(461) JAYANT MANIKLAL LUNAWAT Vs. PUNE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 16-09-2026 Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporation Act, 1949 — Section 77 — Constitution of India — Article 300A — Surrender of land — Development Rights Certificates (DRCs) — Cancellation — Estoppel against Corporation — Petitioner surrendered land for a sewage treatment plant, and the Corporation issued possession receipts for 13,337 sq. mtrs, mutated revenue records, and issued 27 DRCs — Corporation subsequently cancelled 11 DRCs alleging lesser physical utilization within compound wall — Held, Corporat India Law Library Docid # 2452528
(462) THE ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. SHRI HARVANSH SINGH[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 16-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Driving Licence — Validity — Insurer's liability — Insurance company assailed the award on the ground that the driver lacked a valid driving licence as per the R.T.O. report — Perusal of the original report revealed that the licence was indeed issued by R.T.O., Bareilly, and subsequently renewed by R.T.O., Haldwani — Contention of the insurer held contrary to the record — Finding that the driver possessed a valid and effective driving licence affirmed. India Law Library Docid # 2452529
(463) STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS Vs. JYOTIKABEN W-O MOHANLAL CHUNILAL PRAJAPATI AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 16-09-2026 Law of Torts — Negligence — Fatal accident — Doctrine of Res Ipsa Loquitur — Duty of care — Deceased accompanied his brother to inspect scrap materials pursuant to a public auction tender — Dilapidated manual gantry crane under State control suddenly collapsed, causing fatal injuries — Contention that deceased was a trespasser rejected as he entered as an invitee under the bid process — Applying res ipsa loquitur, the unexplained collapse of the structure raised an unrebutted presumption of negl India Law Library Docid # 2452531
(464) SMT. AMITA IZARDAR AND ANOTHER Vs. SURENDERA KUMAR KURRE AND ANOTHER[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 16-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 1 Rule 10(2) and Section 114 — Constitution of India — Article 227 — Impleadment of necessary party — Principle of dominus litis — Suit for vacant possession against defendant — Defendant pleaded having transferred physical possession to a third party under an agreement to sell — Trial Court allowed impleadment of third party and rejected review — Held, the general rule that plaintiff is dominus litis is subject to Order 1 Rule 10(2) CPC — When a third pa India Law Library Docid # 2452532
(465) KAMAL UDDIN MAZUMDAR AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 16-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 148, 149 and 302 — Appreciation of evidence — Related and interested witnesses — Credibility — Accused convicted of murder based on testimonies of victim's wife, son, and sister-in-law — Held, being a close relative does not automatically make a witness interested or untrustworthy — Close relatives are generally reluctant to spare actual culprits and falsely implicate innocent persons — Though testimony of related witnesses requires cautious scrutiny and stricte India Law Library Docid # 2452533
(466) M/S NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. MAYA DEVI AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 16-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Breach of policy condition — Burden of proof — Driving licence — Pay and recover — Insurer seeking to avoid liability or claim a pay and recover direction must affirmatively establish a fundamental breach of policy conditions by cogent evidence. A mere allegation or the testimony of an investigator who never saw the driving licence is insufficient. Failure to examine licensing officials, produce licence register extracts, or obtain verification reports leaves the plea India Law Library Docid # 2452534
(467) THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER Vs. SHRI.S C BURMAN AND ANOTHER[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 16-09-2026 Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964 — Section 136(3) — Revisional jurisdiction — Revenue entries vs Title — Absence of grant records — Respondent claimed title via 1986 sale deed tracing to an alleged 1965 grant — Original grant records unavailable and Darkhast Register showed rejection — Single Judge upheld dropping of revisional proceedings citing long lapse of time — Held: Mutation entries cannot confer title when vendor's title is unestablished. A purchaser cannot acquire better title than the India Law Library Docid # 2452535
(468) MAMIDISETTI NAGENDRA VARMA ALIAS CHANDU Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 16-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 480 and 483 — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 8(c) and 20(b)(ii)(B) — Regular Bail — Non-commercial quantity — Parity — Petitioner was arrested for possessing and transporting 2.00 kg of Ganja — Held, the contraband seized was not a commercial quantity and substantial investigation regarding petitioner's role was completed — Petitioner had a permanent residence, reducing risk of absconding — Co-accused were previ India Law Library Docid # 2452537
(469) GOLLA ERANNA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 16-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 482 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 79, 115(2), 118(1) and 3(5) — Pre-arrest bail — Specific overt acts — Accused Nos. 1 to 3 sought anticipatory bail alleging false implication as a counterblast to an earlier FIR — Prosecution demonstrated specific overt acts, including Accused No. 1 causing grievous injury and Accused Nos. 2 and 3 causing simple injuries to witnesses — Held, having regard to the nature and gravity of the allegations India Law Library Docid # 2452538
(470) PALLAB SAIKIA @ PAMPU SAIKIA Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 16-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 326 and 341 — Injured eyewitness testimony — Evidentiary value — Conviction of appellant for assaulting two teachers, causing death of one and grievous injuries to the other — PW-8, the surviving victim, identified appellant as assailant who attacked with a dao — Her testimony remained unshaken during cross-examination — Testimony of an injured eyewitness carries high evidentiary weight and cannot be discarded lightly, as she would not falsely implicate a t India Law Library Docid # 2452541
