(341) AIAZUDDIN AHMED AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 National Highways Act, 1956 — Section 3(H) and 3(H)(1) — Land Acquisition Compensation — Dispute over entitlement — Competent authority cannot adjudicate disputes regarding compensation entitlement or apportionment; such disputes must be referred to the District Judge. India Law Library Docid # 2447923
(342) J.RAMESH KUMAR JAIN Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 465, 468, 471 r/w S. 34 — Karnataka Value Added Tax Act, 2003 — Quashing of proceedings qua co-accused — Sole allegation against petitioner was non-payment of KVAT dues arising from disallowance of input tax credit — Re-assessment order underlying allegation already set aside by appellate authority in tax proceedings, and consequent criminal proceedings against another co-accused (accused No. 5) already quashed by coordinate Bench on identical facts — Held, petitioner India Law Library Docid # 2448012
(343) MUBARAK Vs. HUJUR AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (AURANGABAD BENCH)] 21-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Scope of — Interference by High Court is limited to substantial questions of law — Findings of First Appellate Court are binding if based on proper appreciation of evidence and law, and not perverse or contrary to settled principles. India Law Library Docid # 2448035
(344) SUREKHA TATERAO LANDGE Vs. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 21-07-2026 National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Act, 2020 — Regulations framed thereunder — Binding nature on State Governments — Eligibility criteria for promotion to Professor — Central statutory regulations prevail over State Government's executive instructions or administrative directions. India Law Library Docid # 2448043
(345) DHANIRAM @ KALLU AHIRWAR Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 117(2) — Conviction for voluntarily causing grievous hurt — Appeal against — Prosecution case based on injured witness testimony, corroborated by medical evidence (X-ray showing fracture) and two eye-witnesses — Minor discrepancies regarding amount demanded do not discredit core evidence of assault. India Law Library Docid # 2448261
(346) NITESH KAHAR Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 154 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 354D — Stalking — Appeal against conviction — Unexplained delay in lodging FIR — Victim alleged stalking from 13.02.2022, but FIR lodged on 28.02.2022 without plausible explanation — Delay of fifteen days in reporting initial incident, coupled with India Law Library Docid # 2448262
(347) THE CITY AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF MAHARASHTRA LIMITED Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 — Section 113(3A) — Status of Corporation as agent — Held, where State Government appoints a Corporation for development of a new town under Section 113(3A), such Corporation performs the work only "as an agent of the State Government" and does not become the acquiring body — Acquisition of land continues to remain with the State Government, while India Law Library Docid # 2448330
(348) SMT. MANDA TIWARI Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Chhattisgarh Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 2010 — Rule 38-C — Child Care Leave — Denial on ground of staff shortage — Held, once an employee satisfies eligibility conditions under Rule 38-C, entitled to Child Care Leave up to 730 days during entire service — Shortage of Women Warders and administrative exigencies cannot override a India Law Library Docid # 2448331
(349) MANOJ KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. NATHMAL SHARMA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Registration Act, 1908 — S. 49 and Proviso — Unregistered document affecting immovable property — Suit for specific performance — Admissibility — S. 49 bars an unregistered document, compulsorily registrable under S. 17, from affecting immovable property or being received as evidence of any transaction affecting such property — However, the proviso to S. 49 carves out a well-recognised exception permitting an unregistered document to be received in evidence as proof of India Law Library Docid # 2448375
(350) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. PAHAD SINGH AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 118 — Related/Interested Witnesses — Testimony of relatives not to be discarded merely on ground of relationship — Testimony of a related witness cannot be discarded solely on the ground of relationship if it is otherwise found to be cogent, trustworthy and reliable — Presence of eyewitnesses at the place of occurrence, when natural and consistent on material particulars, and duly corroborated by medical, forensic and documentary evidence, India Law Library Docid # 2448376
(351) SURENDRA SINGH BHATI Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 21-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 197 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 175 — Public Servant — Cognizance of offence — Prosecution sanction — A public servant cannot be prosecuted for an offence allegedly committed in the discharge of their official duties without prior sanction under Section 197 CrPC — The courts India Law Library Docid # 2448474
(352) NOUFAL.K Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 42 — Compliance not required where officer merely forwards information without acting under Section 42(1)(a)-(d) — An officer receiving information who merely forwards it to another officer, without himself proceeding to search, seize or arrest under clauses (a) to (d) of Section 42(1), is not obliged to record it in writing — Compliance India Law Library Docid # 2448667
(353) ST JOSEPHS BOYS HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Kerala Education Rules, 1959 — R. 75, Chapter XIVA — Abandonment of service obviates need for disciplinary proceedings — Continued unauthorised absence despite repeated directions to rejoin duty, coupled with the employee's own communications expressing inability to resume, amounts to voluntary abandonment of service — No further disciplinary proceedings under Rule 75 are required for India Law Library Docid # 2448668
(354) JYOTHI KRISHNAN Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay of 30 years — Dilatory tactic — Delay of around 30 years in filing an appeal against orders under the Kerala Land Utilisation Order, preferred only after contempt proceedings were initiated against the respondents, is a dilatory tactic and cannot be condoned merely on the ground that formal knowledge of the order was acquired later, where materials show India Law Library Docid # 2448669
(355) SHEEBA SIMBALIN Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 — Section 3(1) — Unexplained delay snaps live link — Unexplained and unsatisfactorily justified delay between the last prejudicial activity and passing of the detention order, including intervals in processing the proposal through departmental authorities, snaps the live and proximate nexus and vitiates the subjective satisfaction of the Detaining Authority. [Paras 32, 33, 35, 36] India Law Library Docid # 2448670
(356) EMPLOYEES STATE INSURANCE CORPORATION Vs. DR. PRETTY C.J[KERALA HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Central Civil Services (Leave) Rules, 1972 — Rule 32(6) — Regularisation of unauthorised absence post-penalty — Where absence from duty was already visited with disciplinary penalty, a subsequent representation for regularisation of that period as extraordinary leave can only be considered under sub-rule (6) of Rule 32, and not India Law Library Docid # 2448680
(357) MOHAMED SHANAVAS P Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 2007 — Section 3(1) — Detention order — Non-application of mind — Dismissal of bail application overlooked — Detention order passed without noticing the prior dismissal of detenu's bail application renders the order legally vulnerable on account of non-application of mind, notwithstanding satisfaction of the triple test for detaining a person in judicial India Law Library Docid # 2448681
(358) KERALA AYURVEDA LIMITED Vs. REGIONAL PROVIDENT FUND COMMISSIONER[KERALA HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 — Section 7-O — Pre-deposit inapplicable to appeals against damages under S. 14-B — Section 7-O, which mandates pre-deposit for entertaining appeals under Section 7-I, applies only to appeals challenging determination of dues under Section 7-A and not to India Law Library Docid # 2448682
(359) DARSHANA Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 21-07-2026 Administrative Law — Regularization of Services — Medical Board for Age Determination — A sanitation worker engaged on a casual basis sought regularization of services — Her regularization was withheld due to the absence of an official record of her date of birth — The Court directed the constitution of a Medical Board to India Law Library Docid # 2448732
(360) KIRPAL SINGH Vs. THE UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 21-07-2026 Village Defence Committee (VDC) Special Police Officers (SPOs) appointed under a government scheme do not hold a civil post — Therefore, they are not entitled to the protections afforded by Article 311 of the Constitution or the detailed departmental inquiry procedures applicable to regular police personnel — India Law Library Docid # 2448733