(181) M/S RAJASTHAN PRIME STEEL PROCESSING CENTRE PVT LTD AND ANOTHER Vs. COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE AND CGST, ALWAR[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 06-08-2026 Central Excise Act, 1944 — Scope of Appellate Jurisdiction — Substantial questions of law — High Court in exercise of appellate jurisdiction cannot sit as a court of first appeal to reappraise evidence or reverse findings of fact rendered by the Tribunal — Interference is permissible only in cases of patent perversity, findings based on no evidence, or glaring statutory violations — The determination of whether suppression of facts with intent to evade duty exists is essentially a question of fa India Law Library Docid # 2449563
(182) SUDESH AGRAWAL AND ANOTHER Vs. THE SECRETARY PRIMARY EDUCATION AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 06-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Delay and Laches — Right to Information Act, 2005 — Knowledge of order — Writ petition challenging service termination filed after delay of six years — Appellant claimed knowledge of termination only upon receiving RTI documents — Held, obtaining records under RTI Act does not furnish a fresh cause of action when employee was aware of termination order much earlier — Knowledge of order triggers obligation to act with promptitude — RTI route cannot be u India Law Library Docid # 2449565
(183) SHAITAN SINGH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 06-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Rajasthan Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2017 — Rule 27 — Mining lease — Prohibition against transfer or assignment without prior consent — Locus standi of private partner — Respondent No. 5 was granted a mining lease and subsequently entered into a private partnership agreement with petitioner — Petitioner sought cancellation of lease alleging violation of Rule 27 — Held, Rule 27 is a regulatory provision operating exclusively between the State and l India Law Library Docid # 2449566
(184) STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ANOTHER Vs. RAMESH KUMAR DHAKAD AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 06-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 363, 302 and 201 — Circumstantial Evidence — Last Seen Theory — Disclosure Statement — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 27 — Accused lured three-year-old girl from wedding venue, carried her towards river, sexually assaulted and strangulated her, and threw body into well — Witnesses saw victim in exclusive company of accused shortly before disappearance — Accused disclosed body location while in custody leading to recovery — Defense plea of alibi unsubstantiated — Chain o India Law Library Docid # 2449568
(185) SHIB PRASAD PATRA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973 — S. 114(B) read with West Bengal Panchayat (Gram Panchayat Administration) Rules, 2004, Rule 27(1A) — Sanctioning authority for construction plans — Held, a Gram Panchayat has no jurisdiction to sanction a building plan with plinth area exceeding 150 sq. mtrs. without the application being vetted by the Panchayat Samiti as mandated by Rule 27(1A); absence of a rule prescribing the specific procedure India Law Library Docid # 2448565
(186) SAHAJIT SARKAR Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994 — S. 9(3) — Organ donation between non-near relatives — Approval by Authorisation Committee — Held, the Act imposes no absolute restriction on donation between persons who are not "near relatives"; the only requirement is prior approval of the Authorisation Committee, India Law Library Docid # 2448566
(187) AMIT KUMAR AGARWAL Vs. UNION OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AND OTHER[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Passports Act, 1967 — S. 6(2)(f) read with S. 22 and Notification GSR 570(E) dated 25.08.1993 — Renewal of passport during pendency of criminal proceedings — Held, S. 6(2)(f) concerns the permissibility of issuance/renewal where criminal proceedings are pending, not the duration for which the passport is to be issued; Notification GSR 570(E), issued under S. 22 (power to exempt), cannot be read as conferring power upon a criminal court to determine passport validity, nor as restricting validity India Law Library Docid # 2448567
(188) STATE OF H.P. Vs. YASHPAL SINGH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of interference — Held, interference with acquittal is warranted only where the finding is patently perverse, based on misreading or omission of material evidence, and where only one conclusion — consistent with guilt — is reasonably possible; where two views are possible, the appellate court must not disturb the India Law Library Docid # 2448568
(189) MULKH RAJ Vs. STATE OF HP[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — S. 109 — Bail — Held, applying settled parameters for grant of bail (nature of accusation, severity of punishment, nature of evidence, likelihood of abscondence), where the injury was inflicted with a sharp-edged weapon on the neck — a vital body part — indicating intention to kill, and the offence attracts life imprisonment, bail was declined India Law Library Docid # 2448569
(190) LANKA SRI KALYAN RAM Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Ss. 8(c) and 20(b)(ii)(C) — Bail — Held, on second bail application, where charge sheet already filed beyond the statutory 180-day period, over 238 days undergone in custody, absence of adverse antecedents, fixed abode within jurisdiction, and co-accused on similar footing already released on bail, petitioner India Law Library Docid # 2448570
