(41) SHRI GURUDWARA AKALGARH SAHIB DEG., GHARUAN Vs. SURINDER KUMAR SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 115 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Maintainability of revision against interlocutory orders — Conversion of petition — Reversal of interlocutory orders passed during pendency of a suit would not finally dispose of the suit, rendering revisions under Section 115 CPC non-maintainable — High Court possesses power to convert a revision petition filed under Section 115 CPC into a petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India in appro India Law Library Docid # 2450259
(42) NANCI @ NANCY Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s) and 18 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Anticipatory bail — Maintainability — Bar under Section 18 — FIR contents did not disclose that the appellant intentionally insulted, intimidated, or abused the complainant by caste name within public view — Offences under SC&ST Act added subsequently during investigation — Held, where no prima facie case is made out for commission of offences under the India Law Library Docid # 2450260
(43) NIC LTD. Vs. KAMLESH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor accident claim — Rash and negligent driving — Proof of negligence — Evidence of injured eye-witnesses corroborated by FIR and criminal charge-sheet — Driver of offending dumper failed to step into the witness box to refute claims of rash driving — Adverse inference drawn against the driver — Non-examination of driver by owner or insurer reinforces claimants' account — High Court affirmed Tribunal's finding that the collision occurred due to the sole India Law Library Docid # 2450261
(44) DENISH JASUBHAI SANKHALA AND ANOTHER Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Public Procurement — Public Sector Undertaking Tender — Tie-breaker mechanism based on annual turnover — Validity — Indian Oil Corporation Limited invited all-India tender for Retail Visual Identity elements across 16 State Offices covering 109 work orders — Challenge to tie-breaking clause prioritizing bidder with higher annual turnover where multiple bidders quote identical L1 rate — Held: Financial capacity is a legitimate consideration in large-sca India Law Library Docid # 2450176
(45) ITC LIMITED Vs. METROPOLITAN STOCK EXCHANGE AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — SEBI Master Circular dated 31st July 2023 — Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) mechanism — Writ jurisdiction to interdict arbitral proceedings at inception — Scope — Petitioner challenged communications compelling participation in ODR arbitration on grounds of limitation, lack of locus, res judicata, maintainability, and absence of jurisdiction — Held, High Court under Article 226 does not exercise appellate power over ODR proceedings and will not interdi India Law Library Docid # 2450177
(46) SUKAINA RIZVI Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Mandamus — School Uniform Policy — Freedom to wear headscarf in addition to uniform — Private unaided institution affiliated to CBSE — Student sought mandamus directing school to allow headscarf with uniform — So long as a dress code is uniform, bona fide, non-discriminatory, and intended to maintain discipline and institutional identity, the choice of prescribed uniform lies within the domain of the school — Prescribed India Law Library Docid # 2450267
(47) M/S REACH DREDGING LIMITED Vs. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 21-08-2026 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 — Sections 3, 2(1)(u), & 2(2) — Offence of money laundering — Requirement of scheduled offence — Commission of a scheduled offence is a sine qua non for the existence of proceeds of crime and initiation of proceedings under Section 3 of PMLA — Enforcement Directorate can proceed against a person for money laundering only if the alleged proceeds of crime are directly or indirectly connected with a scheduled offence — Section 2(2) allows reference to an un- India Law Library Docid # 2450286
(48) HABIBULLAH KUMAR Vs. UT OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 21-08-2026 J&K Prevention of Corruption Act, 2006 (1949 A.D.) — Section 5(1)(d) read with Section 5(2) — Ranbir Penal Code, 1989 — Section 161 — Illegal gratification — Pre-trap verification of demand — Essential ingredients — Offence of criminal misconduct requires proof of initial demand, voluntary acceptance of bribe, and recovery of tainted money — Trap Laying Officer failed to independently verify the factum of initial demand before laying trap against the accused — Other officials denied contributing India Law Library Docid # 2450297
(49) M/S DINESH KUMAR SHARMA CONSTRUCTIONS PVT. LTD. TH. HARSH KUMAR SHARMA Vs. U. T. OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 21-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Government Contracts — Tender Process — Vested Right of L-1 Bidder — Judicial Review — Scope — Petitioner claimed entitlement to contract award as lowest responsive bidder (L-1) — Held, the lowest bidder possesses no indefeasible or vested right to the award of a contract — The tendering authority remains the sole judge of its commercial requirements and is fully empowered to cancel the bidding process for valid and justifiable reasons — Court in exerc India Law Library Docid # 2450303
(50) UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. MOHAN SINGH AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 21-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 168 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order XVI — Closing of evidence — Defense of fake driving licence — Insurance company contended that the Tribunal erred in closing its evidence despite the deposit of diet expenses — Record established that the insurer prolonged proceedings for three years and failed to take dasti summons despite specific court directions — Held, an insurer failing to obtain and serve dasti summons cannot claim denial of reasonable oppor India Law Library Docid # 2450304
