(721) GEETIKA GURUNG Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-07-2026 Building Regulations — Compounding of deviation — Finality — Scope of judicial review — Petitioner sought demolition of neighbours' construction alleging violation of height and setback norms; deviations had already been compounded by competent authority and attained finality — Held, once compounding order attains finality, no further penal action permissible on grounds already considered; Secretary's decision, based on Engineer's report and absent perversity, not open to interference in judicia India Law Library Docid # 2447989
(722) GUDDU SHARMA Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 06-07-2026 Domestic Violence — Interim Maintenance — Section 23 — No Evidence Requirement — Revision against confirmation of interim monthly maintenance of Rs. 1,500 to the wife, contending absence of proof of the husband's income. Held, Section 23 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 empowers the Magistrate to pass such interim order as deemed just and proper, including ex parte, on a prima facie satisfaction from the affidavit of the aggrieved person, without requiring formal evide India Law Library Docid # 2448096
(723) ASHA JINDWAN Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-07-2026 Uttarakhand Annual Transfer for Public Servants Act, 2017 — Sections 7(i)(d), 13(2) — Exemption for senior employees — Applicability limited to accessible-to-remote transfers — Petitioner, above 55 years, challenged transfer from remote to accessible area, claiming exemption as senior employee — Held, exemption under S. 7(i)(d) and request-based posting protection under S. 13(2) apply only to compulsory transfers from accessible to remote area, not vice versa; petitioner has no indefeasible righ India Law Library Docid # 2448114
(724) VIPIN Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 06-07-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 307 — Attempted murder by vehicle — Identification and premeditation established through circumstantial and ocular evidence — Deliberate use of a vehicle to hit down the victim, following a threat communicated by phone and reconnaissance of the victim's movements, held sufficient to establish intention to kill under S. 307 — Absence of injury capable of causing death does not preclude conviction where intention/knowledge and surrounding circumstances (nature of a India Law Library Docid # 2448601
(725) ANJUM RAFIQ Vs. THE UNION TERRITORY OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 06-07-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 497 [corresponding to CrPC, 1973 — Section 451] — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 60(3) and 63 — Interim release of seized vehicle — Trial Court/Magistrate has the jurisdiction to grant interim release of a conveyance seized under the NDPS Act to its registered owner on superdari during investigation or trial India Law Library Docid # 2448665
(726) MOHAMMAD YASEEN KHAN Vs. STATE OF JAMMU & KASHMIR (NOW UT)[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 06-07-2026 Service Law — Promotion — Vested right, absence of — Government employee possesses no vested right to claim promotion to next higher grade by insisting upon increase in cadre strength — Promotion depends upon rules, existence of vacancies, eligibility and administrative policy — Constitution does not prescribe any specific criteria for promotion. India Law Library Docid # 2448666
(727) TAJINDER PAL SINGH Vs. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT[DELHI HIGH COURT] 04-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 362 — Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528/CrPC, S. 482 — Bar on review of final order — Procedural review distinguished from substantive review — Held, S. 362 CrPC bars a Criminal Court from altering or reviewing its final judgment on merits, but a distinction is well recognised between substantive review (reconsideration of merits) and procedural review (revisiting an order for want India Law Library Docid # 2447280
(728) R.MURALI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 03-07-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 13(1)(e) and 13(2) — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 109 — Disproportionate Assets — Accused, a public servant, and his wife acquired assets far exceeding their known sources of income — Evidence showed substantial property acquisition in the wife's name during the check period, with her claimed income being insufficient to justify these purchases — The India Law Library Docid # 2447330
(729) M/S CHENAB MACHINERY AND ENGINEERING PVT. LTD. Vs. SHRI MATA VAISHNO DEVI SHRINE BOARD KATRA[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT] 03-07-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 32(2)(c) — Termination of arbitral proceedings — Power of Arbitral Tribunal to terminate proceedings under Section 32(2)(c) can only be exercised if continuation of proceedings has become unnecessary or impossible for any reason — This requires the Arbitral Tribunal to record its satisfaction based on material on record, and not to be exercised casually, which would defeat the India Law Library Docid # 2447292
