(101) M/S. GOLD CREST EXPORTS Vs. M/S. SWASTIK OVERSEAS CORPORATION[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Contract Act, 1872 — Section 73 — Contract — Sale of goods — Breach — Buyer's failure to take delivery — Suit for recovery of loss on account of fall in market price — Contract for sale of 6,400 MT castor seeds, delivery to be taken by buyer between 1st to 15th October 2004 against advance payment — Buyer failed to take delivery within stipulated period despite repeated communications by seller — Seller sold goods to third India Law Library Docid # 2448348
(102) MOHANAGAR COOPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. LALURAM MANGLIPRASAD MATRUBHA-VANI VAV AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Civil Manual — Rule 429 — Non-deposit of paper-book charges — Dismissal for want of prosecution — Appellant failed to deposit estimated cost for preparing paper-book despite notice, and could not be traced/served by Bailiff even at address of the society and chawl — Held, in absence of compliance with Rule 429 and non-availability of records/evidence, no alternative but to dismiss appeal for want of prosecution — India Law Library Docid # 2448349
(103) SAIN MIRAN BABA DARVESH GHULAM Vs. STATE OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 31-07-2026 Jammu and Kashmir Wakaf Act, 2001 — Section 3(l) — "Wakaf by user" — Ziarat/Shrine — No formal deed necessary — Shrine of a deceased spiritual personage becoming a place of pilgrimage over a considerable period through continuous and uninterrupted public congregation acquires the character of a Wakaf by user — Neither the original saint nor his spiritual successor executed any deed dedicating the shrine, yet India Law Library Docid # 2448350
(104) STATE OF J&K Vs. MOHAMMAD RAMZAN MIR STATE OF J&K AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 31-07-2026 Ranbir Penal Code, 1989 — Section 375 — Age of consent — Law applicable at time of occurrence — Alleged offence occurred in June 2007, when age of consent under RPC was 16 years, prior to enhancement to 18 years by J&K Criminal Laws (Amendment) Act, 2013 (effective 22.03.2014) — School registration card, cross-examination of prosecutrix's mother, and medical opinion all established prosecutrix had crossed 16 India Law Library Docid # 2448351
(105) NARGIS BEGUM Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 31-07-2026 Service Law — Termination during probation — Temporary Government servant — Notice period — Central Reserve Police Force Rules, 1955, R.16 and Central Civil Services (Temporary Service) Rules, 1965, R.5(1) — Petitioner appointed as Constable (GD) in CRPF while on probation — Services liable to be terminated at any time on one month's notice without assigning reason during probation — Conjoint reading of R.16 of India Law Library Docid # 2448352
(106) NISAR AHMAD JOO Vs. UT OF J&K AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 31-07-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Bail — Successive bail application — Maintainability before superior court after rejection by trial court — Section 439 Cr.P.C./483 BNSS — Rejection of bail application by Sessions/Special Court does not bar High Court from entertaining successive application under Section 439 Cr.P.C./483 BNSS on same facts and offence — Superior court can always entertain India Law Library Docid # 2448353
(107) MUZAFFAR AHMAD BHAT Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 31-07-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Bail — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS) — Sections 8, 21, 22 and 29 — Bail — Confessional/disclosure statement of co-accused — Admissibility and evidentiary value — Corroborative material — Confessional statement of co-accused inadmissible against accused and cannot solely form basis for continued incarceration — However, where India Law Library Docid # 2448354
(108) SURYA WORLD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (NI) — Sections 138 and 142 — Condonation of delay in filing complaint — Requirement of reasoned order — Cognizance under S. 138 taken after condoning 118 days' delay in filing complaint without any reasoned order — Held, mere endorsement of "Allowed" with initials and date in margin of petition, without drawing any order-sheet, cannot be treated as a valid order of condonation — India Law Library Docid # 2448355
(109) RANJEET KUMAR RAI @ BABLU RAI Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (NI) — Section 138, proviso (b) — Mandatory demand notice — Prosecution under S. 138 requires issuance of statutory notice demanding payment of cheque amount within the prescribed period, and failure of drawer to pay within fifteen days thereof — Absence of any such notice in F.I.R. or investigation materials renders essential statutory precondition unfulfilled — No India Law Library Docid # 2448356
