(81) SHEKHAR SHANKAR JOSHI Vs. ANITA ARUN BHAVE[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 20-08-2026 Hindu Law — Joint Family Property — Coparcenary Property — Oral Relinquishment — Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 9 — Registration Act, 1908 — Section 17 — A coparcener can validly relinquish or abandon his/her share or interest in ancestral/joint family property orally without executing a written or registered instrument — There is no statutory requirement under the Transfer of Property Act or Registration Act mandating a written deed for mere extinguishment of interest in joint family India Law Library Docid # 2450178
(82) SAI INNOVATION Vs. JOINT DISTRICT REGISTRAR AND COLLECTOR OF STAMPS AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 20-08-2026 Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958 — Sections 47(c)(5) and 48(1) Proviso — Refund of stamp duty — Registered Development Agreement — Failure of intended purpose — Extended period of limitation — Substantive right to seek refund arises under Section 47 when an instrument fails to achieve its intended purpose — Section 48 provides limitation — Development Agreement where stamp duty is calculated as per Article 25 of Schedule I is at par with an instrument of conveyance for applying the proviso to Section India Law Library Docid # 2450179
(83) OM VITHAL COOPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LIMITED Vs. TRILOGY INFRA PRIVATE LIMITED[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 20-08-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 9 — Redevelopment of Housing Society — Developer vs. Society Rights — Injunction against termination — Developer failed to obtain timely approvals, complete construction, and pay monthly rent to society members despite time extension — Held, developer's commercial interest in earning profits through redevelopment contracts is subservient to the right of society members to have safe and reconstructed homes — Pending arbitration, project cannot be k India Law Library Docid # 2450180
(84) MOHD. ASGAR @ TOLA Vs. UT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 20-08-2026 Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 — Section 8(1)(a) — Preventive detention — Maintenance of public order — Distinction between "law and order" and "public order" — Detaining authority relied on eight FIRs registered over twenty years — Most cases resulted in acquittal, clearance during investigation, or related to private family disputes — None of the alleged acts disturbed the even tempo of community life — Law and order issues or private disputes cannot be equated with public order — P India Law Library Docid # 2450287
(85) STATE (NOW UT) OF J&K Vs. SHOWKET HUSSAIN AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 20-08-2026 Ranbir Penal Code, 1989 — Sections 366, 376 and 109 — Abduction and Rape — Appeal against acquittal — Prosecution alleged that prosecutrix was abducted from market, forcibly transported to Rajouri, and subjected to rape in a hotel — High Court noted serious discrepancies and contradictions in prosecutrix's testimony and evidence on record — Delay of two days in lodging FIR remained unexplained — Absence of independent witnesses to alleged abduction — Findings of Trial Court acquitting accused he India Law Library Docid # 2450306
(86) MS. X Vs. U.T. OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 20-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 — Section 3 — Reproductive choice and bodily integrity — Major victim of sexual assault carrying 20-week pregnancy sought termination — Anguish caused by pregnancy resulting from rape is statutorily presumed to cause grave injury to mental health — Medical Board opined petitioner was physically and mentally fit for the procedure — Held, reproductive choice is an integral facet of personal liberty under Article India Law Library Docid # 2450307
(87) CHAIRMAN, LAKES AND WATERWAYS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (LAWDA), SRINAGAR AND OTHERS Vs. GHULAM NABI KRAIPAK AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 20-08-2026 Jammu and Kashmir Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1997 — Section 43 — Jammu and Kashmir Limitation Act — Section 14 — Limitation for arbitral claim — Exclusion of time — Respondent bona fide pursued writ petition and intra-court appeal before filing civil suit where reference to arbitration was made — Benefit of Section 14 of Limitation Act is applicable to arbitration proceedings — Furthermore, where appellants voluntarily applied for reference to arbitration in civil suit, they are precluded India Law Library Docid # 2450308
(88) KARNAIL SINGH Vs. RAHUL SINGH SAMBYAL[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 20-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 and Section 197 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 504 and 506 — Prosecution of public servant — Requirement of prior sanction — Petitioner, an investigating police officer, was accused in a private complaint of abusing and threatening an advocate during a telephonic conversation concerning an ongoing investigation — Magistrate took cognizance without prior sanction — Held, the alleged acts were intrinsically connected to the official duties o India Law Library Docid # 2450309
(89) AYOOB HUSSAIN AND ANOTHER Vs. TAHASILDAR AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 20-08-2026 Kerala Land Utilisation Order, 1967 — Clause 6 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Missing administrative files — Binding nature of judicial directions — Predecessor filed application under Clause 6 KLU Order — High Court in earlier writ petition issued positive direction to grant permission based on report of Agricultural Officer — Favorable reports were submitted — State pleaded that consequential order was dispatched but file was missing and record of whether application was allowed India Law Library Docid # 2450333
(90) M/S TVS MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED Vs. COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE, CHENNAI-III[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2026 Finance Act, 1994 — Section 65 (105) (zzb) — Business Auxiliary Service (BAS) — Taxability of referral charges — Referral charges obtained by automobile dealer from banks/financial institutions and insurance companies for promoting and marketing their loan and insurance products to vehicle buyers constitute taxable "Business Auxiliary Service" — Assessee acts as a link in the economic activity of India Law Library Docid # 2449432
