(101) JAYSHREE KAUSHIK Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 30-07-2026 Service Law — Reduction of Pay — Principles of Natural Justice — Order reducing petitioner's basic pay and grade pay passed without issuing show cause notice or affording opportunity of hearing — Deduction effected prior to service of notice — Such re-fixation resulting in civil consequences held unsustainable in absence of compliance with principles of natural justice — Impugned order set aside. India Law Library Docid # 2448333
(102) GIRNAR (SANTACRUZ) CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LIMITED Vs. DISTRICT DEPUTY REGISTRAR AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 30-07-2026 Maharashtra Ownership of Flats Act, 1963 — Section 11 — Scope and ambit of Competent Authority's jurisdiction — Held, enquiry before the Competent Authority under S. 11 is directed towards identifying and enforcing the promoter's statutory obligation under the agreement executed under S. 4 of MOFA — It is an exercise of statutory enforcement, not adjudication of proprietary rights — Competent Authority India Law Library Docid # 2448326
(103) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. KAMLESH AKA KARAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 30-07-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 3 — Circumstantial evidence — Last seen theory — Prosecution proved deceased left home and was last seen alive on the route to her uncle's well, but no witness saw her enter accused's house or accompany him; "last seen together" not strictly established through direct ocular testimony — Held, circumstance relevant but insufficient by itself and must be assessed with other India Law Library Docid # 2448366
(104) UPMA HANDA AND OTHERS Vs. SHARWAN MANTA AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-07-2026 Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Civil Contempt — Scope of Jurisdiction — Compliance with Explicit Directions — Prohibition Against Travelling Beyond Four Corners of Order — The petitioners filed contempt petitions alleging that following the High Court's quashing of an recovery order, the respondent failed to re-fix and restore their higher pay scale — The respondent proved that the specific direction in the underlying judgment to refund the recovered amount with interest—was fully India Law Library Docid # 2448545
(105) AMAR NATH SHARMA AND ANOTHER Vs. DEEPAK KALIA AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 8 Rule 1 and Order 8 Rule 10 — Extension of Time for Filing Written Statement to Counter-Claim — Directory Nature of Procedural Rules — Exercise of Supervisory Jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution — Petitioners/defendants challenged order of trial Court dismissing their application under Order VIII Rule 1 CPC, which sought closure of the non-counter India Law Library Docid # 2448546
(106) TILAK RAJ Vs. STATE OF HP AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-07-2026 Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1954 — Section 107 — Demarcation of Boundary Lines — Consent of Parties — Bar on Appeal and Revision — Appellant challenged dismissal of writ petition upholding demarcation carried out under Section 107 pursuant to a District Judge compromise decree — Demarcation was conducted on-spot by Assistant Collector in presence of both parties, establishing permanent boundary points, with written statements accepting the outcome without objection — Held, under Section 1 India Law Library Docid # 2448547
(107) SHALEEN KACKER Vs. THE STATE OF HP AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-07-2026 Custody of Minor Child — Foreign Court Order vs. Paramountcy of Child Welfare — Alternate Efficacious Remedy — Petitioner-father sought habeas corpus for return of minor child, alleging illegal detention by biological mother in India in violation of a US Family Court decree requiring a prior mirror judgment — Mother had relocated after the US court refused the father's specific clause modification prohibiting travel without prior mirror judgment, and subsequently enrolled the autistic child in a India Law Library Docid # 2448548
(108) RAM KRISHAN Vs. NETAR PARKASH[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 30-07-2026 Payment of Wages Act, 1936 — Section 17(1-A) — Appeal — Mandatory deposit of amount — A litigant who avails a statutory remedy must comply with its mandatory conditions — The Payment of Wages Act requires an appeal against a payment order to be accompanied by a certificate of deposit — Failure to comply, despite a court direction, prevents the use of supervisory jurisdiction under Article India Law Library Docid # 2448710
(109) MYMOONA Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 30-07-2026 Indian Forest Act, 1927 & J&K Willow (Prohibition on Export and Movement) Act, 2000 — Confiscation of non-governmental property — Confiscation proceedings for seized non-governmental property, such as willow clefts and a vehicle, cannot be finalized or an order passed until the offender is convicted in a criminal case — The confiscation of such property without prior conviction is illegal and unsustainable. India Law Library Docid # 2448711
(110) SUKHPUNEET SINGH Vs. JAMMU DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND ANOTHER[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 30-07-2026 Administrative Law — Judicial Review of Tender Conditions — A prospective bidder cannot seek modification of tender conditions, such as excluding a specific parking slot, solely because it is occupied by security personnel — The decision to participate in a tender is optional, and the inclusion of a slot that may render the tender commercially unviable is an administrative consideration for the tendering India Law Library Docid # 2448712