(110) MAHADEO ORAON Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Suppression of material facts — Order obtained by fraud on court — Nullity — Petitioner obtained writ order for restoration of possession without disclosing execution of settlement agreements with opposite parties and receipt of Rs.1.08 crore consideration for conveying possession — Held, factum of settlement agreements was a material fact required to be disclosed — India Law Library Docid # 2448357
(111) K.R.R. NAIR Vs. STATE (CBI)[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 — Sections 2(3), 3 — Territorial jurisdiction for registration of FIR — Registration of FIR at CBI/ACB, Kolkata, held valid where Port Blair office functioned only as a Camp Office administratively controlled by the Kolkata Circle at the relevant time — Superintendent of Police, Kolkata, held to possess requisite jurisdiction to register the case on receipt of source information — CBI Crime Manual mandates registration of a regular case once India Law Library Docid # 2448483
(112) SURENDRA SHARMA Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Habeas Corpus — Communication of grounds of arrest — Plausibility of State's version — Father's writ seeking relief regarding son's arrest — Allegation that grounds of arrest not communicated to arrestee or family — State's version that grounds were tendered to arrestee's wife at the police station, who refused to accept them, held more plausible India Law Library Docid # 2448484
(113) POULAMI TARAFDAR (SAHA) Vs. DIBESH SAHA[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125 — Maintenance — Refusal of monthly maintenance — Parties with comparable income — Trial Magistrate's refusal to grant monthly maintenance to wife upheld — Both spouses found to have broadly similar financial status and sufficient independent income — Wife, a postgraduate management professional in salaried employment, held equally India Law Library Docid # 2448485
(114) M/S. GANESH RAMCHANDRA APTE INFRASTRUCTURE Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 — Section 127(1) — Purchase notice — Statutory period for acquisition — Reservation deemed lapsed on default — Where land is reserved for a public purpose under a sanctioned development plan and the acquiring body fails to acquire it within 10 years from the date the plan comes into force, the India Law Library Docid # 2448486
(115) VISHNU ASSOCIATES PVT. LTD., CUTTACK Vs. STATE OF ODISHA & OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Orissa Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2017 — Section 44 — Alternative remedy — Maintainability of writ petition — Availability of statutory appeal under S. 44 not always a bar to writ jurisdiction — Where question involved is a pure question of law, viz. applicability of deeming provision under S. 5(2), High India Law Library Docid # 2448491
(116) BHUPENDER AND OTHERS Vs. VIKRAMJEET SINGH AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 320(3) — Compounding of offences involving Section 149 IPC liability — Where offences are compoundable and a person is made liable by virtue of S. 149 IPC (constructive liability arising from membership of unlawful assembly), such offences may also be compounded under S. 320 Cr.P.C. — Offences under Ss. 323 and 506 IPC read with S. 149 India Law Library Docid # 2448492
(117) DAITARY SWAIN Vs. KARTIKA SWAIN AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Orissa Land Reforms Act, 1960 — Sections 4(9) and 4(5) — Sikimi tenancy — Nature of application for fair rent distinguished from application for declaration as raiyat — Application filed under S. 4(9) OLR Act for determination of fair and equitable rent is distinct from an application under S. 4(5) for declaration of status of a sub-tenant as raiyat — No limitation prescribed for application under S. 4(9) — India Law Library Docid # 2448493
(118) LOKESH ANAND SINGHAL AND OTHERS Vs. PRIDE REALTY AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 5 — Scope of supervisory jurisdiction against orders passed in appeal under S. 37 — Though S. 5's non obstante clause restricting judicial intervention does not bar Art. 227 jurisdiction, which remains untouched being a constitutional provision, High Court must be extremely circumspect in interfering India Law Library Docid # 2448494
(119) VIKAS @ SUNNY Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 31-07-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 324, 341 — Murder, voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means, wrongful restraint — Conviction based on ocular evidence of injured eyewitness and corroborating witnesses — Post-mortem report confirming fatal stab wounds — Appeal dismissed. India Law Library Docid # 2448460
(120) KRISHAN MOHAN RATHOD (TELI) Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 31-07-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Section 24(2) — Lapsing of acquisition proceedings — For proceedings to lapse under Section 24(2) of the 2013 Act, both conditions must be met: award passed more than five years before the 2013 Act came into force, and neither compensation paid nor possession taken — Mere India Law Library Docid # 2448461