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(161) COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Judicial Independence — Security of Court Premises — Suo motu public interest litigation initiated following violent trespass, vandalism, and confinement of Principal District Judge by protestors at Latehar Civil Court — Fundamental right to protest does not extend to disrupting judicial proceedings or committing acts of violence — Independence of judiciary mandates an environment free from fear, intimidation, or threats — State is under a constitutional duty to ens
India Law Library Docid # 2449540

(162) THE CHAIRMAN-CUM-MANAGING DIRECTOR, CENTRAL COALFIELDS LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. MAHENDRA[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026
Service Law — Disciplinary Proceedings — Delay in Initiation — Principles of Natural Justice — Respondent appointed in 1980 — Departmental proceedings initiated in 2019 after 39 years challenging respondent's adoption status at appointment — Dismissal order passed on eve of superannuation — Held, initiation of departmental inquiry after an unexplained delay of 39 years violates principles of natural justice and fair play — Delayed discovery of facts unestablished — Interference with dismissal or
India Law Library Docid # 2449541

(163) M/S NAVBHARAT BUILDCON PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. M/S SUZLON ENERGY LIMITED[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 17-08-2026
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Scope of interference — Interpretation of contract — Patent illegality — Arbitrator held generation guarantee for Wind Turbine Generator extended throughout 20-year contractual period — Commercial Court set aside award holding guarantee was restricted to 4 years as per Purchase Order and MOU — Held, where contractual terms are plain, clear, and unambiguous, arbitrator cannot rewrite or travel beyond them — Arbitrator's interpretation extendin
India Law Library Docid # 2449553

(164) DR. MAHESH MEENA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 17-08-2026
Service Law — Transfer — Scope of Judicial Review — Transfer is an incident of service and an employee holding a transferable post has no vested right to remain posted at a particular place. Courts will ordinarily refrain from interfering in administrative transfer decisions unless the order is shown to be vitiated by mala fides, issued by an incompetent authority, passed in violation of mandatory statutory provisions such as Rule 20 of the Rajasthan Service Rules, 1951 or Section 89(8)(ii) of t
India Law Library Docid # 2449562

(165) BHAIRVA COMMUNICATION Vs. JINENDRA INFOCOM[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026
Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 13 — Suit for recovery of money — Maintainability of decree based on ledger entries and GST returns — Defendant admitted purchasing goods during cross-examination but claimed cash payment without producing any receipts — Plaintiff produced ledger books showing transactions, which were corroborated by uncontested GST returns — Defendant failed to challenge the authenticity of GST returns or rebut ledger entries — Commercial Court correctly decreed suit in fav
India Law Library Docid # 2449570

(166) KAISARLA SAI DURGA PRASAD Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 480 and 483 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 11 — NDPS Act, 1985 — Sections 20(b)(ii)(C) and 25 — Bail application — Plea of alibi — Stage of consideration — Petitioner accused of acting as a pilot in transporting 370 kg of ganja — Petitioner pleaded alibi claiming employment attendance during the incident — Held, plea of alibi is a rule of evidence under Section 11 of the Evidence Act and not a statutory defence — Burden lies on the accused to e
India Law Library Docid # 2449843

(167) MADISETTY CHAITANYA KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 85, 79 read with 3(5) — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Sections 3 and 4 — Matrimonial dispute — Quashing of proceedings based on compromise — The High Court can exercise inherent powers under Section 528 BNSS to quash criminal proceedings involving non-compoundable offences arising from matrimonial disputes where parties genuinely settle difference
India Law Library Docid # 2449852

(168) Y. PATTABHI RAMAIAH Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 300-A — Service Law — Retirement Benefits — Right to property — Right to receive pension and retiral benefits is a recognized right to property under Article 300-A of the Constitution of India, 1950 — Deprivation of such constitutional property right can only be effected through authority of statutory law and not by administrative instructions or executive orders — In the absence of specific statutory provisions permitting withholding of benefits pending fin
India Law Library Docid # 2449853

(169) PENKE RAMAKRISHNA AND ANOTHER Vs. SEELABOINA VARAPRASAD AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304-B — Dowry death — Rejection of evidence of close relatives as hearsay — Deceased died by hanging within one year of marriage — Trial court acquitted accused holding relatives' evidence as hearsay regarding cruelty, despite finding demand for additional dowry established — High Court held that domestic harassment within four walls of a house cannot be witnessed by outsiders — A victim wife generally discloses torture only to her parents and close relatives — B
India Law Library Docid # 2449854

(170) SANJAY NARANG AND ANOTHER Vs. JOINT SUB-REGISTRAR CITY NO.1 OF ASSURANCE MUMBAI AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Land Revenue and Registration — Registration of Consent Decree — Mandate of No-Objection Certificate — Pre-condition imposed by Collector — Suit premises situated in building on Collector's land — Consent decree executed between parties operating as a deed of conveyance — Sub-Registrar and Collector insisted on a No-Objection Certificate from the Co-operative Housing Society as a prerequisite for registration — Held, no statutory provision, rule, or re
India Law Library Docid # 2450189

