(261) SUMANN MUNDHARA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 18-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 156(3) — Delay in investigation — Magistrate's duty to monitor investigation — Even after directing investigation under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C., the Magistrate does not become functus officio and has a duty to supervise and monitor the investigation. India Law Library Docid # 2444746
(262) VINAY BAGHLA AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 18-05-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Sections 438, 442 — Revisional Jurisdiction against Order Framing Charge — Jurisdiction is limited, not an appeal — Court can prevent miscarriage of justice from arbitrary or mechanical charge orders — Court can examine record for correctness, legality, or propriety of findings, sentences, or orders — Court can intervene if judicial mind not applied, India Law Library Docid # 2444747
(263) BINDER SINGH @ SHARWAN SINGH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 18-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Nature of Acquittal — There is no distinction in law between an "honourable acquittal," "clean acquittal," or an acquittal granted "by benefit of doubt." All these are expressions used in legal discourse, not statutory categories — An acquittal is an acquittal, and its legal consequence is that the accused is discharged — The principle of presumed innocence India Law Library Docid # 2444748
(264) MUKNA RAM Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 18-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 379 — Theft — Essential ingredient is dishonest intention at the time of moving property — In cases involving disputes over financed vehicles and contractual repossession rights, criminal law should not be invoked unless clear and unmistakable allegations of dishonest intention independent of civil claims are present. India Law Library Docid # 2444749
(265) PURAN SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 18-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 311 — Recall of warrant of arrest — Appellant sought recall of arrest warrant issued due to absence from court — Appeal pending since 1993, pertaining to an incident in 1989 — Court acknowledged lengthy pendency and decided to hear appeal for final disposal to ensure substantial justice — Order for cancellation of sentence suspension and issuance of arrest warrant recalled and withdrawn. India Law Library Docid # 2444750
(266) JHABRA RAM Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 18-05-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 21 and 22(1) — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 47 — Right to be informed of grounds of arrest — This is a fundamental constitutional and statutory safeguard — Failure to comply by informing the arrestee of the grounds of arrest in writing, either before or immediately after arrest, can render the arrest illegal, unless such grounds are supplied in writing within a India Law Library Docid # 2445052
(267) BAZPUR COOPERATIVE SUGAR FACTORY LTD. Vs. HARJINDER SINGH[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 18-05-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 2(j) — Sugar factory — Held to be 'industry' — Labour Court rightly relied on Supreme Court judgment in Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board v — A — Rajappa, (1978) 2 SCC 213 to determine if the establishment falls within the definition of 'industry'. India Law Library Docid # 2445119
(268) DHEERAJ SHARMA Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 18-05-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of Cheques — Appeal against acquittal — Appellate court's duty to interfere if acquittal suffers from manifest illegality, misapplication of legal principles, non-consideration of statutory presumptions, or unreasonable appreciation of evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2445120
(269) MUKHTAR ALI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 18-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 489A, 489C and 489D — Counterfeit currency — Conviction based on disclosure statement and recovery — Recovery of machinery and material for counterfeit currency requires further proof of conscious possession, knowledge, intention, and active participation for conviction, not sufficient on its own. India Law Library Docid # 2445121
(270) ASHOK KAMAL DECEASED THR LRS AND OTHERS Vs. PRABHAT KAMAL GUPTA AND OTHERS[DELHI HIGH COURT] 15-05-2026 Family Settlement — Memorandum of family settlement — Stamp Duty — A memorandum of family settlement, which merely records an earlier oral settlement and does not create or extinguish any new rights, is not liable to stamp duty or compulsory registration India Law Library Docid # 2443742
(271) B.S. LALITHA AND OTHERS Vs. BHUVANESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2026 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Proviso to Section 6 (erstwhile) and Section 8 — Devolution of interest on Class I heirs upon intestate death of a male — If a male Hindu dies intestate leaving a Class I female heir, his interest in coparcenary property devolves by intestate succession under Section 8 and not by survivorship — A India Law Library Docid # 2443800
(272) NEW INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. DOLLY SATISH GANDHI AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 — Claim for compensation — Deduction of Mediclaim benefits — Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal — Award of compensation — Mediclaim policy is a contract of insurance purchased by an individual to cover uncertainties of life, with no specific accidental coverage — Compensation under Motor Vehicles Act is a statutory remedy arising India Law Library Docid # 2443801
(273) MARIETTA D’ SILVA Vs. RUDOLF CLOTHAN LACERDA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2026 Landlord and Tenant — Eviction Suit — Pleading and Proof — Appeal Court's Jurisdiction — High Court set aside concurrent findings of lower courts, leading to eviction suit dismissal and direction for possession restoration — Supreme Court intervention examined the distinction between pleading and proof, and whether these were satisfied. India Law Library Docid # 2443802
(274) DHARMENDRA KALRA AND OTHERS Vs. KULVINDER SINGH BHATIA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 15 Rule 5 — Striking off defence for non-deposit of rent — This is a drastic consequence and the power to strike off a defence is not to be exercised mechanically — The court must consider whether there has been substantial compliance and whether the default is wilful or contumacious India Law Library Docid # 2443803
(275) STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS Vs. RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 269 — Taxes on sale or purchase of goods in the course of inter-State trade or commerce — Levied and collected by Union but assigned to States — Parliament's power to formulate principles for determining when such sale/purchase takes place — State legislature's power restricted to intra-State sales India Law Library Docid # 2443804
(276) ROHIT CHATURVEDI Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 432 — Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 72 & 161— Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 473 & 477 — Premature release of a prisoner — Rejection of recommendation — Non-speaking order — Order rejecting premature release must provide reasons and reflect due application of mind — Absence of reasons renders the India Law Library Docid # 2443805
(277) ALKA AGRAWAL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 15-05-2026 Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 1999 Section 2(c) and Section 2(d) — Deposit and Financial Establishment — Amounts advanced to individuals with promise of repayment with interest constitute a "deposit" under Section 2(c) and the recipients are "financial establishments" under Section 2(d) of the MPID Act, irrespective of the transaction being termed as a "loan" — The nomenclature of the transaction is not determinative; the essential attributes India Law Library Docid # 2443806
(278) HINDU FRONT FOR JUSTICE (REGD. TRUST NO. 976) THROUGH ITS PRESIDENT MS. RANJANA AGNIHOTRI AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHRS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (INDORE BENCH)] 15-05-2026 Religious Places — Disputes over religious character and usage of historical monuments — Historical evidence, archaeological findings, and scholarly interpretations are important but do not solely determine legal title or religious character — Issues of title and ownership must be decided on established legal principles and evidence tested in civil trials, not merely on archaeological inferences or historical conjecture — Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, freezes the religious ch India Law Library Docid # 2443808
(279) M/S PAHWA IMPEX PVT. LTD. Vs. M/S KANUJ HOME TEXTILES EXIM[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 15-05-2026 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (MSMED) Act, 2006 — Section 18 — Arbitration Act, 1996 — Sections 34 and 36 — Execution Petition — Withdrawal of objections under Section 34 of Arbitration Act — Objections to execution petition dismissed — Revision Petition under Article 227 challenging India Law Library Docid # 2443896
(280) NACHHATTAR SINGH @ SURMUKH DASS Vs. GIAN PARKASH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 15-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 22 Rule 5 — Determination of Legal Representative — When rival claims arise regarding who should represent a deceased Mahant in a suit, the Court must conduct an inquiry to determine the legal representative, rather than making a decision based solely on documents like a Will. India Law Library Docid # 2443897