(121) ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Vs. ADDITIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) — Section 44(1)(c) — Committal of Scheduled Offence Case to Special Court — Conditions Precedent — Cognizance & Sanction — Section 44(1)(c) of the PMLA requires that the Special Court trying the money-laundering complaint must have already taken cognizance of that complaint before it can entertain an application to commit a pending scheduled-offence case from another court — Where the Special Court had merely issued a pre-cognizance notice under Se India Law Library Docid # 2448534
(122) JENORIN D. SANGMA Vs. STATE OF MEGHALAYA[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302, Section 201 read with Section 34 — Circumstantial Evidence — Extra-Judicial Confession — Evidentiary Value & Corroboration — An extra-judicial confession is inherently a weak piece of evidence that must be examined by the Court with greater care and caution —To form the basis of a conviction, it must be voluntary, truthful, inspire confidence, and be supported by a chain of cogent, corroborative circumstances —Where the principal India Law Library Docid # 2448535
(123) RAVINDER SINGH SIDHU Vs. STATE (NCT OF DELHI)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Regular Bail — High Magnitude Financial Fraud & Economic Offences –– Economic offences involving cheating, forgery, and unlawful financial schemes that impact a massive number of victims and destabilize public trust are offences of wide magnitude –– While dealing with a regular bail application in such matters, the Court cannot treat them at par with standard penal offences –– Granting bail to an accused facing serious India Law Library Docid # 2448536
(124) AMIT BHASIN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent Powers — Quashing of FIR based on Compromise — Offences with Social Ramifications — Offences of child exploitation and child labour committed under special statutes—such as Section 323/374 IPC, Section 23 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, and Sections 3/14 of the Child Labour (Prohibition & India Law Library Docid # 2448537
(125) YASHWANT SINGH Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 H.P. Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 1968, Section 6 — Grant of Parole — Scope and Grounds for Rejection — Objections by Victim or Relatives — Relevancy of Heinous Nature of Offence — The petitioner sought a writ of mandamus directing the authorities to grant him parole for agricultural work and to maintain social ties, which was rejected solely based on objections from the victim’s relative — The High Court held that parole serves a vital reformatory purpose aimed at maintaining India Law Library Docid # 2448542
(126) RAMBHAROSI AND OTHERS Vs. BOARD OF REVENUE,GWALIOR AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 M.P. Land Revenue Code, 1959 — Sections 109 and 110 — Acquisition of rights and mutation proceedings — Permissive possession does not constitute acquisition of right or interest — Naib Tahsildar recorded respondent's name as joint holder merely based on consent of original Bhumiswami — No legal document proving transfer of title or revenue record reflecting prior joint possession — Continued cultivation or India Law Library Docid # 2448801
(127) RAJKUMAR SINGH Vs. ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 329(b) — Bar to interference by courts in electoral matters — Maintainability of writ petition under Article 226 after declaration of election result — Allegation of suppression of assets in Form 26 affidavit — Constitutional scheme dictates that any matter vitiating an election can only be raised through a duly instituted election petition before the High Court and not via writ petition or administrative representation — Once election process India Law Library Docid # 2448802
(128) AYESHA FATIMA RIZVI Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 Service Law — Selection and Appointment — Post of Assistant Professor (Zoology) — Equivalence of Educational Qualifications — Scope of Judicial Review — Petitioner holding M.Sc. in Biotechnology applied for the post of Assistant Professor (Zoology), requiring post-graduation in concerned subject — Subject India Law Library Docid # 2448974
(129) PRAKASH CHAND PAGARIYA Vs. MOTIRAM YADAV AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Liability of Owner — Absence of valid driving licence — Award of compensation — Appeal by vehicle owner against Tribunal's award fastening liability on him — Offending tractor driven by deceased driver who lacked a valid and effective driving licence — Owner failed to adduce evidence demonstrating driver possessed a valid licence — Finding of Tribunal held India Law Library Docid # 2448975
(130) PALLAVI MESHRAM Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 Chhattisgarh Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes (Regulation of Social Status Certification) Act, 2013 — Sections 6 and 7 — Social Status Certificate — Cancellation — Scope of jurisdiction — High Power Certification Scrutiny Committee — Held, the High Power Certification Scrutiny Committee possesses jurisdiction to conduct an enquiry into a social status certificate India Law Library Docid # 2448976
