(581) THE RAJASTHAN STATE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING BOARD Vs. INDERJEET SINGH[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 06-07-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Scope of judicial scrutiny — Court does not sit in appeal over arbitrator's findings — Re-appreciation of evidence or reassessment of facts is impermissible — Interference only on statutory grounds like patent illegality or conflict with public policy. India Law Library Docid # 2447609
(582) LRS OF MR. BHARAT LAKHANI AND OTHERS Vs. VIKAS GARG AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 06-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Rajasthan Rent Control Act, 2001 — Section 21 — Amendment of pleadings — Allowing amendment to incorporate reference to documents already filed and assign exhibit marks is a procedural rectification and does not alter the foundation of the eviction proceedings India Law Library Docid # 2447651
(583) DEEPAK NITRITE LIMITED Vs. THE ASSISTANT CONTROLLER GENERAL OF PATENTS AND DESIGNS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 06-07-2026 Patents Act, 1970 — Section 15, 2(1)(ja) and 117A — Refusal of patent application — Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs refusing patent application on grounds of lack of inventive step — Court found that the Controller’s reasoning for refusal of product claims based on "common general knowledge" was unsustainable India Law Library Docid # 2447669
(584) CEAT LIMITED Vs. ELSON JOSEPH FERNANDEZ[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 06-07-2026 Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act, 1971 — Section 44 — Jurisdiction of Industrial Court — The Industrial Court exercises superintendence over Labour Courts — This power includes calling for returns, issuing rules, prescribing forms, and settling fees for Labour Courts within its jurisdiction — The Industrial Court at Mumbai cannot exercise these powers over India Law Library Docid # 2447671
(585) SURENDRA KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 06-07-2026 Public Interest Litigation — Illegal Mining and Encroachment — Petitioners raised concerns about illegal mining and encroachments on Derwala Pahadi. India Law Library Docid # 2447683
(586) THE CHAIRMAN AND OTHERS Vs. APPELLATE AUTHORITY AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 06-07-2026 Tamil Nadu Shops and Establishments Act, 1947 — Section 41 — Appeal against termination — Delay in filing appeal — Employee filed appeal after a significant delay of three and a half years. India Law Library Docid # 2447853
(587) STATE OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS Vs. R. ROHINI[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 06-07-2026 Government Service Promotion — Employee cannot claim promotion as a right, but consideration for promotion is a fundamental right. Filling promotional posts is the administrative prerogative of the Government. India Law Library Docid # 2447840
(588) THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS (F) DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS Vs. N.NAGAIAH AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 06-07-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14 and 16 — Public Employment — Equal Opportunity — Backdoor appointments, made without following due process and recruitment rules, cannot be regularized as it infringes fundamental rights of eligible candidates aspiring for public employment through open competition. India Law Library Docid # 2447844
(589) T.MUKESH Vs. THE COMMISSIONER SIVAKASI CITY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 06-07-2026 Municipalities Act, 1998 (Tamil Nadu) — Section 128(1)(b) — Power to remove encroachment — Unauthorized construction — Petitioner erected a sunshade/shed before his shop in a bus stand, obstructing public passage and extending his business area — The construction was deemed unauthorized and illegal, hindering public India Law Library Docid # 2447847
(590) TEJENDRA ALIAS SEETU AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-07-2026 Evidence — Statement under S. 164 Cr.P.C. — Not substantive evidence — Effect of hostile witnesses — Conviction for murder, kidnapping for ransom, robbery and criminal intimidation based on statements of witnesses under S. 164 Cr.P.C. who turned hostile at trial and did not support prosecution — Held, S. 164 statement, not having been tested by cross India Law Library Docid # 2447988
(591) GEETIKA GURUNG Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-07-2026 Building Regulations — Compounding of deviation — Finality — Scope of judicial review — Petitioner sought demolition of neighbours' construction alleging violation of height and setback norms; deviations had already been compounded by competent authority and attained finality — Held, once compounding order attains finality, no further penal action permissible on grounds already considered; Secretary's decision, based on Engineer's report and absent perversity, not open to interference in judicia India Law Library Docid # 2447989
