(961) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. NAIK RAGHU NANDAN SINGH[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Service Law — Pension — Defence Security Corps — Condonation of shortfall in qualifying service — Executive instructions cannot override statutory Pension Regulations — Armed Forces Tribunal condoned shortfall of 241 days in respondent's DSC qualifying service and granted second service pension, despite Office Memorandum dated 20.06.2017 India Law Library Docid # 2447961
(962) PRIYANSH ATRAY AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 18-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of summoning order — Partial quashing where certain ingredients not made out from complaint/statements Penal Code, 1860 — Section 354A Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 11, 12 — Applicants summoned under Ss. 323, 354A, 504, 506 IPC and Ss. 11/12 POCSO Act on a complaint alleging abuse and assault, with certain allegations of outraging modesty and sexual harassment of a minor — Held, taking statements un India Law Library Docid # 2447962
(963) MANISHBHAI MAHESHBHAI CHAUDHARI Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 17-06-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 306 and 506 — Abetment of Suicide — Quashing of FIR — Court must find a clear mens rea and a positive act by the accused to instigate or aid in committing suicide; mere failure to fulfill a promise, especially concerning land with restricted tenure, does not constitute abetment. India Law Library Docid # 2447038
(964) PROJECT DIRECTOR , PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT, PALANPUR, K.P.S. CHAUHAN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 17-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 304 and 304A — Quashing of FIR — High Court's inherent powers under Section 482 CrPC can be exercised to prevent abuse of process of court or secure ends of justice, particularly when allegations do not prima facie constitute an offence or make out India Law Library Docid # 2447039
(965) RAKESHKUMAR RAMANBHAI GOHIL Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 17-06-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 306 (Abetment of Suicide) — Ingredients of offence — Mere fact that deceased remained under tension due to criminal proceedings initiated against him, or perceived social consequences thereof, does not establish abetment of suicide. India Law Library Docid # 2447040
(966) BACHIBA @ BASIBA NATWARSINH JASHVANTSINH SOLANKI AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 17-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 (Corresponding to Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 528) — Quashing of FIR — Inherent powers of High Court — Powers should be exercised sparingly but are justified when the FIR fails to make out essential ingredients of the alleged offence, to prevent abuse of process of law. India Law Library Docid # 2447041
(967) RAJESH SHARMA Vs. NORTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 17-06-2026 Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 — Section 59(d), 92 and 95(1) — Delhi Municipal Corporation Service (Control and Appeal) Regulations, 1959 — Regn. 7, Schedule — Disciplinary Authority — Competency of Commissioner to dismiss Group 'A' Officer — Substitution of Section 59(d) by Delhi Municipal Corporation India Law Library Docid # 2446965
(968) PUJA KUMARI Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 17-06-2026 Constitutional Law — Writ Appeal — Mandamus — Course Completion Certificate & MBBS Degree Certificate — Appellant sought direction to grant certificates without insisting on repayment of fees — Fees paid were found to be derived from extortionate funds raised for a proscribed terrorist organization and were seized by NIA — Fifth respondent college withheld certificates due to non-realization of legitimate fees — Single Judge dismissed the writ petition — Held, while India Law Library Docid # 2447080
(969) THE REGISTRAR, THE TAMIL NADU DR. AMBEDKAR LAW UNIVERSITY AND OTHERS Vs. B.VADHANAN AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 17-06-2026 Bar Council of India Rules — Rule 12 — Mandatory minimum attendance — Failure to meet attendance requirement — Students with insufficient attendance are not permitted to take end semester tests — [Paras 3, 4] India Law Library Docid # 2447081
(970) M/S ALIENS DEVELOPERS (P) LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. VUMMANNAGARI RAMACHANDRA REDDY[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 17-06-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 19 — Appeal against State Commission's order — Dismissal of application for rectification/clarification — Order directing refund of Rs — 43,50,000/- with interest and compensation upheld. India Law Library Docid # 2447926