(51) VISHAL SINGH Vs. THE STATE OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 21-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Maintainability of writ petition — Disputed questions of title and possession over immovable property — Inter se private dispute — Civil suits pending before competent Civil Court — Petitioner sought writ of certiorari against Municipal Corporation and private respondents to restrain construction — Held, extraordinary writ jurisdiction cannot be converted into a civil suit to resolve complex disputed questions of fact, title, and possession — Dispute i India Law Library Docid # 2450305
(52) ARUN K. THOMAS Vs. NARCOTIC CONTROL BUREAU[KERALA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 21 and 22(2) — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 58 and 187 — Computation of 24-hour rule for production before Magistrate — Distinction between formal arrest and pre-arrest detention — Held, 24-hour mandate under Article 22(2) begins upon formal arrest where pre-arrest restraint or detention is explicitly authorized by statute for inquiry, search, or summons compliance — However, where deprivation of personal liberty before formal arrest India Law Library Docid # 2450311
(53) ASHRAF @ ASHARAF MOULAVI Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[KERALA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 22(1) — Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 — Section 43-B — Written grounds of arrest — Retrospective application of precedent — Appellant arrested on 22.09.2022 challenged arrest alleging non-furnishing of written grounds of arrest — Held, the requirement of mandatory supply of written grounds of arrest laid down in Pankaj Bansal applies prospectively with effect from 03.10.2023 — Non-furnishing of written grounds prior to that date does not render India Law Library Docid # 2450322
(54) MUHAMMED ASHFAQ C Vs. UNION OF INDIA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 22(1) & 22(2) — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 47, 48, 58 and 187 — Scope of compliance upon arrest — Transit remand — Constitutional safeguards under Article 22(1) operationalised through Sections 47 and 48 BNSS must be complied with when the arrested person is produced before the nearest Magistrate for obtaining transit remand — Scrutiny of compliance cannot be deferred until production before jurisdictional Magistrate — Transit remand India Law Library Docid # 2450377
(55) RAVINDER SINGH Vs. STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 20-08-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 6 — Conviction and Sentence — Aggravated penetrative sexual assault on a minor child — Onus on prosecution — Sole testimony of victim — Testimony of PW3 (minor victim) was consistent, natural, and unimpeached throughout the proceedings — Statements under India Law Library Docid # 2449477
(56) SHIV PRATAP SINGH ALIAS CHINU Vs. STATE OF U.P AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2026 Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 — Sections 2, 3 and 23 — Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Rules, 2021 — Rule 3 — Creation of Offence — Requisite elements of a penal statute — Principles of nulla poena sine lege and actus reus — The U.P. Act of 1986 merely provides definitions for "gang" and "gangster" under Section 2 and prescribes penalties under Section 3 without explicitly defining or creating a distinct substantive crim India Law Library Docid # 2449483
(57) K. SUMAN CHANDRA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2026 Service Law — Regularisation — Date of Effect — Entitlement to General Provident Fund (GPF) Scheme vs. Contributory Provident Fund (CPF) Scheme — Office Order regularising contractual service explicitly stating that regularisation shall take effect from the date of issuance of order and services shall continue to be governed by existing CPF Scheme — Conditions of regularisation India Law Library Docid # 2449484
(58) SHREE BALAJI ENTERPRISES Vs. RESERVE BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 20-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 106 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Cyber Financial Frauds — Freezing of Bank Accounts — Principle of Proportionality — Right to Livelihood — Petitioners challenged complete debit-freezing of bank accounts over suspected cyber-fraud transactions, often involving minor amounts — Held, a bank account is property vital for business and daily existence — Blanket freezing of an entire bank account when the disputed amount is identifiabl India Law Library Docid # 2449559
(59) RAVI KUMAR SINGH MALHOTRA Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2026 Criminal Law — Reversal of Acquittal — Scope of Appellate Interference — Double Presumption of Innocence — Reversal of judgment of acquittal by High Court — Permissibility — High Court reversed Trial Court's order of acquittal and convicted appellant under Sections 302 and 201 IPC — Held, an appellate court interfering with an acquittal must bear in mind the double presumption of innocence operating in favour of the accused — Where two reasonable views are possible based on the evidence on recor India Law Library Docid # 2449628
(60) JAMNABAI AND OTHERS Vs. VASUDEV AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Scope of Second Appeal — Interference with Concurrent Findings of Fact — High Court reversed concurrent findings of trial court and first appellate court regarding title, limitation, and validity of relinquishment — Permissibility — Held, Section 100 CPC confers a restricted jurisdiction and a second appeal can be entertained only where a substantial question India Law Library Docid # 2449629