(501) MUKESH CHANDRA DEORARI Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND & OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Uttarakhand Annual Transfer for Public Servants Act, 2017 — Section 17(1)(a), proviso — Compulsory transfer — Seniority-based option — Petitioner, transferred compulsorily from accessible to remote area, contended that employee with lesser service in accessible area ought to have been accommodated against his exercised option instead of a junior — Held, since transferred employee already joined the substituted station pursuant to compliance timeline, no interference warranted at this stage — Lib India Law Library Docid # 2447973
(502) M.LAKSHMI ALIAS GAYATRI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 306 r/w S. 107 — Abetment of suicide — Quashing of FIR — General allegations of matrimonial discord and harassment, without particulars of a direct, proximate and intentional act of instigation, insufficient to constitute abetment — Mere harassment or strained relations, absent deliberate conduct intended to drive the deceased to suicide, does not satisfy mens rea under S. 107 — FIR alleging harassment by wife and in-laws quashed as abuse of process, allegations not di India Law Library Docid # 2448001
(503) KIRAN Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Successive bail application — Regular Bail — IPC Ss. 34, 302, 307, 324, 394 — Petitioner (accused No. 1) in custody over four years six months, two earlier bail applications dismissed — Only two of forty-five charge-sheet witnesses examined despite charges framed in 2023 — Co-accused with similar role already released on bail — Held, prolonged incarceration and slow trial progress, coupled with parity, justify grant of regular bail notwithstanding earlier r India Law Library Docid # 2448002
(504) BIJAY KUMAR MUDULI Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Service Law — Recovery of excess pay from retiral benefits — Impermissibility — Following the principles in State of Punjab v. Rafiq Masih, recovery from a retired employee of excess payment made due to an erroneous pay fixation, without any misrepresentation or fraud on the employee's part, is impermissible in law, particularly where recovery is directed after retirement and from retiral dues — Recovery of ₹4,72,536/- from petitioner's retiral benefits set aside with direction for expeditious r India Law Library Docid # 2448244
(505) PEER MOHAMMAD SHAH JILANI DARGAH SAMITI, RAMGARH Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Maintainability of Writ Petition — Maintainability Against Show-Cause Notice — Writ petition directly challenging eviction, vacation, or show-cause notices issued under statutory provisions is not maintainable — The court held that high courts should not entertain writ petitions under Article 226 against mere show-cause notices when disputed questions of fact are involved regarding title, ownership, and land use, and when complete statutory remedies un India Law Library Docid # 2448382
(506) M/S LAXMINATH INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 12A — Pre-Institution Mediation — Return of Plaint and Presentation before Competent Court — Mandatory Compliance — Where pre-institution mediation under Section 12A of the Act of 2015 was completed prior to the initial institution of the suit, its repetition is not required upon return of the plaint under Order VII Rule 10 CPC and subsequent India Law Library Docid # 2448383
(507) KALU RAM Vs. KHIYAN RAM[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay in filing First Appeal — Appellant acquired knowledge of the ex parte judgment and decree only upon initiation of execution proceedings — Certified copies were applied for and appeal was filed without avoidable delay — Delay was neither deliberate nor intentional — Since the appellant challenged the very legality of the proceedings India Law Library Docid # 2448384
(508) SHEIKH TARIQUE Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 13-07-2026 Medical Education Regulations — Time Limit for MBBS Course — Appellant admitted in 2010, argued no time limit existed then and 2019 amendment imposing a 10-year cap was not retrospective — Court noted appellant failed to clear the course even after 14 years and multiple attempts, rendering the retrospective argument academic. India Law Library Docid # 2448481
(509) SONI BAJAJ Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 13-07-2026 Public Interest Litigation — A public-spirited citizen filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging inaction by authorities in maintaining public roads and facility areas within a residential colony — The grievance was the presence of unauthorized constructions and encroachments that negatively impacted residents — The court acknowledged the India Law Library Docid # 2448482
(510) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Vs. SOUTH INDIAN CONSTRUCTIONS PVT. LTD[KERALA HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 27 — Additional evidence at appellate stage — Relevance of subsequently disclosed supplementary agreements to determine applicability of Government Order revising contract rates — Supplementary agreements executed between contractor and funding beneficiary, though not disclosed in the writ petition despite being executed prior to its filing, admitted at appellate stage as relevant to determining whether disputed Government Order dated 4-5-2019 gov India Law Library Docid # 2448578
