(421) 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
(422) 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
(423) 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
(424) 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
(425) 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
(426) 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
(427) 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
(428) 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
(429) 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
(430) 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
(431) 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
(432) 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
(433) JAGGA RAM AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Service Law — Pension and Retiral Benefits — Qualifying Service — Pre-regularization service — Petitioners were engaged on a part-time or daily-wage basis and served uninterruptedly for decades before regularization — State denied pensionary benefits citing Rule 3.17-A of the Punjab Civil Services Rules — Held, continuous service rendered on a part-time, temporary, or ad hoc basis prior to regularization must be reckoned as qualifying service for pension and other retiral benefits — The State, b India Law Library Docid # 2453220
(434) BHUNESHWARI DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 27 — Additional evidence at appellate stage — Principles and scope — Parties cannot produce additional evidence as of right, but the appellate court may admit documents if required to pronounce judgment or do substantial justice between parties — Reference claim was rejected by Tribunal for non-production of landlord's return — Identical documents were accepted in claims of similarly situated raiyats in the same Khata — Respondent-CCL had already India Law Library Docid # 2453273
(435) ANIL SINGH @ ANIL KUMAR SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND ANOTHER[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 279, 337 and 304-A — Rash and negligent driving causing death and hurt — Appreciation of evidence — Offending tanker dashed against a Maruti van coming from opposite direction, resulting in deaths of six persons and injuries to several passengers — Informant eye-witness and injured witnesses clearly established that the collision was caused due to rash and negligent driving of the petitioner — Identity of petitioner driving the vehicle not disputed — Concurrent India Law Library Docid # 2453274
(436) LALAN PRASAD SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND ANOTHER[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 3(1)(x) — Offence of intentional insult or intimidation — Bona fide discharge of official duty — Appellant, serving as a Halka Karmachari, declined to issue rent receipts to complainant on instructions from superior authorities due to a mistaken land settlement — Complainant alleged caste-based abuse upon such refusal — Held, the genesis of the dispute was administrative refusal in obedience to superior orders — India Law Library Docid # 2453275
(437) BAGESHWAR PANDEY Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 13(1)(e) and Section 13(2) — Disproportionate assets — Essential ingredients and shifting of burden of proof — To substantiate a charge of criminal misconduct under Section 13(1)(e), the prosecution must establish that the accused is a public servant, ascertain the nature and extent of assets found in his possession, identify his known sources of income, and objectively demonstrate that the assets are disproportionate to such income — Only after the p India Law Library Docid # 2453276
(438) SNEHA PANDIT AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND ANOTHER[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 126(2), 115(2), 352, 351(2) and 3(5) — Inherent power of High Court — Quashing of FIR based on compromise — Offence not heinous or involving mental depravity — Dispute purely personal with civil flavour — Parties executed a memorandum of settlement outside court and resolved all disputes amicably — Informant had no surviving grievance — High Court reiterated that inherent powers can be exercised to India Law Library Docid # 2453277
(439) ABHAYA JAYARAAMAN Vs. CHITRA[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 256(1) and Section 482 — Dishonour of cheque — Dismissal of complaint for non-appearance — Validity during operation of stay — Trial Court dismissed complaint and acquitted accused under Section 256(1) Cr.P.C. due to non-appearance of complainant — Interim stay of all further proceedings granted by High Court in quash petition was in force — Held, Trial Court could not proceed further while interim st India Law Library Docid # 2453291
(440) M/S.CHENNAI MOTORSS Vs. V.J.CHANDIRA GUPTA AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 17-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 7 Rule 11 — Rejection of plaint — Maintainability of suit for arrears of rent and damages — Landlord obtained eviction order from Rent Court and executed it — Landlord subsequently instituted a civil suit for recovery of arrears of rent and compensation for damages caused to the tenanted property — Tenant sought rejection of plaint alleging statutory bar — Held, reliefs claimed by landlord regarding arrears of rent and property damages are not covered und India Law Library Docid # 2453292