(1) STATE (NCT OF DELHI) Vs. SAJID ALI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 10-08-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 2(1)(d) — Proof of age of victim — Age of prosecutrix being a jurisdictional pre-requisite to invoke POCSO Act, prosecution must satisfactorily establish minority through reliable documentary proof — Birth certificate not corroborated by original entry in the birth register, and registration effected 13 years after birth without any traceable order of SDM permitting delayed registration, held insufficient to prove minority — India Law Library Docid # 2448823
(2) MOHAN @ SUNNY Vs. STATE (NCT OF DELHI)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 10-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 232 — Mandatory compliance — Non-compliance of Section 232 Cr.P.C. does not ipso facto vitiate proceedings unless shown to have resulted in serious and substantial prejudice to accused — Accused failed to establish any prejudice caused due to non-compliance of Section 232 Cr.P.C. India Law Library Docid # 2448824
(3) MUKESH Vs. STATE (NCT OF DELHI)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 10-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 300 Thirdly — Murder — Essential requisites — Prosecution must establish the presence of bodily injury, its nature, intention to inflict that specific injury, and that the injury was sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death — Absence of motive or previous animosity is of no consequence when actus reus and required intent/knowledge are established — Single India Law Library Docid # 2448825
(4) LACHCHAPPA AND OTHERS Vs. SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER UKP, BAGALKOT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-08-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 4(1) and 18 — Equal Compensation / Parity in Compensation — Acquisition of land under same Notification — Determination of market value at a higher rate for adjacent/similarly situated lands acquired under the very same Notification — Held, landlosers whose lands are acquired under the same Section 4(1) Notification are entitled to parity in compensation with other claimants covered by the same Notification whose market India Law Library Docid # 2448705
(5) RAZIYA BEGUM AND OTHERS Vs. NAFISA BEGUM ABDUL HAMID AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-08-2026 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 54 — Definition and Completion of Sale — Non-payment or Part-payment of Consideration — Effect on Passing of Title — Execution and registration of sale deeds upon payment of part consideration and retention of balance consideration by vendee to clear vendor's debts — Held, actual payment of the whole price at the time of execution is not a sine qua non for completion of sale — Non-payment of balance consideration does not invalidate the India Law Library Docid # 2448706
(6) S. SANGEETHA AND OTHERS Vs. TMT. P. PONNI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 13 Rule 3 — Rejection of Irrelevant or Inadmissible Documents — Application to Eschew Proof Affidavit and Exhibited Documents — Application seeking to eschew proof affidavit and documents on grounds of irrelevancy in a probate/testamentary suit — Single Judge rejected xerox copies filed without explanation, but allowed other documents subject to proof — Held, objections raised to other documents marked and exhibited do not make them India Law Library Docid # 2448707
(7) IN RE: 2 MILLION LIVES AT RISK, CONTAMINATION IN JOJARI RIVER, RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-08-2026 Environment Protection Act, 1986 — Riverine Pollution & Industrial Effluents — Integrated Governance & Compliance — Severe environmental degradation, illegal discharge of industrial effluents, contamination of Jojari-Bandi-Luni river system, and failure of statutory oversight — Supreme Court directed the State of Rajasthan to constitute an "Integrated Coordination Group" headed by the Chief Secretary to ensure multi-departmental coordination, review existing India Law Library Docid # 2448708
(8) WAHID KHAN Vs. STATE[DELHI HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 5(l) & 6 — Aggravated penetrative sexual assault on minor — Age determination — School Admission Register vs. Unattested Certificate / Statement under S. 161 CrPC — Admissibility — Held, a written certificate issued by a school principal during investigation constitutes a statement under S. 161 CrPC and is inadmissible in evidence — However, the extract of the Student Admission and Withdrawal Register India Law Library Docid # 2448747
(9) A V INTERNATIONAL AND ANOTHER Vs. ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF REVENUE INTELLIGENCE & ORS.[DELHI HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Customs Act, 1962 — Sections 28, 28(9) & 28(9A) — Independent nature of Show Cause Notices (SCNs) originating from same investigation — Effect of interim stay on co-pending SCN — Held, two separate Show Cause Notices issued on different dates and dealing with distinct subject matters (e.g., one concerning seized goods and the other concerning earlier imports under Section 28) maintain their India Law Library Docid # 2448748
(10) XXXXX Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 (corresponding to Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 482) — Scope of inherent powers of High Court — Concurrent findings of discharge by lower courts — Non-interference — Held, the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court under Section 528 BNSS cannot be invoked to conduct a re-appreciation of evidence or substitute its India Law Library Docid # 2448749
