(81) MUZAFFAR AHMAD BHAT Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 31-07-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Bail — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS) — Sections 8, 21, 22 and 29 — Bail — Confessional/disclosure statement of co-accused — Admissibility and evidentiary value — Corroborative material — Confessional statement of co-accused inadmissible against accused and cannot solely form basis for continued incarceration — However, where India Law Library Docid # 2448354
(82) SURYA WORLD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (NI) — Sections 138 and 142 — Condonation of delay in filing complaint — Requirement of reasoned order — Cognizance under S. 138 taken after condoning 118 days' delay in filing complaint without any reasoned order — Held, mere endorsement of "Allowed" with initials and date in margin of petition, without drawing any order-sheet, cannot be treated as a valid order of condonation — India Law Library Docid # 2448355
(83) RANJEET KUMAR RAI @ BABLU RAI Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (NI) — Section 138, proviso (b) — Mandatory demand notice — Prosecution under S. 138 requires issuance of statutory notice demanding payment of cheque amount within the prescribed period, and failure of drawer to pay within fifteen days thereof — Absence of any such notice in F.I.R. or investigation materials renders essential statutory precondition unfulfilled — No India Law Library Docid # 2448356
(84) MAHADEO ORAON Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Suppression of material facts — Order obtained by fraud on court — Nullity — Petitioner obtained writ order for restoration of possession without disclosing execution of settlement agreements with opposite parties and receipt of Rs.1.08 crore consideration for conveying possession — Held, factum of settlement agreements was a material fact required to be disclosed — India Law Library Docid # 2448357
(85) K.R.R. NAIR Vs. STATE (CBI)[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 — Sections 2(3), 3 — Territorial jurisdiction for registration of FIR — Registration of FIR at CBI/ACB, Kolkata, held valid where Port Blair office functioned only as a Camp Office administratively controlled by the Kolkata Circle at the relevant time — Superintendent of Police, Kolkata, held to possess requisite jurisdiction to register the case on receipt of source information — CBI Crime Manual mandates registration of a regular case once India Law Library Docid # 2448483
(86) SURENDRA SHARMA Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Habeas Corpus — Communication of grounds of arrest — Plausibility of State's version — Father's writ seeking relief regarding son's arrest — Allegation that grounds of arrest not communicated to arrestee or family — State's version that grounds were tendered to arrestee's wife at the police station, who refused to accept them, held more plausible India Law Library Docid # 2448484
(87) POULAMI TARAFDAR (SAHA) Vs. DIBESH SAHA[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125 — Maintenance — Refusal of monthly maintenance — Parties with comparable income — Trial Magistrate's refusal to grant monthly maintenance to wife upheld — Both spouses found to have broadly similar financial status and sufficient independent income — Wife, a postgraduate management professional in salaried employment, held equally India Law Library Docid # 2448485
(88) M/S. GANESH RAMCHANDRA APTE INFRASTRUCTURE Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 — Section 127(1) — Purchase notice — Statutory period for acquisition — Reservation deemed lapsed on default — Where land is reserved for a public purpose under a sanctioned development plan and the acquiring body fails to acquire it within 10 years from the date the plan comes into force, the India Law Library Docid # 2448486
(89) VISHNU ASSOCIATES PVT. LTD., CUTTACK Vs. STATE OF ODISHA & OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Orissa Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2017 — Section 44 — Alternative remedy — Maintainability of writ petition — Availability of statutory appeal under S. 44 not always a bar to writ jurisdiction — Where question involved is a pure question of law, viz. applicability of deeming provision under S. 5(2), High India Law Library Docid # 2448491
(90) BHUPENDER AND OTHERS Vs. VIKRAMJEET SINGH AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 320(3) — Compounding of offences involving Section 149 IPC liability — Where offences are compoundable and a person is made liable by virtue of S. 149 IPC (constructive liability arising from membership of unlawful assembly), such offences may also be compounded under S. 320 Cr.P.C. — Offences under Ss. 323 and 506 IPC read with S. 149 India Law Library Docid # 2448492
