(281) DIVISIONAL MANAGER, J&K STATE FOREST CORPORATION Vs. SH. SHER SINGH AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 23-07-2026 Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 — Section 4(1)(c) and Schedule IV — Assessment of compensation for permanent disablement — Requires assessment of loss of earning capacity by a qualified medical practitioner — Commissioner cannot determine loss of earning capacity solely based on oral testimony of medical experts India Law Library Docid # 2448726
(282) MOHD. YAQOOB Vs. FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER (REVENUE) JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 23-07-2026 Administrative Law — Revisional Jurisdiction — Financial Commissioner's power to correct jurisdictional errors — The Financial Commissioner was justified in setting aside the Additional Deputy Commissioner's order because it decided the appeal on merits without first addressing the significant delay in filing the appeal, which was a jurisdictional error — Furthermore, the order violated principles of natural justice by India Law Library Docid # 2448727
(283) MOHD HAZZAK LOHAR AND OTHERS Vs. COMMISSIONER STATE TAX, EXCISE & TAXATION COMPLEX AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT] 23-07-2026 Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 129(3) — Detention, seizure and release of goods and conveyances in transit — Mandatory timelines for issuing show cause notice and passing penalty order — The provision requiring the proper officer to issue a notice within seven days of detention/seizure and pass an order within seven days of service of notice for payment of penalty is mandatory — Failure to adhere to India Law Library Docid # 2448728
(284) M/S. MAHADEVA ENTERPRISES Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 23-07-2026 Writ Jurisdiction — Suppression of Material Fact — Effect on Entitlement to Relief — A writ petitioner who participates in a re-auction of the very subject-matter without disclosing that fact to the Court while obtaining an interim stay against the same re-auction is guilty of suppression of a material fact going to the root of the matter, disentitling him to relief — Such conduct amounts to tacit acceptance of the rejection of his earlier bid, and the writ court is justified in declining to adj India Law Library Docid # 2448781
(285) AVULA BHANU PRAVEEN REDDY Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 23-07-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 406, 420 — Mutual Exclusivity of Criminal Breach of Trust and Cheating — Criminal breach of trust under S. 406 presupposes lawful entrustment of property followed by dishonest misappropriation, whereas cheating under S. 420 requires fraudulent inducement and deception at the very inception of the transaction — The two offences, being predicated on distinct and antithetical mental elements, cannot co-exist on the same set of facts and cannot both be alleged simul India Law Library Docid # 2448782
(286) DAMARLA VENKATA BHARGAV Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 23-07-2026 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 14-A — Bail — Absence of Tangible Material for Apprehension of Tampering — Continued judicial custody cannot be justified merely on the ground that investigation is pending or co-accused are absconding — Where the record disclosed no tangible material suggesting that the accused, if released, would tamper with evidence or influence witnesses, and the alleged incriminating document already stood seized and sent f India Law Library Docid # 2448783
(287) PATAMSETTTI VENKATA RAMA RAO Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 23-07-2026 Endowments Law — Alienation of Temple Property — Civil Court Alone Competent to Cancel Sale Deed — A writ petition in public interest alleging inaction of endowment authorities in protecting alienated temple land is not maintainable where the authorities had, in fact, earlier initiated proceedings for cancellation of the sale deed before the Endowments Tribunal, which were held to be without jurisdiction, jurisdiction to cancel a registered sale deed and order resumption vesting solely in the co India Law Library Docid # 2448784
(288) DILIP AGARWAL Vs. RAJSHRI AGARWAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-07-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 165, 166 — Death allegedly caused by murder inside a motor vehicle — Claim for compensation — Requirement of causal link between death and "use" of motor vehicle — Held, mere presence of a motor vehicle in the chain of circumstances leading to death does not attract liability under MVA — Some nexus between the vehicle and the death must be established. India Law Library Docid # 2447896
(289) STATE (GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI) Vs. JOGINDER KUMAR @ JINDI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-07-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 8 — Appeal against acquittal — Inconsistencies in prosecution evidence regarding date and time of incident and lodging of FIR — Trial court's appreciation of evidence not perverse or wholly unsustainable — Appeal dismissed. India Law Library Docid # 2447909