(11) PRAKASH CHANDRA AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay in filing appeal — Economic hardship — Beneficial legislation — Held, delay in filing an appeal under Section 23 of the Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987 can be condoned where the appellant belongs to an economically weaker section and was unable to contact counsel or secure timely legal advice due to paucity of funds — Keeping in view the India Law Library Docid # 2448750
(12) SMT.VIJAYA RIZBUD Vs. DEEPAK KUMAR MISHRA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 07-08-2026 Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Control Act, 1961 — Section 12(1)(f) — Bona-fide requirement for business — Scope of "Son" — Inclusion of Stepson — Eviction sought by landlady for setting up business of her stepson — Stepson was born to husband from his previous marriage — No inter-se dispute and stepson resided with landlady — Term "son" is flexible and must be given a contextual interpretation aligned with object of Act — Stepson India Law Library Docid # 2448809
(13) BALKAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 372 (proviso) and 378(4) — Victim's right of appeal against acquittal in complaint case — Held, a victim in a private complaint case has an independent right to file an appeal against an order of acquittal under the proviso to S. 372 Cr.P.C. before the Court of Sessions, and is not required to seek special leave under S. 378(4) Cr.P.C. — Insistence on special leave from the High Court would be contrary to legislative intent behind the proviso to S. India Law Library Docid # 2448811
(14) NEERAJ Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 21(c), 21, 27(a), 29, 62, 35 and 37 — Grant of Regular Bail — Commercial Quantity — Inordinate delay in trial vis-a-vis Fundamental Right under Article 21 — The petitioner sought regular bail in an FIR involving alleged commercial quantity of contraband under the NDPS Act — The court observed that out of 22 cited India Law Library Docid # 2448812
(15) MANOJ KUMAR AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — S. 482 [or Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — S. 438] — Grant of Anticipatory / Pre-Arrest Bail — Principles, Scope and Exercise of Discretion — Anticipatory bail is an extraordinary and exceptional remedy that must be exercised cautiously and sparingly rather than in a routine manner — The court must exercise judicial discretion based on the gravity of the offense, the nature of allegations, and the necessity of India Law Library Docid # 2448813
(16) STATE OF GUJARAT, THROUGH ARVINDBHAI H ZALA, DRUG INSPECTOR Vs. JAGDISHBHAI SUBHASHBHAI PATEL[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 378(1)(b) & 378(4) [or Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — S. 419] — Appeal Against Acquittal Passed by Magistrate — Forum of Appeal — An appeal against an order of acquittal passed by a Magistrate in respect of a cognizable and non-bailable offence cannot be directed by the State Government to be filed directly before the High Court India Law Library Docid # 2448814
(17) LATE HANUMANTHARAYAPPA, S/O LATE SUBBANNA, SINCE DECEASED BY HIS LRS. AND OTHERS Vs. S.H. BYRANNA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Hindu Law — Joint Family Property vs. Self-Acquired Property — Burden of Proof and Presumptions — There is a legal presumption that every Hindu family is joint in food, worship, and estate; however, there is no presumption that a property held by an individual coparcener is joint family property merely due to the existence of a Joint Hindu Family — The initial burden lies on the person alleging that a property belongs to the Joint Hindu Family to establish the existence of a joint family India Law Library Docid # 2448815
(18) ANKUSH RANA Vs. M/S ARSAI BEVERAGES PRIVATE LIMITED[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 read with Section 147 — Compounding of Offence at Appellate/Revision Stage — Where the accused and complainant amicably resolve their dispute during the pendency of a criminal revision petition, and the accused pays the settled compensation amount in full to the complainant, the High Court can exercise its powers under Section 147 of the India Law Library Docid # 2448816
(19) SULTAN MIAN Vs. THE COMMISSIONER, SANTHAL PARGANA DIVISION AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Santhal Pargana Tenancy (Supplementary Provisions) Act, 1949 — Schedule V, Rules 3 & 4 — Scope of Revisional Jurisdiction vs. Appellate Jurisdiction — Under Schedule V of the Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act, the office of Pradhan (headman) is hereditary, with the next fit heir entitled to succession — Revisional jurisdiction, unlike a full-fledged appeal, does not permit the revisional authority to India Law Library Docid # 2448817
(20) SOUTH INDIAN BANK LIMITED Vs. PROPELLO INNOVATIONS PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Section 17 read with Constitution of India, Article 226 — Exhaustion of Alternative Statutory Remedy & Maintainability of Writ Petition — The High Court ordinarily ought not to entertain a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution challenging proceedings initiated under Section 13(2) or Section 13(4) of the SARFAESI Act, 2002, when an effective and efficacious India Law Library Docid # 2448818