(181) VEENA SINHA Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 8 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483(3) — Grant of regular bail — Participatory right of victim — Special Judge granted regular bail to accused under POCSO Act on the day of surrender without issuing notice to or hearing the victim’s mother and guardian — Held, child victim through guardian has an unbridled right to India Law Library Docid # 2449253
(182) RAMESH KUMAR Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ of Mandamus — Refund of investments — Ponzi schemes — Unauthorised money collection — Maintainability — Petitioners sought direction to respondents for refund of money collected by private companies through redeemable preference shares and ponzi schemes — Issue held covered by prior Division Bench order — Writ petition disposed of with liberty to petitioners to submit a representation before the Securities and Exchange Board of India Law Library Docid # 2449254
(183) GITA KUMARI Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Bihar Targeted Public Distribution System (Control) Order, 2016 — Clause 8(v) — Grant of PDS Licence — Residence requirement — Preference to local resident — Petitioner placed higher on merit list was rejected on ground of residing at matrimonial home post-marriage — Detailed enquiry by authorities established petitioner resided at her matrimonial place — Held, requirement of residence under Clause 8(v) is a mandatory eligibility condition — A candidate placed higher in merit India Law Library Docid # 2449255
(184) M/S DELTA PRINTING HOUSE AND OTHERS Vs. AUOTHORISED OFFICER, SPECIALIZED ASSET RECOVERY MANAGEMENT, ANDHRA BANK AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002 — Rule 9(3), Rule 9(4) and Rule 9(5) — SARFAESI Auction Sale — Mandatory nature of timelines for deposit of sale consideration — Non-compliance with statutory provisions — Consequence — Immovable property auctioned by bank — Auction purchaser declared successful but balance 75% payment accepted after delay of 448 days without written extension agreeme India Law Library Docid # 2449316
(185) SRI MAYUR D BHANU Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 318(4) — Cheating — Quashing of FIR against Advocate — Absence of foundational ingredients — Petitioner, a practicing advocate, was arrayed as accused No. 4 based solely on an alleged telephonic threat given to complainant during a call — No financial, commercial, or inductive transaction existed between advocate and complainant — Offence of cheating presupposes a transaction accompanied by dishonest intention from inception — In absence of any transaction India Law Library Docid # 2449324
(186) NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA AND ANOTHER Vs. THE SPECIAL DEPUTY COMMISSIONER - 3 AND ARBITRATOR BANGABRE URBAN DISTRICT BANGALORE AND ANOTHER[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 33 and Section 34(3) — Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 and Section 29(2) — Correction of arbitral award — Period of limitation — Condonation of delay — The period of thirty days prescribed under Section 33(1) for filing an application for correction or interpretation of an award is inflexible, subject only to a contrary agreement between parties — Section 5 of Limitation Act is inapplicable to extend this period — A party cannot revive or extend India Law Library Docid # 2449325
(187) AMRAVATI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION Vs. GANESH DADARAO ANASANE AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026 Environmental Law — Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026 — Institutionalisation & Environmental Compensation — Environmental governance requires institutionalizing enforcement mechanisms beyond framing rules — Under Rules 17 and 18, a Central Implementation Committee must be constituted to supervise implementation and formulate structured, objective guidelines for levying India Law Library Docid # 2448521
(188) K. BHARATHAMMA Vs. BANDARU SAKKU BAI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 18 Rule 17 & Section 151 — Scope and Parameters for Recalling Witness and Reopening Evidence — The power to recall and examine a witness under Order 8 Rule 17 is a discretionary power-cum-facilitator vested primarily in the court to clarify doubts or seeking clarifications regarding evidence already led — It cannot be routinely invoked at the instance of a party at the fag end of a trial to fill up lacunae, omissions, or gaps in evidence, nor to permit fu India Law Library Docid # 2448522
(189) KUNTEGOWDA Vs. THURUBAIAH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 138, 118(a) and 139 — Presumption of Legally Enforceable Debt & Rebuttal by Accused — Once the execution of a cheque and the drawer's signature are admitted or proved, statutory mandatory presumptions arise under Sections 118 and 139 that the cheque was issued for consideration and in discharge of a legally enforceable debt — The burden shifts to the accused to disprove these presumptions by leading cogent direct or indirect India Law Library Docid # 2448523
(190) NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. SMT. THUNGALA DHANA LAXMI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 146, 147, 196 and 207 — Motor Insurance — Uninsured Vehicles & Mandatory Coverage — Public Interest Directions for Integration of Technology and Policy Reforms — Despite statutory mandate under Section 146 of the MVA, over 56% of vehicles on Indian roads remain uninsured, severely impeding prompt compensation to accident victims and drawing affected families into prolonged litigation — Recognising the safety of commuters India Law Library Docid # 2448524
