(61) 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
(62) 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
(63) 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
(64) 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
(65) 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
(66) 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
(67) RAMTA BAI SAHU Vs. JOHANRAM SAHU[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Condonation of Delay — Criminal Revision — Delay of 130 days — Ground of financial constraints — Applicant sought condonation of delay on ground of poverty and lack of funds to arrange legal representation — Held, discretion to condone delay must be exercised cautiously upon demonstration of sufficient cause — Poverty, financial constraints, or ignorance of law do not by India Law Library Docid # 2448969
(68) STATE OF CHHATTISGARH Vs. P.D. ASATI (DELETED) AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 13(1)(c) r/w Section 13(2) — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 120-B, 420, 465, 471 r/w Section 34 — Appeal against acquittal — Allegations of illegal gratification and forgery — Complainant contractor admitted signing tender documents, Measurement Book, final bills, and cheque receipts without contemporaneous protest — Alleged telephonic demand of bribe India Law Library Docid # 2448970
(69) NAMAN GUPTA Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Scope of inherent jurisdiction — Quashing of FIR, charge-sheet, and cognizance order — Power to quash criminal proceedings must be exercised sparingly, with circumspection, and only in exceptional cases — High Court while considering a quashing petition cannot conduct a mini-trial, evaluate evidentiary worth, or adjudicate disputed factual issues India Law Library Docid # 2448971
(70) ANGELIQUE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Vs. SOUTH EAST CENTRAL RAILWAY[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 11(6), Section 12(5) and Seventh Schedule — Appointment of Arbitrator — Statutory bar on unilateral appointment — Contractual clause empowering respondent to unilaterally appoint an arbitrator is invalid and contrary to Section 12(5) read with Seventh Schedule of the Act — Unilateral appointment clauses in public-private contracts are arbitrary and India Law Library Docid # 2448972
(71) SMT. DURGA SAHU Vs. TRIVENI PRASAD SAHU[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 05-08-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 397, 401 and Section 125 — Condonation of delay — Delay of 213 days in filing criminal revision — Applicant pleaded being a housewife unaware of legal remedies against order dismissing her maintenance claim — Held, mere ignorance of law or lack of legal awareness does not constitute "sufficient cause" under Section 5 India Law Library Docid # 2448973
(72) ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Vs. ADDITIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) — Section 44(1)(c) — Committal of Scheduled Offence Case to Special Court — Conditions Precedent — Cognizance & Sanction — Section 44(1)(c) of the PMLA requires that the Special Court trying the money-laundering complaint must have already taken cognizance of that complaint before it can entertain an application to commit a pending scheduled-offence case from another court — Where the Special Court had merely issued a pre-cognizance notice under Se India Law Library Docid # 2448534
(73) JENORIN D. SANGMA Vs. STATE OF MEGHALAYA[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 302, Section 201 read with Section 34 — Circumstantial Evidence — Extra-Judicial Confession — Evidentiary Value & Corroboration — An extra-judicial confession is inherently a weak piece of evidence that must be examined by the Court with greater care and caution —To form the basis of a conviction, it must be voluntary, truthful, inspire confidence, and be supported by a chain of cogent, corroborative circumstances —Where the principal India Law Library Docid # 2448535
(74) RAVINDER SINGH SIDHU Vs. STATE (NCT OF DELHI)[DELHI HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Regular Bail — High Magnitude Financial Fraud & Economic Offences –– Economic offences involving cheating, forgery, and unlawful financial schemes that impact a massive number of victims and destabilize public trust are offences of wide magnitude –– While dealing with a regular bail application in such matters, the Court cannot treat them at par with standard penal offences –– Granting bail to an accused facing serious India Law Library Docid # 2448536
(75) AMIT BHASIN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent Powers — Quashing of FIR based on Compromise — Offences with Social Ramifications — Offences of child exploitation and child labour committed under special statutes—such as Section 323/374 IPC, Section 23 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, and Sections 3/14 of the Child Labour (Prohibition & India Law Library Docid # 2448537
(76) YASHWANT SINGH Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 H.P. Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 1968, Section 6 — Grant of Parole — Scope and Grounds for Rejection — Objections by Victim or Relatives — Relevancy of Heinous Nature of Offence — The petitioner sought a writ of mandamus directing the authorities to grant him parole for agricultural work and to maintain social ties, which was rejected solely based on objections from the victim’s relative — The High Court held that parole serves a vital reformatory purpose aimed at maintaining India Law Library Docid # 2448542
(77) RAMBHAROSI AND OTHERS Vs. BOARD OF REVENUE,GWALIOR AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 M.P. Land Revenue Code, 1959 — Sections 109 and 110 — Acquisition of rights and mutation proceedings — Permissive possession does not constitute acquisition of right or interest — Naib Tahsildar recorded respondent's name as joint holder merely based on consent of original Bhumiswami — No legal document proving transfer of title or revenue record reflecting prior joint possession — Continued cultivation or India Law Library Docid # 2448801
(78) RAJKUMAR SINGH Vs. ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 329(b) — Bar to interference by courts in electoral matters — Maintainability of writ petition under Article 226 after declaration of election result — Allegation of suppression of assets in Form 26 affidavit — Constitutional scheme dictates that any matter vitiating an election can only be raised through a duly instituted election petition before the High Court and not via writ petition or administrative representation — Once election process India Law Library Docid # 2448802
(79) AYESHA FATIMA RIZVI Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 Service Law — Selection and Appointment — Post of Assistant Professor (Zoology) — Equivalence of Educational Qualifications — Scope of Judicial Review — Petitioner holding M.Sc. in Biotechnology applied for the post of Assistant Professor (Zoology), requiring post-graduation in concerned subject — Subject India Law Library Docid # 2448974
(80) PRAKASH CHAND PAGARIYA Vs. MOTIRAM YADAV AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 04-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Liability of Owner — Absence of valid driving licence — Award of compensation — Appeal by vehicle owner against Tribunal's award fastening liability on him — Offending tractor driven by deceased driver who lacked a valid and effective driving licence — Owner failed to adduce evidence demonstrating driver possessed a valid licence — Finding of Tribunal held India Law Library Docid # 2448975