(91) DAITARY SWAIN Vs. KARTIKA SWAIN AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Orissa Land Reforms Act, 1960 — Sections 4(9) and 4(5) — Sikimi tenancy — Nature of application for fair rent distinguished from application for declaration as raiyat — Application filed under S. 4(9) OLR Act for determination of fair and equitable rent is distinct from an application under S. 4(5) for declaration of status of a sub-tenant as raiyat — No limitation prescribed for application under S. 4(9) — India Law Library Docid # 2448493
(92) LOKESH ANAND SINGHAL AND OTHERS Vs. PRIDE REALTY AND OTHERS[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 5 — Scope of supervisory jurisdiction against orders passed in appeal under S. 37 — Though S. 5's non obstante clause restricting judicial intervention does not bar Art. 227 jurisdiction, which remains untouched being a constitutional provision, High Court must be extremely circumspect in interfering India Law Library Docid # 2448494
(93) VIKAS @ SUNNY Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 31-07-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 324, 341 — Murder, voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means, wrongful restraint — Conviction based on ocular evidence of injured eyewitness and corroborating witnesses — Post-mortem report confirming fatal stab wounds — Appeal dismissed. India Law Library Docid # 2448460
(94) KRISHAN MOHAN RATHOD (TELI) Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 31-07-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Section 24(2) — Lapsing of acquisition proceedings — For proceedings to lapse under Section 24(2) of the 2013 Act, both conditions must be met: award passed more than five years before the 2013 Act came into force, and neither compensation paid nor possession taken — Mere India Law Library Docid # 2448461
(95) RAJESH KUMAR Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 31-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 389 — Suspension of Sentence — Distinction between bail (pre-conviction) and suspension of sentence (post-conviction) is crucial — Suspension of sentence requires the appellate court to prima facie assess the sustainability of the conviction and sentence, considering if the grounds of appeal present a substantial and arguable case. India Law Library Docid # 2448462
(96) M/S VASANTA RESORTS AND SPA PVT. LIMITED. Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 107 — Dismissal of Appeal as Time-Barred — Condonation of Delay — High Court's Power under Article 226 — The petitioner challenged the dismissal of its appeal under Section 107 of the CGST Act as time-barred, along with the retrospective amendment to Section 17(5)(d) — Under the CGST Act, the Appellate Authority lacks statutory power to condone delay India Law Library Docid # 2448544
(97) TANMAY Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) — Section 111 — Organized Crime — Ingredients and scope — Statutory provisions of Section 111 BNS are pari materia with Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act, 1999 (MCOCA) and Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organized Crime Act, 2015 (GCTOCA) — Organised crime requires existence of a continuing unlawful activity committed by or on behalf of an India Law Library Docid # 2448798
(98) SANJAY KUMAR SONI Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 47 Rule 1 — Scope of Review — Discovery of new and important matter or evidence — Facts in knowledge of party but not produced or argued during original proceedings — Petitioner sought review of order dismissing writ petition for compassionate appointment, claiming material documents could not be produced earlier due to family circumstances and lack of access — Held, facts which were already within the knowledge of the party but were not produced or argue India Law Library Docid # 2448799
(99) SACHIN THAKUR Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND ANOTHER[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 31-07-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 483(3) [corresponding to Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Section 439(2)] and Section 528 [corresponding to CrPC, Section 482] — Cancellation of Bail — Practice and Procedure — Maintainability of Successive Applications — Proper Forum — Applicant/complainant moved an application under Section 483(3) BNSS before the High Court seeking cancellation of bail granted to India Law Library Docid # 2448859
(100) KAMAL SINGH Vs. PINPOINT MULTI STRATEGY MASTER FUND (FORMERLY KNOWN AS PINPOINT MULTI STRATEGY FUND) AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 30-07-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 21 Rule 41 — Disclosure order against judgment debtor — Scope — Held, disclosure order directing Appellant to disclose assets, bank accounts and alienations from commencement of foreign litigation, and restraining dealing with assets, upheld — Disclosure order does not determine attachability but merely locates assets in aid of prospective attachment; India Law Library Docid # 2448329