(131) RAJA NIKOSE AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 307 & 149 — Circumstantial Evidence — Proof beyond reasonable doubt — Identification of accused — Absence of Test Identification Parade — The prosecution relied on the testimony of an injured witness who failed to name the accused in cross-examination, and no Test Identification India Law Library Docid # 2448977
(132) JAI PRAKASH VERMA Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 498-A/34 — Quashing of FIR and criminal proceedings — Matrimonial dispute — Amicable settlement — Parties resumed cohabitation and were living together peacefully with their minor child — Wife voluntarily expressed intention not to prosecute — India Law Library Docid # 2448978
(133) BITOPAN KALITA Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 8 — Penal Code, 1860 — Section 354 — Sexual assault and outraging modesty — Reliability of sole testimony of victim — Test of sterling witness — Appellant was convicted under Section 8 of POCSO Act and Section 354 IPC for forcibly pulling minor victim into his house, kissing her, and subjecting her to sexual harassment — Discrepancies and material India Law Library Docid # 2448997
(134) NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. Vs. SANJAY KUMAR SAH AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim petition — Proof of rash and negligent driving — Proof of negligence under Section 166 is required to be established on the touchstone of preponderance of probabilities — Appellant insurer contended that claimant failed to establish negligence of bus driver and that application under Section 166 was not maintainable — Evidence of co-passenger established that offending bus collided India Law Library Docid # 2448998
(135) SOFIUR RAHMAN AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 Assam Land and Revenue Regulation, 1886 — Section 151 — Revisional Jurisdiction — Condonation of Delay — Non-exercise of Discretion — Revisional power under Section 151 is not fettered by a period of limitation. Dismissal of revisional application on grounds of delay by relying on an earlier order passed against a third party (non-pattadar) who had India Law Library Docid # 2448999
(136) M/S TARA ENTERPRISES Vs. MANAGING DIRECTOR, NORTH BIHAR POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LTD. AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Maintainability of writ petition — Money claim arising out of contractual obligations — Enforceability of private contractual rights — Petitioner sought direction for payment of construction dues under a contract — Held, extraordinary writ jurisdiction under Article 226 cannot be invoked to enforce monetary claims or contractual rights governed by private law in India Law Library Docid # 2449249
(137) K.S COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION Vs. BIHAR SCHOOL EXAMINATION BOARD AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 14 — Admission to D.El.Ed. Course — Differential Treatment — Private unaided institution sought direction for a second spot admission round, contending discrimination as second spot admission was granted only to Government Colleges — Held, Government Colleges are state-funded to cater to meritorious candidates from economically weaker sections at public India Law Library Docid # 2449250
(138) SHIMOGA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 Service Law — Sexual Harassment at Workplace — Transfer of Delinquent Employee — Medical Professor accused of sexual harassment and molestation of female postgraduate students — Internal Complaints Committee found allegations prima facie true — Single Judge stayed respondent's temporary transfer to another institute for lack of prior Governing Council resolution — Held, hyper-technicalities cannot override victim safety and dignity — Forcing victims to face the perpetrator daily inflicts severe India Law Library Docid # 2449321
(139) PRAVEEN S/O MALLIKARJUN HANCHINAL Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (KALABURAGI BENCH)] 04-08-2026 Karnataka Grama Swaraj and Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 — Section 113(3) — Service Law — Termination of Gram Panchayat employee — Jurisdiction — Chief Executive Officer of Zilla Panchayat — Scope of power — Appointing authority alone empowered to terminate — Held, under Section 113(3) of the 1993 Act, the Gram Panchayat alone is competent to reduce in rank, remove, or dismiss an employee appointed by it. The Chief Executive Officer of the Zilla Panchayat lacks statutory authority to pass an order ter India Law Library Docid # 2449331
(140) MCNALLY BHARAT ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED Vs. METSO INDIA PVT. LTD[DELHI HIGH COURT] 03-08-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 — Section 31 — Effect of approved resolution plan — Extinguishment of unclaimed claims — Once a resolution plan is approved by the Adjudicating Authority, it binds the corporate debtor and all creditors; claims not submitted to and incorporated in the plan stand extinguished and cannot thereafter be initiated, continued, or revived, on the "clean slate" principle. India Law Library Docid # 2448487