(221) MOHD IMRAN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 14-07-2026 Service Law — Recovery of alleged excess payment — Retiral dues — Effect of subsequent quashing order — Recovery orders against petitioners for excess payment following promotion had earlier been set aside in connected writ petitions with direction against recovery — Recovery from petitioners' retiral dues, effected before the said judgment, held illegal being contrary to the binding decision — Respondents directed to refund recovered amounts within two months. [Paras 5, 7] India Law Library Docid # 2447976
(222) EIPROCON INTERNATIONAL (OPC) PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. COMMISSIONER, STATE GOODS AND SERVICE TAX AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 14-07-2026 Goods and Services Tax — Revocation of cancellation of registration — Quantification of tax liability — Petitioner's application for revocation rejected for non-deposit of reversed ITC; petitioner contended no order quantifying tax liability existed — Supplementary affidavit disclosed order dated 09.07.2025 passed under S. 74 quantifying liability, rendering petitioner's contention factually incorrect — Writ disposed of without interference, with liberty to challenge the quantification order and India Law Library Docid # 2447977
(223) KAMLESH KUMAR Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 14-07-2026 Service Law — Equal pay for equal work — Contractual Data Entry Operators — Parity with U.P.N.L.-engaged staff — Petitioners, contractual Data Entry Operators under Samagra Shiksha, claimed parity in remuneration with similarly designated staff engaged through U.P.N.L. — Earlier representation held not maintainable being made through Union rather than individually — Petitions disposed of granting liberty to file fresh individual representations, to be decided within eight weeks in accordance wit India Law Library Docid # 2447978
(224) JAGNARAYAN SINGH Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 14-07-2026 Pension — Rules 58, 59, Bihar Pension Rules, 1950 — Regularized Work-Charged Service — Non-Consideration — Retiree's claim for revised retiral benefits treating full service from initial joining rejected without addressing his subsequent regularization or the applicability of Rules 58 and 59. Held, Rule 59 is an enabling exception to Rule 58, under which continuous temporary/officiating service exceeding fifteen years is liable to be treated as pensionable even absent confirmation on a substanti India Law Library Docid # 2448089
(225) SURYDEV RAY Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 14-07-2026 Public Distribution System — Compassionate Licence — Educational Qualification — Rejection of application for grant of Fair Price Shop licence on compassionate ground to a non-matriculate dependent of a deceased licensee challenged as discriminatory, contending the matriculation requirement under Clause 9(v) of the PDS Control Order, 2016 applies only to fresh appointments. Held, following a covered precedent, the Control Order does not exempt compassionate cases from the prescribed minimum educ India Law Library Docid # 2448090
(226) SHEKH YUNUS Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 14-07-2026 Writ Jurisdiction — Disputed Question of Fact — Rival Claims Between Institutions — Petitioner sought a declaration regarding the genuineness of his Madrasa's code as against an allegedly duplicate/fake Madrasa using an identical code with a different address. Held, disputes concerning the genuineness and validity of two institutions bearing rival claims to title/registration require oral and documentary evidence and cannot be adjudicated in writ jurisdiction; such disputes are properly resolved India Law Library Docid # 2448091
(227) HAREKRISHNA PANDA @ HARE KRUSHNA PANDA Vs. STATE OF ODISHA (VIG)[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 14-07-2026 Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018 — Sections 7(a), 13(1)(b) — CrPC, S. 482/BNSS, S. 528 — Quashing — Delay in investigation — Inherent jurisdiction to quash is to be exercised sparingly, only where allegations, taken at face value, disclose no offence or continuation amounts to abuse of process; explanation regarding source of intercepted cash and adequacy of documents furnished are matters for investigation/trial, not for quashing — Delay of over seven years in completing investig India Law Library Docid # 2448241
(228) SASHI BHUSAN PATEL Vs. MS. ASWATHY S, I.A.S., SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL AND MASS EDUCATION & ORS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 14-07-2026 Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Section 12 — Wilful disobedience — Substantial compliance — Contempt jurisdiction is not to be invoked for every instance of delayed or imperfect compliance but only where disobedience is wilful, deliberate and contumacious; delay attended by a bona fide request for clarification on mode of implementation is administrative inertia, not contumacious defiance — Where the original order stood modified and the modified order was substantially complied with through a co India Law Library Docid # 2448242
