(821) GHULAM MOHAMMAD RAH AND OTHERS Vs. UT OF J&K & OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 04-03-2026 Land Acquisition Act, Samvat 1990 (1934 AD) — Sections 18 and 32 — Reference to Court and Payment of compensation — Requirement for invoking Section 18 is that the interested person must have notice of the award and must have received compensation "under protest" — To dispute the right of reference, it must be established that the notice of award was issued, the claimant had knowledge, and India Law Library Docid # 2441080
(822) MEHRAJ-UD-DIN PEER AND OTHERS Vs. UT OF J&K AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (SRINAGAR BENCH)] 04-03-2026 Land Allotment and Rent Fixation — Government orders and terms of allotment — Shopkeepers dislocated due to road widening were allotted land on rent basis subject to terms and conditions — Appellants undertook to pay rent as per prevailing market rate assessed by Rent Assessment Committee — Appellants estopped from challenging rent fixation due to undertakings and acceptance of allotment. India Law Library Docid # 2441081
(823) MR. JIJABHAU DYANESHWAR TEMGIRE Vs. MR. GANGARAM KHANDU TEMGIRE AND OTHERS[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 04-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Orders 7, 8, and 13 — Documents for cross-examination — Exceptions for production of documents exist for cross-examination of a witness or to refresh memory, even if not produced with plaint, written statement, or at settlement of issues, provided such documents are relevant for cross-examination under India Law Library Docid # 2441124
(824) M/S.SHUBHAM FLOUR MILL Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT (NAGPUR BENCH)] 04-03-2026 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) — Section 14 — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 12 — Bakri Niyantran Sanhita 2023 (BNSS) — Section 10 — Appointment of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) — Powers of ACJM — Incompetence of ACJM — The argument that an ACJM lacks the authority to handle an application under Section 14 of the SARFAESI Act because the High Court's India Law Library Docid # 2441160
(825) MANIKANDAN Vs. STATE REP. BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 04-03-2026 Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Sections 5(l) and 5(j)(ii) read with Section 6 — Aggravated penetrative sexual assault — Sentencing — Amendment on 16.08.2019 — Offence committed in 2014 prior to amendment — Trial Court imposing sentence of 20 years as per amended Act — India Law Library Docid # 2441649
(826) KADHIRAVAN Vs. THE STATE REP BY, INSPECTOR OF POLICE[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 04-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 335 — Conviction under for causing grievous hurt by dangerous manner with intent to cause hurt — Set aside — Trial court's finding found to be perverse. India Law Library Docid # 2441650
(827) N.NITHYANAND(DIED) AND OTHERS Vs. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE COIMBATORE DISTRICT AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 04-03-2026 Disciplinary Proceedings vs Criminal Proceedings — Simultaneous proceedings — Departmental domestic enquiry and criminal trial can proceed simultaneously, and the outcome of the criminal case does not necessarily affect the domestic enquiry — The nature, test, and objectives of these proceedings are different. India Law Library Docid # 2441652
(828) SELVI Vs. THE STATE[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 04-03-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 106 — Burden of proof — Prosecution’s primary duty — Section 106 of the Evidence Act cannot be used to relieve the prosecution of its duty to prove the guilt of the accused — The prosecution must establish the basic facts against the accused before Section 106 can be resorted to. India Law Library Docid # 2441660
(829) DINESH SAHU Vs. SMT. PADMA SAHU[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 03-03-2026 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Section 19(1) and Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 27 — Admissibility of additional evidence in appeals — The High Court, while hearing an appeal under Section 19(1) of the Family Courts Act, 1984, possesses incidental and ancillary powers to make its appellate jurisdiction effective, including the power to admit additional evidence, even in the absence of an express provision in the Family Courts Act applying Order 41 of the CPC. Such power is derived f India Law Library Docid # 2440588
(830) SMT. GUDIYA NAGESH AND OTHERS Vs. NILL[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 03-03-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 2(2) and Section 13B — Scheduled Tribes — Applicability of Act to members of Scheduled Tribes — Parties married according to Hindu rites, including saptapadi — Husband member of Scheduled Tribe, wife non-tribal — Family Court rejected mutual consent divorce application holding Act inapplicable to Scheduled Tribe members — Held, Section 2(2) is a measure of protection, not exclusion India Law Library Docid # 2440589
