(241) N. DAMODARAN Vs. STATE REP. BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-07-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7, 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) — Trap case — Proof of demand and acceptance of bribe — Conviction upheld where complainant's testimony regarding demand was corroborated by an accompanying witness and an independent trap witness, and recovery of tainted currency from accused's pocket was confirmed by positive chemical test — Defence of prior enmity India Law Library Docid # 2448198
(242) MOHAMMADALI ANSARAHMAD KHAN Vs. THE STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 24-07-2026 Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Applicability — Compensation to purchaser of ceiling-vested land subsequently acquired — Where purchaser acquired land in 2016, after it had already been developed as an industrial estate decades earlier under a mala fide/surreptitious transaction, and had no equity in the earlier development, held not India Law Library Docid # 2448199
(243) SABYASACHI DAS Vs. STATE OF ODISHA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026 Bail — Dowry death/abetment of suicide — BNS, Ss. 85, 108 — Pending Crime Branch investigation — Where petitioner voluntarily surrendered mitigating flight risk, has been in custody for nearly a year with maximum sentence of ten years for the charge-sheeted offences, and post-mortem opinion supports ante-mortem suicidal hanging, bail cannot be withheld merely because a Crime Branch re-investigation into a possible graver charge is pending — Bail is the rule and jail the exception; apprehension o India Law Library Docid # 2448253
(244) SMT. PRIYANKA KUSHWAH Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 24-07-2026 Employment Law — Anganwadi Karyakarta — Reinstatement of previous incumbent — A subsequent appointee cannot resist the reinstatement of the original employee whose termination is set aside, as the subsequent appointment was made to a vacancy created by the termination. The subsequent appointee's appointment was subject to the final outcome of the original employee's litigation. India Law Library Docid # 2448255
(245) SHAILENDRA RAI Vs. SMT. PRAGATI RAI[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125 — Maintenance — Family Court awarded Rs — 15,000/- per month to wife — Husband challenged this, arguing it was excessive given his net salary of Rs — 29,134/- — The Court noted the Family Court failed to record a specific finding on the husband's income and did not follow Supreme Court guidelines regarding affidavits of income and assets — The High Court found the maintenance award potentially contrary to Supreme Court precedents if based solely India Law Library Docid # 2448256
(246) AYUSH @ LUCKY Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 315 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 3 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 5(L), 6, 10, 363, 366 IPC — Appeal against conviction under POCSO Act and IPC — Court considered X-ray report indicating prosecutrix was over 18 years old, contradicting India Law Library Docid # 2448257
(247) LAL SINGH ALIAS KITTHU SILAWAT Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026 Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 — Sections 146 & 157 — Hostile Witness — A witness is not formally declared hostile; the court may permit the party calling them to ask questions that could be posed in cross-examination if the witness's conduct or testimony suggests they have shifted allegiance — This permission is procedural and doesn't automatically discredit the witness or their entire testimony. [Paras 5, 11, 14, India Law Library Docid # 2448258
(248) IN THE REFRENCE OF STATE OF MP Vs. SHERU JATAV[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 24-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 366 and 384 — Criminal Appeal — Reference for confirmation of sentence — Application for de novo trial on grounds of ineffective counsel — Court dismissed the application as the provided counsel had 17 years of standing and no evidence was presented to show incompetence or lack of experience in criminal trials. India Law Library Docid # 2448273
(249) PRASHANT LUNAWAT Vs. KHUSHBOO JAIN AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Maintainability of writ petition against interim-maintenance order despite availability of revision — Objection to maintainability of writ petition challenging interim-maintenance order under S.125 CrPC overruled where petitioner invoked supervisory jurisdiction and parties had earlier agreed for final disposal of the matter at admission stage itself. India Law Library Docid # 2448310
(250) M/S. JYOTI INDUSTRIES Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026 Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 — Sections 26(1), 26(2)(ii), 27(1), 27(3)(c), 50, 52 — Complaint lacking specificity as to regulation violated — Effect — Complaint, sanction order or order taking cognizance not indicating which regulation framed under the Act was infringed by accused — Held, object of prosecution is to give accused clear idea of essential accusation he has to meet — Complaint must contain particulars India Law Library Docid # 2448293
