(141) TILAK RAJ Vs. STATE OF HP AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-07-2026 Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1954 — Section 107 — Demarcation of Boundary Lines — Consent of Parties — Bar on Appeal and Revision — Appellant challenged dismissal of writ petition upholding demarcation carried out under Section 107 pursuant to a District Judge compromise decree — Demarcation was conducted on-spot by Assistant Collector in presence of both parties, establishing permanent boundary points, with written statements accepting the outcome without objection — Held, under Section 1 India Law Library Docid # 2448547
(142) SHALEEN KACKER Vs. THE STATE OF HP AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-07-2026 Custody of Minor Child — Foreign Court Order vs. Paramountcy of Child Welfare — Alternate Efficacious Remedy — Petitioner-father sought habeas corpus for return of minor child, alleging illegal detention by biological mother in India in violation of a US Family Court decree requiring a prior mirror judgment — Mother had relocated after the US court refused the father's specific clause modification prohibiting travel without prior mirror judgment, and subsequently enrolled the autistic child in a India Law Library Docid # 2448548
(143) RAM KRISHAN Vs. NETAR PARKASH[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 30-07-2026 Payment of Wages Act, 1936 — Section 17(1-A) — Appeal — Mandatory deposit of amount — A litigant who avails a statutory remedy must comply with its mandatory conditions — The Payment of Wages Act requires an appeal against a payment order to be accompanied by a certificate of deposit — Failure to comply, despite a court direction, prevents the use of supervisory jurisdiction under Article India Law Library Docid # 2448710
(144) MYMOONA Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 30-07-2026 Indian Forest Act, 1927 & J&K Willow (Prohibition on Export and Movement) Act, 2000 — Confiscation of non-governmental property — Confiscation proceedings for seized non-governmental property, such as willow clefts and a vehicle, cannot be finalized or an order passed until the offender is convicted in a criminal case — The confiscation of such property without prior conviction is illegal and unsustainable. India Law Library Docid # 2448711
(145) SUKHPUNEET SINGH Vs. JAMMU DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 30-07-2026 Administrative Law — Judicial Review of Tender Conditions — A prospective bidder cannot seek modification of tender conditions, such as excluding a specific parking slot, solely because it is occupied by security personnel — The decision to participate in a tender is optional, and the inclusion of a slot that may render the tender commercially unviable is an administrative consideration for the tendering India Law Library Docid # 2448712
(146) TILAK RAJ Vs. STATE (NOW UNION TERRITORY) OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 30-07-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 498-A — Cruelty by husband or relatives — Dowry demand — Harassment for property or valuable security — Conviction upheld — Appeal dismissed — Appellant convicted for subjecting his wife to cruelty by demanding dowry items and money, leading to mental torture and abuse, which falls under the definition of cruelty as per Section 498-A RPC. India Law Library Docid # 2448713
(147) UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR Vs. MANZOOR HUSSAIN[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 30-07-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 2006 — Sections 5(1)(d) and 5(2) & Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 161 — Bribery case — Demand and acceptance of illegal gratification are essential elements for conviction — Prosecution failed to prove demand of bribe as key witnesses turned hostile and their testimony was not supported by other evidence — Discrepancies in the sequence of events regarding the India Law Library Docid # 2448714
(148) TULSIRAM RAJPAL AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-07-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 302/34, and 450 — Murder and House-Trespass — Fatal Infirmities in Prosecution Evidence — Identity of FIR Scribe and Genuineness of Dying Information — Benefit of Doubt — Appellants were convicted by the Trial Court for murder and house-trespass based on an FIR (Ex.P/21) allegedly lodged by the deceased prior to his death — Investigating Officer (PW-14) admitted that he did not write the FIR himself India Law Library Docid # 2448858
(149) RAMASREY @ FAKKAD Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 45, 53 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 2(17), 4 — "Life imprisonment" — Meaning — Life imprisonment under Section 53 read with Section 45 IPC (and correspondingly under the BNS) means imprisonment for the rest of the convict's natural life, terminable only by India Law Library Docid # 2448277
(150) CONTAINER CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED Vs. RISHI RANJAN MISHRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 2(28), S. 2(34) — "Motor vehicle" — "Public place" — Inland Container Depot — A Reach Stacker weighing 71.8 to 102 metric tonnes, far exceeding the permissible gross vehicle weight for vehicles on public roads, is a vehicle of special type adapted for use only within enclosed premises and falls within the exclusionary limb of Section 2(28); the internal roads of an ICD, being a customs-bonded area accessible only to authorized personnel, do not constitute a "pu India Law Library Docid # 2448278
