(81) NAVEEN KUMAR Vs. DEEPAK YADAV AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 17-04-2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 173 — Appeal against Award — Enhancement of Compensation — Claimant is entitled to compensation under the head of loss of earning capacity even if minor and not engaged in gainful employment at the time of accident. India Law Library Docid # 2442671
(82) BASANT LAL Vs. STATE OF H.P. AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-04-2026 Himachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 — Section 122(1)(n) and Section 146(2) — Election — False declaration in Nomination Form — Deliberate concealment of pendency of a criminal case with potential for imprisonment renders election void — Subsequent acquittal does not cure the initial false declaration — Concealment of material fact is a valid ground to annul election India Law Library Docid # 2442745
(83) DULA RAM AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF H.P.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-04-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 — Section 15 — Recovery and Seizure — Chain of Evidence — Prosecution must establish a clear and unbroken chain linking the seized contraband to the accused — In this case, the samples and remaining contraband were never physically examined during the trial, nor were the seals checked, creating doubt about the connection between the exhibits and the appellants, rendering the Chemical Examiner's repor India Law Library Docid # 2442746
(84) NARESH BALA Vs. UDEY PARKASH (DECEASED) THROUGH LRS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 8 Rule 1(A)(3) — Production of documents after filing written statement — Courts should lean towards substantial justice rather than technical violations, especially when no serious prejudice is caused to the other party — Delay in filing India Law Library Docid # 2442749
(85) DULA RAM AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF H.P.[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 17-04-2026 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropics Substances Act, 1985 — Section 15 — Offence relating to poppy straw/opium poppy — Conviction and sentence for offence under Section 15 of NDPS Act — Appeals against common judgment — Prior acquittal on ground that chemical examiner's report was not conclusive regarding contraband being poppy straw/opium poppy — Supreme Court remitted matter to High Court for fresh decision in accordance with its judgment in State of Himachal Pradesh Vs — Nirmal Kaur, India Law Library Docid # 2442750
(86) MILAURAM AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 16-04-2026 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — Section 3(1)(r) — Proof of caste — A valid caste certificate issued by a competent authority is essential to prove that the victim belongs to a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe for an offence under Section 3(1)(r) of the Act of 1989 — A temporary caste India Law Library Docid # 2442334
(87) UMEND BANJARE Vs. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 16-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 304 Part II — Culpable homicide not amounting to murder — Knowledge that act is likely to cause death — Lathi with iron handle as a formidable weapon — The presence of an iron handle or grip on a lathi enhances its impact when used offensively, making it capable of causing grievous injury, particularly to the head — This, coupled with eyewitness testimony and medical evidence confirming India Law Library Docid # 2442335
(88) PRAVEEN KUMAR Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH (NOW CHHATTISGARH)[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 16-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 398 — Attempt to commit robbery or dacoity when armed with deadly weapon — Conviction unsustainable if offender did not personally use a deadly weapon — Supreme Court judgments in Phool Kumar, Dilawar Singh, and Ganesan establish that Section 398 applies only to the person who actually India Law Library Docid # 2442336
(89) STATE OF CHHATTISGARH Vs. NARAYAN PARDHI[CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT] 16-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 — Section 354 — Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty — Essential ingredients are assault or criminal force on a woman with intent to outrage her modesty, or knowledge that such outrage is likely — Held, accused used criminal force by catching the victim's hand and pressing her breast, intending to outrage her modesty — Trial court's acquittal on grounds of material India Law Library Docid # 2442337
(90) NIRMAL KUMAR Vs. NARENDER KUMAR (DECEASED) THROUGH HIS L.RS. AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 16-04-2026 Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (CPC) — Order 18 Rule 3 & Section 151 — Rebuttal Evidence — Scope of — A party beginning can reserve evidence on issues where onus lies on the other party to lead in rebuttal — This right to lead evidence in rebuttal arises only when the defendant has led evidence on issues where the onus is upon them — Evidence that could have been led in the affirmative by the plaintiff cannot be allowed as rebuttal evidence, as this would lead to an unending process — India Law Library Docid # 2442467