(251) NAMDEV BHAGWAN KHEDKAR Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026 Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Section 24(2) —Lapsing of Acquisition — Twin conditions of non-payment of compensation and non-taking of possession — Where notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 was issued in 1997 and objections against acquisition of the subject land were raised and accepted at India Law Library Docid # 2448320
(252) CHOTU DEVI Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 24-07-2026 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 93 — Legal representatives' liability for deceased assessee's tax — The law allows for recovery of tax, interest, and penalties from the legal representative of a deceased assessee, even if the business has been discontinued, out of the deceased's estate — This provision ensures that tax liabilities are met. India Law Library Docid # 2448468
(253) SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER (MM), PURVANCHAL VIDYUT VITRAN NIGAM LIMITED Vs. M/S ANAMIKA CONDUCTORS PVT. LTD.[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 24-07-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Section 34 — Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006, Section 19 — Setting aside arbitral award — Pre-deposit requirement — Section 19 mandates 75% pre-deposit of awarded amount for entertaining an application to set aside an award — However, it does not require the deposit to be made simultaneously with the filing of the application — The Court has India Law Library Docid # 2448469
(254) RAMESH LAL AND OTHERS Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 24-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Quashing of FIR and Proceedings — Compromise between Parties — High Court's Inherent Powers — The High Court, exercising its inherent powers under Section 528 of the BNSS, 2023, can quash criminal proceedings when parties have amicably settled their dispute, especially for offences of a personal nature with no public overtones — This is to prevent the India Law Library Docid # 2448720
(255) GULAM AHMAD RAINA AND ANOTHER Vs. MST. HAMEEDA AKHTAR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 22 Rules 3, 11 and Order 41 Rule 4 — Abatement of Appeal — Death of a co-appellant during pendency of appeal — If the decree under challenge is joint and inseverable, the appeal abates in its entirety if the legal representatives of the deceased co-appellant are not brought on record — The court cannot pass conflicting decrees — Order XLI Rule 4 applies at the stage of India Law Library Docid # 2448721
(256) MOHAMMAD SALEEM MALLA AND OTHERS Vs. UT OF J&K AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Quashing of FIR — Abuse of Process of Law — Civil Dispute vs — Criminal Offence — Held, lodging of FIR was an attempt to give criminal colour to a purely civil dispute, which is discouraged by courts — The Supreme Court has repeatedly cautioned against using criminal proceedings to settle civil scores or harass parties — The facts indicated a dispute India Law Library Docid # 2448722
(257) MOHD. SHAFAQ AND OTHERS Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 24-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Quashing of FIR — Compromise between parties — High Court's inherent powers under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023 can be invoked to quash criminal proceedings when parties have amicably settled their dispute, especially for offences of a personal nature with no public overtones — Continuation of such proceedings would be an abuse of process and defeat the ends of India Law Library Docid # 2448723
(258) SYEDA AFSHANA BHAT Vs. UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026 University appointments and promotions are subject to UGC regulations — While an appointment made without proper advertisement and selection process is illegal, a temporary or stopgap appointment, even if made against a single advertised post where another candidate was substantively appointed, is not necessarily fraudulent — Such temporary service can be counted for Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) India Law Library Docid # 2448724
(259) MERAPURI IMANEAL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 397/401 — Revisional Jurisdiction — New Factual/Mixed Question Not Raised Before Trial Court — An issue involving a mixed question of law and fact, such as identity of stolen property under S. 411, IPC, which was neither put to prosecution witnesses in cross-examination nor raised before the trial or appellate court, cannot be permitted to be raised for the first time in revision, as the revisional court cannot conduct a fresh factual enquiry — Furt India Law Library Docid # 2448780
(260) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. HARBANS LAL VERMA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-07-2026 Service Law — Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (MACPS) — Grade Pay convergence — Effect on promotions within cadre — Convergence of Grade Pay pursuant to Sixth Central Pay Commission does not obliterate separate identity of promotional posts within a cadre — Promotions carry promotional India Law Library Docid # 2447898