Gujarat Cooperative Societies Act, 1961 — Section 74(1A)(ii) — Eligibility for Director/Chairman — Petition challenging appointment of Respondent No — 4 as Director and Chairman of Respondent No — 3 Bank — Petitioner argued Respondent No — 4 was not elected, thus ineligible — Court found Respondent No — 4 was duly elected through a proper election process, and there was no statutory bar against a India Law Library Docid # 2443381
(592) UMESHBHAI MAHASHANKARBHAI PUROHIT Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 306 and 107 — Abetment of suicide — To attract Section 306, the accused must have a clear mens rea to instigate the deceased to commit suicide — The act of instigation must be of such intensity that it pushes the deceased to a point where they have no choice but to commit suicide — Such instigation must occur in close proximity to the act of suicide. India Law Library Docid # 2443382
(593) BHARATBHAI MAGJIBHAI PATEL AND OTHERS Vs. CHUNILAL MERVANBHAI PATEL AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — First Appeal — Scope of Appellate Court — The first appellate court has a very wide jurisdiction, similar to the trial court, and must re-examine all factual and legal aspects of the case, appreciating the entire evidence to arrive at an independent conclusion, providing reasoned India Law Library Docid # 2443383
(594) A.K.MOITRA Vs. B.A.S.F. INDIA LTD. AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — Appeals filed against the judgment and decree of the Trial Court — First Appeals were preferred by the respective defendants challenging the Judgment and Decree dated 30.06.2006 passed by the learned Principal Civil Judge, Valsad — The appeals were decided by a Common Judgment. India Law Library Docid # 2443384
(595) SANJAY SHAMRAO BHOR Vs. PUNE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 226 & 227 — Writ Petition challenging termination of services — Labour Court's award set aside — Termination unsustainable as it occurred during subsistence of an interim order and without fulfilling prescribed conditions — Reinstatement directed with continuity of service India Law Library Docid # 2444169
(596) ANSHUKA BHANDARI AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-05-2026 Civil Services Examination — Recomputation of results — High Court directed recomputation of preliminary examination results in previous writ petitions by deleting a question, accepting another answer as correct, and treating a third answer also as correct — The selecting body must comply with these directions. India Law Library Docid # 2446835
(597) STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS Vs. MAHADAPPA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 08-05-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 4 and Compensation — Determination of market value of acquired land — Reliance on sale exemplar executed approximately two months prior to the Section 4 notification — Deduction of 40% towards development costs for acquired land due to its NA potentiality and commercial aspects, considering it India Law Library Docid # 2446940
(598) DELHI ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION Vs. TATA POWER DELHI DISTRIBUTION LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2026 Electricity Act, 2003 — Sections 61(d), 62, 125 — Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for Determination of Generation Tariff) Regulations, 2011 — Regulations 4.1, 6.30, 6.31, 6.32 — Tariff determination — Balancing consumer interests and cost recovery — Power Plant — Capital cost recovery through depreciation limited by operational India Law Library Docid # 2443663
(599) ELECON ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED Vs. BHARTIYA RAIL BIJLEE COMPANY LIMITED AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6) — Non-signatories to Arbitration Clause — Entitled to invoke if veritable party — Collaborator, through DJU and subsequent actions, was a veritable party to the arbitration agreement within the main contract. India Law Library Docid # 2443310
(600) SEETHAMMA W/O LATE SATHYAPPA Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-05-2026 Karnataka Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prohibition of Transfer of Certain Lands) Act, 1978 — Section 4 — Null and Void Transfers — Any transfer of granted land without prior government permission is void India Law Library Docid # 2443311