(181) SMT. RAMSHRI W/O SHRI BRIJLAL (DEAD) THROUGH HER LEGAL HEIR SMT. GEETA AND OTHERS Vs. RAMKUMAR KATARE AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 05-10-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Order 41 Rule 11 — Summary dismissal of first appeal — Scope and power — An appellate court possesses inherent power to dismiss a first appeal summarily at the admission stage without requisitioning the trial court record or issuing notice to the respondent, upon being satisfied that the appeal is meritless, an abuse of process, or raises no arguable question of law or fact — Such power must be exercised judicially and consciously by way of exception, supported by a India Law Library Docid # 2455189
(182) SANJAY AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 05-10-2026 Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Section 64(2)(b) read with Section 37(2) — Limitation for reference — Drafting error — Statutory interpretation — Reference to "Section 21" in Section 64(2)(b) must be read down as "Section 37(2)" — Notice under Section 21 is issued prior to award, whereas Section 37(2) intimates the award — Where the land loser or representative was not present when the award was made and no notice was s India Law Library Docid # 2455197
(183) RAGHUVEER JAIN DECEASED THROUGH LRS. SMT. TULSA AND OTHERS Vs. SMT. PUSHPABAI[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 05-10-2026 Madhya Pradesh Accommodation Control Act, 1961 — Section 12(1)(e) read with Section 2(b) — Eviction on ground of bona fide requirement — Distinction between landlord and owner — Eviction under Section 12(1)(e) can be maintained only by an owner-landlord and not merely a landlord. Under the Act, the concept of landlordship is distinct from ownership. A person may be a landlord entitled to receive rent without being the owner, but Section 12(1)(e) mandates proof of ownership. While proof of owners India Law Library Docid # 2455199
(184) MD. WAHID @ MD. ABDUL WAHID @ ABDUL WAHID Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND ANOTHER[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 307 — Attempt to murder — Essential ingredients — Appellant convicted for causing burn and physical injuries to a minor girl under the pretext of exorcism — Held, to sustain a conviction under Section 307 IPC, the prosecution must establish the requisite intention or knowledge to commit culpable homicide amounting to murder, or prove injuries sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death — In the absence of necessary ingredients and evidence establis India Law Library Docid # 2455206
(185) SHEKHAR PRASAD Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND THROUGH C.B.I.[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Section 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 120B, 420, 467, 468 and 471 — Criminal Misconduct and Cheating — Allegation of passing fake hiring bills for diesel generator sets — Mere relationship between public servant and contractor does not establish criminal conspiracy or abuse of official position — Witnesses affirmed erratic electricity supply, valid tenders, and maintenance of logbooks — Concerned department lodged no com India Law Library Docid # 2455207
(186) SASANK MANDAL @ SASANKO MANDAL @ SHASHANKA MANDAL AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304B — Dowry death — Essential ingredients — Scope of unnatural death — Offence of dowry death requires proof that woman's death was caused by burns, bodily injury, or occurred otherwise than under normal circumstances within seven years of marriage, and that soon before death she was subjected to cruelty or harassment by husband or his relatives for dowry demands — Section 304B does not categorize death as homicidal, suicidal, or accidental; any death occurring India Law Library Docid # 2455208
(187) KRISHNA MOHAN PRASAD Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND THROUGH C.B.I.[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7, 13(1)(d) and 20 — Illegal gratification — Demand as sine qua non — Proof of demand and acceptance of illegal gratification by a public servant is indispensable to establish offences under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) — Mere receipt or acceptance of tainted money without proof of prior demand does not constitute an offence — Discretionary or legal presumption under Section 20 can only be drawn when foundational facts are proved by prosecution through co India Law Library Docid # 2455209
(188) BEENA JHA Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 397 and 401 — Revisional Jurisdiction — Scope of interference with concurrent findings — Conviction under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act affirmed by appellate court — High Court held that revisional jurisdiction is extremely narrow and cannot be exercised akin to an appellate court — Revisional court will not dwell at length upon facts or re-appreciate evidence to overturn concurrent findings of conviction unless there is a patent defect India Law Library Docid # 2455210
(189) MD. SABIR @ BHOLA @ MD. SABBIR Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND ANOTHER[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 365 — Kidnapping or abduction with intent to confine — Concurrent findings of conviction — Victim left his house at night after being called by accused and accompanied him in a car, but never returned home — Prosecution evidence established monetary dispute regarding unreturned loan of Rs. 50,000/-, resulting in altercations — Defence witness also admitted victim had accompanied accused — Trial Court and Appellate Court rightly appreciated oral and documentary ev India Law Library Docid # 2455211
(190) RAM LAKHAN GIRI Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 409 — Criminal breach of trust by public servant — Embezzlement in bank — Implication based on custody of locker key — Petitioner Branch Manager was convicted for cash defalcation solely because the bank vault operated with two keys and one key was with him — Witness testimony established that the vault could open with the cashier's key alone if double lock was not applied, cashier handled cash transactions, attempted to mislead inspectors with a false withdrawal India Law Library Docid # 2455212
