(561) STATE OF JHARKHAND Vs. JAGDISH LAKRA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-07-2026 Arms Act, 1959 — Sections 25(1-B)(a) and 26 — Recovery of firearm from house — Conscious possession, need to establish — Mere recovery of a country-made stein gun and other incriminating articles from the house of the accused, held, not sufficient to sustain conviction unless prosecution establishes that the articles were in conscious India Law Library Docid # 2447569
(562) M. SABITHA AND OTHERS Vs. BRAHMA SWAMULU AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-07-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Compensation — Apportionment amongst claimants — Rectification of omission — Appellate judgment enhancing compensation having omitted to apportion the amount amongst the claimants (wife, two children and mother of the deceased) — Death of the mother-claimant during pendency of appeal, and her heirs' impleadment — Held, enhanced award of Rs India Law Library Docid # 2447588
(563) MANOJ GOYAL Vs. RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-07-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 32 — Withdrawal of writ petition with liberty — Effect on prior order dismissing specific prayer — Coordinate Bench's order declining to interfere with finalised appointments held a substantive judicial determination, not an interim direction — Subsequent order permitting withdrawal "with all contentions open" pertained only to the surviving challenge to vires of Rule 41, not to the already-dismissed prayer for India Law Library Docid # 2447589
(564) SANTOSH RANI (THROUGH GPA HOLDER) RAJEEV SETHI Vs. CHAND BIBI AGGARWAL DHARMARTH TRUST[DELHI HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Adverse Possession — Tenant's claim — The Court rejected a review petitioner's claim of ownership by adverse possession, noting that this claim had been previously rejected in earlier judgments by subordinate courts, and that the petitioner's status remained that of a tenant. India Law Library Docid # 2447604
(565) RAMJI LAL Vs. SUNITA AHUJA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 — Section 25B(8) — Revisional Jurisdiction — High Court's power under this section is supervisory and revisional, not appellate — It should not substitute its own view for that of the Rent Controller unless there is an error apparent on the face of the record or lack of adjudication — The scope of India Law Library Docid # 2447605
(566) THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS Vs. SAKILA BANU[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Interlocutory Application (I.A.) seeking condonation of delay — Requirements for — Mere narration of routine file movement and departmental procedures without explaining specific time intervals, gaps, or delays does not constitute sufficient cause for condoning a significant delay of 559 days. India Law Library Docid # 2447595
(567) UNION BANK OF INDIA Vs. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF STATE TAX[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) — Section 26E and other provisions — Priority of Secured Creditors — State statutory dues — Full Bench of this Court in Jalgaon Janta Sahakari bank Ltd — case clarified that dues of secured creditors under India Law Library Docid # 2447672
(568) SOMAIYA VIDYAVIHAR KJ SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND COMMERCE VIDYAVIHAR AND OTHERS Vs. THE ASST. COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR & APPELLATE AUTHORITY AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 — Applicability of — Entitlement to maternity benefits arises from and during the subsistence of an employer-employee relationship — Where an employee's ad-hoc contractual tenure expires before the commencement of maternity leave, they cannot claim benefits from the former employer. India Law Library Docid # 2447673
(569) DEBOJIT PANKIKA CHARAIDEO SONARI Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 13-07-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302 and 201 — Murder — Non-recovery of dead body — Doctrine of corpus delicti — Corpus delicti in murder comprises two components: death as result, and criminal agency of another as means — Non-recovery of dead body not fatal to conviction where death and homicidal nature established through direct or circumstantial evidence — Insistence on recovery as absolute necessity would afford immunity to accused who India Law Library Docid # 2447679
(570) JAGANNATH SONI Vs. SMT. MUNNIBAI @ ARUNA KUMARI SONI[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125 — Maintenance — Second application for maintenance is not maintainable if a previous application was allowed on merits, unless based on new facts — The proper remedy for enhancement is under Section 127 Cr.P.C. India Law Library Docid # 2447760
(571) SUSHILA ALIAS SUDHA GAWHADE Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 313 — Statement of accused — Trial court's duty to frame questions based on prosecution evidence — Framing questions not part of prosecution evidence vitiates the proceedings. India Law Library Docid # 2447761