(229) NARAYAN JANI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF ODISHA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 14-07-2026 NDPS Act, 1985 — Section 37 — Bail — Commercial quantity — Successive bail application without change in circumstance — Renewal of bail prayer before trial court barely a month after refusal by High Court, without any change in circumstance, coupled with accused's non-surrender after grant of interim bail necessitating apprehension via NBWA, reflects adversely on conduct relevant to securing attendance at trial — Twin conditions under S. 37 NDPS Act not satisfied where allegations involve transp India Law Library Docid # 2448243
(230) PRAMOD MAJHI Vs. STATE OF ODISHA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 14-07-2026 Bail — Dacoity with murder — Non-disclosure of criminal antecedents — High Court Rules, Chapter XVIII, Rule 5(2)(a)-(b) — Mandatory disclosure of criminal antecedents in bail applications under the amended Rules of the High Court of Orissa, 1948 was not made by the petitioner, who was shown to have seven prior cases including offences under the Arms Act and IPC — With 20 out of 21 charge-sheet witnesses already examined and trial at its fag end, coupled with suppression of antecedents, bail decl India Law Library Docid # 2448245
(231) DAULAT Vs. NARENDRA PARMAR AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 13-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 6 Rule 17 and Order 7 Rule 11 — Amendment vs. Rejection of Plaint — A pending application for amendment of pleadings under Order 6 Rule 17 CPC should generally be decided before an application for rejection of the plaint under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC, especially if the amendment seeks to address defects India Law Library Docid # 2447518
(232) SANTOSH RANI (THROUGH GPA HOLDER) RAJEEV SETHI Vs. CHAND BIBI AGGARWAL DHARMARTH TRUST[DELHI HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Adverse Possession — Tenant's claim — The Court rejected a review petitioner's claim of ownership by adverse possession, noting that this claim had been previously rejected in earlier judgments by subordinate courts, and that the petitioner's status remained that of a tenant. India Law Library Docid # 2447604
(233) RAMJI LAL Vs. SUNITA AHUJA[DELHI HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 — Section 25B(8) — Revisional Jurisdiction — High Court's power under this section is supervisory and revisional, not appellate — It should not substitute its own view for that of the Rent Controller unless there is an error apparent on the face of the record or lack of adjudication — The scope of India Law Library Docid # 2447605
(234) THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS Vs. SAKILA BANU[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Interlocutory Application (I.A.) seeking condonation of delay — Requirements for — Mere narration of routine file movement and departmental procedures without explaining specific time intervals, gaps, or delays does not constitute sufficient cause for condoning a significant delay of 559 days. India Law Library Docid # 2447595
(235) UNION BANK OF INDIA Vs. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF STATE TAX[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) — Section 26E and other provisions — Priority of Secured Creditors — State statutory dues — Full Bench of this Court in Jalgaon Janta Sahakari bank Ltd — case clarified that dues of secured creditors under India Law Library Docid # 2447672
(236) SOMAIYA VIDYAVIHAR KJ SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND COMMERCE VIDYAVIHAR AND OTHERS Vs. THE ASST. COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR & APPELLATE AUTHORITY AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 — Applicability of — Entitlement to maternity benefits arises from and during the subsistence of an employer-employee relationship — Where an employee's ad-hoc contractual tenure expires before the commencement of maternity leave, they cannot claim benefits from the former employer. India Law Library Docid # 2447673
(237) JAGANNATH SONI Vs. SMT. MUNNIBAI @ ARUNA KUMARI SONI[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125 — Maintenance — Second application for maintenance is not maintainable if a previous application was allowed on merits, unless based on new facts — The proper remedy for enhancement is under Section 127 Cr.P.C. India Law Library Docid # 2447760
(238) SUSHILA ALIAS SUDHA GAWHADE Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 313 — Statement of accused — Trial court's duty to frame questions based on prosecution evidence — Framing questions not part of prosecution evidence vitiates the proceedings. India Law Library Docid # 2447761
(239) ALEXRAJ AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF TAMILNADU[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 13-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Suspension of Sentence — Petitioners convicted for custodial violence and death of a juvenile — Court found an unbroken chain of circumstances supporting the trial court's findings — No grounds to warrant suspension of sentence pending appeal due to gravity of offence India Law Library Docid # 2447856
(240) ICICI LOMBARD GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. R.BIRUNDHA AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 13-07-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 166 and 163A — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal — Conversion of claim petition — A Tribunal cannot convert a claim petition from Section 166 to Section 163A after appreciating evidence and arriving at a finding on negligence. India Law Library Docid # 2447848