(561) ROHAN YADAV Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14, 19(1)(g), and 21 — Medical Admissions — NEET-UG — Government Order dated 26th June 2024 — Debarment from subsequent session — Petitioner challenged a Government Order debarring candidates who abandon an allotted medical seat prior to course completion from participating in the admission process of the subsequent academic session — Held, the Government Order is constitutional, reasonable, and non-arbitrary — Impugned restriction serves the legitimate obj India Law Library Docid # 2450786
(562) GULMMOHAMMED ROSHANALI LAKHANI Vs. MOHAMMED AMIN M. SHAFI QURESHI[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Bombay High Court (Original Side) Rules, 1980 — Rule 401 — Probate procedure — Maintainability of caveat filed post-grant order — An order was passed directing issuance of probate upon completion of formalities and general citation — The caveator filed a caveat after the order, arguing non-service of personal citation — Held, Rule 401 applies where personal citation is served on a party — Once an order directing the grant of probate is passed after completing legal formalities, a caveat cannot b India Law Library Docid # 2450187
(563) SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA Vs. YOGESH BABULAL MEHTA AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Right to Information Act, 2005 — Sections 2(f), 2(j) and 6 — Information held by or under control of public authority — Obligation to collect information from third party — Respondent applied for information under RTI Act requiring SEBI to obtain information from BSE — Central Information Commission directed SEBI to collect and provide information — Held, a public authority is obligated to disclose only such information as is existing and held by or under its control at the time request is made India Law Library Docid # 2450188
(564) KUNDAN SINGH Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Section 108 read with Section 45 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Quashing of chargesheet — Abetment of suicide — Petitioner, a police official, was accused of misbehaving with deceased, taking money to settle a dispute, and threatening him — Investigating Officer filed chargesheet under Sections 108, 351(2), and 352 BNS — Court held that allegations of past harassment or monetary dispute without any positive or direct act proximate to the commission India Law Library Docid # 2450704
(565) JAMAL MOLLA Vs. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Service Law — Compassionate Appointment — Object and Effect of Delay — Death of KMC employee in harness — Application for compassionate appointment — Appellant approached High Court twelve years after father's death and remained silent for five years following first rejection — Held, compassionate appointment is an exception to equality in public employment under Article 14, designed to meet sudden financial crisis caused by sole breadwinner's death — Long lapse of time negates urgency, as crisi India Law Library Docid # 2450633
(566) MOTIBHAI PUNJABHAI RAVALA AND OTHERS Vs. KALIYABHAI KACHARABHAI RAVALA SINCE DECEASED THROUGH HIS LEGAL HEIRS AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Extension of time for depositing conditional costs — Procedural default — Delay in filing regular appeal was condoned subject to deposit of costs within fifteen days — Costs were not deposited in time due to miscommunication between petitioner and counsel — Application to condone delay in depositing costs was rejected by Appellate Court — Held, rules of procedure are handmaids of justice and hyper-technical approach must be avoided — Procedural default India Law Library Docid # 2450489
(567) STATE OF GUJARAT. THRO'ADDL.MAMLATDAR AND ALT. Vs. VINDONCHNDRA SAKARLAL KAPADIA AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 — Section 63 — Transfer of agricultural land to non-agriculturist — Bequest through registered Will — Bar on testamentary disposition — Agricultural land was bequeathed by an agriculturist to a non-agriculturist via a registered Will without obtaining prior permission from competent revenue authority — Proceedings initiated under Section 84C declaring transfer invalid — Held, Section 63 bars transfer or bequeathing of agricultural land by an agricu India Law Library Docid # 2450498
(568) ABDULLA MONDAL Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 311 — Scope and scheme — Dual nature of provision — First part is permissive, conferring wide discretionary powers upon the Court to summon or recall witnesses at any stage of inquiry or trial — Second part is mandatory, making it obligatory upon the Court to summon or re-examine a witness if their evidence appears essential to the just decision of the case — Discovery of truth and delivery of substantive justice remain the paramount touchstone for India Law Library Docid # 2450673
(569) PRANABENDU BHATTACHARYYA AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ANOTHER[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 239 — Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 262 — Application for discharge — Scope and parameters — Meaning of "groundless" charge — Power of Court at threshold stage is limited to sifting materials to ascertain whether a prima facie case or grave suspicion exists — Neither Trial Court nor Revisional Court can conduct a mini-trial or evaluate disputed factual questions at threshold — Where case diary discloses grave suspicion connecting India Law Library Docid # 2450674
(570) OM PARKASH Vs. SMT. SHANTI ALIAS SHANTRA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Criminal Law — Rash and negligent driving — Proof — Drivers facing criminal trial — Police investigated the accident and challaned drivers of both the offending truck and bus under Sections 279 and 304A IPC — Held, where the driver of an offending vehicle is challaned by the police and faces criminal trial for causing an accident due to rash and negligent driving, it is safe to presume that the accident occurred due to rash and negligent driving on their India Law Library Docid # 2450223