(171) DEEP SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 319 — Power to summon additional accused — Standard of evidence required — Power under Section 319 CrPC is extraordinary and discretionary, to be exercised sparingly and only when strong and cogent evidence exists against a person — Test to be applied requires evidence stronger than a mere prima facie case as established at the time of framing charges, but short of satisfaction that would lead to conviction if unrebutted — Court should refrain from
India Law Library Docid # 2450228

(172) JOBANBIR SINGH ALIAS JOBAN Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Arms Act, 1959 — Section 25(8) — Grant of regular bail — Illegal firearm recovery — Petitioner apprehended on allegation of cross-border smuggling and illegal foreign arms procurement — Recovery of .30 bore pistol and cartridges made — Offence triable by Magistrate carrying maximum imprisonment up to seven years — Petitioner spent over four months in custody with clean antecedents — Investigation complete with no further recoveries require
India Law Library Docid # 2450229

(173) ABHINAV KALRA Vs. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 — Sections 3, 4, 44 and 45 — Tech-support fraud — Large scale proceeds of crime — Application for anticipatory bail — Allegations of masterminding international call-centre fraud and receiving crores of rupees directly and through shell companies — Unexplained credits in bank accounts grossly disproportionate to declared income — Prima facie material on record connecting petitioner with the offences and layering of proceeds of crime — Complex economic fra
India Law Library Docid # 2450230

(174) KHURSHIDAN Vs. RUSTAM AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026
Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 52 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order XXI Rule 102 — Lis Pendens — Transferee Pendente Lite — Specific Performance Decree — Obstruction to Execution — Property transferred during pendency of suit is hit by Section 52 of Transfer of Property Act and transferee takes property subject to decree — Under Order XXI Rule 102 CPC, a purchaser during pending litigation has no right to resist or obstruct execution — Sale deed executed during pendency confer
India Law Library Docid # 2450231

(175) ANIT @ BAATI Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 395 — Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 — Section 23 — Regular Bail — Disclosure statement of co-accused — Inadmissibility — Petitioner implicated solely on co-accused's disclosure statement made while in police custody — No recovery of incriminating material or discovery of fact was made pursuant thereto — Statement prima facie hit by Section 23 of Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam — Petitioner not named in FIR,
India Law Library Docid # 2450232

(176) R. BALACHANDRAN Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND ANOTHER[KERALA HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7, 12, 13(1)(d), 13(2) — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 120B, 420 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 239 — Discharge in criminal cases — Effect of exoneration in departmental proceedings — Railway public servant faced criminal prosecution for conspiracy, cheating, and taking illegal gratification in electrical contract works — Accused claimed discharge based on exoneration in departmental inquiry on identical charges — Held, exonerat
India Law Library Docid # 2450330

(177) M/S. HOTEL PALACE INN, ANGAMALY AND ANOTHER Vs. TOWN BRETHREN ASSEMBLY, ANGAMALLY AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026
Foreign Liquor Rules, 1953 — Rule 13(3), Note (1) — Definition of "Church" — Meaning of "Public Place" — Brethren Assembly Hall — Bar Hotel License — Prohibited Distance — Held, "Church" under Note (1) means a public place where prayer is offered by Christians. Where entry to attend worship and prayer is open to anyone following the Christian faith, private property accessible to the public qualifies as a public place. The Assembly Hall of Brethren denomination where Christians offer prayer fall
India Law Library Docid # 2450349

(178) M/S VOLTAIC ENGINEERING COMPANY Vs. M/S ENECA INDIA PVT LTD AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 17-08-2026
Kerala State Electricity Licensing Board Rules, 2020 — Rule 30(5) — Electrical installation works — Change of contractor — Requirement of No Objection Certificate (NOC) — Termination of contract and pending civil dispute — Owner of installation terminated contract of first contractor for non-completion of work as per approved scheme and filed civil suit for damages — Electrical Inspectorate insisted on NOC from first contractor under Rule 30(5) — Division Bench held that in case of dispute, Secr
India Law Library Docid # 2450352

(179) SAMEEM BEGUM AND OTHERS Vs. K. VENKAT SWAMY AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-08-2026
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166(1)(c) — Claim for compensation — Maintainability of claim by legal representatives — Expression "legal representative" includes major children irrespective of complete financial dependency — Liability to pay compensation does not cease due to absence of dependency — Legal representatives entitled to maintain claim petition and seek compensation under conventional heads.
India Law Library Docid # 2449020

(180) SHEELA GEHLOT AND OTHERS Vs. MOHINI HARDAYAL SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-08-2026
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 60(1)(ccc) (as applicable to Delhi) — Exemption from attachment and sale — Main residential house — Protection under Section 60(1)(ccc) CPC is personal to the judgment-debtor and is not available to his legal representatives — Legal representative is a distinct juridical concept from judgment-debtor, with liability limited to the estate in hand, and cannot claim personal
India Law Library Docid # 2449021

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