(341) SIYA SINGH Vs. STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS[PATNA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 33C(2) — Labour Court jurisdiction — Proceedings are akin to execution proceedings, competent to interpret award for enforcement of existing rights, but cannot issue a new award. India Law Library Docid # 2443602
(342) NARESH MANDAL Vs. STATE OF BIHAR[PATNA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 304B and 201/34 — Dowry death and causing disappearance of evidence — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Court upheld conviction based on consistent testimonies of material witnesses regarding cruelty and harassment for dowry soon before the deceased's disappearance, despite some witnesses turning hostile. India Law Library Docid # 2443603
(343) AWDHESH PRASAD TRIPATHI Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND AND OTHERS[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 82 and 83 — Proclamation and Attachment — Issuance of processes under Sections 82 and 83 of Cr.P.C — simultaneously requires court satisfaction that the accused is about to dispose of or remove property, or is absconding with no immediate prospect of arrest — Order for India Law Library Docid # 2443704
(344) ANIL KUMAR CHAUDHARY Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302/201 — Murder and causing evidence of offence to disappear — Conviction solely on circumstantial evidence — Appeal against conviction and sentence — Circumstantial evidence found to be scanty and disjointed, not forming a complete chain to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt — Acquittal of co-accused on India Law Library Docid # 2443705
(345) ABDUL HAKIM @ HAKIM MIAN Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND[JHARKHAND HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 302/34 — Appeal against conviction for murder — One accused died during pendency of appeal — Appeal heard for sole surviving appellant — Lower court convicted appellant for murder under Section 302/34 IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment. India Law Library Docid # 2443706
(346) BIANGBOR RYNJAH ALIAS ERIC Vs. STATE OF MEGHALAYA[MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 4, 6, 17 — Quashing of FIR and proceedings — Petitioners sought quashing of FIR and proceedings under POCSO Act on grounds of marriage and children — High Court considered peculiar facts, societal realities of Meghalaya, marital status, and existence India Law Library Docid # 2443719
(347) MEWA SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. NACHHITTAR KAUR (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Contract Law — Offer and Acceptance — Agreement requires mutual consent, meaning both parties agree to the same terms — An offer must be clear and unambiguous, and acceptance must be unequivocal and communicated to the offeror — If there is no consensus ad idem (meeting of the minds), no binding contract is India Law Library Docid # 2443930
(348) GURDEV SINGH (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS Vs. SUKHDEV SINGH AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 101 — Will — Validity of — Burden of proof on the propounder — Will must be proved to be executed by the testator when he was of sound disposing mind. India Law Library Docid # 2443931
(349) GANESH CHAND (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH HIS LRS Vs. KEWAL KRISHAN[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Section 100 and Punjab Courts Act, 1918 — Section 41 — Second Appeal — Scope of — Second appeals are to be treated as appeals under Section 41 of the Punjab Courts Act and not under Section 100 CPC in Punjab and Haryana. India Law Library Docid # 2443932
(350) GURDEEP SINGH Vs. PRITAM SINGH (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Specific Performance — Agreement to Sell — Plaintiff sought possession based on an agreement to sell and had paid loan installments and electricity bills — Both lower courts dismissed the suit, finding the agreement to sell suspicious and unproven — This court upheld the dismissal, stating the plaintiff failed to prove the agreement's India Law Library Docid # 2443933
(351) JOGINDER SINGH Vs. MANOHAR LAL AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Punjab Pollution Control Board — Service Regulations — 1980 Regulations were statutory and approved by the Government, while 1987 Regulations were draft proposals not approved by the State Government and therefore not legally enforceable, nor could they be used as guidelines. India Law Library Docid # 2443934
(352) B.D. TRIVEDI (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS Vs. LAXMI DEVI (SINCE DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Second Appeal — Suit for possession dismissed by trial court, appeal also dismissed by first appellate court — High Court upholds both judgments. India Law Library Docid # 2443935
(353) NAMENDER NATH Vs. MAHENDER AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 397, 401 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 406, 420, 506, 120-B — Acquittal challenged in revision — Both trial court and appellate court concurrently acquitted accused — High Court found no illegality, perversity, or misappreciation of evidence warranting interference in India Law Library Docid # 2443936
(354) TARA CHAND Vs. STATE OF HARYANA[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 420, 468, and 471 — Cheating, Forgery of valuable security or document, and Using as genuine a forged document — Conviction for receiving old age pension based on a forged school leaving certificate — Petitioner convicted by trial court and conviction affirmed by appellate court. India Law Library Docid # 2443937
(355) THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, I & P.H, DIVISION, DALHOUSIE Vs. JEEVAN SINGH[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 — Section 33-C(2) — Application for computation of wages — Award of reinstatement — Denial of back wages — Finality of award — Delay in implementation — Entitlement to wages from date of award until re-engagement — Court relied on D.N — Krishnappa case, holding that workmen India Law Library Docid # 2444188
(356) PRATAP SINGH Vs. HDFC BANK LTD. AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — Section 528 (similar to Section 482 Cr.PC) — High Court’s inherent power to quash proceedings — This power can be exercised to prevent abuse of court process or to secure the ends of justice. [Paras 6 to India Law Library Docid # 2444189
(357) SH. VINAY JISHTU Vs. STATE OF H.P. AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965 — Rule 10 (6) and (7) — Suspension of government servant — Deemed suspension after detention for more than 48 hours — Requirement of review within 90 days of detention or release — Failure to review within the stipulated period renders the suspension order invalid — Subsequent India Law Library Docid # 2444255
(358) MOHAN SINGH Vs. BHARAT SINGH AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Appeal against conviction — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Sections 341, 506 IPC and SCST Act — Appellant argued that the trial court failed to consider the charges under Sections 341 and 506 IPC despite evidence of wrongful restraint and threats — The High Court upheld the India Law Library Docid # 2444299
(359) DEEPAK THAKUR Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Recruitment — Waiting List — A candidate cannot claim appointment to an unfilled post based on merit if no waiting list is maintained and their name is not in the select panel, as per established Supreme Court jurisprudence and the governing recruitment norms. India Law Library Docid # 2444300
(360) M/S. SALUS PHARMACEUTICALS AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 07-05-2026 Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 — Section 482 CrPC — Quashing of complaint — Vicarious liability — Ingredients of offence — Abuse of process of Court — Lack of specific averments against directors/partners; Executive functions of Central vs. State Government; Violation of Rule 45 of 1945 Rules. India Law Library Docid # 2444301