(961) X1 Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[PATNA HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 — Section 74 — Prohibition of disclosure of identity of Child in Conflict with Law (CICL) — Revision petition inadvertently disclosed the identity of the petitioner — High Court observed that Section 74 statutorily mandates protection against disclosure of the identity of a juvenile in judicial and public proceedings — Court directed substitution of the petitioner's identity with "X1" in the cause title and ordered the Registry to ensu India Law Library Docid # 2451874
(962) AJAY KUMAR SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. BINOD PRATAP SINGH AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11(a) and (d) — Rejection of Plaint — Scope and inquiry — The power to reject a plaint at the threshold is a drastic remedy requiring strict adherence to statutory conditions. The court must solely examine the averments in the plaint read with relied-upon documents, presuming them to be true, without considering the defence or written statement. A plaint cannot be dissected or rejected in part; it must be rejected as a whole or not at all. If the p India Law Library Docid # 2451875
(963) ICICI LOMBARD GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. GAYATRI KUAR AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 149(2) — Breach of policy condition — Burden of proof — Insurer sought pay and recover direction alleging offending vehicle lacked a valid permit — Held, the onus of establishing fundamental breach of insurance policy conditions lies squarely on the insurer alleging it — General denial calling upon the owner to produce documents does not constitute specific pleading — Insurer failed to produce the insurance policy, led no evidence, and did not examine transport India Law Library Docid # 2451897
(964) MIHILAL MARANDI AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 323 — Voluntarily causing hurt — Assault and injury to vital part — Accused assembled at the informant's house following a dispute and assaulted the victim, causing head injuries — Direct involvement of the appellants was established through witness testimonies and duly corroborated by medical injury reports — Evidence on record proved the commission of the offence beyond reasonable doubt — Conviction of the appellants under Section 323 IPC upheld. India Law Library Docid # 2451898
(965) M/S ABHISHEK ENTERPRISES Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Scope of Writ Jurisdiction — Disputed questions of fact — Monetary claims — Contractual liability — Petitioner challenged eviction order and demand for canteen rent arrears, seeking adjustment of unpaid bills for food supplied to Collectorate offices — Respondents disputed the claims for lack of supporting work orders and verification — Held, adjudication of disputed monetary claims and verification of actual supplies require evidence to be led by part India Law Library Docid # 2451899
(966) ICICI LOMBARD GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. GAYATRI KUAR AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 149(2) and 66 — Breach of policy condition — Burden of proof — Insurer's plea for "pay and recover" on ground that offending vehicle lacked valid permit on date of accident — Burden lies squarely on insurer who alleges fundamental breach of policy conditions to specifically plead and prove the same with cogent evidence — Merely denying averments in written statement, calling upon insured to produce permit, or relying on a temporary permit produced by claimants India Law Library Docid # 2451900
(967) THE DEPOT MANAGER, APSRTC (NOW TSRTC), KARIMNAGAR DEPOT-1 AND ANOTHER Vs. G. MOHAN[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 10(1) — Limitation Act, 1963 — Applicability — Live dispute requirement — Doctrine of laches and acquiescence — Even though the Limitation Act does not apply to proceedings under the Industrial Disputes Act, the primary requirement for raising or referring a dispute is that the dispute must be live — A right not exercised for a long time becomes non-existent — Parties who sleep over their rights and acquiesce into an employer's actions cannot belatedly rai India Law Library Docid # 2451904
(968) SAI TEJA @ SAIRAJU Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Anticipatory bail — Governing principles — Jurisdiction under Section 482 BNSS balances the protection of individual liberty against the requirement of an effective and unhindered investigation — Relevant considerations include the nature and gravity of accusation, role attributed to the accused, risk of absconding or tampering, and genuine necessity for custodial interrogation — Court at this stage is not required to meticulously apprecia India Law Library Docid # 2451906
(969) ABHINAY KUMAR SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Public Interest Litigation — Abuse of Process — Private property dispute cloaked as PIL — Petitioner claimed to be the successor of a prominent Zamindari and Jagirdari Estate having proprietary rights over vast tracts of land — Petition filed as a PIL seeking a comprehensive land survey and record updates under the guise of forest and wildlife restoration — Held, the petition was a veiled attempt to recover lands and establish alleged personal rights o India Law Library Docid # 2451909
(970) RAJASTHAN STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION Vs. SUMER SINGH ALIAS BILLU AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Negligence — Bus hit a bicycle from behind while being driven on the katcha portion of the road — Driver of the offending bus was charge-sheeted under Sections 279, 337, and 338 of the Indian Penal Code — Version of claimant was duly corroborated by an injured pillion rider — No evidence led in rebuttal by the owner — Tribunal correctly arrived at the finding that the accident occurred solely due to the rash and negligent driving of the bus driver — Findi India Law Library Docid # 2451916