(730) GURDEEP SINGH Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT] 03-07-2026 Service Law — Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) Teacher — Selection Process — Validity — Advertisement for ReT Teacher posts issued on 27.04.2011. Petitioner placed at Serial No. 2 in the merit list and tentative select panel. Panel became final as no objections were filed. Village Education Committee's refusal to sign panel, not in accordance with SSA norms, shall not impede the selection process. Direction issued to conclude selection India Law Library Docid # 2447293
(731) HINDUSTAN COCO COLA BEVERAGES PVT. LTD. Vs. ASSISTANT CONTROLLER LEGAL METROLOGY AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT] 03-07-2026 Legal Metrology Act, 2009 — Section 18 — Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 — Rules 2(bc) and 6 — Quashing of criminal complaint — Allegation of overcharging for packaged commodity — Crucial date of alleged offense was 25th October 2016 — Amendment prohibiting different Maximum Retail Prices (MRPs) for identical pre-packaged commodities came into effect from 1st January 2018 India Law Library Docid # 2447294
(732) LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA Vs. ABHISHEK VASANT CHAVAN[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 03-07-2026 Public Premises Act, 1971 — Section 15 — Jurisdiction of Civil Court — Where premises fall under the definition of "public premises" in the Public Premises Act, 1971, the jurisdiction of civil courts to entertain suits or proceedings related to eviction, removal of structures, or recovery of rent/damages stands barred by Section 15 of the Act. India Law Library Docid # 2447297
(733) MANAK YESHWANT PATIL AND OTHERS Vs. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF GREATER MUMBAI AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 03-07-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 6 proviso — Declaration under Section 6 issued beyond one year of notification under Section 4 — Acquisition lapses — Such lapsing is by operation of statute and cannot be undone by court orders. India Law Library Docid # 2447299
(734) M.VIGNESH Vs. STATE OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 03-07-2026 Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 — Sections 2(i) & 2(j), 15(2) — Search Procedure — Regular Police Officers, including Inspectors, are appointed as Special Police Officers under relevant Government Orders for dealing with offences under the Act. India Law Library Docid # 2447331
(735) Y.GNANA GANESH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 03-07-2026 Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 — Sections 13, 15(1), 15(2) and 14 — Search and seizure — Powers of Special Police Officer — G.O.Ms.618 dated 13.04.1987 empowers Police Officers not below the rank of Inspector to be Special Police Officers — Search conducted by Inspector and lady police officers is valid. India Law Library Docid # 2447332
(736) STATE Vs. V.GOPAL AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 03-07-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 13(2) and 13(1)(e) — Disproportionate Assets — Acquittal of Accused — Trial court discharged accused after finding no satisfactory explanation for the disproportionate assets alleged by prosecution — Prosecution’s calculation of building value was unsubstantiated, and India Law Library Docid # 2447333
(737) THE MANAGEMENT OF MRF LTD. Vs. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR CUM DISTRICT MAGISTRATE OF PUDUCHERRY AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 03-07-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ of Mandamus — Maintenance of law and order — Petition seeking direction to respondents to restrain striking persons from illegal assembly, slogan shouting, dharna, and picketing within a specified radius from factory premises. India Law Library Docid # 2447334
(738) AMUDHA Vs. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISON AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 03-07-2026 Writ Petition — Certiorarified Mandamus — Quashing of order denying emergency leave and directing grant of leave without escort — Grounds considered — Petitioner’s son’s wife suffering from critical illness and petitioner’s poor financial status justifying waiver of escort fees. India Law Library Docid # 2447335
(739) NTPC LTD Vs. M P TIWARI AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 03-07-2026 Service Law — Delay and laches — Writ petition challenging denial of promotion — Held, where recommendations of a Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) had attained finality and the employer's own records showed the employee as promoted, but no specific order of refusal was ever communicated to him denying the benefit of the promotional post, the cause of action to approach the Court arises only upon such refusal (or its equivalent) coming to the employee's knowledge — In the absence of any suc India Law Library Docid # 2447281
(740) AMULYA KAPOOR Vs. RAHUL SARIN AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 03-07-2026 Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) — Order 12 Rule 6 — Judgment on admissions — Suit for possession — Scope — Held, to succeed in a suit for possession against a tenant, three conditions must be satisfied: (i) existence of a landlord-tenant relationship between the parties; (ii) non-applicability of the Delhi Rent Control Act; and (iii) valid termination of the tenancy in accordance with law — Where clear, unequivocal and unconditional admissions on all three aspects exist India Law Library Docid # 2447282