(191) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND ANOTHER Vs. SRI DEVRAJ URS MEDICAL COLLEGE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 141 — Judicial Precedents — Retrospective Application — Judicial declarations of law by the Supreme Court operate retrospectively unless expressly stated to be prospective — The 11-Judge Bench decision in T.M.A. Pai Foundation (31.10.2002) declaring the subvention scheme unconstitutional took immediate retrospective effect, terminating executive India Law Library Docid # 2448517
(192) ARJUN JANI @ TUNTUN Vs. STATE OF ORISSA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026 Criminal Law — Access to Justice for Indigent Convicts — Constitutional Courts must adopt a proactive, liberal approach to condone inordinate delays in appeals filed by incarcerated, marginalized convicts to safeguard fundamental rights — High Court erred in refusing to condone a 3157-day delay in a jail appeal where the convict had already served 12 years of life imprisonment. India Law Library Docid # 2448518
(193) SPO/CONSTABLE IRB SATPAL SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026 Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 — Section 12 — Effect of Probation on Service Career — Release of a convict on probation under Section 3 or 4 of the 1958 Act does not obliterate conviction — The "disqualification" under Section 12 refers strictly to statutory disqualifications under other laws and does not bar disciplinary action, removal from public service, or override constitutional provisions like Article India Law Library Docid # 2448519
(194) DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Vs. B.S. RAWAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 04-08-2026 Service Law — Resignation — Unauthorized Acceptance & Doctrine of Ratification — An unauthorized acceptance of resignation by an incompetent authority takes effect and becomes valid from its inception once ratified by the competent authority, as ratification operates retrospectively under the doctrine of relation-back (ratihabitio mandato aequiparatur) — Where an employee voluntarily India Law Library Docid # 2448520
(195) ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Vs. ADDITIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) — Section 44(1)(c) — Committal of Scheduled Offence Case to Special Court — Conditions Precedent — Cognizance & Sanction — Section 44(1)(c) of the PMLA requires that the Special Court trying the money-laundering complaint must have already taken cognizance of that complaint before it can entertain an application to commit a pending scheduled-offence case from another court — Where the Special Court had merely issued a pre-cognizance notice under Se India Law Library Docid # 2448534
(196) JENORIN D. SANGMA Vs. STATE OF MEGHALAYA[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302, Section 201 read with Section 34 — Circumstantial Evidence — Extra-Judicial Confession — Evidentiary Value & Corroboration — An extra-judicial confession is inherently a weak piece of evidence that must be examined by the Court with greater care and caution —To form the basis of a conviction, it must be voluntary, truthful, inspire confidence, and be supported by a chain of cogent, corroborative circumstances —Where the principal India Law Library Docid # 2448535
(197) RAVINDER SINGH SIDHU Vs. STATE (NCT OF DELHI)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Regular Bail — High Magnitude Financial Fraud & Economic Offences –– Economic offences involving cheating, forgery, and unlawful financial schemes that impact a massive number of victims and destabilize public trust are offences of wide magnitude –– While dealing with a regular bail application in such matters, the Court cannot treat them at par with standard penal offences –– Granting bail to an accused facing serious India Law Library Docid # 2448536
(198) AMIT BHASIN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent Powers — Quashing of FIR based on Compromise — Offences with Social Ramifications — Offences of child exploitation and child labour committed under special statutes—such as Section 323/374 IPC, Section 23 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, and Sections 3/14 of the Child Labour (Prohibition & India Law Library Docid # 2448537
(199) YASHWANT SINGH Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 H.P. Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 1968, Section 6 — Grant of Parole — Scope and Grounds for Rejection — Objections by Victim or Relatives — Relevancy of Heinous Nature of Offence — The petitioner sought a writ of mandamus directing the authorities to grant him parole for agricultural work and to maintain social ties, which was rejected solely based on objections from the victim’s relative — The High Court held that parole serves a vital reformatory purpose aimed at maintaining India Law Library Docid # 2448542
(200) RAMBHAROSI AND OTHERS Vs. BOARD OF REVENUE,GWALIOR AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 M.P. Land Revenue Code, 1959 — Sections 109 and 110 — Acquisition of rights and mutation proceedings — Permissive possession does not constitute acquisition of right or interest — Naib Tahsildar recorded respondent's name as joint holder merely based on consent of original Bhumiswami — No legal document proving transfer of title or revenue record reflecting prior joint possession — Continued cultivation or India Law Library Docid # 2448801