(1) M/S PUNAHCHAKRAN PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. INDOTECH WASTE SOLUTION AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-09-2026 Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 — Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 — Revised Guidelines for Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment and Disposal Facilities, 2016 (RG, 2016) — Mandatory nature of RG, 2016 — Enforceability — Executive guidelines issued in exercise of statutory powers under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 are binding and mandatory in nature — Non-publication of RG, 2016 in Official Gazette does not India Law Library Docid # 2451338
(2) BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED Vs. THE DISTRICT REVENUE OFFICER (STAMPS) AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-09-2026 Stamp Act, 1899 — Section 47-A — Scope and Invocation — Power under Section 47-A — Pre-condition of "reason to believe" — Registering authority initiated proceedings under Section 47-A against the appellant on the premise that the guideline value of the property was higher than the value presented in the instrument — Single Judge quashed the show cause notice relying on V.N. Devadoss [(2009) 7 SCC 438], holding that jurisdiction under Section 47-A requires deliberate undervaluation with a fraudu India Law Library Docid # 2451424
(3) DHANRAJ Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 376, 376(2)(i)(j), 363, and 323 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) — Sections 3, 4, 5(m), and 6 — Identification of Accused — Test Identification Parade (TIP) vs. Dock Identification — Substantive vs. Corroborative Evidence — TIP conducted during investigation is merely corroborative in nature and does not constitute substantive evidence — Substantive evidence of identification is the dock identification of the accused by the witness India Law Library Docid # 2451425
(4) SANOFI INDIA LTD Vs. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 07-09-2026 Corporate Criminal Liability — Mens Rea — Principles of Attribution — Identification Doctrine — Scope and application — Corporate criminal liability under English and Indian jurisprudence examined — A corporation, being an artificial entity, acts through natural persons — To prosecute a corporate entity for an offence requiring mens rea, the state of mind and acts of a natural person must be attributed to the company — Under the identification doctrine, the acts and mental state of a India Law Library Docid # 2451426
(5) NATTALA PRADEEP PRAMODH AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 480 and 483 — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 20(b)(ii)(B) read with Section 8(c) — Regular Bail — Recovery of non-commercial quantity — Accused No. 1 was arrested on the spot and found in alleged possession of 2.00 kg of ganja — He remained in judicial custody for 31 days with no adverse criminal antecedents reported against him — Considering the period of incarceration, the non-commercial quantity of the contrab India Law Library Docid # 2451428
(6) TABA TAHANG AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF AP[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 07-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 456, 451, 354, 342 and 34 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Amicable settlement — Non-compoundable offences private in nature — Petition filed jointly by accused and victims seeking quashing of criminal proceedings based on deed of settlement — Dispute arose from a personal misunderstanding and did not affect society at large — Victims had no survivi India Law Library Docid # 2451429
(7) VINOD RAMCHANDRA GANGWANI Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 07-09-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 123 — Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 — Anticipatory Bail — Transportation of Gutkha and scented Pan Masala — Applicability of Section 123 BNS (analogous to Section 328 IPC) to illegal transport of Gutkha is pending adjudication before Supreme Court — Other alleged offences under BNS and FSSA are bailable — Applicant tendered undertaking to refrain from dealing in prohibited substances — Pre-arrest protection warranted due to legal uncertainty surround India Law Library Docid # 2451430
(8) BENGALURU DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND ANOTHER Vs. NATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTIONS HOUSING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD. AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] 07-09-2026 Bangalore Development Authority Act, 1976 — Section 17, 19 and 36 — Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Section 24(2) — Inapplicability of 2013 Act to BDA acquisitions — Respondent sought declaration that acquisition proceedings initiated under BDA Act lapsed under Section 24 of 2013 Act — Held, provisions of 2013 Act do not apply to acquisitions initiated under BDA Act — Land Acquisition Act, 1894 stands incorporated into India Law Library Docid # 2451431
(9) NEERAJ JAIN AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 07-09-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Sections 34, 37 and 39 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rules 1 and 2 — Land Revenue Code — Jurisdiction of Revenue Court — Power to grant injunction — Revenue authorities have no statutory power or jurisdiction to grant temporary or permanent injunctions, whether directly or under the guise of stay orders — Powers under procedural or inherent provisions cannot be extended to grant injunctive relief — Dispute involving title and claims for injunction fall India Law Library Docid # 2451432
(10) DHARMESH @ DHAMO PRAKASHBHAI PATANI THROUGH SHARDABEN PRAKASHBHAI PATANI Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-09-2026 Gujarat Prevention of Anti-social Activities Act, 1985 — Sections 2(c) and 3(4) — Preventive detention — "Dangerous person" — "Public order" versus "Law and order" — Detention order was passed against petitioner based on two FIRs registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Distinction between "law and order" and "public order" turns on the degree, reach, and potentiality of the act to disturb the even tempo of community life — Offences impacting specific individuals concern law and order an India Law Library Docid # 2451433
