(561) 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
(562) 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
(563) 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
(564) 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
(565) 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
(566) 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
(567) 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
(568) 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
(569) 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
(570) 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
(571) 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
(572) 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
(573) 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
(574) 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
(575) PEER MOHAMMAD SHAH JILANI DARGAH SAMITI, RAMGARH Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Maintainability of Writ Petition — Maintainability Against Show-Cause Notice — Writ petition directly challenging eviction, vacation, or show-cause notices issued under statutory provisions is not maintainable — The court held that high courts should not entertain writ petitions under Article 226 against mere show-cause notices when disputed questions of fact are involved regarding title, ownership, and land use, and when complete statutory remedies un India Law Library Docid # 2448382
(576) M/S LAXMINATH INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Commercial Courts Act, 2015 — Section 12A — Pre-Institution Mediation — Return of Plaint and Presentation before Competent Court — Mandatory Compliance — Where pre-institution mediation under Section 12A of the Act of 2015 was completed prior to the initial institution of the suit, its repetition is not required upon return of the plaint under Order VII Rule 10 CPC and subsequent India Law Library Docid # 2448383
(577) KALU RAM Vs. KHIYAN RAM[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay in filing First Appeal — Appellant acquired knowledge of the ex parte judgment and decree only upon initiation of execution proceedings — Certified copies were applied for and appeal was filed without avoidable delay — Delay was neither deliberate nor intentional — Since the appellant challenged the very legality of the proceedings India Law Library Docid # 2448384
(578) SHEIKH TARIQUE Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 13-07-2026 Medical Education Regulations — Time Limit for MBBS Course — Appellant admitted in 2010, argued no time limit existed then and 2019 amendment imposing a 10-year cap was not retrospective — Court noted appellant failed to clear the course even after 14 years and multiple attempts, rendering the retrospective argument academic. India Law Library Docid # 2448481
(579) SONI BAJAJ Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 13-07-2026 Public Interest Litigation — A public-spirited citizen filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging inaction by authorities in maintaining public roads and facility areas within a residential colony — The grievance was the presence of unauthorized constructions and encroachments that negatively impacted residents — The court acknowledged the India Law Library Docid # 2448482
(580) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Vs. SOUTH INDIAN CONSTRUCTIONS PVT. LTD[KERALA HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 27 — Additional evidence at appellate stage — Relevance of subsequently disclosed supplementary agreements to determine applicability of Government Order revising contract rates — Supplementary agreements executed between contractor and funding beneficiary, though not disclosed in the writ petition despite being executed prior to its filing, admitted at appellate stage as relevant to determining whether disputed Government Order dated 4-5-2019 gov India Law Library Docid # 2448578