(201) PENNURIMAI IYAKKAM AND OTHERS Vs. MANAGING DIRECTOR, TAMIL NADU URBAN HABITAT DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Tamil Nadu Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1971 — Eviction Notices — Challenge by alleged encroachers — Demolition and Reconstruction — Scope of Judicial Review — Notified Slum Area — Petitioners (encroachers) challenged eviction notices issued by Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board (TNUHDB) for demolition and reconstruction of dilapidated slum buildings — Petitioners are 'encroachers' occupying border areas/vacant lands, not 'allottees' or original slum dwellers India Law Library Docid # 2438105
(202) ABHISHWETA @ ABHISWETA MISHRA Vs. ASHOK KUMAR MISHRA AND OTHERS[ORISSA HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 1 Rule 10 — Addition of parties — Necessary party — Daughter claiming share in ancestral property — Daughter of plaintiff born through first wife sought to be impleaded as defendant in partition suit — Trial court rejected prayer assuming she would derive share through plaintiff — High Court held daughter's right is undeniable and her presence is necessary to settle India Law Library Docid # 2438147
(203) MANOJ KUMAR Vs. THE STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Service Law — Recruitment — Advertisement Conditions — Non-Creamy Layer (NCL) certificate is a mandatory requirement for claiming reservation under Extremely Backward Class (EBC) category. India Law Library Docid # 2438192
(204) AAYISHA MUHSIN Vs. PRINCIPAL SECRETARY PRINCIPAL REGISTRAR GENERAL AND OTHERS[KERALA HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Special Marriage Act, 1954 and Kerala Registration of Marriage (Common) Rules, 2008 — Name change in Marriage Certificate — Petitioner married under Special Marriage Act, 1954 and subsequently changed her name after converting to Islam — Marriage certificate issued with her original name — Authorities refused to change name citing Rule 13 of Rules 2008, which prohibits major changes — Court invoked India Law Library Docid # 2438263
(205) GOVIND RAM JAISWAL Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND ANOTHER[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 05-01-2026 Service Law — Absorption — Higher post to lower post — Absorption of an employee serving on a higher post onto a lower post is unsustainable. India Law Library Docid # 2438347
(206) DR. MADHURIMA PANDEY AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH AND OTHERS[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 02-01-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Writ Petition — Maintainability — Private Educational Institutions — Termination of services/Service Disputes — Disputes arising from an ordinary contract of service between an employee and a private educational institution are not amenable to writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution, as they lack a 'public law element' — Even if the institution performs a India Law Library Docid # 2437910
(207) SANTOSH Vs. ROSHANI[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 02-01-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 24 — Maintenance pendente lite and expenses of proceedings — Non-compliance with order — Termination of matrimonial proceedings — Whether a matrimonial proceeding under the Act of 1955 can be terminated by the Court for non-compliance with an order under Section 24 granting interim maintenance/cost of proceedings? — Matrimonial court cannot India Law Library Docid # 2437911
(208) ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. DHARAMU (DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LR. AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 02-01-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 (Compensation application) and Section 140 (No fault liability) — Maintainability of Claim Petition by Legal Representative — Scope of 'Legal Representative' — The term 'legal representative' includes any person who in law represents the estate of the deceased, including those who intermeddle with the estate — A claim petition under Section 166 is maintainable by a legal representative India Law Library Docid # 2438012
(209) VISHAL GANESH KASABE Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[BOMBAY HIGH COURT] 02-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) Sections 302 read with 34 — Murder — Appeal against conviction — Circumstantial Evidence — Dying Declaration (Oral) — Role of Appellant — Omissions in First Information Report (FIR) and previous statements — Appellant's name (Accused No. 2) was absent in the FIR lodged by the deceased's brother (PW-1) despite alleged disclosure to PW-3 and PW-4; this suggests the India Law Library Docid # 2438029
(210) MANI @ MANIKANTAN Vs. STATE[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 02-01-2026 Indian Penal Code, 1860 - Sections 302 and 294(b) - Section 4 of Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act — Evidence — Prosecution relied on motive, eyewitness testimony, medical evidence, and recovery — Accused allegedly harboured one-sided love for the deceased and stabbed her after she rejected his advances — Eye witness accounts (PWs 1-4) were found to be cogent, convincing, and corroborative of the material particulars of the occurrence. India Law Library Docid # 2438106
