(1) TELECOM REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA Vs. M/S POLIMER CABLE NETWORK AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-07-2026 Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 — Section 11, 13, 14, 29, 34 & 36 — Adjudicatory jurisdiction — Distinction between regulatory/enforcement functions of TRAI and adjudicatory jurisdiction of TDSAT — Held, TRAI's power under Ss. 11(1)(b) and 13 to issue directions for compliance with regulations is regulatory/administrative, not adjudicatory — Direction issued to MSO to restore signals pursuant to IC Regulations, and consequent show cause notice under S. India Law Library Docid # 2447943
(2) ARVIND KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-07-2026 Uttar Pradesh Industrial Training Institutes (Instructors) Service Rules, 2014 — Rules 9(B), 16(3)(a)(iii) and 17(3) — Craft Instructor Training Scheme (CITS) certificate reduced from essential to preferential qualification — Challenge thereto — Appellants having participated in selection process without objection, held estopped from challenging validity India Law Library Docid # 2447944
(3) RUTVIJ BHAGAT SINGH WAKHARE Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-07-2026 Cyber Fraud — Multiple FIRs across States — Clubbing declined — Clubbing/consolidation of FIRs registered in different States was declined where each FIR was lodged by a different complainant induced to part with money on separate occasions, with distinct victims, amounts and transactions, notwithstanding a common bank account India Law Library Docid # 2447945
(4) MIRA SHAW Vs. WEST BENGAL STATE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LIMITED AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026 Electricity Act, 2003 — S. 163(1), (2), (3) — Disconnection of supply — Prior notice — Refusal of access — Held, licensee duly served notice for inspection/meter replacement; consumer's repeated refusal of access, despite challenges to the notice being unsuccessful before courts, justified disconnection after expiry of statutory notice period; plea of absence of prior India Law Library Docid # 2447990
(5) EK PRAYAAS EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY Vs. ABDUL MAJEED AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 21 Rules 97-101, 103 — Executing Court declining jurisdiction — Nature of order — Held, an order rejecting an application under Order XXI Rule 101 solely on the ground of lack of jurisdiction, without any inquiry into rights, title or interest of parties, does not amount to "adjudication" and cannot be treated as a deemed decree under Order XXI Rule 103; such order is not appealable. India Law Library Docid # 2447991
(6) ANIL VAILAPARAMPIL ABRAHAM Vs. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT, KOLKATA ZONE – I[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 — Section 45 — Twin conditions for bail — Held, statutory bar under S. 45 requires positive satisfaction that accused is not guilty and unlikely to commit offence while on bail; economic offences involving public deposits are "class apart" and cannot be equated with ordinary offences; petitioner, holding top-tier position in Crisis Management Team, failed to displace presumption of guilt. India Law Library Docid # 2447992
(7) ABDUR RAHAMAN @ ABDUR RAHMAN Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 319(2), 336(3), 338, 340(2) — Foreigners Act, 1946 — S. 14A(b) — Appeal against sentence on plea of guilt — Held, no appeal lies on merits of conviction where accused pleaded guilty, but appeal challenging quantum of sentence is maintainable; sentence reduced to period already undergone (1 year 6 months out of maximum 3 years) considering deportation already effected pursuant to earlier order. [Paras 4, 7] India Law Library Docid # 2447993
(8) HPSEBL AND ANR Vs. NARENDER KUMAR[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026 Service Law — Revised Pay Regulations — Option for pay fixation — Delay in filing writ — Held, limitation for challenging denial of benefit of 15% pay hike runs from date of employee's actual knowledge, not from date of mere uploading of order on department's website; publication on website insufficient to fix constructive notice for orders having serious financial implications on individual employees. India Law Library Docid # 2447994
(9) THE COMMANDANT 510 ARMY BASE WORKSHOP AND ANOTHER Vs. SUDARSHAN PAREEK[DELHI HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Government litigant — Held, Government does not enjoy preferential treatment in matters of condonation of delay; mere narration of movement of file through various departments without explaining inaction does not constitute "sufficient cause"; delay of 1241 days not condoned, following Postmaster General v. Living Media India Ltd., (2012) 3 SCC 563 and State of M.P. v. Bherulal, (2020) 10 India Law Library Docid # 2447995
(10) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. HARBANS LAL VERMA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-07-2026 Service Law — Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (MACPS) — Grade Pay convergence — Effect on promotions within cadre — Convergence of Grade Pay pursuant to Sixth Central Pay Commission does not obliterate separate identity of promotional posts within a cadre — Promotions carry promotional India Law Library Docid # 2447898
