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(281) E.KRISHNAMOORTHY Vs. THE SUB-JUDGE SUB COURT AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 09-07-2026
Administrative Law — Show Cause Notice — Writ jurisdiction — Generally, a writ will not lie against a show cause notice, but it is maintainable if the notice is issued without jurisdiction.
India Law Library Docid # 2447852

(282) SURESHA D Vs. STATE BY HIRIYUR RURAL POLICE STATION[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 09-07-2026
Anticipatory bail — POCSO Act, 2012 — Sections 4, 6; BNS, 2023, S. 64(2)(m) — Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929, S. 9 — Victim's statement under S. 164 CrPC disclosing consensual relationship and marriage, and stating she had completed 18 years as on date of marriage, with no serious allegation against petitioner — Prosecution fairly conceding absence of allegation — Anticipatory bail granted subject to conditions. [Paras 5, 6, 7]
India Law Library Docid # 2448000

(283) SANDESH SABHAJI CHIPLEKAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 09-07-2026
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 70(2) — POCSO Act, 2012 — Sections 5(g)/6, 15 — Bail — Gang rape of minor — Corroborated victim testimony — Applicants, among five chargesheeted persons, sought bail alleging false implication, procedural irregularities in investigation and collusion between police and victim's father — Held, allegations of investigative impropriety are matters for trial; considering gravity of offence, tender age of victim, consistent victim testimony corroborated by medi
India Law Library Docid # 2448123

(284) DR. KAMAL KANT YADAV Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 09-07-2026
Uttarakhand Annual Transfer for Public Servants Act, 2017 — Section 17(2)(d) — Exemption for elected office-bearers — Parity with earlier decision — Petitioner, elected President of District Unit, Haridwar of Veterinary Service Association, claimed transfer exemption on facts identical to an earlier decision of the Court granting similar relief to another District President — Held, following the coordinate decision, writ petition disposed of in identical terms, granting liberty to make represent
India Law Library Docid # 2448124

(285) SANJEEV MODI Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-07-2026
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 406 and 420 — Quashing of Criminal Proceedings — High Court can quash proceedings if they are an abuse of process of law or if no offence is made out.
India Law Library Docid # 2447600

(286) JASAKARAN SINGH ALIAS JASSI Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 08-07-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 497 — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Interim custody of seized vehicle — Court has discretionary power to grant interim custody, not an absolute right.
India Law Library Docid # 2447654

(287) SYED JILAN @ JILAN Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 08-07-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Penal Code, 1860 — Section 379 — Electricity Act, 2003 — Section 136 — Bail — Cancellation on non-appearance, subsequent regular bail — Petitioner earlier granted regular bail on merits, remanded to custody solely for non-appearance on hearing dates, not for any substantive violation — Petitioner undertook to cooperate for early disposal; maximum sentence for offences alleged limited to three years — Held, petitioner already sufficiently p
India Law Library Docid # 2448008

(288) DEVENDRA SINGH Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 08-07-2026
Criminal Appeal — Conviction under Section 326 IPC — Young Offender — Reduction of Sentence — Appeal against conviction for grievous hurt with a sharp weapon arising from an altercation over plucking of fruit, resulting in a ten-year sentence. Held, considering that the occurrence arose from a spur-of-the-moment quarrel between co-villagers, the appellant being a young offender of about 19 years at the time with about one-and-a-half years' custody without complaint of misconduct, ends of justice
India Law Library Docid # 2448099

(289) HARI SHANKAR MISHRA Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 08-07-2026
Service Law — MACP — Relief Beyond Pleadings — Unchallenged Subsequent Order — Intra-court appeal against dismissal of a writ petition seeking third MACP benefit, where a subsequent decision of the District Screening Committee rejecting the claim, passed during pendency of the writ, was neither specifically challenged by amendment nor assailed by fresh proceeding. Held, a court cannot travel beyond the pleadings or grant relief against an order not specifically put in issue; a rejoinder or inter
India Law Library Docid # 2448100

(290) MANGAL SINGH MANDRAWAL Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-07-2026
Financial Handbook, Volume II, Part II-IV — Fundamental Rule 56(c) — Voluntary retirement — Automatic effectiveness on expiry of notice period — Registrar's notice for voluntary retirement neither accepted nor rejected within statutory three-month period; State subsequently declined it citing shortage of personnel — Held, unlike resignation, voluntary retirement under Clause (c) of FR 56 is a statutory right not requiring acceptance except where disciplinary proceedings are pending/contemplated;
India Law Library Docid # 2448118

