(121) ANIL PRAKASH GOYAL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 22-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 and 397 — Quashing of FIR and consequential proceedings — Petitioners challenged FIR, charge-sheet, and cognizance order by filing petitions under Section 482 Cr.P.C — — Subsequently, charges were framed, leading to revision petitions being filed under Section 397 Cr.P.C India Law Library Docid # 2445038
(122) YOGENDRA SINGH Vs. BAID FINSERV LIMITED AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 22-05-2026 Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 — Sections 34, 35, 13(2), 13(4), and 17(1) — Jurisdiction of Civil Court — Proceedings initiated under the Act of 2002 for secured assets bar Civil Court from entertaining suits or proceedings related to any matter that DRT or Appellate India Law Library Docid # 2445039
(123) M. SQUARE PUBLIC SCHOOL COMMITTEE THROUGH ITS MANAGER SMT. TARA BISHT AND ANOTHER Vs. JAGDISH CAHNDRA PANGRIYA[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 22-05-2026 Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887 — Section 25 — Civil Revision — Landlord's suit for eviction and recovery of rent decreed by Small Cause Court — Revision against the said decree — Tenant admitted landlord-tenant relationship but disputed other contentions in plaint — Tenant's claim of separate tenancies for residential use and for school was rejected by Trial Court based on evidence and written statement India Law Library Docid # 2445108
(124) ASHOK KUMAR Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 22-05-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 483 — Offences under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) — Sections 103(1), 238, 3(5)— Gravity and brutal nature of offence — Court found no merit in bail application due to strong prima facie evidence including video footage and confessional statements linking applicant to a India Law Library Docid # 2445109
(125) SHIVANI SAINI AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 22-05-2026 Recruitment Rules and Amendments - Changes to recruitment rules or guidelines after the commencement of the process are generally not permissible if they prejudice candidates. However, this principle does not apply if the changes do not adversely affect the candidates. India Law Library Docid # 2445144
(126) STATE INFRASTRUCTURE AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF UTTARAKHAND LTD. (SIDCUL) Vs. SHRI AVDHESH CHAUDHARY[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 22-05-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Sections 23 and 18 — Compensation — Determination of market value — Reliance on circle rate is erroneous — Market value should be determined based on bona fide sale deeds of comparable lands — The Supreme Court has consistently held that the Basic Valuation Register or circle rates, maintained for stamp duty purposes, do not have statutory force and cannot be the India Law Library Docid # 2445146
(127) ANJAN MAHAJAN Vs. BINTA DEVI AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 21-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 115 — Revisional jurisdiction of High Court — Scope of Interference — High Court can only interfere if a subordinate court has exercised its jurisdiction illegally or with material irregularity, not if it has merely erred in fact or law. India Law Library Docid # 2444181
(128) RAMESH CHAND Vs. JAI KARAN (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS. AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 21-05-2026 Landlord and Tenant — Acquisition of proprietary rights by tenants — H.P. Tenancy and Land Reforms Act — Section 104 — Landowner entitled to resume land — Vestment of rights in tenant subject to resumption order — Land Reforms Officer's order of resumption based on pending application is valid — Conferment of proprietary rights India Law Library Docid # 2444182
(129) NURUL ISLAM AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 21-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 306(4) and 482 — Bail to Approver — While Section 306(4) Cr.P.C — generally requires an approver to be detained until the conclusion of the trial, the High Court possesses inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C — to grant bail in exceptional circumstances, especially when their India Law Library Docid # 2445040
(130) SAISUDA CHUENNOK (CITIZEN OF THAILAND) Vs. UNION OF INDIA[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 21-05-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 21 — Right to Life and Personal Liberty — This right extends to foreign nationals as well, including the right to life with dignity and a fair and speedy trial. India Law Library Docid # 2445041
(131) PREM PRAKASH BIDYASAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 21-05-2026 Police Reforms — Separation of Investigation and Law and Order Wings — The High Court, taking note of delays in criminal case investigations due to the same officers handling both investigation and law and order duties, directed the separation of these functions within the police department — This direction is in line with recommendations India Law Library Docid # 2445042
(132) PARSA KENTE COLLIERIES LIMITED Vs. RAJASTHAN RAJYA VIDYUT UTPADAN NIGAM LIMITED[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 21-05-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 and 37 — Scope of judicial review in setting aside arbitral awards — Courts should not sit in appeal over awards and interfere only on limited grounds like patent illegality, violation of public policy, or perversity, not mere erroneous application of law or re-appreciation of evidence. [Paras 6, India Law Library Docid # 2445043
(133) M/S. KANCHAN INDIA LIMITED Vs. M/S. SHALIMAR ELECTRICALS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 21-05-2026 Contract Law — Mutual Assent — For a term to be a binding contractual obligation, it requires mutual assent — A condition printed on an invoice by one party, without proof of conscious acceptance by the other, does not constitute conclusive evidence of an agreement — Acceptance of goods does not automatically imply acceptance of all India Law Library Docid # 2445048
(134) M/S. SHALIMAR ELECTRICAL Vs. M/S. KANCHAN INDIA LIMITED[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 21-05-2026 Recovery of amount — Interest calculation — Plaintiff sought interest from the date of goods delivery (2008), but the Commercial Court awarded it from the date of legal notice (01.12.2011) — The appellate court upheld this decision, stating that the plaintiff's inaction and delay in issuing the notice meant interest could only be claimed from the formal demand date, aligning with the principle that "the law assists those who are India Law Library Docid # 2445049
(135) VINEET SHARMA ALIAS CHEENU PANDIT Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 21-05-2026 Bail Application — Repeated rejection and prolonged incarceration — Applicant incarcerated for nearly ten years as an undertrial prisoner without conclusion of trial, citing delay attributable to prosecution’s failure to produce witnesses — Repeated grant of short-term bail with no misuse of liberty — Considering the fundamental right to India Law Library Docid # 2445110
(136) BHUPENDRA SINGH AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 21-05-2026 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 4(2) proviso — Registration of FIR against public servant — Requirement of administrative enquiry — For lodging an FIR against a public servant under Section 4 of the SC/ST Act for dereliction of duties, a recommendation from an administrative India Law Library Docid # 2445111
(137) NAGAR PALIKA PARISHAD ROORKEE THROUGH ITS EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND ANOTHER Vs. SMT. KANTA SACHDEVA AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 21-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Suit for Permanent Injunction — Lease of Property — Plaintiff's Right to Sue — Even after leasing out property, a landlord retains legal and constructive possession and can maintain a suit for injunction against interference, as the lessee's possession is considered the lessor's possession. [Paras 19 India Law Library Docid # 2445112
(138) M/S. SARASWATI SPINNING AND WEAVING MILLS Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-05-2026 Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 6(2)(b) — Prohibition of parallel proceedings — The section bars initiation of any proceedings on the same subject matter by a different tax administration when one authority has already initiated proceedings — Guidelines from the Apex Court's judgment in M/s Armour Security India Law Library Docid # 2444183
(139) STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS Vs. VIJAYANDRA SINGH AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-05-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 363 — Bar of jurisdiction in disputes arising out of treaties, agreements, covenants, etc — State of Himachal Pradesh is precluded from questioning the inclusion of property in the list of private properties of an erstwhile ruler, as the list was approved by the Government of India and any dispute arising from such India Law Library Docid # 2444184
(140) STATE OF H.P. AND OTHERS Vs. JAI DEV (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 20-05-2026 Land Acquisition Act — Section 16 — Vesting of land in Government — Taking of possession is a necessary condition for vesting — Mere award or notification is not sufficient — Actual taking of possession must be proven. India Law Library Docid # 2444185