STPL Law https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Himachal Pradesh High Court Summary 8th Oct, 2026 Himachal Pradesh Summary 7th Oct, 2026 Himachal Pradesh Summary 6th Oct, 2026 Indemnity and Insurance Liability: Plying Without Registration and Enhanced Compensation in Motor Accidents Concealment of Facts and Unexplained Delay: Writ Petition Dismissed for Want of Clean Hands Invalid Virtual Quorum and Unsigned Orders: State Transport Authority Decision Set Aside Routine Patrolling, Credible Police Testimony, and Independent Witness Corroboration in NDPS Case The Vanishing Nomination Right: State Cannot Nominate Directors After Redeeming Share Capital Himachal Pradesh Summary 1st Oct 2026 Identification of Absconding Accused: Supreme Court Overrules Preemptory Quashing in NDPS Cases Shielding In-Laws from Unsubstantiated Matrimonial Claims: Quashes Vague and General Penal Charges Judicial Consistency and Protection Against Criminalizing Civil Disputes: FIR Quashed Against Power of Attorney Holder Absence of Proof of Demand Fatal to Corruption Prosecution: Aacquittal Despite Recovery of Tainted Money Counter-Blast Allegations & Delayed Claims: Supreme Court Quashes “Rape on Promise of Marriage” FIR Consensual Relationship Beyond Future Promises: Rape Case Stemming from Failed Marriage Proposal Quashed Undertakings Override Recovery Protection: SC Validates Adjustment of Excess Academic Grade Pay Civil Dues Cannot Be Recovered via Criminal Prosecution Food Powders Cannot Be Taxed as Beverages Under Commercial Tax Act Circumstantial Evidence: Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal in Spousal Murder Appeal Clean Hands Doctrine and Revised Eligibility Rules Defeat Claim for Promotion High Court Cautions Against Misuse of POCSO Act in Matrimonial Disputes High Court Affirms Presumption of Debt and Deemed Service Under Section 138 NI Act High Court Rejects Unproven Hostility Claim Suspension of Sentence Denied Amidst Inapplicable Section 50 Protocols HP High Court Restores Contractual Rights and Post-Graduate Eligibility for Medical Officers Manipulated Memos and Contradictory Evidence Lead to Acquittal in NDPS Appeal Fatal Procedural Irregularities and Dubious Identification Defeat Prosecution in NDPS Appeal Supreme Court Judgment Summary Sep 2026 Beyond Transport: Overturning Cattle Transport Convictions Without Proof of Slaughter Intent Protecting Those Who Heal: Canceling Bail for Assailants in a Hospital Attack Shadows of Circumstantial Doubt: Upholding Acquittal in a Double Murder Case Broken Chains of Circumstantial Evidence: Acquittal in a Child Sexual Assault and Murder Case Unrelied Documents and the Stage of Production: Navigating CBI Investigations Executive Arbitrariness Overruled: SC Restrains Unilateral Cross-Contractual Bill Deductions Without Natural Justice Illegality Cannot Claim Sanctity: Supreme Court Quashes Flawed SARFAESI Auction Sale of Hill Resort Insolvency and Bankruptcy: Fraudulent Initiation Does Not Inevitably Extinguish CIRP Proceedings Presumption of Valid Service: Dispatching Statutory Notice to Correct Address Satisfies Section 138 NI Act Requirements Himachal Pradesh High Court Judgments Summary, Sep 2026 Discrepancy in Cheque Amount Invalidates Statutory Notice Under Section 138 NI Act Executing Courts Cannot Go Behind the Decree or Re-Open Settled Inheritance Shares Arbitrary Denial of Grade Pay to Class-III Corporation Employees Violates Equality Appeal for Suspension of Sentence Fails in POCSO Case Involving Active Facilitation of Sexual Assault NDPS: State Appeal Against Acquittal Fails Due to Material Contradictions and Unreliable Official Testimony Determining Charges in NDPS Cases Based on Certified Inventory Weight Rather Than Initial Spot Weight Lapsing of Land Acquisition Due to Mandatory Failure to Issue Declaration within Statutory Timeframe Denying Basic Amenities and Forcing a Spouse into a Cowshed Constitutes Cruelty, Not Desertion “Special Circumstances” and a Triable Defense Are Mandatory to Set Aside an Ex-Parte Decree Contraband Discrepancies and Flawed Police Documentation Sunk an NDPS Prosecution Matrimonial Disputes: Why Vague Cruelty Allegations and Failure to Reconcile Fail in Court Home