(572) ALEXRAJ AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF TAMILNADU[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 13-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Suspension of Sentence — Petitioners convicted for custodial violence and death of a juvenile — Court found an unbroken chain of circumstances supporting the trial court's findings — No grounds to warrant suspension of sentence pending appeal due to gravity of offence India Law Library Docid # 2447856
(573) SHIV MANGAI SINGH Vs. RAJ KUMARI AND OTHERS[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 13-07-2026 Medical Negligence — Consumer Protection — Appeal against State Commission's order finding appellant negligent in orthopedic surgery — The appellant argued that the State Commission failed to consider evidence, including affidavits and an OT register, which indicated that another doctor administered anesthesia, not the appellant. India Law Library Docid # 2447861
(574) HATSUN AGRO PRODUCT LTD. AND ANOTHER Vs. RAJKUMAR VYTHIANATHAN AND ANOTHER[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 13-07-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Deficiency in service — Complaint regarding quality of milk — No expert or laboratory evidence to prove milk was defective or spurious — Liability cannot be fixed on the manufacturer without such proof India Law Library Docid # 2447862
(575) ICICI LOMBARD GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. R.BIRUNDHA AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166 and 163A — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Conversion of claim petition — A Tribunal cannot convert a claim petition from Section 166 to Section 163A after appreciating evidence and arriving at a finding on negligence. India Law Library Docid # 2447848
(576) GANESH DATT TIWARI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Service Law — Pay parity — Upgraded pay scale — Delay in decision on representation — Petitioners, Draftsmen in Uttarakhand Pey Jal Nigam, claimed upgraded pay scale of Rs.5000-8000 granted to similarly placed posts in other departments retrospectively from 01.04.2001 — Despite favourable recommendation by Chief Engineer, no decision taken by State Government — Writ petition disposed of directing State to decide pending representations within three months by reasoned, speaking order. [Para 6] India Law Library Docid # 2447972
(577) MUKESH CHANDRA DEORARI Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND & OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Uttarakhand Annual Transfer for Public Servants Act, 2017 — Section 17(1)(a), proviso — Compulsory transfer — Seniority-based option — Petitioner, transferred compulsorily from accessible to remote area, contended that employee with lesser service in accessible area ought to have been accommodated against his exercised option instead of a junior — Held, since transferred employee already joined the substituted station pursuant to compliance timeline, no interference warranted at this stage — Lib India Law Library Docid # 2447973
(578) M.LAKSHMI ALIAS GAYATRI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 306 r/w S. 107 — Abetment of suicide — Quashing of FIR — General allegations of matrimonial discord and harassment, without particulars of a direct, proximate and intentional act of instigation, insufficient to constitute abetment — Mere harassment or strained relations, absent deliberate conduct intended to drive the deceased to suicide, does not satisfy mens rea under S. 107 — FIR alleging harassment by wife and in-laws quashed as abuse of process, allegations not di India Law Library Docid # 2448001
(579) KIRAN Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Successive bail application — Regular Bail — IPC Ss. 34, 302, 307, 324, 394 — Petitioner (accused No. 1) in custody over four years six months, two earlier bail applications dismissed — Only two of forty-five charge-sheet witnesses examined despite charges framed in 2023 — Co-accused with similar role already released on bail — Held, prolonged incarceration and slow trial progress, coupled with parity, justify grant of regular bail notwithstanding earlier r India Law Library Docid # 2448002
(580) BIJAY KUMAR MUDULI Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Service Law — Recovery of excess pay from retiral benefits — Impermissibility — Following the principles in State of Punjab v. Rafiq Masih, recovery from a retired employee of excess payment made due to an erroneous pay fixation, without any misrepresentation or fraud on the employee's part, is impermissible in law, particularly where recovery is directed after retirement and from retiral dues — Recovery of ₹4,72,536/- from petitioner's retiral benefits set aside with direction for expeditious r India Law Library Docid # 2448244