(381) VELLAIKANNU Vs. THE REGISTRAR[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 21-08-2026 Service Law — Retirement benefits — Belated payment — Claim for interest — Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14, 19 and 21 — Retiral benefits are not a bounty and employers are obligated to disburse them promptly without delay — In the absence of statutory rules or guidelines, an employee is constitutionally entitled to claim interest under Part III for delayed settlement — Applying settled precedent, the respondent University was directed to pay interest at 6% per annum on the delayed disb India Law Library Docid # 2451150
(382) P. LAXMA REDDY Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND ANOTHER[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 311 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 33(5) — Recall of child witness — Accused sought to recall victim (PW.1) for further cross-examination to confront her with subsequent statements elicited during cross-examination of PW.3 regarding her relationship with a third person — Permissibility — Held, Section 33(5) of the POCSO Act protects child victims from the trauma of repeated court appearances — A witness cannot be r India Law Library Docid # 2451247
(383) K.NARSIMULU Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 468 — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 514 — Bar to taking cognizance after lapse of period of limitation — Applicability — Quashing of FIR — Petitioner contended that complaint regarding fraudulent sale deeds executed in 2004 was filed after an inordinate delay of 22 years — Held, statutory bar of limitation under Section 514 BNSS / Section 468 Cr.P.C. applies strictly to offences punishable with imprisonment up to three years — F India Law Library Docid # 2451248
(384) ROHAN FELIX D'COSTA Vs. THE STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Sections 480 and 483 — Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Sections 8(c), 20(b)(ii)(C), 23(c), 27A, 29 — Commercial quantity of Hydroponic Ganja — Rejection of bail — Petitioner (A5) sought bail contending that no contraband was directly recovered from his possession, disclosure statement lacked corroboration, and claimed parity with co-accused — Held, remand case diary specifically established petitioner's role as the receiver of com India Law Library Docid # 2451250
(385) MAROJU SWARNA KUMARI Vs. MAROJU SURESH[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 12(1)(a) — Annulment of marriage — Impotence and non-consummation — Parties cohabited for only eleven days without sexual intercourse — Medical records indicated Wife suffered from vaginismus — Wife admitted lack of intercourse but refused court-directed medical examination — Burden of proof shifted to Wife to disprove allegations, which she failed to discharge — Mere production of a fitness certificate without examining the issuing doctor held insufficient — C India Law Library Docid # 2451251
(386) CHANDRAKANT CHAMAKUR Vs. MD. NAWAZ MUSA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 21 Rule 26 — Stay of execution — Mere pendency of appeal — Suit for eviction partly decreed — In execution proceedings, judgment-debtor sought stay under Order 21 Rule 26 citing pendency of first appeal — Held, executing court may grant stay only for sufficient cause — Mere pendency of an appeal without an express stay granted by the Appellate Court does not bar execution of the decree, nor does it constitute sufficient cause to stall execution proceeding India Law Library Docid # 2451252
(387) K. BHAVANI SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. M YADAGIRI AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Specific Relief Act, 1963 — Section 38 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 96 — Suit for perpetual injunction simpliciter — Proof of possession — Plaintiff seeking equitable relief of injunction must establish lawful possession as on the date of institution of the suit on the strength of their own evidence, rather than relying on the weakness of the defence — Appellants failed to produce municipal mutations, building permissions, or authenticated boundary plans to prove physical possess India Law Library Docid # 2451254
(388) LINGAMPALLY MADAN MOHAN REDDY AND OTHERS Vs. DAVU KISHAN REDDY[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — Sections 65, 101 and 102 — Contract — Agreement of sale — Proof of consideration — Burden of proof and secondary evidence — Defendant claimed payment of balance consideration through bearer cheques, relying on handwritten bank passbook entries and cheque photocopies — Held, burden of proof rests on the party asserting payment — Handwritten passbook entries not disclosing plaintiff's account, without examining bank officials, cannot prove credit of payment — Photocopies of ch India Law Library Docid # 2451255
(389) M/S. PRIME PROPERTIES Vs. M/S. BHAGYANAGAR CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LTD. AND OTHERS[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 16 Rule 1 — Summoning and attendance of witnesses — Filing list of witnesses — Consolidated suits pending for over 24 years — Plaintiff sought direction compelling defendants to file a list of witnesses when DW.1 was already cross-examined by co-defendants and scheduled for cross-examination by plaintiff — Order 16 Rule 1 mandates presenting witness list not later than fifteen days after issues are settled — Supreme Court had fixed a strict timeline for s India Law Library Docid # 2451256
(390) PURVI POKHARNA Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ANOTHER[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship for Academic Excellence Scheme, 2021 — Clause 8(v) of Consolidated Guidelines — Determination of gross annual family income — Inclusion of capital gains — Appellant's father earned capital gains from sale of ancestral property in two consecutive assessment years — Respondents treated it as recurring income and classified appellant under Category E-3 instead of Category E-1 — Held, Clause 8(v) expressly excludes non-recurring income, including capital gains, from gross fa India Law Library Docid # 2451307