(511) STATE OF KERALA Vs. V.R.JAMEELA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Registration Act, 1908 — Section 17(1)(g) distinguished from Ss. 32, 33 — Compulsory registration of power of attorney authorising transfer of immovable property — Section 17(1)(g), falling under Part III (registrable documents), operates independently of the procedural requirements under Ss. 32-33 (Part VI, presentation for registration) — A power of attorney validly executed and authenticated under S. 33 for a principal residing abroad satisfies only the procedural requirement for presenting d India Law Library Docid # 2448582
(512) GOPALAKRISHNA PILLAI K.R. Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 114, Order 47 Rule 1 — Scope of review — Subsequent stay of the precedent relied on not a ground for review — Review is not an appeal in disguise and lies only for an error apparent on the face of the record, self-evident and not requiring a process of reasoning — Explanation to Or. 47 R. 1 expressly excludes, as a ground for review, subsequent reversal or modification of the legal position relied on by a superior court in another case — Direction to pa India Law Library Docid # 2448583
(513) MUHAMMED SUMAIR A. Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 50 — Inapplicability to chance recovery — BNSS Ss. 47, 48 — Sufficiency of arrest-ground communication — Procedural safeguard under S. 50 NDPS Act does not apply where recovery of contraband is a chance recovery made during routine checking without prior specific information — Communication of arrest grounds under Ss. 47-48 BNSS specifying quantity of contraband and reason for arrest is not rendered defective merely because the speci India Law Library Docid # 2448608
(514) ANOOP Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304A — Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 185, 3(1) r/w 181 — Identification of accused-driver through arrest at spot and corroborating testimony — Where the accused-driver was restrained by the public at the spot immediately after a rash and negligent driving accident, arrested on the spot by police, and identified by witnesses without effective challenge in cross-examination, identification held sufficiently established despite absence of direct eyewitness iden India Law Library Docid # 2448609
(515) EDISON Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 7, 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) — Proof of demand and acceptance — Effect of presumption under S. 20 — Proof of demand is sine qua non for offences under Ss. 7 and 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) — Mere acceptance or recovery of the amount without proof of demand is insufficient — Demand and acceptance may be established through direct or corroborating witness testimony (including a partly-corroborated or hostile witness's creditworthy portion), and once established, the ma India Law Library Docid # 2448610
(516) VINEET JAIN Vs. AMAN ZARGAR[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 13-07-2026 Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 — Sections 1(1), 5(1), & 7 — Criminal Defamation (Section 500 RPC/IPC) — Liability of Managing Director vs. Editor — Statutory Presumption — Under the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867, a statutory presumption under Section 7 arises only against the designated "Editor" whose name is printed on the newspaper as the person controlling the selection of the published matter — The Act does not recognize India Law Library Docid # 2448653
(517) RAHUL SHARMA AND OTHER Vs. UT OF J&K INCHARGE POLICE STATION, JANIPUR, J&K.[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 13-07-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 528 [corresponding to CrPC, 1973 — Section 482] — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 323, 342, and 498-A — Quashing of criminal proceedings on the basis of compromise — Matrimonial disputes — High Court in exercise of its inherent India Law Library Docid # 2448654
(518) MOHAMMAD RIZWAN Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 13-07-2026 Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 — Section 8(2) — Preventive Detention — Scope of Judicial Review and Subjective Satisfaction — Preventive detention is a precautionary measure aimed at preventing future prejudicial acts rather than punishing past conduct — The High Court, while exercising writ jurisdiction, does not sit as a court of appeal over the subjective satisfaction of India Law Library Docid # 2448655
(519) ALEX MATTOO Vs. UT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR THROUGH COMMISSIONER/SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 13-07-2026 Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 — Section 8 — Preventive Detention — Detention of person already in judicial custody — An order of preventive detention can validly be passed against a person who is already in judicial custody provided the detaining authority is aware of such custody, applies its mind to the relevant material, and records compelling reasons India Law Library Docid # 2448656
(520) MEKHANA SIBY Vs. COMMISSIONER FOR ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — KEAM Prospectus — Mandatory online submission of qualifying marks "irrespective of academic eligibility" clause does not dispense with submission — Prospectus clauses requiring online submission/upload of qualifying Board marks within stipulated time are peremptory and have the force of law, not to be diluted by writ jurisdiction — Clause permitting inclusion "irrespective of academic eligibility" refers to the minimum eligibility percentage, not to di India Law Library Docid # 2448673