(831) DHARMENDRA VALLABHBHAI RAMANI Vs. JETPUR SWAMINARAYAN TRUST AND ANOTHER[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 03-03-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 — Second Appeal — High Court’s limited jurisdiction to interfere with findings of fact by the first appellate court, unless such findings are erroneous, contrary to mandatory provisions of law, or based on inadmissible or no evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2440918
(832) DILIPBHAI PARSHOTTAMBHAI PATEL AND OTHERS Vs. THE GUJARAT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKET PARDRA[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 03-03-2026 Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 (Tenancy Act) — Section 43 — Agreement to Sell restricted tenure land — Such agreements are illegal and invalid — Suit for specific performance of such agreements is not maintainable and deserves to be rejected as the suit is hit by Sections 43 and 63 of the Tenancy Act.[Paras 111 India Law Library Docid # 2440919
(833) SHAMJIBHAI LALJIBHAI KOLI (GOHIL) Vs. DISTRICT COLLECTOR AND OTHERS[GUJARAT HIGH COURT] 03-03-2026 Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1958 — Section 79A — Forfeiture of Land — Proceedings under Section 79A for forfeiture of land were initiated after an unexplained delay of 34 to 35 years from the first transaction — Such delay is considered unreasonable and vitiates the proceedings — Such suo motu powers must be exercised within a reasonable period and cannot be exercised after a lengthy delay, India Law Library Docid # 2440920
(834) SHAM LAL Vs. STATE OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 03-03-2026 Electrocution — Negligence of PDD Lineman — Petitioner, a welder, was asked by Lineman 'B' to remove a bird from a high-tension electric wire, with assurance that power was disconnected — Petitioner climbed the pole, received an electric shock due to live wire, leading to severe injuries and amputation of both hands, resulting in 100% permanent disability — FIR registered against Lineman Bishamber Dass for negligence. India Law Library Docid # 2441024
(835) OMESH SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE (NOW UT) OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND OTHERS[JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH HIGH COURT (JAMMU BENCH)] 03-03-2026 Land Revenue Act, Svt — 1996 — Section 5 — Reorganization of administrative units — Government Order cannot supersede statutory notification (SRO) — Inclusion of Village Dhanmasta into Tehsil Ramsoo without proper application of mind and consideration of convenience of residents — Impugned order quashed. India Law Library Docid # 2441025
(836) S. KIRAN KUMAR Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 03-03-2026 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 — Sections 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) and 7(c) — Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 120-B read with Section 34 — FIR registered for offences of corruption and criminal conspiracy — Quashing of proceedings — Allegations of abuse of official position by public servants in issuing pattadar passbooks for encroached endowment land — Court held that FIR prima facie discloses cognizable India Law Library Docid # 2441352
(837) GADEELA RAGHUVEER REDDY Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA[TELANGANA HIGH COURT] 03-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR — High Court's inherent powers to quash FIR are to be exercised sparingly and only in exceptional circumstances where allegations, even if taken at face value, do not constitute any offence, are improbable, legally barred, or manifestly mala fide — The FIR is not expected to be an encyclopedia of facts, and criminal proceedings should not be scuttled India Law Library Docid # 2441353
(838) MURUGESH Vs. THE STATE REP BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE[MADRAS HIGH COURT (MADURAI BENCH)] 03-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 374 — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Accused convicted for offence under Section 302 IPC and sentenced to undergo life imprisonment — High Court to consider evidence and submissions — Eyewitness testimonies and postmortem report relied upon — Appeal partly allowed. India Law Library Docid # 2441653
(839) MD. THOUFIK HOSSAIN Vs. SMT. KAZI JASMA BEGAM AND OTHERS[TRIPURA HIGH COURT] 03-03-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 125(4) — Maintenance entitlement of wife — Wife not entitled to maintenance if she has voluntarily separated from husband without sufficient reason — Petitioner failed to prove that respondent-wife wilfully withdrew from husband's society. India Law Library Docid # 2442131
(840) LEELA RAM Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 02-03-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 376 — Rape — Appellant convicted by trial court under Section 376 IPC for an offence allegedly committed on the pretext of marriage — Victim was 26 years old at the time of the incident and aware of the consequences of sexual relationship — FSL report was negative — Medical examination did not provide a definitive opinion regarding immediate intercourse — Victim's testimony had India Law Library Docid # 2440590