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(61) RAGHBIR SINGH Vs. PUNJAB STATE POWER CORPORATION LIMITED AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026
Punjab Civil Services Rules, Vol. II — R. 3.17-A — Pensionary benefits — Counting of work-charge/ad hoc service — Petitioner's work-charge/ad hoc service prior to regularisation denied for pension on ground of non-fulfilment of educational/experience conditions under departmental Memo — Held, once services stand regularised, work
India Law Library Docid # 2448105

(62) RAVI KUMAR @ GOLU Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 316(4), 318(4), 336(3), 338, 340(2) — Regular bail — Grant of — Petitioner alleged to have facilitated fraudulent loan accounts causing pecuniary loss to financial company — Investigation concluded, charges not yet framed, case based on documentary evidence already with investigating agency, similarly placed co-accused already granted bail — Held, principle of parity applies; pre-trial incarceration
India Law Library Docid # 2448106

(63) LOVEPREET SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 21-C, 27, 29 — Anticipatory bail — Refusal of — Petitioner, driving vehicle used as taxi on date of recovery of heroin from co-accused, alleged to have joined in delivering contraband — Held, custodial interrogation necessary to determine extent of involvement and manner of commission of offence — Person under comparative safety of anticipatory bail unlikely to make full disclosure; denial of custodial interrogation would create inv
India Law Library Docid # 2448107

(64) RANJIT SINGH Vs. DARSHNA DEVI[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 138, 141, 142 — Prosecution of signatory without arraigning company — Maintainability — Cheque admittedly drawn on account of an LLP of which petitioner was designated partner, complaint filed against petitioner alone without arraigning the LLP — Held, commission of offence by the company is sine qua non for vicarious liability under S. 141; prosecution of director/signatory alone, without arraigning company, impermissible as vicarious liability cannot
India Law Library Docid # 2448108

(65) SABYASACHI DAS Vs. STATE OF ODISHA[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026
Bail — Dowry death/abetment of suicide — BNS, Ss. 85, 108 — Pending Crime Branch investigation — Where petitioner voluntarily surrendered mitigating flight risk, has been in custody for nearly a year with maximum sentence of ten years for the charge-sheeted offences, and post-mortem opinion supports ante-mortem suicidal hanging, bail cannot be withheld merely because a Crime Branch re-investigation into a possible graver charge is pending — Bail is the rule and jail the exception; apprehension o
India Law Library Docid # 2448253

(66) SMT. PRIYANKA KUSHWAH Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 24-07-2026
Employment Law — Anganwadi Karyakarta — Reinstatement of previous incumbent — A subsequent appointee cannot resist the reinstatement of the original employee whose termination is set aside, as the subsequent appointment was made to a vacancy created by the termination. The subsequent appointee's appointment was subject to the final outcome of the original employee's litigation.
India Law Library Docid # 2448255

(67) SHAILENDRA RAI Vs. SMT. PRAGATI RAI[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125 — Maintenance — Family Court awarded Rs — 15,000/- per month to wife — Husband challenged this, arguing it was excessive given his net salary of Rs — 29,134/- — The Court noted the Family Court failed to record a specific finding on the husband's income and did not follow Supreme Court guidelines regarding affidavits of income and assets — The High Court found the maintenance award potentially contrary to Supreme Court precedents if based solely
India Law Library Docid # 2448256

(68) AYUSH @ LUCKY Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 315 — Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 3 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 5(L), 6, 10, 363, 366 IPC — Appeal against conviction under POCSO Act and IPC — Court considered X-ray report indicating prosecutrix was over 18 years old, contradicting
India Law Library Docid # 2448257

(69) LAL SINGH ALIAS KITTHU SILAWAT Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 — Sections 146 & 157 — Hostile Witness — A witness is not formally declared hostile; the court may permit the party calling them to ask questions that could be posed in cross-examination if the witness's conduct or testimony suggests they have shifted allegiance — This permission is procedural and doesn't automatically discredit the witness or their entire testimony. [Paras 5, 11, 14,
India Law Library Docid # 2448258

(70) IN THE REFRENCE OF STATE OF MP Vs. SHERU JATAV[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 24-07-2026
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 366 and 384 — Criminal Appeal — Reference for confirmation of sentence — Application for de novo trial on grounds of ineffective counsel — Court dismissed the application as the provided counsel had 17 years of standing and no evidence was presented to show incompetence or lack of experience in criminal trials.
India Law Library Docid # 2448273

