(721) SHEELA GEHLOT AND OTHERS Vs. MOHINI HARDAYAL SINGH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 60(1)(ccc) (as applicable to Delhi) — Exemption from attachment and sale — Main residential house — Protection under Section 60(1)(ccc) CPC is personal to the judgment-debtor and is not available to his legal representatives — Legal representative is a distinct juridical concept from judgment-debtor, with liability limited to the estate in hand, and cannot claim personal India Law Library Docid # 2449021
(722) RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED Vs. NTPC LIMITED[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 14-08-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 60 — Admissibility of oral evidence in respect of excluded documents — Parties cannot be permitted to adduce oral evidence regarding contents of internal communications/documents that have already been held irrelevant and excluded from record — Where previous orders excluding internal documents have attained finality, adducing oral evidence to depose India Law Library Docid # 2449022
(723) M/S PRO HEALTH SCIENTIFIC PVT. LTD. Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J AND K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 14-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Tender Process — Judicial Review — Scope — Essential Qualification Criteria — Average Annual Turnover — Petitioner failed to meet mandatory turnover criterion for financial year 2021-22 and sought substitution with financial year 2024-25 — Held, judicial review under Article 226 in commercial matters is limited and courts must exercise restraint — Court cannot rewrite terms of tender floated by authority — Employer is best judge to evaluate responsiven India Law Library Docid # 2450291
(724) UNION OF INDIA Vs. M/S PNSC INFRASTRUCTURE PVT. LTD.[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT JAMMU] 14-08-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Territorial Jurisdiction — Fixation of Seat — Exclusive Jurisdiction — Contract executed at Jammu — Sole Arbitrator appointed — Procedural minutes recorded that seat of arbitration shall be at Delhi with mutual consent — Respondent raised preliminary objection regarding territorial jurisdiction of High Court — Held, the moment seat of arbitration is designated, it operates akin to an exclusive jurisdiction clause — Courts of the place where seat is locate India Law Library Docid # 2450292
(725) SANA AFTAB Vs. MOHTASHEM BILLAH MALIK[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 14-08-2026 Guardian and Wards Act, 1890 — Section 25 — Mohammedan Law — Custody of minor children — Concept of Hizanat — Paramountcy of minor's welfare — Under Mohammedan law, the mother is entitled to Hizanat (custody) of her young male child, which continues post-divorce unless she remarries or commits disqualifying misconduct — While father is the natural guardian, custody disputes under Section 25 are governed primarily by the paramount consideration of the child's welfare and well-being — Superior fin India Law Library Docid # 2450293
(726) LALIYA MAJID AND OTHERS Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J AND K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 14-08-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — Matrimonial dispute — Quashing of FIR based on compromise — FIR registered against in-laws under BNS arising from usual altercation — Parties entered into an amicable settlement and complainant residing cordially at matrimonial home — Held, High Court can invoke extraordinary powers under Section 528 BNSS to quash FIR stemming from matrimonial discord to f India Law Library Docid # 2450294
(727) MOHAMMAD ASIF SHEIKH Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 14-08-2026 Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1987 — Preventive Detention — Grounds of detention — Vagueness and lack of material particulars — Impugned detention order challenged on ground that allegations were vague, preventing effective representation — Detaining authority alleged petitioner provided food, shelter, and logistic support to JeM terrorists and maintained contact with OGWs — Grounds failed to disclose identity of terrorists, particulars of locations, or specific period of alleged activiti India Law Library Docid # 2450295
(728) TASADUQ HUSSAIN DAR Vs. U T OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT AT SRINAGAR] 14-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 — Scope of judicial review at pre-execution stage — Challenge to preventive detention order prior to execution is maintainable only on limited grounds such as lack of statutory authority, wrong identity, or extraneous considerations — Court cannot evaluate sufficiency of material relied upon by detaining authority at pre-execution stage when grounds of detention are not yet served. India Law Library Docid # 2450296
(729) XXXXXXXXXX Vs. THE STATE OF KERALA[KERALA HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 4, 6 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376 — Alleged sexual assault by stepfather — Inconsistencies and unexplained delay — FIS lodged in 2020 for alleged incidents between 2014 and 2018 after victim attained majority — Victim failed to report incidents despite having ample opportunities, including staying a month abroad with her mother in the absence of the accused — Inconsistent statements regarding the period of assault — Prose India Law Library Docid # 2450321
(730) VALAPPIL POOKUNHIYAKATH BEERAN HAJI AND OTHERS Vs. VALAPPIL POOKUNHIYKATH SAINUDHEEN[KERALA HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 6 Rule 3 — Appendix A, Forms 47 and 48 — Suit for specific performance — Form of pleadings — Strict adherence to prescribed forms — Procedural rules are handmaids to substantive rights — Verbatim reproduction of standard forms is not mandatory — Compliance with the substance of essential facts required under Section 16(c) of Specific Relief Act, including readiness, willingness, demand, and refusal, is sufficient to satisfy procedural requirements. India Law Library Docid # 2450345