(211) M/S. NRP PROJECTS PVT. LTD. Vs. M/S. CHENNAI PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD. AND OTHERS[MADRAS HIGH COURT] 02-01-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Setting aside of arbitral award — Scope of Judicial Interference — High Court cannot sit in appeal against findings of an Arbitrator by re-appreciating evidence, even if an alternative view is possible — The Court only interferes if the award suffers from perversity or patent illegality. India Law Library Docid # 2438107
(212) MANOJ KUMAR Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 02-01-2026 Uttarakhand School Education Act, 2006 — Section 50 — Liability for salary — State government is liable for payment of salaries of teachers and employees of institutions receiving maintenance grant from the State Government from the date of commencement of the Act. India Law Library Docid # 2438396
(213) COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT RMPP Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 02-01-2026 Education Law — Scheme of Administration — Dispute regarding election of management committee — Powers of Director of Education — The Director of Education has the power to constitute enquiry committees to look into allegations concerning the approval of elections for management committees of educational institutions. India Law Library Docid # 2438397
(214) ATHARV AGARWAL Vs. CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION AND OTHERS[UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT] 02-01-2026 Secondary School Examination Certificate — Correction of Date of Birth — The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) rejected a student's request to change his date of birth on his certificate because it would have made him younger than the required age for the 10th standard examination. The student had two conflicting birth certificates, one showing his birth in 2006 and another in 2009. The court upheld the CBSE's India Law Library Docid # 2438398
(215) PRAKASH CHAND Vs. STATE OF H.P.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-01-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 323 — Voluntarily causing hurt — Conviction based on initial incident — Appellate review of conviction and sentence — Prosecution successfully proved that the appellant inflicted a blow with a stick on the victim's shoulder/back following a verbal altercation when the victim demanded glasses — Testimony of victim (PW1) and eyewitness (PW3) was corroborative regarding the first India Law Library Docid # 2438008
(216) BANITA CHOUDHARY Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-01-2026 Service Law — Public Employment — Reservation — OBC Certificate — Cut-off Date — Whether a selected candidate belonging to OBC Category can be rendered ineligible for the post of Community Health Officer solely on the ground of non-submission of a valid OBC Certificate within the cut-off date mentioned in the advertisement when a valid certificate was produced during document verification — Apex Court precedents holding that the object of reservation is to give equal opportunity India Law Library Docid # 2438009
(217) ASHUTOSH GUPTA Vs. STATE OF H.P. AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-01-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Inherent powers of High Court — Quashing of First Information Report (FIR) and criminal proceedings — Principles for quashing — Allegations must be taken at face value; power to be exercised sparingly — Grounds include: allegations do not prima facie constitute an offence, non-cognizable offence alleged without magistrate's order, allegations are absurd or inherently improbable, express legal bar exists, or proceedings are manifestly mala fide India Law Library Docid # 2438010
(218) STATE OF HP Vs. ABC[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 01-01-2026 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act, 2000 — Sections 52, 53 — Revision against acquittal — High Court's powers — An appeal against acquittal by a Juvenile Justice Board is barred under Section 52; however, a revision is permissible under Section 53 — While exercising revisional power, the High Court cannot convert an order of acquittal into one of conviction, as per the procedure established under Section 401(3) India Law Library Docid # 2438011
(219) ASTHA THAKUR Vs. DHANANJAY KANWAR[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 31-12-2025 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 27 — Disposal of Property — Family Court Act, 1984 — Sections 7, 8, 20 — Jurisdiction of Family Court — Application for return of property (Istridhan, gifts, and other articles) filed during divorce proceedings under Section 13(1)(ia) of the HMA — Divorce decree granted ex-parte, but property application dismissed subsequently for lack of jurisdiction on the ground that an India Law Library Docid # 2437985
(220) DR. NISHI SHARMA Vs. DR. ASHOK SHARMA AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 31-12-2025 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 378 — Appeal against Acquittal — Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 354 and 509 — Molestation and Insulting the modesty of a woman — Scope of Appellate Court’s Power — The appellate court in an appeal against acquittal should interfere only when there is perversity of fact and law or where the India Law Library Docid # 2438043