(21) 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
(22) 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
(23) 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
(24) 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
(25) 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
(26) ASHOK KUMAR TIWARI Vs. VIVEK KUMAR CHATURVEDI AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-08-2026 Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Civil contempt — Child custody order — Non-compliance alleged — Exercise of parens patriae jurisdiction in contempt proceedings — Contempt petition filed by maternal grandparents alleging non-compliance with earlier judgment directing handover of custody of minor child to father (natural guardian) — Held, though the proceeding was a contempt case, upon interaction with India Law Library Docid # 2448853
(27) SHABU KN ACHARY Vs. DHARAMPAL PREMCHAND LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 18 Rule 4 and Section 138 — Cross-examination — Permissibility of questions in absence of written statement of defendant on record — Trademark infringement suit — Suit for permanent injunction and damages instituted by plaintiff-respondent alleging infringement of its trade dress/trademark "BABA" — Defendant's written statement not taken on record — India Law Library Docid # 2448854
(28) COMMISSIONER OF SERVICE TAX, CHENNAI Vs. M/S DIEBOLD SYSTEMS (P) LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2026 Finance Act, 1994 — Sections 65(105)(zzd), 66 & 67 — "Commissioning or installation" service — Indivisible turnkey contracts — Vivisection, permissibility of — Respondent supplying, installing and commissioning ATMs for banks under turnkey contracts for single composite consideration — Revenue sought to tax 33% of gross consideration as value of installation/commissioning service — Held, during the period July 2003 to April 2006, Ss. 65, 66 and 67 contained neither charge nor machinery India Law Library Docid # 2448636
(29) SUSHIL SHARMA Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Compulsory retirement — Judicial review, scope of — Order of compulsory retirement is neither punitive nor stigmatic, and is founded on subjective satisfaction of Government in public interest — Principles of natural justice, including audi alteram partem, inapplicable — Held, judicial review is not appellate in nature; interference permissible only where order is malafide, based on no evidence, or arbitrary and perverse — Order upheld as not vitiated India Law Library Docid # 2448637
(30) MUKKERA VENKATA RATNAM AND OTHERS Vs. VANTASALA CHINA VENKATESWARLU AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 06-08-2026 Andhra Pradesh Civil Courts Act, 1972 — Section 1(3), Notification dt. 30-10-1972 — Scope of exclusion of Scheduled Areas — The 1972 Act, extending civil jurisdiction across the State, was excluded from application to Scheduled Areas by government notification — Held, such exclusion is intended solely to protect Scheduled Tribes India Law Library Docid # 2448638
(31) RAJA RAM DANGI Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 06-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) — Section 176(1-A) — Inquiry by Judicial Magistrate into custodial death — Scope and jurisdiction — Distinction between sub-section (1) and sub-section (1-A) — Purpose of inquiry under sub-section (1-A) is not restricted merely to ascertaining the medical or physiological cause of death — Omission of the phrase "inquiry into the cause of death" in sub India Law Library Docid # 2448804
(32) SMT HANSA BAI AND OTHERS Vs. KISHORILAL THROUGH LRS SMT. SUSHILA DEVI AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 06-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Control Act, 1961 — Conversion of eviction suit to title-based suit for possession — Permissibility — In suit initially filed for eviction based on landlord-tenant relationship, plaintiffs amended plaint upon defendants' denial of tenancy and assertion of title via adverse possession — Separate court fees paid for India Law Library Docid # 2448805
(33) BANESINGH AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 06-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 97 and 100 — Right of private defence — Scope and applicability — Accused sustained incised injuries on left leg from sword retrieved by deceased — Law does not expect person under attack to weigh defensive force in golden scales or modulate response with mathematical precision — Right extends to causing death of aggressor when reasonable and imminent apprehension of India Law Library Docid # 2448806
(34) COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE, HYDERABAD-IV Vs. M/S XEROX INDIA LTD. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2026 Central Excise Act, 1944 — Section2(f) — "Manufacture" — Test for — Held, levy of excise duty requires two-fold test: (1) emergence of distinct commercial goods with new identity, character or use (transformation), and (2) marketability of transformed goods — A process leaving the commodity commercially the same article is not manufacture, however much labour, skill or expense bestowed — Addition to value alone does not convert a process into manufacture — Conversely, elaborateness or chemical a India Law Library Docid # 2448555
(35) M/S. PATEL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED Vs. M/S. ADITYA CONSTRUCTION[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 — Question whether a buyer of goods/services from an MSME can independently invoke arbitration under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 for its claim against the MSME — Held, not answered — Respondent MSME having agreed to arbitration through Delhi International Arbitration Centre, appeal disposed of by consent with venue fixed at New Delhi — Question of law raised left open to be considere India Law Library Docid # 2448556
(36) KKH FINVEST PVT. LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. ASHIESH SHUKLA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 05-08-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11 — Group of Companies Doctrine/Veritable parties — Non-signatory to arbitration agreement — Held, non-signatory may be treated as a "veritable party" to an arbitration agreement where its legal relationship with signatory parties and involvement in performance of the underlying contract indicates intention to be bound — Participation of non-signatory in negotiation, performance India Law Library Docid # 2448557
(37) SHIB PRASAD PATRA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973 — S. 114(B) read with West Bengal Panchayat (Gram Panchayat Administration) Rules, 2004, Rule 27(1A) — Sanctioning authority for construction plans — Held, a Gram Panchayat has no jurisdiction to sanction a building plan with plinth area exceeding 150 sq. mtrs. without the application being vetted by the Panchayat Samiti as mandated by Rule 27(1A); absence of a rule prescribing the specific procedure India Law Library Docid # 2448565
(38) SAHAJIT SARKAR Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994 — S. 9(3) — Organ donation between non-near relatives — Approval by Authorisation Committee — Held, the Act imposes no absolute restriction on donation between persons who are not "near relatives"; the only requirement is prior approval of the Authorisation Committee, India Law Library Docid # 2448566
(39) AMIT KUMAR AGARWAL Vs. UNION OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AND OTHER[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Passports Act, 1967 — S. 6(2)(f) read with S. 22 and Notification GSR 570(E) dated 25.08.1993 — Renewal of passport during pendency of criminal proceedings — Held, S. 6(2)(f) concerns the permissibility of issuance/renewal where criminal proceedings are pending, not the duration for which the passport is to be issued; Notification GSR 570(E), issued under S. 22 (power to exempt), cannot be read as conferring power upon a criminal court to determine passport validity, nor as restricting validity India Law Library Docid # 2448567
(40) STATE OF H.P. Vs. YASHPAL SINGH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of interference — Held, interference with acquittal is warranted only where the finding is patently perverse, based on misreading or omission of material evidence, and where only one conclusion — consistent with guilt — is reasonably possible; where two views are possible, the appellate court must not disturb the India Law Library Docid # 2448568