(161) PATEL PRAHLADBHAI REVABHAI AND OTHERS Vs. PATEL REVABHAI VIRCHANDBHAI AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 11-03-2026 Mamlatdar Courts' Act, 1906 — Section 5(2) — Dispute over right of way — Concurrent findings of revenue authorities based on spot inspection, documentary evidence, and DILR report — No error of law or jurisdiction found — Interference in writ jurisdiction not warranted. India Law Library Docid # 2440900
(162) STATE OF GUJARAT Vs. CHAUHAN BHARATSINH KESHRISINH AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 11-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against acquittal — Appellate court's powers — Appellate court has full power to review, re-appreciate, and reconsider evidence in an acquittal appeal, and can reach its own conclusions on facts and law — However, courts should give proper weight to the trial court's view, especially regarding witness credibility, the presumption of innocence, and the benefit of doubt — India Law Library Docid # 2440901
(163) MANJULABEN GABABHAI @ GANPATBHAI SARDARSINH PARMAR AND OTHERS Vs. PRADIPSINH KANAIYASINH AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 11-03-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Vehicle Accident Claim — Compensation — Appeal against judgment and award of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Claimants aggrieved by lower quantum of compensation awarded — Deceased was driving a heavy goods vehicle, which requires skill — Tribunal erred in determining income based on minimum wages, ignoring the skilled nature of the job — India Law Library Docid # 2440902
(164) STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS Vs. VITTHALBHAI MADHAVLAL PATEL[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 11-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 & Order 22 Rule 4 — Legal Heirs — Delay in substitution of deceased respondent — Court condoned the delay in filing the application for substitution of legal heirs of the deceased respondent and set aside the abatement, permitting the applicants to bring the legal India Law Library Docid # 2440934
(165) CHAUDHARY PRAKESHBHAI NATHABHAI Vs. NEW INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 11-03-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 147 — Liability of Insurance Company for self-negligence of driver — When owner of a vehicle pays additional premium to cover the risk of a paid driver and conductor, the insurance company's liability is enlarged to cover claims irrespective of the driver's self-negligence — The insurance India Law Library Docid # 2440935
(166) STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS Vs. VITTHALBHAI MADHAVLAL PATEL[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 11-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 31 — Powers and duties of a first appellate court — The appellate court must reflect its application of mind and record findings supported by reasons on all issues; while reversing a trial court's finding, it must provide reasons for disagreeing with the trial court's reasoning. India Law Library Docid # 2440936
(167) REHMATULLAH NAIK Vs. U.T OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 11-03-2026 Jammu and Kashmir Migrant Immovable Property (Preservation, Protection and Restraint on Distress Sales) Act, 1997 — Section 7(b) — Appeal against eviction order — Requirement to surrender possession — Held, proviso (b) of Section 7, requiring surrender of possession as a condition for appeal, when interpreted strictly as physical possession, would render the appellate remedy harsh and unworkable, India Law Library Docid # 2441014
(168) UT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND OTHERS Vs. SURINDER KUMAR[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 11-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Jurisdiction — Equitable Jurisdiction — A party seeking equitable relief must approach the court with clean hands — If a petitioner is found to have misled the court or suppressed material facts, their writ petition may be dismissed, even if it has merits. India Law Library Docid # 2441015
(169) M/S NATIONAL ENGINEERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 11-03-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 31(7)(a) — Award of Interest — Even if the contract agreement is silent on interest, an arbitrator has the power to award interest, including pendente lite (during the proceedings) and future interest, to compensate a party for being deprived of the use of money. India Law Library Docid # 2441016
(170) SHRIRAM GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. ROMESH CHANDER AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 11-03-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Insurer's Liability for Gratuitous Passengers — The insurer is generally not liable to pay compensation for injuries sustained by gratuitous passengers — However, the evidence recorded before the Tribunal holds more weight than the contents of an FIR if there is a contradiction. India Law Library Docid # 2441017