(571) HARPINDER KAUR Vs. SHAMSHER SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 24 — Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13 — Transfer of divorce petition — Matrimonial dispute — Wife residing at her parental home at Karnal along with minor son without any independent source of income — Wife previously initiated proceedings under Domestic Violence Act and Section 125 Cr.P.C. at Karnal — Husband filed petition for divorce at Patiala — Held, transfer application allowed — In view of wife's circumstances and pendency of other matrimoni India Law Library Docid # 2450224
(572) UNION OF INDIA Vs. INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD.[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Railways Act, 1989 — Sections 65(2), 93 and 97 — Carriage of goods — Goods booked with qualified remarks ("Said to contain" / SWA) and at owner's risk — Statutory burden — Where weight is not verified by authorized railway staff, burden of proving loaded weight lies on consignor or consignee under Section 65(2) — Section 97 excludes general liability under Section 93 — Liability can be fastened upon Railway Administration for goods carried at owner's risk only upon affirmative proof of negligenc India Law Library Docid # 2450225
(573) MUDRAKSH INVESTFIN PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. DEPUTY COLLECTOR AND COMPETENT AUTHORITY (NATIONAL SPOT EXCHANGE LIMITED) AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Judicial Propriety — Proceedings initiated pursuant to Supreme Court directions under Article 142 — High Court declining interference — E-auction of attached property was initiated pursuant to orders passed by the Supreme Court Committee constituted under Article 142 of the Constitution — Petitioner challenged auction claiming prior mortgage rights — High Court held that judicial propriety demands it should not embark upon examining the legality of auc India Law Library Docid # 2450226
(574) DR. ANIL KUMAR BAJPAI AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 18-08-2026 Service Law — Retrospective Promotion — Fixation of Pay — UGC Pay Scales — Petitioners granted retrospective promotion as Professors from their respective dates of entitlement — State issued circular restricting pay scale benefit of Rs. 37,400-67,000 plus AGP Rs. 10,000/- from the date of physical assumption of charge — Held, promotion carries all legal incidents attached to the post including monetary benefits from the date of entitlement — Withholding financial benefits renders retrospective p India Law Library Docid # 2450525
(575) SMT. SANAYANA ALIAS SUNAINA SINGH Vs. SCINDIA DEVASTHAN TRUST THROUGH RANA KARAN SINGH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 18-08-2026 Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950 — Sections 50 and 51 — Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order VII Rule 11 — Suit by Public Trust for possession — Requirement of Charity Commissioner's consent — Prior consent under Section 51 is mandatory only when a suit is instituted by "two or more persons having an interest in the trust" — Where a public trust files a suit through its trustees to declare title and recover possession of trust property from trespassers, no prior permission or consent of the Ch India Law Library Docid # 2450531
(576) MD. KHAJUL UDDIN Vs. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANOTHER[GAUHATI HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Indian Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 145 — Criminal Law — Evidentiary value of prosecutrix statement — Sterling witness test — Victim alleged before Magistrate and Court that appellant inserted finger into her private part, but omitted this crucial allegation in Section 161 CrPC statement to police — Contradiction duly proved through Investigating Officer as per Section 145 of Evidence Act — Discrepancies across statements disentitled victim from being characterized as a "sterling witness" whose India Law Library Docid # 2450557
(577) JYOTSNARA BIBI Vs. MD AZAM ALI SARKAR AND ANOTHER[CALCUTTA HIGH COURT] 18-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125 — Maintenance to wife — Standard of proof of marriage — Revisional Court set aside maintenance order demanding strict civil proof of marriage, formal talak, Nikahnama, and officiating Kazi — High Court held Section 125 Cr.P.C. is an ameliorative social welfare measure designed to prevent vagrancy and destitution through summary proceedings — Strict, formalistic proof required in bigamy trials or civil suits is not applicable — Magistrate only ne India Law Library Docid # 2450637
(578) BAPPA BARAI AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-08-2026 Railway Protection Force Rules, 1987 — Rules 52 and 67 — Employment Notice — Attestation Form — Discharge from service — Non-disclosure and deliberate suppression of pending criminal antecedents during recruitment process — Appellants, candidates for the post of Constable in RPF/RPSF, suppressed details of pending criminal cases in their attestation forms — Orders of discharge passed after India Law Library Docid # 2449356
(579) M/S. UTKARSH ENTERPRISES AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-08-2026 Government Contracts and Tenders — Tender Conditions — Challenge to Eligibility Criteria — Delay and Laches — Public Procurement — Directorate of Education issued tenders for procurement of sports goods and gym equipment for government schools — Appellants challenged conditions relating to past performance, India Law Library Docid # 2449357
(580) GOPI @ SAHAYA PURUNA Vs. THE STATE, REP. BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 18-08-2026 Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 386(b) & 397/401 — Enhancement of sentence — Revisional jurisdiction vs. Appellate jurisdiction — Appellant challenged his conviction and life sentence before the High Court — High Court exercised suo motu revisional power and enhanced sentence to imprisonment for remainder of natural life — Held, in an appeal against conviction filed by the India Law Library Docid # 2449358