(161) KIRAN BISHNOI Vs. SUNIL KUMAR[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13 — Divorce — Cruelty — Family Court erroneously dismissed wife's divorce petition by conflating collateral family disputes arising from 'atta-satta' custom with independent matrimonial cruelty and desertion — The court failed to appreciate that a lawful refusal to perform 'muklawa' by a consenting adult does not constitute cruelty by the wife towards the husband, nor can it be the sole India Law Library Docid # 2442650
(162) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. KRISHAN SINGH AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Application by State for condonation of delay of 194 days in filing criminal leave to appeal — Sufficient cause furnished for the delay after obtaining due sanction from competent authorities — Delay condoned and application allowed. India Law Library Docid # 2442651
(163) SATA RAM Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Essential Commodities Act, 1955 — Section 3(2)(d) and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Section 287 — FIR Quashed — Tanker carrying marine oil seized on unpaved road, approximately two kilometers from main road, with all valid documents and intact seals — Driver had stopped to meet someone en route — Held, mere transportation or stopping on an unpaved road, in the absence of any mishandling, leakage, or imminent India Law Library Docid # 2442652
(164) TAWARU RAM Vs. STATE OF H.P. AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 18 — Enhancement of Compensation — Market Value Determination — The Reference Court correctly determined the market value of the acquired land at Rs — 2,58,704/- per bigha, but erroneously restricted the claimant's compensation to Rs — 2,00,000/- India Law Library Docid # 2442748
(165) SANDEEP DAS GUPTA AND OTHERS Vs. MUKUL KHAMPARIYA[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Sections 138 and 141 — Dishonour of Cheque — For prosecution of a company, it is mandatory to array the company as an accused and to issue a statutory demand notice to the company as the drawer of the cheque — Failure to do so renders the complaint against the company and its directors/officers unsustainable India Law Library Docid # 2442911
(166) STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH Vs. KUSHAL SINGH GOND[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378(1) — Appeal against acquittal — Appreciation of evidence — If two views are possible, the one favourable to the accused should be adopted — Trial court's view, if legally plausible, should not be interfered with unless it is perverse or illegal. India Law Library Docid # 2442912
(167) ATHARVA SINGH CHAUHAN AND OTHERS Vs. DR. DIPENDRA KUMAR PANDEY AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173(1) — Award — Appeal — Calculation of compensation — Dependency — Deduction for personal expenses — Motor Accident Claims Tribunal's decision to make 50% deduction for personal expenses of deceased, Smt — Sunita Chouhan, who was survived by her son and two married daughters, was India Law Library Docid # 2442913
(168) ZAHEER KHAN AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Land Revenue Code, 1959 (MPLRC) — Sections 243 and 244 — Abadi Land — Declaration and Allotment — Petitioners sought conversion of government land to Abadi area and allotment to them — However, the power to declare Abadi land vests with the Collector under Section 243 of MPLRC, and allotment is governed by Section 244 — The petitioners, alleged encroachers, cannot by India Law Library Docid # 2442914
(169) ADDITONAL GENERAL MANAGER & EXECUTIVE ENGINEER(VIG) Vs. M/S. CRAFT INDUSTRIES AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 10-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 227 — Supervisory Jurisdiction of High Court — Appellate Authority constituted under Section 127 of the Electricity Act, 2003, and designated under the Appeal to the Appellate Authority Rules, 2004, exercises statutory and quasi-judicial powers — Decisions of such an authority are amenable to the supervisory writ jurisdiction of the High Court under Article 227, which allows the High India Law Library Docid # 2442915
(170) TT ENERGY PRIVATE LIMITED Vs. THE PRINCIPAL CHIEF ENGINEER-CUM-SECRETARY, ENERGY AND POWER DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF SIKKIM AND ANOTHER[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 7 — Arbitration Agreement — Separability of Arbitration Clause — An arbitration clause embedded in a contract is treated as an independent agreement and survives even if the underlying contract is invalidated or terminated, allowing an arbitral tribunal to rule on its own jurisdiction. India Law Library Docid # 2442140
(171) RABDEN SHERPA Vs. STATE OF SIKKIM AND OTHERS[SIKKIM HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 – Article 226 – Writ Petition – Privacy – Disclosure of Information about FIR – Petitioner sought directions against State and Media regarding disclosure of their name and FIR details — The Court held that reporting the fact of FIR registration and its contents does not constitute a media trial. India Law Library Docid # 2442141