(391) HARISH KUMAR Vs. THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ANOTHER[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 243-ZG and Article 226 — Municipal Elections — Bar to interference by Courts in electoral matters — Declaration of election programme — Writ petitions challenging reservation of seats and re-lottery process — State Election Commission had declared the election schedule — Held, declaration and notification of the election programme marks the commencement of the election process — Constitutional bar under Article 243-ZG operates immediately to prohibit judicia India Law Library Docid # 2451308
(392) LALI BANO AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Service Law — Disciplinary Proceedings — Abatement on Death of Delinquent Employee — Rajasthan Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1958, Rule 16 — Challenge to charge-sheet — Delinquent employee expired during pendency of writ petition, prior to conclusion of departmental enquiry or passing of any final penalty order — Held, disciplinary proceedings are intrinsically personal and instituted to determine misconduct for imposing departmental penalties — Proceedings cannot co India Law Library Docid # 2451309
(393) KUNDAN MAL AND ANOTHER Vs. NARPAT SINGH AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 17 — Amendment of written statement — Post framing of issues but prior to commencement of evidence — Defendant sought amendment elaborating origin of title through a Will and registered sale deed and raising objection as to maintainability of suit — Held, the proviso to Order 6 Rule 17 CPC is not an inflexible prohibition — Since recording of evidence had not commenced, permitting amendment to amplify existing defence and raise a legal objection to India Law Library Docid # 2451310
(394) PHUSARAM Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 503 — Rajasthan Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2017 — Rules 54 and 60 — Seizure of vehicles involved in illegal mining — Interim release — Once liability is determined and demand notice is issued by the Mining Department, the confiscation process stands initiated — Seized vehicles cannot be released merely on personal security or Supardginama without depositing statutory dues, including cost of mineral, compounding fee, and NGT compensation — T India Law Library Docid # 2451311
(395) UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER Vs. RAHEEM KHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 37 read with Section 34 — Scope of judicial scrutiny in appeal — Affirmance of arbitral award — Scope of interference under Section 37 is co-extensive with parameters under Section 34 and is extremely narrow — Appellate court cannot act as a regular court of appeal to re-appreciate evidence, reassess factual merits, or review the arbitrator's interpretation of contractual terms — Possibility of an alternative plausible view does not justify interf India Law Library Docid # 2451312
(396) SMT. GUDDI AND OTHERS Vs. PRITHVIRAJ[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 — Section 7 — Custody of minor child — Paramountcy of child's welfare over legal rights — Father sought custody citing better financial capacity and mother's remarriage — Eight-year-old child continuously resided with mother and maternal grandparents without father's financial contribution — Abrupt shift of custody from familiar surroundings impacts child's mental faculty — Statutory rights of natural guardian are subservient to welfare of child — Custod India Law Library Docid # 2451313
(397) GOPI KISHAN GODARA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Appeal against acquittal — Scope of appellate interference — Acquittal strengthens the presumption of innocence — Appellate Court cannot overturn an acquittal merely because an alternative view is possible, provided the trial court's view is a plausible one based on evidence — Interference is warranted only when the judgment suffers from patent perversity, misreading or non-consideration of material evidence, or where guilt is the sole possible conclusion — India Law Library Docid # 2451314
(398) MUKESH KUMAR SONI Vs. KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 21-08-2026 Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 — Sections 33 and 34 — Identification of posts for reservation — Post of PGT (Biology) — Central Government Notification dated 04.01.2021 identified PGT (Life Sciences) as suitable for persons with benchmark disabilities — Biology falls within the discipline of Life Sciences — Held, an employer's internal committee has no statutory authority to declare an identified post unsuitable or deny mandatory 4% reservation relying on a superseded notification India Law Library Docid # 2451316
(399) SHREE BALAJI ENTERPRISES Vs. RESERVE BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 20-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 106 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Cyber Financial Frauds — Freezing of Bank Accounts — Principle of Proportionality — Right to Livelihood — Petitioners challenged complete debit-freezing of bank accounts over suspected cyber-fraud transactions, often involving minor amounts — Held, a bank account is property vital for business and daily existence — Blanket freezing of an entire bank account when the disputed amount is identifiabl India Law Library Docid # 2449559
(400) RAVI KUMAR SINGH MALHOTRA Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-08-2026 Criminal Law — Reversal of Acquittal — Scope of Appellate Interference — Double Presumption of Innocence — Reversal of judgment of acquittal by High Court — Permissibility — High Court reversed Trial Court's order of acquittal and convicted appellant under Sections 302 and 201 IPC — Held, an appellate court interfering with an acquittal must bear in mind the double presumption of innocence operating in favour of the accused — Where two reasonable views are possible based on the evidence on recor India Law Library Docid # 2449628