(21) MANOJ KUMAR AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — S. 482 [or Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — S. 438] — Grant of Anticipatory / Pre-Arrest Bail — Principles, Scope and Exercise of Discretion — Anticipatory bail is an extraordinary and exceptional remedy that must be exercised cautiously and sparingly rather than in a routine manner — The court must exercise judicial discretion based on the gravity of the offense, the nature of allegations, and the necessity of India Law Library Docid # 2448813
(22) STATE OF GUJARAT, THROUGH ARVINDBHAI H ZALA, DRUG INSPECTOR Vs. JAGDISHBHAI SUBHASHBHAI PATEL[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 378(1)(b) & 378(4) [or Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — S. 419] — Appeal Against Acquittal Passed by Magistrate — Forum of Appeal — An appeal against an order of acquittal passed by a Magistrate in respect of a cognizable and non-bailable offence cannot be directed by the State Government to be filed directly before the High Court India Law Library Docid # 2448814
(23) LATE HANUMANTHARAYAPPA, S/O LATE SUBBANNA, SINCE DECEASED BY HIS LRS. AND OTHERS Vs. S.H. BYRANNA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Hindu Law — Joint Family Property vs. Self-Acquired Property — Burden of Proof and Presumptions — There is a legal presumption that every Hindu family is joint in food, worship, and estate; however, there is no presumption that a property held by an individual coparcener is joint family property merely due to the existence of a Joint Hindu Family — The initial burden lies on the person alleging that a property belongs to the Joint Hindu Family to establish the existence of a joint family India Law Library Docid # 2448815
(24) ANKUSH RANA Vs. M/S ARSAI BEVERAGES PRIVATE LIMITED[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 read with Section 147 — Compounding of Offence at Appellate/Revision Stage — Where the accused and complainant amicably resolve their dispute during the pendency of a criminal revision petition, and the accused pays the settled compensation amount in full to the complainant, the High Court can exercise its powers under Section 147 of the India Law Library Docid # 2448816
(25) SULTAN MIAN Vs. THE COMMISSIONER, SANTHAL PARGANA DIVISION AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Santhal Pargana Tenancy (Supplementary Provisions) Act, 1949 — Schedule V, Rules 3 & 4 — Scope of Revisional Jurisdiction vs. Appellate Jurisdiction — Under Schedule V of the Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act, the office of Pradhan (headman) is hereditary, with the next fit heir entitled to succession — Revisional jurisdiction, unlike a full-fledged appeal, does not permit the revisional authority to India Law Library Docid # 2448817
(26) SOUTH INDIAN BANK LIMITED Vs. PROPELLO INNOVATIONS PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Section 17 read with Constitution of India, Article 226 — Exhaustion of Alternative Statutory Remedy & Maintainability of Writ Petition — The High Court ordinarily ought not to entertain a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution challenging proceedings initiated under Section 13(2) or Section 13(4) of the SARFAESI Act, 2002, when an effective and efficacious India Law Library Docid # 2448818
(27) GURDIT SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 read with Arms Act, 1959 — Section 25(8) and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 109 — Regular Bail — Principles Governing Grant of Bail — Where the petitioner was nominated as an accused solely on the basis of a disclosure statement made by a co-accused regarding the possession/recovery of an illegal firearm, and no specific overt act, attempt to commit murder, or injury to any individual was alleged under Section 109 BNS, the petitione India Law Library Docid # 2448819
(28) HORAKERAPPA Vs. SRI. THIMMAPPA S/O LATE KAVALASIDDAPPA DEAD BY HIS LEGAL HEIRS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Article 58 vs. Article 113 — Cause of Action & Revenue Entries — In a suit for declaration of title and permanent injunction, the period of limitation is governed by Article 58 and not Article 113 of the Limitation Act, 1963 —A mere wrong or adverse entry in the revenue record (such as an entry in Column No. 12 of the RTC) or a revenue order directing parties to approach a Civil India Law Library Docid # 2448820
(29) SMT. SARASWATHI Vs. SRI. JAYAPPA M.N.[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Joint Account Cheque & Liability of Signatory — Where a cheque drawn on a joint bank account is issued and signed by only one of the account holders in discharge of a legally enforceable debt, the signatory account holder can be independently prosecuted and held liable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — The non-prosecution or India Law Library Docid # 2448821