(592) GUDDU SHARMA Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 06-07-2026 Domestic Violence — Interim Maintenance — Section 23 — No Evidence Requirement — Revision against confirmation of interim monthly maintenance of Rs. 1,500 to the wife, contending absence of proof of the husband's income. Held, Section 23 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 empowers the Magistrate to pass such interim order as deemed just and proper, including ex parte, on a prima facie satisfaction from the affidavit of the aggrieved person, without requiring formal evide India Law Library Docid # 2448096
(593) ASHA JINDWAN Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 06-07-2026 Uttarakhand Annual Transfer for Public Servants Act, 2017 — Sections 7(i)(d), 13(2) — Exemption for senior employees — Applicability limited to accessible-to-remote transfers — Petitioner, above 55 years, challenged transfer from remote to accessible area, claiming exemption as senior employee — Held, exemption under S. 7(i)(d) and request-based posting protection under S. 13(2) apply only to compulsory transfers from accessible to remote area, not vice versa; petitioner has no indefeasible righ India Law Library Docid # 2448114
(594) VIPIN Vs. STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 06-07-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 307 — Attempted murder by vehicle — Identification and premeditation established through circumstantial and ocular evidence — Deliberate use of a vehicle to hit down the victim, following a threat communicated by phone and reconnaissance of the victim's movements, held sufficient to establish intention to kill under S. 307 — Absence of injury capable of causing death does not preclude conviction where intention/knowledge and surrounding circumstances (nature of a India Law Library Docid # 2448601
(595) ANJUM RAFIQ Vs. THE UNION TERRITORY OF J&K[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 06-07-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 497 [corresponding to CrPC, 1973 — Section 451] — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 60(3) and 63 — Interim release of seized vehicle — Trial Court/Magistrate has the jurisdiction to grant interim release of a conveyance seized under the NDPS Act to its registered owner on superdari during investigation or trial India Law Library Docid # 2448665
(596) MOHAMMAD YASEEN KHAN Vs. STATE OF JAMMU & KASHMIR (NOW UT)[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 06-07-2026 Service Law — Promotion — Vested right, absence of — Government employee possesses no vested right to claim promotion to next higher grade by insisting upon increase in cadre strength — Promotion depends upon rules, existence of vacancies, eligibility and administrative policy — Constitution does not prescribe any specific criteria for promotion. India Law Library Docid # 2448666
(597) TAJINDER PAL SINGH Vs. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT[DELHI HIGH COURT] 04-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 362 — Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528/CrPC, S. 482 — Bar on review of final order — Procedural review distinguished from substantive review — Held, S. 362 CrPC bars a Criminal Court from altering or reviewing its final judgment on merits, but a distinction is well recognised between substantive review (reconsideration of merits) and procedural review (revisiting an order for want India Law Library Docid # 2447280
(598) R.MURALI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 03-07-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 13(1)(e) and 13(2) — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 109 — Disproportionate Assets — Accused, a public servant, and his wife acquired assets far exceeding their known sources of income — Evidence showed substantial property acquisition in the wife's name during the check period, with her claimed income being insufficient to justify these purchases — The India Law Library Docid # 2447330
(599) M/S CHENAB MACHINERY AND ENGINEERING PVT. LTD. Vs. SHRI MATA VAISHNO DEVI SHRINE BOARD KATRA[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT] 03-07-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 32(2)(c) — Termination of arbitral proceedings — Power of Arbitral Tribunal to terminate proceedings under Section 32(2)(c) can only be exercised if continuation of proceedings has become unnecessary or impossible for any reason — This requires the Arbitral Tribunal to record its satisfaction based on material on record, and not to be exercised casually, which would defeat the India Law Library Docid # 2447292
(600) GURDEEP SINGH Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT] 03-07-2026 Service Law — Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) Teacher — Selection Process — Validity — Advertisement for ReT Teacher posts issued on 27.04.2011. Petitioner placed at Serial No. 2 in the merit list and tentative select panel. Panel became final as no objections were filed. Village Education Committee's refusal to sign panel, not in accordance with SSA norms, shall not impede the selection process. Direction issued to conclude selection India Law Library Docid # 2447293