(11) M/S BIRLA CORPORATION LIMITED Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-07-2026 Stamp Act, 1899 — Section 26, proviso — Mining lease — Stamp duty on instrument with indeterminate value — Determinant of stamp duty — Where value of subject-matter is indeterminate at execution, proviso to S.26 specifically governs mining leases, directing that estimated royalty or value of share, as estimated by the Collector where State is lessor, suffices for stamp duty purposes — Proviso held not inconsistent with main provision — actual value of mining lease is India Law Library Docid # 2447899
(12) MRS. MAHABANOO CONTRACTOR AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S. KALIKUND DEVELOPERS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-07-2026 Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Act, 1976 — Section 2(25) — "Occupier" — Scope of definition — The MHAD Act defines only "occupier," which includes any person liable to pay rent, an owner in occupation, a rent-free tenant, a licensee, or one liable to pay damages for use and occupation — Occupancy is not a statutory tenancy dependent on the owner's will, and even a person in India Law Library Docid # 2447900
(13) JAGANNATH TIKARAM MAHAVAR Vs. OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION LTD AND ANR[DELHI HIGH COURT] 23-07-2026 Service Law — Promotion — Merit-based promotion — Corporation's promotion regulations stipulated that promotions to higher levels (E-5 and above) were based on merit, assessed through quantification, experience, performance appraisals, and interviews — The court found that the petitioner, despite being ranked third in a seniority-based list, was not promoted because his merit-based ranking was significantly lower (43rd out of 46), and India Law Library Docid # 2447905
(14) M/S VVS CONSTRUCTION PVT. LTD. Vs. INDIAN YOUTH CENTRE TRUST AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 23-07-2026 Construction Contract — Recovery of Retention Money — Plaintiff claimed retention money based on contract clauses, but failed to provide specific documentation proving the exact amount retained by the defendant. India Law Library Docid # 2447906
(15) SHAILENDRA MANIKRAO BAKARE Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 23-07-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2] — Demand of illegal gratification is a sine qua non for an offence under Section 7 — Mere recovery of tainted currency notes is insufficient to prove guilt unless it is established beyond reasonable doubt that the accused voluntarily accepted the money as a bribe, which can only be proven if there is proof of demand. India Law Library Docid # 2448017
(16) GAJANAN ALIAS GANOPOTI SHANKAR SAWANT AND OTHERS Vs. SUHASINI RAWALNATH SAWANT AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (GOA BENCH)] 23-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Sections 97, 2(2), 96 — Preliminary Decree — Finality — A preliminary decree in a partition suit, if not challenged in appeal, attains finality — A party aggrieved by such a decree is precluded from disputing its correctness in any appeal from the final decree. India Law Library Docid # 2448047
(17) DILIP AGARWAL Vs. RAJSHRI AGARWAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-07-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 165, 166 — Death allegedly caused by murder inside a motor vehicle — Claim for compensation — Requirement of causal link between death and "use" of motor vehicle — Held, mere presence of a motor vehicle in the chain of circumstances leading to death does not attract liability under MVA — Some nexus between the vehicle and the death must be established. India Law Library Docid # 2447896
(18) STATE (GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI) Vs. JOGINDER KUMAR @ JINDI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-07-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 8 — Appeal against acquittal — Inconsistencies in prosecution evidence regarding date and time of incident and lodging of FIR — Trial court's appreciation of evidence not perverse or wholly unsustainable — Appeal dismissed. India Law Library Docid # 2447909
(19) RASHMIKANT JYANTILAL PATEL RASHMIKANT @ R.K.PATEL JAYANTILAL GANDALAL PATEL Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 22-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Applicant not named in FIR, implicated solely on co-accused's statement — No recovery or discovery from applicant, no evidence of aiding or abetting. India Law Library Docid # 2447907
(20) BHARATBHAI BABUBHAI VACHHETA AND ANOTHER Vs. NAVINCHANDRA MOHANLAL SHAH AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 22-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Abuse of process of court — Where allegations in FIR do not prima facie constitute any offence, or disclose a cognizable offence, or are absurd and improbable, or there is a legal bar, or the proceeding is malicious, the court may quash the FIR to secure the ends of justice. India Law Library Docid # 2447908