(71) PRASHANT LUNAWAT Vs. KHUSHBOO JAIN AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026
Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Maintainability of writ petition against interim-maintenance order despite availability of revision — Objection to maintainability of writ petition challenging interim-maintenance order under S.125 CrPC overruled where petitioner invoked supervisory jurisdiction and parties had earlier agreed for final disposal of the matter at admission stage itself.
India Law Library Docid # 2448310

(72) M/S. JYOTI INDUSTRIES Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026
Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 — Sections 26(1), 26(2)(ii), 27(1), 27(3)(c), 50, 52 — Complaint lacking specificity as to regulation violated — Effect — Complaint, sanction order or order taking cognizance not indicating which regulation framed under the Act was infringed by accused — Held, object of prosecution is to give accused clear idea of essential accusation he has to meet — Complaint must contain particulars
India Law Library Docid # 2448293

(73) NAMDEV BHAGWAN KHEDKAR Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 24-07-2026
Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Section 24(2) —Lapsing of Acquisition — Twin conditions of non-payment of compensation and non-taking of possession — Where notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 was issued in 1997 and objections against acquisition of the subject land were raised and accepted at
India Law Library Docid # 2448320

(74) JAGANNATH TIKARAM MAHAVAR Vs. OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION LTD AND ANR[DELHI HIGH COURT] 23-07-2026
Service Law — Promotion — Merit-based promotion — Corporation's promotion regulations stipulated that promotions to higher levels (E-5 and above) were based on merit, assessed through quantification, experience, performance appraisals, and interviews — The court found that the petitioner, despite being ranked third in a seniority-based list, was not promoted because his merit-based ranking was significantly lower (43rd out of 46), and
India Law Library Docid # 2447905

(75) M/S VVS CONSTRUCTION PVT. LTD. Vs. INDIAN YOUTH CENTRE TRUST AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 23-07-2026
Construction Contract — Recovery of Retention Money — Plaintiff claimed retention money based on contract clauses, but failed to provide specific documentation proving the exact amount retained by the defendant.
India Law Library Docid # 2447906

(76) SHAILENDRA MANIKRAO BAKARE Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 23-07-2026
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2] — Demand of illegal gratification is a sine qua non for an offence under Section 7 — Mere recovery of tainted currency notes is insufficient to prove guilt unless it is established beyond reasonable doubt that the accused voluntarily accepted the money as a bribe, which can only be proven if there is proof of demand.
India Law Library Docid # 2448017

(77) GAJANAN ALIAS GANOPOTI SHANKAR SAWANT AND OTHERS Vs. SUHASINI RAWALNATH SAWANT AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (GOA BENCH)] 23-07-2026
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Sections 97, 2(2), 96 — Preliminary Decree — Finality — A preliminary decree in a partition suit, if not challenged in appeal, attains finality — A party aggrieved by such a decree is precluded from disputing its correctness in any appeal from the final decree.
India Law Library Docid # 2448047

(78) M/S SRB TRADERS THROUGH ITS PRORPIETOR Vs. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-07-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 209 — FIR for failure to appear as proclaimed person — Quashing where main NI Act complaint withdrawn — Petitioner declared proclaimed person for non-appearance in NI Act complaint, resulting in FIR under S. 209, BNS — Underlying NI Act complaint subsequently withdrawn on settlement between parties — Held, once the main complaint stands withdrawn on settlement, no useful purpose survives in continuin
India Law Library Docid # 2448109

(79) MUKESH KUMAR Vs. HARMINDER SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-07-2026
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 138, 141 — Joint account — Prosecution of non-signatory joint holder — Maintainability — Cheque drawn on joint account signed only by petitioner's wife; petitioner, a non-signatory joint holder, summoned solely on basis of joint liability for the loan — Held, only the drawer/signatory of the cheque can be prosecuted under S. 138; joint liability does not extend criminal liability to a non-signing joint account-holder, S. 141 having no application absen
India Law Library Docid # 2448110

(80) TAJINDER SINGH @ TEJINDER SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-07-2026
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 115(2), 117(2), 118(1), 190, 191(3) — Quashing of non-compoundable offence on compromise — FIR sought to be quashed on basis of genuine compromise verified by Magistrate — Held, offence purely personal/private in nature, without criminal antecedents, mental depravity, or serious societal impact; settlement voluntary and free from coercion — Inherent power under S. 528, BNSS (S. 482 CrPC) extends to
India Law Library Docid # 2448111

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