(201) SATYAWAN @ SATTE Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Bail — Second Bail Application — Maintainability — A second or successive bail application is maintainable in law and should not be rejected solely on that ground, even if the previous application was dismissed as withdrawn or on merits. India Law Library Docid # 2447920
(202) RAVINDER SINGH @ GAGAN Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 37 — Bail — Rigours of Section 37 are diluted when trial is unduly delayed and the accused has undergone prolonged incarceration, as this infringes upon the fundamental right to a speedy trial under Article 21 of the Constitution. India Law Library Docid # 2447921
(203) J.RAMESH KUMAR JAIN Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 465, 468, 471 r/w Section 34 — Quashing of proceedings — Petitioner challenging criminal proceedings on the ground that a co-accused in a similar position had their proceedings quashed by a co-ordinate bench. India Law Library Docid # 2447922
(204) AIAZUDDIN AHMED AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 National Highways Act, 1956 — Section 3(H) and 3(H)(1) — Land Acquisition Compensation — Dispute over entitlement — Competent authority cannot adjudicate disputes regarding compensation entitlement or apportionment; such disputes must be referred to the District Judge. India Law Library Docid # 2447923
(205) J.RAMESH KUMAR JAIN Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 465, 468, 471 r/w S. 34 — Karnataka Value Added Tax Act, 2003 — Quashing of proceedings qua co-accused — Sole allegation against petitioner was non-payment of KVAT dues arising from disallowance of input tax credit — Re-assessment order underlying allegation already set aside by appellate authority in tax proceedings, and consequent criminal proceedings against another co-accused (accused No. 5) already quashed by coordinate Bench on identical facts — Held, petitioner India Law Library Docid # 2448012
(206) MUBARAK Vs. HUJUR AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 21-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Scope of — Interference by High Court is limited to substantial questions of law — Findings of First Appellate Court are binding if based on proper appreciation of evidence and law, and not perverse or contrary to settled principles. India Law Library Docid # 2448035
(207) SUREKHA TATERAO LANDGE Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 21-07-2026 National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Act, 2020 — Regulations framed thereunder — Binding nature on State Governments — Eligibility criteria for promotion to Professor — Central statutory regulations prevail over State Government's executive instructions or administrative directions. India Law Library Docid # 2448043
(208) DHANIRAM @ KALLU AHIRWAR Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 117(2) — Conviction for voluntarily causing grievous hurt — Appeal against — Prosecution case based on injured witness testimony, corroborated by medical evidence (X-ray showing fracture) and two eye-witnesses — Minor discrepancies regarding amount demanded do not discredit core evidence of assault. India Law Library Docid # 2448261
(209) NITESH KAHAR Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 154 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 354D — Stalking — Appeal against conviction — Unexplained delay in lodging FIR — Victim alleged stalking from 13.02.2022, but FIR lodged on 28.02.2022 without plausible explanation — Delay of fifteen days in reporting initial incident, coupled with India Law Library Docid # 2448262
(210) THE CITY AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF MAHARASHTRA LIMITED Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 — Section 113(3A) — Status of Corporation as agent — Held, where State Government appoints a Corporation for development of a new town under Section 113(3A), such Corporation performs the work only "as an agent of the State Government" and does not become the acquiring body — Acquisition of land continues to remain with the State Government, while India Law Library Docid # 2448330
(211) SMT. MANDA TIWARI Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Chhattisgarh Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 2010 — Rule 38-C — Child Care Leave — Denial on ground of staff shortage — Held, once an employee satisfies eligibility conditions under Rule 38-C, entitled to Child Care Leave up to 730 days during entire service — Shortage of Women Warders and administrative exigencies cannot override a India Law Library Docid # 2448331
(212) MANOJ KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. NATHMAL SHARMA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Registration Act, 1908 — S. 49 and Proviso — Unregistered document affecting immovable property — Suit for specific performance — Admissibility — S. 49 bars an unregistered document, compulsorily registrable under S. 17, from affecting immovable property or being received as evidence of any transaction affecting such property — However, the proviso to S. 49 carves out a well-recognised exception permitting an unregistered document to be received in evidence as proof of India Law Library Docid # 2448375
(213) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. PAHAD SINGH AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 118 — Related/Interested Witnesses — Testimony of relatives not to be discarded merely on ground of relationship — Testimony of a related witness cannot be discarded solely on the ground of relationship if it is otherwise found to be cogent, trustworthy and reliable — Presence of eyewitnesses at the place of occurrence, when natural and consistent on material particulars, and duly corroborated by medical, forensic and documentary evidence, India Law Library Docid # 2448376
(214) SURENDRA SINGH BHATI Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 21-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 197 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 175 — Public Servant — Cognizance of offence — Prosecution sanction — A public servant cannot be prosecuted for an offence allegedly committed in the discharge of their official duties without prior sanction under Section 197 CrPC — The courts India Law Library Docid # 2448474
(215) EHSAAN Vs. STATE OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-07-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 376-D — Gang rape — Sentence — Reduction of — Appellant aged 25 years at time of incident having no criminal antecedents — Maintained good conduct in prison over nearly 10 years — State failing to show impossibility of reformation — Sentence of life imprisonment for remainder of natural life modified to statutory minimum of 20 years' rigorous imprisonment with India Law Library Docid # 2447798
(216) COMMISSIONER OF SERVICE TAX MUMBAI Vs. M/S BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD. ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-07-2026 Sale of Goods Act, 1930 — Section 4 — Essentials of Sale — Held, a "sale" requires transfer of property/ownership in goods from seller to buyer for a price, distinguishable from a contract of agency where the recipient deals with goods as the principal's property and remains liable to account for the sale proceeds; the essence of India Law Library Docid # 2447800
(217) SHRI NARESH KUMAR Vs. THE WIRE AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 20-07-2026 Defamation — Public officials — Maintainability of suit for damages — Suit for damages by public official maintainable notwithstanding R. Rajagopal bar, where plaintiff alleges publication made with reckless disregard for truth, or that it was false and actuated by malice/personal animosity. Such allegations, resting on specific facts India Law Library Docid # 2447802
(218) M/S LGF SYSMAC INDIA PVT. LTD. Vs. M/S KRYSTALLO[DELHI HIGH COURT] 20-07-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 3 — Mandatory Duty of Court to Dismiss Suit Barred by Limitation — Unilateral/Self-Serving Entries to Extend Limitation — Permissibility — Plaintiff filed a suit for recovery in 2018 claiming outstanding balance arising out of a 2012 transaction where last partial payment was made in May 2013 — To bring the suit within limitation, Plaintiff added two self-serving interest India Law Library Docid # 2447803
(219) STATE Vs. RAKESH[DELHI HIGH COURT] 20-07-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 8 — Penal Code, 1860 — Section 354-A — Sexual Assault and Harassment — Single Testimony — Inconsistencies and Motive for False Implication — Benefit of Doubt — Respondent-teacher was acquitted of sexual assault charges against a minor India Law Library Docid # 2447804
(220) KETAKI AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 20-07-2026 Scheduled Tribe Certificate Verification — Suppression of facts and use of fraudulent documents — Petitioners claimed belonging to 'Mannerwarlu' community — The Caste Scrutiny Committee invalidated their claims based on suppression of contrary entries from close relatives' school records and evidence of manipulation in relied-upon validity certificates — The court found that the petitioners attempted to India Law Library Docid # 2448034