(171) UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND OTHERS Vs. NAZIR HUSSAIN[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 11-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 311 — Protection against dismissal, removal, or reduction in rank — Not applicable to an appointment obtained by fraud or forged documents — Such an appointment is void ab initio — Dismissal in such cases is cancellation of a void appointment and requires compliance with principles of natural justice, not a full departmental inquiry. India Law Library Docid # 2441026
(172) ROBERT GRAGERY D’SOUZA Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 11-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 167(2) — Right to statutory bail — Petitioner sought default bail on the ground that the charge-sheet was not filed within 60 days — Magistrate rejected the application, holding that Section 409 of the Penal Code, which carries a punishment of life imprisonment or up to ten years, applied, making the detention period 90 days — High Court examined the applicability of Section 409 IPC — India Law Library Docid # 2441125
(173) TEXMACO RAIL AND ENGINEERING LIMITED Vs. M.P. POWER GENERATING COMPANY LTD.[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 11-03-2026 Madhya Pradesh Madhyastham Adhikaran Adhiniyam, 1983 — Section 19 — Revision against arbitral award — Scope of interference is limited — Award can be set aside only if perverse, arbitrary, contrary to contract or law — Court should not substitute its own view for the Tribunal's if findings are based on evidence and contract interpretation. India Law Library Docid # 2441177
(174) STATE OF M.P. AND OTHERS Vs. DIN DAYAL AGRAWAL[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 11-03-2026 Arbitration Act, 1940 — Reference to Arbitration Tribunal — Award passed by Tribunal — Challenged by way of Civil Revision — Provisions of Section 19 of M.P — Madhyastham Adhikaran Adhiniyam, 1983 applicable — Revision under Section 19 is against award passed by Arbitration Tribunal — High Court can interfere if award suffers India Law Library Docid # 2441180
(175) RAM SWAROOP AND OTHERS Vs. HARIMOHAN SINGH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 11-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rule 2A — Breach of Temporary Injunction — Respondents consciously sold property despite a temporary injunction order, and some attempted to evade notice, demonstrating a blatant disregard for court orders — Their defense of being bona fide purchasers or unaware of the injunction was rejected. India Law Library Docid # 2441181
(176) YOGESH KUMAR KUSHWAH Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 11-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Petition — Quashing of advertisement — Selection procedure for Office Assistant (Data Entry Operator) — Advertisement issued by Additional Collector, Shivpuri on 26.09.2014 prescribing minimum 60% marks in graduation and not making graduation in science subject compulsory, contrary to circular dated 14.07.2011 — Circular dated 14.07.2011 India Law Library Docid # 2441182
(177) ADITYA KULSHRESHTHA Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 11-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14 — Violation of Right to Equality — Discrimination — Petitioner claimed discrimination as similarly situated candidates were appointed to a higher post while he was offered a lower post due to alleged mischief by a clerk — This situation was found to be identical to a precedent where the Apex Court India Law Library Docid # 2441183
(178) LOKENDRA SINGH RATHORE AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 11-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Allegations against husband's relatives must be specific and not general or omnibus — Implicating relatives in matrimonial disputes without prima facie case amounts to misuse of law process — Supreme Court judgments emphasize need for specific allegations to prevent abuse of process — General and vague allegations against close relatives of husband do India Law Library Docid # 2441192
(179) VARUN PRATAP SINGH Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 11-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 375 and 90 — Consent obtained by false promise of marriage — For consent to be vitiated by a false promise of marriage, it must be established that the promise was false from the outset, made in bad faith, and with no intention of being fulfilled — The false promise must have been directly relevant and the primary reason for the woman's decision to engage in the sexual act — A mere breach of a promise to marry, or a promise made in good faith but not subsequentl India Law Library Docid # 2441193
(180) DR. PAVAN KUMAR AGARWAL Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 11-03-2026 Administrative Law — Selection and Appointment — Educational Qualifications — The question of whether a clarification issued by AICTE in 2020 applies to a selection process that began in 2010 needs to be examined by the competent authority. India Law Library Docid # 2441245