(172) DR. THONGRAM KAMALA AND OTHERS Vs. DHANAMANJURI UNIVERSITY, MANIPUR AND OTHERS[MANIPUR HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Dhanamanjuri University Act, 2017 — Statute 13(i) & Section 10(f) & (g) — Appointment of teachers — The Syndicate is the competent authority to appoint teachers on the recommendations of the Selection Committee; the University has the power to create posts and make appointments to them. India Law Library Docid # 2442285
(173) SMT. SONI BAI Vs. RAMANLAL AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 115 & Order 47 Rule 7 — Revision against order rejecting review — Maintainability — An appeal lies against an order granting a review application, but not against an order rejecting it — However, if the original decree is appealable, the proper remedy against an order rejecting a review application on merits is to file an appeal against the original decree, not to file a India Law Library Docid # 2442349
(174) BABLU KALMOOM Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) — Section 2(1)(d) — Definition of "child" — Age determination — While Rule 12 of the Juvenile Justice Rules primarily applies to children in conflict with law, it should also be the basis for determining the age of child victims of crime — The hierarchy for determining age starts with matriculation/equivalent certificates, then school birth India Law Library Docid # 2442350
(175) NARENDRA KUMAR BANJARA Vs. PRESIDING OFFICER POLLING BOOTH NO. 299 AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Chhattisgarh Panchayat Raj Adhiniyam, 1993 — Election Petitions — Maintainability of Civil Revision — Election petitions filed under the CG Panchayati Raj Adhiniyam are governed by a complete code of rules, making the decisions of the specified authority final — Orders passed in such petitions can only be challenged by an aggrieved party by approaching the High Court under Article 226 of the India Law Library Docid # 2442351
(176) RAVINDRA KUMAR SINGH Vs. SOUTH EASTERN COALFIELDS LIMITED[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Administrative Law — Show Cause Notice — Interference by Court — Generally, writ courts do not intervene at the stage of a show cause notice, but intervention is permissible if the notice is issued without jurisdiction, is malafide, or constitutes an abuse of process, particularly when successive notices are issued on the same charges resulting in repetitive litigation. India Law Library Docid # 2442352
(177) BHUKHAN SINGH (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH RAMAVTAR Vs. KAUSHILYA BAI AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Jurisdiction of Revenue Authorities — Partition and Mesne Profits — Revenue authorities, including the Board of Revenue, have jurisdiction over matters of land partition under the Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code, but they cannot grant mesne profits or execute civil court decrees for monetary amounts, as these powers exclusively lie with the competent civil court. India Law Library Docid # 2442353
(178) SUBBEY KHAN @ SUBBA Vs. RUKSEENA AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Injunction — Prima facie case — Interim injunctions are granted based on a preliminary assessment of the case — The petitioner's claim is based on an alleged customary law concerning property inheritance among the Meo tribe — However, this custom seeks to deprive a widow of her husband’s property and is likely discriminatory and unconstitutional, especially India Law Library Docid # 2442477
(179) RAJ RANI (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS AND OTHERS Vs. HARI SINGH (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Specific Performance of Agreement to Sell — Execution and Earnest Money — Courts below concurrently found that the agreement to sell was duly executed and earnest money was received, and that the plaintiffs were ready and willing to perform their part of the contract — The defendant's plea that the transaction was sham to avoid creditors was contradicted by her own written statement, and her subsequent evidence was inconsistent with her pleadings, leading the Courts to disbelieve her India Law Library Docid # 2442478
(180) STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER Vs. TARA SINGH (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 09-04-2026 Punjab Package Deal Properties (Disposal) Act, 1976 — Section 16 — Bar of jurisdiction of Civil Court — This bar applies only to orders validly made by a competent officer or authority under the Act — If no valid or legally enforceable order has been passed, or if an order has not been communicated to the affected party, the Civil Court retains jurisdiction. India Law Library Docid # 2442479