(291) DR. RAJESH KUMAR Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-07-2026
Uttarakhand Annual Transfer for Public Servants Act, 2017 — Section 17(2)(d) — Exemption for elected office-bearers of service associations — Petitioner, elected President of District-level Committee of Veterinary Service Association, claimed transfer exemption; State disputed existence of District-level committee under Association Rules — Held, prima facie, Rules do contemplate District-level representation; matter disposed of with liberty to petitioner to make representation, to be decided wit
India Law Library Docid # 2448119

(292) SHAMSHER SINGH Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-07-2026
Uttarakhand Annual Transfer for Public Servants Act, 2017 — Sections 3(e), 7(d)(iii), 13(4) — Transfer despite spouse's disability — No indefeasible right — Petitioner challenged transfer from accessible to remote area despite wife's 100% disability certificate submitted during transfer exercise; also alleged discriminatory application of exemptions and mala fides — Held, disability of spouse does not confer absolute exemption; scope of judicial review in transfer matters is extremely limited; u
India Law Library Docid # 2448120

(293) DR. VIJENDRA PRATAP SINGH Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-07-2026
Uttarakhand Annual Transfer for Public Servants Act, 2017 — Section 8 — Computation of accessible-area service — Effect of interim court order — Petitioner contended he had not completed requisite four years' service at accessible place due to interim stay in a third party's litigation during which he was attached elsewhere — Held, S. 8 counts total service in accessible area during whole service period, not confined to a specific posting; period of attachment at the same accessible station coun
India Law Library Docid # 2448121

(294) MANVENDRA SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 08-07-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Compounding of non-compoundable matrimonial offences — Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506 IPC and Dowry Prohibition Act — Parties settled matrimonial disputes, filed mutual divorce petition, and complied with agreed financial terms; complainant confirmed settlement and unwillingness to prosecute further — Held, following Gian Singh, B.S. Joshi and Nikhil Merchant, High Court's inherent power permits compounding of non-compoundable offences arisi
India Law Library Docid # 2448122

(295) GUNADHAR SINGH Vs. DHONIBALA SINGH AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-07-2026
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 9 — Restitution of conjugal rights — Proof of marriage and of withdrawal without reasonable excuse — Wife's suit for restitution decreed by Family Court, holding that husband had withdrawn from her society without reasonable cause and that the factum of marriage stood proved — Husband denying the marriage altogether and pleading that the wife was set up by villagers to extort money
India Law Library Docid # 2447442

(296) SHYAMA NAND TIWARI AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-07-2026
Service Law — Regularization — Casual/Part-Time Labourers — Educational qualification — Part Time Casual Labourers (Regularization) Scheme of CBIC, 2020 — Petitioners engaged as Casual Labourers since 1995 and 1999 respectively, working continuously for nearly three decades — Claim for regularization rejected on ground of non-fulfilment of educational qualification (matriculation) — Petitioners possessing only
India Law Library Docid # 2447440

(297) MANTU PANDEY @ SWETABH KUMAR PANDEY Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-07-2026
Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 304 Part I, 304 Part II, 300, 299 — Murder v. culpable homicide not amounting to murder — Distinction between "intention" and "knowledge" — Appellant convicted by trial court under S. 302 IPC for causing death of an elderly woman by assaulting her with a bamboo strip, on her refusal to supply liquor to him while he was in an intoxicated state — Deceased did not die at the spot but
India Law Library Docid # 2447441

(298) NARENDRA MEGHWAL AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 07-07-2026
Recruitment Process — Village Development Officer — Advertisement dated 06.09.2021 — Vacant posts — Waiting/reserve list not operated — Prejudice to petitioners — Original selection process of 2021 for operating reserve/waiting list.
India Law Library Docid # 2447655

(299) RAJESH SINGH SISODIA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 07-07-2026
Constitutional Obligation and Welfare Schemes — The State has a constitutional duty to ensure justice, dignity, and rehabilitation for historically disadvantaged communities — Welfare measures, like land allotment for permanent settlement, are not charity but constitutional instruments to achieve substantive equality and remedy
India Law Library Docid # 2447656

(300) AYUB SODHA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 07-07-2026
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 43 Rule 1 — Statutory remedy of appeal — Petitioner failed to avail statutory remedy of appeal against the Trial Court's order granting status quo — Petitioner cannot bypass statutory mechanism by invoking writ jurisdiction.
India Law Library Docid # 2447657

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