(30) GURSIMRAT GILL Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ of Habeas Corpus & Child Custody between Natural Parents — A writ of habeas corpus under Article 226 of the Constitution is an extraordinary summary remedy to liberate a person from illegal or unlawful detention, and cannot be used as a substitute for statutory guardianship proceedings to decide permanent child custody disputes — Custody of a minor child with their biological father (a natural guardian) cannot be classified as "illegal India Law Library Docid # 2448822
(31) AJIT DHRITLEHRE AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Chhattisgarh Excise Act — Section 34(2) — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Grant of bail — Habitual offender — Applicant No. 1 implicated in illicit liquor trade based on co-accused's memorandum statement — No direct liquor recovery from applicant — Applicant had multiple criminal antecedents, India Law Library Docid # 2448955
(32) SHANKAR DAS DHIRHI Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Service Law — Recovery of Excess Payment — Gratituity — Excess payment of public money — Right of State to recover — Petitioner challenged recovery of excess gratuity paid upon retirement — Held, mere administrative error does not extinguish employer's right to recover public money — Excess payment received without authority of law carries an obligation to refund to prevent unjust enrichment — India Law Library Docid # 2448956
(33) THE STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS Vs. SHRAWAN KUMAR KASHYAP AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Limitation Act, 1908 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Writ Appeal filed by State — Delay of 646 days — Administrative procedures and departmental sanctions — State sought condonation of delay claiming time was lost in departmental formalities and administrative approvals — Held, routine departmental procedures without plausible explanation or cogent reason do not constitute sufficient cause to India Law Library Docid # 2448957
(34) DAYARAM KHAIRWAR @ SHUBHAM KHAIRWAR Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 14A(2) — Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Grant of regular bail — Inordinate delay in trial — Violation of Article 21 — Appellant detained for over four years — Cross-examination of prosecutrix remained incomplete for over three years without fault of accused — Held, right to a speedy India Law Library Docid # 2448958
(35) X NIL Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 — Section 3(2), Explanation 2 — Reproductive autonomy — Minor rape victim — Writ petition seeking medical termination of 18-week pregnancy resulting from sexual assault — Court held that reproductive autonomy, bodily integrity, and dignity are integral facets of right to life under Article 21 — Forcing a victim to carry India Law Library Docid # 2448959
(36) SMT. SARITA AND OTHERS Vs. SANAT KUMAR SURYAWANSHI[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — "Sufficient cause" — Scope and applicability — Gross delay of 956 days in challenging Family Court's maintenance order — Discretion to condone delay must be exercised judiciously upon satisfactory proof of "sufficient cause" — Rules of limitation are based on public India Law Library Docid # 2448960
(37) THE STATE OF ASSAM Vs. MANGAL PAIK BISWANATH[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Criminal Law — Circumstantial Evidence — Standard of Proof — Heinous Offence — Murder and Rape of Minor — Conviction based solely on circumstantial evidence requires a complete and unbroken chain of proved circumstances excluding every reasonable hypothesis consistent with innocence — Suspicion, however grave, or the heinous nature of crime cannot take the place of legal proof — Prosecution must travel the full distance India Law Library Docid # 2448991
(38) RUMI BARUAH SONOWAL Vs. THE UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Motor Accident Claim — Contributory Negligence — Proof Required — High Court held that merely because two vehicles are involved in a collision, an inference of contributory negligence cannot automatically be drawn against both drivers in equal proportion — Contributory negligence cannot be attributed India Law Library Docid # 2448992
(39) SALEHA KHATUN Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ Jurisdiction — Non-Registration of FIR — Availability of Alternative Statutory Remedy — Maintainability — High Court ought not to entertain a writ petition under Article 226 seeking directions for registration of an FIR or for a fair investigation without the aggrieved party first exhausting the statutory remedies provided under criminal procedure law — Article 226 cannot be used as a forum India Law Library Docid # 2448993
(40) SRI CHANDRA MOHAN JHA Vs. SRI ALOK GHOSH[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Sections 16(c), 20, 21, 22, and 23 — Specific performance of contract for sale — Onus to prove due execution — Burden of proof — Plaintiff filed a suit seeking specific performance of an agreement for sale, alleging payment of advance money and delivery of possession — Defendant denied execution of agreement and receipt of money — Plaintiff and his witness admitted in cross-examination that they had not seen defendant sign agreement — Mere production of original agree India Law Library Docid # 2448994