(11) PHOMTORES KHARBANI Vs. STATE OF MEGHALAYA[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 07-09-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 304 Part-II — Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — Section 389 — Suspension of sentence pending appeal — Applicant was convicted under Section 304 Part-II IPC and sentenced to three years of rigorous imprisonment — Criminal appeal was preferred against conviction and sentence — Applicant had already served more than half of the sentence, and the appeal was unlikely to conclude in a short while — Relying on the Supreme Court ruling in Atul Alias Ashutosh v. State of M.P., India Law Library Docid # 2451434
(12) PREM @ BITTU KALPESHBHAI PARMAR THRO PARMAR KALPESHBHAI BALDEVBHAI Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-09-2026 Gujarat Prevention of Anti-social Activities Act, 1985 — Sections 2(c) and 3(4) — Preventive detention — "Dangerous person" — "Public order" vs. "Law and order" — Subjective satisfaction — Detenu detained based on two criminal cases registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita — Held, distinction between law and order and public order depends on the degree, extent, and potential of the act to disturb the even tempo of community life — Offences primarily affecting individuals fall within law and India Law Library Docid # 2451435
(13) NIKHIL VITHAL JHAVERI AND ANOTHER Vs. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, PUNE CANTONMENT BOARD AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 07-09-2026 Cantonments Act, 2006 — Section 235 and Section 238 — Cantonment Land Administration Rules, 1937 — Schedule VIII — Building permission on defence land — Subsisting lease — Petitioners holding valid leasehold rights expiring in 2033 applied to construct residential bungalows for personal dwelling — Defence authorities rejected permission citing future land requirement and apprehension that construction would impede resumption or invite compensation claims upon lease expiry — Held, permissible res India Law Library Docid # 2451436
(14) RANA SIL Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 07-09-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 118, 138, and 139 — Dishonour of cheque — Rebuttal of statutory presumption — Standard of proof — Accused is required to rebut the statutory presumption on a preponderance of probabilities — Once the accused raises a probable defence challenging the complainant's financial capacity to advance a substantial cash loan without supporting documentation, the evidentiary burden shifts back to the complainant — Complainant failed to produce any bank statement India Law Library Docid # 2451437
(15) JAHANGIR HUSSAIN AND ANOTHER Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 07-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 365, 302 and 201 — Successive bail plea — Prolonged incarceration — Trial at fag end — Accused in custody over three years sought bail citing delay — Trial Court examined eight of nine witnesses without unnecessary delay — Accused had criminal antecedents and previously absconded to another State — Held, prolonged incarceration cannot be the sole ground to grant bail when trial is being conducted expediti India Law Library Docid # 2451438
(16) CHUNILAL GOVANBHAI PATEL Vs. NARSIBHAI N PATEL AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 07-09-2026 Law of Torts — Electrocution — Strict Liability of Electricity Supply Company — Statutory duty — Death caused by contact with a live wire connected to distribution line — Held, transmission and distribution of electricity is an inherently dangerous activity governed by the rule of strict liability — The primary liability to compensate the victim rests upon the electricity supplier — The supplier cannot escape liability by pleading that an unauthorised connection was drawn by a third party or str India Law Library Docid # 2451439
(17) PANJI GRIHA NIRMAN PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS Vs. AYAN SADHUKHAN AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 07-09-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 39 Rule 4 and Section 151 — Vacation or recall of interim injunction — Scope of inquiry — Petitioners sought recall of an ex-parte ad-interim injunction on grounds that it was passed in violation of Section 148A after their caveat was overlooked — Held, the expression "dissatisfied with such order" in Order 39 Rule 4 is broad enough to encompass procedural irregularities alongside substantive grounds — Where an express provision in the Code enables the di India Law Library Docid # 2451440
(18) BALMUKUND @ PAPPU GURJAR Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 07-09-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 483 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 103(1), 115(2), 126(2), 189(2), 190, 329(3) and 352 — Regular Bail — Hostile witnesses — Criminal antecedents — Second bail application — Complainant (PW-2) and injured eyewitness (PW-9) turned hostile during trial, with PW-9 not alleging any specific injuries caused by petitioner resulting in victim's death — State opposed bail citing petitioner’s eight criminal cases — Held, mere pendency of oth India Law Library Docid # 2451442
(19) CHIRAG SHASHIKANT SHAH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 07-09-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 300A — Right to property — Violation of human right — Acquisition without compensation — Seven sub-rights — Petitioners were deprived of possession of land since 1989 for MTNL's use without compensation or concluded acquisition proceedings. Right to property, though no longer a fundamental right, is a constitutional and human right. Depriving citizens of property without sanction of law contravenes Article 300The state and its instrumentalities have a consti India Law Library Docid # 2451443
(20) ANIL JOSHI Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-09-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125 — Maintenance — Quantum of maintenance — Assessment of husband's income — Family Court awarded Rs. 12,500 per month each to wife and minor daughter — Husband contended amount was excessive and he had no income since 2022 — Income Tax Returns showed his average annual income was Rs. 20,00,000 (Rs. 1,66,000 per month) — Held, maintenance awarded was neither excessive nor disproportionate — Mere assertion of diminished income without cogent proof d India Law Library Docid # 2451446