(731) ANOOP JAYAKUMAR Vs. ANIL KUMAR AND ANOTHER[KERALA HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Employees Compensation Act, 1923 — Section 4(2A) — Employees Compensation Rules, 1958 (Kerala) — Rule 3A(2) proviso — Reimbursement of medical expenditure — Requirement of original bills — Validity of Rule 3A(2) proviso — Proviso to Rule 3A(2) insists that every application for reimbursement of actual medical expenditure shall be substantiated with original bills containing seal and signature of hospital authorities — Rule framing authority incorporated this condition to prevent multiple or disi India Law Library Docid # 2450374
(732) SUNILKUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS[KARNATAKA HIGH COURT (KALABURAGI BENCH)] 14-08-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 107, 108, 109 and 494 — Applicability of Section 109 (Abetment) to Section 494 (Bigamy) — Reference to Larger Bench — Held, Section 109 of IPC is a substantive penal provision and is applicable to the offence of bigamy under Section 494 of IPC — Section 494 of IPC does not carve out any exception excluding abettors from criminal liability — Where the essential ingredients of abetment under Sections 107 and 108 IPC are satisfied, a person abetting the offence of bigamy India Law Library Docid # 2449304
(733) STATE OF H.P. AND OTHERS Vs. AMAR SINGH[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Administrative delay — Government machinery — Application filed by State for condonation of delay of 1 year and 81 days in filing Letters Patent Appeal — Administrative explanation provided showing movement of file across various departments for 10 months and subsequent misplacement of file — Explanation bereft of substantial or India Law Library Docid # 2449446
(734) NATIONAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY OF INDIA Vs. MANI RAM (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Inordinate delay of 4 years and 27 days by State Instrumentality (NHAI) — Absence of "sufficient cause" — Application filed by NHAI seeking condonation of a delay of 4 years and 27 days in preferring an appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act against the order dismissing its Section 34 petition — Appellant blamed previous law firm for non-filing and lack of communication, but failed to India Law Library Docid # 2449447
(735) SANJEEV KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HP AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Service Law — Contractual Appointment — Termination for Fake Certificate — Requirement of Regular Inquiry — The appellant was appointed as a Clerk on a contract basis in 2009 — In 2016, his services were terminated via a show-cause notice on the ground that his 10+2 certificate was fake based on verification from the issuing institute, without conducting a regular departmental inquiry — The single judge dismissed the writ petition challenging the termination — On appeal, held, when a termination India Law Library Docid # 2449448
(736) MARELLA VENKATA SUBRAHMANYA PRASADA RAO Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ of Mandamus — Non-payment of outstanding bills — Contract work under MGNREGS — Petitioner completed construction of Gokulam for 20 animals pursuant to entrustment by Gram Panchayat — Work satisfactorily completed and duly recorded in Measurement Book — Failure of respondent authorities to release balance final bill amount without valid justification — Non-payment after execution of work causes severe financial hardship and is arbitrary — Writ peti India Law Library Docid # 2449792
(737) T. VENKATESULU CHETTY Vs. S I OF POLICE ALIPIRI P S TIRUPATHI[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 397 and 401 — Revisional jurisdiction — Scope — High Court's revisional power is extraordinary and cannot be exercised routinely or casually as a substitute for an appeal — Revisional Court cannot re-evaluate evidence or convert itself into a regular appellate court — Exercise of revisional power is limited to correcting manifest errors of law or procedure resulting in injustice, checking perversity, or addressing legal bars to proceedings. India Law Library Docid # 2449793
(738) SMT. MANDA SUBBALAKSHMI AND OTHERS Vs. M/S SRI VENKATESWARA RICE MILL NO 1 AND ANOTHER[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Quantum of Compensation — Deduction for personal and living expenses — Deceased survived by four dependents — Tribunal deducted 1/3rd from annual income — High Court held that where dependent family members are between 4 and 6, 1/4th must be deducted towards personal and living expenses in accordance with established precedent — Deduction revised from 1/3rd to 1/4th and compensation towards loss of dependency enhanced accordingly. India Law Library Docid # 2449794
(739) DR. SWAPNA SARIT Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Service Law — Selection Process — Estoppel by Participation — Challenge after being unsuccessful — Candidate participated in selection process for the contractual post of Assistant Professor pursuant to the advertisement — After becoming unsuccessful upon publication of the provisional merit list, candidate challenged the selection of the successful candidate alleging non-compliance of the advertisement with teaching experience guidelines — Held, a candidate who knowingly participates in the sel India Law Library Docid # 2450387
(740) UNION OF INDIA Vs. PRONAB PHUKAN AND ANOTHER[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 14-08-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of Delay — Delay of 57 days in filing Review Petition — Petitioner sought condonation of 57 days delay in preferring the review petition against judgment passed in FAO No.20 of 2020 — High Court considered the averments in the application and submissions of counsel — Found sufficient cause to condone the delay — Delay condoned and application disposed of accordingly. India Law Library Docid # 2450388