(971) MR.DARSHAN S., @ D. BOSS Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Sections 306, 307 and 482 — Tender of pardon to accomplice — Locus standi and scope of challenge by co-accused — Co-accused challenged the order granting pardon to an accomplice to turn approver — Held, an order granting pardon is subject to revision or inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C. — However, the co-accused does not have a right to challenge the order granting pardon on merits — The right of a co-accused to question the grant of pardon is strictly res India Law Library Docid # 2451918
(972) KARNATAKA POWER CORPORATION LIMITED Vs. SMT VANAJAKSHI L NAIK @ VANAJAKSHI MARUTI NAIK AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Service Law — Family Pension — Entitlement of subsequent wife — Pension scheme — Absence of restrictive qualification — Deceased employee's first wife had consciously relinquished all claims over his properties and pensionary benefits under a compromise decree passed under Order XXIII Rule 3 of CPC — Employer's pension scheme did not contain an express stipulation that family pension is admissible only to a legally wedded wife — No declaration was rendered by any competent court declaring respon India Law Library Docid # 2451921
(973) KARAN SINGH Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 319 — Power to summon additional accused — Nature and test — The power under Section 319 Cr.P.C. is extraordinary and discretionary, to be exercised sparingly where strong and cogent evidence emerges during trial — The test requires more than a prima facie case as established at the stage of framing charges, but falls short of satisfaction that the evidence, if unrebutted, would lead to conviction — The court can exercise this power based on examina India Law Library Docid # 2451923
(974) RAJ KUMAR MAHAJAN Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 528 — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) — Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 420, 465, 468 and 471 — Quashing of FIR on compromise — Inherent powers — Principles governing quashing in non-compoundable offences — Held, statutory provision of Section 528 BNSS is identical to Section 482 Cr.P.C., and established principles apply equally — Inherent powers can be invoked to quash proceedings based on compromise in India Law Library Docid # 2451934
(975) SUKHMINDER SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7, 13(1)(d) and 13(2) — Demand of illegal gratification is sine qua non — Mere recovery insufficient — Appellant was accused of demanding a bribe to furnish a loan application dispatch number — Documentary evidence proved that the loan case had already been processed and dispatched prior to the trap date, leaving no pending official work — Proof of demand was rendered doubtful due to lack of specific particulars and material contradictions — Mere rec India Law Library Docid # 2451938
(976) KAKA KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 37 — Constitution of India — Article 21 — Commercial quantity — Recovery of 1.2145 kg Tramadol — Delay in trial and prolonged incarceration — Rigors of Section 37 diluted — Petitioner incarcerated for over one year and nine months with none of the twenty-three cited prosecution witnesses examined — Delay not attributable to the accused — Right to a speedy trial is an integral part of fundamental right to life and liberty under Articl India Law Library Docid # 2451942
(977) MR. MOHAMMAD ASKAR Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 111 read with Section 3(5) — Arms Act, 1959 — Sections 3(1) and 25(1B)(a) — Regular bail — Principle of parity — Petitioner (Accused No. 1) and co-accused (Accused No. 2) were apprehended together in a vehicle, resulting in recovery of a firearm and live bullets — Charge sheet filed against both alleging similar roles — Co-accused with identical al India Law Library Docid # 2451945
(978) VIKRAMPAL @ VICKY Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 67 — Evidentiary value of disclosure statement of co-accused — Inadmissibility without corroboration — Petitioner nominated solely on the basis of a disclosure statement suffered by a co-accused from whom contraband was recovered — Held, disclosure statements recorded under Section 67 of the NDPS Act are inherently weak pieces of evidence and legally inadmissible unless corroborated by independent material — Such statements cannot fo India Law Library Docid # 2451946
(979) GURPIAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 109, 324(4), 115(2) and 3(5) — Anticipatory Bail — Prima facie case — Petitioner allegedly inflicted a kirpan blow on the victim's head — Petitioner claimed false implication, delay in lodging FIR, and absence of corresponding injury in the medical report — Held, disputed questions of fact and pleas of false implication are matters for trial and cannot be determined at the stage of anticipatory bail India Law Library Docid # 2451948
(980) SMT. PRIYANSHU MISHRA Vs. VINAY MISHRA[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 08-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125 — Compliance with Rajnesh v. Neha guidelines — Non-production of salary slip — Parties in maintenance proceedings must furnish complete Affidavits of Disclosure of Assets and Liabilities along with requisite documents including salary slips — Incomplete disclosures violate binding directions issued under Article 142 of the Constitution — Where a husband fails to produce salary slips despite undertakings and directions, the Court must draw an adv India Law Library Docid # 2451974