(1) UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS Vs. HARBANS LAL VERMA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-07-2026 Service Law — Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (MACPS) — Grade Pay convergence — Effect on promotions within cadre — Convergence of Grade Pay pursuant to Sixth Central Pay Commission does not obliterate separate identity of promotional posts within a cadre — Promotions carry promotional India Law Library Docid # 2447898
(2) M/S BIRLA CORPORATION LIMITED Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-07-2026 Stamp Act, 1899 — Section 26, proviso — Mining lease — Stamp duty on instrument with indeterminate value — Determinant of stamp duty — Where value of subject-matter is indeterminate at execution, proviso to S.26 specifically governs mining leases, directing that estimated royalty or value of share, as estimated by the Collector where State is lessor, suffices for stamp duty purposes — Proviso held not inconsistent with main provision — actual value of mining lease is India Law Library Docid # 2447899
(3) MRS. MAHABANOO CONTRACTOR AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S. KALIKUND DEVELOPERS AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 23-07-2026 Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Act, 1976 — Section 2(25) — "Occupier" — Scope of definition — The MHAD Act defines only "occupier," which includes any person liable to pay rent, an owner in occupation, a rent-free tenant, a licensee, or one liable to pay damages for use and occupation — Occupancy is not a statutory tenancy dependent on the owner's will, and even a person in India Law Library Docid # 2447900
(4) 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
(5) 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
(6) DILIP AGARWAL Vs. RAJSHRI AGARWAL AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 22-07-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Sections 165, 166 — Death allegedly caused by murder inside a motor vehicle — Claim for compensation — Requirement of causal link between death and "use" of motor vehicle — Held, mere presence of a motor vehicle in the chain of circumstances leading to death does not attract liability under MVA — Some nexus between the vehicle and the death must be established. India Law Library Docid # 2447896
(7) STATE (GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI) Vs. JOGINDER KUMAR @ JINDI[DELHI HIGH COURT] 22-07-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 8 — Appeal against acquittal — Inconsistencies in prosecution evidence regarding date and time of incident and lodging of FIR — Trial court's appreciation of evidence not perverse or wholly unsustainable — Appeal dismissed. India Law Library Docid # 2447909
(8) RASHMIKANT JYANTILAL PATEL RASHMIKANT @ R.K.PATEL JAYANTILAL GANDALAL PATEL Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 22-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Applicant not named in FIR, implicated solely on co-accused's statement — No recovery or discovery from applicant, no evidence of aiding or abetting. India Law Library Docid # 2447907
(9) BHARATBHAI BABUBHAI VACHHETA AND ANOTHER Vs. NAVINCHANDRA MOHANLAL SHAH AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 22-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Abuse of process of court — Where allegations in FIR do not prima facie constitute any offence, or disclose a cognizable offence, or are absurd and improbable, or there is a legal bar, or the proceeding is malicious, the court may quash the FIR to secure the ends of justice. India Law Library Docid # 2447908
(10) DR. ABDUL HAMEED Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2026 Criminal Law — Fair Trial — Constitutional Guarantee — Right to effective legal representation — Denial of fair trial due to lack of legal representation vitiates conviction, even if accused has remained incarcerated for a long period. India Law Library Docid # 2447825
(11) X Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2026 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 — Section 2(33) — "Heinous offences" — Offence punishable under Section 302 IPC, which prescribes punishment of "death or imprisonment for life", carries life imprisonment as its minimum punishment and is thus categorized as a "heinous offence". India Law Library Docid # 2447826
(12) VIJAYALAKSHMI R. Vs. C. L. BALAJI[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2026 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 19(1) read with Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC) — Section 36, Order 21 Rule 10 — Execution Petition — Interpretation of settlement terms — Consent decree based on settlement petition — Clauses 8, 9, and 10 of settlement petition — Dispute over Clause 9 being an independent and continuing obligation for maintenance versus an interim measure — Held, Clause 9 India Law Library Docid # 2447827
(13) MADAN MOHAN (DEAD) THROUGH LRS. Vs. THAKAR DASS (DEAD) THR. LRS.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2026 East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 — Section 13 — Eviction petition — Grounds of non-payment of rent and bona fide requirement — Landlord-tenant relationship undisputed — Tenant tendered arrears of rent, interest, and costs, which were accepted by landlord — Rent Controller and Appellate Authority decreed India Law Library Docid # 2447828
(14) MEHBOOB SHAH Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Sections 8 and 21 — Conviction for possession of contraband (smack) — Confirmed by Supreme Court — High Court's affirmation of Trial Court's judgment — Evidence considered reliable — No perversity or legal infirmity found — Appeals dismissed. India Law Library Docid # 2447829
(15) PRABHAKAR YESHWANT MASRAM AND ANOTHER Vs. SOU TULA NAMDEORAO JAIPURKAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 340 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 193, 199, 200 — Filing of complaint for making false statements — Court must be prima facie satisfied that false statements were made and it is expedient in the interest of justice to make a complaint — Mere "wrong statements" are not India Law Library Docid # 2447830
(16) STANDARD CHARTERED BANK AND ANOTHER Vs. ENFORCEMENT OFFICER MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 and Section 397 — Inherent powers of High Court and revisional jurisdiction — Availability of alternative remedy of revision under Section 397 does not operate as a bar to the exercise of inherent jurisdiction under Section 482 — High Court should not reject a petition under Section 482 solely on the ground of an alternative remedy — The India Law Library Docid # 2447831
(17) PRAKASH KUMAR DIXIT Vs. AJAY KUMAR BHALLA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2026 Administrative Law — Judicial Review — Scope and Limitations — While judicial review of departmental inquiries is primarily procedural, it can extend to cases where decisions are without authority, vitiated by patent arbitrariness, extraneous considerations, or are blatantly perverse — Courts generally refrain from interfering with the disciplinary authority's discretion regarding findings of India Law Library Docid # 2447832
(18) SANJAY KUMAR Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 21-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Appeal against acquittal — Article 136 of the Constitution — Scope of interference — An acquittal is reinforced by a presumption of innocence; where affirmed by the High Court, this presumption is doubled. Interference under Article 136 is warranted only where the concurrent findings are perverse, manifestly illegal, or result in miscarriage of justice — not India Law Library Docid # 2447897
(19) ROHIT KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HP[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 37 — Bail — Commercial quantity — For bail in cases involving commercial quantities, courts must be satisfied that the accused is not guilty and is unlikely to commit further offences while on bail — This is a mandatory requirement and cannot be overlooked, even if the accused has undergone prolonged incarceration. India Law Library Docid # 2447910
(20) DINESH CHANDER SHARMA Vs. STATE OF H.P[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 21-07-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 250 — Compensation for frivolous or vexatious accusation — Recalling a witness for further cross-examination solely to substantiate a claim for compensation under Section 250 Cr.P.C — is not a valid ground when the cross-examination has already been extensive and closed by the trial court. India Law Library Docid # 2447911