(91) PRAMOD KUMAR SHUKLA Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 156(3) & Section 154 — Rejection of Section 156(3) application — Effect on subsequent registration of FIR — Rejection of an application under Section 156(3) Cr.PC does not operate as res judicata or create a legal bar against the subsequent registration of an FIR or continuation of criminal proceedings on same or similar allegations — Order under India Law Library Docid # 2449433
(92) AFIKMIYA AHMEDMIYA MALEK AND OTHER Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7, 12, 13(1)(d), and 20 — Demand and acceptance of illegal gratification — Requisites for drawing statutory presumption — Appellants (A1: Talati-cum-Mantri; A2: Peon) were convicted for demanding and accepting bribe for issuing an Income Certificate — High Court upheld conviction drawing statutory presumption under Section 20 — Validity — Held, statutory presumption under Section 20 of the 1988 Act can be drawn only after the initial demand of bribe India Law Library Docid # 2449434
(93) REENA Vs. THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, KARNATAKA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166, 168 & 173 — Contributory Negligence & Evidentiary Value of Police Records — Reversal of MACT Order by High Court — In a head-on collision between a light motor vehicle (Santro car) and a heavy passenger bus (KSRTC), the High Court apportioned 50% contributory negligence to the driver of the Santro car based solely on a topographical scene sketchq India Law Library Docid # 2449435
(94) SINGAPOGU BABU RAO AND OTHERS Vs. SPECIAL DEPUTY COLLECTOR (LAND ACQUISITION) AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-08-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 29, 30, and 31 — Apportionment of Compensation and Reference to Civil Court — Nature of Enjoyment Survey vs. Legal Title — Dispute as to entitlement over compensation cannot be conclusively determined by an enjoyment survey — Land Acquisition Officer referred title and apportionment disputes to the Civil Court under Sections 30 and 31 — Pending writ India Law Library Docid # 2449436
(95) THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS Vs. TARKESHWAR PRASAD SINGH AND ANOTHER[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 19-08-2026 Service Law — Recovery of Excess Payment — Retired Employee — Jharkhand Pension Rules, 2000 — Rule 43(b) — Excess salary paid over 36 years to a retired Class-III employee cannot be recovered post-superannuation, following the principles laid down in Rafiq Masih. Recovery from pension is permissible only upon a clear finding of grave misconduct recorded in a departmental or judicial proceeding under Rule 43(b). Allegations of fraud without formal inquiry findings cannot deprive an employee of sa India Law Library Docid # 2449486
(96) NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. ZUBAIDA KHATOON AND ANOTHER[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 19-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Insurance liability — Burden of proof — Insurer claimed vehicle was uninsured and policy photocopy produced by claimant was forged — Held, a mere denial in the written statement without leading evidence or summoning records is insufficient to dislodge the claimant's document — Burden of proving facts that exclude insurer's liability or establish forgery rests solely on the insurer — Having failed to discharge this burden before the Tribunal, the insurer cannot avoid li India Law Library Docid # 2449495
(97) PAWAN KEJRIWAL @ PAWAN KR. KEJRIWAL AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND ANOTHER[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 19-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 323 and 506 — Quashing of order taking cognizance — Allegations in complaint — Complainant alleged petitioners threatened him to adduce false evidence in a title suit and issued a legal notice demanding compensation — Magistrate took cognizance under Sections 323 and 506 IPC — Petitioners sought quashing of cognizance order on ground that allegations even if accepted in entirety do not disclose ingredients of India Law Library Docid # 2449537
(98) RAM PRASAD Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 19-08-2026 Urban Development — Rajasthan Urban Improvement Act, 1959 — Master Plan — Encroachments — Due process of law — Implementation of Master Plan is mandatory for planned urban growth in larger public interest and cannot be altered for individual benefit. However, the State cannot forcibly dispossess occupants or demolish properties without following procedural due process. Rights under Articles 21 and 300-A of the Constitution mandate providing proper notice and a fair opportunity of hearing prior t India Law Library Docid # 2449548
(99) NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD., Vs. ZUBAIDA KHATOON AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 19-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 140, 147, 163-A and 166 — Insurance Policy — Fake/forged insurance policy — Burden of proof — Fastening of liability — Primary onus lies upon insurer seeking to exclude its obligation to indemnify to establish necessary facts by leading cogent evidence — Insurer set up defense that vehicle was not covered under insurance and photocopy of policy produced by India Law Library Docid # 2449626
(100) JADA POLURAJU @ PANDU Vs. STATE OF AP[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 19-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302 — Murder — Circumstantial evidence — Solitary sleeping victim attacked with concrete stone on head — Witnesses present nearby heard victim's cry and immediately saw accused fleeing from the scene — Medical evidence confirmed death due to shock and hemorrhage resulting from severe head injuries and skull fractures — Prior quarrel between accused and deceased established motive — Chain of circumstantial evidence established complete link pointing solely to the India Law Library Docid # 2449788