(61) RUMA DEVI AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 22-05-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 16 — Right to equality of opportunity in public employment — Petitioners denied appointment on grounds that their Diplomas were not recognized by State Government — Court held that denial based solely on non-recognition by the State Government is arbitrary and violative of Article 16, if the India Law Library Docid # 2444176
(62) NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Vs. SARITA DEVI AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 22-05-2026 Employees Compensation Act, 1923 — Section 3(1) — Liability of employer — Personal injury by accident arising out of and in course of employment — Causal connection — Mere death in ordinary course of employment or due to bodily ailment does not attract employer's liability unless there is a causal connection between India Law Library Docid # 2444177
(63) PHUYIAN (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS. Vs. KRISHAN KUMAR (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 22-05-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 41 Rule 22 and Order 41 Rule 33 — Appellate Court's power to modify decree — An appellate court cannot grant a decree in favour of a party who has not filed an appeal or cross-objection, as this would prejudice the rights of the appealing party who had a right to have their appeal decided on merits India Law Library Docid # 2444178
(64) LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES OF LATE SHREE RAMESH CHANDRA PATELA Vs. CITY PULSE ENTERPRISE PRIVATE LIMITED[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 22-05-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 — Application to set aside arbitral award — Grounds for setting aside include non-arbitrability and violation of timelines for award — Here, dispute concerning tenancy and rent fell under exclusive jurisdiction of Rent Tribunal under Rajasthan Rent Control Act, 2001, making it non-arbitrable — Respondent participated in arbitration without objecting to jurisdiction, India Law Library Docid # 2444694
(65) NAVEEN KUMAR BABEL AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 22-05-2026 Rajasthan Educational (State and Subordinate) Services (First Amendment) Rules, 2024 — Rule 5 Sub-Rule (2), Clauses (ii) and (iii) — Challenge to — Amendment challenged as ultra vires, arbitrary, and violative of fundamental rights — Held, amendment within legislative competence, not manifestly arbitrary or violative of fundamental rights — Chances of promotion still available for petitioners — Classification made has reasonable nexus with object sought to be achieved and has India Law Library Docid # 2444737
(66) CG TOLLWAY LTD Vs. THE UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 22-05-2026 Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (GST Act) — Section 73 & Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (RGST Act) — Challenge to tax imposed on petitioner on amount of Rs — 16,36,20,418/- along with interest and penalty — Petitioner entered into concession agreement with NHAI — Petitioner undertook construction and in return granted right to collect toll — Deputy Commissioner and Appellate Authority India Law Library Docid # 2444738
(67) VINOD KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 22-05-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14 and 16 — Public Employment — Minimum Standards of Suitability — Selection of candidates with extremely low or negative marks, even after normalization, is arbitrary and irrational, violating the constitutional obligation to maintain minimum standards of fairness, reasonableness, and suitability in public appointments. India Law Library Docid # 2445037
(68) 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
(69) 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
(70) 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
(71) 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
(72) 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
(73) 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
(74) 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
(75) 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
(76) 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
(77) 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
(78) 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
(79) 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
(80) 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