(290) RASHMIKANT JYANTILAL PATEL RASHMIKANT @ R.K.PATEL JAYANTILAL GANDALAL PATEL Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 22-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Applicant not named in FIR, implicated solely on co-accused's statement — No recovery or discovery from applicant, no evidence of aiding or abetting. India Law Library Docid # 2447907
(291) BHARATBHAI BABUBHAI VACHHETA AND ANOTHER Vs. NAVINCHANDRA MOHANLAL SHAH AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 22-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Abuse of process of court — Where allegations in FIR do not prima facie constitute any offence, or disclose a cognizable offence, or are absurd and improbable, or there is a legal bar, or the proceeding is malicious, the court may quash the FIR to secure the ends of justice. India Law Library Docid # 2447908
(292) HARSH RAJNIKANT KILACHAND Vs. AMRISH RAJNIKANT KILACHAND[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 22-07-2026 Succession Act, 1925 — Section 301 — Removal of Executor — Prolonged and unexplained failure to distribute estate — Court found that nearly ten years after probate was granted, the estate remained undistributed, which alone was sufficient ground for removal. India Law Library Docid # 2448013
(293) THE GENERAL MANAGER, BOMBAY ELECTRIC SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT UNDERTAKING Vs. USHA INDRAJEET YADAV AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 22-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 22 — Limitation for filing cross-objection — Cross-objection filed after a significant delay of over 14 years from the date of admission of the appeal — No application for extension of time or condonation of delay filed — Cross-objection dismissed as time-barred. India Law Library Docid # 2448014
(294) MADHUR NAINA CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LIMITED Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 22-07-2026 Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 — Section 18 — Bifurcation of Society — Revisional authority cannot routinely remand proceedings without detailed analysis of lower authorities' findings — Remand order must be supported by cogent reasons and a valid need for re-adjudication. India Law Library Docid # 2448015
(295) RANJANA YOGESH JADHAV Vs. PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, SCHOOL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 22-07-2026 Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 — Admission under RTE quota — Rejection of proposal due to non-production of father's caste certificate — Held, hyper-technical and arbitrary, infringing child's fundamental right to education. India Law Library Docid # 2448016
(296) RAMAKRISHNAN KRISHNAN Vs. GLUHEND INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 22-07-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 9 — Interim Protection — Court must balance the need to preserve the effectiveness of arbitration with the impact on commercial operations, considering factors like delay, financial condition, and alleged dissipation of assets. India Law Library Docid # 2448029
(297) TECPRO SYSTEMS LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION) Vs. RELIANCE INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 22-07-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 33(5) proviso — Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 21 — Liquidation proceedings — Initiation of legal proceedings by Liquidator — Prior approval of Adjudicating Authority mandatory — Notice invoking arbitration issued without prior approval is ineffective India Law Library Docid # 2448030
(298) MEHTA IMPEX PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 22-07-2026 Enemy Property Act, 1968 — Vesting of Property — The Custodian of Enemy Property cannot unilaterally declare property as enemy property and direct mutation entries without following due procedure, including issuing notice and providing an opportunity to be heard to the claimant — The amended rules of 2015 clearly outline the procedure for identification, declaration, and vesting of enemy property, which India Law Library Docid # 2448031
(299) SUDHAKAR RAMRAO AHIRRAO Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 22-07-2026 Education Law — Shikshan Sevak — Discharge from service due to reduction in divisions and posts — Petitioner appointed as Shikshan Sevak and served for 26 months before discharge. India Law Library Docid # 2448036
(300) RUSHIKESH PRAKASH JANGME Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 22-07-2026 Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 — Section 34(2) — Reservation for disabled persons — Vacancy not filled due to non-availability of suitable candidate — Such vacancy must be carried forward to the succeeding recruitment year. India Law Library Docid # 2448044