(191) DILIP M. BOBADE Vs. M/S. LLOYD'S REGISTER[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 2(s) — "Workman" — Designation not determinative — Mere designation of an employee (e.g. IT Delivery Analyst/Administrator) is not conclusive of workman status; what is determinative is the nature of duties and responsibilities actually performed, examined with reference to the dominant nature of such duties. India Law Library Docid # 2448571
(192) UDAY PATIL AND OTHERS Vs. MR. PARESH SATYENDRA VOHRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 — Section 21A — De-registration — Scope of power — Power of Registrar to de-register a society under S. 21A is much narrower than appellate power under S. 152 challenging registration, and can be exercised only upon satisfaction of one of the four enumerated grounds under S. 21A(1) — Registrar cannot sit in appeal over the order of registration while India Law Library Docid # 2448560
(193) NITIN KUMAR SHARMA Vs. NETAJI SUBHAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (NSIT)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Ss. 34 and 37 — Scope of interference — Held, jurisdiction under S. 34 is supervisory, not appellate; Court cannot undertake fresh evaluation of evidence or substitute its own view merely because another view is possible — Scope under S. 37 is further and even more circumscribed, confined to examining whether power under S. 34 was exercised in excess or not exercised at all — Interference with India Law Library Docid # 2448561
(194) VANTAGE INTEGRATED SECURITIES SOLUTION PVT LTD Vs. SPARK TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD[DELHI HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Ss. 34 and 37 — Scope of interference — Held, where Arbitrator found no contractual stipulation entitling appellant to unilaterally adjust/recover liquidated damages imposed on it by a third party against amounts admittedly payable to respondent, and such finding was based on interpretation of the Purchase Order and evidence on India Law Library Docid # 2448563
(195) OGULJEREN DERCHIYEVA Vs. UNION OF INDIA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Customs Act, 1962 — Ss. 80 and 125 — Interplay — Held, S. 80 constitutes a special statutory code governing return/re-export of goods forming part of passenger baggage, conditional upon a true declaration under S. 77, whereas S. 125 is a general discretionary provision for redemption of confiscated goods and does not itself authorise re-export of confiscated baggage irrespective of compliance with S. 80 — Discretion to permit redemption of "prohibited goods" under India Law Library Docid # 2448564
(196) HRUDAYA KHARA Vs. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 20(b)(ii)(B) — Bail — Non-Commercial Quantity — Second Bail Application — Bail may be granted on a second application to an accused found in possession of a non-commercial quantity of ganja, having no adverse antecedents, a fixed abode, and prolonged judicial custody without filing of charge sheet, notwithstanding an earlier co-accused-specific order — Relief granted subject to stringent conditions. [Paras 5-6] India Law Library Docid # 2448779
(197) SATYENDRA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 147, 148, 149 and 302 — Unlawful assembly and fatal assault — Non-proof of five or more persons forming unlawful assembly — Defective framing of charge — Investigation not pending against unknown persons under Section 173(8) CrPC — Specific individual role and common intention required to be evaluated — Where charge-sheet failed to show an unlawful assembly India Law Library Docid # 2448803
(198) STYLO MANDAVI Vs. CHHATTISGARH STATE INFORMATION COMMISSION AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Right to Information Act, 2005 — Section 8(1)(d) — Exemption from disclosure — Cheque Drawn Register — Information seeker requested certified copy of Cheque Drawn Register of Forest Department — Held, Cheque Drawn Register contains details involving commercial confidence and trade secrets, disclosure of which is likely to harm competitive position of a third party — Respondent failed to establish India Law Library Docid # 2448966
(199) STYLO MANDAVI AND OTHERS Vs. CHHATTISGARH STATE INFORMATION COMMISSION THROUGH THE COMMISSIONER AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Right to Information Act, 2005 — Sections 8(1)(d) and 7(9) — Exempted information — Disclosure of Cheque Drawn Register — Public Information Officer refused request seeking Cheque Drawn Register of Forest Department — Held, Cheque Drawn Register contains information including commercial confidence and trade secrets, disclosure of which is likely to harm competitive position of a third India Law Library Docid # 2448967
(200) KIRTI SAHU Vs. CHHATTISGARH STATE INFORMATION COMMISSION AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Right to Information Act, 2005 — Section 20(1) and first proviso — Imposition of penalty on Public Information Officer — Principles of natural justice — Mandatory requirement of distinct show-cause notice — State Information Commission imposed penalty under Section 20(1) on petitioner during appeal proceedings without issuing a separate show-cause notice proposing penalty or affording an effective hearing on India Law Library Docid # 2448968