(151) HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN Vs. ABHAY JAIN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2026 Rajasthan Judicial Service Rules, 2010 — Rules 49, 50 — Full Court Resolution dated 15.01.2011 — Selection Scale/Super Time Scale — Application on facts — Applying the valid ACRs for 2013 and 2014 (Parts I & II) — all rated "Very Good"/"Good" with integrity certified — the Judicial Officer, having completed five years' notional service considering reinstatement with continuity, was held entitled to Selection Scale with India Law Library Docid # 2448279
(152) THE STATE OF UTTARAKHAND Vs. JAGDISH CHANDRA KANDPAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2026 Uttaranchal Civil Services (Executive Branch) Rules, 2005 — Rule 24(4) — Uttaranchal Public Service Commission (Limitations of Functions) Regulations, 2003 — Regulation 5(a) — Nature of Requirement — Requirement of consulting Commission before continuation of officiating appointment beyond one year held directory, not mandatory, applying the classic test of statutory construction; non-compliance does not invalidate the appointment where treating it as void would cause India Law Library Docid # 2448280
(153) M/S OTIS ELEVATOR CO. (INDIA) LTD. Vs. RASHMI HANDA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 2019 — Deficiency of Service — Maintenance Contractor's Liability — Elevator Malfunction — Comprehensive maintenance contractor, being both manufacturer and repair contractor with exclusive technical knowledge of safety interlocks and brake mechanisms, held principally deficient in service for failing to act on its own identified remedy (voltage stabiliser) despite India Law Library Docid # 2448281
(154) NAKHAT SINGH Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2026 Armed Forces — Air Force Order No. 33/2017 — Prior Permission for Civil Post — Mandatory Nature — Requirement of seeking prior permission before applying for a civil post, and subsequent grant of NOC, held mandatory and not merely procedural/directory, since AFO 33/2017 has necessary nexus with regulating premature discharge of Airmen and its object of maintaining India Law Library Docid # 2448282
(155) MARAGADHAM Vs. PERIYARAJA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2026 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Section 15(1)(a) — Devolution of Female Intestate's Property — Properties of a Hindu female dying intestate devolve, in the absence of sons/daughters' issue predeceasing her, upon her husband and daughter in equal shares under Section 15(1)(a); such undivided share in the husband's hands does not partake the character of coparcenary property. India Law Library Docid # 2448283
(156) AMARJIT SINGH Vs. AIIMS AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 29-07-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 25-B — Proof of 240 Days' Continuous Service — Burden and Evidentiary Onus — Legal burden of establishing 240 days' continuous service rests throughout on the workman, but where he lays the foundational factual basis through cogent evidence and calls upon the employer to produce employment India Law Library Docid # 2448284
(157) SHAH NAWAZ Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 29-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 232 — Non-compliance — Effect — Non-compliance with the mandatory hearing under Section 232 Cr.P.C. after questioning the accused under Section 313(1)(b) does not ipso facto vitiate the trial unless the accused demonstrates serious and substantial prejudice resulting therefrom. India Law Library Docid # 2448285
(158) NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS IN MEDICAL SCIENCES Vs. DR. ADITI PANWAR AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 29-07-2026 Reservation — Educational admissions — General category candidate cannot claim reserved seat — A candidate belonging to the general/unreserved category cannot stake a claim against a seat reserved for a particular category. The converse, however, is permissible, and a reserved-category candidate may compete against permissible other categories, being India Law Library Docid # 2448286
(159) SANDEEP GOEL Vs. JUGAL KISHOR TOSHNIWAL[DELHI HIGH COURT] 29-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 8 Rule 1 — Commercial suits — Filing of written statement beyond 30 days — Requirement of satisfactory explanation — A defendant in a commercial suit must file the written statement within 30 days of service of summons; extension up to the outer limit of 120 days may be granted only for reasons recorded in writing. Filing within 120 days does not India Law Library Docid # 2448287
(160) VANASHAKTI Vs. UNION OF INDIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 29-07-2026 Environment Law — Environmental Clearance — Prior clearance — Mandatory character — Prior environmental clearance under EIA Notification, 2006 is mandatory, being founded on the precautionary principle and couched in imperative terms — Word "prior" and the graded four-stage screening, scoping, India Law Library Docid # 2448300