(21) SULTAN MIAN Vs. THE COMMISSIONER, SANTHAL PARGANA DIVISION AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Santhal Pargana Tenancy (Supplementary Provisions) Act, 1949 — Schedule V, Rules 3 & 4 — Scope of Revisional Jurisdiction vs. Appellate Jurisdiction — Under Schedule V of the Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act, the office of Pradhan (headman) is hereditary, with the next fit heir entitled to succession — Revisional jurisdiction, unlike a full-fledged appeal, does not permit the revisional authority to India Law Library Docid # 2448817
(22) SOUTH INDIAN BANK LIMITED Vs. PROPELLO INNOVATIONS PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Section 17 read with Constitution of India, Article 226 — Exhaustion of Alternative Statutory Remedy & Maintainability of Writ Petition — The High Court ordinarily ought not to entertain a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution challenging proceedings initiated under Section 13(2) or Section 13(4) of the SARFAESI Act, 2002, when an effective and efficacious India Law Library Docid # 2448818
(23) GURDIT SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 read with Arms Act, 1959 — Section 25(8) and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 109 — Regular Bail — Principles Governing Grant of Bail — Where the petitioner was nominated as an accused solely on the basis of a disclosure statement made by a co-accused regarding the possession/recovery of an illegal firearm, and no specific overt act, attempt to commit murder, or injury to any individual was alleged under Section 109 BNS, the petitione India Law Library Docid # 2448819
(24) HORAKERAPPA Vs. SRI. THIMMAPPA S/O LATE KAVALASIDDAPPA DEAD BY HIS LEGAL HEIRS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Article 58 vs. Article 113 — Cause of Action & Revenue Entries — In a suit for declaration of title and permanent injunction, the period of limitation is governed by Article 58 and not Article 113 of the Limitation Act, 1963 —A mere wrong or adverse entry in the revenue record (such as an entry in Column No. 12 of the RTC) or a revenue order directing parties to approach a Civil India Law Library Docid # 2448820
(25) SMT. SARASWATHI Vs. SRI. JAYAPPA M.N.[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Joint Account Cheque & Liability of Signatory — Where a cheque drawn on a joint bank account is issued and signed by only one of the account holders in discharge of a legally enforceable debt, the signatory account holder can be independently prosecuted and held liable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — The non-prosecution or India Law Library Docid # 2448821
(26) GURSIMRAT GILL Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ of Habeas Corpus & Child Custody between Natural Parents — A writ of habeas corpus under Article 226 of the Constitution is an extraordinary summary remedy to liberate a person from illegal or unlawful detention, and cannot be used as a substitute for statutory guardianship proceedings to decide permanent child custody disputes — Custody of a minor child with their biological father (a natural guardian) cannot be classified as "illegal India Law Library Docid # 2448822
(27) RAJA RAM DANGI Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 06-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (Cr.P.C.) — Section 176(1-A) — Inquiry by Judicial Magistrate into custodial death — Scope and jurisdiction — Distinction between sub-section (1) and sub-section (1-A) — Purpose of inquiry under sub-section (1-A) is not restricted merely to ascertaining the medical or physiological cause of death — Omission of the phrase "inquiry into the cause of death" in sub India Law Library Docid # 2448804
(28) SMT HANSA BAI AND OTHERS Vs. KISHORILAL THROUGH LRS SMT. SUSHILA DEVI AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 06-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Control Act, 1961 — Conversion of eviction suit to title-based suit for possession — Permissibility — In suit initially filed for eviction based on landlord-tenant relationship, plaintiffs amended plaint upon defendants' denial of tenancy and assertion of title via adverse possession — Separate court fees paid for India Law Library Docid # 2448805
(29) BANESINGH AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 06-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 97 and 100 — Right of private defence — Scope and applicability — Accused sustained incised injuries on left leg from sword retrieved by deceased — Law does not expect person under attack to weigh defensive force in golden scales or modulate response with mathematical precision — Right extends to causing death of aggressor when reasonable and imminent apprehension of India Law Library Docid # 2448806
(30) 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
(31) 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
(32) 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
(33) 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
(34) 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
(35) 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
(36) 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
(37) 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
(38) 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
(39) 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
(40) 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