(381) MANJU Vs. GAUSHALA FAZILKA THROUGH ITS PRESIDENT AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Pleadings — Adverse Possession — A claim for adverse possession must be supported by precise averments detailing the commencement date and nature of hostile occupation — Evidence cannot fill the gaps in pleadings. India Law Library Docid # 2443919
(382) MUNICIPAL COPORATION LUDHAINA Vs. RAJ RANI (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HER LRS AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 — Sections 103 and 149 — House Tax Assessment — Challenge to demand on grounds of illegality, arbitrariness, and violation of natural justice — Civil Court’s jurisdiction — While Section 149 bars challenges to valuation and assessment except as provided by the Act, Civil Court India Law Library Docid # 2443920
(383) SURESH KUMAR Vs. DISTRICT INDUSTRIAL CENTRE AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 11 — Res Judicata — The plaintiff's earlier suit seeking permanent injunction against defendant No — 2, claiming to be a tenant over the suit land, was dismissed — This dismissal, along with the dismissal of his appeal, attained finality — Consequently, the plaintiff was barred from filing a India Law Library Docid # 2443921
(384) BRAHMA RAM Vs. KAMLA DEVI AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 35 — Admissibility of public official’s record — Entry made by a public official in the discharge of official duties is per se admissible. India Law Library Docid # 2444252
(385) SURINDER SHARMA AND OTHERS Vs. PARVEEN KALIA AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 500 and 120B — Quashing of criminal complaint — Allegations of defamation and criminal conspiracy — Whether a joint complaint is maintainable — Held, a joint complaint is maintainable if the cause of action is similar India Law Library Docid # 2444253
(386) OM-CHEEVA BUSINESS (INDIA) LLP AND ANOTHER Vs. M/S. GOEL MOTORS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque issued as security — A cheque issued as security for a financial transaction is not always a worthless piece of paper and can attract an offence under Section 138 of the Act if dishonoured under certain circumstances. India Law Library Docid # 2444254
(387) THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LIMITED Vs. MR. HEERALAL CHAMPAWAT[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 12-05-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 21(b) — Revisional jurisdiction of National Commission is limited and should be exercised only when State Commission has acted without jurisdiction, failed to exercise jurisdiction, or acted illegally or with material irregularity — National Commission cannot interfere with concurrent India Law Library Docid # 2444391
(388) SOMANI KANAK SEEDZ PVT. LTD. Vs. JASWANT SINGH AND OTHERS[NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION] 12-05-2026 Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 13(1)(c) — Defective Seeds — Burden of Proof — Complainant must provide expert evidence or laboratory testing to prove defects in seeds, especially concerning quality and taste, as per the Act — Mere non-recommendation by an agricultural university or variations in yield compared to other India Law Library Docid # 2444392
(389) LAL SINGH CHOUHAN Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Administrative Law — Judicial Review — Suspension Order — Validity of — Suspension order must be based on statutory provision — The impugned suspension order was passed by the District Education Officer, who was not the appointing authority and lacked the competence to pass such an order under Rule 13 of the India Law Library Docid # 2444703
(390) SQN. LDR.C. SINGH (RETD.) Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007 — Section 14 — Writ Petition — Jurisdiction of High Court — High Court can interfere with the orders of the Armed Forces Tribunal if the Tribunal has misinterpreted the law or if there is an error in its reasoning or if it has failed to consider crucial evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2444704
(391) HARI RAM Vs. CHUNNI DEVI[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — Interference by High Court — High Court's jurisdiction is confined to substantial questions of law — Concurrent findings of fact by lower courts are generally not interfered with unless perverse, contrary to law, or based on no evidence. [Paras 9, India Law Library Docid # 2444705
(392) RAKESH SHARMA Vs. MANJU DEVI AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (DV Act) — Section 12 — Maintenance — Object of maintenance is to prevent starvation and ensure basic dignity, not to punish the husband or accumulate wealth. India Law Library Docid # 2444706
(393) REKHRAJ Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018) — Section 19 — Prosecution Sanction — Application of mind — Sanctioning authority acts as a statutory filter, not a court adjudicating culpability — Scope of examination at sanction stage is distinct from trial stage — Authority must examine if material prima India Law Library Docid # 2444707
(394) K RANGANAYAKULU Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 12-05-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of Cheque — Liability of Authorized Signatory of an NGO — Appellant signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) as Treasurer of an NGO for collecting electricity bills on behalf of APCPDCL. The MOU designated the NGO as responsible for remittances India Law Library Docid # 2445021
(395) DR. BRIJMOHAN SAPOOT KALA SANSKRITI SEWA SANSTHAN Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 12-05-2026 Review Jurisdiction is limited and cannot be used as an appeal — A review is only maintainable on grounds of discovery of new evidence, an error apparent on the face of the record, or any other sufficient reason — Repetition of old arguments or minor mistakes are not grounds for review India Law Library Docid # 2445056
(396) DYNASTY RESORT Vs. UTTARAKHAND POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 — Section 33(A) — Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 — Section 31(A) — Impugned order directing closure and imposing environmental compensation — Petitioner challenged order on grounds of non-consideration of objections, lack of petitioner's presence India Law Library Docid # 2445156
(397) JAI BISHT Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Bail Application — Applicant not named in FIR for actual firing, role of exhortation emerged in subsequent statements, no overt act attributed. India Law Library Docid # 2445157
(398) FAIZAN Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 12-05-2026 Bail Application — Circumstantial Evidence — Applicant's involvement in a murder case is based on circumstantial evidence, including the disclosure statement of a co-accused, CCTV footage, and call detail records — The Court noted that the FIR did not initially name the applicant and their role surfaced later — The CCTV footage India Law Library Docid # 2445158
(399) MITESH @ T.V. VAGHELA Vs. THE STATE OF GUJARAT[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-05-2026 Criminal Law — Murder and offence under Bombay Police Act — Prosecution's case — Complainant's brother (deceased) running a tea stall — Dispute over a cigarette butt — Deceased informed complainant, then assaulted, and died — Deceased India Law Library Docid # 2443555
(400) URMILA DEVI Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] 11-05-2026 Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1947 — Section 12C — Election Dispute — Candidate challenging election results — Prescribed Authority passed an order allowing the election petition and directing recounting of votes — Later, after recounting, the authority declared the appellant as the returned candidate — The High Court set aside this India Law Library Docid # 2443556