(191) AJAY SHARMA Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 414 read with Section 410 — Assisting in concealment of stolen property — Essential ingredients — Definition of stolen property — Mere recovery of silver slabs and cash from the accused without proof that the property was transferred through theft, extortion, robbery, or subject to criminal misappropriation or breach of trust does not satisfy Section 410 IPC — Investigating Officer admitted having no knowledge that the seized property was stolen — In the absence India Law Library Docid # 2455213
(192) BADRE ALAM @BADRI ALAM Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND ANOTHER[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 498A — Cruelty by husband — Proof and appreciation of evidence — Complainant alleged persistent torture, dowry demand, assault during pregnancy, and being ousted from the matrimonial home — Testimony of complainant that the petitioner threatened to kill her with a weapon was corroborated by other prosecution witnesses — Trial court and appellate court concurrently recorded findings of guilt against the husband — Concurrent findings of fact based on proper apprais India Law Library Docid # 2455214
(193) BUDHAN DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. DAHO DEVI AND ANOTHER[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Customary Law — Munda Scheduled Tribe — Succession and Inheritance — Exclusion of female heirs — Onus and standard of proof — Appellants claimed that under Munda customary law, females are excluded from inheritance and property devolves upon male agnates — Held, any custom at variance with general law must be strictly pleaded and proved by clear and unambiguous evidence to be ancient, continuous, certain, uniform, and compulsory — Mere oral assertions without citing specific instances or documen India Law Library Docid # 2455215
(194) ISHAK KACHHAP AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Service Law — Recruitment Process — Right to Appointment — Vested Right — Petitioners applied and participated in selection processes pursuant to advertisements issued by the respondent University, but results were never declared and recruitment was cancelled as per State directives — Held, mere submission of an application form or participation in a selection process does not confer any indefeasible or vested right to appointment — Unless relevant rules provide otherwise, the recruiting authori India Law Library Docid # 2455217
(195) NILU KUMRI AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Service Law — Recruitment — Graduate Trained Teachers — Post-selection alteration of eligibility criteria — Advertisement No. 21/2016 — Jharkhand Government Secondary School Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff Appointment and Service Conditions Rules, 2015, Rule 9(1)(i) — Petitioners recommended for appointment in History/Civics were denied appointment pursuant to Clause 5 of Letter No. 1950 dated 20.10.2021 requiring History/Civics to be a 'main subject' rather than subsidiary/optional — Held, gove India Law Library Docid # 2455218
(196) SANTOSH KUMAR SAHAY Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 7, 13(1)(d) read with 13(2), and Section 20 — Demand, acceptance, and recovery of illegal gratification — Presumption of law — Appellant, an Upper Divisional Clerk, demanded and accepted a bribe to provide a nominee certificate — CBI laid a trap, recovered tainted notes from his drawer, and his right-hand wash tested positive — Testimonies of complainant and independent shadow witnesses proved the foundational facts of demand and acceptance beyond re India Law Library Docid # 2455219
(197) RAJESH KUMAR PASWAN Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376 — Rape — Testimony of prosecutrix — Sufficiency for conviction — Minor victims were repeatedly subjected to sexual exploitation by appellant under false pretext of securing employment — Defence alleged delay in lodging FIR and consensual relationship — Held, in rape cases, the sole testimony of the victim is sufficient to convict the accused if found reliable and trustworthy — Minor age of the victims was confirmed by radiological evidence — Ocular testimony India Law Library Docid # 2455220
(198) CHOTU MANDAL AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 05-10-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 82 — Proclamation for person absconding — Mandatory requirements — Recording of satisfaction and specification of time and place — The court issuing a proclamation under Section 82 of Cr.P.C. must record its satisfaction that the accused is absconding or concealing himself to evade arrest — Additionally, the court is legally required to explicitly mention the time and place for appearance of the accused in the order itself by which the proclamation India Law Library Docid # 2455221
(199) M/S BAMNIYA AUTOMOBILES Vs. CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER (OPERATION)[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 03-10-2026 Administrative Law — Blacklisting — Principles of Natural Justice — Opportunity of Hearing — Challenge to order blacklisting petitioner's oil tanker and imposing penalty on grounds of violation of natural justice — Record revealed that following the show-cause notice, respondents granted repeated extensions and fixed multiple dates for petitioner's personal appearance to submit an explanation — Petitioner failed to avail any of the opportunities granted — Held, where repeated opportunities to ap India Law Library Docid # 2454844
(200) SMT. KRISHNA PALIWAL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 03-10-2026 Constitution of India — Article 226 — Judicial review — Recruitment examination — Challenge to answer key — Presumption of correctness — Petitioners challenged the correctness of the final answer key published by RPSC for the post of School Lecturer — Held, the High Court in writ jurisdiction cannot assume the role of an academic expert or substitute its own opinion for that of subject experts — An answer key carries a presumption of correctness unless demonstrably shown to be erroneous through India Law Library Docid # 2454845