(111) TILAK RAJ Vs. STATE (NOW UNION TERRITORY) OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 30-07-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 498-A — Cruelty by husband or relatives — Dowry demand — Harassment for property or valuable security — Conviction upheld — Appeal dismissed — Appellant convicted for subjecting his wife to cruelty by demanding dowry items and money, leading to mental torture and abuse, which falls under the definition of cruelty as per Section 498-A RPC. India Law Library Docid # 2448713
(112) UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR Vs. MANZOOR HUSSAIN[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 30-07-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 2006 — Sections 5(1)(d) and 5(2) & Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 161 — Bribery case — Demand and acceptance of illegal gratification are essential elements for conviction — Prosecution failed to prove demand of bribe as key witnesses turned hostile and their testimony was not supported by other evidence — Discrepancies in the sequence of events regarding the India Law Library Docid # 2448714
(113) TULSIRAM RAJPAL AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 30-07-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 302/34, and 450 — Murder and House-Trespass — Fatal Infirmities in Prosecution Evidence — Identity of FIR Scribe and Genuineness of Dying Information — Benefit of Doubt — Appellants were convicted by the Trial Court for murder and house-trespass based on an FIR (Ex.P/21) allegedly lodged by the deceased prior to his death — Investigating Officer (PW-14) admitted that he did not write the FIR himself India Law Library Docid # 2448858
(114) AMARJIT SINGH Vs. AIIMS AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 29-07-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 25-B — Proof of 240 Days' Continuous Service — Burden and Evidentiary Onus — Legal burden of establishing 240 days' continuous service rests throughout on the workman, but where he lays the foundational factual basis through cogent evidence and calls upon the employer to produce employment India Law Library Docid # 2448284
(115) SHAH NAWAZ Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 29-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 232 — Non-compliance — Effect — Non-compliance with the mandatory hearing under Section 232 Cr.P.C. after questioning the accused under Section 313(1)(b) does not ipso facto vitiate the trial unless the accused demonstrates serious and substantial prejudice resulting therefrom. India Law Library Docid # 2448285
(116) NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS IN MEDICAL SCIENCES Vs. DR. ADITI PANWAR AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 29-07-2026 Reservation — Educational admissions — General category candidate cannot claim reserved seat — A candidate belonging to the general/unreserved category cannot stake a claim against a seat reserved for a particular category. The converse, however, is permissible, and a reserved-category candidate may compete against permissible other categories, being India Law Library Docid # 2448286
(117) SANDEEP GOEL Vs. JUGAL KISHOR TOSHNIWAL[DELHI HIGH COURT] 29-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 8 Rule 1 — Commercial suits — Filing of written statement beyond 30 days — Requirement of satisfactory explanation — A defendant in a commercial suit must file the written statement within 30 days of service of summons; extension up to the outer limit of 120 days may be granted only for reasons recorded in writing. Filing within 120 days does not India Law Library Docid # 2448287
(118) SOHAN LAL (SINCE DECEASED) REPRESENTED BY HIS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 29-07-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1953 — Proceedings against a deceased person — Notification under Section 4 issued in the name of a deceased person does not automatically vitiate acquisition proceedings if legal heirs had knowledge and participated — The object of Section 4 is to inform interested parties, which was achieved as heirs filed objections and participated. India Law Library Docid # 2448463
(119) POORAN SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 29-07-2026 Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 — Section 42 — Transfer of tenancy rights — A decree declaring khatedari rights, which results in divesting a Scheduled Caste member of their rights and conferring them upon a non-Scheduled Caste person, constitutes a transfer prohibited by Section 42 — Such a decree is void and unenforceable, regardless of the India Law Library Docid # 2448464
(120) NIRMALA DEVI Vs. STATE OF H.P. AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 29-07-2026 Advocates Act, 1961 — Sections 29, 32, and 33 — Right to Practice vs. Power of Court to Permit Appearance — Unenrolled Non-Advocate — Unauthenticated Power of Attorney — Appellant challenged dismissal of writ petition and denial of permission under Section 32 of Advocates Act, 1961, for an unenrolled non-advocate power-of-attorney holder to appear and argue — Held, Sections 29 and 33 reserve the practice of law exclusively for enrolled advocates — A natural person may argue their own case, but India Law Library Docid # 2448549