(261) VISHAL (MINOR THROUGH HIS MOTHER) AND ANOTHER Vs. SMT. KRISHNA DEVI AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Transfer of Property Act, 1882 — Section 54 — Sale — Consideration — Allegation that sale consideration was not paid before Sub-Registrar — Sale Deed is registered and attesting witnesses admitted passing of sale consideration — Court may not infer that sale is without consideration on mere discrepancy in plaint averment, especially when evidence proves otherwise. India Law Library Docid # 2441794
(262) LAKHBIR SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. HINDU SABHA SOCIETY AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 51 Rule 3 — Impleading legal representatives — Application for impleading legal representatives of a deceased appellant was moved due to the death of appellant No — 2 — It was stated that no other legal heirs were left by the deceased — An advocate appeared and had no objection to the India Law Library Docid # 2441795
(263) MANMOHANPAL SINGH Vs. U.T. CHANDIGARH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 406, 498-A, 420 — Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — Sections 3/4 — Cruelty and misappropriation of dowry articles — Complainant alleged husband and in-laws subjected her to physical and mental torture for dowry, including misappropriation of her stridhan and being thrown out of the house — India Law Library Docid # 2441796
(264) ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. Vs. RAMANJIT KAUR AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Compensation for death in vehicular accident — FIR not a sine qua non for claim — Standard of proof is preponderance of probabilities — Claimants proved accident and rashness/negligence of driver through eyewitness testimony, medical reports, and adverse inference due to driver's failure to India Law Library Docid # 2441797
(265) DILIP RAM @ DILIP KUMAR Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Section 2(d) and Section 4 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376(2)(i) — Age of Victim — Medical Examination Report — School Transfer Certificate — In the absence of an exhibited school transfer certificate, it cannot be considered as evidence — A medical India Law Library Docid # 2441824
(266) ANIL KUMAR JHA Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent power of High Court — Power to quash proceedings to prevent abuse of process or secure ends of justice — Application is maintainable to quash proceedings that are bad for want of sanction, frivolous, or an abuse of court process — If an act alleged in a complaint India Law Library Docid # 2441825
(267) FAUJDARI CHAUDHARY Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Central Reserve Police Force Act, 1949 (CRPF Act) — Section 11(1) — Punishment for minor offences — Withholding of annual increment without cumulative effect and treating suspension period as 'as such' — Challenge to as major punishment, not prescribed under Section 11(1) — Held, such punishment is not listed under Section India Law Library Docid # 2441826
(268) SUMAN KUMAR SUMAN Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Writ of Mandamus — Regularization of service — Petitioner sought regularization of services as Amin on the basis of long service as daily wager and contractual employee — Petitioner failed to establish continuous engagement and that his services were indispensable — Contractual India Law Library Docid # 2441827
(269) HARDEV SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Delimitation of Wards — Challenge to — Grounds for — Violation of principles of natural justice — Arguments that objections were not dealt with by speaking orders, and that draft notification boundaries were unclear, were rejected. India Law Library Docid # 2441834
(270) DHYAN FOUNDATION GOUSHALA Vs. STATE OF TRIPURA AND OTHERS[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Animal Protection — Transportation of Cattle — Right to transit permit — The court directed the State to issue transit permits for transporting rescued cattle from Tripura to Jharkhand, emphasizing the welfare and safety of the animals. India Law Library Docid # 2442118
(271) SHRI BHAGIRATH DEBBARMA AND OTHERS Vs. THE STATE OF TRIPURA[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) — Sections 20(b)(ii)(c)/25/29 — Bail Application for accused father — Contention that grounds of arrest were not communicated in understandable language and violated Article 22(1) of Constitution and Section 47 of BNSS — Arrest memo and detailed grounds of arrest document were prepared and furnished to accused, signed by him — India Law Library Docid # 2442119
(272) BIDHAN TRIKHATRI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF SIKKIM[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 23-03-2026 Revisionary Jurisdiction — Scope of — Section 438 BNSS (equivalent to Section 397 Cr.PC) — Powers of revision are supervisory, not appellate — Courts should not re-appreciate evidence unless there's a glaring error causing miscarriage of justice — Interference is justified only if the order is perverse, unreasonable, based on no material, or if material facts are ignored. India Law Library Docid # 2442147
(273) NIKHIL SUBBA AND OTHERS Vs. THE BRANCH MANAGER, ICICI LOMBARD GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY AND OTHERS[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 21-03-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal against computation of compensation — Court reviewed the MACT's award for disability, loss of future earnings, attendant charges, pain and suffering, and loss of amenities, adjusting them based on Supreme Court precedents. India Law Library Docid # 2442149
(274) AIR INDIA LIMITED Vs. ALL INDIA AIRCRAFT ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION AND ANOTHER[DELHI HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 37 — Scope of appeal — Appellate jurisdiction under Section 37 is supervisory, not corrective, and cannot go beyond the restrictions of Section 34 — The appellate court cannot reassess the merits of the award or reappreciate the evidence — It must ascertain if the Section 34 court India Law Library Docid # 2440975
(275) HARIS NISAR LANGOO Vs. NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY[DELHI HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) — Section 43-D(5) — Bail — Prima facie case — Prolonged incarceration — Role of accused — The Court must undertake a structured inquiry to determine if the prosecution material, taken at face value, discloses a prima facie case satisfying the statutory ingredients of the offence, India Law Library Docid # 2440976
(276) THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH VIGILANCE Vs. SUDHA SINGH[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-03-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 read with Bihar Special Courts Act, 2009 (BSCA) — Confiscation proceedings against family members of a deceased public servant — Death of the public servant during pendency of appeal — Whether confiscation proceedings can continue against the family members — Held, the BSCA provides for specific circumstances for return of confiscated property, namely, India Law Library Docid # 2441002
(277) GABBAR SINGH ALIAS DEVENDRA PRATAP SINGH ALIAS RAJESH SINGH Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-03-2026 Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 — Section 3(1) — FIR registration — Gang Chart — Compliance with Rules — The Supreme Court held that the procedure for preparing a Gang Chart, as stipulated by the Act and its Rules, must be strictly followed — A Gang Chart must include recommendations from the Nodal Officer and Additional Superintendent of Police, India Law Library Docid # 2441003
(278) NAVEEN SOLANKI AND ANOTHER Vs. RAIL LAND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-03-2026 Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 — Section 2 — Forest land — Deemed forest — Master Plan — Statutory plan prevails over subsequent growth of vegetation — Land earmarked for project under an approved Master Plan, which was not forest land at the time of the plan's inception, cannot subsequently be declared as forest or deemed forest thereby overriding the Master Plan's statutory force. India Law Library Docid # 2441004
(279) UJAAS ENERGY LTD. Vs. WEST BENGAL POWER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD.[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-03-2026 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) — Section 31(1) — Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) — Resolution Plan — "Clean Slate" Principle — Effect of Approval — Claims not part of resolution plan stand extinguished — No affirmative relief can be granted for such claims — Division Bench judgment set aside. India Law Library Docid # 2441005
(280) SUJOY GHOSH Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of criminal proceedings — Summoning order based on complaint allegations lacking specific details of copyright infringement and without application of mind by Magistrate — Superior Court's duty to examine proceedings for being frivolous, vexatious, or malicious — Held, allegations in complaint were bald and unsubstantiated, failing to India Law Library Docid # 2441006