(361) 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
(362) 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
(363) 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
(364) 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
(365) 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
(366) 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
(367) 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
(368) 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
(369) 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
(370) 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
(371) 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
(372) 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
(373) TABASUM NAZIR AND ANOTHER Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Protection of life and personal liberty — Marriage of consenting adults — Two adults of majority age, who have solemnized marriage of their own free will and volition, are entitled to marry as per their choice and no individual or authority can interfere with such a decision — The police and civil administration have a duty to protect such individuals from India Law Library Docid # 2448734
(374) YERUVA VENKATESWARA REDDY Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 14-A — Bail — Non-Filing of Charge Sheet Within Statutory 60-Day Period — Where the accused has remained in judicial custody beyond the sixty-day period prescribed under the Special Act for completion of investigation, no charge sheet has been filed, and the record discloses no tangible material indicating likelihood of tampering with evidence or intimidation of witnesses, the trial court's refusal to grant bail India Law Library Docid # 2448786
(375) EHSAAN Vs. STATE OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-07-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 376-D — Gang rape — Sentence — Reduction of — Appellant aged 25 years at time of incident having no criminal antecedents — Maintained good conduct in prison over nearly 10 years — State failing to show impossibility of reformation — Sentence of life imprisonment for remainder of natural life modified to statutory minimum of 20 years' rigorous imprisonment with India Law Library Docid # 2447798
(376) COMMISSIONER OF SERVICE TAX MUMBAI Vs. M/S BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD. ETC.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-07-2026 Sale of Goods Act, 1930 — Section 4 — Essentials of Sale — Held, a "sale" requires transfer of property/ownership in goods from seller to buyer for a price, distinguishable from a contract of agency where the recipient deals with goods as the principal's property and remains liable to account for the sale proceeds; the essence of India Law Library Docid # 2447800
(377) SHRI NARESH KUMAR Vs. THE WIRE AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 20-07-2026 Defamation — Public officials — Maintainability of suit for damages — Suit for damages by public official maintainable notwithstanding R. Rajagopal bar, where plaintiff alleges publication made with reckless disregard for truth, or that it was false and actuated by malice/personal animosity. Such allegations, resting on specific facts India Law Library Docid # 2447802
(378) M/S LGF SYSMAC INDIA PVT. LTD. Vs. M/S KRYSTALLO[DELHI HIGH COURT] 20-07-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 3 — Mandatory Duty of Court to Dismiss Suit Barred by Limitation — Unilateral/Self-Serving Entries to Extend Limitation — Permissibility — Plaintiff filed a suit for recovery in 2018 claiming outstanding balance arising out of a 2012 transaction where last partial payment was made in May 2013 — To bring the suit within limitation, Plaintiff added two self-serving interest India Law Library Docid # 2447803
(379) STATE Vs. RAKESH[DELHI HIGH COURT] 20-07-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 8 — Penal Code, 1860 — Section 354-A — Sexual Assault and Harassment — Single Testimony — Inconsistencies and Motive for False Implication — Benefit of Doubt — Respondent-teacher was acquitted of sexual assault charges against a minor India Law Library Docid # 2447804
(380) AGRA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Vs. SMT. KANTA DEVI[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 20-07-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 2019 — Section 51(2) — Appeal — Conversion from Revision Petition — Delay in filing — Condonation of delay requires plausible explanation, not mere shifting of blame to counsel. India Law Library Docid # 2447857