(91) GOBIND RAM Vs. LALA MATHURA PRASAD TRUST AND ANOTHER[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 16-04-2026 Haryana Urban (Control of Rent & Eviction) Act, 1973 — Section 13(2)(i) proviso — Deposit of Rent (Section 23) Rules, 1976 — Rule 11 — Eviction for non-payment of provisional rent — Tenant's obligation upon refusal of rent by landlord — Tenant must deposit rent in Controller's Court if landlord refuses tender — Failure to deposit leads to eviction — Tenant's application beyond two years of provisional assessment India Law Library Docid # 2442468
(92) RATTAN LAL AND ANOTHER Vs. SHANTI RANI AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 16-04-2026 East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 — Section 13 — Eviction — Bonafide necessity — Subletting — Concurrent findings of Rent Controller and Appellate Authority upheld in revision — Personal necessity established even after death of some landlords, as one landlord remains and his business expansion need persists — Subletting proved by absence of rent note for alleged oral tenancy to the India Law Library Docid # 2442469
(93) SMT. VANDANA VIRMANI AND OTHERS Vs. RAHUL YADAV AND OTHERS[PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] 16-04-2026 Limitation Act, 1963 — Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Appeal filing delay — Family dispute leading to delay in filing appeal due to original documents being with father-in-law — Held, such reason does not constitute sufficient cause for condoning over 300 days of delay — Cardinal principle that delay of each day must be explained — Application for condonation dismissed. India Law Library Docid # 2442470
(94) ASLAM KHAN Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 16-04-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Inherent powers of High Court — Quashing of proceedings — Abuse of process — Constitutional guarantee of speedy justice — Petitioner sought quashing of FIR registered in 2004 for offence under Section 379 IPC, alleging inordinate delay in investigation without substantive material against him — FIR did not name petitioner, others were prosecuted and India Law Library Docid # 2442624
(95) MAGHA RAM Vs. STATE[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 16-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 498A — Cruelty by husband or relatives — Essential ingredients — Demand for dowry — Cruelty, either physical or mental, with the intention to coerce the woman — Mere general allegations are not sufficient — Concrete evidence of specific acts of cruelty, including date and time, is necessary — For establishing cruelty, direct evidence is most crucial — However, the court also India Law Library Docid # 2442625
(96) JAI NARAYAN VYAS UNIVERSITY AND OTHERS Vs. M/S SAWAI ENGINEERS, THROUGH ITS PROPRIETOR, SAWAI RAM JANGID[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 16-04-2026 Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Section 34 & 37 — Scope of interference — The court's power to set aside an arbitral award is very limited and supervisory, not appellate — Interference is only justified in cases of patent illegality, perversity, jurisdictional error, or conflict with the grounds specified in the Act — The court cannot re-appreciate evidence or substitute its own conclusions for those of India Law Library Docid # 2442626
(97) KISAN @ KISHAN Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 16-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302 and 342 — Appeal against conviction for murder and wrongful confinement — Prosecution case — Complainant alleged that accused assaulted her husband with an iron rod after consuming liquor, dragged his body and absconded — Trial court convicted accused for offences under Sections 302 and 342 IPC — Defence submissions: Accused falsely implicated due to personal India Law Library Docid # 2442627
(98) M/S GYANKEER TOBACCO PRODUCTS PVT. LTD. AND OTHERS Vs. ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER, CENTRAL EXCISE AND CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 16-04-2026 Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — Section 74 — Central Excise Act, 1944 — Section 11A — Show Cause Notices — Reopening of settled issues — Advance Ruling — Binding effect — Jurisdiction — The issuance of show cause notices under Section 74 of the CGST Act and Section 11A of the Central Excise Act to reopen allegations of fraud, willful misstatement, or suppression of facts, when these allegations have already been considered and rejected in a prior Advance Ruling and India Law Library Docid # 2442628
(99) STATE OF RAJASTHAN Vs. JITENDRA @ JITU[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] 16-04-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 302, 363, 376AB — Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 — Sections 3/4, 5(J)(iv)(i)(M)/6 — Conviction for murder, abduction, and sexual assault of a minor — Trial court's judgment and sentence — Appeal against conviction and death reference for confirmation — Court's re-appreciation of evidence. India Law Library Docid # 2442629
(100) RAJASTHAN CHESS ASSOCIATION Vs. ASHOK KUAMR BHARGAVA AND OTHERS[RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT (JAIPUR BENCH)] 16-04-2026 Rajasthan Sports (Registration, Recognition and Regulation of Association) Act, 2005 — Section 16 — Dispute Resolution — Special Appeal Maintainability — An intra-court appeal against an interim order is maintainable if the order decides substantial rights of a party, even if it's interlocutory in nature — The stay on election and appointment of an administrator, as per the interim order, significantly impacts India Law Library Docid # 2442672