(301) GEETIKA Vs. SANJEEV KUMAR PAHWA[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 25 — Transfer of proceedings — Petition for transfer of divorce proceedings from Rajasthan to Uttarakhand — Petitioner-wife residing in Uttarakhand and respondent-husband in Rajasthan — Distance of approximately 400 kms causing inconvenience to wife — Respondent not appearing despite service — Court satisfied that transfer is in the interest of justice due to inconvenience to petitioner and respondent's lack of objection — Divorce proceedings HMA No.559 India Law Library Docid # 2441748
(302) GMR KAMALANGA ENERGY LIMITED Vs. STATE OF ODISHA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-03-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 304(a) — Revival of writ petition — Supreme Court directed that writ petition could be revived on grounds relatable to Article 304(a) — High Court dismissed applications seeking amendment to urge additional grounds, wrongly assuming a bar from the Supreme Court’s order — Supreme Court held that once a writ petition is permitted to be revived, the appellant has carriage of proceedings, subject to applicable laws — Interest of justice would be subserved by per India Law Library Docid # 2441768
(303) ISTAK Vs. STATE OF UP AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 20-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 439 — Bail in Dowry Death Case — High Court's bail order set aside and matter remanded for fresh consideration on merits due to the presumption of innocence not being available in dowry death cases within seven years of marriage — Accused directed to surrender within two weeks and permitted to apply for early hearing of bail application thereafter. [Paras 3-8] India Law Library Docid # 2441772
(304) RAVINDERPAL SINGH Vs. KANWARJIT SINGH[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Landlord and Tenant — Assessment of Mesne Profits — Tenancy during Pendency of Appeal — The Court must strike a balance between the landlord's interest, who has obtained an eviction order, and the tenant's interest, who is pursuing an appeal — The mesne profits should not be so exorbitant as to force the tenant to India Law Library Docid # 2441835
(305) RAHIMUDDIN (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND ANOTHER Vs. NASRU (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Customary Law — Succession among Meo Muslims — Agricultural land — Devolves upon nearest male agnate/collateral according to rule of proximity of degree — Daughters have no right of succession. India Law Library Docid # 2441836
(306) PUNJAB STATE CIVIL SUPPLIES CORPORATION Vs. AMIT KUMAR[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 401, 374 — Revision petition against concurrent findings of acquittal — High Court does not sit in re-appreciation of evidence in revision — If conclusions of lower courts are plausible and probable, acquittal will not be ordinarily interfered with — Interference only warranted for India Law Library Docid # 2441837
(307) SANDEEP KUMAR ALIAS RINKU AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 313 — Statement of accused — Mere denial of allegations and pleading innocence in statement recorded under Section 313 of CrPC is insufficient to establish defence, especially when no suggestions were made to witnesses disputing material aspects of prosecution's case, India Law Library Docid # 2441838
(308) MANJINDER SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — Abuse of process of court — FIR registered under Section 498A of Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Allegations in FIR primarily relate to an alleged incident in 2019, whereas the divorce decree was granted in 2016 — Such a temporal discrepancy indicates that the FIR India Law Library Docid # 2441839
(309) GURSEWAK SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 313 — Statement of accused — Appellants pleaded that they were falsely implicated due to personal enmity with an Inspector of police, who had allegedly killed their relative in a fake encounter — They claimed to have been arrested from their homes and nothing was recovered from them. India Law Library Docid # 2441840
(310) MANJIT SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 313 — Statement of accused — Accused pleaded innocence and claimed false implication after denial of allegations — No defense witness examined — Trial Court convicted appellants based on prosecution evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2441841
(311) JAHANARA KHATOON @ JAHAN ARA KHATOON Vs. MD. ASIF ALI[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Family Court Act, 1984 — Section 19(1) — Appeal against judgment and decree of restitution of conjugal rights — Ground of ex-parte proceeding — Held, Family Court erred in proceeding ex-parte on the basis of tracking report of notice, without ensuring proper service or resorting to substituted service as per CPC — Non-compliance with procedural requirements vitiates the judgment and decree. India Law Library Docid # 2441994
(312) SANTOSH KUMAR Vs. KUMARI ARPANA[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13 — Divorce — Cruelty — Desertion — Appellant (Husband) filed a divorce petition claiming cruelty and desertion by the respondent (Wife) — The Family Court dismissed the petition — The appeal court examined the evidence regarding cruelty and found that the allegations made by the appellant were general, non-specific, and lacked cogent, convincing, or concrete documentary evidence to substantiate the charges — The appellant himself admitted in India Law Library Docid # 2441995
(313) BRANCH MANAGER, NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. HASMUKH PANNALAL PUNAMIYA AND OTHERS[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal against quantum of compensation — Appellant (Insurance Company) contended that claimants were adults with own income and not entitled to compensation, and that deduction for personal expenses should be 50% instead of 1/3rd — Court held that the argument that the deceased should be considered a bachelor due to family's demise was untenable and India Law Library Docid # 2442148
(314) THE COMMISSIONER / SECRETARY WATER RESOURCE, GOVERNMENT OF MANIPUR AND OTHERS Vs. KEISHAM MEGHACHANDRA SINGH AND OTHERS[MANIPUR HIGH COURT] 20-03-2026 Court Procedure — Modification of Court Orders — A typographical error in a previous court order concerning a timeline needs correction — The court, with consent, amends the date to rectify the error. India Law Library Docid # 2442288
(315) VIRINDER PAL SINGH Vs. PUNJAB AND SIND BANK AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-03-2026 Service Law — Disciplinary proceedings post-superannuation — Where service regulations permit continuation of disciplinary proceedings initiated before superannuation, they can be concluded thereafter — Punishment of reduction in pay scale can be implemented by computing pension based on the reduced salary. India Law Library Docid # 2440931
(316) V. GANESAN Vs. STATE REP BY THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 406 and 420 — Criminal breach of trust and cheating — For an offence of cheating under Section 415 IPC, a fraudulent or dishonest intention must exist at the time of making the promise or representation — Mere failure to keep a promise subsequently does not automatically prove dishonest intention from the beginning — Every breach of contract does not amount to cheating, India Law Library Docid # 2440932
(317) SANT ROHIDAS LEATHER INDUSTRIES AND CHARMAKAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD. Vs. VIJAYA BANK[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-03-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 2(1)(d) — Definition of "consumer" — Commercial purpose — Deposit of surplus funds by a company in a bank for earning interest does not automatically make it a commercial purpose, but if the deposit is made to leverage credit facilities for augmenting business, it would have a direct nexus with revenue generation/profits — The identity of the purchaser or the value of India Law Library Docid # 2440933
(318) MUKUL GOYAL Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 19-03-2026 Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent jurisdiction of High Court — To quash criminal proceedings — Such power is to be exercised sparingly and with great caution to prevent abuse of the process of court or otherwise to secure the ends of justice — Cannot be exercised to undertake a meticulous examination of evidence or India Law Library Docid # 2441234
(319) SUNIL MADAN Vs. RACHANA MADAN[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 19-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 13 Rule 9 — Return of original documents — Court directed the Registry to return original title deeds to the appellant after obtaining photocopies for record, as per the terms of a settlement between the parties. India Law Library Docid # 2441235
(320) JOSEPH CHACKO ETC Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND ANOTHER[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 19-03-2026 Supreme Court Rules, 2013 — Order XLVII Rule 1 — Review Petition — Dismissal of — Review Petitions were dismissed as there was no error apparent on the face of the record and no case for review was established. [Paras 1-2] India Law Library Docid # 2441387