(81) SANTOKH SINGH Vs. BALDEEP SINGH[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-02-2026 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — Section 138 — Dishonour of cheque — Conviction — Revisional Court’s scope — A revisional court cannot re-appreciate evidence or substitute its own findings for those of the lower courts unless there is a patent defect, an error of jurisdiction, or a perversity in the decision. India Law Library Docid # 2440480
(82) VISHAL SHARMA Vs. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT OFFICE (ED)[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-02-2026 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) — Section 483 — Interim bail — Applicant sought interim bail on the ground of his sister-in-law's death and to be with his family — Court considered the death and applicant's need to mourn, granting ten days interim bail — Previous grant of interim bail was not misused — Conditions India Law Library Docid # 2440481
(83) RAJ KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-02-2026 Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) — Section 483 — Regular bail — Petitioner lodged FIR against for sexual assault — Allegations of victim voluntarily boarding petitioner's car and falsely implicating him for monetary gain — No medical evidence to support sexual intercourse — Victim alleged to have a history of filing India Law Library Docid # 2440482
(84) KAPIL DEV SHARMA Vs. STATE OF H.P. AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-02-2026 Administrative Law — Office Orders — Withdrawal of service benefits — An initial office order dated 17.03.2025, which withdrew certain service benefits after the enactment of a new Act, was subsequently declared infructuous and withdrawn by a later office order dated 10.09.2025 — The subsequent order directed the restoration India Law Library Docid # 2440378
(85) ASHOK KUMAR AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-02-2026 Service Law — Regularization of services — Claim for regularization denied due to lack of proof of employer-employee relationship — Appellants failed to produce appointment orders, attendance records, or proof of payment for services rendered — Merely possessing identity cards or handling receipt books does not establish employment — Previous litigation had also dismissed similar claims on the grounds India Law Library Docid # 2440379
(86) DEEPAK UPADHYAY Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-02-2026 Transfer of Employees — Challenging transfer order — Appellant argued transfer was without consent — Court held transfer was due to exigency of service for expediting recovery proceedings of Non-Performing Assets — Employee's duty to serve employer — No malafide or arbitrary action alleged — Writ Court would not India Law Library Docid # 2440380
(87) LALITA DEVI Vs. STATE OF HP AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-02-2026 Service Law — Termination of services — Anganwadi Worker — Insubordination and indiscipline — Orders to shift Anganwadi Centre were repeatedly disobeyed despite show cause notices and ample opportunities — Husband of worker misbehaved with superior officers, registered FIR — Termination justified as insubordination affects hierarchy and chain of command — Termination not perverse India Law Library Docid # 2440381
(88) ARPITA KUMARI Vs. ARUN THAKUR[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-02-2026 Family Courts Act, 1984 — Maintenance — Retrospective effect — Maintenance awarded by Family Court should be from date of filing of petition, not from date of order — High Court modified Family Court’s order to grant maintenance from date of filing of petition, allowing respondent to pay arrears in installments. India Law Library Docid # 2440382
(89) DR. SARISHTI KATWAL Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND ANOTHER[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-02-2026 Service Law — Non-Practicing Allowance (NPA) — Doctors recruited after May 24, 2023 — Notification dated May 24, 2023, stating that NPA will not be admissible for doctors recruited henceforth — Petitioner's appointment notification was dated September 29, 2022, but she joined on July 5, 2023, after the new notification — Court held that the notification was prospective and did not affect those appointed India Law Library Docid # 2440412
(90) SH. SANJAY KUMAR Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-02-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Articles 14 and 16 — Transfer of public servant — Arbitrary exercise of power — Transfer order found to be actuated by extraneous considerations to adjust private respondents, not by administrative exigency or public interest — Such action held to be hit by Articles 14 and 16. India Law Library Docid # 2440413
(91) SMT. ASHA DEVI Vs. SUDESH KUMARI AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 25-02-2026 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 5 — Validity of second marriage during lifetime of first spouse — Plaintiff sought declaration and injunction, claiming to be co-owner based on alleged marriage to deceased — Plaintiff admitted to previous marriage and divorce — Record showed deceased was already married to Respondent No — 1, who was alive — Second marriage while first spouse is alive is void under India Law Library Docid # 2440414
(92) M/S SHRI KRISHNADAS TIKARAM A PARTNERSHIP FIRM REPRESENTED THR ITS PARTEN SHRI ASHWANI GAUTAM Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-02-2026 Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 — Section 8-A(6) — Amended in 2015 — Deemed Extension of Lease — Mining leases granted before the amendment are deemed extended up to 50 years from the grant date or until 31.03.2020, whichever is later, provided lease conditions are met. India Law Library Docid # 2440267
(93) SMT. KARUNA BAJPAI Vs. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH THR AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 24-02-2026 Government Service — Departmental Enquiry — Principles of Natural Justice — A departmental inquiry must adhere to principles of natural justice. This includes providing the employee with a copy of the inquiry report, allowing them to present a reply to the findings, and ensuring witnesses' statements are recorded in their presence with an opportunity for cross-examination. Failure to do so vitiates the punishment order. India Law Library Docid # 2440268
(94) LALE @ LALLU RAVAT Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Section 450 and Section 376 r/w POCSO Act, Section 3/4 — Conviction for house trespass to commit offense punishable with death, and rape of a child — The appellant was convicted under Section 450 IPC for entering a house with the intention of committing an offense punishable with death, and under India Law Library Docid # 2440269
(95) SMT. CHHOTI DEVI TOMAR Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 24-02-2026 Suspension of Government Servant — Payment of Allowances — A government servant placed under suspension due to arrest in a criminal case is not entitled to full pay and allowances for the suspension period if the criminal prosecution was not at the instance of the department, even if subsequently acquitted. Fundamental Rule 54 India Law Library Docid # 2440270
(96) SHRIDHAR LAL ATERIA Vs. THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH THR AND OTHERS[MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT (GWALIOR BENCH)] 24-02-2026 Constitution of India, 1950 — Article 226 — Judicial Review of Administrative Actions — Orders of Disciplinary and Appellate Authorities — Punishments imposed must be based on valid and justifiable reasons and cannot be arbitrary. India Law Library Docid # 2440271
(97) PAWAN KUMAR Vs. THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-02-2026 Civil Services — Regularization — Contractual service for seniority and other benefits — Petitioner appointed on contract basis on recommendations of selection committee, later regularized without break — Contractual service to be counted for seniority, pay fixation, and other consequential benefits, with actual benefits from India Law Library Docid # 2440483
(98) RAM PYARI Vs. STATE OF H.P.AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-02-2026 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 — Section 54 — Appeal against award in land acquisition case — Appellant failed to produce evidence before Reference Court multiple times — Evidence of appellant closed and reference petition dismissed — However, appellant applied to produce additional evidence of another award India Law Library Docid # 2440484
(99) SHRI SURMUKH SINGH AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND OTHERS[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-02-2026 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 482 — Quashing of FIR and consequential proceedings — Compromise between parties — Extent of High Court's power — High Court has inherent power to quash criminal proceedings even in non-compoundable cases on the basis of a compromise, but this power must be exercised India Law Library Docid # 2440485
(100) STATE OF H.P. Vs. DHRUV DEV[HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT] 24-02-2026 Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 279, 337, 338 — Appeal against acquittal — High Court can interfere with acquittal only if judgment is perverse, based on misreading or omission of evidence, or leads to a conclusion no reasonable person could reach. India Law Library Docid # 2440486