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(141) 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

(142) 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

(143) 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

(144) 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

(145) 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

(146) M/S SRB TRADERS THROUGH ITS PRORPIETOR Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-07-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 209 — FIR for failure to appear as proclaimed person — Quashing where main NI Act complaint withdrawn — Petitioner declared proclaimed person for non-appearance in NI Act complaint, resulting in FIR under S. 209, BNS — Underlying NI Act complaint subsequently withdrawn on settlement between parties — Held, once the main complaint stands withdrawn on settlement, no useful purpose survives in continuin
India Law Library Docid # 2448109

(147) MUKESH KUMAR Vs. HARMINDER SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-07-2026
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 138, 141 — Joint account — Prosecution of non-signatory joint holder — Maintainability — Cheque drawn on joint account signed only by petitioner's wife; petitioner, a non-signatory joint holder, summoned solely on basis of joint liability for the loan — Held, only the drawer/signatory of the cheque can be prosecuted under S. 138; joint liability does not extend criminal liability to a non-signing joint account-holder, S. 141 having no application absen
India Law Library Docid # 2448110

(148) TAJINDER SINGH @ TEJINDER SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-07-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 115(2), 117(2), 118(1), 190, 191(3) — Quashing of non-compoundable offence on compromise — FIR sought to be quashed on basis of genuine compromise verified by Magistrate — Held, offence purely personal/private in nature, without criminal antecedents, mental depravity, or serious societal impact; settlement voluntary and free from coercion — Inherent power under S. 528, BNSS (S. 482 CrPC) extends to
India Law Library Docid # 2448111

(149) MEENU SHARMA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-07-2026
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Compromise substantially acted upon — Complainant resiling from verification — Effect — Parties settled matrimonial dispute, divorce obtained by mutual consent, S. 125 CrPC petition withdrawn pursuant to compromise, but complainant repeatedly failed to appear for verification of compromise — Held, once a party has derived benefits under a compromise, he cannot resile and continue criminal proceedings merely to harass the other side; such conduct amou
India Law Library Docid # 2448112

(150) KULBHUSHAN AGGARWAL AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-07-2026
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 125(a), 125(b) — Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 — Section 75 — Quashing on compromise, compensation paid — Compromise between parties verified by Magistrate as genuine, voluntary and free of coercion; compensation cheque encashed by victim, additional treatment expenses reimbursed — Held, following settled principles permitting compounding of non-compoundable offences to prevent abuse of process, continuation of proceedings a
India Law Library Docid # 2448113

(151) RAKESH THAKUR Vs. M/S DASHMESH STEEL CENTRE[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 23-07-2026
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Partnership firm as accused — Non-impleadment of all partners — Maintainability — Applicant, a partner in accused firm, sought quashing of cheque-dishonour complaint contending all partners were not impleaded and firm was not duly represented — Held, following Dhanasingh Prabhu v. Chandrasekar, partners being jointly and severally liable under S. 25, Indian Partnership Act, 1932, complaint impleading firm and even one partner is maintainable; non-
India Law Library Docid # 2448127

(152) STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS Vs. DEV KANT MEENA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-07-2026
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 19 — Review/reconsideration of order declining sanction — Permissibility — Absent express statutory power of review, sanctioning authority cannot reconsider a refusal of sanction on the very same materials — Mere change of opinion on identical materials, without fresh material and proper application of mind thereto, cannot justify reversal of an earlier order
India Law Library Docid # 2448200

(153) ARCHANA AVINASH SHELKE Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-07-2026
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 164 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 — Section 8 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 354 — FIR quashed — Allegations of sexual molestation by paternal aunt against nephew — FIR filed by divorced mother as a counterblast to FIR filed by divorced father — Victim boy's statement under Section 164 CrPC indicated no assault
India Law Library Docid # 2448275

(154) GAJENDRA DAS AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 23-07-2026
Madhya Pradesh Abolition of Proprietary Rights (Estates, Mahals, Alienated Lands) Act, 1950 — Section 3 — Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code, 1959 — Section 183 — Kotwar's service land — Whether convertible into Bhumiswami rights — Held, service land granted to a Kotwar for rendering services prior to abolition of proprietary rights cannot be recognized and converted into Bhumiswami rights in favour of such Kotwar or
India Law Library Docid # 2448294

(155) SAGAR SHRIVAS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 23-07-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Regular bail — Theft — No recovery from accused, implication based on co-accused's memorandum statement — Applicant arrested in connection with offence under Ss. 331(4), 305(a) & 3(5) BNS, no article seized from his possession, implication resting on memorandum statement of co-accused and suspicion — Applicant in custody since 16.02.2026, no criminal antecedents, trial likely to take time — Held, without commenting on merits, applicant ent
India Law Library Docid # 2448295

(156) I.M. GAURI Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 23-07-2026
Service Law — Promotion — Retrospective promotions — Continuity of service vs. entitlement to promotion — Distinct concepts — Order of Tribunal directing reinstatement with period of termination "not to be counted for any purpose except continuity of service" does not confer enforceable right to retrospective promotions — Continuity of service merely preserves employer-employee relationship, while promotion is governed by applicable service rules/promotion
India Law Library Docid # 2448372

(157) GAURAV MISHRA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 23-07-2026
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Section 24(2) — Lapse of acquisition proceedings — Acquisition proceedings lapse if compensation has not been paid and physical possession has not been taken within five years from the date of award, or if these conditions are not met by the commencement of the 2013 Act — The
India Law Library Docid # 2448470

(158) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. MADAN LAL AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 23-07-2026
Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955, Section 15 and 19 — Khatedari rights — Conferment of — Mutation entry dated 12.04.1961 in favour of Madan Lal — Cancellation of — Grounds for cancellation — Madan Lal being a minor and father being a Patwari — Held, Madan Lal was not a minor on the date of mutation entry, and father's position as Patwari did not prove undue influence — Khasra Girdawari entries prior to 1955 Act
India Law Library Docid # 2448471

(159) 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

(160) 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

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