(561) ASHOK KUMAR Vs. GURDIAL SAINI (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 04-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 20 — Addition of parties in appeal — Court's power to add parties who were in the suit but not in appeal — Powers can be exercised suo motu or on application when it appears to the court that such a person is interested in the result of the appeal. India Law Library Docid # 2443975
(562) WAZIRA SINGH (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS AND OTHERS Vs. ANGAD (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 04-05-2026 Will Interpretation — Testator's Intention — The intention of the testator in a Will is the primary factor and must be ascertained from the words used in the Will itself, read as a whole — Courts cannot speculate on what the testator might have intended but did not express India Law Library Docid # 2443976
(563) GURIQBAL SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. RAVINDER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 04-05-2026 Contract Law — Agreement to Sell — Concealment of Material Facts — Land was described in the agreement to sell as falling within four specified Khewats, giving the impression of a consolidated parcel — However, revenue records revealed the land was spread across multiple Khewats, jointly held with other co-sharers not party to the India Law Library Docid # 2443977
(564) MOHINDER SINGH @ SAI AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 04-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 420 — Emigration Act, 1983 — Section 24 — Cheating and fraudulent misrepresentation by travel agents for arranging overseas travel — Conviction upheld, but sentence modified based on mitigating factors. India Law Library Docid # 2443978
(565) PARVEEN KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 04-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 397 and 401 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 279, 337 and 304-A — Motor accident — Revision petition against conviction and sentence — Petitioner did not press challenge to conviction, confined submissions to quantum of sentence — Both lower courts rightly appreciated evidence India Law Library Docid # 2444009
(566) RAYAPPA JAYASEELAN ANTONY CHETIYAR Vs. UNION OF INDIA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 04-05-2026 Railways Act, 1989 — Section 123(c)(2) — Untoward Incident — Compensation — Death of deceased due to accidental fall from a moving train — Tribunal rejected claim on grounds of deceased not being a bonafide passenger and incident not being an “untoward incident” — High Court found deceased to be a bonafide passenger India Law Library Docid # 2444175
(567) DR. HARI TULSHIRAM GHOLAP Vs. JITENDRA RAJARAM SAVANT[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 04-05-2026 Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — Section 2(b) and Section 12 — Civil Contempt — Breach of Solvent Surety — Execution of Sale Deed in breach of solvent surety furnished to the court is a willful breach of court orders and amounts to civil contempt — The apology tendered by the contemnors in such a situation, especially when there India Law Library Docid # 2444162
(568) RAJINDER SINGH Vs. HARI SINGH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 04-05-2026 Hindu Law — Ancestral Property — Relinquishment Deed — A relinquishment deed is considered a conveyance and, if executed without consideration, it amounts to a gift — A coparcener cannot execute a relinquishment deed in favour of other coparceners unless it is for the benefit of all coparceners or with their prior consent — India Law Library Docid # 2444193
(569) KARAN KUMAR Vs. STATE OF H.P.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 04-05-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 21 — Offence relating to heroin — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Police on patrolling duty saw accused behaving suspiciously and running away — Accused threw a packet which was recovered and found to contain heroin — Accused informed of right to be searched before Magistrate or Gazetted Officer and consented — Search conducted India Law Library Docid # 2444194
(570) M/S KANORIA ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED, (FORMERLY KNOWN AS M/S A INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED) Vs. CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (CCIT) AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 04-05-2026 Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 115BAA — Option to avail concessional tax rate — Filing of Form 10-IC is a procedural requirement, not a substantive condition for exercising the option — The return of income itself, indicating the option, should be given due weight. India Law Library Docid # 2444663
(571) SHAIK SHABANA Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-05-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Passport Act, 1967 — Section 6 — Right to travel abroad is a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution — Any restriction on this right must be fair, just, and reasonable — The Passport Act and its rules do not prohibit a single parent from applying for a passport for their minor child. India Law Library Docid # 2443157
(572) P.PURUSHOTHAM REDDY AND OTHERS Vs. R MUNWAR BASHA AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-05-2026 Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920 — Sections 4, 5, 23 and 31 — Protection order — Interim relief — Insolvency Court has inherent power to pass interim protection orders even before adjudication, to meet ends of justice, depending on case facts and circumstances. India Law Library Docid # 2443158
(573) GILAKALAGIRI, HINDU Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 372/374(2)/378(4) — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 363, 302 — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Section 6 — Appeal against conviction and sentence for kidnapping, murder, and aggravated penetrative sexual assault — Appellant found India Law Library Docid # 2443159
(574) I JAYALAKSHMI Vs. C JANARDHAN REDDY AND OTHERS[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 372 — Appeal against Acquittal — Standard of Proof — In appeals against acquittal, the appellate court must be cautious and assess if the trial court's decision was legally and logically sustainable, especially given the double presumption of innocence — The court should not interfere if the trial court's view was a "possible view" supported by India Law Library Docid # 2443160
(575) SHAIK SALEEM Vs. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH[ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-05-2026 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 — Section 94 — Age Determination — Where the Juvenile Justice Board conducts an inquiry and determines the age of a person, that determination is presumed to be correct for the purposes of the Act. India Law Library Docid # 2443161
(576) SHAMBHU SINGH Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 01-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 133, 137, 138 — Public Nuisance — Removal of Obstruction — The power under Section 133 Cr.P.C — is to be exercised when there is public nuisance or unlawful obstruction on a public place or way — The executive magistrate must ensure that a person against whom India Law Library Docid # 2443199
(577) LALLOO Vs. STATE OF U.P.[ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT] 01-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374 — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304 Part II, 307 — Conviction and Sentence — Appeal against — Trial court converted charge from murder to culpable homicide not amounting to murder without cogent reasoning — The High Court found this conversion unsustainable as India Law Library Docid # 2443200
(578) N.SRIDHAR Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 01-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Quashing of proceedings — Abuse of process of law — High Court’s inherent jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C — (or Section 528 of BNSS, 2023) can be exercised to prevent abuse of process of law and secure ends of justice — Provisions of Section 406 IPC (Criminal Breach of Trust) require entrustment of property and dishonest misappropriation — Section 14 of EPF India Law Library Docid # 2443319
(579) DISTRICT MANAGER, FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER Vs. B M SAMANI AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 01-05-2026 Arbitration Act, 1940 — Section 39 — Court's Power to Interfere with Arbitral Award — The court's power to set aside an arbitral award is restricted to specific grounds mentioned in Section 30, such as arbitrator misconduct or an award being improperly procured or invalid — The court cannot act as an appellate body to re India Law Library Docid # 2443499
(580) MUSTAK @ MUSTAK STD ABBAS PATEL Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 01-05-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 37 — Bail — Successive bail applications are maintainable only on fresh and new grounds — A second bail application cannot be considered if it relies on the same facts and arguments as a previously rejected application, without any substantial change in circumstances. India Law Library Docid # 2443500