(971) SUSHIL KUMAR Vs. HOFF UTTARAKHAND DEHRADUN AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 17-06-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Transfer order — Judicial review — Election duty — BLO — Petitioner, a Forest Department employee with over 14 years' continuous posting at one station, challenged his transfer during pendency of Booth Level Officer (BLO) duties for electoral roll revision — Held, petitioner himself sought relief from BLO duties on account of a personal accident and was accordingly relieved, with a substitute BLO appointed prior to the transfer order — Transfer order p India Law Library Docid # 2447957
(972) SRIDHAR MANTRY AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ODISHA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 17-06-2026 Bail — Organized crime — Examination recruitment scam — BNS, S. 111 — Systematic leaking of question papers and circulation of model answer sheets for a High Court recruitment examination, compelling cancellation and re-conduct of the examination causing prejudice to thousands of meritorious candidates, constitutes a socio-economic offence of grave magnitude and organized crime, warranting refusal of bail to all persons implicated including the examination agency's Director, Project Head, interm India Law Library Docid # 2448246
(973) SHOWKAT AHMAD SEER Vs. UT OF JK[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 16-06-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376 — Attempt to commit rape — Conviction under Section 376 altered to Section 376/511 RPC — Medical evidence indicating no penetrative sexual assault, but injuries and expert opinion suggesting a sexual encounter without full penetration — Evidence showing torn pyjama, ejaculation, and rubbing of genital organ between thighs, leading to perineal laceration — India Law Library Docid # 2446970
(974) THAKOR MANSUNGJI PRADHANJI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 16-06-2026 Land Revenue — Mutation of Entries — Suo Motu Proceedings — Delay and Laches — The court held that initiation of suo motu proceedings by the Collector after a significant delay of 11 years is beyond reasonable time and thus barred by delay and laches, rendering the impugned notice without jurisdiction. India Law Library Docid # 2447042
(975) BALAJIKRUPA ENTERPRISE PVT. LTD. Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 16-06-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 256(1), 204(4), 397 — Legal Service Authorities Act, 1987 — Sections 19, 20 — Complaint dismissal in Lok Adalat — Complaint filed under Section 138 of N.I — Act was dismissed by invoking powers under Section 256(1) read with Section 204(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure — The dismissal occurred due to the India Law Library Docid # 2447043
(976) SHAHNAWAZ SIRAJUDDIN SIDDIQUI Vs. MARUFA AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 16-06-2026 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 7(1) Explanation (b) — Marriage dissolution under Muslim Personal Law — Extra-judicial divorce by mutual consent (Mubara'at) — Family Court's duty to declare dissolution of marriage as agreed upon by parties, even without denial of marital status by opposite party. India Law Library Docid # 2447044
(977) LH OF MUKESHBHAI JAMNADAS SHAH AND OTHERS Vs. DR. NINA DASRATHBHAI PARIKH[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 16-06-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 5 and Article 227 of Constitution of India — Stay of eviction decree — Court should not grant stay unless a strong prima facie case is made out, along with balance of convenience and irreparable loss — Mere prolonged possession by defendants does not warrant a stay, especially when their claim to title has not been proven — If defendants succeed on appeal, restitution can be ordered. India Law Library Docid # 2447045
(978) NISHANT SAHU Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 16-06-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (now Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023) — Section 482 (now 528) — Quashing of FIR/charge-sheet/criminal proceedings — Such power to be exercised sparingly and only in exceptional cases — Court should not interfere with investigations of cognizable offences unless allegations, taken at India Law Library Docid # 2447072
(979) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. NO. 610812A EX MWO PRABHU SINGH SHEKHAWAT[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 16-06-2026 Pensions & Pay Commission — 5th Central Pay Commission — Revised pay scales and pensionary benefits for Air Force personnel — Trade rationalization implemented from 10.10.1997 was intended to be effective from 01.01.1996, as per Gazette Notification and Government approvals — Any subsequent executive instructions India Law Library Docid # 2447224
(980) RATTI RAM Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 16-06-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 226 & 227 — Writ Petition — Armed Forces Tribunal — Disability Pension — Arrears — Petitioner, an ex-serviceman, sought disability pension arrears from the date of stoppage (19.08.1980) till actual payment, rather than from the date fixed by the Tribunal (19.11.2019) — Held, since the Medical India Law Library Docid # 2447225