(471) BIJU GOGOI AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF MEGHALAYA AND OTHERS[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 16-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 420, 468 read with Section 34 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Amicable settlement — Cheating and forgery — Petitioners sought quashing of FIR and consequential proceedings on the ground of amicable settlement — All victims and investors confirmed receipt of their invested amounts and gave no objection to quashing — Offence under Section 420 IPC is compoundable, and prima facie offence under Section 468 IP India Law Library Docid # 2452542
(472) KASHMIRA BEWA AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 16-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 341, 323, 506 and 34 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Civil dispute given criminal colour — Allegations of assault and intimidation arising from a saw mill dispute — Case diary and medical records disclosed an altercation leading to a free fight without any specific injuries — Dispute was essentially a family property dispute purely civil in nature, lacking criminal act or intent — Case fell under Categori India Law Library Docid # 2452544
(473) KU. JAGRITI SAHU AND OTHERS Vs. SANTOSH URAON AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 16-09-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Enhancement of compensation — Assessment of notional income and multiplier — Deceased aged 23 years was working as a tailor without documentary proof of actual earnings — Claims Tribunal assessed monthly income at Rs. 9,000/- and applied a multiplier of 17 — Held, in absence of documentary evidence, income must correspond to minimum wages prescribed for an unskilled labourer at the time of accident, reassessed at Rs. 10,380/- per month — Under Sarla Verma India Law Library Docid # 2452547
(474) DR. V. MADHU Vs. THE CHANCELLOR OF CUSAT AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 16-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ of Quo Warranto — Meaning of "Public Office" — Post of University Professor — Petition seeking a writ of quo warranto challenging the appointment of a Professor at CUSAT — Held, the post of Professor cannot be held to be a public office merely because the University is a statutory body imparting education — A public office involves an obligation of sovereign functions of the Government delegated for public benefit — Since the office of Professor d India Law Library Docid # 2452560
(475) YASHPAL SINGH YADAV AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 16-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 148, 149 and 302 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 3 — Unlawful assembly and common object — Failure to prove overt acts — Allegation that appellants fired indiscriminately and burst tractor tyre to stop vehicle — No firearm injuries found on deceased or witnesses, no bullet marks on tractor or trolley, and no spent cartridges recovered from spot — Allegation of pulling deceased from tractor was a material omission absent in FIR and police statements — When specifi India Law Library Docid # 2452564
(476) SARJU VISHWAKARMA Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 16-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 430 — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 389(1) — Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) — Suspension of sentence — Fixed-term imprisonment — Pendency of appeals — Appellant convicted of corruption offences and awarded three years' imprisonment sought suspension of sentence — Held, in cases of fixed-term sentences, appellate courts should liberally consider suspension unless exceptional circumstances India Law Library Docid # 2452565
(477) ASHA SAH AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 16-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 438 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 74, 85, 351(3) and 3(5) — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Sections 3 and 4 — Matrimonial cruelty and dowry harassment — Framing of charges against in-laws — Vague and omnibus allegations — Tendency to rope in relatives of husband in matrimonial disputes deprecated — Allegations against parents-in-law lacked specific instances, dates, or times of harassment — Allegation of sexual harassment against fat India Law Library Docid # 2452566
(478) KANISHTHA MAHAVIDYALAYIN SHIKSHAN ANNYAY NIVARAN KRUTI SAMITEE AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 16-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14 and Article 226 — Service Law — Revision of Pay Scales — Fifth Pay Commission — Fixation of Cut-off Date — Discriminatory treatment — Teaching staff of Deemed Universities were granted Fifth Pay Commission benefits from 01.04.2000 / 01.04.2002, whereas non-teaching staff and employees of Non-Agricultural Universities received benefits from 01.01.1996 — State cited financial constraints — Held, policy decisions and discretionary powers must be rational, un India Law Library Docid # 2452571
(479) MANJULA DINESH RITA AND OTHERS Vs. LOKMANYA MULTIPURPOSE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD AND ANOTHER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 16-09-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 2(1)(e) and Section 20 — Multi State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002 — Section 84 — Jurisdiction — Seat versus Venue — Statutory arbitration — Sittings held at Belgaum without express designation of seat by parties or determination under Section 20(2) — Cause of action entirely arose in Mumbai where parties resided, loan was sanctioned, documents executed, and mortgaged property situated — Mention of "Sitting at Belgaum" in award denotes only a c India Law Library Docid # 2452572
(480) MOHAMMED SHARIF HANIF KHAN Vs. APNA SAHAKARI BANK LIMITED[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 16-09-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34(2-A) — Setting aside arbitral award — Patent illegality — Failure to decide contentious issues — Arbitral award held Petitioner jointly and severally liable as co-borrower and attached his flat for defaults in a third party's cash-credit facility — Arbitrator rendered no findings on whether Petitioner was a member under Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002, whether the dispute was arbitrable, or whether Petitioner's signatures on surety India Law Library Docid # 2452573